The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
HUNT’S MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE A N IX COMMERCIAL R E V I E W . CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, E D I T O R O r T U B L I B R A R Y OF C O M M E R C E , E T C .; C O R R E S P O N D IN G M E M B E R O F T H E A M E R IC A N A N D LO N D O N S T A T IS T IC A L S O C IE T IE S ; M EM BER OF T H E N E W Y O R K H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y HONORARY \ M E M B E R O F T H E M E R C A N T I L E L I B R A R Y A S S O C IA T IO N S O F N E W Y O R K , P H I L A D E L P H I A , B O S T O N , B A L T I M O R E , L O U I S V I L L E , C H A R L E S T O N , AND t| # , C IN C I N N A T I , E T C -, , ' 's i x * - '- '- - ■■■. VOLUME - . . ,o * o : . ■ ‘ "T W E N T Y -SE V E N . FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE 1852. 3 f e PU BLISH ED AT id U o v k 14 2 1852, : FU L T O N -ST R E E T . CONTRIBUTORS TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. V v. J. P. B rown, Esq., o f the Legation o f the United States at Constantinople. R ev. E. L. M agoon, o f New York. J. W . S cott, Esq., o f Ohio. R ichard S ult.ey , Esq., o f New York. R obert H are , M,. IX, Professor o f Chenjistry.in the University q f Pennsylvania. A . R. R ider, Esq,; cif Ilfe'JMe'w S&jrlj Bur. E noch H ale , Jr., o f New ¥ qrk .: : W . J. T enney, Esq., o f NeW Jbrsey. * : '• •;*•**. : * y ‘. •• H on. George T ucker, o f Pennsylvania.E. P. Smith, Esq., o f New York. B. M aillefert and W . R aasloff, Submarine Engineers. David R . Jaques, Esq., o f New York. A. J. S cott, Esq., Shipmaster, o f N ew York. E lizttr W right, Esq., o f Massachusetts. W illiam A rthur, A. M., o f England. D eming Jarvis, Esq., Manufacturer, o f Massachusetts. T homas P. K ettell , Esq., o f New York. Creeman H unt, Editor and Proprietor o f the Merchants' Magazine. OCT 31194-1 Tff4 . INDEX TO VOLUME XXVII. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE, 1852. A. American enterprise in Sydney...................... 647 u trade in India.................................. 770 Anchorage duties o f Brazil red u ced ............. 124 “ dues of Brazil.................................. 500 Arithmetical accumulation o f money........... 613 Arkansas, lead mines o f................................... 258 Assay office for Australian g o l d .................... 611 Assumpsit, action of, for goods sold, &c ___329 Austria, effect o f customs duties i n ............... 650 Australia, population and Commerce o f........637 Australian gold m in es..................................... 132 Advance in the price o f sperm and while oils 723 Act of Ohio touching fraud in trade............. 239 “ of New York relating to insurance co’s . . 240 “ Pennsylvania loa n .................................... 98 “ establishing a branch mint in California. 352 “ o f Maryland relating to small bank notes 612 “ o f Maine relating to telegraph lin e s ___ 464 “ o f U. S. relating to exports to Mexico .. 496 “ relating to bonds of Planters’ Bank, Miss. 358 Action upon a promissory note.........................336 “ o f covenant, & c................................... 203 “ to recover merchandise d etained .... 79 A creditor’s stratagem to collect a debt........769 Adulteration of coins in Paris........................ 103 “ of pale ale...................................524 u o f coffee in Paris......................... 265 Advertising, hints to merchants on ............... 649 African Arts and manufactures........... ............ 253 Agricultural productions o f Virginia........... 228 “ statistics o f the U. S ...................728 Agriculture o f the U. S ................................... 226 Alabama, act to regulate sale o f cotton in ... 124 Ale, adulteration of pale ................................. 525 An eye to business........................................... 769 15. Baltimore Board o f Trade, report o f........... . 626 Bank of England, dividends o f....................... 605 u notes o f olden times................................603 “ account overdrawn................................... 590 u loans, regulations o f Louisiana........... 356 “ notes, four, o f one million sterling___ 351 “ note, value of a mutilated.................... 350 “ checks—overdrawn account................... 590 “ accounts, the merchant that kept two. 104 Banks, capital and dividends o f Boston........ 603' “ capital and dividends o f Philadelphia. 98 “ of N. York, capital and dividends of. 92 “ of the State o f New Y ork........... . 219 “ dividends of Boston.............................. 215 “ o f South Carolina, condition of......... 93 “ under the general banking law o f 111.. 742 Banker, the benevolent.............................^ , 650 Banking, free, law o f Indiana........................ 224 “ Journal o f ... 87, 215, 344, 473, 601, 737 Bankrupts, payment o f debts b y ... ............... 523 Barbadoes, light on south point o f................. 126 Bay o f Fundy, bell buoy in............................. 630 Behring’s Straits, whale fishery about........... 227 Belvidere K n oll................................................ 353 Bill o f lading—common carriers................. .. 79 1 o f lading, action on a ............................... 459 Bills of exchange, damages o n ...................... 4gg Biography, commercial. ................................. 570 Blasting o f rocks under w a ter...................... 320 Bombay harbor, beacon at entrance o f......... 364 Bonds issued by railroad corporations in Me. 104 “ sale of Indiana railroad........................ 101 Book Trade, notices of. 139,267,395,525,651, 771 Book trade o f France....................................... 651 Bookselling system o f L o n d o n .........................054 Boqueron Channel port o f Callao................... 364 Boston and Worcester Railroad, statistics of. 251 “ banks, average dividends o f................215 “ merchant, J. T arbell............................ 394 “ progress o f bank, stocks i n ....................48g “ banks, capital and dividends o f.......... 603 “ market, fluctuations o f stocks i n ____ 87 u stock fluctuations in............................. 479 “ Mercantile Library Association o f___ 263 Bottomry—the Ann C. Pratt......................... # 197 Brandies, imports into Great Britain o f ........361 Brazil, our Commerce with............................. 265 “ anchorage duties o f.............................. 424 “ anchorage dues o f ................................ 599 Breadstuff's, imports into Great Britain o f . . . 230 “ exported from U. S .................... 620 British consols and debt................................... 610 “ post-office system o f remitting money 743 “ treaties, list o f ...................................... J25 Brokers, board o f.............................................. 355 “ contracts to deliver stocks............... 333 Business, absorption in ................................... 393 “ Freedley’s treatise o n ...................... 433 “ and study.......................................... .... C. Cadiz, American trade with........................... 495 Calcutta, revised tariff o f................................. 624 California, gold mining operations in........... 445 “ railroads in ........................................252 “ gold, entire product......................... 473 “ gold mining i n .............................. 382 “ branch o f U. S. Mint in............... 352 “ items of gold mining i n ............. 753 Caloric engine, Ericsson’s . ............................ 20 Canal, tolls on James River and Kanawha .. 251 “ Statistics......... 112, 241, 376,506, 631, 754 IV CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVII. Cbnals, N. Y., rates o f toll o n ........................ 506 Commercial cities and towns of the U .S . 158, 310,412, 686 Canada, finances of, in 1852 ........................... 607 44 treaty betw’n U. S. & Costa Rica 118 Canadian canals, tolls and tonnage o f .......... 636 44 education .......................................264 Canadas, population o f ................................... 518 44 cities, mortality o f .......................... 638 Capital and labor, law o f progress in relation to .............................................................. 51, 178 44 directories...................................... 262 Capital and labor.............................................. 174 Common carriers—bill o f la din g................... 79 44 and dividends of N. Y. city banks... 737 Competition in trade, & c ............................... 648 Carrier, duties o f common, in intrusting Connecticut, finances o f ................................... 103 goods, & c....................................................... 195 Consols, British, and national debt.............. 610 Census, chances of life as developed b y ........129 Consular duties.................................................. 647 Ceylon, statistics o f Commerce o f................... I l l 44 system, suggestions o n .....................519 Charleston, leading exports o f........................ 618 Contract, action for breach o f ........................ 76 44 chronicles of Commerce o f.......... 395 Copper mining o f Lake Superior................... 131 Checks, post-dated.......................................... 67 Coral bank in channel off Batavia ................. 505 Cheese trade of U. S ....................................... 108 Cost o f legislation in Massachusetts............... 100 Chili, Commerce and resources o f.................. 404 44 and expenses o f seven railroads o f Mass. Cincinnati, statistics o f trade & Commerce o f 613 for the years 1850 and 1851.......................... 756 44 prices o f produce, &c., at............ 617 Costa Rica and U. S., treaty between............. 118 “ steamboat navigation o f .............. 635 Cotton, export from Savannah o f ................. 619 44 planters should become cotton spin’ s. 131 “ trade and Commerce in 1852 o f .. 556 44 decision in relation to value ............. 588 44 business feature o f.........................266 44 act o f Alabama regulating sale o f___ 124 4* the butter trade o f......................... 724 44 the pork trade o f.......................... 726 Credit obtained for goods by fr a u d ............... 205 Cinnamon of Commerce................................... 265 Cumberland Coal and Iron Company........... 389 Clinton, Mass., its manufactures, & c............. 639 Curiosities o f glass m ak in g............................ 645 Clocks, self-winding, or perpetual.................. 138 Currency o f Ireland, laws o f the...................608 44 journal o f .. . 87, 215, 344, 473, 601, 737 Cloves o f Commerce, the................................... 649 44 the small n o t e ................................. 102 Coal land, value of an acre............................. 136 44 our metallic...................................... 174 44 trade of Pennsylvania........................... 133 44 early discovery o f.......................................358 Currents o f the ocean....................................... 630 44 traffic o f railroads................................... 379 B. 44 table o f freight on Lackawanna.............514 Damages for injuries received by rail’d cars. 78 44 for sea steamers................................... 515 Danube, statistics o f Commerce o f ................. 292 44 Commerce o f the................................289 Coffee, and the coffee trade.............................. 39 44 statistics of trade i n ............................ 41 Debt and finances o f New Orleans................. 344 44 o f Great Britain from 1822 to 1852....... 604 44 production and consumption o f ........494 44 and revenue o f Pennsylvania............... 606 Coins, adulteration in Paris o f........................ 104 44 origin o f ................................................. 357 Debts and finances o f the States o f the Union 659 Coinage o f the U. S .......................................... 65 Demand for money.......................................... 103 Collision, abandonment—salvage.................. 463 Deposits in sub-treasuries............................... 603 44 suit f o r .............................................. 77 Detention o f vessels at Hampton R o a d s___ 746 44 libel for................................................ 589 Directions for sailing into and out o f Harbor Collins and Cunard steamers, statistics of 242, 376 Grace................................................................. 746 Combs, manufacture o f................................... 390 Divine use of C om m erce................................ 33 Commerce o f the Danube............................... 289 Draft, action relating to acceptance o f a ___ 463 44 and commercial biography........... 570 Dubuque, business in 1851 o f ........................ 138 44 o f ports in theU. S., comparative 230 Dunning, politeness i n ................................... 396 44 o f France in1851........................... 531 Duties on casks and barrels.......................... 234 44 o f C eylon ........................................ I l l 44 o f Sweden...................................... 109 Eggs, importation into Great Britain of......... 105 44 Divine use o f ......... ...................... 33 Electricity applied to capture o f the whale . 127 44 o f ports in the U. S. compared .. 105 Emigration from the United Kingdom......... 763 44 o f the Black Sea............................. 28 Empire on the Pacific...................................... 276 44 o f the New York canals.............. 112 England, iron trade of...................................... 260 44 influence of law u p o n ....................148 44 gold and silver in the bank o f.........742 44 tribunals o f .................................... 732 41 weighing department o f the bank o f 744 Commejcial law o f the Emperor of Hay t i . . . 501 44 persons employed on railways in .. 760 44 Chronicle and Review .. 67,206, English courts, points o f law decided i n ___ 67 337, 465, 593, 713 Ericsson’s caloric engine........... : .................... 20 44 Statistics. 105, 226, 359, 489, 613, 721 Export o f leather, boots, and shoes from U. S. 722 44 Regulations 118,233,365,496,622,731 Expulsion from cars........................................ 510 CONTENTS OF VOLUME X X V II. V F. II. Factor, duties of, over goods consigned........197 Fatality of inland routes....................................510 Finance, journal o f ___ 87, 215, 344, 473, 601, 737 Finances and debt o f New Orleans................ 344 “ o f the Roman States......................... 612 “ o f Connecticut . I . . .^....................... 103 Fire annihilator, the............................................ 454 Fishery question, Dr. Paley on t h e ................. 650 “ statistics of co d ................................. 106 Fisheries, mackerel, of Mass........................... 359 44 of the British prov’e of Nova Scotia 361 Florence and Keyport plank r o a d .................754 France, Commerce o f in 1852 ........................ 359 u population o f....................................... 129 “ & Sardinia, comm’al treaty between 122 w book trade o f..................................... 551 u mints o f..................................................355 « Commerceof, in 1851 ......................... 531 Frauds, statute of.............................................. 461 French rose tra d e............................................ 394 Florida, southern coast o f............................... 126 Flour trade of Rochester................................. 362 Hamilton, Eaton, and Richmond Railroad .. 117 Harbor Grace, directions for sailing into and out o f ......................... 746 Hardware merchant, the economical............. 523 Hayti, new commercial law o f ...................... 501 Hawaiian Islands and U. S ............................. 121 Hides, imports of, into New Y ork................... 231 High prices o f marketing............................... 266 High Light, South Foreland............................ 746 Holland, Commerce of, in 1852...................... 363 Hooper’s Straits.................................................. 363 Hungary, population o f ...................... '........... 130 I. Illinois, banks o f................................................ 225 “ railroads in......................................... 632 “ banks under general banking law o f 742 India, American trade i n ............................... 770 Indiana, sale o f Central Railroad bonds o f . . 101 u railroads in........................................ 631 44 free banking law o f ......................... 224 Indorsers—promissory notes.................... 79, 591 “ identity o f..................T ..................... 102 Industrial progress o f Georgia.......................... 751 G. Influence o f Commerce upon law................. 148 “ o f railroads on agriculture........... 759 Galena, exports and imports o f .................... 229 t4 and Chicago Union Railroad............. 115 Insurance companies, liabilty o f..................... 461 “ interest......... ...................................... 67 Georgia, a profitable railroad i n .................... 116 44 the regulation o f l i f e ....................... 541 « industrial progress o f...................... 751 “ fire, action on a policy o f .................. 456 German customs union, revenue of............... 97 Glass, manufacture o f ...............3c3,511, 639, 749 “ decision relating t o ......................... 585 *4 American Bohemian............................ 133 Interest, the law of computation o f .............. 169 Gold mine, (Dom e’s,) in South Carolina----- 646 Invention for negro cloth in g ........... ............768 “ o f increasing supplies o f ........................ 88 Ireland, raising money by pawnbroking in .. 349 “ laws o f the currency o f .................... 608 « production of, from 1492 to 1852 ........... 91 4‘ the trade and revenue o f ................... 729 44 discovery of, at Queen Charlotte’s Is... 134 44 mines in Van Dieman’s Land................. 135 Iron, imports of, into New Y ork.................... 107 u early manufacture o f in Pennsylvania.. 254 “ mines of Australia................................... 132 “ mining in California............................... 382 “ trade o f England..................................... 260 a strength o f.................................................. 255 “ production of, at Sydney & Melbourne. 481 “ entire product of California.................... 473 J. “ consumption of, in arts & manufactures. 351 Journal o f Mining and Manufactures............. 131 dust shipped at San Francisco................. 601 u assay office for Australian...................... 611 u mining operations in California............. 445 44 diggings, the Australian............................ 389 44 will it depreciate..................................... 352 “ received at Panama on English account 101 ‘4 entire product of, in 1846 and 1850........ 473 ‘4 first discovery of, in Australia............... 388 “ and silver, statistics o f............................ 216 44 and silver in the Bank of England........742 “ mining in California, items o f ................. 753 Goods sold and delivered, action for.............329 u destruction of, by boxing them u p .. . 68 Great Britain, shipments o f brandy from Charente t o ......................................................730 Great Britain, railroad accidents in................. 381 Guatemala, treaty o f U. S. w ith .................... 365 Gum, action for loss of cargo o f.................... 76 252, 382,511,639, 747 Journal o f Mercantile L a w .............................. 67 196, 329,456, 585, 710 lika Kentucky, act relating to weights & measures 240 Key West as a depot for California steamers. 761 JL. Lake ports, the two............................................ 438 Lake Superior, copper mining o f................... 131 “ cost o f mining a t ................... 132 Lakes, disasters on the northern......... . I ll Landlord and tenant, action relating to ........460 Latitude o f astronomical stations................... 232 Law, influence o f Commerce upon............... 148 44 for computation of interest................... 169 44 o f prog’s in relation to cap’ l& la b ’r 51, 178 Lead mines o f Arkansas................................. 258 Leather, Liquid................ 135 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX V II. 67 Liability of railway company........................ Liabilities o f railroad com p any.................. -7 5 80 44 o f husbands for debts of w ives.. Life insurance, the regulation o f.................. 541 Light vessels as a guide to mariners........... 125 “ at the entrance o f Christiana Fiord... . 232 . 125 w fixed, in the Straits o f Sunda----. 232 44 on Cape W illoughby.................... . 126 « on south point o f Barbadoes....... 364 Light-house, bearings off Bull’s Bay. . . 630 “ on Kangaroo Island......... 629 “ on North Coast o f Spain . 364 « " on Bull’s Island............... 116 Locomotive, the first American............ 250 Locomotives, statistics of....................... 130 London press, statistics o f .................... 264 44 bookselling system.................. 363 44 foreign trade o f ........................ 128 Longitude, difference of, at Savannah.. 633 Louisiana and Frankfort Railroad......... 356 u Bank loans............................... 735 44 ship building i n ...................... 607 Lowell, taxes o f corporations in..-........ 391 Lumber, manufacture in North-West of. 619 44 trade o f Savannah.................... Metallic currency, our...................................... 174 Method o f putting up produce for market... 733 Michigan Central Railroad................................. 241 Millionaires, how to become..............................436 Mining company, North-West copper........... 134 44 cost of, in Cornwall & Lake Superior 132 44 and manufactures, Journal o f........... 132 253, 382,511, 639, 747 Mint of U. S., branch in California................ 352 Mints o f France................................................ 355 Mississippi, bonds o f Planters’ bank of.........358 Missouri, railroads in....................................... 632 Money, raising, by pawnbroking.................... 349 44 demand for............................................. 103 44 getting................................................... 433 44 the philosophy o f ................................ 650 44 arithmetical accumulation o f............. 613 Moral view of railroads................................... 577 Montevideo, vessels touching at.................... 505 Montreal, population of, in 1852...................... 129 N. Nautical intelligence.. 125, 232, 303,504, 629, 741 44 almanac, the American.................... 744 Naval dry-docks o f U. S ................. 187, 523, 766 Navigation of U. S. and U. K. compared___ 111 JTI. 359 New York, import o f hides into.......................231 Mackerel fisheries of Massachusetts. . . . 44 bank s o f city o f.............................. 223 392 44 leading exports o f........................... 360 Maillefert’s blasting of rocks under water----- 320 44 method of blasting rocks............ 524 44 banks o f State o f.............................. 219 Maine law concerning railroads..................... 116 41 canals, Commerce o f...................... 112 44 act of, relating to liabilities o f hush’s. 80 4> imports o f iron into....................... 107 44 survey o f lumber i n ............................ 236 44 historical sketch of. 158,310, 412, 686 44 condition o f banks of........................... 487 44 canals, trade, &c., o f...................... 115 44 law relating to railroad bonds............. 104 44 progress o f population in city. . . 310 44 44 44 telegraph lines........... 464 44 act o f State relating to Ins. Cos.. 240 4* piers and docks in.......................... 450 Manufacture of thermometers at N. Lebanon 643 44 o f ladies’ muffs in London . . . . 753 44 progress o f plank roads in............ 508 Manufactures o f the U. S ........................... 226 44 act relating to bills o f exchange.. 488 Manufacturing industry during the last and 44 capital & divid’s o f banks of. 92, 737 present centuries................ 257 44 and Virginia, coasting trade o f... 138 44 stocks, prices o f New England 350 New Orleans levee and wharfage dues......... 233 Marino disasters on the lakes......................... 110 44 duties o f wharfingers at.............233 Mariners, light vessels as a guide to.............. 125 44 debt, &c., o f................................. 344 Maryland, small note law o f ........................... 612 44 value o f produce received a t.. 621 44 pilotage law of................................ 123 44 Commerce of, in 1852................. 420 Massachusetts, statistics o f cod fishery o f ___ 105 44 statistics o f trade, &c., o f...........489 44 rich men in............................. 104 44 prices o f produce, 1852.............. 492 44 cost of legislation i n ............. 100 44 condition o f banks of................... 482 44 statistics o f railroads o f......... 757 44 prices o f tobacco in......................725 44 44 seven railroads of. 756 44 rec’ ts o f prod’e by new can’l at 730 Memphis, (Tenn.,) tariff o f trade.................. 625 New Jersey, decision on usury law o f........... 592 Merchant, Mohammedan’s idea o f u Christ’n. 266 New Brunswick tariff o f duties...................... 622 Merchant’s clerk, the prompt......................... 392 44 revenue o f.............................. 605 44 advice, an o ld ............................... 391 North America, first mining operations in .. 747 Merchants, hints t o .......................................... 619 North-West copper mining company............. 134 44 commission................................... 393 Note, action upon a promissory............. 336, 464 Mercantile law cases.. G7,196, 329, 436, 563, 710 44 due diligence in demand for drawer o f 332 44 marine o f the world .................... 620 No antagonism between capital and labor.. . 770 44 miscellanies 136,262,391,519,647, 766 Nova Scotia, complete census o f....................... 374 44 biography—Jamsetjee Jeejeebhov 694 44 fisheries o f................................... 361 44 library............................................... 767 | 44 manufactures, statistics of.........388 CONTENTS OF VOLUME X X V II. O. Oats, act o f Maine regulating sale o f ............. 122 Obtaining goods under false pretences......... 590 Ocean steamers, statistics o f .................. 242, 376 “ act of U. S. concerning....... 509 Ocean, currents of............................................ 630 44 postage................................................. 735 Ohio, tax law o f................................................ 483 44 railroads i n ............................................ 631 44 act of, to prevent fraud in trade........... 238 P. Paciflc, our empire on the............................... 276 Panama, gold received at................................. 101 Partnership liability, action relating to......... 460 Passages, &c., o f ocean steamers.......... 242, 376 Patent for improvement in cars...................... 117 44 fees under British act........................... 517 Pearl fisheries in Panama Bay........................ 650 Pennsylvania, constitutionality of pilotage law o f................................... 68 44 loan bill.................................... 98 44 railroads in............................... 631 44 railroad, statistics o f................ 250 44 coal trade of............................. 133 44 early manufacture o f iron in. 254 44 debt and revenue o f................ 606 44 north branch loan.................... 357 Philadelphia, capital & divid’s o f banks i n .. 98 Piers and docks in the North River................ 450 Pilotage law of Maryland............................... 123 44 constitutionality o f Penn......... 68 Plank roads in New York and Canada........... 508 Polka nuts, a new article o f Commerce......... 521 Population o f the g lo b e ................................. 638 44 statistics of, of Hungary................ 130 44 o f France........................................ 129 44 statistics o f . . . . 128, 373, 517, 637, 763 44 sources of, in U. S............................ 517 44 of the Canadas............................... 518 44 and territory of the Austrian emp. 764 Port Patrick harbor light................................. 630 Post-office, U. S., statistics o f.......................... 94 Postage, rates of the United States, &c......... 499 Precious metals, statistics, &c., of.................. 216 44 production of, from 1492 to ’52 9 1 “ “ in the world.. 738 Prizes for commercial articles........................ 648 Production and consumption o f cotton......... 721 Progress o f population in San Francisco....... 518 44 o f the British penny postage system 739 44 of British cotton manufactories . . . 753 Promissory notes—indorsers.......................... 79 44 note indorsed in blank................. 591 Protection vs. Free T ra d e.............................. 51 Q. Quebec, lumber trade o f ................................ 110 R . Railroad, statistics o f Boston and Worcester. 252 system of the W e s t........................ 631 accidents in Great Britain............. 381 car axles, breaking o f........................381 stocks, profitable............................. 117 VII Railroad company for loss o f check by pas senger............................................ 75 44 cars, dam’ s for injuries received in. 78 • 44 engineer, a philosophical............... 115 44 rovites, the tw o................................. 438 44 Galena and Chicago........................ 115 44 statistics.. . . 112,241, 376, 506, 631, 754 44 rates o f freight on the Virginia and Tennessee...................................... 758 44 Eastern, statistics o f........................ 757 44 Boston and Maine, cost and expenses o f................................................ 757 44 Boston and Lowell, receipts and expenses o f.................................... 758 44 Taunton Branch, statistics o f........- 758 Railroads, moral view o f.................................. 577 44 in the Great Valley......................... 44 44 their effect upon cities...................... 249 44 Maine, concerning.........................<• 116 44 cost and expenses o f seven, in Massachusetts................................756 44 statistics of Massachusetts............ 757 44 influence of, on agriculture............ 759 Railways, persons employed on, in England. 760 Receipts and expenditures o f U. S................. 740 Reduction of export duty at Turk’s Island.. 736 Regulation of life insurance, etc..................... 541 Revenue law, decision on ............................... 503 u o f New Brunswick............................ 605 44 o f United Kingdom in 30 years . . . 224 Revenues o f German Customs U n io n ......... 97 Rice, exports from Savannah of..................... 617 Right of way over land belonging to State.. 117 Rochester flour trade........................................ 362 Rocks, blasting of, under water without dril ling ................................................................ 320 S. Salaries offoreign ministers............................ 351 San Francisco, seaman’ s wages at.............. 127 44 statistics o f Commerce o f.. . . 493 44 gold dust shipped from .......... 601 44 prices o f merchandise in........ 494 44 progressot population i n . . . . 518 44 shipments o f gold dust from. 743 Saturday night, the banker’s .......................... 769 Savannah, exports o f rice from ...................... 617 44 lumber trade................................... 619 41 longitude at................................ 128 Sea, Commerce of the Black........................... 28 Seamen, of relief o f disabled......................... 121 Seamen’s wages at San Francisco.................. 127 Ship—hypothecation........................................ 67 Shipment of brandy from Charente to Great Britain............................................................. 730 Signals for ships ordered by Sweden............. 732 Sicily Commerce in .......................................... 649 Silver coin, scarcity in Europe o f ................... 609 44 and gold, statistics o f ............................ 216 Slave trade, statistics o f the............................ 231 Smyrna, of entering the bay o f ....................... 745 Smuggling in China............................................ 396 viii CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVII, U. Smugglers, expedients o f................................ 395 South Carolina, condition o f banks o f . . 93, 612 United States, past, present, prospective pro gress of.,................................... .....................637 44 production o f indigo in....... 754 South Foreland high light.................................746 United States, deaf, dumb, blind, &c., of .. • 128 44 and U. King’ m, navigation of. I l l Southern coast o f Florida................................ 126 44 post-office statistics o f.............. 94 Spain, American trade with............................ 495 smuggling in........................................... 137 44 and the Hawaiian Islands.. . . 121 44 foreign Commerce o f ports in 105 44 railroads in............................................381 Spanish commercial regulations..................... 365 44 Treasury circulars.. 121,234, 239,371,496, Statistics of British American vessels........... 129 44 commercial.. 105, 226,359, 489, 613, 721 44 coinage o f t h e ......................... 65 44 o f population.... 128, 373, 517, 637, 763 44 treasury notes outstanding.. . 351 44 & Costa Rica, treaty between. 118 44 of Massachusetts railroads...............757 44 Commerce o f ports compared 230 Steamboat navigation o f Cincinnati............... 635 “ statistics . . 112, 241, 376, 506, 631, 754 44 cheese trade o f .......................... *68 44 law relating to ocean steamers 509 44 passenger, landing a ...................... 138 “ propellers......................................... 510 44 naval dry docks o f .................. 187 Stettin and Sw ienem unde.............................. 127 44 treasury statement...........C03, 741 Stock fluctuations in Boston Market.............. 479 44 consular system ...................... 619 sources o f population o f......... 517 “ “ 8744 4* postal law o f 1851...................... 498 Stowage of cargoes, regulations for............... 502 44 commercial growth o f.............393 Storms, questions relating to law of................ 191 8traits o f Sunda, fixed light in t h e ................ 125 44 expendi’s of, from ’ 89 to ’51.. 349 44 receipts and expenditures of. Suffolk Bank system for checking counterfeit v 340, 740 b ills .................................................................. 223 4 4 production o f sheep & wool in 227 Sugar, production of, in the world................... 620 44 & Cuba, navigation between. 238 44 imports from British possessions o f... 363 44 population & representation o f 373 44 and the sugar trade............................... 671 44 agriculture & manuf. o f the. 226 Sweden, Commerce o f..................................... 109 44 treasury notes........................... 487 44 signals for ships ordered b y ................732 44 receipts o f government o f .. . . 480 44 breadstuff’s exported from . . . . 620 T. 44 agricultural statistics o f .......... 728 Talleyrand and the banker..............................768 “ & Prussia, postal treaty betw’ n 731 Tanneries, statistical account of, in U. S ___ 752 44 statis’eal ac. o f tanneries in the 752 Tare on merchandise, allowance for.............. 371 44 naval dry docks o f the.............. 766 Tariff o f the Peruvian government................ 372 44 under what circumstances a 44 o f duties in New Brunswick................. 622 foreign minister can sue and be sued in the 710 44 44 at Calcutta............................... 624 United Kingdom, revenue of, in thirty years 224 44 o f taxes on trade at Memphis.............. 625 44 her trade in manufactures. 647 Tax law of O h io .............................................. 483 44 statistics o f debt o f.............. 604 44 or duty on foreign coal........................... 767 44 imports o f breadstuff's into 230 Texel, beacons, &c., at mouth o f................... 501 44 passengers’ act o f the.........736 Theory o f storms, questions relating to ........ 191 44 emigration from the...........763 Thermometer manufacture of the Kendalls^. 643 ^Timber Trade o f Q u eb ec................................ 110 Use of Commerce............................................ 33 Tobacco, full statistics of................................... 550 Usury law o f New Jersey, decision on ......... 592 44 and the tobacco trade...................... 546 44 trade, Virginia.....................................723 Tolls on James River and Kanawha Canal... 251 44 on the New York canals, rates o f......... 506 44 trade, and tonnage o f canals.................. 115 Trade, romance o f............................................ 394 44 and revenue o f Ireland...........................729 44 and Commerce o f Cincinnati in 1852.. 556 44 44 Mobile, 1851-52.... 702 Treaty between U. S. and Costa R i c a .......... 118 44 44 44 Guatemala........... 365 44 44 France and Sardinia.............. 122 Treaties, British commercial........................... 125 Trebizonde, Commerce o f............................... 28 Tunnel, the largest in the world...................... 381 V. Valley, railroads in the great.......................... Van Dieman’s Land, gold mines in............... Vera Cruz, mail from New Orleans to ........... Vessels, lights carried by sea-going............... Virginia, agricultural productions o f ............. “ condition of North-Western Bank o f Vulcanized India rubber........... ..................... W . Weights and measures in Kentucky............. Weighing department o f the Bank o f Eng’d . Western Railroad, statistics o f .. ................. W estco’t o f Jutland, & coasts o f Bornholm. Whale, electricity applied to capture o f ---44 fishery in regions about Behring’s St. Wharfingers at New Orleans........................... Whaling voyage, decision relating t o ........... W ool and sheep, production of, in U. S ....... Worcester, Mass., property and taxes o f ----- 44 135 510 504 228 348 134 240 744 379 747 127 227 233 586 227 487
@FedFRASER