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Title: October 1849, Vol. XXI, No. IV

Date: October 1849
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image-container-0 T H E MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE, E s ta b lis h e d . J u l y , 1 8 3 9 , BY FREEMAN IIBNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOLUME X X I. O C T O B E R , 1 8 4 9 . NUMBER IV . C O N T E N T S O F N O . IV ., V O L . X X L ART. PAGE ARTICLES. I. TH E CA U SES OF COM M ERCIAL CRISES. Com m ercial Crises in France, England, etc. Translated from the French o f M. C h a r l e s Co q u e l in for the Merchants' M agazine by F. G. Sk in n e r , E s q ., o f W ashington, D. C................................................................................................ 371 II. DEBTS A N D FIN AN CES OF TH E STATES OF TH E U N IO N : W IT H REFE RE N C E TO TH EIR G E N E R A L CONDITION AN D PR OSPER ITY.—Ch a p t e r Y II.—TH E W EST ERN STATE S—OHIO.— Annual Sales o f Pubilc Lands in O hio from 1786 to 1847—Public W orks o f Ohio Com pleted and in Progress—Stocks held by the State and b y Individuals in Turnpike C om panies; and the Stocks held b y the State in Railroads and Canal Companies —D ividends paid during the year ending N ovem ber 15, 1848— Operations o f O hio Ganal Fund Commissioners for 1842—O hio State Stock, Dates and Am ounts o f Issue— Ohio State D ebt at different periods—Tolls on each o f the O hio Canals from 1833 to 1848— Taxable Property o f Ohio from 1826 to 1848—Taxation for State purposes from 1844 to 1848— Fi nances o f O hio from 1846 to 1849. By T h o m a s P r e n t i c e K e t t e l l , Esq., o f N ew Y o r k ... 389 III. TH E FIN AN CE OF CH E AP POSTAGE. By J o s h u a L e a v i t t , Corresponding Secretary o f the Boston Cheap Postage A ssociation............................................................................................ 410 IV . TH E CH A M B ER OF COMMERCE A N D W H IT N E Y ’ S R A IL R O A D PR O JECT................ 415 V . TH E C O N SU LAR , O R C O M M ER CIAL CITIES OF C H IN A —N o. II.— A M O Y , FOO- CHOO, NINGPO, AN D SH A N G H A I...................................... 422 MERCANTILE LAW CASES. Tax upon Brokers, Merchants, Traders, e t c .: a Case in the Supreme Court o f Louisiana................ 429 A ction on a Contract to Deliver Railroad Iron : a Case in the British Court o f E xch equer.............. 430 A Mortgagee not liable for the Mortgagor’s D e b ts: a Case in the Court o f Com m on Pleas, Boston, Massachusetts....................................................................................................................................................... 432 Owners o f Cattle bou n d to K eep them off R ailroads: a Case in the Supreme Court o f N ew Jersey. 432 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REV IE W OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED W IT H TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS * . Current Business—Trade o f the Valley o f the Mississippi—Receipts o f Produce—Value o f Pro d u c e -R a te s o f Bills—California G old—Cotton Crop and Trade—Produce and Consum ption o f Cotton—Progress o f Manufactures—British Exports—Immigration—Influence of, on Trade, etc., etc .......................... ...................................................................................................................................... 433-438 V O L . X X I .-----N O . I V . 24
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Cotton Crop o f the United States in 1848 and 1849...................................................................................... 439 Exports o f Cotton to Foreign Ports from Septem ber 1, 1848, to August 31, 1849................................ 440 Annual Growth o f Cotton in United States from 1820 to 1849 .................................................................. 441 Cotton Consumed by, and in the hands o f Manufacturers from 1826 to 1849 ........................................ 441 Exports o f Cotton from M obile from 1844 to 1848........................................................................................ 442 H ogs Slaughtered and Packed in Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, etc., in 1848...................................... 443 Im ports at Cincinnati, each year, from 1844 to 1848...................................................................................... 444 Exports from Cincinnati, each year, from 1844 to 1848................................................................................ 445 M ovem ent o f Cotton at Havre from January 1 to July 31, fo r last ten years.......................................... 446 Total Imports and the Imports consum ed in the United States, exclusive o f Specie, during each year, from 1821 to 1848.............................................. ....................................................................................... 447 Prices o f Cotton W oo l in England in each year, from 1806 to 1848.......................................................... 447 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. O f Public M oneys received from Custom s: a Treasury Circular.............................................................. 449 Venezuela Regulations respecting the Licensing o f Ports.................................................... ..................... 450 O f Manifests o f Vessels for the Coasting T ra d e : a Treasury Circular.................................................... 451 A llowance in the Estimate o f Duties for Deficiencies.— Law o f D ebtor and Creditor in Venezuela. 451 JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Financial Condition o f Pennsylvania in 1849.................................................................................................. 452 Joint Stock Banks o f England and Scotland................................................................................................... 453 Debts and Finances o f G eorgia in 1849............................................................................................................ 454 Condition o f the London and Westminster Bank on the 30th o f June, 1849 ........................................ 455 French Imposts and Revenues............................................................................................................................ 455 The Bill o f E x ch an ge: an A n e cd o te ................................................................................................................ 456 Receivers o f Public M oneys o f the United States: a Treasury Circular................................................ 457 United States Treasury Notes outstanding, Septem ber 1,1849.— How to Refuse a Bank Customer. 457 Banking Capital o f Cities in the United States, possessing a m illion o f dollars or m ore.................... 458 D ebt o f Ireland from 1801 to 1848.— Coinage o f the United States Mint in 1849.................................. 458 Description o f the new British Florin.— Fees o n Patents in England...................................................... 458 NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Lights on the Coast o f France.— Sailing Direction from Carquinez Straits to San Joaquin R iv e r .. 459 R o c k off Santa Maria Island................................................................................................................................. 459 Bergen Point and Passaic R iver Lights.— Light on the Griefswalder Oie................................................ 460 JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. Iron R egion o f Maryland...................................................................................................................................... 460 Southern Manufactures......................................................................................................................................... 461 A p plication o f Gun Cotton to Silvering L ook in g Glasses.— Milliners and Mantuamakcrs................ 463 Large Mining Company on the Potom ac.—D iscovery in the Manufacture o f Raw Sugar.................. 464 Strength o f Different Kinds o f Marble.— Progress o f Engine Factories in S w eden............................ 465 RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. Railroads in the Island o f C u ba: w ith reference to an Article in July No. o f this Magazine............ 466 Concord and Claremont R ailroad....................................................................................................................... d66 British Railway Statistics from 1844 to 1847.................................................................................................... 467 Steamboat arrivals and departures at Cincinnati from 1847 to 1849 ........................................................ 468 The British Railway Mania in 1845.................................................................................................................... 468 Steamboats Built at Cincinnati in 1848-9.— Nashua and Epping Railroad.............................................. 469 Receipts o f the Canals o f O hio in 1848.— Y o rk and Cumberland R ailroad.......................................... 470 Savings b y Railways in England......................................................................................................................... 470 Railways through E u rop e..................................................................................................................................... 470 Receipts on the Fitchburg R ailroad................................................................................................................... 470 MERCANTILE MISCELLANIES. The Late Samuel Flew w e llin g ........................................................................................................................... 471 H ow to Trade.— Courtesey in Store Keeping.— M ackerel Fishing in M assachusetts.......................... 473 The Co-partnership o f Nations. By E l ih u B u r r i t t .......................... ..................................................... 474 THE BOOK TRADE. Com prehensive Notices o f 20 N ew W orks o r N ew E d itions.............................................................. 475-480 Mercantile Library Association o f Boston and the Merchants’ Magazine...... ....................................... 480 8 2 5 CONTENTS OF NO. IV ., VOL. XXI.
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