THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT,

EDITOR OF THE LIBRARY OF COMMERCE, ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN
STATISTICAL SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY; HONOR-

ARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW YORK,

BOSTON, BALTIMORE, AND LOUISVILLE, ETC., ETC.

VOLUME FOURTEEN.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1846.

NEW-YORK

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET

MDCCCXLVI.

TO THE

FOURTEENTH VOLUME OF THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.

JOHN SPARE, M. D., of Massachusetts.

E. HASKET DERBY, Esq., Counsellor at Law, of Massachusetts.
Hon. HENRY C. MURPHY, late M. C., of New York.

Prof. J. L. TELLKAMPF, LL. D., of Columbia College, New York.
JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

ELIJAH WARD, Esq., Counsellor at Law, of New York.

D. L. RIDDELL, Esq., of the U. S. Branch Mint at New Orleans.
WILLIAM KIRKLAND, Esq., of New York.

Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, M. C., of Massachusetts.

J. L. HOMER, Esq., of New York.

T. E. SICKELS, Esq., Civil Engineer, of Pennsylvania.

J. W. SCOTT, Esq., Editor of "Toledo Blade," Ohio.

Hon. THOMAS G. CARY, Member of the Massachusetts Senate.
JOHN S. WRIGHT, Esq., Editor of "Prairie Farmer," Illinois.
JOSEPH E. BLOOMFIELD, Esq., of New Jersey.

HENRY G. RICE, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.

JOHN W. ELLIS, Esq., Merchant, of Ohio.

JAMES M'CUNE SMITH, M. D., of New York.

CHARLES EDWARDS, Esq., Counsellor at Law, of New York.

J. F. ENTZ, Esq., of the Life and Trust Company, of New York.
F. B. DEAN, Jr., Esq., of Virginia.

GEORGE A. WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York.

JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of New York.

ABIJAH INGRAHAM, M. D., of New York.

C. C. JEWETT, Esq., Librarian of Brown University, Rhode Island.
E. MERIAM, Esq., of New York.

Hon. WILLIAM STURGIS, Merchant, of Massachusetts.

HENRY TRACY, Esq., Civil Engineer, of New York.

CHARLES FRASER, Esq., of South Carolina.

A. NASH, Esq., Counsellor at Law, of New York; and

FREEMAN HUNT, sole Editor and Proprietor.

The names of the contributors are appended to the titles of the several articles in the table of contents, on the first page of each number, except such as have been prepared or adopted by the Editor.