WEEKLY REGISTER,

CONTAINING

POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, SCIENTIFICAL, STATISTICAL, ECONOMICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

DOCUMENTS, ESSAYS AND FACTS,

TOGETHER WITH

NOTICES OF THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES,

AND A

RECORD OF THE EVENTS OF THE TIMES.

H. NILES, EDITOR.

THE PAST-THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURF,

FROM MARCH, 1831, TO SEPTEMBER, 1831-VOL. XL. OR, VOLUME IV.-FOURTH SERIES.

Baltimore:

PRINTED BY THE EDITOR,

AT THE FRANKLIN PRESS, WATER-STREET, EAST OF SOUTH-STREET.

Abestos 168: Accidents
365 Belgium-protocols of the 5 powers
Adams, Jefferson and Monroe, cu-9; union with France desired 53: the
rious calculation concerning 341; dying 5 powers prescribe limits 53: debates
words of Adams and Jefferson 362 in nat. cong. 53: duke de Nemours
Adams, John Q. letter to J. C. Cal-elected king 74: Brussels quiet 74:
houn 24; to W. H. Crawford 40, on interference by France 53: gun boat
the rights of Georgia and the Indians blown up 93: Brussels unsettled 93:
48; at Baltimore 168; 4th of July psalm conspiracy at and arrest of gen. Nypels
345; toast at Quincy 395; 4th July ora- 151: affairs unsettled at 184: regent
tion
430 appointed 140: ministers resign 141:
Africa-Mungo Park's MSS. 241; Nypels and Barremas prosecuted 197:
the Niger 286; the Landers 241, 432 mob at Ghent 197: reports of dividing
Age of ships
390 Belgium 199; gen. Lamarque offered
Alabama-governor resigns 64: cot-command of the army 222: civil dis-

250

329

455

223; Edinburg, 255; Eldon, lord contribution
of 255; elections 241, 255, 275, 311, 328, 338,
363; elections in the 17th century
Flour market 249; seized 407; females, of
certain 256; Foot, Miss 283; funds
Grey, earl made a knight of the garter 328
Hemp, speculations in 196; Hunt, elected
52, 92, 241; he quarrels with O'Connell 158
Imports, &c. of American cotton 65; India,
governor and commander in chief differ 275;
insolvents 142; iron manufactured 291; Irving
rev. Mr. 406; Ireland, lord lieutenant mob
bed-run on the bank 53, 93; O'Connell 52,
53, 74, 92, 94, 130, 140, 406; distress 53, 93,
184; famine 150; patriotic feeling 256; em
barkations for America 264, 400; bishop of
Dublin 264; elections 150, 196, 296; tythes 264;
Dublin 141, 355; massacre at Castlepollard
posed for king 184: doubts of accept barry 419; in Clare 255, 264, 272, 328, 400, 406,
ance, &c. 255, 275, 296, 312: his elec- 417, 418; military law 275; arrests 296; per-
tion expected to be almost unanimous sons starving in Mayo 400, 406, 417; catholic
528: officially announced 363: the synod 436; mob at Castlebar
election 400: probability of his accept parliament 238, 239, 256; popularity 241,
ance 407: urged to intercede 407: ac-health of 311; declines a dinner; col. Fitz Cla-
cepts the throne 426, 437: lord Pon- rence a baron 275; his escape in America 342
sonby departs from Brussels 275: ar-
Landers, brothers, arrive 406; Liverpool,
census of 454; London 184, 295; failures 328
mistice at Antwerp broken and some
Markets 249, 266; Manchester calico prin-
skirmishing 312: national congress 312; ters quit work 457; mediation, rumor of 329;
confidential communications 312: the miners and colliers 406; ministers 238; mo
budgets 426: protocols 312: conflict at nopoly 271; mourning charges
Namur 328: regent requested to march sale of ships 365; fleet at Spithead
Navy, experimental 343; construction 363;
against the Dutch 407; adjustment of
233 differences expected $29: boundaries
305 fixed 364: treaty formed by the 5 pow-meeting opened by the king 424; report of
ers 437: commotion in Louvain 437:
the congress agrees to terms of the 5
powers
457
Bene-plant, a cure for cholera 407
Benton, Thomas II.
Bernard, gen.

King, amusements of the 183; dissolves

ton twine manufacture 149: public sentions 240, 296: prince Leopold pro-419; murders in Clare 199; do. in Newtown
dinners in 191: slave murdered 285:
gold mines 285: small pox 456
Alaman, Lucas
228
Albany Argus 71, 165, 373, 402
Algiers-229, 424: colonizing 242:
dey of 185: bey of Oran
73
American bull
142
American System, address to the
friends of 45: definition of 60: effects
of the 192, 218, $38: letters to the
editor on 353, 435: See editorial, &c.
Am. Sentinel
165, 299, 373, 374
Anderson, James, death of 168
Anderson, Joseph, his circular 284
Andre, major
Anonymous letters
Anthracite coal

342, 390
Anti-tariff convention, notices 234,
305, 368: prospects of
205
Apology, a strange one
365
Appointments in Maryland 46, 395
Appointments by the president and
senate 26, 55, 59, 63, 95, 131, 220,
222, 223, 254, 292, 337, 394, 401, 433
Arabian horses 70, 196, 283
Arkansas-Geo. F. Owen, killed
S44

221 steam boats at Little Rock
Archboll, James.
Army, United States

Arms, quantity manufacturing
Asparagus 284: Asses

308

308

168

406
Officers, number in G. B. and Ireland 92
Parliament, meeting of 53, 92; to meet 328;

224

intended dissolution 141, 150; stormy debate
238; dissolution of 239; remarks on 239; how
composed 255, 311, 423; elect a speaker 406;
coincidence in dissolution 366; reform bill 436
Queen, provision granted to the
Reform, table of various motions 67; pro-
185, 285, 341gress of 92, 94, 140, 150, 198, 223, 238, 255,
271, 436; voters 455; revenue 196, 436, royal
Berrien, J. M. speech at Savannah, expenditures 91; Roscoe, Wm. dies 425; Rus-
Geo. 260: correspondence with the sia protests
president 304: with F. P. Blair 375;
with J. H. Eaton 381: exposition to
the public 377: to col. Johnson
Billow, the brig

196 Biscuit making 168:

64

185

Attorneys-free admission of 408

Black Book, of England
Blacksmith, the study of a

382
185
282
366
235

Blair, Mr. of S. C. threat in con-
Austria-cholera morbus in 93: in-gress 68: correspondence, &c. 96: do.

vades Lisly &c. 197,222: lines her fron-with judge Cooper
tiers 244: reported alliance 241: pre-
parations 563: and Sardinia 400:

436: commercial

154, 190
452
373
276

185

118

Bockee, A. and Duff Green
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon 406,425
Bonnets, domestic
281, 282

129, 142, 398

180

345, 350

367

Avalanche, diligence lost by a
Bainbridge, commodore
Baltimore

Bank of the U. States, on its renew-
al in Pennsylvania 56: in New York
114: in Bibb county, Geo. 73: monthly
statements 112: export and import of
bullion 75; Globe's remarks on 62:
Pennsylvania Inquirer's do. 312: sale
of stock 95: rise of stock 166: branch
at Louisville 200, 313: refutations 224,
$12: dividend 341: Mr. Madison's let-
ter on
351

Banks-robbery of the City bank N.
York 62, 74, 143: Nashville bank 62;
capital of banks, principal cities 64, 65:
Amherst 196: sale of stock at Albany
221: Ulster, N. Y. 221: of Buffalo 283:

Bonpland, the naturalist
Boston Transcript
Boston Courier
Botanic garden, Bartram's
Bourbons, the last abode of

287

364

Canals in Canada 92; capital punishment
364; census 423, cholera morbus 406; church,
reform 160, livings 195, reforms 425; coal
276 consumed 168; cock-fighting parsons 419; co.
97 lonial trade 250; duties 256; custom house con-
221 struction 310, Cobbett W. 457; cotton, contem
plated duty on 74, 92, 94; spinners 436; Cod.
rington, sir E. 436; crime 464; calicoes 94, 366
Debt and taxation, increase of 142; diplo.
matic corps 168; disturbances in Wales 400;
Brighton 418; duchess of Berri 436; Dundas,

457

Statistics 65, 67, 97, 159, 263, 264,271, 355;
Siddons, Mrs. death of 406; Sirr, major wit
Scotland, distress in 93; election 363, 423;
ness against O'Connell 53; snow storm 92;
Spanish refugees, allusion to 150; Spanish
bonds held in England 255; stocks, value of
&c. 222, 241, 264, 457; subscriptions to de-
feat reform 271; Sutton, hon. Manners 400,
406; steam-power 457; sinecures
366

Tythes on a poor-house garden 93; tax
proposed on cotton 74: tonnage 271: trans-
ports wanted 425: tax on candles
Vyvian, sir Richard

Calhoun, John C. correspondence
with gen. Jackson 11: letters to Mr.
Monroe and Mr. Wirt 23: to Mr.
Adams 24, to Mr. Crawford 24, 37,
42: to Mr. Hamilton 44: the stolen
letter 70: letters of Mr. Hamilton,
Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Hayne 88: de-
clines a public dinner 61: accepts one
171: his toast at 395: intends making
an expose 361: nominated 417, 462:
428, 437
his exposition
Cambreleng, C. C.

250, 250

gration to

295

INDEX.

234 Carson Mr. 31; Chambers Mr. 3; Choc.
Camden Journal
Campbell, A. 203: Campbell, J. 302 taw Indians 4, 5; Clayton Mr. 32, 35; con
tempts of court 4, 6, 7; committees of con.
4, 5, 6, 31
Canada-disbursements of 74: emi-ference 2, 7; congressional doc.
Dickerson Mr. 2, 3; Delaware, resolutions
of 3; Drayton Mr. 7; District of Columbia
30; duties 6; Dwight, Mr. 6; debtors
Ellsworth Mr. 7; engineer and ord. dept.
app. for 6; Evans Mr. 5; Everett Mr. 6;
executive business

Canals-Chesapeake and Delaware
74, 142, 307, 353: Chesapeake and
Oltio 91, 95, 180, 206, 307, 328, 359:
Dismal Swamp canal 95: Welland ca-
nal 95: Chambly 181: Savanual, Oge-
chee and Altamaha 143: Morris canal,
and its inclined plane, 159: tolls col-
lected on 405: Erie canal 180: Delaware
and Hudson 180, 307: Ohio canals
180, 181, 307, 344, 405: experiments
on 181: Pennsylvanim 181, 307, 405:
Miami canal 307, 405: New Orleans
canal & banking company 284, Louis-
ville and Portland, 285: New York
canals 181, 307, 310: Blackstone canal
307: Rideau 311: projected 451, 452
Candle ends

Cunton-employments, &c.
Carter, Mr. 116: Carr, D. S.
Carr, Benjamin, obsequies of
Carroll, Charles of -C.
Cass, Lewis

337,

168

345

319

309

364
428
281

Cast iron pillars, &c.
Census, of U. States 170: do. of
British provinces, (now U. States), in
1755-6, 237: of the city of N. York
254: Poland 51, 335: London 256, 295:
Paris 295: Virginia 261, 262: Indians
in U. S. 280: Lynn 281: Italy 295:
454
Liverpool, 454: on Am. census
1, 166
Chambers, Ezekiel
420
Channing, Dr.
Chanting cherubs 283: Charity S41
Charleston Mercury 72, 114, 161,
165, 179, 349, 368, 395
China-sacrifices in 131: Chinese
Tartary invaded 241, population, &c.
of Canton 345: royal tenderness
407
Cholera infantum
Cholera morbus 95, 362, 422, 426:

general treatment

Church in England

Circulation of values
Claims on France

185

459

160, 195

59

92

396

Importers of foreign m'dze, certain relief
to 2; improvements of harbors, rivers, &c. 4,
6; internal improvements 4, 5, 6; Mr. Hemp
224; Indians, Cherokees 4, 5, 6, 7, 106; Iron,)
hili's report on 207; proceedings in the senate
of the duty on 2, 3; call for information
Judiciary, on the repeal of 25th section 5;
5
printing reports on
King Mr.
Letcher Mr. 7; Lea Mr. 5; live oak and
cedar 4. 6; Livingston Mr. 2, 30; light-
house bill 6; Lumpkin Mr.

4

6

195

Disbursements, 1798 to 1830, 112
366
Discoveries, 132: in Pacific
District of Columbia, the banks 65;
Mail road in Creek nation 2; Marks, Mr. 4; Nourse's case 166; political meetings
Mercer Mr. 31; McDuffie Mr. 5, 6; McKin-166: Fillebrown and MeDanniel 233;
ley Mr. 4; military app. 4, 7; military road 5; fishing in 283; maj. Eaton
Missouri and Ohio rivers 29; Monroe, Jas. 4
National road 2, 6; naval service, 4; Nau-
dain Mr. 3; new ports of entry 6; New York.
new custom house 6, 7; Noble Mr. death and
funeral honors

In the senate-On power of appointment
Cincinnatti-account of its trade 52 2; on the bill authorising tolls on national
road 2; concerning the duty on iron 3; on
the appropriation bill 3; on printing docu-
ments 4; relief of James Monroe
the appropriation for surveys 5; on the
printing of congressional documents

Clark, Wm. 409: Clarke, Mrs.
Clay H. his speech on Seminole war
48: present of cutlery to 206: various
91, 181, 192: on seaman's protections
389: named at Albany
254, 278
32
Clayton, I. R.
Coal, consumption in England 168:
used for smelting 274: various 283,
285, 308, 338, 339, 342, 405, 452, 455:
certain articles manufactured from 451
366
Coincidence, curious one
Coins

Dry-dock, one at Cleveland, O. 221
Duels &c.

284

132

Dyeing, substitute for indigo
Dyspepsia, kneading for the cure 390
Early marriages

285

Earthquake, awful one in India 255
East Indies-ravages of the chole-
ra 295: the company's profits 426: its
tributes from idolatrous temples 426:
debt 223: disputes

275
Eaton, John H. 143, 268, 289, 501,
503, 381, 585, 394, 428
Eckford, Henry
Economy

284
180

Editorial articles-American system-ad-
ed 60; its advantages 73, 75; its influence 193,
dress to its friends 45; its influence illustrat-
718; its end and aim explained 391; its stand
ing in Maryland 393; appeal to working men
321; its circulation noticed 392; agent for the
Register 391; anti-tariff convention 305, 336,
393, 451; Albany Argus

402

Conde, prince de, his will
Bainbridge com. 113; Baltimore 129; "Ban.
Conventions, woollens 145, 220, ner of the Constitution" 178, 185, 393; bank
234, 305 U. S 73, 114, 337, 397; battle cry-notice of
290 113; British-its system at home 60; West In-
Constitutional question--a
dia and colonial trade 47, 90, 250, 306, 310,
308
89
Constructive journies
338, 449; Burges Mr.
338
Cooking stove, a cheap one
Crisis 130; cotton market 262; calico print-
Cooper, Dr. and gen. Blair 155, 190 ing, turn out in England 451; cabinet disso-
Copper 307: Copper boilers 12, 407 lution 129, 145, 165, 268, 269, 289, 305, 361,
Copy right, law of 188, 319, 453 401; Calhoun, J. C. 1, 25, 61, 432; cap, Dr.
Franklin's new one 195; carpeting 436; Cam.
Cotton, crop of 1829, 1830, 271: ex-breleng Mr. 130; census, remarks on 171;
Mr.
Dod-ports from N. O. 282, 306: fineness Chambers Mr. 1; Charleston Mercury, 114,
408 of thread 282: table of exports for 9 161, 337; Charleston custom-house bond 451;
305 years 306: cotton twine 149: import circulation of values 59; coins, Mr. White's
questioned 182; Columbia Times 163; cotton,
451 into Providence 50, 307: price in Eng- report on 51; commerce-the Globe's views
341 land 266: cotton bagging 307: Br. con- its consumption at Providence 50; Crawford
63 templated duty 74, 92, 94: import of W. H. allusion to his speech on U.S. bauk 434
451 Distress in Ireland 417, 418; dollar-its va.
338 65: bet as to its price
lue
285, 289
Crawford, W. H.
12, 37
Edge-tools' factory 394; editor takes re-
345
Crim. con. Spanish case of
laxation 129, 361, 401; editorial quarrels
Crowninshield, B. W. 24, 40 182; Encyclopedia Am. 220, 293: tales of
182 horror in Amer.ca 309; errors of the press
Creighton, com.
464 251; economy 293: exchange of papers 417
Flour, stocks, &c. prices of noticed 1,
duty
59, 63, 64, 145, 449; foreign news-remark,
222: insurrection 241: description of on 89, 90, 145, 223; foreign market 233; for-
285 gery 295; free trade British professions 90;

Coleman, N. D. 341: W. A.
Combs, manufacture of 282, 340,
Compunctions of conscience
Comet, brig, wrecked
Comforts, solid ones
Commerce, of the U. S.
Compass, vegetable ones

Congress.

182, 200

344

Aets passed 35; appropriations 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 29; Arabian horses

70

Bates Mr. 57; Bell Mr. 7; Benton Mr. 2,
4, 29, 30; Bradley's memorial 4, 32; Brown
Mr. 2, 3; Burges Mr. 7; Burnet Mr. 3, 30;

Baltimore and Obio rail road

Crime, progress of
Cuba-reduction of tonnage

3 the Moro castle