Cotton, prices of New Orleans, in New York. 317 Fngland, savings by railways in.... 470 549 570 583 persons employed on railroads in.. 685 of spirits in bond in... consumption of..... 438, 441 steam force of...... Europe, railways through... 691 Envelopes for letters, the manufacture of.... 345 470 685 250, 363 railroad accidents in...... 66 Execution Rock, light-house on........... 456 121 653 F. 473 Crises, cause of commercial.. 371 Fejee Islands, dangerous reef near........... 338 410 Flewwelling, obituary notice of the late Sam'l 471 66 exports of sugar and molasses, 1848-9. 327 Florin, description of the new British.. Gin and other spirits, regulations for........ 336 H. Lard, Manufacture of Cincinnati. Hamburg tunnel on Hudson River Railroad.. 686 66 New Orleans export of... Hanging articles at shop doors....... Harbor of refuge near Cape Hatteras.. Havre cotton movement............ Helix, a propeller of steam vessels..... 577 554 362 Law, Mercantile Cases..88, 206, 313, 429, 529, 646 Hemp, improvement in manufacture of..... 682 "produced in the West. 443 670, 682 Hosiery, British export of, in 1847-8......... 216 29 Light-house at Hyannis.. Hudson River, detentions at the overslaugh of 305 31 247 648 582, 696 120 120 121 664 231 Palmer's and Wing's Neck..... 552 66 443 66 689 147 cambrics of Ireland.. 586 Liverpool, prices of cotton wool at, in 1848.. 327 329 350 455 105 581 Louisiana, public lands in. 106 347 ... 556 M. 131 law of limited partnerships, in..... 230 progress of railroads in.. 66 694 Inland commerce..... 129 528 companies, statements made by.... 662 66 66 566 66 66 66 696 manufacturing establishments of..... 575 ..... 561 576 136 INDEX OF VOLUME XXI. Maury's astronomical expedition to Chili.... 611 Ohio tolls on canals of.. 407 342 360 66 taxes and taxable property of.. 408 409 66 66 Mercantile Miscellanies 135, 249, 355, 471, 583, 692 66 iron furnaces in.. 130 66 135 40 Oil manufacture of Cincinnati.. 577 66 law cases....88, 206, 313, 429, 529, 646 P. Merchants, liability of commission. 316 Merchandise imported into U. S. in 1848... 97 Page's new electro dynamic power.. 234 66 deception in the purchase of.... 89 Paint, Blake's patent fire-proof.. 571 Metals, British trade in.. 347 Palmer's Island light-house.. 552 Metalic Sulphurets, commercial importance of 237 Panama Railroad.. 25 Mexican Gulf, Cuba, the key of the.. Michigan, public lands in... Millinery and Mantua makers.. 463 66 Mines, Connecticut copper... Passengers arriving at New York in 30 years. 657 339 346 Patents, law of, a British decision. 316 66 of Chili, production of.. Mining and Manufactures, journal of, 124, 234, 344 Mining Company on the Potomac... Missouri, hogs slaughtered in. 464 443 66 fees on, in England........ 106 66 443 Philadelphia, iron trade of.. 106 66 law of debtor and creditor in........ 61 452 274 275 123 236 639 554 410 550 66 469 moral and social benefits of.. 601 522 534 320 542 Produce received at N. Orleans from interior. 557 234 105 Nashua and Epping Railroad.. 66 of Boston, port... Neuvitas and Puerto Principe railroad.. New Hampshire, cotton, etc., manufactories of 680 690 66 regulations of banking in.. Public lands of the United States............ Rails to connect Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 616 66 to the Pacific.... .... 66 330 116 66 prices of stocks in.. 66 66 imports into the port of, in 1848-9 93 66 66 537 exports and imports of specie... 653 662 Ningpo, description, commerce, etc., of...... 422 Notes, question of signature to... 650 66 capital, reduction of, in England.... 686 0. 470 240 "public lands in... 105 prices of agricultural products in.... 325 annual sales of public lands in.... 66 liabilities of.. 648 66 66 rules and regulations of N. England 683 684 37 453 313 131 568 577 339 324 66 Regulations of the New England railroads.. 343 | Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels.. 459 66 of British post office, from 1838-49. 384 Trade, restraints upon, enforced by law.... 68 66 455 66 marks, law of..... 199 473 653 Treasury notes, U. States, outstanding....457, 570 224 Rio de la Plata, navigation of confluents of.. S. U. United States, commercial cities of...... San Joaquin River, sailing directions for..... 459 Shanghai, description, commerce, etc., of.... 427 Ship building in Maine and Newburyport 239, 321 Slave trade, statistics of the.. States, area and population of.... Soda, process for the manufacture of.. Spain, commercial code of... 66 tariff of, on cotton goods, etc.......... 66 298 302 649 .50, 298 266, 278 collectors, etc., of the cus- 66 cotton crop of the........ 458 66 549 66 regulations for fishing vessels of 231 540 66 Statistics, commercial...97, 215 321, 439, 553, 666 340, 466, 579, 684 66 coasting trade, regulations of... 549 653 statistics of inventions in...... 672 38 Steamboat navigation of Cincinnati.. 468 469 92 Venezuela, ports of the republic of.. 450 93 46 117 66 law of debtor and creditor in..... 451 122 66 chronicles and characters of 684 St. Petersburg railroad to Moscow...... 524 Vessels built in U. S. from 1840 to 1847. 540 181 W. Thread, cotton, British export of, in 1847-8.. 218 Yachts, of the licensing of.. Tobacco, New Orleans, export of.. Wing's Neck light-house.. 552 Wisconsin, public lands in... 105 122 Wool, import of, into United States.. 213 66 665 import and export of, into G. Britain.. 213 585 665 Y. PAGE 1. NOTES ON THE COMMERCE OF THE BLACK SEA. By JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of 19 III. COMMERCE AND RESOURCES OF CUBA.-Exports and Imports for last twenty years -Yearly average of same-Periods of five years-Internal administration--Customs revenue for last twenty years-Railroads in the Island of Cuba-Agriculture-Exports of Sugar and Tobacco-Molasses-Copper ore-Vessels arriving and clearing at Ports of the Island. Translated from the " Diario de la Marina" for the Merchants' Magazine...... 34 IV. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.-THE LATE JONATHAN GOODHUE................ 40% V. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XVII.-THE CITY OF ALBANY.-First Settlement of Albany-Fur Trade with the Indians and Canadians--The center of the military operations of the British Government against the French in North America-Its rapid increase in Commerce and Population after the adoption of the Federal Constitution, and particularly after the completion of the Erie Canal-Its present Trade, Manufactures, and Prospects.... VI. LAW OF debtor and CREDITOR IN MISSOURI. By CHARLES C. WHITTLESEY, Esq., of the St. Louis (Missouri) Bar............ 61 8 28 28 VII. RESTRAINTS UPON TRADE: CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT IX. NAVIGATion of the CONFLUENTS OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA. BY EDWARD 72 80 MERCANTILE LAW CASES. Endorsing Notes as Sureties, etc.. Deception in the Purchase of Merchandise, etc.......... COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: 89 EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: The easy state of the Money Market-Quotations of American Stocks in London-Exports of the Port of New York in 1848-9-Influence of the Fire at St. Louis and the Crevasse at New Or leans on the Money Market-Paper Money the means of Taxation for war expenses-Cause of Hungary supported by Paper Money-Condition of the Banks of New Orleans-Operations of Exchange-Condition of the Banks of Ohio from 1835 to 1849-Comparative Circulation of Ohio and New Orleans Banks-Ohio Stocks in London at par, etc, etc...... 92-96 |