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I NDEX TO YOL. XXI I I . ,FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1850.

Admiralty law, its history, &c......................... 284Advantages and disadvantages of private cor

porations ......................................................... 626Adjusting compasses for iron ships................. 694Adulteration of coffee in London..................... 138Advertising, philosophy of.............................. 580Africa, manufactures of.................................... 573Agricultural products, exports of, from U. S . 95Alabama and Tennessee Railroad................... 233

w cotton factories in .............................. 24744 south, cotton crop of........................ 659

Albany, flour inspections of............................ 112Algeciras, change in light a t............................ 559American and English railway management. 236

44 continental money........................... 121“ reciprocity and British free trad e .. 410

Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad........... 469Appraisement of imports................................... 665Anti-commercial articles.....................................585Arkansas, rights of married women in ........... 527Architecture, marine and naval....................... 310Astoria, Oregon, harbor of............................... 358

Bank of England returns for 1849 ................... 22 244 44 South Carolina, statistical progress of 22744 clerks, training of........................................22844 failures In England and United States.. 67644 London and W estminster....................... 33244 circulation of United Kingdom............. 33444 notes, lives of............................................. 554

Banks, dividends of Boston and New Y ork .. 8944 complete statistics of, in U. S .........670-674“ of New York, condition of.................... 117M 44 Ohio, condition of................ 548“ dividends of Boston................................ 55144 of United States, condition of.............. 55244 condition of New Orleans............ 225, 45544 44 44 in United S ta te s .............. 22544 * 44 44 44 New York City.............22844 of Rhode Island, condition of............... 33144 44 South Carolina, condition of............. 33344 44 Charleston..................................... 45344 Scotch Exchange.................................... 337

Bay of San Francisco........................................ 561Birmingham, manufactures o f ......................... 678Book trade, notices of. 139, 250, 362, 477, 587, 703

Averno, port of, in Portugal............................ 231 Boots and shoes, history of pegged........... ... 574Auction sales in New Y ork.............................. 450 Boston, growth o f ........................................... 496Augusta, receipts of cotton a t ........................... 659 u description of...................................... 483

ii population and wealth of................. 485B « tt railways and steamers of................... 487

Bahama Channel, light-house at entrance o f .. 116 u shipping and commerce o f ............. 489Baltimore and Ohio Railroad........................... 44 it local and coastwise trade of............. 489

u city stock debt.................................. 551 ii water works o f .................................. 492u condition of banks of....................... 38 ii city debt and resources of................ 493u flour trade o f .................................... 51 i i city taxes o f ........................................ 494u report of board of trade of............. 556 tt and Maine Railroad, statistics of . . . 239a statistics of shipping of................... 42 tt 44 Worcester Railroad, receipts of. 125u 40u tobacco trade o f .............................. 49 u bank dividends.................................. 551ii commercial resources o f ............... 34 Brazil, trade between United States and___ 547ii scaleage on cotton a t....................... 665 Breadstuff's, import of into England............. 137u and Ohio Railroad........................... 691 British export of cotton ma’fact’s to all nations 105it and Susquehanna Railroad............ 691 44 mercantile marine bill........................ 583

Banking, Currency, and Finance, Journal of. 117 M customs regulations.......................... 462223, 331, 452, 548, 650 U trade in wines and spirits................... 330

u law of New York amended............. 336 U woolen manufactures, export of....... 328it Lawson’s history of.......................... 641 i t railroads, revenue of........................... 241

Bank of Hamburg, character of...................... 119 l l and Scotch railroad dividends.......... 126


IV IN D EX TO VOL. XXIII.

British mercantile navy....................................Broom manufacture, history o f .......................Buttons, manufacture of porcelain...................Buoys, regulations in regard t o .......................Burnham light, British Channel.......................

C.California, gold mines o f ..................................

44 gold at United States m in t............44 commerce and statistics o f ............“ state debt and revenues..................44 gold dust..........................................“ 44 discovered in 1790 ...............

export of gold from.........................44 regulations of collection districts of44 mania in Paris..................................

Canals in Great B rita in ....................................Canal tolls in New Y o rk ..................................

“ history of Welland..................................Cement, newly discovered kind of.................Ceylon, pearl fishery o f .....................................Ceylon, cultivation of cotton in .......................Chili, treaty between United States a n d ........

44 com’ercial reciprocity between the United States and......................................

Charleston, condition of banks i n ...................44 statistics and commerce of.............44 merchants’ convention a t ...............

China opium trade...................................... 28,Cincinnati, navigation of..................................

u rates of freight from, to N. Orleans44 manufactures o f .............................44 average price of merchandise i n . .44 steamboats built a t.........................41 statistics of manufactures of..........44 import and export, trade of............

Cities, commercial, of United States...........34,Clipperton’s Rock in North Pacific O cean.. . .Coasting trade of India, freedom of.................Coal, import of, in foreign steamers...............Codes of New York State, civil and criminal. Coinage of the New Orleans Branch M int.. . .Coins proposed, new, in United States...........

44 deterioration of g o ld ..............................Coffee, exports of from Rio de Jane iro ..........

44 trade in 1850, &c..............................59,44 adulteration of, in London..................44 imports of, into United States.............44 exports of, from Rio de Janeiro..........44 production and consumption of, in 1850

Collision, action to recover damages..............Commerce of Hamb’gh in 1849 and prev. years

44 power and influence of..................44 United States, statistical view of,

in 1849.................................... 95-Colurabia River, Oregon...................................Columbus, (Ga.,) cotton factories in ...............Commercial Chronicle and Review 84, 199,

312, 432, 524, 44 statistics 95, 209, 324, 442, 556,44 regulat’nsl09, 217, 339,460, 556, 44 cities of United States, &c. .34,

-41 code of Spain..................... 199,

Commercial value of Cuba................................ 474“ 44 dramatic literature.... 58544 facts, curious................................ 58644 expedition around the w orld... 40644 life in London.............................. 696

Commission business, a profitable.................. 330Connecticut, rights of married women in ---- 526

44 law of, relating to railroad stocks 565Consumption of tobacco in England.............. 476Corporations, legislative history of in N. Y. :.510

44 private, advantages of.................62644 44 disadvantages of.......... 629

Cotton manufactures, British exports o f........10544 trade from 1825 to 1850......................... 59544 plantations, product of in S. Carolina.. 10744 and cotton fabrics, prices of................. 10844 falsely packed and unmerchantable.. . I l l 44 factories, progress of in the West. 244, 34244 44 in Alabama............................. 24744 manufactures at Columbus, (Ga.)........24744 manufactures in the Southern States.. 346 44 crop, exports, &c., of the U. States. 437, 44944 statistics............................................... * • 45044 exported, value of.................................. 46644 and the cotton manufacture................. 57044 manufactures in the South, statistics of 57544 exports of, from New Orleans.............. 53744 factories, slave labor in ......................... 57544 exports and receipts of, at New Orleans 65844 crop of South Alabama........................... 65944 receipts of, at Augusta and Hamburg.. 66044 cultivation in Ceylon of......................... 70044 scaleage on, at Baltimore...................... 66544 goods, manufacture of........................... 679

Counterfeit gold coins, recent.................... . • • 223Counterfeits on the State Bank of Indiana... 123Cuba, value of Island of.................................... 475Currency, American Continental..................... 121

44 Interest, Production........................... 519Customs regulations, British — Custom-house, hydrometers for.

D .Debt of Pennsylvania, State----

44 and revenue of California........................33544 of Baltimore City...................................... 6544 funded, of Maryland................................ 65344 and finances of Kentucky....................... 676

Depths of European and open seas................ 232Decimal coinage in England............................ 219Discriminating duties of tonnage on imports. 662 Dividends ofrailway stocks in England, &c.. 124

44 Massachusetts Railroads............ 126Dry-goods stores, salesmen in .......................... 248Duties on sugar and molasses.......................... 220Dyeing, improvements in ................................. 130

E .Eastern Railroad re p o r t .................................. 348Electro magnetism as a motive power........... 577Emigration from United Kingdom................. 701England, finances of........................................... 456

44 condition of the banks of................. 122

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INDEX TO VOL. XXIII. V

England, men employed on the railroads of.. 13844 imports of corn, &c., into................ 108

England’s best customer, the United S tates... 451English merchants and Spanish beggars........ 135Europe, stocks of tobacco in ............................ 108Exhibition of works of industry of all nations 127

F .Fabrics of cotton, impr’ment in man’fact’res of 682Fall River Railroad........................................... 567Finances of England........................................ 456

44 Hanoverian government............... 12244 British government....................... 22944 San Francisco................................ 33644 British East India.......................... 338

Financial progress of Great Britain................ 334Florida, Cape Carnaveral Shoals...... ............560

44 rocks, reefs, surveying works o n .. . . 11644 rights of married women in ............... 527

Flour, inspection of, in Albany....................... 11244 inspections and guarantees................. 66244 44 at Richmond.................. 546

Forest, exports of products ofj from U. S ........ 95France, railway traffick in ................................. 692

44 manufacture of leather in ................... 132Frauds in use of stamps and labels................. 434Free Trade vs. Protective Tariffs..................... 79French railways, statistical view of................ 125Freight rates from Cincinnati to New Orleans 545

44 44 P ittsburg.... 545Funded debt of Maryland................................. 222

G.Georgia, tariff of freight on railroads of.......... 222

44 St. Andrews Shoals, coast of............. 35744 taxation in ........................................... 452

Gold mines of California, (Prof. Tucker’s). . . . 19 44 and silver metals, statistics of 163, 171,

270, 28344 deposits of, at U. Staies Mint.................. 33544 production of, mines in the Ural........... 12944 coins, description of recent counterfeit. 22344 coinage of U. States Mint, Philadelphia. 235*l California, in London.............................. 68644 region, theory of the California.............. 68744 diggings for, in California....................... 68444 dust of California...................................... 33644 value of..................................................... 33844 export of, from California....................... 55444 new and rapid method of refining.........55544 coins, deterioration of............................ 55544 and silver glass........................................ 576

Glass, manufacture of gold and silver............ 57644 trade of Great Britain.............................. 584

Grain, legal weight of........................................ 463Gray on the nature and use of money............ 514Great Britain, raw materials entered for con

sumption in ............................ 33444 progress of........................ .......33444 revenue of..................... 67444 ships, ro’ds, railw’s, & caul’s in 69244 efforts of, to stop the sl’ve tr’d of 700

Great sailing circle.............................................. 231

Guiana, British, tariff of...................................... 217Gulf Stream, a theory of..........1........................ 471Gutta percha, some account of........................241

I I .Hamburg, full statistics of commerce of.. .177-188

44 account of Bank of.......................... 11944 receipts of cotton a t........................ 660

Hanoverian government, finances of................ 122Harbor of Astoria, Oregon................................. 358History of first ste’ms’p that crossed the Atl’t’c 693

44 of banking, Lawson’s ........................... 64144 of British panics..................................... 604

Hudson and Berkshire Railroad....................... 470Hydrometers for Custom-houses...................... 644

I .Irbit, early and present trade of...................... 701Illinois, mineral riches of................? :.............. 130

44 rights of married women in .......... 526Imports, appraisement o f................................... 665Increase of cotton mills in the West............... 687India, freedom of coasting trade of................. 113

44 rubber buffers and springs................... 13344 East, Company, finances of......................338

Indiana, counterfeits on Bank of...................... 12344 rights of married women in .............. 52644 legal weight of grain in ...................... 463

Industrial progress of the United States........343Influence of commerce....................................... 632Insurance, Massachusetts Life, Co..................... 331Interest, Currency, • Production......................... 519

44 of money..................................... 52, 295Internal improvements in State of New York,

259,283, 497, 614Invention, statistics of........................................ 576Ireland, silver mines of.................................... 246Iron, application of hot air to smelting of. . . . 131

44 mountain in Wisconsin........................... 34644 import of, into United S ta te s.................. 44844 manufacture of........................................... 46344 improvement in the manufacture o f .. . . 468 44 for ship-building......................................... 686

K .Kasan, trade in tea a t......................................... 702Kentucky, rights of married women in ........... 521

44 debts and finances of..................... 676Kersengen Artesian salt springs........................ 678

L .Lace merchant’s d o g ................................. 474Law schools, establishment of, in the South .. 135

44 44 in the South and W est............. 475Leather, manufacture of varnished................... 132

44 improvement in tanning......................468Life boats, registered safety............................... 232Light-house at Nord Koster.......................... 357

44 in the Gulf of Pozznoli.....................47344 at Algeciras, change in th e ........... 55944 on the eastern coast of Sweden.. 559

Light-houses........................................................ 116Light, Burnham, British Channel..................... 696London and Westminster Bank, condition of. 232


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London, commercial life in ...............................44 tricks in trade i n ................................44 world’s convention in 1851 a t............44 provision market................................44 milliners and dress-makers of............44 building for world’s convention in . .

Louisiana, production of sugar, &c., in ..........44 rights of married women in ..........

Lumber trade of Pensacola..............................Locomotives, smoke consumers for...............Lead, Pennsylvania...........................................Lowell, stoppage of looms a t...........................Lawson’s history of banking............................Legislative history of corporations in N. York

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Maine, rights of married women i n ...............Mail steamers, United States............................Manchester and Lawrence Railroad...............Manufacture of pegged boots and shoes..........

44 44 gold and silver g la ss ..............44 44 port w ine ................................44 44 cotton goods.............................

Manufacturer in distressed circumstances___44 statistics of Providence, (R. I.)*4 in Africa....................................44 effect of, in producing wealth..44 of Birmingham...........................44 44 Cincinnati...............................

Marine and naval architecture.........................Marine painting, Marsh’s ..................................Married women, rights of property of............Maryland, law of, touching property of mar

ried women.....................................................Massachusetts State Life Insurance Co...........

*4 railroads, statistics o f ...............44 annual production of................44 fisheries o f ..................................44 railroad dividends of................

Maryland, funded debt of.................................Maury’s sailing directions................................Mint, U. S., deposits and coinage at N. Orleans

44 rate of charges at.....................................44 profits of British.......................................

Mississippi, rights of married women in ........Missouri, rights of married women in .............Mobile, cotton factory in ..................................Mobile and Ohio Raiload..................................Molasses, duties illegally paid on.....................Money, the use and abuse of.............................

44 interest o f .............................. 52, 295,Motive power, new, for railways.....................Mozambique channel, shoal i n .......................Milliners and dress-makers of London............Marine steam navigation for 1851...................Merchant, English, anecdote of a n .................

44 French, and the Spaniard...............44 character of the Spanish................44 value of knowledge to ......................44 ship, a mammoth.............................

Merchants’ convention at Charleston.............

Mercantile Law, Journal of.............................. 43197, 312, 432, 534, 646

44 Miscellanies 134, 2^3,359, 473,579, 6974* Library Associations...................... 134*4 marine bill, British............ .......... 534

Michigan, rights of married women in ............ 526Mining and Manufactures, Journal of............. 127

241, 342, 463, 570. 677Mineral riches of Illinois.................................. 130

44 resources of Nicaragua....................... 68344 lands of Lake Superior....................... 677

Mines, California gold........................................ 6944 in Central America.............................. 680

N .Nautical intelligence. ..114, 231, 357, 471, 559, 694Navigation in United States, statistical view

of in 1849 .................................. 9544 comparative, ofL’don, Livp’l, &c. 33644 of Columbia river,......................... 35844 of port of New O rleans................ 539

Nature and use of money.................................. 514Navy, British mercantile.................................. 137Needles, manufacture of...................................... 345Newark, N. J., valuation of property of.......... 459New Bedford, valuation of property o f .......... 459New Hampshire, rights of married women in. 525

44 44 railroad law of..................... 351New Orleans, statistics of trade and com’ce of 536

44 44 prices of produce at.................... 53944 44 produce received a t .................. 65944 44 condition of banks of........ 465, 67644 44 first arrival at, from Calcutta... 56144 44 cotton regulations of................... I l l44 44 branch mint, coinage a t............ 45444 44 statistics of cotton & tobacco for

twenty-nine years at............... 658New York, criminal and civil codes of........... 67

44 44 homestead exemption law ............. 8544 44 imports and exports of.................. 9144 44 bank dividends, etc....................... 8944 44 city banks, condition of................ 22844 44 amendments of banking law o f . . 33644 44 law relating to passenger vessels. 34044 44 canal tolls in ................................... 35044 44 condition of banks o f .................... 117•4 44 law relating to use of false stamps 34544 44 & Erie Railroad, fri’ght carried on 43944 44 commerce of.................................... 44444 44 'auction sales a t ................................ 45044 44 condition of banks of State of . . . 46444 44 rights of married women i n ......... 52444 44 imports and exports of................... 65744 44 synopsis of bank laws of State of. 61444 44 legislative history of corp’tions in 61044 44 prices of merchandise in ............... 66144 44 rise, progress, and present con

dition of internal improvement in 259, 383, 497, 614

Nicaragua, treaty with the United States......... 10944 commercial decree of...................... 11344 ship canal by lake............................ 126

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INDEX TO VOL. XXIII. VII

Nicaragua, mineral resources o f .........................683Nophitsch’s exploring expedition.................... 406Nord Coster, light-house on inland of............. 351Novelty iron Works............................................. 463

O .Ocean, tides of the ............................................... 147

44 winds and currents of........................... 114Ohio, act of, in regard to usury of banks........234

44 conditions of banks of............................ 54844 homestead exemption law o f ............... 84w law of, relating to corporators............. 461u rights of married women in....................526

Oil, exports of, from United States................. 328Oporto wines, export duties on......................... 219Opium trade, history, extent and effect of .28, 146 Oregon, new channel at the mouth of Colum

bia R iv e r........................................... 56044 and California collection districts______665

Ores brought to Swansea, Wales..................... 345P .

Panics, history of British.................................... 604Passages of Atlantic steam ers......................... 238Passage of Steamer W ashington..................... 351Passenger vessels coming to city of New York 30 Passport regulations through France and Bel

gium ................................................................. 221Patents, actions for infringement o f ............... 433Patentees, right o f ............................................. 433Pearl fishery of Ceylon...................................... 473Pennsylvania, rights of married women in. . . . 526

44 cir’lat’n small notes of banks of 45944 State debt of............................... 45744 copper and le a d ........................ 687

Pens, early history of, in England................... 246Pensacola, lumber trade o f .............................. 449Periwinkle trade................................................. 360Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail- 351

road........................................... 35144 exhibition of American manu

factures, a t................................. 46744 foreign commerce o f.................. 58044 U. S. Mint and Treasurer at . . 675

Philosophy of advertising................................ 580Pittsburg, steanr boats built a t ......................... 470Plaster trade of Nova Scotia............................ 425Platina, production of, in the Ural Mountain. 129Porcelain buttons, manufacture o f ................. 678Precious metals, coins and bank-notes, essay

on .............................................................. 159, 270Prices of cotton and cotton fabrics................. 108Postal arrangement between France and Eng

land ....................................................................221Produce received at New Orleans......................659Property, rights of married women to ... 524, 646Power and influence of commerce................. 632Paris, stock exchange of.................................... 666

44 California mania in ................................. 698Prussia, commercial reciprocity between Uni

ted States a n d .............................. . 66244 ridiculous trade legislation of............701

Prices of merchandise in New York............... 661Price of mineral lands, Lake Superior............ 677Port wine, manufacture of.................. 686

Postage, the argument for cheap..................... 359Pozznoli, Naples, new light in the Gulf o f .. . . 473Production—Currency—Interest..................... 516Profits of the British mint moneyers............... 553Providence, R. L, statistics of manufactures in 247

44 44 valuation of property o f .. . 459Prussia, railroads in, to end of 1849................ 569Punctuality, importance o f ............•..................361

IS .Railroad, Alabama and Tennessee................. 233

44 Androscoggin and Kennebec.......... 46944 Baltimore and Ohio........................... 69144 44 44 Susquehanna............69144 Boston and Worcester, statistics o f . 125 44 Canal, and Steamboat statistics.... 123

233, 347,458, 562, 68844 Fall River............................................ 56744 from Toledo to Chicago...................... 58644 Hartford, New Haven & Springfield 56044 Hudson and Berkshire...................... 47044 law of New Hampshire...................... 35244 trafflck in France..................................69244 management in England and U. S.. 23644 Manchester and Law rence.................47144 Mobile and O hio..................................68844 New York and Erie, trafflck of . . . . 46944 Philadelphia and Baltimore............. 35144 Providence and Worcester............... 34744 stocks, Connecticut law relating to . 56544 statistics of Boston and Maine.........239

Railroads in Prussia to the end of 1849 .......... 56944 how they should be managed..........18844 men employed on English............... 13844 new motive power for........................ 69044 etc., in Great Britain........................... 69244 revenue of British............................... 24144 of Massachusetts, statistics o f.. 104, 349

Railways of Massachusetts, E. H. Dkrby,. . . . 203Reef, Florida, surveying work on ................... 116Regulations in regard to buoys......................... 695Rio Grande, port regulations of......................... 462Rhode Island, condition of banks o f.............. 331Rio Janeiro, import of coffee into U. S. from. 451

44 exports of coffee from................. 451Revenue, United States Post-office................. 670

44 of Great Britain in 1849 and 1850.. 674 Russia, production of precious metals in . . . . 127

44 mines of Southern................................ 70244 tea-smuggling in .......................................583

S.Salesmen and saleswomen in stores............... 248Savings Bank and Friendly Society, British.. 131Salvage case, a curious...................................... 362San Francisco, city finances............................ 356

44 bay and its improvements.. . . 56144 rocks at entrance o f ................. 358

Scotch Exchange Banks.................................... 337Scotland, consumption of spirits i n ............... 586Seas, depths of European................................. 232Sea, export of product of, from U. S............... 95Ships’ boats, improvement in lowering......... 476Ships and roads in Great Britain..................... 692


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Ships, adjusting compasses of iron................. 694Ship, a mammoth merchant............................. 702Shoals.................................................................. 116

“ Cape Carnaveral...................................... 560Signals, system of night.................................... 356Silver in Ural Mountains.................................. 129

“ mines of Ireland ..................................... 246“ value of..................................................... 338

Slave labor in cotton factories......................... 575u trade, British efforts to stop the............. 700

South Carolina, product of cotton planta’n in 107 44 condition of banks of............227

Tobacco, trade, statistics of.............................. 9444 stocks of leaf in Europe................... 10844 exports of, from New Orleans.......... 537“ passage over the bar of tbe river... 150

Trade with the West Indies............................. 42844 legislation in Prussia.............................. 701“ at Erbit, early and present..................... 701

Trader’s method of selling off........................... 474Treasury circulars.......................................663, 666

“ operation of Assistant in N. York. 535 “ notes outstanding in the U. States,

227 556Treaty between U. States and Chili.............. .’ 341Treaties, commercial......................................... 109

U .44 cultivation of tea i n ............. 579

Soap trade of E ngland......................................446Spanish bond-holders, meeting of..................... 229

44 mercantile character........................... 138Spain, commercial code of.........................199, 312Spirits, consumption of in Scotland................. 586Steamboats, description of North & East River 239

44 built at Pittsburg in 1849 & 1850 40744 44 44 Cincinnati........................ 469

Steamboat navigation of Cincinnati................ 469Steamers, passage of the A tlantic................... 238Steam apparatus, n e w ...................................... 232

44 navigation for 1850 .............................. 689Steamship, first that crossed the Atlantic___ 693St. Domingo, anchorage on coast of............... 696St. Lawrence, navigation of............................. 24St. Andrews’ shoals, coast of G a ...................... 357Stock, transfer of U. S. on foreign account___ 87

44 six per cent of 1875................................ 9444 Exchange of Paris.................................. 986

Stoppage of looms at Low ell............................. 686Sugar, improvement in manufacture o f ........681

44 duties illegally paid on ......................... 66644 and molasses, duties on........................ 22044 production, Sechin Lousiana............. 24544 imports of into United States,___ 32944 &, molasses, exports of from N. Orleans 53844 production and consumption through

out the world.................................... 216Supercargoes, Spanish................................ 199, 312Sweden, lighthouse on eastern coast of.......... 559Swindling, ingenious system o f ......................... 249

T .Talmadge, James, biography of....................... 64Tanning leather, improvements in ................. 468Tariff, alterations of............................................ 557

44 of British Guiana..................................... 21744 on Oporto w ine......................................... 21944 of freight on Georgia Railroads............. 222

Taxation in Georgia............................................ 452Tea, consumption of in England..................... 362

44 Smith’s plantation of................... 57944 smuggling in Russia.................................. 58344 trade of Kasan........................ 583

Telegraph tariff on Morse’s line to Boston---- 341Texas, rights of married women in ................. 526Tennessee 44 44 .................. 526

Union—the, br’f rev’w of the past and present 372 United States, condit’n of b’nks in the 725, 670, 674

44 charges at the Mint of............... 45744 statis’l view of com., 1848-9. 95, 20944 commerce of each State of___ 32544 exports of provisions from___ 20744 England’s best customer............45144 failures of banks in .................... 67644 general condition of banks in.. 55244 imp’ts of for’gn merch’dise into 20944 44 cloths &c., into.......... 66044 44 of iron into.................. 44844 44 of coffee... ................ 32944 industrial progress of................. 34344 issues of papers to vessels of.. 33944 laws affecting rights of property44 in States of the...................... 52444 Mint, coinage of......................... 35544 receipts and expenditures of.. 67444 trade between Brazil and.......... 54744 r’gulat’s relat'g to vessels in___ 46044 Treasury circulars to Collectors

663. 666, 220, 33644 44 notes outstanding .... 55444 treaty between Chili and ......... 34144 44 with Nicaraugua........... 10944 with Sardinia, commercial re

lations of................................. 664United Kingdom, British bank circulation.. . 33i

44 emigration from.................... 70Usury laws, &., &c.....................................296, 508

44 of Ohio, restraining..................... 23qV .

Value of cotton manufactures exported.......... 46644 gold and silver....... ............................. 33844 sea birds to marriners........................ 23244 commerc’l knowl’ge to the merch’nt 697

Vanilla of the Island of Bourbon..................... 248Varnished leather, manufacture of.................. 132Ve'vet, improvement in manufacture of........133Vessels, concerning masters of......................... 199

44 United States laws relating to........... 66444 act of United States relating to re

cording conveyance of.................... 46044 of United States, issue of papers to.. 339

Vermont, rights of married women in ............525Virginia tobacco trade....................................... 546

Welland Canal, history of................................ 566Western and Atlantic Railway......................... 468Whitney’s Railroad to the Pacific................... 123Wine, consump. in the United K ingdom .... 586

44 export duties on, at Oporto................... 219Wines and spirits, British trade in .................. 330Wisconsin, iron mountain in ............................ 346

4* rights of married women in ..........52744 law relating to married women in 558

Women, separate rights of property of........... 524Woolen manufactures, British exports of.___328World’s exhibition of industry........................... 344

Y .Thames, entrance to th e .................................... 23 jTobacco, consumption of in England............. 4798

44 receipts and expor to at N. Orleans of 65

Yacht, registered safety.................................... 2323E»

Zollverein tariff, proposed alterations in....... 557


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