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NEW-ORLEANS: J. F. CURNS & CO.

1841.

INDEX.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

The Mississippi Scheme, by Francis Wharton.....

9
Theory of Banking, by a Merchant of Boston, Mass.....

27
Progress of American Commerce, by James H. Lanman.

37
Maryland, and its Resources, by William G. Lyford..

50
-Free Trade, by S. G. Arnold.....

58
Profits of Marine Insurance—The Mutual System, by Zebedee Cook, jr..

63
Question of Average, by Judge Willard Phillips....

67
The Law of Contracts in Missouri, by Charles G. Whittlesey, Counsellor at Law... 70
Commercial History of France, No, i, by Francis Wharton.....

105
1. American Manufactures, by James H. Lanman....

122
British Import Duties Abstract of the Report of the Committee of the House of
Commons on Import Duties, etc..

145
General Average-Its application to Lighterage and Freight, by Judge Willard
Phillips...

157
Question on Average, by Zebedee Cook, jr.

159
Culture of Silk in the United States, by Louis Tinelli..

162
Protection vs. Free Trade, by Horace Greeley..

166
Agricultural Commerce of the United States, by James H. Lanman.

2017
Sketches of Distinguished Merchants
Charles Louis Montaussier.....

229
Notice of the Life and Character of Joseph May......

356
Life and Character of the late Nicholas Brown...

538
Commercial Docks, by D. J. Browne, Civil Engineer..

239
Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor
Of Missouri, by Charles D. Drake, Attorney at Law, St. Louis...

252
Of Illinois, by Charles Gillman, of the Quincy (Illinois) Bar..

446
Suffolk Bank System.....

261
Russia and her Commercial Strength, by Francis Wharton.........

297
Coinage of the Precious Metals, by J. V. C. Smith, M. D....

321
Philosophy of Storms, by S. G. Arnold.

338
Venetian Commerce, by E. W. Stoughton....

393
Thermometrical Observations, as connected with Navigation, by James Mease, M. D. 411
• British Import Duties—Evidence of John Bowring, LL. D..

422
Illinois, and its Resources....

427
Datch Commerce, from the French of M. Bois Lecompte...

437
Townsend's Icebreaker......

444
Morocco, and its facilities for American Commercial Enterprise, by W. S. Mayo,
M. D...

489
Commercial Relations of the United States, by James H. Lanman.

507
British Corn Laws, by James M. Whiton...

519
The Morals of Trade, No. 1, by John Bellows.

526
Familiar Scenes in the Life of a Clerk, by the author of the “ Victim of Chancery,” 530
The Computation of Interest, by C. C. Gordon.......

540

MERCANTILE LAW DEPARTMENT-DECISIONS, ETC.
Copyright-Transfer of Bank Stock-Import Duties..

73, 74, 75, 76
Interesting Mercantile Law Case.......

168
Fraudulent Entry of Goods...

170
Tariff Duties-Marine Insurance...

171
Seamen's Wages A Letter of Credit....

263
Marine Insurance-Jettison of Goods carried on Deck...

264
Action on the Bill of Lading, Custom of Russia.....

264
Damages on Protested Bills of Exchange in each State, etc...

265
General Bankrupt Law of 1841...

360
Decisions in the United States Courts.....

450
Maritime Assaults-Opinion of Judge Hopkinson......

452
Foreign Attachment-Insurance-Bills and Notes......

548
Accord and Satisfaction-Assumpsit...

549
BOOK TRADE-LITERARY NOTICES.
Nestorians, or the Lost Tribes-Rauch's Physicology.......

77
Dumas' Progress of Democracy-Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible..

78
Family Secrets-Sutton's Learn to Die..

78
Historical Sketches of the Old Painters-Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats... 79
Summer Journey in the West-Old Humphry's Addresses.

79
Stephen's Incidents of Travel in Central America.....

80
Tyrolese Minstrels Merchant's Widow, and other Tales.

80
Downing's Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening.. 173
Hilliard's Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property.

173
Campbell's Life of Petrarch-Carlyle's French Revolution..

174
Bridge's Treatise on the Elements of Algebra....

174
Collections of the New York Historical Society.

175
Vale's Life of Thomas Paine-Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrims...

175
Frontin's Selections from Bouilly's works.....

176
Taylor's Lectures on Spiritual Christianity....

176
Tales of the Kings of England-Greenwood's Sermons for Children..

176
Miss Copley's Early Friendships..

176
Curtis's Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen...

267
Schlegel's Lectures on the History of Literature..

268
Dr. Channing's Complete Works-Marryatt's Masterman Ready.

269
James's Ancient Régime.......

269
Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones-Guy's Elements of Astronomy, etc....

270
Prescott's Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella.......

270
Bancroft's History of the Colonization of the United States.

271
Philips' Ladies Closet Library....

271
Peter Parley's Universal History, on the basis of Geography....

271
Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home...

272
James's Widow directed to God-Mrs. Hofland's Farewell Tales.

272
Buckingham's America ; Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive..

368
Townsend's Facts in Mesmerism— The Dahlia, etc.,....

368
Appleton's Tales for the People—The Siege of Derry, etc.......

368
Mrs. Osgood's Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry...

454
Robinson's Researches in Palestine-Davies' Sermons, etc..

455
McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary-Law and Lawyers-Mellen's Argument on
Slavery......

456
Park's Pantology-Mrs. Osgood's Wreath of Wild Flowers, etc....

457
Stone's Life and Times of Red Jacket-Bulwer's Miscellaneous Writings.

458
Mrs. Griffith's Two Defaulters-Gems of Irish Eloquence......

458
Siebald's Manners and Customs of the Japanese-Buck's Anecdotes...

459
Crump's World in a Pocket-book-Sherwood's Motive Power, etc...

459
Howitt's Book of the Seasons-Plain Sermons.....

460
Buck's Ruins of Ancient Cities-Rogers' Anti-Popery..

460
James's Happiness; its Nature and Sources.....

460
Appleton's Miniature Classical Library-Confessions of an English Opium Eater... 461
Nelson on Infidelity.-Hoskin's Astronomy for Schools—Rocky Island, etc..... 461
Milman's History of Christianity-Miss Martineau's Settlers at Home...

462
Burnap's Lectures to Women and Young Men.........

462

Basil Montague's Life and Works of Lord Chancellor Bacon.......

550
Works of Lord Bolingbroke......

550
Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield..

550
Bradford's American Antiquities......

551
Livermore's Commentary on Matthew...

551
Autobiography, Reminiscences, and Letters of John Trumbull......

551
Wheaton's Scandinavia—Olmsted's Whaling Voyage—The Mignionette.

552
Sarah Austin's German Fragments......

553
Theodore, or the Skeptic's Conversion.......

553
Historical Collections of the State of New York.......

553
D'Israeli's Amenities of Literature-Camp's Democracy.

554
Dana's Seaman's Friend....

554
Evenings with the Chronicles...

554
Roscoe's Lives of Eminent British Lawyers....

555
Tuckerman's Rambles and Reveries-Alcott's Sabbath School..

555
The Glory and Shame of England— True Catholic Churchman..

556
Rollo Books—The Gem.......

556
The Gift-The Rose of Sharon—The Child's Gem......

557
Washington Irving's Biography and Poetical Remains of M. M. Davidson............ 557

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

Regulations established by the Baltimore Board of Trade...

81

Tariff of the Province of New Brunswick....

83

Texas Customhouse Regulations......

85

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Hanover....... 177

Change in the Currency of Jamaica.....

180

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Portugal. 273

New Tariff of Duties at Venezuela....

275

New Commercial Regulation of Peru...

276

Cotton-pressing in New Orleans......

276

Law of the State of New York in relation to Masters of Vessels and Non-residents, 276

Russian Moneys–Weights—Measures-Exchange-Bills of Exchange..

369

Tariff of Charges, etc., at St. Louis.....

465

Tax on New Orleans Merchants......

466

Inspection of Sole-leather in New York..

467

Modification of Danish Sound Dues...

468

The United States Tariff of 1841..

582

Silver Currency of Cuba.....

584

Regulations for the Commerce of Yucatan.........

584

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Changes in the Sea-marks before Drago......

85

Sailing Directions for Port Lincoln........

86

Madeline and Charlotte Rock off Bonavista.

87

Lighthouse at Gibraltar......

Lighthouse at Hobson's Bay, Port Philip..

Westerly entrance of the River Weser.

88

Light off Carysford's Reef....

88

Port Regulations and Rates of Pilotage for the Harbor of Boston..

181

Pilotage of the Scheldt-Regulations for Spanish Ports......

183

Law relating to Hospital Money at the Port of New York..

183

Laws in relation to the Harbor of Mobile.

184

Statistics of English Navigation ....

277

Caution to Whalemen bound to the Indian Ocean......

277

Plymouth Breakwater....

278

Directions for the Coast about Rottenest Island...

382

Method of manufacturing Ship Cordage........

383

Rock near Cape Bousa....

383

Protection of Ships from corrosion-Graham Shoal-Bass Straits..

384

Ray's Life-preserving Boat...

558

Coquet Light and Buoys, Northumberland...

559

Comparative Naval force of England, France, and America...

560

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