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THE

FORD

UNIVERSITY
COMMERCIAL REVIEW

OF THE

SOUTH AND WEST.

A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRADE, COMMERCE, COMMERCIAL POLITY,
AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS,
AND GENERAL LITERATURE.

"Commerce is King.”—CARLYLE.

J. D. B. DE BOW,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

VOL. I.

NEW ORLEANS:

22 EXCHANGE PLACE.

1846.
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NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, May 4, 1846.

Be it resolved, That this Chamber highly approves of the COMMERCIAL REVIEW, a periodical established in this city by J. D. B. De Bow, Esq., and recommends it to the patronage of the commercial community. SAMUEL J PETERS, President.

CHARLES BRIGGS, Secretary.

SIR: I prefix copy of a resolution passed unanimously at a meeting of the Chamber of Com merce of this city, last evening.

To J. D. B. DE Bow, Esq.

Respectfully,

103075

CHAS. BRIGGS, Sec'y

INDEX VOLUME I.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE, 1846.

GENERAL ARTICLES.

Position of Commercial Review in re-
lation to Southern and Western pe-
riodical literature and Southern and
Western interests, page 1

Convention of Southern and Western

States-the Memphis meeting, 7

Southern Atlantic and Mississippi

Railroad, 21

Home and Foreign Grain Market, 33

New Orleans and Charleston, 44

The Mississippi, 51

Louisiana Sugar, by E. J. Forstall,
Esq. 53

The Consular System, 56

The Warehousing Policy, 61

Oregon and California, 64

Post-office Reform, 69

The origin, progress and influences of

commerce, 97

Mexico, its social and political condi-

tion, by Gustavus Schmidt, Esq.

New Orleans, 117

Morses Electro Magnetic Telegraph,

132

Commercial polity of ancients and

moderns, 141

Cities of the valley of the Mississippi

and Ohio rivers, 145

History and Doctrine of Bills Exchange

by S. F. Glenn, Esq. New Orleans,

153

American Lake Commerce, 158

Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanics'

Association, 161

International rights of Peace and War,
193

Agricultural and manufacturing pros-
pects of the South and West, by
John Pope, Esq. of Tenn. 227
Antiquities of Louisiana, by E. J. For-
stall, Esq. New Orleans, 238
Military and Naval resources and ne-
cessities of the South and West, by
L. Troost, Esq. Engineer, Mobile,

Ala. 251
Commerce and the Fine Arts, by G.
Cooke, Esq. New Orleans, 269
The Cotton Plant, by the Editor, 289
The Rice Plant, by R. W. F. Allston,
of South Carolina, 320
French Colonial Records, Louisiana,
by E. J. Forstall, New Orleans, 357

Interest, Exchange and Stock Jobbing
calculations, by Dr. D. McCaulay,
New Orleans, 369

Sources of Louisiana Law, by Hon. B.
F. Porter, of Ala. 374
Louisiana, by the Editor, 380

Remedy for the Cotton Planters, by a
South-western Planter, 434

French Colonial Records of Louisiana,

by E. J. Forstall, 473

Humbigiana, by Dr. D. Maccaulay,

New Orleans, 444

The importance of correct statistical
information in relation to the various
statistics of our country, illustrated

in the case of Indian Corn the pre-

sent season, by the Editor, 465

The laws of Blockade, by J. P. Ben-

jamin, Esq. New Orleans, 498

The city of Nashville, by Milton A.

Corporations, by S. F. Glenn, New

Haynes, Esq. Nashville, Tenn. 502

Orleans, 508

The State of Indiana, by Carnahan

and Porter, Indianapolis, 512

Privateering, by A. H., New Orleans,

515

Louisiana, by E. J. Forstall, Esq. New

Orleans, 519

Popular delusions in Education, by

Dr. D. McCaulley, New Orleans,

528

The Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lad-

ing, by Hon. George Eustis, New

Orleans, 534

COMMERCIAL JURISPRUDENCE.
Law in Louisiana, 72
Legal import of a Bill of Lading in the
hands of a holder of a bill of Ex-
change, 169

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COMMERCE
STATISTICS, AGRICULTURE, &c.

Agriculture of the South and West-
Cotton, 73
Agricultural products of Louisiana, 75
Military and Naval defences of the
Gulf of Mexico, 75
Texas, 77

Commerce of the Ohio River, 78
Trade of Pittsburgh, 78
Trade of Baltimore, 79
Trade of Charleston, 79
Commerce of St. Louis, 79

Lake Defences and Commerce, 80

Western Marine Hospital, 81

Export and consumption of cotton in

Great Britain, 283

Health of Southern and Western cities, Prices of cotton at Liverpool, 283

State debts, 82

Education in New Orleans, 83

Safety of Railroad travelling, 83

Mexican Gulf Railway, 84

Whitney's Oregon Railroad, 85

New Orleans Chamber of Commerce,
171

Prospects of Second Municipality,
New Orleans, 174
Banks of New Orleans, 174
Pilotage Charleston Bar, 175
Central Georgia Railroad, 175
Mississippi and Michigan Railroad,

176

United States Mint, Dahlonega, Geo.
176

Cotton manufactures in South Caro-
lina, 276
Savannah, Geo. 276
St. Louis steamers, 277
Georgia Railroads, 278
Central Southern Railway, 279
Railroad from Mississippi west, 280
Comparative prices of Sugar, &c. at
New Orleans and Cincinnati, 379
Champomiers Sugar statistics, 380
Culture of Silk in Louisiana, 381
Mercantile integrity, 381
Libraries in New Orleans, 381
Health in New Orleans, 382

FOREIGN COMMER E.

Civilizing influences of Commerce, 86

British Tariff of Duties, 86

Regulations of Trade with China, 88,

Dutch Corn Law, 90

Commercial, &c. statistics of Britain,

France and America, 92

United States commerce and naviga-

tion, 177

Commerce of the sevaral States, 179

Island of Cuba, 180

Commerce of Havana, 182