THE HFI COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AND WEST. A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRADE, COMMERCE, COMMERCIAL POLITY, AGRICULTURE. PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMMERCIAL REVIEW, No. 22 EXCHANGE PLACE-J. C. MORGAN. CHARLESTON: GEORGE OATES. * CINCINNATI C. W. JAMES. NEW YORK: WILEY & PUTNAM; H. LONG & BROTHER. 1847. NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. New Orleans, May 4th, 1846. Be it resolved, That this Chamber highly approves of the COMMERCIAL REVIEW, a periodica, established in this city by J. D. B. De Bow, Esq., and recommends it to the patronage of the commercial community. CHARLES BRIGGS, Secretary. SAMUEL J. PETERS, President. SIR: I prefix a copy of a resolution, passed unanimously at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, last evening. To J. D. B. De Bow, Esq. Respectfully, CHARLES BRIGGS, Sec. CHARLESTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Charleston, October 26th, 1846. At a meeting of the Chamber, held this evening, the following resolutions were, after a few preparatory remarks, introduced by Col. J. Gadsden, and being seconded, were adopted by the Chamber. Resolved, That the COMMERCIAL REVIEW, edited in New Orleans by our fellowcitizen, J. D. B. De Bow, Esq., is a work well calculated to exercise a most favorable influence on the Commercial interests of the South and West. Resolved, That the zeal and talent with which it has been commenced, and the able articles which have appeared in its pages (as foreshadowing on the future the promises of the past), strongly recommend the Review to the patronage of the Southern community, and that the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston feel gratified at the opportunity of presenting to the public this testimony in its favor. On motion of A. Moise, jr., Esq., Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to Mr. De Bow, and that they be published in the daily newspapers of the city. Extract from the minutes. WILLIAM B. HERIOT, Secretary. SOUTHERN RAILROAD CONVENTION. Columbia, S. C., May, 1846. On motion of A. G. Summer, Esq., Resolved, That it is with pleasure we learn our late fellow-citizen, J. D. B. De Bow, Esq., now of New Orleans, hereafter intends to devote a large portion of the COMMERCIAL REVIEW to the railroad interest in the South; we therefore heartily recommend that work to the patronage of those persons interested in such enterprises. INDEX TO VOLS. I. & II. OF THE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. JANUARY, 1846—JANUARY, 1847. ARTICLES. BY THE EDITOR. Position Commercial Review, v. i., 1. New Orleans and Charleston, v. i., 44. Agricultural Associations, v. i., 161. The Cotton Plant, v. i., 289. Coins, Weights, and Measures, v. ii., Moral Advance of New Orleans, v. ii., 348. Progress of American Commerce, v. ii, 367. By HON. JOEL R. POINSETT, of South Carolina. The Mexican War, v. ii., 21. By Robert GREENHOW, State Expedition St. Denis to Mexico. v. ii., 215. Mexico and the Mexicans, v. ii., 164. Our Army in Mexico, v. ii., 429. Department, Washington, D. C." Abrogation Treaties by War, v. ii., 245. PORTER, of Alabama. BY HON. B. F. Blockade, v. i., 498. Pledge or Mortgage, v. ii., 224. By J. P. BENJAMIN, New Orleans. Louisiana Sugar, v. ii., 322. By E. J. FORSTALL, New Orleans. Louisiana Sugar, v. i., 53. French Colonial Records, v. i., 473. Commercial Spirit of the South, by COL. J. GADSDEN, Charleston, S. C., v. ii., 119. The Rice Plant, by R. F. W. ALLSTON, of South Carolina, v. i., 320. The Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lading, HON. GEO. EUSTIS, New Orleans, v. i., 534. Admiralty Jurisdiction, by HoN. T. H. MCCALEB, v. ii., 179. Reminiscences of the West, by MAUNSEL WHITE, Esq., New Orleans, v. ii., 177. "5:28. The Cotton Culture, by R. ABBEY, Esq., Yazoo, Miss., v. ii., 132. Agriculture and Manufactures, by JOHN POPE, Tennessee, v. i., 227. Military and Naval Resources South and West, by L. TROOST, Mobile, v. i., 251. Mexico, socially and politically, by GUSTAVUS SCHMIDT, New Orleans, v. i., 117. New Orleans, by Wm. L. HODGE, New Orleans, v. ii., 53. Revival of Roman Baths, by ALBERT W. ELY, M. D., N. O., v. ii., 223. Privateering, by A. H., of New Orleans, v. i., 515. History and Doctrine Bills of Exchange, by S. F. GLENN, New Orleans, v. i., 153. City of Nashville, by MILTON A. HAYNES, Tennessee, v. i., 502. Uses Bill of Lading, by P. C. WRIGHT, New Orleans, v. ii., 46. The Tobacco Trade, by a New ORLEANS MERCHANT, V. ii., 42. Cotton Gins, by D. PRATT, Alabama, v. ii., 153. Contract of Marriage under Common and Civil Law, v. ii., 238. Remedy for the Cotton Planters, by a SOUTHWESTERN PLANTER, V. i., 434. Commerce and the Fine Arts, G. Cook, New Orleans, v. i., 269. Sedimentary Deposites of the Mississippi, by PROF. J. L. RIDDELL, N. O., v. ii., 433. Atlantic and Miss. Railroad, v. i., 21. Agriculture South and West, v. i., 73, Agriculture of Louisiana, v. i., 75. "Society of Louisiana, v. i., 161. Agricultural products U. S., v. ii., 117. Ancient Maritime Law, v. i., 142. Alliances of States, v. i., 216. American Railroads,. v. i., 460. American Commerce, 17th century, v. American Commerce to the Revolution, Baltimore, Trade of, v. i., 79; v. ii., 412. Bruges, Baconian Philosophy, v. i., 132. Bills of Exchange, &c., v. i., 153, 533; Bills of Lading, v. i., 535; v. ii., 64. Banks of New Orleans, v. i., 174. Notes and Specie, v. ii., 287. Boston, Commerce of, v. i., 185, 483; v. INDEX TO VOLS. I. AND II. Buckwheat Crop, U. S., v. ii., 116. Bullion, v. ii., 290. Berlin Decrees, v. ii., 379. Book Table of Editor, v. ii., 443. Commercial Review, Position, v. i., I. Commerce of Europe, v. ii., 400. Charleston and Georgia Railroad, v. i., 22. Charleston, Trade of, vi., 45, 79; Cham- Corn Laws of Great Britain, v. i., 34: Corn Exports U. S., from 1791, v. i., 473. Cotton Plant, history of, v. i., 291; in- Cities, health of American, v. i., 81. xiii Civilizing effects of Commerce, v. i., Colonial Law of Spain, v. i., 120. Cleveland, Ohio, v. i., 159. Chamber of Commerce, N. O., v. i.. Commissions on Produce, N. O., 171. Conflict of Laws, v. i., 204. Chagres, steamers to, v. i., 264 Coins, Weights and Measures, v. ii.,284. 212. Discovery of the Mississippi, v. i, 51. Education in New Orleans, v. i., 83. popular errors in, v. ii., 528. Evaporation sugar pans, v. ii., 341. Editor's note, v. i., 288, 384, 545; ii French edition Review, v. ii. |