THE INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, ETC., OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN STATES: EMBRACING A VIEW OF THEIR COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, Together with HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL SKETCHES OF THE DIFFERENT STATES AND CITIES OF WITH AN APPENDIX. IN THREE VOLUMES. BY J. D. B. DE BOW, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC., IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF DE BOW'S REVIEW, MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, NEW-ORLEANS ; 167 Broadway, New-YORK; AND EAST BAY AND BROAD STREETS, CHARLESTON. It is an invaluble treasury of information. The public will be supplied with one of the most valuable works of reference that can be added to an American library.-Charleston Mercury. THE work will form a vade mecum for the library of the statesman and political economist. Charleston Evening News. De Bow's Industrial Resources.-Among the sources of reliable statistical information may be mentioned, the two principal commercial magazines of the country-the Merchants' Magazine of New-York, and De Bow's Review of the Southern and Western States, conducted by J. D, B. DeBow, professor of political economy, &c., in the University of Louisiana, and published at New Orleans. The former is well known to the merIT supplies a want that has long been felt in recantile community; but the latter, though exten-lation to this country, and compares in usefulness sively patronized, and a standard authority at the to the celebrated Progress of the Nation, by the South, has not received from the merchants of the late G. R. Porter, Esq.-United States EconoNorth that support which an enlightened regard mist. to their own interests would seem to demand. The statistical information embodied in its pages respecting the staples of the South and West, which form the basis of a great part of all our leading commercial transactions, is immense. More than three large volumes have been published upon COTTON alone, and more than a thousand pages upon SUGAR. In point of literary merit too, it is unsurpassed. The leading articles have been written with a vigor of thought and purity of style not excelled, if equalled in the annals of commercial literature, and the intellectual tastes fostered by them are exceedingly favorable to mental growth and worldly prosperity. Mr. De Bow has published a condensation of all the important papers, articles and statistics, that have appeared in the twelve published volumes of his Review, in three, entitled; "The INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN STATES," and I sincerely trust that no intelligent merchant will overlook the advantages he will enjoy, in possessing this vast depository of reliable and valuable information.-Freedley's Practical Treatise on Business, 1852. De Bow's Industrial Resources.-The work contains statistical and other intelligence upon all general topics relating to commercial and industrial pursuits in the United States and foreign countries, and as such deserves to be placed on the shelves of the library, as an indispensable American compendium, by the side of McCulloch. In no similar space can so much be found so readily relating to the statistics and progress of the Southwest and the South.-N. O. Picayune. THE work will be a valuable addition to the library of the merchant, manufacturer, planter, and statesman, and the public have every guaran tee of its ability in the active and intelligent ser vices rendered by Professor De Bow to the industrial interest of the country, for many years past, in the pages of his invaluable and widely circu lated Review.-Harpers' Magazine. De Bow's Industrial Resources.-The work is arranged after the manner of an encyclopedia, and abounds in a variety of useful information, and many valuable statistics compiled from the returns included in the last census. It is a work which should be in the hands of every merchant and business man, who could not fail to derive profitable information from its pages. Mr. De Bow appears to have spared neither pains nor labor in compiling this varied and comprehensive work.--Baltimore American. The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States, by J. D. B. De Bow-To the merchant it furnishes valuable materials concerning the great staples of the States South of the Potomac; and he will look in vain elsewhere for the copious historical and statistical details which are here supplied in reference to the agricultural productions of that rich region. We may note Industrial Resources of the South and particularly the topics of Cotton, Tobacco and West, by J. D. B. De Bow.-We think that no Rice-their history, cultivation and progressive merchant or public man should neglect to secure increase, until they now form so prominent fea- the valuable information embodied in the authentures in the export trade of the country. The distic reports and statistical tables of these volumes. cussions embraced in this series, upon these great staples, and upon those of Sugar, Hemp, Indian Corn, &c., and upon the momentous subjects of Manufactures, Internal Improvements, and Commerce of the South, are such as will claim close attention from the merchant who desires to be familiar with the whole country.-N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. De Bow's Industrial Resources.-An important work of wide sweep and variety of contents is The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States, to be completed in three volumes. The editor and author of the work is J. De Bow, Esq., the conductor of the Commercial Magazine published under his name at New Orleans." We would merely announce the issue of this first volume of one of the most important publications of the day, indispensable for statesmen, merchants, political economists, and whoever would be possessed of a complete library.--Literary World, N. Y. Professor De Bow's reputation as a scholar and statist, is a sufficient guaranty for the accuracy and completeness of every paper contained in the collection.--R. R Journal, N. Y. ASHLAND, May 20, 1851. Dear Sir-I have received and looked into the 9th volume of your Review of the Southern and Western States, as I had occasionally into some of the previous volumes. I take pleasure in say ing that it embodies a great amount of valuable and useful information in respect to political econ omy, agriculture, commerce and manufactures, and other statistics, diligently collected and well arranged. Without concurring in all the specula tive reasonings of the work, I think it eminently entitled to public patronage. Wishing that your persevering exertions may be justly appreciated, and may be attended with encouragement and success, I am your obedient servant. J. D. B. DE Bow, Esq. H. CLAY. DE BOW'S INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES AND STATISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN STATES. The volumes average about 550 pages each, of large size, in double columns, on fine paper, and with beautiful binding. PRICE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SET.-3 VOLS. If remittance and order are sent direct to the New-Orleans Office the volumes will be sent securely through the mail, postage free. African Slave Trade... ..vol. iii. p. 132 | American and British Commerce Com pared..... ii. 250 vol. i. p. 331 Africa, British Settlements in.. .i. 297 Agriculture-South Carolina and Louisiana American Commerce-early_growth... 307 Agricultural Societies-progress of and American Commerce before Revolution i. 307 agricultural knowledge at the South-Amazon Valley.. ..i. 367-iii. 5, 20 papers upon Sugar Manufacture-Ora- Arkansas and its natural advantages...i. 84 tions of Hon. P. Ă. Rost and J. D. B. De Arkansas-resources of....... 85-iii. 496 Bow.... .i. 62 Arkansas-geology... Agriculture of the West.. 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British Provision Trade.... ...iii. 537 iii. 44 tion..... Coffee and the Coffee Trade.. Coffee Trade.. .i. 88 93 Breadstuffs-statistics of foreign and Ameri can.. Breadstuff's-Wheat and Corn Trade..i. .ii. 559 .i. 278 .i. 287 i. 278 .i. 391 . i. 79 Coffee-early history of.. Corn, Indian-its history. Corn crop of United States. Corn Law of Great Britain.......... i. 319 Coins, currency, etc.; material used for coinage, history of coins, interference of government with coins, value of ancient and modern coins; American coinage...i. 289 Coins-History of..... .i. 292 Coal trade of Óhio.... Brazil Coffee Trade.. Brazil.... ii. 348 Calhoun's Views on Internal Improveiii. 440 California--Fremont's Expedition....i. 264 California-New American El Dorado, Mineral products of, etc......... 269-ii. 488 California-New Mexico, and the Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific....i 256 California-Gold Product.. ..i. 464 Canals of the Northwest.. .. i. 450 Canada-history, extent, resources, population, institutions, progress, etc.. .i. 455 Canada-trade with U. S... i. 10, 17-iii. 531 Census returns of the United States 1790 to 1850... Colorado Valley.. Consular System.. .i. 298 Commerce-its origin, progress, and influences.... .i. 300 Commerce-progress of American, and history and statistics of our trade with all countries of the world.... .i. 310 Commerce of Lakes... ..i. 445, 452 Commerce of America before Revolution.. .i. 313 Commercial Statistics United States.iii. 554 Commercial statistics United States and Great Britain.... ..i. 331 Commercial Education in Universities.i. 332 Commerce and wealth of Boston.i. 100 & 454 Commerce-Ancient.. .i. 301 Commerce of Virginia.... Commerce of Baltimore.. Commerce of Pennsylvania.. Commerce of Philadelphia.. Commerce of New-York.. Commerce of New-Orleans... Commercial Conventions at South-iii. 92, 110 Commercial resources of the South...iii. 120 Commercial resources of California...i. 272 Commerce of the South-its extension by iii. 14 ii. 408 ii. 294 iii. 90 Charleston and Hamburg Rail-road-its his tory. iii. 102 iii. 138 .i. 314 iii. 468 Chicago Internal Improvement Conven Commerce from 1790 to 1850. Commerce of United States... .i. 314 i. 327 tion.. ..i. 254 Commerce of United States with Great Britain...... ...iii. 553 Commerce of the different States....i. 327 Commerce of Britain & United States.i. 331 Commerce of Canada..... i. 460 com Commerce of Maine.. .ii. 56 |