COMMERCIAL REVIEW

OF THE

SOUTH AND WEST.

A MONTHLY JOURNAL

OF TRADE, COMMERCE, COMMERCIAL POLITY, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, IN-
TERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GENERAL LITERATURE.

EDITED BY

J. D. B. DE BOW,

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, COMMERCE AND STATISTICS, IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA, NEW ORLEANS.

VOLUME VII.---NEW SERIES, VOLUME I.

NEW ORLEANS:

PUBLISHED BY WELD & CO., 68 CAMP STREET.
1850.

NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MAY 14, 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.

CHARLESTON MERCANTILE LIBRARY SOCIETY, FEB. 1847.

In exercise of the power given them by the Constitution, the Board have unanimously elected as Honorary Members, Freeman Hunt and J. D. B. De Bow, Esqrs. These gentlemen are entitled to wide and honorable distinction. The former in originating the Merchant's Magazine, the first successful attempt of its kind in the United States, sustained and conducted as it has been by marked ability. The latter one of our own citizens, in the laudable spirit which prompted the establishment of the Commercial Review of the South and West, and the masterly pen which he has wielded in elucidation of the commercial interests of the South, have richly earned our most grateful acknowledgments.

A. O. ANDREWS, President.

CHARLESTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OCT. 26, 1846.

On motion of Col, JAMES GADSDEN,

Resolved, That the Commercial Review, edited in New Orleans by our fellow citizen, 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.

W. B. HERIOT, Secretary,

CINCINNATI MERCANTILE LIBRARY SOCIETY, JAN., 1849.

Resolved, As the sense of the Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati, that De Bow's Commercial Review of the South and West supplies an important desideratum in the mercantile literature of this great western valley; that the comprehensive views and practical attainments of Professor De Bow are special qualifications for conducting such a periodical, and that this Association very cordially recommend the Commercial Review to general favor. and the special patronage of our mercantile community.

HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, NEW YORK.

De Bor's Commercial Review for May contains much valuable matter of a Commercial and Miscellaneous character. It has reached its seventeenth numer, which is, in our opinion, the best of the series. Success to our namesake. The paper which has interested us most, is that entitled Commerce and Agriculture Subjects of University Instruction," from the pen of the accomplished editor of the Review, in which he submits the plan of a Professorship of Public Economy, Commerce and Statistics, for our Colleges and Universities. The plan has our hearty approval, and will, we trust, ere long, he adopted by some of our higher institutions. The article on Charleston and its Resources," we shall endeavor to find room for in a future number of this Magazine.

Intercommunication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. By the EDITOR,

Mississippi. By D. C. GLENN, of Mississippi,

Communication between New York and New Orleans. By G. R. FAIRBANKS, of Florida,

Cotton. By HAMILTON SMITH, of Kentucky,

The Mississippi Swamp. By Rev. Mr. PRICE, of Louisiana,
Sugar, etc. By Prof. M'CULLOH, of Philadelphia,

True Secret of American Wine Making. By SIDNEY WELLER, M. D., of North Carolina,
Slavery in the New Territories,

How shall Cotton maintain remunerating prices? By MILES H. M'GENEE, of Mississippi,
The Waters and Valley of the Mississippi. By ALBERT STEIN, of Mobile, Alabama,
Usury Laws and the Value of Money. By , of St. Louis,

Southern and Western Manufactures. By HAMILTON SMITH, of Kentucky,
The North and the South. By ELWOOD FISHER, of Cincinnati, -
Agricultural and Physical Capabilities of South Carolina. By Hon. WHITMARSH SEABROOK,
of South Carolina,

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Production of Breadstuffs in United States. By LEWIS C. BECK, M. D.,

Negro Slavery at the South. HAMMOND'S LETTERS, No. 1,

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Education for Practical Life. By Col. F. W. CAPERS, of Military Institute, Kentucky,
Early Discoveries of the Mississippi. By R. GREENHOW, Washington, D. C.,
Dykes and Levees of Holland and Louisiana. By Gov. A. B. ROMAN, of Louisiana,
Communication between New York and New Orleans. By C., Savannah, Georgia,
Direct Rail Road Route from New York to New Orleans. By C. M. EMMERSON, Esq., of New
Orleans,

Public Improvements of Charleston, S. Carolina. By EDWIN IIERIOT, Esq., of Charleston, 339, 398 Progress of Cotton Manufactures in United States,

348

Days of Grace on Sight Bills of Exchange. By R. II. MARR, of New Orleans,
The Sugar Cane. By M. PAYEN, Paris,

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The Mississippi Valley-Water-Meter. By ALBERT STEIN, of Mobile, Alabama,
System of Internal Improvements for the West. By M. TARVER, of St. Louis,
Duty of Cotten Planters. By M. W. PHILLIPS, of Mississippi,

The Past and the Present of New Orleans,

Progress of the Republic. By the EDITOR,

Manufacture of Cotton by its Producers. By S. R. COCKRILL, Tennessee,
Gov. Hammond's Letters on Slavery.

Great Commercial Advantages of the Gulf of Mexico. By Lieut. MAURY,
The Railway System of Great Britain,