MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT, A.M.,

MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN
AND LONDON STATISTICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW

YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, LOUISVILLE,
CHARLESTON, AND CINCINNATI, ETC.

VOLUME SIXTEEN.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847.

New York:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

1847.

CONTRIBUTORS

TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME OF THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

J. BALESTIER, Esq., United States Consul at Singapore.

C. BRYAN, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of Ohio.

J. E. BLOOMFIELD, Esq., of New Jersey.

JESSE CHICKERING, M. D., of Massachusetts.

C. G. CHILDS, Esq., Editor of the Philadelphia Commercial List.

Gen. H. A. S. DEARBORN, of Massachusetts.

C. F. DANIELS, Esq., of Connecticut.

J. F. ENTZ, Esq., Accountant, of New York.

Dr. LEWIS FEUCHTWANGER, of New York.

D. R. JAQUES, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

THOMAS PRENTICE KETTELL, Esq., of New York.

JAMES H. LANMAN, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

CHARLES LANMAN, Esq., of New York, author of "A Summer in the Wilderness."

J. R. M'CULLOUGH, Esq., author of the "Commercial Dictionary."

A. NASH, Esq., Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

LORENZO NEELEY, Esq., of New York.

Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, (Judge,) of Alabama.

JUNIUS SMITH, Esq., of New York.

Hon. F. O. J. SMITH, of Maine.

J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio.

L. W. SLOAT, Esq., of New York.

J. SNOW, Esq., of New York.

RICHARD C. TAYLOR, Esq., of Pennsylvania.

FRANCIS H. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of New York.

WHELOCK S. UPTON, Counselor-at-Law, of the New Orleans Bar.

RICHARD VALPY, Esq., of England.

GEORGE ATKINSON WARD, A. M., Merchant, of New York.
JOHN A. WRIGHT, Merchant, of Pennsylvania.

Hon. CHARLES WHITTLESEY, of Ohio.

RICHARD WILLIAMS, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.
S. WOOD, Esq., Farmer, of New York.

FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor.

FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1847.

A.

Book trade..

123, 219, 331, 427, 538, 640

Academy of com'ce and navigation at Trieste 60 Books and engravings, duties on in England. 122

Africa, commerce with the eastern coast of..
Agates from Oberstein, the..

634

29 Brazil, coast of, fixed light on Ceara....
533 Breadstuffs, cost of product'n & for. demand. 561
rel. val. of wheat & flour in N. Y. 561
corn crop of U. States, in 1839.. 562
av. price of corn at N. Y. & Ν. Ο. 562
imported into G. Britain, '40-46.567
an. imp. of wheat into G. B. '41-43 567
exp. of grain, Ire. to Eng., 5 years 567

"

"

"

cust'm duties at Monterey, '44 37
shipp'g ent'd Monterey, 44-5 37
America, product of gold and silver in...... 413

Brighton cattle market

Bremen, post-office regulations on letters to. 616

527

American whale fishery, statistics of..... 98, 319

Bristles, manufacture of at Cincinnati....... 632

88

iron-wood

218

ships, foreign seamen in

88

and French whalers, smuggling by 401

East India and Pacific trade
manufactured duck..

corn laws...

311

528

535

64

Art Union....

503

merchant, position of the.

636

206

Anton Lizardo

revenue from 1836 to 1845

413

316

Annuities, life-insurance, tontines, etc... 48, 445
Architecture, sketch of navi'n & naval 19, 131, 227
Art Union, the American.

Arts and manufactures, chemistry applied to 630

593

Association, mercantile library, Montreal 296

"

New York.. 297

Brusterort, light-tower at
Buffalo, imports of in 1846.....

Brooklyn, Union White Lead Company at... 421

315

599

"

ocean steam navigation, origin of... 172

arrivals and clearances, 1846
enrolled and licensed tonnage of... 599
exports coastwise, 1845

599

600

and Pacific oceans, union of........ 278

merchand. shipped & received, '45-6 601

Australia, western, ports of

Bullion in the Bank of England..

74

91

Australian copper ore...

95

Biography, mercantile - David Ricardo...... 458 Chemistry applied to arts and manufactures. 630

export of teas to U. S., 1845-46.. 199, 425

200

Bounties, revenues, &c., on merchandise.... 109 Chinese manufactures in France, exhibit'n of 631

381 China, commerce of in 1845-46.

198

silk, etc., "

Commerce with the eastern coast of Africa.. 29

vess, clear'd fr'm Norway to, '33-43 150
to Norway, '33-43 150

and resources of Alta California.. 34 Detroit, Michigan, commerce of, 1842-46.... 322

"

66

and navig'n, academy of at Trieste 60
curiosities of

Dollar-mark, origin of the......

309

and the missionary enterprise.... 65
and the opium trade at Hong Kong
of Norway, trade and.

62 Duck, American manufactured.
Duty on copper in England

535

610

122

138

and navigation of N. Y., 1846.... 194

Duties on books and engravings in England. 122
ad valorem & specific, 1844 5-6..... 317
differential...

635

of China, 1845-46

198

"

"

of Detroit, Michigan, 1842-46.... 322
canal, of Cleveland, Ohio...

E.

324 Eastern coast of Africa, commerce with the. 29
339 East Indies, free ports of...

......

314

production of sugar in......... 375

398 East India and Pacific trade, American...... 528
399 Effects of inter. imp'ment on commerc.cities 263
400 Eggs, commerce in

638

of Philadelphia, 1845-46.

425 Emigration from Great Britain and Ireland.. 121

of Rio Janeiro, 1836-47.

371 England, bullion in the bank of

74

of France in 1844

477

import of cured provisions into... 122

duties on books and engravings in. 122
export of manufactures from... 289
revenue of, from 1066 to 1826

309

638

duty on copper ore in

610

importations of corn into.....

628

speculation, novel.

301

prospects of Singapore.....
regulations of Cuba.....

English railroad system, success of the.
Exchange and custom-house at Valparaíso.. 297
Export trade of Cuba....

326

110

314

"

regulations with Mexico, U. States. 45.5

66

treaty between U. S. and Hanover.. 611

of wool. goods from Russia to Kiachta 39
of teas from China to United States.. 425
Exports, domestic, of U. States, from 1821-45 106

Company, Union White Lead...

421

annual, of

110

Companies, insurance, in Massachusetts..

508

Connecticut, sea resources of the coast of... 273

Contract, French tobacco

509

66

Consumption and production of sugar.

64

of coffee from Rio Janeiro, 1837-46. 372
from England to Mexico, 1846..... 457

of tea in the world

France to U. States, 1844-5... 555

ore, duty on in England.

610

Coral fishery......

domestic, United States, 1845-46... 513

Corn laws, the British

516

preferable to money for Ireland

519

66

importation of into England, 1846-47.. 628

domestic, of Philadelphia, 1845-46.527

Cornwall and Swansea mines

421

of sug'r & mol'str'm Havana, '45-6. 529

from Odessa, Russia, 1840-46...... 628

Creditor and debtor in La, law of... 53, 165, 281 Fishery, American whale.

98, 318, 319

Flour inspection at N. Orleans, 1845-46 ..... 114 | Import of cured provisions into England.... 222

export of from New York, 1843-46.... 187

duties, reduction of in Denmark..... 411

190 Imports into New York, 1845-46.

194

190

into Rio Janeiro from 1836-39...

372

at Boston in British steam packets. 426

Foreign arrivals at New York, 1846.

and coastw. exp. of N. O., 1845-6... 317

currency, weights, and measures... 507

France, commerce of, in 1844-45.

general and special commerce of... 548
commerce by land and by sea...
maritime trade of

and duties of Philadelphia, 1830-46. 527

548 Imprisonment for debt......

511

549 Indiana, condition of branches of state bank. 412

imp. trade of with various countries 550
exp. trade of with various countries 550
articles of import.

production of sugar in the..... 375

West, new reg lations of the French, 314

4

64

export.

551 Industry of New York, manufacturing
552 Increase of population in western states.

92

403

" goods in transit

warehouses and bounties.

cod and whate fishery

duties of all kinds.

navigation of....

exports from to U. States, 1844-45.. 555
imports from U. States to, 1844-45.. 555
exports from to Mexico, 1844-45.... 556
imports from Mexico to, 1844-45

society on the basis of mutual

152

companies in Massachusetts, 1846,508

556

557

"

"

exports from to Texas, 1844-45.
imports from Texas to, 1844 45.
importation of grains, etc., into.....
condition of the bank of

409

exhibition of Chinese manufact. in

631

"

French iron and coal mines

duty on iron for ship-b'ld'g abol'd in 632

3:29

66

4

whalers, smuggling by American and 401
tobacco contract

nautical, for steering ships..... 90, 215
557 Ireland, emigration from Great Britain and.. 121

floating lights on the coast of

623 Iron trade of Europe and the United States. 574
shipped from Philadelphia in 1765, 575
No. of furnaces in Pennsylvania in 1810. 575
& prod. m U.S., 1810... 575
in Great Britain, 1740, 578

316

509

West India isies, new regulations of. 314

"

wines, reduction of duty on.

639

exported from Russia in 1793

5-3

Free banks of New York, chartered and....

to U., 1832-38.583

64

ports, East India.....

314

Spain to Great Britain... 384

trade, poetry of

prices of in Cincinnati, from 1814-31 586

Fur trade, the..

"trader's post, St. Louis the.

G.

Genoa, light at the port of.....

German rail, oads, traffic on, 1846.

Gluckstadt, harbor of

Gold mines in Orel and Siberia....

mountains of Missouri.....

94

Granary of the west, the.

Grain in England, prices of, 1845-47.

manutact, of railroad in U. S... 97, 212, 530

Great Britain, cotton wool trade of

and coal mines, French.

3:29

imp. & sales of cot.-wool, 1845 111

bags cot.-w'l imp'd, etc., '31-46 112
iron trade, etc., of

66

mines and manufactures of Belgium.... 331

114

furnaces, etc., in Belgium.

532

the process of underwriting in 121
emigration from

66

Belgian, exported to France, 1821-44

532

121

wood, American

218

623

exp from N. York to, '45. 189, 190
comm'l navigat'n of, 1821-45, 197
foreign & colonial ship'g, '21-45 197
cost of railway co struct'n in. 536
revenue of, 1846-7

Greenbush and Troy railroad...

Island, Soerhaagen, new light-tower on
Islands, Hawatian, coins and currency of the 622

587 Jamaica, currency of prior to 1739 ......
91

315

347

survey of damaged goo-is landed at. 348

Journal of banking, currency, and finance,

118, 208, 303, 412, 506, 622

404

newly discovered

404

J.

Gulf of Smyrna, buoys in the

of mining and manufactures,

Hanover, comm'l treaty between U. S. and.. 611

K.

Harbor regulations of Macao, China, 1846 213

of Gluckstadt

215 Kiachta, the Russian trade at..

38

Havre and N. York, ocean steamers between 617

Hawaiian Islands, coins and currency of..... 622
Heligoland, beacons at.

exp. of woolen cloth from Russia to 39
barter trade at, 1843.

40

91

prices of at St. Louis, 1844-46

Hemp, manuf. of imp. into U. S., 1821-45 .. 107

L.

322

Hints to merchants and business men

Hop trade, British...

218 Lake Michigan, railroad from to Mississippi. 115

Hong Kong, commerce & the opium trade at 122 Lakes, vessels built and launched on, 1846 620

Import of goods into U. S. under 3 tariffs....

77

& sales of cotton wool in G. Britain.. 111