Miscellaneous Backmatter [pp. 541-544]

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Lakes-commerce of, and western rivers,
377
Land, average cultivated per hand in U. S.
369
Lands, public-aequired by treaty, 15; ces sion by Georgia to U. S. in 1802, 15;
French and other claims, west, 17;
conflicting grants adjusted, 21, 23
speculators in, combined to defraud
government, 21
Leiber, Prof.-ode on ship canal, Atlantic
to Pacific, 388
Louisiana-treaty of Paris securing rights
in, 23; act of Congress, 1804, creating
two territories in, 24; provision for
titles of inhabitants, 23, 25; acts of
Congress respecting land claims in, 111,
116; official reports on contested claims,
122, 127; revision of the laws of, 95;
sketches of character in, 107; profits of
slavery in, compared with Virginia,
188; deer hunting in, 228; university of
235; cultivation of vineyards in, 280;
sugar making in,-Rellieux's appa ratus, &c., 285; silk culture in, 441
Maguey, culture of, in Mexico, 401
Mann,W. W. (of Paris)-letter on agri culture of France, 390
Maury, Lieut. M. F.-report on gulfstream,
64
Maine, silk culture in, 435
Martinique, its productions and manufac tures, 473
Matanzas, exports of, 469
McCormick, J. R.-article on universities,
231
McCulloh, Prof.-report on sugar reviewed,
249
Mercantile biography,-Jacques Coeur, 73
Mexico, contributions by U. S. to support
war, 97; tour in 1825, 401
Mines-copper on Lake Superior, 382; in
North Carolina, 93
Mint, coinage of United States, 98, 298
Missouri, mineral wealth of, 93
Monette, J. W.-article on public lands,
15, 111
Morus Multicaulis, excitement in, 419
Montserrat, description of, 479
Mulberry, cultivation of, 333, 411, varieties
of, 421
Natchez, manufacturing establishments in,
379
New York City-commercial growth and
greatness of, 30; discovery of by the
Dutch 1609, 30; first charter by James
II, 1686, 31: charter awarded by Brit ish kings, 31; population 1796 to 1847,
32, 33; population classed according
to nativity, 36; coal trade, steamboats
and factories, 37; assessedvalue of pro perty 1816 to 1847, 37; canal trade and
speculation 1836, 37; taxes levied 1835
to 1847, 38; foreign commerce 1821 to
1847, 38; value of produce from canals,
39; tonnage, and Croton aqueduct, 39,
41; banks, and city debt, 40, 41, 77,
197; usury laws of state, 43; exports
and imports for 1847, 76; price of cot ton in, 81; revenue of canals several
543
years, 106; ratesof freights 1847-8, 203;
imports and duties, three years, 296
New Orleans-prices in, compared with
Charleston, 90; increased receipts of
cotton in, 172; importations of specie
in, 174; produce delivered in, 4 years,
198; advantages to, university, 239
Nesbit, i. T.-article on eay writing, 303
New York, silk departmen m, 442
Nevis. description of, 479
Negro, physical capacity of, 4i3
North Carolina-mineral resources of, 93;
railroads in, 381
Norton, R. G.-letter on sugar of Texas,
183
Ohio, valley of adapted to manufactures,
13; advantages for manufacturing, 534
Ores, quantity net copper from native, 382
Peck, Henry J.-article on deer hunting,
228
Philadelphia, trade of, 106
Pittsburgh, trade and manufactures of, 375
Population-valley of Mississippi, 191;
foreign into U. States 50 years, 243-8;
white in free and slave states, 50 years,
compared, 246
Printing press-essay on the, 303; Athens
without, 305; power of, 315
Pound sterling, value of in Federal money,
385
Post system, statisticsof in Europe and U.
States, 152
Power, steam and water, relative cost of,
532
Porto Rico, imports, exports and duties, 471
Pulque, manufacture of, in Mexico, 401
Publishing business, books noticed, 106,
209, 299, 399; 537
Pyramids, description of, 401
Railroads-interest of New Orleans in
sundry, 187; Pacific, M. Whitney's
tour south, 189; Charleston and Ten nessee, 89; St. Louis and Cincinnati,
91; Mobile and Ohio, 92; Charleston
and Greenville, 92; Wilmington and
Manchester, 92; movement min Great
Britain, tables, &c., 201; Southern,
length and profits of, 381; receipts and
expenditures of, 529; in Great Britain,
526; length, fare, &c. in the United
States, 527; influence of, 454
Red River, raft in, 94
Rivers, western, commerce of, 377
Rice, cultivation of in East Indies, 181,275
Rillieux, N.-letter on sugar machinery,
291
Rochester, N. Y., flour mills of, 105
Royal Exchange, London, resort of mer chants, 75; regulator of commerce, 75
Rum, product of on sugar estates, 179
Saccharometer, Soleil's, description of, 357
Science and commerce, contributions of
Navy to, 64
Seeds, depth of planting, 385
Ship canal, ode on, by Prof. Lieber, 388
Silk, culture and manufacture of in United
States, 324; origin of its industry, 411;
early history, 411; peculiar views of