Post-Office purchase of right from railroad companies 395 Revenue bill, Mr. Fillmore's speech on

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INDEX.

Silk culture in South Carolina,

convention in Massachusetts

Sinking fund of Indiana,

382

Silver ore produced in North Carolina,

Skeleton, large, exhumed from a mound in Ohio

population, comparative views of
fugitives, controversy on

222

265

53

Slave, fugitive, demand of Governor of New York

Smoking prohibited by Legislature of Tennessee
Snakes abundant in Louisiana

309

331

355

293

246

304 314

208

96
272

silk culture in

301

Gov. Richardson's message

352

treaty with Catawba Indians, title

359

Specie, rate of in Philadelphia from 1825 to 1841,

22

Spencer, John C. appointed Secretary of War

240

Spotted Fever, in Kentucky

112

Squadron, report in House of Representatives on a

Home

43

Steam engine, a rotary described

56

boats, Cunard's, passages of

59 144

bridge at Portsmouth, Missouri

79

boats, passenger recovers damage for not
starting at appointed time

121

boat Erie, dreadful destruction of by fire
engine, remarkable feat on the Blossburg
Railroad

136 126

138

boats, Cunard's, length of passages for one

144

301 Tables showing ratio of votes to population, voters
and votes in Boston at Presidential election
showing increase per cent. of business in
Boston

showing imports into the United States from
1834 to 1840, free of duty and paying duty
showing gross amount of duties, deduction
under Compromise act, actual duties, duties
refunded, drawbacks paid on foreign mdze.
exported, on domestic refined sugar and
spirits exported, bounty on pickled fish,
allowances to vessels in fisheries, expenses
of collection, and nett duties on mdze. from
1834 to 1840,

showing free articles consumed in 1838
showing value of certain articles imported in

1840, free of duty and what would be the
amount at 20 per cent.

showing average cost per pound of certain
articles and specific duty ad valorem of 20
per cent.

showing quantity of wines imported in 1840
cost and duties per act of 1836, and duty
at 20 per cent.

showing specific duties on wines imported in
1840, cost, duty of 1836 and at 20 per ct.
ad val.

60

63

62

66

70

70

71

71

71

71

showing value of articles subject to a duty
less than 20 per cent. imported in 1840,
which will pay 20 per cent. under the new
act,
showing receipts and exports of cotton, at
Mobile in July and Aug. 1832 to 1841, 74 159
77
showing arrivals and tonnage of vessels at
New York form 1810 to 1840,

of trade between New Orleans and Cuba in
flour, lard and cotton in 1840,
showing the number of matriculates and gra-
duates at University of North Carolina in
1840, (see also page 164)
showing the coal and iron trade on the canals
of Wales from 1829 to 1831,
showing the appropriations and expenditures
of the United States for civil list, foreign
intercourse, military establishments, pen-
sions, fortifications, internal improvements,
Indian departments and naval establish-
ments each year from 1829 to 1840,
showing commerce with France and the U.
States, &c.

Strong, Josiah dies

366

Submarine panoply of Capt. Taylor tried
Sugar, export of from New Orleans 1836 to 1841,
Sulphur, flowers of found in Iowa

189 223

186

190

showing quarterly averages of Bank of Eng-
land from 1832 to 1839,

150

Sunbury, Pa. lead mine and manufacture at

381 119

Surplus revenue divided in New Hampshire
Swamps, health of, in North Carolina

186

416

showing par value, capital, sales and depre-
ciation of bank stock in Philadelphia from
1838 to 1841,

154

T

showing the amount of trade between Great
Britain and the United States,

168

Tables showing quantity of rain which fell each
year in May and June from 1825 to 1841,
showing population, schools, blind, deaf and
dumb, in Pittsburg

13

showing comparative view of vessels of dif-
ferent nations which entered Havana in
1840,

168

15

showing population of each county in Penn-
sylvania 1830 to 1840 and increase

showing trade with the interior at New Or
leans from 1831 to 1840,

172

16

showing revenue and expenditures of Now
York from 1833 to 1840,

showing the monthly arrivals at New Or-
leans from 1836 to 1840,

174

of rates of exchange and bank notes and
specie in Philadelphia from 1825 to 1841,
showing operations of the Raleigh and Gas-
ton Railroad Company

showing value of articles imported in 1838-

'39 and '40 free of duty and the amount of
duty which would accrue at 20 per cent.
showing imports, exports, and consumption
of coffee in the United States from 1821
to 1840,

220

showing arrivals, stocks and exports of cot-
ton from New Orleans from 1831 to 1841,
showing the same of tobacco

184

185

27

60

62

of exports of sugar and molasses from New
Orleans from 1836 to 1841,
showing quantity of acres and assessed value
of lands in Virginia,

showing the quantity and value of goods im
ported into the United States in American
and foreign vessels in year ending the 30th
September, 1840,

1 186

208

212

290

350 to 333

344

345

showing American and British Tonnage,
cleared from the U. S. 1824 to '39
showing dividends of Boston Banks for 10
years; also capital, date of incorporation,
loss of interest, &c. 302 304 312 314 329 Tonnage entered and cleared in each State, 1840

showing the proportion of the sexes in the
white, free colored and slave population in
1840

showing No., tonnage, crews, and countries
from whence American and foreign vessels
entered 1840

showing same of vessels cleared

chronology and statistics of, 1496 to 1840
raised in Illinois

252

255

inspections, stocks, &c. in Va., 1840 and '41

263

Toll on Western Railroad, rates of

342

Tombigby river, gas issues from

154

282

showing national character of vessels entered

expenses, in old times

149

Treasury notes, monthly return 16 92 156 219 292 366
Independent, act, repealing

149

letter of resignation of T. Ewing as Secre-

sengers &c. of the Mass. railroads, 1837 to '40, 362 Troops, number and force of, in service,

number, tonnage, crews &c., of American and

foreign vessels cleared from each district
of United States 1840

showing comparative increase of population
in the U. S., 1830 to '40, numerical and
per cent.

348
350

comptroller's instructions on duties,

263

circular to collectors,

316

Treaty, Louisiana, facts respecting, stated,

183

352

large, in North Carolina,

416

385

364

Truro, Massachusetts, suffering from storm,
Tuckerman, Rev. Frederick, dies in the pulpit,
Tunnel at Salem described,

328

346

265

365

367

showing comparative increase in the Nor-
thern, Eastern, Middle, Southern, and
Slave-holding States

344 345

Corporation bill,

W

Venezuela, change of tariff,

Vermont and Governor of Canada, Grogan case,

message of Governor Paine of

arrived and cleared at Providence R. I.

Boston, July, 1841,
of Philadelphia sold for whalers,
large

extraordinary despatch

171
192

265 290 291 294 Whalers, dangerous rock to, discovered
320
265 290 294 339
arrived and cleared in United States, 1840,

annually wrecked on English coast,
quick passages

number, tonnage, crews &c.,

national character of

Veto of President Tyler, on Fiscal Bank bill,

chronological account of Presidential, 1792 to
1841,

Vineyards, near Louisville

Virginia, value of Lands in

salt rock in Washington county described,
inspections of tobacco 1840 '41
death of Bishop Moore,

and New York controversy,

211 Wilmington, N. C. vessels always obtain cargoes at
263 Wilson, Captain Henry, pitcher presented by Hu-
mane Society

320 335
365 Wine made near Louisville, Kentucky

Winters, remarkably cold, in United States from
1681 to '40

45

Utica, N. Y.

247

317

gale at Nantucket, &c.

261 269 328

181

snows

304 314

337

5 Webster, Daniel, letter on resignation of the Cabinet
Noah, letter relating to his dictionary
74 West Point, report of Visiters at
144 Western Railroad, accident on

189

277

28

247

rapid work on
trade of

252

322

77

of disrespect to the President 139 352 Wood, bituminous found in Mississippi River