29.-The Twelve Months' Volunteer: or, Journal of a Private, in the Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, in the Campaign of Mexico, 1846-7, Including a History of the War with Mexico, embellished with Correct Engravings, from Drawings by the Author. By GEORGE FURBUR. 8vo., pp. 637. Cincinnati: J. A. & U. P. James. A general outline of the contents of this work comprises a soldier's life in camp, his amusements, duties, and hardships; a description of Texas and Mexico; the manners, customs, and religious ceremonies of the Mexicans, and the operations of all the twelve months' volunteers. It is written with considerable variety of style, but generally in that thoughtful and reflective manner which indicates a mind completely master of the subject; and it abounds in anecdotes and striking incidents which will beguile the attention of the reader and please him as he advances, although the subject of the volume is somewhat out of date. 30.-Chambers' Pocket Miscellany. Volume I. 12mo., pp. 180. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. This is one of the class of cheap and readable books which are now so extensively offered to the public. It will be found quite entertaining. 31.-Historical Sketches of Kentucky: Embracing its History, Antiquities, and Natural Curiosities, Geographical, Statistical, and Geological Descriptions, with Anecdotes of Pioneer Life, and more than One Hundred Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Pioneers, Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Divines, &c. Illustrated by Forty Engravings. By LEWIS COLLINS. 8vo., pp. 560. Cincinnati : J. A. & U. P. James. As a general history of men, localities, and occurrences in Kentucky, in a word, as a sketch of those events which hardly find a place in an elevated historical work, but which are the true expression of human life, this volume will be found quite interesting and instructive. A more intimate knowledge can be obtained of this wealthy and chivalrous State from its pages than from almost any other work, or series of works. It is prepared in a plain and familiar style, and should be owned at least by all the sons of Kentucky. 32.-Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories. With Illustrations. 12mo,, pp. 192. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. This volume possesses the merit of being the best delineation of the Yankee character which has been offered to the public. It abounds in quaintness and humor, and will afford the reader great amusement. 33.-The Cavaliers of England; or, the Times of the Revolutions of 1642 and 1688. By WM. H. HERBERT. 12mo., pp. 428. New York: J. S. Redfield. The tales in these pages are written with much spirit and attractiveness. As illustrations of the times and spirit of the age of the Cavaliers, they are interesting and valuable. 34.-Bronchitis and Kindred Diseases, in Language adapted to Common Readers. By W. W. HALL, M. D. 12mo., pp. 348. New York: J. S. Redfield. This is a work for all readers. It treats the subject of consumption with much science, yet in so clear and simple a manner as to be easily apprehended by any one, although unacquainted with medical terms. 35.-The Two Fathers. An Unpublished Original Spanish Work. By ADADUS CALPE. Translated into the English by the author and HENRY EDGAR. Part 1st. The Ruins of the Paraclete. 12mo., pp. 203. New York: Stringer & Townsend. This is one of those works which have little claim to the public attention. Its unnatural fancies, and exaggerated conceptions are calculated only to disgust the reader. 36.-The Spae-Wife; or, the Queen's Secret. A Story of the Times of Queen Elizabeth. By PAUL PEPPERGRASS, Esq. Part 2. Baltimore: John Murphy. Quite an interesting and brilliant tale. 37.-The Poetical Work of Fitz-Green Halleck. New Edition. 12mo., pp. 232. New York: J. S. Redfield. All of Halleck's poems will be found in this volume, with the addition of parts of a poem which has not been published. It is issued in good style, and adapted to an extensive circulation. Of the merits of these poems it is unnecessary for us to speak. No one who has ever read "Marco Bozzaris," or "Green be the Turf above Thee," can fail to appreciate Halleck. 38.-The Practical Model Calculator, for the Engineer, Mechanic, Machinist, Manufac. turer of Engine work, Naval Architect, Miner, and Millwright. By OLIVER BYRNE. 8vo., pp. 591. Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird. The title of this work is very appropriate. It designates its character. Its contents embrace every class of calculations which become the subject of investigation with scientific men in the various pursuits above mentioned. The method of these calculations is very clear and simple; such as to render them very convenient to the experienced man, and useful also to the novice and student. 39.-Pynnshurst: His Wanderings and Ways of Thinking. By DONALD MACLEOD. 12mo., pp. 431. New York: Charles Scribner. Few writers can compose a volume of this size which shall contain so much that is agreeable and excellent. The author writes with a smooth and polished pen; and although there are occasionally appearances of labor in his pages, the general flow of his thoughts is natural, easy, and graceful. There are many passages of power and force, which intervene like flashes of lightning in an otherwise serene sky. The work is entitled to a place among the most agreeable books of the season. 40.—Physical Theory of Another Life. By ISAAC TAYLOR. 12mo., pp. 270. New York: William Gowans. A new edition of the works of this able writer has long been needed, and we are gratified to see the publication of them undertaken in the handsome style which this volume presents. The "Physical Theory of Another Life" is one of the series which has been extensively read, and secured for the author much of his present reputation. It is a treatise which will interest all thoughtful minds. 41.-The Art-Journal for July. New York: George Virtue. This number is embellished with an engraving of the "Prince of Orange landing at Torbay," "The Bagpiper," from a picture in the Vernon Gallery, and the "Son of Niobe," from the group by J. Leeb. There are, in addition, numerous cuts executed with much taste and elegance. 42.-The Progress of Freedom, and other Poems. By BERNARD SHIPP. 12mo., pp. 219. New York: Adriance, Sherman & Co. The leading poem in this collection covers some fifty pages. It has in it "thoughts that breathe and words that burn." The shorter poems, moral, religious, and sentimental, are generally truthful in sentiment, and easy and graceful in versification. 43.-Meyer's Universum; or, Views of the most Remarkable Places and Objects of all Countries, in Steel Engravings by Distinguished Artists. With Descriptive and Historical Text, by Eminent Writers in Europe and America. Edited by CHARLES A. DANA. Vol. 1, part 1. New York: Hermann J. Meyer. The first part of this work contains four engravings on steel, embracing views of Niagara Falls, the Tower of London, Heidelburg, and Fingal's Cave in Ireland, accompanied with appropriate letter-press illustrations, historical and descriptive. The name of Charles A. Dana, Esq., the editor, is a sufficient guaranty for the scholarly and accurate execution of the literary department of this work. 44.—Arthur and his Mother; or, the Child of the Church. A Book for Children. By CHARLES B. TAYLOR, M. A. 18mo., pp. 186. New York: Stanford & Swords. An excellent little work for youthful readers. CONTENTS OF NO. III., VOL. XXVII. ART. 1. OUR EMPIRE ON THE PACIFIC ARTICLES. PAGE. 275 II. COMMERCE OF THE DANUBE. By JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of the Legation of the United States at Constantinople. 289 III. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XXXII-THE CITY OF NEW YORK. PART. 11.-Population-Absolute progress. By E. HALE, Jr., of New York.. ... 310 IV. THE BLASTING OF ROCKS UNDER WATER WITHOUT DRILLING. By B. MAILLEFERT and W. RAASLOFF, Submarine Engineers.... 320 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Action of Assumpsit for go ods sold and delivered 329 What constitutes due diligence in making a demand upon the drawer of a note, etc............ 332 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: ......... 336 EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: General aspect of commercial affairs-Credits at the south and west-Blessings and dangers of prosperity-Increased value of property-Condition of the New York State banks-Difficulties connected with the warehousing system-Necessity of a liberal interpretation of the laws to insure harmony between the government and the people-Deposits and coinage at the Philadelphia and New Orleans Mints for July-imports at New York for July-Cause of the decline from previous years-Imports from January 1st-Warehousing movement-Imports of foreign dry goods at new York for July, and for seven months-Receipts for duties at New York-Revenue of the United States for the fiscal year 1851-52-Imports into the United States for four years-Exports at New York for July, and for seven months-Comparative exports of specie and merchandise.... 337-344 JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Debt and finances of New Orleans Value of real and personal property in the British Province of Nova Scotia in 1851 Expenditures of the United States Government from 1789 to 1851.. Raising money by pawnbroking in Ireland..... United States Government receipts and expenditures. Price of manufacturing stocks in New England.--Value of a mutilated bank-note. United States Treasury Notes outstanding August 2, 1852.. Salaries of the foreign ministers of Great Britain, France, and the United States...... Four bank-notes of one million pounds sterling.. Act establishing a branch mint of the United States in California... Will gold depreciate?..... Statistics of the mints of France. The proposed Board of Brokers in New York... Louisiana banks and loans....... The Pennsylvania North Branch loan.. Origin of coins Bonds of the Planters' Bank of Mississippi.. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Commerce of France in 1852.-The mackerel fisheries of New England.. 359 Exports of some of the leading articles from port of N. Y. during three years ending June, 1852, 360 British imports of sugar from her possessions.-Commerce of Holland in 1852 NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Belvidere Knoll and Hooper's Straits Beacon at entrance of Bombay Harbor.-Boqueron Channel, port of Callao..... COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Spanish commercial regulations..... 360 361 362 363 363 363 364 364 365 Treaty of peace, amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Guatemala.. 365 371 372 STATISTICS OF POPULATION. Population and representation of the United States... Complete census of the Province of Nova Scotia in 1851. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. 373 374 Statistics of the Passages, &c., of the Collins and Cunard Steamers. The longest tunnel in the world.-Railway accidents in Great Britain. 381 HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. SEPTEMBER, 1852. Art. I.-OUR EMPIRE ON THE PACIFIC.* SINCE California first acquired auriferous fame, a great ink-stream, worthy of an age of cheap literature and speedy transit, has flowed thence upon us, deluging the columns of our public journals, and surfeiting the public inquiry with the load of information. Yet has this big current borne a very meager freightage of facts-of such true, solid, common-sense descriptions of matters and things at its source, as were wanted here, and as could alone guide to intelligent action on the part of both our people and government. In the first period of the Californian emigration, we could hardly expect it to be otherwise. In the entire novelty of the enterprise, and the exaggerated excitement attending it at every step, we were to expect of human nature precisely what we had-an unfailing rush of words, conveying an overwhelming paucity of facts and substance. We were not to wonder that well-meaning men set forth such vague and contradictory statements respecting the sources of this fresh segment of our empire; or that in attempting to picture its condition and its prospects they were swamped in the depths of their own speculations, or fell confounded in the void between an old and a new community. In what may be called the second period of Californian emigration-now in progress there has been a small proportion of such ill-qualified adventurers as were the first to start-men whose flickering temperaments prevent any steady, reasoning view-their ideas ever varying with the elevation of over-realized hopes, or the depression of uncompensated fatigues and A Dissertation on the Resources and Policy of California: Mineral, Agricultural, and Commercial; including a Plan for the Disposal of the Mineral Lands. By JOHN J. WERTH. Benicia, California: St. Clair & Pinkham. |