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Exchange, Rates of, between New Orleans, New York, London, &c., 1845-8, 293, 572

Finances of the United States,

Financial Events of the year 1848,

Crisis in Great Britain, London Times on,

Fillmore (Millard) Report upon the Banking System of New York,

Fixed and Floating Capital, by James Wilson, M. P.,

Flour-Prices of for each month, 1843-8,

Fluctuations of the Funds in 1843,

Foreign Opinions upon the Gold of Russia and California, . 575, 608, 619, 631, 690

Forgery, Improvements in Bank Note Paper for the Prevention of,

France, Statistics of the Coinage of,

Fluctuation in the Funds of,

Gold and Silver, Past and Prospective Supply of,

95, 504, 538, 589, 557, 608

Gold Regions of California, (The)

430, 576, 613, 619, 629

Grace on Bills, at Venice, Hamburg, Rome, Madrid, Rio, &c.,

Sight Bills, The Law of,

144, 265, 337, 423, 587, 645

Great Britain-Commercial Capital of, .

Commercial Crisis in

Coinage of, . .

Estimate of the Currency and Coin of,

Fluctuations in the Public Funds of, .

571, 574

Gurney, (Samuel) Opinions on the Commercial Crisis, Banking System, &c., 235

Harris (J. Morrison) Historical and Descriptive Sketch of California,

Hemp, Crop and Trade of, 1847–8, .

Hodgson, (Adam) Opinions on the Commercial Crisis, Banking System, &c., 225
Humboldt on the Production and Supply of Precious Metals,

538, 589, 709

Ice Trade of the United States,

Illinois and Michigan Canal-Account of,

332, 429

Indiana-Public Debt of,

Insurance Companies of New York, Report upon the,

Interest of Money, (On the)

Irving, (Washington) on the Gold Fever in the 16th Century,

475

Jacob (William) on the Supply and Consumption of the Precious Metals, 557

Johnson, (A. B.) Treatise on Banking,
Journal (Le) des Debats, Remarks on California, .

623

Kentucky.-Report upon the Southern Bank of Kentucky,

Law Decisions--Recent Cases in Pennsylvania, .

173, 402

Louisiana,

595, 641, 642
Legal Miscellany-Banks,

173, 177, 401

Bonds of Bank Officers,

Bills of Exchange and Notes,

173, 176, 265, 337, 401, 402

Bank Directors,

Promissory Notes,

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Legal Miscellany–Usury, .

Transfers of Bank Stock, .

Public Stocks——their Liability to Taxation,

Grace on Sight Bills,

144, 265, 337, 423, 587, 645

Bank Shares and Banking,

Libraries-An Account of Foreign Public,

Life Insurance Companies Notices of, .

46, 398, 725

London Stock Exchange Account of

Louisiana State Bank-Proceedings respecting the,

Manhattan Company of New York—History of,

Manufacturers, Merchandize and Crops of the Several States, 1848,

Maryland-Resumption in, ..

Merchants' Bank in the City of New York-History of the

325
Metals—The Common use of,

697
Mexico-Statistics of the Coinage of,

521
Mississippi Valley— Trade of the,

281, 295
Mint of the United States--Coinage of, 1793 to 1848,

94, 515, 641

Account of the, (with an Engraving,]

Money Market-Notes on the, . 72, 200, 264, 324, 354, 456, 528, 587, 644, 707

Morris, (Governor of the Bank of England) Views of Currency and Banking, 501

Mortality–The Laws of,

National Wealth-Principles of, by H. C. Carey,

Industry-On the Progress of,

New Orleans-Remarks on the Public Debt of,

New York-Commerce of, 1846, 1847, 1848,

Prices of Provisions in, 1823 to 1947,

Historical Sketches of the Banking Institutions of,

137, 325

Report upon the Banks and Insurance Companies of,

Report of the Comptroller upon the Banking System of,

New York and London-Exchange between, for 26 ycars,

Fluctuations in the Stocks of,

Ohio, (The) State Bank of, Notice of,

Paragraphs—The Pawnbroker's Window,

371

The Financial Prospect of 1849 in Europe,

Good and Bad Luck,

Gold Hunting in the Sixteenth Century,

Maxims on Money,

Domestic Cotton Goods Trade of Boston,

The World was made for All,

Notice of Laffitte the Banker,

Sale of Erie Rail Road Bonds,

Assay of California Gold,

The Journal des Debats on California,

Palmer (J. Horsley) Opinions on the Commercial Crisis, Banking System, &c. 245
Patent Office Report, for 1847, 1948—Extracts from,

122, 159, 606
Pease (J.) Opinions on the Commercial Crisis, Banking, &c.,

502

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Pennsylvania-Banking System of, .

131, 704

Statistics of the Coal Trade of,

Revenue and Expenditures of, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848,

Peru-Coinage of, .....

Peters, (S. J.) Remarks on the Public Debt of New Orleans, .

Population and Mortality—The Law of,

412, 457, 491, 529

Population and Property of the Several States in 1847,

Porter's Progress of National Industry,

Post Office-Statistics of, and Report upon,

Precious Metals—Early Accounts of the,

Humboldt on the,

Jacob on the Supply and Consumption of the,

Professor Ansted on the Present Condition of,

Expense of a Currency of the,

430
Production of the, in America,

556
Consumption of, in the Arts,

697, 705

Principle and Circumstances,

Principles of Banking, by N. Bonnefoux,

Principles of Life Insurance,

Productions and Capital of the United States,

329, 606
Protest and Noting-The Law of

340, 403
Public Annuities in Great Britain,

360
Public Funds-Fluctuations in,

571, 573, 574, 575

Rail Road (The) System,

Stocks, Fluctuations in the Value of,

Remington, (J. R.) An Account of his Inventions,

Revolutions (The) in Europe,

Rhode Island Bills of Credit,

Rothschild, The House of,

Russia and Siberia, The Gold Mines of,

631, 648

Scotland, History of the Bank of,

Sight Bills of Exchange, Grace upon,

144, 265, 337, 423, 587, 645
Smith's Wealth of Nations, Extracts from,

609, 610, 619
Stocks-Fluctuations in the Prices of,

571, 573, 575

Stock Exchange of London, Account of the,

State Finances—New York,

Statistics of the Coinage of the United States,

93, 515, 641

Splendor without Means,

Sub-Treasury, (The) Notice of,

Suretiship, The Dangers and Defects of, and their Remedy,

Sugar Trade and Crop of 1848, A Review of,

Times (The London) Opinions on the Crisis, &c.,

545, 619, 625

Tobacco and Cotton, Crops of 1838 to 1848,

Turner (Charles) Opinions on the Commercial Crisis, Banking System, &c., • 232

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Travelling Facilities fifty-three years ago-Changes in the Basin—New Papers pro

posed—New Lines projected for Philadelphia and Easton-Delays of TravelNew Stone Bridges over Jones' Falls-New Insurance Companies–New Banks Established.

Travel.-In consulting the daily journals of fifty years since, published in Baltimore, the reader is struck with the extraordinary, nay, almost incredible, change : that have taken place in the facilities of travel to and from the city. The traveller of that period had neither the telegraph nor the rail road to prompt his movements. Even steamboats, now pursuing their comparatively slow path, were unknown—not conceived. The mail coachee was the ready means of reaching Philadelphia in thirty hours, and news from Boston in seven days was a rarity.

In the winter season, more particularly, the merchant, the broker and the statesman had to wait the dull process of the mail for intelligence respecting the captures on the ocean, money opurations, or the elections far anil near.

As a singular instance of such delays, we find the editor of a daily paper in Baltimore, acknowledges in his journal of the 25th February, 1795, “A gentleman who arrived last night in the stage from Philadelphia, favored us with a Philadelphia paper of the 21st instant. Our readers will attribute the barrenness of our paper to the irregularity of the mails, which, although they arrived last evening in due time, brought, we may say, not a single paper."

On the 3d March of that year, a new line of accommodating coaches" was advertised by William Evans & Co., to start from Grant's Fountain

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