Scotland, iron trade of.... 66 .... at port of New York ........ ........ 659 "and steamers, cause of fire in......... 389 ............ Transitu, stoppage of goods in 66 66 U. 732 Umbrellas, manufacture of in New York.... 763 373 132 lat. and long. on western coast. 500 233 66 512 66 66 606 66 Silver mining in Spain 381 Silver and bullion, purchase of at U. S. Mint 733 66 Silver mines in Mexico.. Silver coinage of United States.. 735 66 Silkworms, and production of... 767 Slavery, moral benefits of.... 66 .454, 706 66 Sloan's Hydrostat for steam boilers... 648 66 66 66 394 66 66 66 Specie in New York city banks.. 98 66 64 imports at Boston of.. Stanford channel, Lowestoft 248 66 66 Statistics of population.... East India and Pacific trade of. 367 .248, 517 66 Statistics, commercial..81, 233, 361, 473, 621, 738 504 mails by ocean steamers...... 504 stocks, redemption of......... 493 260 262 66 66 65 statistics... 107, 257, 383, 501, 637, 753 66 659 real and personal property in.. 103 66 treasury notes outstanding.... 100 473 506 758 391 passages of Collins and Cunard.. 257 Usage, important case relating to mercantile. 458 Street merchants Stock market of Baltimore in 1852... Stuart's naval and mail steamers of U. S..... 580 106 Vacuum sugar pans Sub-marine Telegraph. Value of gold, depreciation in value of arrived at Baltimore in 1852 admeasured at Baltimore in 1852.... 236 66 66 T. 66 tobacco, shipments at Lynchburg.. 482 viii W. Wales, tariff of New South PAGE 245 Warehousing, goods entered at N. York for. 214 444 485 Wisconsin, its resources, condition, &c... 193 Whale fishery, statistics of North Pacific..... 364 66 ...... 522 Y. Whaling business, the Pacific............... 629 Yield of Sugar in Texas.. 66 prices of, at Baltimore.. Z. 333 Zinc and Franklinite, New Jersey 239 315 183 Zoll-Verein, German, Commerce of......... 738 CONTENTS OF NO. I., VOL. XXVIII. ARTICLES. ART. PAGE. I. CONSCIENCE IN THE COUNTING-ROOM; OR, THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE MERCHANT. By T. W. HIGGINSON, of Massachusetts............................ 19 II. THE COTTON TRADE. By C. F. McCAY, of the University of Georgia... III. COMMERCIAL Cities AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.--No. xxxIII.-THE CITY OF NEW YORK.-PART V........... IV. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL H. A. S. DEARBORN ......................... 40 48 60 V. CODIFICATION AND LAW REFORM IN ALABAMA. By Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Porterville, Alabama..... 67 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW. Bill in equity to settle conflicting claims arising under a will..... ....... 71 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA❤ TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: General review of the course of commercial affairs for the year-Prices of cotton, breadstuffs, and manufactured goods-Reflections upon the general prosperity, with the danger incident thereto Increase of banks, in its effect upon monetary affairs-Increase in the number of mercantile houses, with the corresponding evils-Rapid extension of well-projected railroads less an evil than generally apprehended-Basis of the present commercial expansion-Commerce of the United States, with a comparison of the total imports and exports of the whole country for a series of years-Balance of trade-Revenue and expenses of the United States -Foreign relations of the country in their effect upon Commerce-Review of the estimated increase of our foreign indebtedness-State of the money-market-Deposits and coinage at the Philadelphia and New Orleans Mints for November-Ditto at all the mints from January 1st-Imports of foreign merchandise at New York for November, and from January 1st-Notice of some items of free goods-Imports of dry goods, with full particulars of the description of fabrics-Increase in the per centage of revenue, showing a comparative excess in the receipts of articles of luxury-Cash duties received at New York for November, and from January 1st-Exports to foreign ports for November, and from January 1st-Shipments of produce compared for two years-Rumors of imperial speculations in breadstuffs.......... 73-80 VOL. XXVIII.—NO. I. 2 PAGE. 81 COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Commerce of the Danube, embracing exports, imports, navigation, etc., etc., for the year 1851.. COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Treaty of friendship, Commerce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Peru JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Population, Finances, etc., of the European States.. United States Treasurer's statement, November 22, 1852.. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. Statement of railroads in the United States, showing the time when opened, number of miles 86 94 97 98 99 100 100 100 101 102 102 103 103 104 104 104 105 105 105 106 106 106 106 107 115 116 117 Railroad freights between Albany and Buffalo.. JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. The first mining operation in North America. No. 11.... The manufacture of glass.-No. v. By DEMING JARVIS, Esq., of Massachusetts 117 119 122 HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. JANUARY, 1853. Art. I.-CONSCIENCE IN THE COUNTING ROOM: OR THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE MERCHANT. "My brethren, this is never to be forgotten, that our New England is originally a plantation of Religion, and not a plantation of Trade. Let merchants and such as are making cent per cent remember this. Let others who have come over since at several times, remember this, that worldly gain was not the end and design of the people of New England, but Religion. And if any man among us make Religion as twelve, and the world as thirteen, let such an one know he hath neither the spirit of a true New England man, nor yet of a sincere Christian."-John Higginson at Salem. 1663. It is claimed in our title that "the true interests" of the MERCHANT forms the subject of this article; but to define what those true interests are, must be left to the essayist. He must vindicate the claim of the interests he urges. The interests of the merchant are commonly supposed to lie in his money; but every merchant was a Man before he was a Merchant, and the interests of the Man must rank first. The changes of life or death may at any moment remove his riches from the merchant or the merchant from his riches; but the union between the man and his virtue is one which God hath joined, and none may put asunder. There are practical interests of the merchant on which I have no advice to offer; instruction in these must be sought elsewhere. But inside of every Merchant there is a Man, and to that Man, modified as he may be by the education, habits, and pursuits of his avocation-to him and his interests I write. The ancient philosopher thanked God for his wealth; and when his property was destroyed by fire and shipwreck, he thanked God (it is recorded) yet more, because he had been taught the wisdom which left him as well off as he was before. It is this wisdom alone of which I can attempt to treat; nor can you wisely disregard this. For the end of life, as even you |