Industry of United States...
Indian office.......
Indian mounds in Louisiana..
Indian corn............
Economy for farmers, domestic.... 731 Interior Department...
Education in South Carolina....... 119
Education, comparison, Massachu-
setts and South Carolina.......
Education, progress of in U. States
and Europe...
Education statistics, United States.
Education statistics, foreign...
Education association...
Education, South Carolina.
132 Internal transportation and travel.. 765
133 India, fibrous substances of..
137 Iron in Russia.....
279 Iron in Great Britain...
285 Iron in United States...
286 Iron in the several States
287 Iron business of Baltimore.
288 Iron, railroad, duty on.......
Education to the prevention of crime 409 Islands of the Pacific.....
Education statistics of U. States.... 411 Islands of the Pacific.....
Educational items..
Emigration to the United States...
Empires, great, source from which
they come..
Emancipation, West India.... 474, 591
England, education in....
Epidemics, the course of.
Exports, Sandwich Isles..
Louisiana, Public education in..... 555
670
456 Maryland State Agricultural So-
ciety...
Manufactures of Iron...
617 Materials for pottery, Glass..
740 Manufactures, Practical Results of
615 Southern....
151 Meteorology of Cotton and Cane
470 Fields.....
609 Metallic wealth of United States... 242
49, 206, 327 Merchant of Old School........... 373
Mercantile Library Association.... 382
118 Mercantile Library of Charleston.. 654
446 Mineral wealth of the world....... 97
792 Missouri Compromise......
Girard institute, Philadelphia...... 427 Military establishments, Russia...
Great Britain, commerce of....... 66 Military Strength in Europe.... 514
Guano, congressional legislation
Gulf States and Amazon.....
Hard times.
Hireling and the slave.
Hireling and slave..
Honolulu...
Home education at the south
Horse...
679 Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Ten-
New political order, principles..... 320 Silk and silk trade................ 215
Negro melodies.....
Needles, manufacture of......
Negro rule, the beauties of.
Nickel..
North Carolina..
335 Silver.....
408 Slave, life of.....
454 Slaver, experience of..
710 Slave trade..
254 Slave trade in New York.
174 Slave labor for railroads...
582 Slavery, Wm. Chamberson..
Slave and hireling.......
Ohio and Georgia.
Overseer's duties..
446 Slavery, a Northerner's Experiences
in regard to Southern.....
Slaves in the South.....
171 Slaves, management of
258 Southern steamers to Europe....
171 South Carolina, education in.... 119
188 South.....
Population of great cities..
73 Statistics, Agricultural, G. Britain. 192
Population, etc., Sandwich Isles... 213 Statistical view of United States... 219
Principles of new political order.... 320
Publishing in United States.
Sugar, manufacture of............ 183
Sugar trade of the United States... 508
Sweden, Russia, Norway...
Texas, agricultural capacities...... 54
Representation in Congress.... 147 Texas, railroad to the Gulf..
400
Rice planters, information for..... 350 Tennessee and Georgia railroad.... 401
Rice, two crops in one season......
465 Texas and Florida.....
Rice planters, information...... 472 Texas railroad system..
Russia, its military establishments. 170 Texas and the topography of the
Russia, Sweden, Norway......... 582 Rio Grande......
Schools, common, in New York.... 283 Turpentine...
285
285 Union, classification of the States of 78
428 United States, tonnage of......... 66
545 Union....
...145, 289, 434, 559
GENERAL CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME.
I. LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS: China and the Chinese Revolution,
by Dr. Scott, of New Orleans, 1; The African Slave Trade, 16; American
States, Alabama, 21; Events of the Month, Book Notices, 29; The South
and the Union, by Mr. Garnet, of Virginia, 145; Abolition, 149; Fugitive
Slaves, 151; Missouri Compromise, 153; The American States, History
and Progress of Alabama, by Professor N. R. Davis, 154; Early Times in
New Orleans, 160; Cuba-its present condition, &c., 163; The Azores or
Western Isles, 168; Southern Society at the period of the Revolution, 169;
Russia-its Military Establishment, 170; Records, National and State,
Events of the Month, Notices of late Books, &c., 175; Editorial Notices,
&c., 176; The South and the Union, by Mr. Garnet, of Virginia, 289; The
African Slave Trade, 297; Spanish and Cuban Views of Annexation, 305;
Gibbon's Exploration of the Amazon, 312; Lieutenant Maury, 313; Crimes
and Casualties of 1854, 314; Mortality of 1854, 315; Events of the Month,
Personal Notices, Book Notices, &c., 316; Principles of the New Political
Order, 320; The South and the Union--the Union, past and present, how it
works and how to save it, 434; William Chambers on Slavery, 448; The
Negro Race, 454; The Course of Epidemics, yellow fever, 456; The Hire-
ling and the Slave, 459; Events of the Month, Book Notices, &c., 463; The
South and the Union, by Mr. Garnet, of Virginia, 559; Indian Mounds in
Louisiana, 568; A Northerner's Experience in regard to Southern Slavery,
571; The new Diplomatic and Consular System of the United States, 578;
Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, 582; Statistics of American Cities,
587; Editorial Notes, 589; Book Notices, &c., 590, 591; The South and
the Union, by Mr. Garnet, of Virginia, 681; The Diplomatic and Consular
System of the United States, 690; Sources from which great Empires come,
by a citizen of Texas, 698; Texas and the Topography of the Rio Grande,
705; Beauties of Negro Rule, 710.
II. AGRICULTURE AND FARMING: Congressional Legislation upon
Guano, 33; Sugar Crop and Climate, 35; Florida and Spanish Tobacco,
36; Structure of the Fibre of Cotton, 40; The Cane and Cotton Districts,
44; Agricultural County Surveys, 47; Fruit Culture at the South, 49;
State Fairs in 1854, 51; Negroes, Instruction of Slaves, 52; Richest Man
in Virginia, 53; Science of Farming, 54; Ohio Vineyards, 56; Plantation
Management, 57; Farming in Maryland and Virginia, &c., 59; Turpentine
at South, 61; Varieties of Cotton-East and West Indian and American,
177; Sugar Product and Process of Manufacture, 181; The Hireling and
the Slave, 185; Life of the Southern Slave, 187; Southern Pine Forests-
Turpentine, 188; Agricultural Statistics of Great Britain, 192; Culture of
the Vine at the South, 193; Cotton-its Value, Growth, and Export, 194;
New Theories in Agriculture, 195; Agriculture of Texas, 200; Agricultural
Capacities of California, 201; United States Agricultural Institute, 204;
Adaptation of the South for Fruit Culture, 206; Dean Cotton-to Planters
and Farmers, 208; The Cotton Crop of 1854, 321; Adaptation of the South
for Fruit Culture, 327; Culture of the Vine, 330; Something for Cotton
Planters, 332; Agricultural Capacities of Texas, 334; Negro Melodies, 335;
Tropical Cotton, 336; What one Man can do on Florida Soil, 337; Agri-
culture in Tennessee, 338; The Duties of an Overseer, 339; Agricultural
Societies and Education in Tennessee, 345; Early Growth of Wheat in the
United States, 348; Highly Valuable Information for Rice Planters, 350;
Two Crops of Rice in one Season, 465; The Cost of a Pound of Cotton,
468; Fruit Culture at the South, 470; Valuable Information for Rice
Planters, 472; Practical Effects of Emancipation-being a view of the
present state of things in the British West Indies, by D. J. McCord, of South
Carolina, 474; Selection of Seed in Agriculture, by D. W. Scott, of Ohio,
496; Practical Effects of Emancipation, by D. J. McCord, of South Carolina,
591; United States Agricultural Society, 602; Tobacco Culture at the
South, 603; Cotton Planters and Direct Trade, 605; Indian Corn, 605;
Pigs and their Statistics, 608; Southern Fruits, 609; Slave Missionaries,
612; Foreign Plants in United States, 612; Alabama Agricultural Society,
613; Fowls, 615; Japonica, 616; Florida and Texas, 617; Wine and Vine-
yards of France, 618; The Horse, 619; Management of Slaves, 713; The
Soil we Cultivate, 719; Thomas Tusser-Agriculture in Rhyme, 723; Do-
mestic Economy for Farmers, 731; Cotton, 734; A Valuable Agricultural
Implement, 736; New and Improved Cotton Gin, 739; Florida Cotton, 740;
General and Incidental Views on Agriculture, 741.
III COMMERCE AND STATISTICS: Safety of Navigation, Tonnage
United States and Great Britain, 66; Central America, Usury Laws, Sand-
wich Islands, 69; Great Cities, 73; Islands of Pacific, 79; Commercial Sta-
tistics, Gulf States, Hard Times, Silk Trade, 95; Islands of Pacific-their
Trade, Population, and other Statistics, 209; Silk and Silk Trade, 215;
Progress of the United States, 1783-1855, 217; Slave Trade in New York,
224; Tight Times, 228; Transportation across Continent to the Pacific, 230;
Banks in United States, 230; Commercial Statistics United States, 232;
British and American Tonnage, 234; New Orleans Taxable Property, 235;
Gold and Silver in United States, 237; Present Commerce of United States,
238; Commerce of Galveston, Mobile, and Baltimore, 238; Southern Com-
mercial Convention, 240; Southern Commercial Convention at New Orleans,
353; Commercial Statistics of the United States, 360; Our Gulf and the
Amazon, 364; Commerce of France, 366; Safety of Steamers at Sea, 369;
A Merchant of the Old School, 373; Commercial Progress of St. Paul,
Minnesota, 374; Gold-its relative value, 376; The Rate of Interest and
Penalty for Usury, 380; The Greatest Grain Port in the World, 381; Mer-
cantile Library Association of St. Louis, 382; Commerce of New Orleans,
383; Commerce of St. Louis, Cod Fishery, 384; Debts and Securities, 497;
Statistics of Chicago, 502; Trade of Pittsburgh, 504; Commercial Statistics
of Mobile, 506; Sugar Trade of the United States, 508; The Mouths of the
Mississippi, 509; Military Strength in Europe, 514; Savannah and Charles-
III. COMMERCE AND STATISTICS :-Continued.
ton, 516; Southern Commercial Convention at New Orleans, 520; Fire In-
surance Statistics of London, 528; Southern Commercial Convention at New
Orleans, 623; Ships and Shipping of the United States, 635; British Statis-
tics, 637; Tonnage, 640; United States Statistics, 640; Cuba Sugar Trade
641; Wrecks of Florida, 642; Tobacco Trade, Baltimore, &c., 643; The
West, 646; Commercial Spirit of the Age, by Dr. Scott, of California, 647;
Savings Banks, 651; Lead, 652; Mercantile Library of Charleston, 654;
Cotton Trade of Great Britain, 653; The Mobile River and its Branches,
Commerce of Mobile, by Albert Stein, 746; Southern Commercial Conven-
tion at New Orleans, 749; Danish Sound Duties, 760; Antiquity of British
Commerce, 763; Internal Transportation and Travel, 765; Ship Canal
across the Isthmus of Suez, 766; Fibrous Substances of India, 772; The
Trade of St. Louis, 776.
IV. MINING, MANUFACTURES, AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Mineral Wealth of the World, 97; Industry of United States in 1850, 115;
Virginia Railroad Convention, 117; Railroads of Georgia, 119; Gold-its
Production in all Countries and in all Times, with full Statistics of, by Dr.
Ely, 241; Coal Mining in United States, 250; The Mines and Minerals of
Great Britain, 251; Cost of California Gold, 256; Coal in Arkansas, 257 ;
Railroad Progress in Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, South
Carolina, in the United States, &c., World Girdle Telegraph, 257-264;
The Mineral Wealth of the World, 385; Lead Mining in Southern Mis-
souri, 389; Mines and Minerals of Great Britain, 391; The Iron Business of
Baltimore, 393; Wool and Woollens, 394; Bass-wood Paper, 396; Chicago
Lead Manufactures, 397; Railroad Progress in Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, Texas, East Tennessee, 398-403; Superiority of Slave Labor in
constructing Railroads, 404; Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, &c.,
407; Copper Ore, Manufacture of Needles, 408; Cotton Manufactures, 529;
Manufacture of Salt in United States, 528; Duty on Railroad Iron, 529;
Texas Railroad System, by C. G. Forshey, of Texas, 671; Mineral Re-
sources of Alabama, 677; Salt and Sponge of Key West, 679; Salt Mines
of Virginia, 680; Practical Results of Southern Manufactures, by William
Gregg, of South Carolina, 777; Southern Manufactures, 792; The Manu-
facture of Salt, 793.
V. EDUCATION: Common Schools in the States, South Carolina, 119; Pro-
gress of Education in United States and Europe, 138; American Publishers,
139; Industrial Schools, 265; American Education Association, 279; Sys-
tem of Common Schools in New York, 283; Education in Missouri, Boston,
Washington, South Carolina, Arkansas, Germany, 285-288; Relation of
Education to the Prevention of Crime, 409; Education in Louisiana, 421;
Common School Education in Michigan, 422; Education in Prussia, 423;
University of Michigan, 425; The Girard Institute, Philadelphia, 427;
Public Schools of St. Louis, 428; Home Education at the South, 430;
Moral Education, 432; Common Schools and Universities North and South,
by Archibald Roane, 545; Historical Sketch of Public Education in Louisi-
ana, part I., 555; Home Education at the South, by Rev. C. K. Marshall,
of Mississippi, 655; A Southern Home, 668; Educational Items, 669;
Education in England, 670;
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