Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Im-
provement, Commerce,
PUBLIC POLICY,
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts are the basis of Civilization.
M. TARVER & H. COBB,
EDITORS & PROPRIETORS.
Vol. XII., O. S.-Vol. XII., N. S.
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TO THE TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE WESTERN JOURNAL
AND CIVILIAN.
ARTICLES BY THE SENIOR EDITOR.
Duty on Railroad Iron......
Interest Laws of Missouri......
Limited Partnerships.... ......
Treaty between the United States and Mexico. Mesilla Valley. Pacific
St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans Railroad.......
St. Louis, Paducah and Nashville Railroad Connection
Germany-Taste. Translated from the French of Mad. De Stael..
The Way to Heaven. A Poem......
Let me think in my heart. A Poem.........
Sketch of a Beauty. A Poem........
Valley of the Ohio. Its conquest and settlement by Americans. By MANN
BUTLER, Esq, of Missouri..........................8, 111, 159, 239, 319, 400
The Critical and Miscellaneous Essays of Christopher North, [Professor
Wilson]. By ALGERON.......
Dependence of Mind upon Matter. By PEARCE C. GRACE, Esq., of Mo... 137
Universal Prime Mover. By ALEX. J. GRAHAM, of St. Louis, Mo....... 273
Angel Child. A poem, by LETTIE, of Lexington, Ky.
Memory of Friends. A poem, by HARRY.................
Africa and African Slavery. By HUGH A. GARLAND, Esq., of St. Louis.. 338
England and the Slave Trade. By HUGH A. GARLAND, Esq., of St. Louis 415
Banana, Culture of, in Florida, 446.
Bartlett's Personal Narrative of the
country between San Antonio, Texas,
and the Pacific, 251.
Beauty, a sketch, 228.
Boone, Daniel, taken prisoner by the
Indians, 14.
Bricks, new style of manufacture, 351.
Cahokia, Great Indian Council at, 246.
California, its Agricultural Capacities,
264. Its commercial aspects. Prices
of flour and other commodities. Vac-
ant houses in San Francisco. Ship-
ment of gold, &c., 362.
Commercial aspects of California, 362.
Cotton: its culture and commerce in In-
dia, 420.
Credit, Gold and Silver, 118.
Cross: a poem, 227.
Cultivation of Taste by Farmers,
Decomposition of rocks and production
Dependence of mind upon matter, 137.
of metals, 276.
Education Statistics:-Census of 1850,
European War: Probable effects on
England and the Slave Trade, 415.
American securities, 25.
Forest Mining Co., 59.
Fremont's Expedition to the Pacific in
the winter of 1853-4, 184.
Fruits of Oregon, wild and cultivated,
Galvanized Iron, 430.
Gas: Cost and consumption of, in 34
Geological survey of Missouri, 1.
cities in the U. S., 380.
Germany: Taste. From the French of
German Philosophy, 68, 135.
Gold: Amount deposited in the U. S.
Mad. De Stael, 225.
mint in the year 1853, 173. Forma-
tion of gold, 276. Shipment of gold
from California during the fust six
months of 1853 and 1854, 367. Pro-
Graham, A. J., Inventor of Prime
duce of gold in Australia, 379.
Mover, 273.
Chambers, A. B., Obituary notice, 149.
Chicago, Statistics of trade, manufac-
tures, &c. History of its improve-
ments, public and private, 43, 124.
Completion of the railroad from Chi-Gutta Percha: Its history, manufacture,
cago to Alton, 376.
Cleveland and St. Louis air line Rail-
road, 374.
Coffee, Trade, Imports, Prices, &c.,
360.
Commerce of Chicago, 43, 124. Com-
merce of the United States, 282 to
292, and 352 to 357. Commerce be-
tween St. Louis and Arkansas, 134,
and between St. Louis and the South,
294.
Great Britain: Its Iron trade, 60. Its
Railroads, 343.
Heart, Let me think &c., a poem, 228.
Harry and Jule; a poem, 152.
Helena, Ark.: Its railroad and com-
Heaven, the way to. A poem, 227.
Herndon, Lieut., bis expedition in the
mercial prospects, 370.
Hickman, Ky.: Its trade with St. Louis,
valley of the Amazon, 96.
Mint of the United States; Annual Re-
port, 173.
Public Lands, Pre-emption laws, edut
cation endowments, Railr grans,
&c., 37.
Pacific Railroad, Mo., Equity Shares
&c., 63.
Pacific Railroad Convention in Cali-
fornia, 296.
Partnerships, limited, 238.
Prime Mover, Universal, Graham's in-
vention, 273.
Railroads. Pacific Railroad, Mo.,
Equity shares, &c., 62. Fremont's
exploration of the central route. 184.
Southern route, 256. Central route
convention in California, 296. Rail-
roads in Arkansas, 64. Midland R.
R., 224. Breaking ground at Hele-
na, 300. Mississippi, Ouachita and
Red River Railroad breaking ground
301. Railroads concentrating at Hei
lena, Ark., 370. Mobile and Oht-
Railroad, Engineer's Report, 173. So.
Louis, Memphis and New Orleans
Railroad, 212. St. Louis, Paducah
and Nashville Railroad Connection,
220. Railroads in Great Britain, Re-
port for 1853, 343. Keokuk and
Muscatine Railroad, 374. Clevelan
and St. Louis air line railroad; it
progress, length of straight lines
curves, grades, &c., 374. Ohio and
Mississippi railroad open to Carlyle,
376. Chicago and Mississippi Rail-
road completed, 376. Mississippi &
Tennessee Railroad, Engineer's Re-
port, 377. Lake Erie. W
Erie, Erie, Wabash and
St. Louis Railroad, Progress of the
work, 378. Railroad iron, shall the
duties on be repealed? 77.
Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad iron, improved method of rol-
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad;
Engineer's Report, 377.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad; Engineer's
Mohave Indians, 336.
Mormons, life among, 279.
Navy Yard at Memphis, 348.
Nebraska Territory, 305. Law organ-
izing, 311.
Newspapers and public libraries, 22.
North, Christopher, [Professor Wil-
son;] his critical and miscellaneous
Essays-Notice of his death, 70.
Ohio Valley: Its conquest and settle-
ment by Americans, 8, 111, 159, 239,
319, 400.
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad open to
OCarlyle, 376.
egon, its fruits, wild and cultivated,
ring bars, 301.
Rocks, decomposition of,
position of their metalic composition,
St. Louis and Arkansas Trade, 134.
Trade with Hickman, Ky., Tennessee
and Arkansas Rivers, 294. St Louis
civil statistics - Mayor's message,
197. St. Louis, Memphis and New
Orleans Railroad, 212. St. Louis,
Paducah and Nashville railroad cuo-
Savings Banks, how they get rich, 428.
Slavery in Africa and in the United
States, 338.
Slave trade, history of, as carried on by
England, 415.
Steel, manufacture of, 61.
Stone, manufacture of, by L. S. Ro
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