The Western Journal, Volumes 5-6M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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GENERAL INDEX TO THE FIFTH VOLUME OF THE WESTERN JOURNAL . ARTICLES BY THE SENIOR EDITOR . Labor saving Machinery , Cannelton Cotton Mills , Southern and Western Interests , Swamp Lands of Missouri , Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad , ...
GENERAL INDEX TO THE FIFTH VOLUME OF THE WESTERN JOURNAL . ARTICLES BY THE SENIOR EDITOR . Labor saving Machinery , Cannelton Cotton Mills , Southern and Western Interests , Swamp Lands of Missouri , Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad , ...
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... West , 73 . Cotton Trade from 1825 to 1850 , with tabular statements of production , con- sumption , stoks , prices , Exports to & consumption in different countries , 233 . Education , Female , 206 . Europe , general view of the ...
... West , 73 . Cotton Trade from 1825 to 1850 , with tabular statements of production , con- sumption , stoks , prices , Exports to & consumption in different countries , 233 . Education , Female , 206 . Europe , general view of the ...
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... Western commerce , 72 . Spirit culture , by H. Cobb , Esq . , 132 . Spirit Power , by H. Cobb , Esq . , 203 . Starch ... Western Africa , its products and com- merce , 171 . Western Interests , " 143 . Weston Mo. , its commerce , 326 ...
... Western commerce , 72 . Spirit culture , by H. Cobb , Esq . , 132 . Spirit Power , by H. Cobb , Esq . , 203 . Starch ... Western Africa , its products and com- merce , 171 . Western Interests , " 143 . Weston Mo. , its commerce , 326 ...
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... west pass . The rate of fall is not uniform on the surface , but decreases in declivity towards the Gulf , giving a curve of inclination ( probably parabolic ) to which the Gulf level is a tangent , at the Balize . The mean rate of ...
... west pass . The rate of fall is not uniform on the surface , but decreases in declivity towards the Gulf , giving a curve of inclination ( probably parabolic ) to which the Gulf level is a tangent , at the Balize . The mean rate of ...
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... west pass was found 102 feet . 7. Width .-- The uniformity of breadth in the channel is a re- markable feature of the Mississippi river . A great number of measurements made by myself , from the Balize to Galena , 1,700 miles up the ...
... west pass was found 102 feet . 7. Width .-- The uniformity of breadth in the channel is a re- markable feature of the Mississippi river . A great number of measurements made by myself , from the Balize to Galena , 1,700 miles up the ...
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Page 192 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 44 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 266 - Knowst thou th' importance of a soul immortal ? Behold this midnight glory : worlds on worlds ! Amazing pomp! redouble this amaze ; Ten thousand add ; add twice ten thousand more; Then weigh the whole; one soul out-weighs them all, And calls th' astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation poor.
Page 192 - ... vessel, or any of them, may take the appropriate proceedings in any court, for the purpose of apportioning the sum for which the owner of the vessel may be liable among the parties entitled thereto.
Page 91 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 83 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon...
Page 58 - That no bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall be valid against any person other than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons having actual notice thereof ; unless such bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance be recorded in the office of the collector of the customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled...
Page 45 - An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile...