COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS. ARRIVALS of Ships, Steamboats &c. for five years mont.., for five years. State Securities; Rail Road bonds; and Rail Road and Canal Stocks From the Rail Road Journal. 114 114 115 115 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. DITTO DITTO 1. SPIRIT GLORY...................... BY THE JUNIOR EDITOR. 118 2. THE BUD........................... 122 3. ATALA.-From the French of M. Viscount nya 123 DE CHATEAUBRIAND .... 4. A GLEAM OF YOUTH ................... BY DIDYMUS. 134 5. A THOUGHT.... ............ SELECTED, 134 6. GREATNESS OF CHARACTER By an Occasional Writer. 135 RANDOM THOUGHTS. 7. MENTION OF DE STÆL............ SELECTED. 140 8. GERMANY. - Influence of Enthusiasm ou Happiness. From the French of ( By Bernard A. Pratte, Esq. 140 MADAME DE STAEL ..... 9. SONNET TO GOETHE...... 146 10. GIRLS. .............. BY THE JUNIOR EDITOR. 146 11. POESY. From the German of Schiller. DITTO 147 12. FINE ARTS. DITTO 147 ....SELECTED. MIM VUDSK BOOK PRINTING, By MORITZ NIEDNER, 1 No. 75 Chesnut Street---fourth floor---between Third & Fourth Streets. - m ananananananana ALL KINDS OF PRINTING In the ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES, A T`I HE LO W E s T RA TE AND WITH DIS P A T C H. TANQ PRINTING, In all Colors and Bronzes, done neatly and with great accuracy at short notice. AF TRANSLATIONS, except for larger works, made gratis, and with the greatest grammatical correctness. annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn The Patronage of the Public is respectfully solicited. I.-PERIODICAL LITERATURE. The office and utility of periodic cal literature as an intellectual and social agent. Effects of news- paper literature upon the intelligence of the community. The im- portance of encouraging a more useful class of periodical literature considered............................. BY THE SENIOR Editor. 147 II.-OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD. A review of the financial, commercial, agricultural and manufacturing interest of the country. Relations between the agricultural, mining and manufacturing interests. Po- licy of protecting American industry, effects of free trade. Expor- tation of bread-stuffs and provision, compared with the home mar- kets. (Vide Note page 219.) ............ BY — of Kentucky 152 III.—THE PUBLIC LANDS AND WESTERN IMPROVEMENTS... Effects of rail roads in the new states, on the value of the public lands. The grant of land by the general government in aid of the central railroad of Illinois and the Mobile and Ohio rail road, though wise and just in itself is calculated to operate unjustly in respect to the States west of the Mississippi unless they receive similar aid from Congress.........................BY K— of Missouri. 174 PAGE. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND THE PRESS IN ARKANSAS. Mass Meeting at Little Rock-resolutions in favor of a rail road to White 189 COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. VALUE OF BREADSTUFFS &c. EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES.-Statement exhibiting the aggregate value of Brearlstuffs and provisions, exported annually, from 1821 to 1851 inclusive. 193 TONNAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES COMPARED. Showing the ton- 193 MERCANTILE MARINE OF ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. Entrances & Clearances in each country in the year 1850. 194 BANKING. Condition of the Banks of New Orleans on 30th August 1851. 195 LITERARY DEPARTMENT. 196 DITTO 200 201 202 202 203 203 1. SPIRIT GLORY ......... ........... BY THE JUNIOR EDITOR, 2. VOICE OF LIFE. ....... DITTO 3. THE PEOPLE'S SONG. ...... ...... 4. A HINT. ................. DITTO 5. A DECLARATION. ................. By B. 6. A FLOW OF SOUL ................. BY THE JUNIOR Editor. 7. ANECDOTE OF CHATEAUBRIAND. SELECTED 8. ATALA. From the French of M. Vis count de Chateaubriand. Translated BY THE Junior EDITOR. 9. SONNET TO SCHILLER. .......... SELECTED 10. PREDESTINATION. .............. By Hon. A. BEATTY. 11. EPIGRAM. TO THE FARMER. ) FROM THE GERMAN OF G@THE. 12. FINE ARTS..... DITTO. 13. EPIGRAMS. LOVE & HATE, SCIENCE & PRACTICE. DITTO. BY THE JUNIOR EDITOR |