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MEMORIAL COLLECTION

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Commerce. Its tendency to build up cities and exhaust the country
-evils incident to an extensive commercial system. Inconveniences
and evils of the present commercial system of the United States.
Outlines of a commercial system for the Valley of the Mississippi.
Decline of the commerce of New Orleans. The importance to the
West of building up and sustaining New Orleans as a great commer-
cial city. Deepening the channel at the mouth of the Mississippi,
improvement of the Rapids &c.
By the SENIOR EDITOR.

Report of the prelimina-

II.—OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD.

ry Surveys of the Western division chartered by the State of Illi-

nois.

By E. GEST, Chief Engineer &c.

III.-SOUTHERN ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC. Account of a route
from Fort Smith on the Arkansas river to Santa Fé, and also of a
route from Donna Anna on the Rio Grande to Fort Smith with a
description of country travelled over.

From the Report of Capt. R. B. MARCY, U. S. A.
IV. SALES OF REAL ESTATE IN ST. LOUIS. By the Senior Editor.

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