Wien. Dank COLLECTION

1.-COMMERCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. The nature o

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.

II.-OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD. Report of the prelimina-

ry Surveys of the Western division chartered by the Sta’e of Ini-

nois. .

By E. Ges), 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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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY.

THE PRAIRIE DOG. Dog towns of the Mora Valley. Similar-

ity of the dwelling places of the prairie dogs to the labyrinths of

Egypt-their habits &c. Extracted from a forth coming work entit-

led “Travels in Search of the Elephant or the Wanderings of an

Artist”

By Alfred S. Waugh Esq., St. Louis, Mo.