19.-The American Anglers' Guide; or, Complete Fishers' Manual for the United States. 12mo., pp. 332. New York: H. Long & Brother, and John J. Brown & Co.'s Anglers' Depot. This, the third edition of a very popular manual, has been "revised, corrected, and improved, with the addition of a second part, containing over one hundred pages of useful and instructive information." It embraces the opinions and practices of experienced anglars in Europe and America, and gives the various modes adopted in ocean, river, lake, and pond fishing, the usual tackle and baits required, instructions in the art of making artificial flies, the methods of making fish ponds, transportation of fish, etc. Every page is handsomely illustrated with appropriate engravings, and in the second part, added to the present edition, we notice some twenty engravings of the principal angle fish of America. The engravings, on steel, stone, and wood, are by accomplished artists, so that the work, aside from its value to the angler, will interest the student of nature. "Old Isaak Walton," were he in the land of the living, would no doubt be highly delighted with the book; and so, we presume, will be every ardent disciple of that distinguished angler. 20.-Dante's Divine Comedy, The Inferno. Translated by Dr. JOHN A. CARLYLE. 12mo. New York: Harper & Brothers. When Dante adopted, as the subject of his immortal poem, the secrets of the invisible world, and the three kingdoms of the dead, he could not possibly have selected a more popular theme. It has the advantage of combining the most profound views of religion, with those vivid recollections of patriotic glory and party contentions, which were necessarily suggested by the re-appearance of the illustrious dead on this novel theatre. Such, in a word, was the magnificence of its scheme, that it may justly be considered as the most sublime conception of the human intellect. The publication of this poem, especially when translated and edited by a scholar such as Carlyle, forms an important event in the history of literature. It is one, however, more properly the subject of an elaborate review, than a notice within the limited space of a magazine. The work forms a handsome volume, and contains a fine steel engraving of the author. 21.-Live in the Far West. By GEORGE FREDERIC RUXTON, author of "Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains," etc. 12mo., pp. 235. New York: Harper & Brothers. This work is from the pen of Lieutenant George Ruxton, of the British Army, who recently deceased at the age of twenty-eight, in St. Louis, upon the Mississippi. The matter of which the volume is composed, was originally contributed in numbers to Blackwood's Magazine, where they attracted a considerable degree of the public attention. It contains racy and graphic pictures of the habitudes which prevail in the new and semi-barbarous regions to which it refers; and as the author possessed a natural love of the hardy and adventurous vicissitudes of frontier life, the sketches are doubtless drawn from his own experience. We commend it to those who possess a taste for this species of literature, as a volume containing spirited and interesting pictures of the scenes which it describes. 22.-On Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and other Diseases of the Chest; their Remedial and Avertive Treatment, addressed in Popular Language to Non-medical Readers, with Copious Observations on the Diet and Regimen necessary for Invalids. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M. D., author of "Guide to Health," "How to be Happy." New York: J. S. Redfield. This popular treatise, by a popular writer, on popular diseases, contains many valuable suggestions; and, as eclectic in medicine, (with a strong bearing to Hydropathy,) we are inclined to think favorably of it, as it appears to be well calculated to throw some light on the subjects discussed, and is, withal, the production of an intelligent practitioner. 23.-" A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam." Pp. 60. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe & Co. Here is a truly beautiful little tale, from the pen of an English lady. It has better delineations of character, and more impulsive power, than many larger works, of established reputation. It is filled with a sweet, healthful spirit, and can scarcely be read without feeling a sunbeam at the heart. It is elegantly printed, as is usual with the Monroe press. 24.-Woman in all Ages and Nations: a complete and Authentic History of the Manners and Customs, Character and Condition of the Female Sex, in Civilized and Savage Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. BY THOMAS L. NICHOLS. 12mo., pp. 237. New York: H. Long & Brothers. The present work, as its title imports, is devoted to a review of the history, condition, manners, and habits of women in all ages and nations, from the earliest to the present time. Female beauty, costume, education, courtship, marriage, the treatment and condition, the character and conduct of women, each form the subject of one or more chapters of the work. The author has evidently had access to all the sources of information, and used them with discrimination and judgment; and, on the whole, furnished a very interesting and instructive work. OUR MAGAZINE. PRESUMING upon the generosity of our readers to pardon us for occupying a little space with a matter more gratifying to the Editor and Proprietor of the Merchants' Magazine, perhaps, than interesting to his subscribers, we venture to give an extract from one of the many business letters, we are almost daily receiving from our patrons, touching the appreciation of our labors, in a department of literature, that we humbly conceive was unoccupied, until we entered it with an earnest purpose and a determined will. Such testimonials are all the more acceptable, when, as in the present instance, they come from an old subscriber, and furnish a practical illustration of the utility of our endeavors to impart information of importance to the large "parish" of persons for whose benefit it is not only our interest, but our duty, to labor. The writer, a citizen of Tarboro, North Carolina, it will be seen, by the extract from his letter, here subjoined, is an agriculturist, or planter, and is, moreover, engaged in the practice of the law. * TARBORO, N. C., July 3d, 1849. * * * "I became a subscriber to the Merchants' Magazine with the eighth or ninth volume, having previously supplied myself with all the numbers. I have been a constant reader, and in my opinion it is the ablest and most useful publication of the sort in America. It is alike useful to the Statesman, the Professional Man, the Man of Science, the Financier, the Merchant, Manufacturer, Agriculturalist, Shipper, Miner, and Carrier; indeed, to all the great producing classes, and those subservient thereto, the Magazine is invaluable. The Commercial Chronicle and Review alone will richly compensate any one engaged in any of the active or business pursuits, for the cost of subscription. Under its guidance as an agriculturist, I have more than once, in a single crop, realized, in a pecuniary view, vastly beyond the cost of the entire publication. I have, in every instance, found the magazine correct in its commercial calculations, unless varied by events which were necessarily unforeseen. As a member of the legal profession, I have, in several instances, from the essays you have published on the Law of Debtor and Creditor of some of the States, saved myself from trouble, and my clients from expenses. In the course of practice, it is often necessary for members of the profession of one State, to be informed of points of law of another State, growing out of the relation of Debtor and Creditor; in such cases, they are compelled to take counsel frequently in a distant State, and often by reason of the necessary delay, at the imminent peril of a client's interests. Originating from statutes and judicial decisions, these laws differ more or less in each of the several States, and, though scattered through a vast number of volumes, are necessarily familiar to every member of the profession, of the respective States in which they occur, and might easily be embodied in short essays. "Impressed with the importance and utility of such essays, I have recently commenced an essay on the law of Debtor and Creditor, as it exists in North Carolina, which I will send you for publication, if you desire, some time in the ensuing fall or winter. I would make tender of it at an earlier day, but for engagements which will necessarily postpone its completion to that time." * * 1. THE CONSULAR, OR COMMERCIAL CITIES OF CHINA.-No. I.-CANTON, AMOY, FOOCHOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAI.-CANTON. Province of Canton-Position of the City -Whampoa-Climate of Canton-Appearance of the City and its Environs-Character of the People-Piracy-Chinchew Men-Trade with the Interior-Coasting Trade-Early Trade of Europeans with Canton-Trade of the United States-Articles of Commerce- Manufactures-Wages of Labor and Cost of Subsistence-Banking and Currency-Amer- III. THE HELIX: CONSIDERED AS A PROPELLER OF STEAM VESSELS. mental Question of Ocean Steam Navigation-Remarks on the Screw Propeller-Theory of the Helix--Helix employed as a Propeller-Difference between a Helix and a Paddle- Wheel Propeller, etc. By JEAN BENNER, late of France, now of New York..... IV. COMMERCE AND RESOURCES OF CANADA. Progress of Canada-Lands of the Province-Progress of Population--Religious Census-Agricultural and other Property- Manufactures--Shipping-Revenue-Public Debt-Exports and Imports--Articles of Con- sumption, etc. Communicated by the Editor of the Montreal Herald... V. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XVIII.--THE CITY OF TROY, NEW YORK, AND THE TRADE OF THE NEW YORK CANALS AND THE HUDSON RIVER. By Hon. D. O. KELLOGG, Merchant, of Troy...... VI. COMMON CARRIERS: embracing a Review of Angell's Treatise on the Law of Common Sequestration of Merchandise--Vendor's Privilege Liability of Commission Merchants: a Case decided in the Supreme Court of Louisiana.. Law of Patents: a Decision in the Court of Common Please, (England)... Insurance-Damage of Goods from Dampness: a Decision of Judge Shaw, in the Supreme Court EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA- TED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Improvement in the Value of Real Estate notwithstanding the Prevalence of the Cholera-Accu- mulation of Money-Prices of New Orleans Cotton in New York in 1848-9-Improved Prices- Coinage of the United States Mint-California Gold-Its effect on the Money Market-Condition of the Banks of New York at different Periods-New York City Banks-Broadway Bank-Bank Dividends-Accumulation of Coin in the Bank of England-Consumption of Wheat and Flour COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. PAGE Trade and Revenue of England in 1848 and 1849.. 321 Produce of Net Revenue of Great Britain in the year and quarter ending July, 1848 and 1849.... 321 British exports in 1847 and 1848, compared... Statistics of the Foreign Slave Trade Prices of Agricultural Products at different Places in Ohio 322 324 325 Registered and Enrolled Tonnage of the United States from 1839 to 1848, in tons and 95ths...... 326 Prices of Cotton Wool at the close of the last week in each month of 1848.. Cuba exports of Sugar and Molasses from 1st January to the end of June, 1849.. Imports of Sugar and Molasses into New York 1st of January to 1st of July 1848 and 1849.. Shipping, Tonnage, and Revenue of the Liverpool Docks from 1839 to 1849.. Imports of Breadstuff into Great Britain in 1848....... COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. 327 327 328 328 329 330 331 Postal Treaty between Great Britain and United States: with tables of Postage and Instructions.. 331 United States Warehousing System: Explanatory Circular of the Secretary of the Treasury. Errors in the Estimate of Duties on Imports: a Treasury Circular to Collectors, &c... New Shipping Signal.-Cape Hatteras Cove.-Breakwaters and Landing Places.. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. Railroads of Georgia, etc.... Androscoggin and Kennebeck Railroad... 338 339 339 340 342 The "May Flower," a Western Steamboat. 342 How to "Estimate " a Bank Customer. From Gilbart's" Practical Treatise on Banking." 348 348 350 351 354 354 354 355 356 358 359 360 361 362 362 362 362 362 THE BOOK TRADE. Comprehensive Notices of 18 New Works or New Editions... 364-368 Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to the Editor, etc..... 368 HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. SEPTEMBER, 1849. Art. I. THE CONSULAR, OR COMMERCIAL CITIES OF CHINA.* NUMBER I. CANTON, AMOY, FOOCHOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAI. CANTON. PROVINCE OF CANTON-POSITION OF THE CITY-WHAMPOA-CLIMATE OF CANTON-APPEARANCE OF THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS-CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE-PIRACY-CHINCHEW MEN-TRADE WITH THE INTERIOR-COASTING TRADE-EARLY TRADE OF EUROPEANS WITH CANTON-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES-ARTICLES OF COMMERCE-MANUFACTURES-WAGES OF LABOR AND COST OF SUBSISTENCE -BANKING AND CURRENCY-AMERICAN BENEVOLENCE. TOWARDS the close of the war between Great Britain and China, Commodore Kearney obtained a promise from the Chinese Government, that whatever commercial privileges might be conferred by treaty upon the English, should also be granted to the people of the United States. Accordingly, the treaty made by Mr. Caleb Cushing, in 1844, gave permission to our citizens to dwell and trade in the five ports which had already been thrown open to the commerce of Great Britain. These ports, Canton, Amoy, Foochoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai, are scattered along a line of coast about eight hundred miles in length, at distances of from one to three hundred miles from each other. They are the principal depots of the coasting, as well as the foreign trade of China. We propose to give a brief account of the character, appearance, and commercial and manufacturing industry of each of them. CANTON. The province of Kwantung, or Canton, of which Canton is the chief city, is a mountainous district, extending about five hundred miles along * China: Political, Commercial, and Social. By R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Esq., late Her Majesty's Treasurer for the Colonial Consular and Diplomatic Services in China, and a Member of Her Majesty's Legislative Council at Hong Kong. 2 vols. London: James Madden. Consular Cities of China. By Rev. GEORGE SMITH, M. A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. New York: Harper & Brothers. |