COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, INTER- "COMMERCE IS KING." EDITED BY J. D. B. DE BOW. VOL. XXIV.-NEW SERIES, VOL. IV. NEW ORLEANS AND WASHINGTON CITY. 1858. Y# VOL. XXIV. JANUARY-JUNE, 1858. ARTICLES. THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL-ITS HISTORY, STATISTICS, AND FUTURE, by the Editor. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LUXURY, by Geo. Fitzhugh, of Virginia... ral Departments, condensed.. STEPHEN AUSTIN AND THE EARLY TIMES OF TEXAS, by J. H. Bell, of Texas. Page. 1 32, 165, 217 49 68 78 114 136 THE WALKER EXPEDITION OF 1856........ 146 THE SANDWICH ISLANDS..... 156 GREAT BASIN OF THE MISSISSIPPI, by W. Gilpin, of Missouri.. 159 AMERICAN LITERATURE-NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN, by A. Roane, of Washington, D. C....... 173 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT THE SOUTH.. 177 SOUTHERN COTTON, AND THE COMPETITION OF ALGERIA, by Wm. Elliott, of South Carolina..... 193 THE NEGRO EMPIRE OF HAYTI.. 203 COTTON AND BREAD, or Free Labor AND SLAVE LABOR, by D. D. Deming, of New York..... 239 ROMANTIC HISTORY OF FLORIDA, by G. R. Fairbanks, of Florida.. ROSS ON SLAVERY, AND STYLES ON MODERN REFORM, by A. Roane, of Washington, D. C... 304 MONARCHY VS. DEMOCRACY-IS OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT A FAILURE? by R. H. G., of Virginia...... 312 SOUTHERN SLAVE LIFE-Communicated through Gov. Allston, of S. C..... 321 FOREIGN EMIGRATION, FORMERLY AND NOW, by Hamilton Smith, of Indiana.. 328 MISSOURI, SAFE FOR THE SOUTH.... .... MEMOIR OF COL. M. C. HAMMOND, of South Carolina.. 335 339 EARLY HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN VIRGINIA, by N. F. Cabell, of Va. 280, 411, 542 TOBACCO INTEREST OF THE SOUTH, by W. M. Burwell, of Virginia.. 291 TEXAS-RESOURCES AND WEALTH... 337 THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, by Francis Poe, Esq., of California. 347 SOUTHERN DIRECT TRADE WITH EUROPE, by A. Dudley Mann.. 352 FIELD FOR SOUTHERN MANUFACTORIES... 382 AMERICAN RAILROAD SYSTEM, by R. G. Rankin, Esq. 386 SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON, by J. N. Cardoza, Esq. 396 NATIONAL FOUNDERY IN NORTH CAROLINA. 403 PUBLIC LANDS OF ROME AND AMERICA, by Geo. Fitzhugh, Esq., of Virginia.. 428 VIRGINIA AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, by S. H. De Bow, of Virginia. 431 REPORT ON THE SLAVE-TRADE, TO THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION, by L. W. Spratt. 473 ENGLISH NEGRO APPRENTICE TRADE.. 492 WASHINGTON CITY, by Geo. Fitzhugh, Esq., of Virginia. 502 THOMAS JEFFERSON.. 509 ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL.. 536 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION AT MONTGOMERY, ALA. 574 103096 187 Bankruptcies in the United States Bienville.. Brazil and the United States.. Book Notices.. Brazil, Empire of, its history, Hogs.... 1 Havana-its Commerce.. 457 Hemp Regions of the United States 56 declining production of. 550 Hammond, Col. M. C.... Burr, Aaron.... Central American wealth. -Central America and Walker..... Census system.... Coffee trade, United States. 533 Hayti and its Characteristics.. 338 203 105 108 336 23 446 559 422 64 Immigration-progress of........ 328 ...... Cotton-competition with Algeria 193 Lead trade of the West... Commerce of the United States... 262 Lands-public of Rome and the 334 United States. Commerce-American and foreign 454 Labor-free and slave.. Commerce of great cities..... 110 Labor question at the South.. 508 37 211 429 239 201 ..32, 165, 217 .183, 265 ern. 49 555 33 Manufactures at the South....... 382 |