The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States: Embracing a View of Their Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, Slave and Free Labor, Slavery Institutions, Products, Etc., of the South : Together with Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Different States and Cities of the Union : Statistics of the United States Commerce and Manufactures, from the Earliest Periods, Compared with Other Leading Powers : the Results of the Different Census Returns Since 1790, and Returns of the Census of 1850, on Population, Agriculture and General Industry, Etc. : with an Appendix, Volúmenes 1-3Office of De Bow's review, 1852 |
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... field for energy and exertion . There is , above all , more to hope for . No man need sit $ 352,000 . The exports from Montreal show down in gloomy despair , toiling on from day to day , an increase in 1847 over the previous year , and ...
... field for energy and exertion . There is , above all , more to hope for . No man need sit $ 352,000 . The exports from Montreal show down in gloomy despair , toiling on from day to day , an increase in 1847 over the previous year , and ...
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... field and sure reward . Bonnycastle , speak ing of the forests of Canada and New - Bruns- wick , indulges in some beautiful reflections , which we copy : " I know of nothing in this world capable of ex- citing emotions of wonder and ...
... field and sure reward . Bonnycastle , speak ing of the forests of Canada and New - Bruns- wick , indulges in some beautiful reflections , which we copy : " I know of nothing in this world capable of ex- citing emotions of wonder and ...
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... fields , with rents fit for the Order ! has quarreled with the British system of labor and compensation , and , as a remedy , points to the new world . There , under the rule of titled proprietors , the working classes are to find ...
... fields , with rents fit for the Order ! has quarreled with the British system of labor and compensation , and , as a remedy , points to the new world . There , under the rule of titled proprietors , the working classes are to find ...
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... field for hus- bandry in the land to which colonization is invited . Support is easily obtained from forest and sea . Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia , and affords the best harbor in British America- a sheet of water equal to ten ...
... field for hus- bandry in the land to which colonization is invited . Support is easily obtained from forest and sea . Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia , and affords the best harbor in British America- a sheet of water equal to ten ...
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... fields on the coast , at the close of winter , are of incredible magni- tude , often extending 300 miles from the land into the ocean , with peaks resembling moun- tains covered with snow . These float at random , to the great hazard of ...
... fields on the coast , at the close of winter , are of incredible magni- tude , often extending 300 miles from the land into the ocean , with peaks resembling moun- tains covered with snow . These float at random , to the great hazard of ...
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Página 413 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 29 - Within this vast region we behold the most sublime and interesting objects of creation : the loftiest mountains, the most majestic rivers, in the world ; the richest mines of the precious metals, and the choicest productions of the earth.
Página 49 - In God's name, if it is absolutely necessary to declare either for peace or war, and the former cannot be preserved with honour, why is not the latter commenced without hesitation. I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom, but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not.
Página 423 - His Catholic Majesty promises and engages on his part to cede to the French Republic six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein, relative to his Royal Highness the Duke of Parma, the Colony or Province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it...
Página 303 - Conspicuous proofs of this occur in the history of the Italian states, of the Hanseatic league, and the cities of the Netherlands, during the period under review. In proportion as commerce made its way into the different countries of Europe, they successively turned their attention to those objects, and adopted those manners, which occupy and distinguish polished nations ". • Note xxx.
Página 118 - Neither doth their industry rest here, for they buy cotton wool in London, that comes first from Cyprus and Smyrna, and at home...
Página 423 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 397 - ... dance was obliged to offer his lap as a seat for one of the girls, and the offer was sure to be accepted. In the midst of this hilarity, the bride and groom were not forgotten. Pretty late in the night some one would remind the company that the new couple must stand in need of some refreshments. Black Betty, which was the name of the bottle, was called for, and sent up the ladder.
Página 287 - Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought," A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought.
Página 295 - The various coins, which have circulated in America, have undergone different changes in their value, so that there is hardly any which can be considered as a general standard, unless it be Spanish dollars.