True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-25
JUST PUBLISHEDFR STEREOTYPE PLITES,
The Fin LdiiiOl.0.


JUST PUBLISHEDF FROM STEREOTYPE PLITES,
The Fin Ediho,,o;
ROWLET1"S TABLES OF INTEREST:
TEFO which is addea an Average me Calcutta /
4 tor, or easy methods for tinGng the average 'me
on Storage notes Of ha4 or Hills OF goods, whcn pui-
chased different dates different credits, aud for
va, otls nonts hesltebaus, full and complete banking
Time la lie. the hest lha en- be cnn'rivrh. that IL
cures l'r nre within the con,lcsrid compass,
and Size nj Is pr.
Ana veitiatmCnt i'll the book is in nearl> the follow
ing words:
Tie high distinction this work has acived through
the ten legislative acts pieXcd 10 the title page
commentator in itself so u,comnon, and so eonclu-
sve h nothing is necessary more tlan by wa, of adj
vertisemen to givea condensed view Of some of its pc
cnaiesa rs crnsanee, the interest has been compos-
ed FROM aud compared wih what is equivalent to oul
teen SETS ct e"cnla'lone examined in the press thirty
i've times, and printed from trreotype plates tested
hirtyn-one times, from all which it nnsi be evident
even to the skeptc Especially tho pc sona of the de-
tail Of proof in the preface that the vclk must he nr-
metcaily ai''he, aud in confirmation Of this belief a
premium OF two hundred and ttv dollars is offer
cd Tor ihe detection OF of in therescn
Or fifth edition, as expressed in preface, making five
large rcmions offered for the same error since the first
publication in the wear 1902.
One Of tho most conspicuous features Of The tables is
in the arrangement of the Time and Amounts, which
Tor expeditions, reference ol perspies, with the help
OF the side and index, cannot be eXceed ard the salty
" tHse Win NHch Inc In.clcS he found to the
extent OF general business, without doubling of SUNS
is besides convenience essential, that in III. csm
ton OF some o the most competent and prct cal bust
and public off, who have made srp; use
of the work, has been distinguished b, Tho honorable
appealion efofa "master piece. And considering
the intability of the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and The extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations and tests of every edition it
has passetln the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering in SHOT he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means empo, cd, the
lume has heen heldnp and emphatically styled &C the
most onertul book in the waslk;" most certainly
man can nanea figure work of the same extent which
since the beginning OF creation, has had the
Der ans variety Of tests in the nuabcr of editors;
no, nor one lalfte number, is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, test and standard, it has been tried and
proceed IN nearly all the bank and public offices in the
United States, and by the public generally, during the
long period OF thir, five rears yet Of he cal
culatlons has ever been found in print although continue
ally y, challenged BY the offer of very large premiums
The book is intact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several otthc States the rate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest,
according as the book is used, aud he ii,
part, by of the subscribers, ard few of the
subsequent purchasers in the list 1.-THE end of the book,
lsln possession CT every Gloss OF citizens in every quar-
tie of The Unit ed States
1t is moreover well known that by its rearly check,
ii has so otteu detected large errors long after The,
madt, even by the most careful and most competent
arithmclicns, Tat its usefulness, and the absolute
cessiv for its USE have been extensively insisted up N,
evident, incec, have been its advantages, aud its
savings, that seyenl years ago, whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out of print great lumber of second
hand copies were sought for some gre distance,
AMI pnrcrascd at various prices, as they could OCCASION
ally ho picked mp al from SO to SIS per copy, aud
some persons have Recon. declared, and instances
could be quoted that they would pay $50 500, and s50
for copy, ,no to be had fer less, an, nn individual
III the latter Instance particularly, hayin" at the same
me Exhibited satisfactory proat, to several persons pre-