The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-13
De BOW IS

Industrial Resources and Progress OF the
Is Southern and Western States,
In three large and closely printed Volumes, small
type. double columns; handsome print, paper, and
binding. lBeing digest and ao',dgmsnt Of H h
or $3 80 per volume. ..a... w.. .,. ..-' =
nESIROUS of supplying the large and contin.
~ ually increasing demand for the complete Sc
RES of the Reuistr in twelve volumes now exhaust
ed, and which it would require a very large outlay
to reprint, the editor has been induced to make
selection of all the important and valuable papers
contained in them from the beginning, condensing,
rearranging and completing TO date, and throw
ing the subjects, after the manner of the eDcycio-
p@das, into alphabetical order. In this manner
everything of Interest md importance will be pre-
served in convenient form for reference; and the
volumes viii constitute the only repository for the
shelves of the library, of such Information, which
by means of the monthly numbers hereafter, will
always be brought down to date. E .'ara
ID The volumes will embrace the gist of everything
that has appeared in the RsuielD relating TO the
Southern and Western States, Gan imperfect index
of which will be found at the opening Of the 10th
volume,) to wit: - ia
Their History, Population, Geography, Stats
tics; Agricultural products-oi Cotton, Sugar, To-
bacco, Hemp, Grains, Naval Stores, &C., &C., Man
ufactures-detaieda accounts, statistics and history
of oil branches. Internal improvements COM
pete statistics of Railroads; results, profits, ex-
penses costs, advantages, miles in projection, con-
structon, completed, &C.; Plank Roads, Canals,
Navigation, &c. Statistics of Health and Diseases,
wealth and progress; relative condition. whites and
blacks; Slave Laws and Statistics, management
and ameiioration Of slavery; origin, history, and
defences of slavery and slave institutions; the val
liable treatises of Harper, Hammond, Drew, on
slavery, sc. Commerce ofthe South and West in
all OF its minute particulars, &c; together with
historical and statistical sketch Of each of the States
and cities; the domestic and foreign trade, re-
sources, manufactures, &C., OF the United States;
the Census Returns from 1850, with the complete
statistics of the Census of 1850. ...
The volumes will be issued in September, Octo
Der, and November, 1852; and orders solicited
in advance, payable on delivery to merchants, or
to the parties themselves. ..
De BOWS Review, of which this is a condensa-
ton, is published monthly in New Orleans, and
other southern and western Cities l2 to 40 pages,
small print, fine paper and engravings, and treats
of all the great industrial matters relating to the
Southern and Western States, and incidentally of
the North and the Union Terms s per apnum.
The volumes hereafter will be uniform with the
condensed SERIES
A few sets of the complete work may be had at
the Office, in twelve large and handsomely bound
volumes. Price $40. Single numbers supplied to
make up sets, and binding furnished on reasonable
terms.
Orders commission merchants in cities or
towns, payable on sale of crops, received cash.
J. d. B. De BOW,
Editor De BOWS Review,
June 10 NIercbants' Exchange, New Orleans