The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-01
De ROWS
Industrial Resources and Progress OF the
Southern and Western States,

Southern and Western States,
In three large and cossly-printed pol'nnes, small
types, double colnss, handsome print, paper, and
binding. being digest and abridgment Of the
toslue pol,rnes Of De Bo,o Repie,o.) Price, $40,
or 1888 per uOltrms.
DESTROYS of supplying the large and contn-
ually increasing demand for the complete series Of
the Repie,c in IL vols now exhausted and which 1t
would require 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, rearrang-
ing, and completing to date, and throwing the
subjects, after the manner of the encyclopedaps,
into alphabetical order. In this manner everything
of interest and Importance will be preserved IN
convenient form for reference I; and the volumes
will constitute the only repository for the shelves
Of the library, of such information, which, by
means of the monthly numbers hereafter, Win
always be brought down to date.
The volumes will embrace the gist of everything
that has appeared in the Repisio relating TO the
Southern and Western States, ian imperfect in
dex of which will be found at the opening Of the
10th volume, to wit
Their History, Population, Geography, Statis-
tics, Agricultural products-of Cotton, Sugar, To-
bacco, Hemp, Grains, Naval Stores, 81. g., Man
ufactures-detaied accounts, statistics, and his
tory Of all branches. Internal lmprovements-
complete statistics of Railroads; results, profits,
expesGe5, costs, advantages, miles IN proJecuon,
construction, completed, &c; Plank Roads, Cam
ais, Navigation, &c. Statistics OF Health and
Diseases, wealth and progress; relative condition.
whites and blacks; Slave Laws and Statistics,
management and ameoration Of slavery; orr
gin, history, and defences of slavery and slave
Institutions; the valuable treaties OF Harper,
Hammond, Drew, on slavery, &c. Commerce
o the South and West in all Of It's minute parti-
culars. &C.; together with historical and sta.
stics sketch Of each OF the States and cities; the
domestic and foreign trade, resources, manufac-
lures, &C., of the United States; the Census Re
turns from $780, with the complete statistics Of the
Census OF 1850.
The volumes will be issued in September, 0cto-
Der, and November, 1852; and orders are solicited
in. advance, payable on delivery to merchants, or
TO the parties themselves.
De Bows REVIEW, OF which this is a conden-
sation, is published monthly in New Orleans, and
other Southern and Western cities, Il2 to lao
pages, small print, fine paper, and engravings, and
treats Of ell the great industrial matters relating to
the Southern and Western States, and incidental
ly Of the North and the Union. Terms S. per
annum.
The Volumes hereafter will be uniform with the
condensed series.
A few sets OF the complete work may be had at
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volumes Price $40 Single numbers supplied
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j. D. B. De BOW,
Editor De Bows Rspisr.
June 10, Merchants Exchange, New Orleans.