Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-11
HUNTS HERCIfi NT'Si MAGAZINE,
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

HUNT s. MERCHANTS MAGAZINE,
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
A FEW complete sets of this Magazine may
IA be obtained at the publishers Office. ZAP
Fulton street, New York, neatly and substan-
tally bound, for two dollars and a half per
volume The following are few of the com
mandatory letters received by the editor from
distinguished statesmen
Letter from Hon Henry Clay
ASHLAND, Goth July, Iel9
DEAR SIR wish to-express to you the grat-
lhcation l derived on receiving the July mum
Der of the Merchant' Magazine and CONNER
eial Review, from viewing your portrait in the
beginning. and from reading your address to
your friends at the end Of it When We. feel
under obligations to those who have contrib
uted to our information and amusement We
are naturally DESTROYS to possess knowledge
OF them, of their appearance, Of the features
of their eountenance and of the character and
habits of their mind which we can acquire
You have placed your numerous readers tat
least you have me, If may act speak for them
under those obligations and the number of
your valuable work now before me. in some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have al
lnded l have become quite familiar with the
Magazine and Review, and have no hesitation
in expressing my humble opinion that it is en-
inently entitled TO the public regard and SUD
port 1t collects and arranges. in good order
large amount of valuable statistical an,
other information, highly useful not only I,
the merchant, but to the statesman. to the cul
tivator of the earth, TO the manufacturer. +
the mariner, in short to all classes Of the b,
siness and reading community
Entertaining this opinion, / am glad thatit
has been, and hope that it may continue to be,
literally patronized Offering you cordial as
snranees of my esteem and regard am truly
your friend and obedient servant
Freeman Hunt, esq II CLAY.
Ertraet OF q Letter from IHillarG Fillmore.
have read it Merchants Magazine with
a good deal of attention and have no hesita
ton IN saying that I think it one Of the most
valuable periodicals that was ever published.
Io the merchant it seems quite Indispensable
and to the statesman and man of general in
formation almost equally desirable It is a
grand repository of useful facts and informa-
tlon, which can be found nowhere so we'll di-
gested and so accessible as in these numbers.
only regret that do not own the work y
. Letter from the Hon. Thomas H. Benton.
WASHINGTON CITY, April 20. Is49
CIR L owe you many thanks for the oppor-
tunities L have had to read the Merchants
Magazine, and have found it in reality tie be
Magazine, and that well replenished. of all
the useful mattor which the title would imply
and presented with fullness and cIearness
which delights while it instructs 1t is. in
tact merchants magazine in the large ac
ception of the term-merchants who 90 be
tween nations, whose Jorge operations bring
many departments of knowledge, and view
OF the state of the world into daily reouisition
But it is not the great merchant only, but the
one OF more modest but nevertheless. of most
useful operations-who will find this magazin
to abound with the information, the pursuit
OF his business and the elevation of the mer.
camille character requires. Nor is its utility
at all confined to merchants, but extends to
the Legislator and diplomatists. and to all who
are charged with managing the affairs of the
nation. For myself have found it most use
iul to me in my senatorial labors and have
been in the habit for many years of carefully
consulting it. Very respectfully. sir. YOUR
obedlent servant, TH0S. H. BENTON.
FREEMAN Hunt, ESQ