Commercial tariffs and regulations, resources, and trade, of the several states of Europe and America: together with the commercial treaties between England and foreign countries. United States of America. Part the fifteenth, Volumen2C. Whiting, 1846 - 1427 páginas |
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Página 781
... feet , the ge- neral level of the country at its source having an elevation of about fifty feet above the river . The chief of its tributaries is the Blue - earth river , which flows in from the south 100 miles west of the Mississippi ...
... feet , the ge- neral level of the country at its source having an elevation of about fifty feet above the river . The chief of its tributaries is the Blue - earth river , which flows in from the south 100 miles west of the Mississippi ...
Página 782
... feet to 400 feet in height . These are frequently undulated along their summits , and extend occasionally as elevated table lands . They sometimes recede from , and sometimes approach to , the banks of the river ; generally run parallel ...
... feet to 400 feet in height . These are frequently undulated along their summits , and extend occasionally as elevated table lands . They sometimes recede from , and sometimes approach to , the banks of the river ; generally run parallel ...
Página 783
... feet water navigate the river downward from Pittsburg to New Orleans , a distance of nearly 2200 miles . The voyage from Pittsburg to the falls may be accomplished in nine or ten days , but it is generally performed in twelve days . The ...
... feet water navigate the river downward from Pittsburg to New Orleans , a distance of nearly 2200 miles . The voyage from Pittsburg to the falls may be accomplished in nine or ten days , but it is generally performed in twelve days . The ...
Página 784
... feet in circumference . By the dexterity of the rowers , canoes drawn into this whirl have sometimes escaped without damage . In less than a mile below the whirl , the river spreads to its common width , down to Muscle shoals ; and ...
... feet in circumference . By the dexterity of the rowers , canoes drawn into this whirl have sometimes escaped without damage . In less than a mile below the whirl , the river spreads to its common width , down to Muscle shoals ; and ...
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... feet apart ; the tops are then cross - cut , and the rails spiked to them . " TABLE of the principal Railways in operation in the United 51 CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES . 789 shall bear testimony to the genius, the learning ...
... feet apart ; the tops are then cross - cut , and the rails spiked to them . " TABLE of the principal Railways in operation in the United 51 CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES . 789 shall bear testimony to the genius, the learning ...
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Página 1402 - ... establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the Government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Página 1357 - Parties that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have, for ever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the 'liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks from Mount Joly, on the southern coast of...
Página 1402 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Página 1322 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
Página 1402 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Página 1402 - Harmony and a liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand ; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things ; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Página 1175 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Página 1402 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 1357 - It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties to appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other party; but before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved and...
Página 1358 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.