THE

WESTERN JOURNAL,

OF

AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC ARTS,
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE,

AND

GENERAL LITERATURE.

Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts are the basis of Civilization.

M. TARVER & T. F. RISK,

EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.

VOL. VI.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

ST. LOUIS :

PRINTED BY MORITZ NIEDNER-OFFICE, NORTHWEST CORNER
OF CHESNUT AND THIRD STREETS.

1851.

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Discursive Views on various Aesthetic Subjects, by HENRY COBB, member

of the St. Louis bar,··

Daguerreotyping, by J. H. FITZGIBBON, of St. Louis, .............................. ................ 200

Moral Advantages of Aesthetic Manners, by HENRY COBB, member of the

St. Louis Bar,

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268

Remarks on the Human Mind, by Edward Stagg, Esq., of St. Louis,·

Random Thoughts, by an occasional writer,.

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286

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368

Shakespear Everlasting, by HENRY COBB, Member of the St. Louis Bar, 273, 345-

Government and Education, by a member of the Keokuk, (Iowa,) Bar, 309, 356

American Hemp, by J. .T. CLEAVELAND, Glasgow, Missouri.•
Thoughts on American Literature, by F. S. G.,..................
Channel of the Mississippi River, by Lieut. M. F. MAURY, Washington,
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Project for Protecting the Banks of the Missouri River, by JOHN H BLUE,

Editor of the "Brunswicker," Missouri,

Daugerreotyping Simplified, by J. H. FITZGIBBON, St. Louis, Missouri,.

Influence of Writers, by Mts. MARY R. HALL, Keokuk, Iowa.

The Moral Power of Individuals, by an Oècasional Writer, St. Louis, Mo., .396

Germany-Enthusiaism, by BERNARD A PRATTE, Esq., of the St. Louis

401

Evergreen of our Feelings, by HENRY COBB, Esq., of the St. Louis, Bar,.. 407

New Years' Night of an Unfortunate, by HENRY COBB, Esq., of the St. Louis

Bar,

412