Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 21F. Hunt, 1849 - Commerce |
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... Principals and agents .. 534 542 of Boston , port ..... Produce received at N. Orleans from interior . 557 668 Production and manufacture of cotton .... 492 38 Promissory notes in the Canadas ..... 119 , 531 320 Prospects of American ...
... Principals and agents .. 534 542 of Boston , port ..... Produce received at N. Orleans from interior . 557 668 Production and manufacture of cotton .... 492 38 Promissory notes in the Canadas ..... 119 , 531 320 Prospects of American ...
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... principal port of the Sea of Azoff , ( Taganrock , ) and those in the Danube . During the years 1825-30 , not more than from twenty to thirty English ves- sels passed the Straits of the Bosphorus annually for ports in the Black Sea ...
... principal port of the Sea of Azoff , ( Taganrock , ) and those in the Danube . During the years 1825-30 , not more than from twenty to thirty English ves- sels passed the Straits of the Bosphorus annually for ports in the Black Sea ...
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... principal inquiry has been , not how much good , but how little mischief they have done . It must be confessed there is too much reason for these com- plaints in every State ; and when we look over the statute books , and see the ...
... principal inquiry has been , not how much good , but how little mischief they have done . It must be confessed there is too much reason for these com- plaints in every State ; and when we look over the statute books , and see the ...
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... principal cities on the north side of the western department , namely , Havana , Matanzas , and Cardenas , will be united together by a quick mode of communication . The Havana road was bought from the government by a company ( as be ...
... principal cities on the north side of the western department , namely , Havana , Matanzas , and Cardenas , will be united together by a quick mode of communication . The Havana road was bought from the government by a company ( as be ...
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... principal book - keeper , well worthy of his confidence and esteem , remained with him for fifteen years , and then withdrew merely because he wished to change his mode of life . A confidential counting - room porter , after being in ...
... principal book - keeper , well worthy of his confidence and esteem , remained with him for fifteen years , and then withdrew merely because he wished to change his mode of life . A confidential counting - room porter , after being in ...
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Page 178 - Every such action shall be brought by, and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every euch action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportions provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page 178 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 62 - In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it shall not be necessary to state the facts showing such performance; but it may be stated generally that the party duly performed all the conditions on his part...
Page 605 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 504 - Fifthly, upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof; unless the promise, contract or agreement, upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or by some person by him lawfully authorized.
Page 504 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 692 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked : that there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 473 - ... has removed, or is about to remove, property from the State, with intent to defraud his or its creditors; or has assigned, disposed of, or secreted, or is about to assign, dispose of, or secrete property, with the like intent...
Page 603 - reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Page 68 - And we do not see how a better test can be applied to the question whether reasonable or not, than by considering whether the restraint is such only as to afford a fair protection to the interests of the party in favour of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public.