THE

WESTERN JOURNAL,

AND

Civilian,

DEVOTED TO

Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Im-
provement, Commerce,

PUBLIC POLICY,

AND

POLITE LITERATURE.

Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts are the basis of Civilization.

M. TARVER & H. COBB,

EDITORS & PROPRIETORS.

Vol XI., O. S.-Vol. V., N. S.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

ST. LOUIS :

PRINTED BY M. NIEDNER & CO., COR. OF PINE & THIRD STREETS,

1854.

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The Influence of War and Public Improvements on Prices.
Commercial Record..

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125, 204, 266, 350, 434

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Juvenile Reform Schools. Memorial to Congress
National Finance: Report of the Secretary of the Treasury U. S.
Weston and St. Louis Railroad and North Mo. R. R

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Valley of the Ohio. By MANN BUTLER, Esq., of Mo. 56, 141, 224, 305, 379,

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Thoughts on Self Intellectual Culture. By a Member of the Keokuk
[Iowa] Bar.....
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René. From the French of Chateaubriand. By ISAAC W. TAYLOR, Esq.,
St. Louis, Mo.

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The Dead Man's Race. By Wm. GARDNER BLACKWOOD, Esq, of St.
Louis, Mo......

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Exploration of the River Amazon. A sketch from Lieut. Herndon's

Travels. By MANN BUTLER, Esq., St. Louis, Mo.

The First Settlement of Kentucky. By MANN BUTLER, Esq........
The Mississippi. An imaginary sketch. By Mrs. MARY R. HALL, of
Keokuk, Iowa.•

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