105.

Longevity, remarkable, 51.
Lutherans, 123.

Macao, governor of, assassinated, 349.
Macaulay's History, noticed, 488.
Madagascar, Queen of, 367.
Madison, Mrs. (obit.) 235.
Manning and Wife, executed, 360.
Manufactures, Southern, 408.
Mathew, Father, 61, 219.
Meal, steam-dried, 362.
Medical Science, History of, 192.
Mehemet Ali, (biog.) 222.
Memphis, Convention of, 314, 359.
Meredith, W. M. Secy. of Treasury,
(sketch,) 425.

his circular, 357.
his report, 512.

Methodists, 123, 419.

Mexico, history of, 19, 330.

Notes on, 156.

Report of Secretary, 330.
Michigan, growth of, 117.

Miller, Jacob W., Senator,

(sketch,)

436.

Miller, W., (obit.,) 498.
Milwaukie, growth of, 116.
Minesota Legislature, &c., 91, 353.
Mint of U. S., by Dr. Patterson, 396-7.
Missionaries, Syria and Africa, 367.
Missionary operations, 418.

Mists and Clouds, Dr. Hare, 478.
Monagas defeats Paez, 21, 332.
Montreal, Riots in, 83.

Mormons, 66-69, 88.

Mosquito Question, 89, 90.

Murder in St. Louis, 360.

in Boston, 370.

Napier, Sir C., Letter of, 47.
National Law, (Mr. Webster,) 483.
New Mexico, history of, 14, 46.
Orleans, commerce of, 119.
York in olden times, 188.
Nicaragua, agreement and Treaty, 22,
89, 313.

and Mosquito, 310.
Obituary notices, 230, 493.
Ogden, David B., 237, 491.
Optical illusion, 82.
Oregon, 70, 387.

O'Rielly and Morse, 52.
Oudinot, Gen. 26, 39.

Pacific, Trade to, 361.
Paez, General, 21, 89, 365.
Paris, insurrection, 25, 50.
Parkman, Dr., murder of, 370.
Payne, J. Howard, on Cherokee, 444.
Peace Congress, 84.
Pensions, 324.

Persia, intelligence from, 57.

Peru, an Inca of, Letter to President,
358.

Phelps, Saml. L., Senator, (sketch,) 436.
Philadelphia, great Riot in, 355.
Phonetic Reform, 150.
Physician, Female, 60.
Poetry, 213, 449.

Polar Expedition, 352.
Pope of Rome, 347.

Post Master General's Report, 564.
Potter, Bishop, Clergy of 19th Century,

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AMERICAN REGISTER

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JAMES STRYKER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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Extracts from the opinions of distinguished gentlemen.

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"Before the publication of the American Register, Judge Stryker explained to me the plan and the object of the work, and I then expressed a very favourable opinion of its importance, as supplying a deficiency constantly felt. I have since seen the first number of the journal, and am confirmed in the opinion previously expressed, of its being a work of great value to the public."

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Hon. LEWIS CASS,
Dr. JOHN W. FRANCIS,
Hon. WM. H. SEWARD,
RCBT. H. MORRIS, Esq.
Hon. J. W. EDMONDS,
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