Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), September 6, 1845, vol. 2, no. 9, p. ???, col. ?

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Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, for September, opens with an admirable paper by Henry Middleton, Jr., of S. C. on “The Government and the Currency.” It has also a very interesting article (editorial, we presume) on “The SteamShip Great Britain.” “Copper-Smelting in the U. S.” — is the title of a valuable treatise by Geo. Ditson, Vice Consul of the U. S. at Nuevitas. There are numerous other contributions of equal merit — for example on “Indigo and the Indigo Trade — on “Railroads East and West” — on the “Mineral Resources of Southern Missouri” — etc. etc. etc.

“The Merchant's Magazine” is unquestionably the most valuable journal of its kind in the world. Not its least important feature as concerns ourselves (the American people) is its perfect nationality. Mr. Hunt is neither a Northern, a Southern, an Eastern or a Western man. He is an inhabitant of the United States — if you please, an Alleghanian. He speaks to the whole people — and very effectively, bebecause usefully, to all.