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.T .THE p*" COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HHWl€l^E[f AND HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, A WEEKLY Kepvcsentmg tl)c Jlabuslvial NEWSPAPER anb Commercial YOLUME X JJiitevcsts of tl)e UixWib 0tntc6, II. JA^iVARY TO JUNK, 1871, I.'VCLVSIVB. /*7 NEW YORK; U BLUSHED UY 79 WILLIAM & B. DANA 8l WILLIAM STREET, 187I. k COMFANf, . ' . / -• > 1 . i . ') Ha Bj «raa*fer from AprU Ittt*. INDEX. ^^/^^^,, interest on Al». ft or of Ste UfaOga^Ltbe S? JJi 757 '^' 8ecurit»»«adon, (wecUv.) Enflish new?. G51 5 • 8 .') JW. it.6 .. «« Pricaa Current. T,0. DM. 68.3, 13 AtUntic A Oreat Western U. R 404, iH Atlantic & PacWe Railroad 4-54 Railioad Atcbiaon, Toiwlia & ^auta Ke Ashes. Ki ury. Reserves and three per cent ccrtifteates. " " statements, Boston nveekly). >S« Bankers' Gazette. " New York, city (wwkly), Set Bankers' Gazette. <S'm (weekly). I'iiiLid llihia Bankers' Orazetle. of plethora the and Deposits, Country— " Stocks, prices. •• A'd " money. 4*0 " 8to-,ktalile Banks, and the funrtini; process. 203 388 Ktt of New York Cicariiij; House statements 138 for three years National, changes in redeemitia agents and new banks organized, (weeklv), 10, 42, 78, 105, 139, " ITl, -iOS, »i, S68. 297, 330, 426, 456, 519. 558, 583, 847, 682, 711, returns of Dec. 28, 1870 " " " 172, SWJ 520 of March 18 " 748 of .\pril2!) Bankers' Gazette <weekly).. .14, 46, 78, 110, 141, ' 176. •»7, 2-Xj, -iM"! :«M, 3.32, 3CS, :i98, 430, 4(iO, 492, !fll. 5.W. .'it'J, 6!», 652, 683, 716. 748, 780 " " • • • " *« Breads tutts. *41 Bergen Tnnuel difficulty Board of Trade returns. See British Board of Trade returns. Bonds City. See City Bond List. " Railroad, Ac. Sm Railnay Monitor. " U. S. Government. Se4 Government se: " curities. Slate. See State Securities. prices of. See tiuotatiou Page in Gazette. Boston, Hartford A Eric Railroad Boston Bank sutenient (weekly). 8u Bankers' Gazette. BoatwcU, Mr., and the foreign bankers. Ed.... *• ** and the people. JCi " " and Ilecal reform. E4 " " and the double eagles. EA " " 's perpleilty. Ed. £it BrcadstulTs, the outlook for. uoaition and prospects of. El " Market (weekly). Set Commercial '* " " " " " aDd i99 " • 40. ..56, I'iO 403 *^^ • •• Curreuey. appreciation of, and the public ere- B81 645 135 392 statistics , Custom House, France and Europe. " Peace and her Creditors. " The new birth of daily receipts at (weekly). - IM See Bankers' Gazette. A Mirhigan •"•"• California, treasure recelpti) from. and Bullion. .Vnibov Rjiilroad .Mlantic Ifciiiroad faindin Canals. st4min power on the. C»mdcn A A 391 '* '• " Set Railway Moni- tor. C^pitali;-!- Capital, - - • El -' ''nial prOiirey. .rrent. I CVinoiil, 6 Eii^.. 5S0 ,. a Jersey »ll, 593 7 1, 749 See also Pacillc Ririiruads. Certlllcalof, three per ent 43^, 747 i barlotte. (\>Itimb'a A .\ugusli Rstlroad 715 Chesapeake A Ohio Kailrosd. .268. :i9«. 329, C«5, 6.tl £6' Chicago A .ytoc Railnad Chicago. Hock Island A PadBc R.;R.7il. 71.% Kt '.7 I'hicago A Nortliwcsieru Railroad 5-38, 594 *. Contrail;.!., Ceolnl " 408,624 ... I'jcilic Itai.rosd " . , Sn . . . . Ed... . 773 58 2-29 Commercial o A Earnings. Saslwar I Eugl'ind. 486 678 J*' 678 8 134 Ed. for month. Table of. 5«U.S. Debt Statement monthly. purchases of, by the (weekly). Treasury See Bankers' Gaz'te. prices A at of, London Frankfort (week- Monetary and Commercial Englisll Iv). S'ee Gov. G.-ary and the Coal Strikes. Grand Trunk Railroad Grain. Ei 454 6»9 See Breadstufl's. Western Railway Grand Trunk Railway (Jreat of See British. Grocs'ies, market for (weekly). Times. Bjag; Gunpowder. I 539 4«7 Canada Great Britain. *« Commer- See Cotton Market. See Prices Current. . | Sioux City Railroad. Ed See Railroad Earnins's. Spi'cle .Movement, a C'liangc iu. Bunk of. -271 Ed. See Rank. Bngiisb tx>rres(intideacc, (weekly). See Moaeand Commercial English News. " m.rket reports by cable (weekly). S'f Monetary and Commercial kugilsh News. " 709 (weekly). See Bankers' Gaz'te. daily price of (monthly.) See Review of the *' «»ll">' . Dubuque 8 abroad. " cial times. Dry goods imports (weekly). See Drv Goods Market. • 11 ,' Drugs, Duck, V Jf« Prices Current. Uyewoods. fu* Pri'^i's CiirrcQt. Candles, Divia*nd8, taxing Dividends, July, how invested Ed Double Eagles, Mr. Bontweli and the. Drains on the Money Market. Ed ' "o-j .397 Ed daily price of (monthly). See Review of the month. " market (weekly). See Bankers Gazette. " clique and the prospects. Ed " speculators and the Treasury. Ed export and import at New Y'ork (weekly) See Commerc'l and Miscellaneous News sales and Government credit. Ed ;• movement in 1870 Government ere lit ami gold sales. Ed. Securities, range of prices in 18T0. '274 Drv goods market (weekly). 145,241 619 Ed Canal Stuck and Bond List. *i' J*^ " 293 Debt. U. S., Funding of the. Ed " Statement, the Janiary. Ed 5 " " the February and the Cabinet. . SUVCoin IJ SoJ market Railroad 7M R 9W Georgia Debt and Finances Georgia Railroad Central Railroad Gold Daily Range in 1870 ' sales by the Treasury. w Califoriiin Riiilnwds 389 German Loan in Loudon Empire— The. Ed A C. • Ed Galveston, Houston and Henderson R. *' (weeklv). S«e Monetary and ComEl ir, " " mercial English News. of the (monthly) ... 3, 137, '266, " iinports Into Great Britain. See 424, 554, 681 British Board of Trade returns. " Liqnidation of the, and the future rate 1...362 British Board of Trade ret»rns 648 ofiutercst. Ei " SnO Delaware income lax, tie. Eti 6*34 Hudson Canal Co *^ national debt I..-;^..W1 Discount rates. See Bankers' Gazette. *• *»7 revenue and exueuditures. Ed " London and Continental rale in •• 582, ."iS* trcaly.the. ., cities (weekly). See Monetary and Coimuer" ....•...' 585 budget ciVl English News. coin and Diillion.. • &< Bnllion. Sre Bankers' Dividends declared (weekly). Batter and Cheese. See Prices Current. Gazette. i® 26-2 394 6T9 »r4 E> Freights to the West (railroad) Fruits. See Groceries. Funding the V. S. Debt " Process and the banks. D. Dayton Ed for. Ed 311,8iB,4ia EJ 55.3 5S'i . |« *o for several years Ed Ed. See Monetary and Markets'(weekly). Commercial English News. Trade. 5fe Trade. " Credit, the public, and appreciation of the cur- dit. Ed. and Internal Progress, Creditors and the New Treaty. . rencv. 321 166 102 '"6 and Commer- See Monetary (weekly). 40.i • Ed Cm rent. Prices cial English News. Foreign Correspondence (weekly). See Monetary and Commercial English N ews. 101 " Capital and Spring Trade. Ed _ 65« t<f« Five-Twenties, Prices at London. See American Securities. Flax. See Prices Current. Flour market (weekly). See Breadstuils. • imports and exports of Great BriUin See • 198 Companies. Fish. |7J See " consumptive power of Great Britain. Coupons, taxation of Times. Market F. ^03 spinners wants.. »» Dislriljutiou of the crop 5fW Ott-Trumj)ler's circular 600 Continental consumption 696 664, 631, crop— Mail reports ^27 Future prospects Weather Renorts .••••i5. " " and the Signal Service .91 imiwrts and exports of Great Britain. &« Market (weekly). . ,„ '• Bank- ers' Liverpool thenextcrop weekly receipts " " Bsriey. " inlndia....... a paying price for 10 • Sd . " ' and National Progress. -yercantili Failure; Coniiuereial Times. 1870 and 1871— the retrospect and the ; 16. prospect. Ed Phinling in the South and spinning in 184 Europe 216 next crop and cost of raising cotton. 2:S5 report. Carnac's Rivett in India. Mr. " 361, 616, 745. 77(1 3W, " __ '47 See Prices Current. Corks. Corn. S e Breadstutfs. Corn Meal. See Breadstuffs. Corporations, ta.x on dividends of Cottou market and statistics (weekly). • leading articles from Ntw Y'ork (weekly). See Commercial Tim^s. of the i'uitcd States 647 Some Features of our. Ed " Commer- (weekly). -s-" and Miscellaneous See Commercial Monetary and Cununercial tnglish News, daily rice of in London (monthly). S e Iteview of the Month. 431, 718. 730. " London Consols, daily price of in 676 400 See Commercial Epitome (weekly). cial Times. Commercial Times (weekly). 22. m ... Financial Panics »nd Investments of Insurince 54. 86, 118, 160, 182. 21.\ 246, 278, 310, .Ml, 374, 406. 4S8, 4.0, 694 7-2o, 75. 662, 630. 501, 53S, 566, 598, JFrf 16, 112, 303, 3:M, ai7, il'J, t)81, . of Mi . ... ., • 13 . . . Foreign, Daily price of (monthly). See Review of the Month. : Prices of in 1870 i," Foreign market (weekly). S e Bankers' Gazette. . , , » see Exports from New Y'ork, Value of (weekly), Commercial and Miscellaneous New-a. (weekly). " Y'ork of specie from New • Commerce, old and new routes for^ ^i. .;_.. Commerce and navigation of the V. S. in loiO. Commercial aul Miscellaneous News (w'eekl.y). • 12 43, 74. 105, 139, 175, 205, 235, 267, -299, ml, 613 428, 458, 490, 52:3, 556, 587, 618 650, St).-), 3%, . " See Monetary and Commereial English News. Colnmbus, Chicago A L C. Railroad. .^ -^i 4.'5, Aii, Til Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Banii of England, rates of interest. See Money Market. _ Bank Notes, The pleihora of, and the Treas- " . ;AJ,i.;^^'iiAAVi fiil 240. 492, 6|t 107, European Armies and their Cost. Jia.. Exchange at London and on London (weekly). See Monetary and Commercial tnglish News. " Ed ket 1-38 Clearing HonseBlwlkStatamcnts' for 3 years • 754 8.3, 339, 467. 627, Citv Bond table (mouthly) M» Costa Rica loan in London Current^ Pncea See oal. prices and monthly nales. 4oi (oal Strikes. (}ov. Geary and the. Ma. Cocoa. See Prices Current. Times. Cotree markii (weekly). See Commercial Coin and Bullion, general moveraeiit in 1870. Jj^ " • at San Francisco in 1870...... 106 " " receii>ts and exports of (weekSee Commercial and Mis1\ ). cellaneous News >• " prices of in London (weekly*. XonelSV and Commenlal American Securiiie? held abnwil Annual Bnancial talil w Arkansas Kluances and KailrDarta Armies, Enropeaii and tlioir tost. Era Of Inflalion. Ed Erie Railway ...... . . 'ode raoath. Prices St( . Chstt. Rail- Alabama debt, Ac Albauy & SHwiui'liauna Railroad Alabama * Chattaniioga Railroad... American Securities at London, Pricag (monthly.) PAOS PAGE road IjoDds American CI Cincinnati A Dayton, O. Railroad ,. H* Wo Cincinnati. Hami.ton A Dayton Railroad.... .^ Cleveland A PittBluirghR. R. -.ipn w.^ ino K ... Cleveland, Col., Cinn. A Indianapolis R marClearing Honse certiflcates and the money PAGZ AUhamii Sintc 1 r MaisoBri^iiti. — J ' . t 487 Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad Harlem River and Portchester Railroad Hudson River and Harlem Connections R. R. Hay, 104 496 . 62-1 Hemp, Hides, "Honey, Hops. Horns, • Set Prices Current. .J Hempield Railroad Houston A Texas Central Railroad Hudson River Railroad Accident. El 496 666 718 . INDEX. Jaauary-June.J m TKam Illlnnlii internat In cniri Illlnola fun r*l Newark and Now York IM New .Ursey Central. >!f.< Rillroads l« " '. . Katlroad Rl Now York iid I SM Commer- (woelcly'. Mlwcllanfoiu News. " of uii'Mlmudl^o «l N. Y. In l»rO of KiMTle (weekly St» C'o.-umcrclil " aiul Ml!<conau('OUB Now8. of leadliij! articles (weekly). H . f« C'oai- mcrcial Tlmpa. of V. S. in li70 Tiu)i.iii.i bond)* Income ta.v, 13,71,811,689, 74.3, Clly Finances. Ed ancl Harlem Railroad 77,364, " and Oswe;^> .Midland Railroad Vorfolkand Petcrsbur;,' Railroad North Carolina Finances Railroad Northern PaclHc Railroad Northeastern Railroad of 8. C North Missouri Railroad 114, 306, " U-II 71 the. A(/ the British. •• Ed A Lafayotte liidianapuli!!, C'iuclnuatl 7 isa Railroad. 18, 114, 1*), an era of. Rd Insurance stocks, iiric«s....'l3, iTiflation, Iti, i09, SW), 591. 3)6 4<W 46'2, 4tVt, 8«, .336 776 Railroad Lease, its United Companics of N. J. 6.-17 New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad State Railroads 3»8 ' ami New Haven Railroad 503 Central and Hudson River Railroad,81 :j-36 " Central R. R., tax on scrip dividend, 351 Immljtratlon. lm|>ariii at cial VH central of N. J. 6SJ. 7IS 749 752 4.'.9 434 781 36.3 779 491 528 714 Insurance Co. investmeDts and flnaucial panics. m O. 64« Kd Inanrance Congress, the. Oakum, 711 551 Internal proj^ress and foreign capital. S-i Internal revenue, receipts froin in three years, from every source and In each State .W 5"» Iowa Itaiiroad j Iron. Stt Prices Current. (Jil Cooke's Overend, Mr. B>ntwcll. JetTorsonville. .Mid. & Ind. Riilroid •Jiiiy Dividends, how invested Ed 359 " *' " " ' and Michigan SouthTU Railroad 4W, 56:3, 6«, K-a Lake Superior Copper MiU'js ;j:i7 I,e!!il Tender \n a.nd U. S. Supreme Court, E'i. 551 T/ike Shore " Loans, Now, oflered in New York Local Securities, prices of Louisiana and Missouri Railroad Louisiana Debt and Finiinces, El liO.ve. Mr., Lumber, and " *' 107, lU. 46'!, 5W T-Jl 3'J8, 403. 65;3 Sie Prices Current. nc. 753 Marietta and Cincinnati Kailroad *40, Massachusetts Railroad " State Finances Mayor's Message and ew York City bonds Mercantile Failures and National Progress. Ed. Memorable Contest Ended. A, Sd Memphis and Little RiK-k Railroad 564 Railre,yl Prices of " " ' 45, price.'* Wi 4.59, 651 Missouri Pacinc Ralroad ill 785 Kansas and Texas Railroad *W 682 71-2, Tl.-i *' ** '- 777 Commercial News. " " Prains on the, .Ea Pletliora in, and I oposlts, £<i 329 Country Bank '676 Month, review of each. Stt BoTlew of the Month. Morris and Essex Railroad 241 Morris Canal Company 364, 594, 714 N. Xails Jjavai Stores. ) « ^ P""» C^imnt in New York Stocks, range of In 1870 *' watering of Strikes of workmen and tational production. 4SJ Ed act. 55t 114, 428 206 103 Tallow. See Prices Current. Taxation of Railroad dividends. &c merce Tea. 775 Fee Groceries. Tennessee I'inaiicea Texas and N. O. Railroad Finances 109 114, 311, 339 *:3 4.19 '' 465 Pacific Railroad Tliree per cent, certificates and bank rcaervea. Ed Three per S Tin. t cent, 4M 430,747 certificates Prices Current. Sst Commercial Ep- Tobacco market (weekly). itome. Trade statistics of the United States 3:31 Treasury movement at New York in 1870 103 " certain weekly transactions (weekly). See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. " " ' gold sales. Bd S56 69 and the cliques. E4 and the gold speculators. Ei 486 the. and the plethora of bank notes. Ed 61.3 Ei 5(t! V. Paciflc Railroad SO, 306, See also Paciflc Railroads. United States securities. " 175 the. United Companies of New consolidation and legialative restric614 743 529 776 :3a3 44 802 616 18 .3-37, Government ;3*4 se- public debt. .SlwDebt. trade of Great Britain with. S'e British Board of Trade Returns new loan. Ed 361 " " acts authorizing 364 '• " Judge Ricliardsoa and " 274 5j« curities. " " freights Ed Com- Ei Treaty, the, and our foreign creditors. management monopolies. Et Railroads of Iowa of New Jersey " of New Y'ork State " of United States, progress in 1870... '• of Ohio " of Pennsvlvania '• Southern, debts to U. 8 Railway Monitor (weekly) 18, 50, 81, 114, 145, 408. 644 Metropolitan, and the growth of Ed 741 Jersey. 175, 519, 594, 6*4 V. Vermont Central Railroad Vicksbur" & Meridian Railroad Virginia debt and finances ^' bonds Virginia and Tennessee Railroad 50,18,) 731 374, 380 491,821 784 W. WaikillValley Railroad 731 Western Union Telegraph Coinpanv 717 180, 211, 240, 273, 305, .336, .369, 402, 43:3, Wheat market (weekly) See Breaastufi)>. 464, 496, 538, 562, 593, 624, 636, 689, 7-20, 752 734 ' exjmrts of imports and Great Britain Redeeming agencies of national banks, clianges (weekly). Set Monetary and Comm.::In (weekly) See Banks. clal Euxlish News. Resumption, specnlation and. Ed 516 Review of the month Ed. 41, 13 26^, 4*8. .5^3. «rtO Wines See Prices Current Woo\ iinnorts and exports of Or-vit Britain Rensselaer A Siratoga Railrojd 624 See British Board of Trade Returas Rice. iS«< Prices Current. Woolen good.s, exports from Great B-:*.iln. See -397 Richmond A Petersburg Railroad British Board of Trade Returns. Rook Islind E.xpiosion. the. Ed 774 Rome. Watertown 4 Og. Railroad ;J:i6 . 107, lOiJ, » 71 Sub-Tieasiiry, daily transactions at (weekly). See Bankers' Gazette. Sugar market (weeklv). See Groceries. Supreme Court of the U. S. and the Legal Ten- '• . National Banks. See Banks. '' Treasury, weekly Irauaactiona of in repard to the currency (weekly). Ss^i Commercial and Miscellaneous Ke ^ s '^ Production and Workmen's Strikes J?(/ 42;J Nashville and Decatur railroad 667 786 New Loans offered i stocks. See Slocks. earnings. Ei. (Monthly). tions. ' -Wl cellaneous News. " movement, change in the eastward, ifc/. 487 14.'. Springflcld & Cincinnati Railroad leaae State securities U7, 241, 371, 580.681 78i Statistical Bureau returm for 1870 Ml Steam Power on he Canals !*t Stock Eiihauge N. Y. rules of WI Stock of leading articles of merchandize In New York (mouthlj). See Comineni;il Times. Stock Market (weeklv). Ste Bankers' <.ljz"tte. Slocks, prices of (mo'utlily). Se: Review of the 70. 199. 3-27, 455, 615, 715. ** -ifn, Current. . Union Se^ Groceries. (weekly). f« Banke 9' Gazette, In London and continental cities (weekly). S(e Monetary and '"''l^'es South (Carolina R-illroad 464 South Carolina Debts, Ac '^M Southern securities, s I Bankers' Uaxette. South Paciflc Railroad t(0 South Side Railroad (Va) W* Souiliern Railroads, debt* to U.S.. 18 S|ianish loan in Lo don •* Speculation and liesumptioa. Id SW Specie, mo\emcnt< of. Set Coin and Bnlllon. exports and imports at New York, (weekly). Stt Commercial and Mis- itor. " Iv, 10, 44. 7-2. 105. 1.39, 174, 204, 2-34, 866, 297. 3',0 361, 394, 428, 456, 488, 522, 555, 585, 617, 648. 37 B. 7S1 Monetary and Commercial Euirlish News (wcek- Money market *** i T. 496 715 362 Railroad, canal and miscellaneous stock list (weekly), .?« Railway Monitor. ^' canal and miscellaneous bond list (weekly). .S«tf Railway Monitor. *' monthly earnings. Ste Railway Mon- 464 75, I I 559 TiH 112, Mobile City bonds Mobile and Ohio Railroad Molasses market (weekly). South Paciflc. Northern Paciflc. of. at New Y'ork (weekly). S9< Commercial Tim?9. 743 '' exports of leading articles of (weekly). 19S See Commercial Times. 5*i Provisions. S e Prices Current. 690 Prussian. 51?^ German. 714! Pul)lic Debt. See D;bt. Minnesota State Bonds Mi.«souri. Silk Spelter der leading articles of merchandise in El. 775 Michigan Central Railroad Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Mining, Petroleum and Insurance Stock 70 Produce, receipts 2;Ji See Prices Current. Seeds. S/e Prices Current. Savannah 4 Cliarleston Railroad 1 January for past ei^ht years 7-2 «7 Saltpetre. El 38 159, 191, 223, 355, 287, 319, 351, 38:3, 415, 417, 479 511. .54:3, .575, 607, 6:39, 671, 70.3, 73.5, 767 300 SS-1 Metropolitan Taxation and ortjwtli of Commerce Stt Debt statement (monthly). losses by the raid on. Ed Judiciary Committees report on. Ed Paciflc. 1 Central l^nion Paciflc. St! al 0: \ Kansas Paciflc. 373 390 to. Plethora of capital. Ed Portland, Saco A Portsmouth Railroad " & Kennebec Railroad Prices Current (weekly) 31, 6:3, 9.5, 127, SIS Macon and Western Railroad Maine Sute Debt '• ** !»» month. 13, 237. anew, bd Bonds issued Peace for France and Europe. Ed Pennsyliauia Railroad 311. 805, 615, 6.56 " Railroads (-tate report) .., 617 Petroleum. Set Prices Current. " stock, prces 113,209 Philadelphia Bank Statement (weekly). Se Bankers' Gazette. " & Reading Railroad 170, 6.56 " &, Erie 114 Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad 496 Pleasauton, Gen., and Mr. Lowe. Ad 518 361 Ed. 740 M8. IW iJen. PIea?*anton. Ejt Memphis and Ohio Co J ;• ..300, .364. 202 488 690 488 Paciflc Railroad of Missouri Pacilic Mail Steamship Co 5.* Prices current. U^Sfher. Lihis'i Coal and Navi'^tion 357,463, 689 Lime. 6^^ Prices Cur/'ent. Liverpool Market* (weekly). Stt Monetary aad . . " 496 L. Ed 897, 403, 496 F. " " ICaa-as Pacific Railroad '* see also Ptt-'.iflr Railroads. Kuo.iville & Kent Jcky K.iilroj(J 14.5, Pacillc Rallro.ids 773 K. " tJ urney Jk 3:J« . Commercial Eu;.'lish News. Loan of the United States, New, Prices Current. 645 E-i proi>0!*al to -fw ( Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Ohio Railroads Omaha Bridge Bonds Oregon anil California Railroad J. .I,»v Cake, Oils, | Tkn% St. Paul and Hlonx City Rjllroad St. Joseph Hridn" Salt. S'e Pricijs Current. Rntland Railroad Rye. See Breadstufl's. •, V. 180 Zii;. A'se Pficea Carreat.