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MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ' ID ltllD Wl L L I A M qjJ j VOLUME B. BY DANA. /(jS F IF T IE T H , FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1864. iNtro l}ork : W ILLIAM B. D A N A , PU BLISH ER AND PROPRIETOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND UNDERWRITERS’ BUILDING, Nos. 61 and 68 WILLIAM STREET. OCT 31 194-1 •A ak ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO SUBJECTS CO N TAIN ED IN TJ3B MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE &COMMERCIAL REYIEW. V olum e L. FEOM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1864, BOTH INCLUSIVE. E D IT E D BY W I L L I A M B. D A N A . C. A. PAGE Agency, Commercial Law. No. 9 and 10.................................................. 17, 122 A ge o f greenbacks, debt and currency 176 Andes, Montana of the........................ 261 Arrivals in N. Y. from foreign ports ’63 148 B. Bank returns, City................. 32, 163, 221 do New YorkBanks. .32, 154, 222, 811, 373, 465 do Boston B a n k s ....83, 154, 222, 311, 372, 466 do Philadelphia Banks... .34, 154, 222, 311, 373, 465 Bank currency, The national............... 80 Bank of England.. .35, 155, 812, 373, 466 Bank of France..................................... 374 Banks, Loan of $50,000,000 to Gov ernment. Payments........................ 88 Banks, National, act’n ofClear’g House 307 Banks, National vs. State........ 8, 219, 309 Banks, returns N. Y . State.................... 222 Banks, saving, returns, N. Y. S ta te.. 223 Banks, National, quarterly re p o rt.... 367 Banks, N.Y. State, circulation of, letter from Vau Dyck to Evening P ost. . 369 Banking, currency, and finance, Jour nal o f ...........32, 150, 219, 306, 367, 461 Bills of credit, Are the issues of State banks.................................................. 16 Books, Notices of new.......... 81, 161, 401 Bullion, imports and exports from London, 1862 and 1 8 6 3.................. 153 PAGE Canada, trade with IT. S .................... 377 Cattle Market, New York, 1 8 6 3 .... 166 Census of 1860, facts from the........... 234 China and U. S., trade between, 165, 280 Circulation of State Banks— Van Dyck’s letter to Evening Post. . . . 869 Clearing House, action as to National Banks.................................................... 307 Clearing House, N. Y . annual meeting 3 6 Clothing trade............................... 283 Coal trade 1863................. 230 Coinage at Philadelphia Mint, 1 863.. 156 Commerce of lakes...........................231 do XJ. S ............................... 231 do and finances o f Canada. . . 348 do of the Sandwich Islands.. 821 Commercial Chronicle and Review, 24, 128, 215, 296, 359, 453 Commercial regulations.........77, 237, 397 do law, No 9,10, agency, 17, 122 do do 11, 12, part’ship, 205, 829 Congress, and its power to make notes a legal-tender.................................... 387 Confederate States, restrictions on commerce in...................................... 233 Conquest of Mexico by France...........415 Contraction us. inflation.......................... 825 Connecticut, finances of, debts, <fec... 259 Cotton, exports of, from N. Y., 1859, ’ 60, ’61, ’ 62, ’63................................. 185 Cotton, imports in Gt. Britain............ 150 do exports from Gt. Britain.........151 do probable receipts into Great Britain in 1864.................................. 152 Cotton manufactures in Great Britain 270 » INDEX TO VOLUME L. IV. PAGE P AG E Circulation of the United Kingdom,, . 467 Gt. Britain A ocean steam navigation, 193 do stamps duties................... 151 Cotton, manufacture of, in Gt. Britain. 270 Currency, a national............................. 16 do the National Bank.............. 80 I. do of India. Silver................... 212 do valueofascom p’dw ithgold 403 , do increase of,............................ 454 Immigration to the U. S., occupa' where from, A c ................................. 235 Imports of dry goods............................ 142 do and exports at N. Y., tota l.. . 143 B. do into A exports from London of bullion, 1862,’ 63............................... 153 Dano-German w ar....................... 119, 288 Debt A currency, age o f greenbacks.. 176 Imports, foreign..................................... 136 do o f flour A grain into G. Br’ain, 321 Debt of N. Y. int’st to be paid in gold, 366 do into G. Britain, cotton............ 150 Debt of U. S .......................... 44, 217, 301 do in toth eU .S ............................ 231 Disease,the propagat’n of,by Shipping 436 44 D ry goods, imports o f ......................... 142 Indebtedness of the U. S ..................... India, silver currency o f.......................... 212 Insurance Co., a successful................... 323 E. Iowa, finances of, debt, A c................... 258 Ireland, prospects of, emigration from, Emigration from Irel’d, Ac., to U. S., 5, 234 live stock, area and population.. . . 5 European finances. .36,154, 224,312, 373 Exchange, rates of, on London, Paris, A c....................... 31,133, 218, 803, 364 or. Exports from N. Y. foryrs.’61, 62, ’63, 134 do do Gt. Britain— c o t t o n .... 151 Journal of banking, currency, and do do U .S .................................. 231 finance................ 32, 150, 219, 306, 367 K. Financial monthly review .. .24, 128, 216, 296, 359, 458 Finances, European,35, 154,224, 312, 373 do and commerce of Canada.. . 348 do our national.................. 325, 360 do o f the States........ 254, 337, 445 Fishery, statistics ofthe whale, 1863.. 226 Flour A grain, trade in, several places, 318 do do imports into G. Britain, 321 Foreign and domestic produce, whole sale price o f....................................... 141 Foreign im ports................................... 136 France, Bank o f..................................... 374 France and the invasion of M exico,.. 415 G. Gold, silver, copper, Ac., in U. S . . . . 425 Gold, law authorizing Secretary of Treasury to dispose o f...................... 317 Gold rec’d A exp’d, 29, 181, 218 303, 365 Gold, sales of by U. S., am’nts, prices, A c........................................................ 362 Gold, value o f as comp’d with cur’ncy, 403 Grain A flour trade, at several places, 318 Greenbacks, age of, debt A currency. . 176 Gt. Britain, cotton manufacture o f . . . . 270 do imports of flour A gr’n into 321 do Ac., revenue o f................. 151 Kansas, finances of, debt, Ac.............. 448 Kentucky, finances of, debt, A c...........343 Ketchum, Morris, letters from E. G. Spaulding to ...................................... 353 L. Lakes, commerce o f the.......................... 231 do direct trade with Europe.........378 Law, com’cial,No. 9 A 10, agency, 17, 122 do do 11 A 12, p’ship,205, 329 do do 13, arbitration.......... 439 Legal-tender, are U. S. notes a, 60,64, 387 do notes, greenbacks, five per cents, A c....................... 25,128, 361 Legal-tender notes, opinion of Judge Sharswood...................................... 887 Letter to my country young friend, on seeking a situation in the c it y .. . . . . Letters of E. G. Spaulding to Morris Ketchum............................................ Loan act of March, 1864..................... Loans, U.S., subscription t o . . . . 128, 334 353 317 861 M. Maine, finances of, debt, Ac, 341 V. INDEX TO VOLUME L. PAGE PAGE Manufacture of Gt. Britain, cotton. . . . 270 Market, N. Y., cattle.............................. 156 Maryland, finances of, debt, A c........... S44 ........... 337 Massachusetts, do do Mercantile Biography, Thos. Tileston. 85 d . do Pelatiah Perit. 245 t do Moses Taylor. . 405 Mexican, Anglo French loan..................375 Mexico, conquest of, by France,.........415 Michigan, finances of, debt, A c............. 257 Minnesota, do do ............. 842 Monetary prospects, 1864................... 150 Montana of the Andes.......................... 261 Postmaster-Gen’s report, synopsis of.. 64 Prices of 55 articles, rise in......... 132, 298 Price of United States bonds, gold, ex change, A c........... 24,128,215,296, 859 Produce, wholesale prices of foreign A domestic............................................. 141 N. National Bank currency....................... 80 do Banks, quarterly report..........367 15 do currency................. do finances..................................... 325 do revenue taxation..................... 97 do m State banks......................... 219 Navigation, ocean steam..................... 193 do Congressional legislation. 193 do result..201 Navy, report o f Secretary o f . ______ 48 New Hampshire, finances of, debt, Ac, 256 New York, arv’ls from for’n ports, ’63, 148 do cattle market for 18 6 3 .... 156 do cotton exports. 136 do exports, sundry articles.. 134 do finances of, debt, A c 257 do imports A exp’s at, total.. 143 do do sundry articles.. . 136 do rec’pts last 3 yrs., d o . . . 184 do trade A commerce at the port o f................................................. 184 O. Ohio, finances of, debt, A c................... 845 Ocean steam navig., G. Brit. vs. U. S., 193 P. Pacific ocean, steam on............... 165, 280 Paper currency, U. S. banks and........ 8 Partnership, com.law No. 11,12.205, 329 Paym’t of the b’ks on the $15,000,000, to government................................. 38 Pennsylvania, finances of, debt, A c . . . 254 Perit, Pelatiah, life o f.......................... 245 Philadelphia mint, coinage at, 1863.., 156 Population, statistics of.......................... 234 It. Receipts at N. Y., for 1861, ’ 62, ’ 63 ... 184 Reciprocity treaty.................................. 876 Regulations, commercial.. . . 77, 237, 397 Report of Secretary of Treasury. . . . . 39 do do N avy............... 48 Revenue of Gt. Britain .........................151 do national.................................... 97 S. Sandwich Islands, commerce o f.........321 Savings Bank’s returns ...................... 223 Schleswig-Holestein, difficulty. . 119, 288 Seci etary of the Treasury, report o f . . 89 do do Navy, do . . 48 Sharwood’s (Judge) opinion on legaltender notes........................................ 387 Shipping, propagation o f disease b y . 435 Silver currency of India..........................212 Situation in the city, letter to my coun try friend on seeking a ................. 334 Spaulding’s (E. G.) letters to Morris Ketchum............................................ 353 States, finances o f the .................. 254, 887 do in reb., treasurer’s report o f . . . 56 Steam on the Pacific, trade between China and U. 8 ......................... 165, 280 Steam, ocean nav., U. S. vs G. B rit.. 193 Subsidies,to support ocean steam navigati’n, by U. S. and Gt. Britain.. . . 193 Sugar trade of the U. S ........................ 159 T. Tariff act, treasury department, decis ions under........................... 77,237, Taxation, revenue to be derived from, Taylor, Moses, life o f . .......................... Tileston, Thomas, death o f................... do do life o f........................ Tobacco duties and taxation................ Trade A com’rce of the port of N. Y . . . do do statistics of, 156,226, Treasury notes, U. S’, are they a legalte n d e r ?............................................. Treasury notes, opiu’n o f Jud Balcom, do do do do D euio.. 397 97 405 294 85 106 134 818 59 60 64 IN DEX TO VOLUME 1 . v i. PAGE PAGE Treasurer’s report o f the States in reb., 6 6 do do Treasury, report of the Sec. of the. . . . 39 U. S. do Sec. of, authoriz’d to dispose do of gold...................................... .. 317 do do do E ffi U . United Kingdom, revenue o f 3 years, 151 do circulation of.. . . . 467 United States bank, the losses of gov ernment by depositing in.................. 9 United States banks A paper cur’y, 8, 869 do do vs State banks............................ 8, 219, 809, 371 U. S. banks, taxation o f....................... 371 do do bonds and paper, prices o f........................ 27, 133, 216, 303, 866 U . S. cir. A int.-bearing notes, 25, 128, 861 do commerce of the............................ 231 do debt, interest o n .. 44,219,300, 453 do finances of, how they should be managed...................................... 359 do gold set apart to pay int.. .219, 296 do imports and exports................... 231 do indebtedness o f... 44,217,301, 453 sales o f gold <Ss certificates......... 302 sugartrade.. ............................ 159 treas’y notes, are they 1-t’der, 59, 887 opn of Jud. Balcom A Denio, 60, 64 opinion of Judge Sparswood. . . 387 mineral wealth of , ........................425 5-20’s is the principal payable in gold ?........................................ 449 do and ocean navigation................ 193 do and China, trade between. 164, 280 V. Van Dyck’s letter to Evening P o s t.. 869 Vermont, finances of, debt, A c...........445 Virginia, West, do do ........... 446 TV. Wisconsin, finances of, debt, A c.........259 Whale fishery, statistics of the, 1863, 226 Washington Ins. Co., a successful Ins. C o....................... ............................... 823 G eorge W . W ood, Printer, No, 2 Dutch Street, N. Y .