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MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE
AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

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Wl L L I A M

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VOLUME

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BY

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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

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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 .

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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




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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

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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

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INDEX TO VOLUME L.
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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

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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

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