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THE / 23& MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. VOLUME FIFTY-SECOND, FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1865. iNTro §ork: LLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND U N D ERW R ITERS’ BUILDING, Nos. 61 AND 68 WILLIAM STREET. 1865. . O 3so ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO SUBJECTS CONTAINED IN THB MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAL REVIEW. V olum e LII. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1865, BOTH INCLUSIVE. EDITED BY WILLIAM B. DANA . Accidents, railroad and steamboat, list of for ten years.................................. Accidents, railway, causes and cu re.. Albany lumber trade........................... Atlantic telegraph cable..................... Amendments to national currency law America, the house of Hapsburg in, 249, Anthracite coal, the price and pros pects o f.............................................. 137 342 395 328 389 364 349 B. Banking, currency, and finance, jour nal o f...........66, 128, 212, 292, 385, 448 Bankruptcy and Insolvency, the law o f bankruptcy considered and ex amined................................ 100, 193, 280 Bank o f the Netherlands, history of, Ac........................................................ 106 Banks o f New York, weekly returns 68, 130, 216, 294, 887, 450 Banks of Philadelphia, weekly returns 69, 130, 216, 294, 387, 450 Banks of Boston, weekly returns,.70, 130, 216, 295, 888, 452 Banks, National.................................... 67 Bank of England returns.. . .72, 132, 219, 295, 389, 453 Bank of France, weekly returns.. 73, 132, 219, 295, 889, 454 Banks of Massachusetts, returns of . . 71 Banks of Rhode Island, do. 71,452 Banks of Ohio, do. . . 71 Banks of Wisconsin, .. 71 Banks of New York State, do. 217,451 Bangor lumber trade........................... 397 Biography and engraving of Cornelius Vanderbilt.......................................... 9 Biography and engraving of William Sturgis.............................................. 169 Biography of Hon. Thurlow W e e d .. . 268 Biography and engraving of Abraham Lincoln.............................................. 829 Biography and engraving o f Jacob Little.................................................... 409 Boards of Trade, convention at De 437 troit......... ................ Book T rade............................ 87, 167, 248 Brazil and United States, commerce betw een............................................ 183 Bridge over the Mississippi at Fulton 145 C. Canadian gold fields............................ 248 Canada trade, and depression o f ... . . 228 Canada and the Reciprocity Treaty, 75, 427 Canals o f New Y ork.............................. 238 California: her production, trade, Ac., for 1864 ............................................ 219 Checks, certified, are they money ? .. 449 China: Taeping rebellion; its rise and fall...................................................... 88 Chinese in Cuba.... .................... 186 Chicago, trade and growth o f............. 289 Commercial chronicle and review .60, 110, 205, 287, 879, 443 Commerce and trade o f the port of New York,..................................117, 230 Commerce and trade, statistics of 183, 230, 892, 455 INDEX TO VOLUME LII. IT. PAGE Commerce between Brazil and United States................................................. 133 Gold fields in Canada............................243 Commerce of the United States.. 139, 198 Gold fields in Connecticut................... 241 Commercial failures in 1864.............. 146 Gold, movements of specie and price Commercial regulations.. . .163, 243, 460 o f.................64, 116, 210, 291, 383, 447 Commercial law, No. 17, interest and Grain trade of the Upper Lakes........ 132 usury.................................................... 51 Great Britain, revenue o f......................227 Commercial law, Nos. 18,19, and 20, Great Britain and France for 1864, bankruptcy and insolvency.. .100, trade o f.............................................. 400 193, 280 Commercial law, No. 21, The law of place where contract is made. . . . 374 II. Commercial law, No. 22, The law of shipping............................................ 439 Hapaburg, family of, in M exico..249, 364 Cotton, trade of, in 1864..................... 236 Coal, the price and prospects o f . . . . . 349 Currency and finance, journal of. .66, I. 128, 212, 292, 385, 448 Cuba, production and trade for 1864. 398 Interest and usuary, law respecting, considered and exam ined............... 51 Insurance companies for 1864, Marine 166 D. Insolvency and bankruptcy, law of, considered and examined.........100, 193 Debt of U. S., and how it can be paid 418 Imports of dry goods, general merch Debt of U. S , statement o f ............... 380 andise, die............................................ 126 Deep and shallow o il: Petroleum. . . 185 Dry goods, imports o f ...................126, 446 Detroit, and the proposed convention E. o f merchants..................... ............. 437 E. Engraving and biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt........................................ 9 Engraving and biography of William Sturgis............................................... 169 Engraving and biography of Abraham Lincoln............................................... 829 Engraving and biography of Jacob Little.................................................... 409 England, Bank of, returns,.. .72, 131, 218, 295, 389, 453 Extinguishment of the Scheldt dues. 145 Exchange, rates o f .........65, 212, 291, 384 F. Lands, public, mines and patents. . . . 86 Law of Congress—the loan act of 1865 390 Law o f Congress— Amendments to • National Currency Law..................... 389 Law of Congress—Amendments to the U. S. Internal Revenue Law.......... 301 Law concerning interest and usury discussed and exam ined.................... 51 Law on bankruptcy and insolvency discussed and examined...........100, 280 Law of place where contract is made 374 Law respecting ownership and trans fer o f ships, e t c .. . . ....................... 439 Late victories, etc., effect on price of gold.................................................... 370 Legal tender act—is it constitutional. 259 Legal tender and national finances.. 271 Lee, General, surrender o f .................. 385 Little, Jacob, life of, with engraving. 409 Lincoln, Abraham, life of, with engrav. 329 Loan Act of 1865 ................................ 390 Louisiana, sugar crop o f . .................... 394 Lumber trade of Albany, Bangor, and Toledo.................................................. 395 Failures, commercial, in 1864............. 146 Finances, national, how they should be and how they are managed___226, 271Finance, banking, currency, journal of 69, 128, 212, 292, 385, 448 Fishery, annual statement for 1864.. 134 France, taxes collected in, for 1864.. 227 in. France, bank returns of,.73, 132, 219, 295, 889, 454 Marine insurance companies for 1864 161 France, Trade of, for 1864................. 406 Massachusetts bank returns............... 71 Fulton, bridge over the Mississippi at 145 Maximillian in Mexico................... 249, 364 INDEX TO VOLUME LII. V. PAGE Michigan census returns...................... 456 Mines, public, lands and patents . . . . 86 Railroad and steamboat accidents.. . 137 Mississippi at Fulton, bridge o v e r.. . 145 Railways in Spain—The Pyrenees to Mining statistics. Gold mining in be tunnelled...................................... 144 Connecticut ...................................... 241 Railroad, Pacific, to be com pleted.. . 144 Railway shares, prices o f ...........289, 447 Railway accidents considered— their causes and cure................................. 342 N. Revenue, prohibitory duties ............. 49 Reciprocity treaty— should it be con National finances, bow they should be tinued............................................75, 427 managed............................................. 22 Naval forces o f the United States.. . 81 Report of the Treasury examined.35, 148 Regulations, commercial... .163, 243, 460 National savings and national taxation, No. 2 ..................................................... 97 National banks o f the U. States..153, 452 Naval ordnance..................................... 160 S. National finance with legal tender.. 271 National currency law, amendments of 389 Salt business o f Michigan......................458 Netherlands, bank o f............................. 106 Sandwich Islands, commerce of.........455 New York, trade and commerce of the Scheldt dues, extinguishment o f... . . 145 port o f ........................................117, 238 Secretary of the Treasury, report of. 148 New York, canals o f.............................. 238 Shipping, law respecting......................439 New York, banks of, Spain, its railways—the Pyrenees to 68, 130, 216, 294, 387, 450 be tunnelled...................................... 144 Newspaper trade.................................. 328 Specie, movements of, and prices of New te x tile........................................... 229 gold.............64, 116, 210, 291, 383, 447 New York wholesale prices for 6 years 117 Sturgis, W m , life of, with engraving. 169 Statistics o f trade and commerce, 133, 230, 392, 455 O. Steamboat and railroad accidents. . . . 137 Stringency in the money market, and the cause............... ......................... 110 Ohio banks, returns o f . ..................71, 452 Sugar crop of Louisiana..................... 394 Oil regions, physical features o f.........336 Oil, deep and shallow.......................... 185 Ordnance, naval, armaments of ships of war, etc....................... .................. 160 X. Taxation, national, how the finances should be regulated ....................... 97 Taeping rebellion—its rise and fa ll.. 38 Patents, mines and public lands . . . . 86 Tariff, prohibitory—why the gold reve nue is falling o f f .............................. 49 Pacific railroad to be completed . . . . 144 Taxes and revenue of England and Panics of the past four y e a r s ...........287 Peace, and its effect on prices............ 181 France...................................................227 Petroleum-its location and production 89 Tariff, the new law.............................. 296 Petroleum, trade review o f . ................ 119 Tariff, decisions under............................471 328 Petroleum, deep and shallow o il.. . . 185 Telegraph cable, Atlantic................ Petroleum, physical features o f the Textile, a new....................................... 229 oil regions......................................... 336 Toledo lumber trade........................... 897 Philadelphia banks, returns of, Treasury report— the past and future p o lic y ................................................ 55 69, 130, 216, 294, 387, 450 Population, etc., of Michigan................. 456 Trade and commerce o f the port of Postmaster-General, report o f ........... 158 New York ............................... 117, 238 Prices United States paper, Trade with the South,^rules and regu lations respecting................................ 468 63, 113, 289, 384, 447 Prices o f 16 articles........61, 290, 379, 445 Treasury, report of Secretary...........148 Prices at New York, wholesale, for Trade in Canada, depression o f ........ 228 six years............................................ 117 Treasury, receipts of, for year............ I l l Prices, how to be affected by peace.. 181 Treaty, reciprocity .....................75, 427 P. IN DEX TO VOLUME LII. VI, PAGE PAGE Treasurer’s report, effect o£ . . . . . . . . r. 62 United States 7 3-10 bonds, right of conversion............................... .. 61 United States ten-forty loan............... I l l Usury and interest, law respecting.. 61 United States, commerce between Brazil and.......................................... 133 United States, commerce of............... 139 United States, national banks o f . . . . 163 United States for 1864, commerce of. 198 United States, naval forces of............ 81 United States, paper & gold prices of, 63, 113, 289, 384, 447 United States currency law, amend ments to .............................................. 389 United States internal revenue law, amendments o f................................... 301 United States, the loan act.................. 390 United States, public debt o f............. 380 United States debt, bow itcanbepaid 418 G eorgs W. W ood, V. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, life of, with en graving............................................... 9 W. Weed, Hon. Thurlow, life of.............. Whale fishery for 1864......................... Wool, wheat, <&c., produced in Michig’n Wisconsin banks, returns................... Wool imports, etc.............................. Printer, No. 2 Dateti Street, N, V 268 134 456 71 234
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