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THE MERCHANT’S MAGAZINE »•# AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. . . EDITED BY W I L L I A M B. D A N A ; a& / / / VOICME FIFTY.S1NF, FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1868. Nero Work: ILLIAM B. DANA, PUBLISH ER AND PROPRIETOR. NO. 79 & 81 WILLIAM STREET. 1868. r 'V . hct 3 1 m i ALPHABETICAL TO INDEX subjbcts contained in thb MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE & COMMERCIAI REVIEW, V olume L IX . FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, BOTH INCLUSIVE. ED ITED BY W IL LIA M B. DANA. A. C. Africa, Trade with the races o f......... 1 California treasure movement.. .227, 389 Atlantic and Great Western Railway 157 Certified checks and the Comptroller American securities in Europe........... 241 of the Qurrency............................... 401 Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 352 Atlantic and Westpoint R R and the Georgia R R ...................................... 285 Chesapeake Bay to the O hio.. . .108, 161 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail B. r e a l ..................................................... 347 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.. . . 213 Banking, currency and finance. . . . 79, 169, 2S7, 819, 899 China T rad e.. . . ' .................................. 29 Bank returns of New York (weekly) Cotton trade, Prospects o f . ................. 371 79, 159, 239, 819, 899 Ci tton manufacturers and planters’ Bank returns o f Boston. .80,160, 240, association...........................................323 820, 400 poi ton t rade prospects....................... 22 Bank returns o f Philadelphia. 80.150, Cotton, Home consumption o f .......... 415 240, 3 0, 399 Cotton imports and exports for Great Britain ............. 303 Bank returns of each State for quar t e r ................................... 130 Cotton consumption in E u r o p e .........>90 B3nk reserves............................... 202, 430 Cotton crop of 1867-68 . . . ............. 298 Cotton receipts each week at the Bank notes stolen, List o f ........... 238 Southern p o r t s .................................. 310 Belgium and France, Iron and steel Coinage, International ................. 48 produced in................................ 81 Com nercial Chronicle and Review. 74, Bonds and stocks (American) held in 149, 231, 3:3, 393, 465 Europe ............................................ 211 Boston, Debt, Ac., of ................. 808 Commercial outlook . ........... 139 i>oi per mines of Lake Superior.........145 Board of Trade, National......... 40 Brazilian Finances............... .... 64 C >ns la, Price of, at London each day Breadstuff's, Detention at the W e s t.. 382 76, 151, 233, 316, >96, Breadstuffs Trade.......... 87, 104, 282 Coin and hullion, movement for month Breadstuffs movement o f Gr at Bri 77, 152, ?35 318, 397, 469 tain .................................................... 303 I Comptroller of the Currency............... 401 vi IN DEX TO VOLUME LIX . PAGE Currency inflation— farmers the great est losers........................................... 88 Currency and the public debt............. 418 Currency and the breadstuff's trade.. 104 Currency, money and political econo m y...............................................180, 269 Currency, Misapprehensions in regard to ........................................................... 821 D. Debt of Virginia.................................. 185 Debt of Louisiana................................ 156 Debt of United States, 156,230, 286, 312, 891, 432 Debt and Finances o f New Hamp shire .................................................. 295 Debt, <fcc„ o f Boston..............................308 Debt of Missouri.................................. 310 Debt of Tennessee............................... 311 Discounts and Loans, rates of, week l y ...............74, 149, 232, 815, 894, 466 Dynamite, the new Blasting A gen t.. 251 E. Eastern Europe, Question................... 18 Earthquakes in S uth America.........262 Eight-Hour Strikes.............................. 91 English Colonies and English Trade. 806 European War..................................... 190 Exchange, Daily Course of, 79, 154. 236, 319, 398, 470 F. Farmers and an Inflated Currency.. 86 Funding Bill......................................... 154 France and the Spanish Revolution 3 39 International Coinage................... 46, 260 Iron and Steel of Belgium and France............................................... 81 Iron and Steel, their manufacture.. . 248 J. Journal Banking Currency and Fi nance.........79, 159, 237,319, 399, 471 Ii. Labor Congress at Home and Abroad 292 Lake Superior Copper Mines........... 145 Lake Sincoe C a n a l . . . . , ......................404 Legal Tenders and the Supreme Court.................................................. 210 Loans and Discounts Rates Weekly 74, 149, 232, 815, 394, 466 Louisville and Nashville Railroads.. 425 Louisvil'e, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroads........................................... 285 OT. Memphis and Charleston......................350 Milwaukee and St. Paul and Milwau kee and Prairie duChien Railroad. 26 Michigan Central Railroad................. 72 Missouri, Debt o f.................................. 810 Mines of Australia.................................. 464 Mobile and Ohio Railroad................... 94 Money or Currency in relation to the principles of Politi al Economy 180, 1 269, 874 Money Market and Factitious inter ference with............................... 344 N. National Toard of T rade............. 40 G National Bank returns of each State— for J u ly ..................................... 130-89 Georgia Railroad and Banking ComNational Bank reserves............... 202, 480 pa y, and The Atlantic and West Point R a ilroa d ....................... . . . 265 New York Central Stock Dividends. 207 Georgia railroads............................... 267 New Hampshire, Debt and Finances <f ..................................................... ............... Government securities, prices of each New Orle ns Cotton Statement. . . . 3"9 day in New York and London. .76, 1 5 ', 238, 816, 395, 437 New York, Provide ce and Boston Railroad . 392 Gold daily,price of.79, 154, 285, 318, 89S, 469 New York State and the prop sed division o f............................................ 409 Gold and the prospective premium o n .......................................... 99, 193, 241 | Northampton Forgeries..................Iu2 Gold premium, fluctuation in and O. specie payments.................................406 Ohio River and Chesapeake Bay. 108, 161 Great Britain and the United States, trade of ................................ 147, .’ 23 P. Great Britain stati.-tics........................ 2 6 Pacific Railroad of Missouri............... 196 II. Pacific Railroads and Railroad Pro Hay crop and exp orts............... .. 221 ! gress .................................................. 365 Hartford and New Haven Railroad. 88S 1 Philadelphia, Wilmingtoi an BaltiHudson River B ridge.. . . ............... 412 j more R ilroad..................... .......... 142 295 V ll INDEX TO VOLUME LIX, PAGE PAGE SoutweBtern Georgia Railroad . . . . 422 Postal Convention bf tween Great Britain and United States............. 230 South, commercial recuperation in t h e ...................................................... 289 Presidential Election ......................... 869 Specie paym ents..........................272, 857 Spanish revolution............................... 279 0 K» Stock, secret issues o f ....................... 362 Railroad, Milwaukee and St Paul, and M lwaukee and Prairie du Ciiien.. 26 Stocks, railroa I and earnings........... 199 Railroad, Michigan Central............... 72 Stocks and bon Js (American) held in E u rop e......................................... 241 Railroad, Mobile and Ohio................. 94 Stock Exchange sa le s ................. 75, Railroad, Philadelphia, Wilmington 160, 282, 816, 393, 466 and Baltimore.................................... 142 Strikes, and the eight-hour move Railroid, Atlantic and Great West ment. ................................................. 91 ern....................................................... 187 Railroad, Pacific Railroad of Missouri 196 St. i ouis, Alton and Ttrre Haute Railroad...................................... 216 Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island an 1 Pacific.. . . ....................................... 213 Steel and iron, their manufacture . . 248 Railroad, South Western Georg a . . . 422 Steel and iron of Belgium and France 81 Railroad, St. Louis, Alton and Terre B a u te...................................................216 X. Railroad, Hartford and New Haven. 388 Telegraph and com m erce................. 106 Railroad, Georgia Railroad and Bank Trade, depression of .......................... 128 ing Company and the Atlantic and Trade of Great Britain and the Uni West Point Railroad..........................265 ted S ta tes....................... 147, 223, 385 Railroad, Louisville and Nashville. 426 Tennessee debt o f ................................ 311 Railroad, Louisville, Cincinnati and Transports'ion between seaboard and Lexington........................................... 285 the W est. .......................................835 Railroad, New York, Providence and Treasury report in full......................... 483 Boston................................................. 832 Tre sury report, comments upon.. . 420 Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy................................................ 347 X. Railroad, Memphis and Charleston.. 850 Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern 352 Railroads in Georgia........................... 267 Railroad Stock Dividend.................... 207 Railroad Stocks, price of, each month 77, 152, 234, 316, 396, 468 Railroad Earnings for month, 159, 199, 268, 317, 330.423 Receipts and Expenses of the United States Government.................. 158 Reserves of National Banks....... 202 Rice Crop for 1868...................... 807 S. United States and Great Britain, Trade o f.............. .'............147, 2 3, 885 United States Debt, 156, 230, 286, 812, 391, 432 United States Government, receipts and expenses.................................... 158 Union Pacific Railroad........................ 811 V. Virginia— Navigation from the Ohio to Chesapeake B a y ......... , . . . 1 0 8 , 161 Virginia State D ebt............................ 156 San Francisco treasure movement W. for six months............................227, 389 South American earthquakes... 262 Watering Railroad Stocks................. 207 Southern ports, cotton receipts each Wheat, Prices o f and trade in, of week for the year..................... 310 Great Britain..................... 308 E r r a t a , — In the November number p a g es 241 t o 284 should be 341, <fcc. In th e December number from p a g e s 434 t o 448 are d a ted January, 1868, instead o f December, 1868.