406 



FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



nearly three years show a gradual advance 

 from a condition of great weakness up to the 

 highest point of national credit. At the outset 

 he was hardly able to obtain the insignificant 

 loans necessary to the ordinary wants of the 

 Government, and in some instances he was 

 more indebted for these to the impulses of 

 patriotism in the citizens than to their confi- 

 dence in the national credit ; now he commands 

 hundreds of millions, the whole resources of 

 the country are at his service ; the enterprises 

 of individuals, the capital of the banks, and 

 the energies of all the citizens are subservient 

 to the great necessity. At the same time the 

 prosperity of the people has kept pace with the 

 progress of the Government in its great enter- 

 prise, and has been more universally diffused 

 than ever before. 



The foregoing table (on page 405) is an official 

 statement of the public debt, made at the first 

 of December, 1863 : 



The following statement from the " National 



Almanac" exhibits the aggregate amount of 

 internal revenue paid by each State and Terri- 

 tory on account of articles on which an ad 

 valorem duty is levied licenses, specific duties, 

 tax on dividends, &c., to July 1st, 1863 : 



MONTHLY PRICES OF STOCKS. 



The following table contains the prices of fifty-five leading articles sold in the New York 

 market, as quoted in the prices current : 



