1865.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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(Business notices $1 88 per agate line of space.) 
Do not Waste Your Money buying any of the 
numerous worthless articles called Gold Pens which 
have flooded the market for the last few years, when at 
lower prices you can get pens which are acknowledged 
to be the Best ik the World. 
Arold the shameless Upslarts whose lack of brains 
t-ompels them to attempt imitation, even to the adver- 
tisement. If you want the full value of your money, see In 
another column : " The Pen is Mightier than the Sword." 
GEO. P. BISSELIi & CO. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Bankers and Dealers in 
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 
V* S. 5-30 tvnd other Bonds boupht and 8oUl on the most 
favorable terms. 7 3-10 Notes ready for delivery. »nd a 
discount allowed. Purchasers are assured that we will fur-^ 
nlBh Government Bonds on as favorable terms aa they can* 
get them from New York. 
CONNECTICUT STATE BONDS, UARTFOUD CITY 
BONDS, and a large aasortment of first class secuvltlcs on 
hand for sale at all times. 
The highest possible premium paid for Gold and Silver and 
V. S. Coupons, also for Coupons not yet due. We are also 
ARents for the Government for the sale of Revenue Stamps 
of all kinds. Interest allowed on deposits from the date of 
deposit till date of withdrawal. 
The long and successful Banking experience of the Senior 
partner of oar house (extending over a period of nearly 
twenty years), and our rigid adherence to the principles of 
Bound Banking, enable us to give the greateat facilities to 
onr customers, and warrant us In saying that it Is our aim 
to have our House rank second to no Banking establishment 
in the country for soundness and stability. 
Business sent us by mail will receive the same prompt at- 
tention that Is given to those who come in person. 
GEO. P. BISSELL & CO, 
„ , .„ 5 KETCHUM SON & CO., New-York. 
Kefer to | haKTFOKD BANK, Hartford, Conn. 
THE mn NATIONAL Blffi 
OF THE CITT OF NEW YORK. 
CAPIXAX,, $1,000,000, PAID IN, 
FISCAL AGENT OF THE TNITED STATES, 
ASD Speciaj, Agent fob Jay Cooke, Slbscrip- 
TiOK Agent, 
Will Deliver 7-30 Notes, Free of charge, 
by Express, in all parts of the country, and receive in 
payment Checks on New York, PhiLidelphia, and Boston, 
Current Bills, and all five per cent, interest Notes, with 
Interest to date of subscription. Orders sent by mail 
will be promptly filled. 
This Bank receives the accounts of Banks and Bank- 
ers on favorable terms ; also of Individuals keeping 
New York accounts. 
J. T. HILL, CasMer. J. U. ORVIS, President. 
Fourteenth Annnal Report 
OF THE 
MANHATTAN 
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
Nos. 136 and tSS Broadtvay, 
NEW YORK, 
JANUARY 1, 1865. 
Net Assets, January 1, 1864 $1,478,968 59 
Receipts during the year 973,534 02 
$2,452,502 61 
Disbursements 461,277 38 
$1,991,225 33 
Assets.... 7 $1,991,225 23 
Life policies are Issued, payable In annual, or In one, 
five, or ten annual Installments ; also non-forfeiture en- 
dowment policies, payable in ten annual payments, 
which are paid at death, or on arriving at any particular 
age. Life insurance as an investment has no superior, 
as it has saved millions of dollars to the insured, and 
thousands of families from ruin. Dividends are paid to 
policy holders, thus enabling them to continue their 
policies, if otherwise unable to do so. 
HENRY STOKES, President. 
C. Y. WEMPLE, Secretary. 
J. S. HALSEY, Assistant Secretary. 
S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary. 
A.BRAM. DU BOIS, M. D., Medical Examiner. 
U. S. 7-30 LOAN. 
By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
undersigned has assumed the General Subscription 
Agency for the sale of the United States Treasury Notes, 
bearing seven and three-tenths per cent, interest, per 
annum, known as the 
SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. 
These Notes are Issued under date of June 15th, 1865, 
and are payable three years from that ti!»e, in currency, 
or are convertible at the option of the holder into 
U. S. 6-20 Six per cent. 
GOLD-BEARING BONDS. 
These bonds are worth a premium whicli increases the 
actual profit on the 7-30 loan, and Its exemption from 
State and municipal taxation adds frotn one to three per 
cent, more, according to the rate levied on other property. 
The Interest Is payable in. currency eeml-annually by 
coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off 
and sold to any bank or banker. 
The Interest amounts to 
One cent per day on a - • $50 note. 
Two cents " .'■ " $100 " 
Ten " " " •• $50O 
20 '• " •* " $1000 
$1 " " * " «5000 
Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly 
furnished upon receipt of subscriptions, and the notes 
forwarded at once. The interest to 15th June next will 
be paid in advance. This is 
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET 
now offered by the Government, and It is confidently 
expected that its superior aavantages will make it the 
GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE. 
Less than $300,000,000 of the Loan authorized by the 
last Congress are now on the market. Tliis amount, at 
the rate at which it is being absorbed, will all be sub- 
scribed for within four months, when the notes will un- 
doubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been 
the case on closing the subscriptions to other Loans. 
In order that citizens of every town and section of 
the country may be afforded facilities for taking the loan, 
the National Banks, State Banks, and Private Bankers 
throughout the country have generally agreed to receive 
subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own 
agents, In whom they have confidence, and who only are 
to be responsible for the delivery of the notes for which 
they receive orders. 
JAY COOKE, 
Subscription Aoent, Philadelphia. 
WANTED.— EVERYBODY SEEKING PRO- 
fitable employment, to introduce Popular Biogra- 
phies and Standard Historical Work, written by the well- 
known and popular author, J. T. Headley. Just the 
books for the times. Sold only by Agents. To energetic 
men nnd women, a rare chance is offered to make from 
$50 to S150 per month. 
For terms and territory, address 
E. B. TREAT, Publisher, 124 Grand St.. 
Three doors East of Broadway, New- York. 
'' Signs of Cbaracter," and How to Read 
Tliem. — Physiognomy, Phrenology, Psychology, Eth- 
nology, with Portraits and Biography, given in the 
ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 
Only 20 cents a number, or $2 a year. The Pictorial 
Double Numbers for Jan., Feb., March and April sent by 
return post, for $1.00. Please address MESSRS. FOW- 
LER <t WELLS, 389 Broadway, New York. 
miuiatnrc Farming— ''Our Farm of Two 
Acres." — By Harriet Mabtineau. 48 pp. 16 mo. 
Price 20 cents. Very entertaining and full of valuable 
suggestions. Mailed post free on receipt of price. 
BUNCB & HUNTINGTON, PubUshers, 540 Broadway 
New- York. 
How to make the aboTewlth manv more Fireside TrickB 
and Parlor Games, see FIRESIDE AMUSEMENTS In the 
NORTHERN MAGAZINE. 
The best and cheapest lUuBtrated magazine In the world. 
ONLY Sl.as FOR ONE YEAK. 
Amnsement and Instruction combined. 
Equally Interesting to ttio grandfather and to the grand- 
child. Address FRANK BELLEW ° 
39 Park Row. KewTork. 
N. B.— We will cheerfully give any one n year's subscription 
gratis, who will show us as good a magazine at double the 
price. 
THE HOKTIClJL,TrKIST, 1865. 
Monthly, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum. 
Two specimen copies sent, post paid, for Twenty-fire 
Cents. 
W^oodward's Country IIome§, 
12mo. cloth. 132 Engiavings. $1.50. post paid. 
Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural 
Buildings, 
12mo. cloth. 60 Engravings. $1.60, post paid. 
GEO. E. & F. W. WOODWARD, 
Publishers, 37 Tark Row, New-York, 
THE MJVCOIilV CHART, 
containing a truthful 
LIFE SIZE LIKENESS 
with a highly finished pictorial border, showing the chief 
scenes of the eventful 
LIFE AND DEATH 
THE MAN WE MOURN. 
II. 
Another new Chart called 
XHE r.lFE AIVI> DEATH 
of » 
ABRAHAm I.ir«COI>I¥, 
wherein will be preserved In elegant form, the most glo- 
rious and tremendous events of his Life and Death. 
■ Also Two Lithographic Prints — one showing his Assas- 
sination— the other the Catafalque and Funeral. — Also an 
excellent Crayon Lithograph Likeness.— Charts mailed 
for 40 cents each ; the two for 75 cents. — Prints 20 cents 
each ; the two for 35 cents. Crayon Likeness 25 cents. 
These works with others will be ready about May 1st. 
Oeneroiis Terms to Agents. 
Orders filled in the order received. Address 
H. H. I.LOTrD & CO., 21 Jobn-st., N. Y. 
DOTY^ CR8 
WASHERS. 
About Four Thousand of these Great Clothes and Labor 
Savers have been sold within the past and present years, all 
with the privilege of returning and havins the purchasb 
MONET BKFTjiTDED, If, after three weeks' fair trial, according 
to the directions, the Washer proves unsatisfactory, yet not 
ONB IN FIVE HUNDBED has ever been returned. 
The Proprietors continue to guabantt satisfactioh, 
therefore there la no reason why every Family should not 
have one. Send S10.50 to DOTY BROTHERS, 
jAjrasviLLE, Wis., and get a Machine that is warranted to 
save from $10 to $100 worth of clothing yearly, besides mak- 
ing Washing three times as easy. (See Editorial Illustration 
and description In March Agricalturlst.) Circulars free, on 
application. Agencies established at New York, Phlladel- 
plila, Chicago, St. Louis, Buffalo, and other large cities. 
GREAT 
ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 
The Dollar Weekly Mirror and Journal of 
Agriculture published at Manchester, New Hamp- 
shire, has a larger circulation than any other paper nnrth 
of Boston. One quarter of the paper is devoted to Agri- 
culture, wholly, and is edited by Hon. Chandler E. 
Potter. The rest is devoted to news. Politics and Edu- 
cation, and is edited by John B. Clarke, the propielnr. 
It is not only a great family and farming paper, but. be- 
ing piiblislied in a city only secon<l in cotton and wool- 
en manufacturing interests in the United States, It has a 
wide circulation in all other manufacturing cities and 
villages in Ihe United States, Subscriptions $1,50 a year 
in advance. 
Only a small space is devoted to advertising. Terms : 
Ten cents a line for each insertion. One column, 22^ 
inches long, one time, twenty-five dollars. 
Refers to New York Times, Tribune, WiJke's Spiri* 
and the Agriculturist ; to Gov. Fenton of New Yoik, and 
General Bruce, State Canal Commissioner. 
Addiess JOHN B. CLARKE. 
Manchester, New Hampshire 
