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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[January, 
Church. " Music hath charms to soothe even a savage breast," 
and we hesitate not to say that a benign influence is exerted 
upon every house and school room where a Melodeon or 
other good musical instrument is found.— "We offer two sizes 
in our list above, and those of a different price may be se- 
lected for a proportionate number of subscribers. (For 
Bize3, style, prices, etc., send a stamp to George A. Prince & 
Co., Buffalo, N. Y„ and get one of their illustrated descrip- 
tive Catalogues, which will be sent free). We have used one 
of these Melodeous during four years past, and it continues 
to give the highest satisfaction. It has not been tuned or 
otherwise repaired in all that time. The premium instru- 
ments will be shipped direct from the manufacturers at Buf- 
falo, ready boxed. They can go by railroad, steamboat, ex- 
press or otherwise, as desired by the recipient. G3T* It is 
easy for Churches, and both Week Bay and Sunday Schools 
to unite their efforts and secure a good melodeon.— Many 
have done so already. Note the present prices. 
KL— Q,— Seven Volumes of the Agriculturist.— 
Here is a whole Agricitltural, Horticultural, and Household 
Library, embracing also a large amount of interesting read- 
ing for Children and Youth, and thousands oi instructive 
and pleasing engravings. Each volume contains more 
priuted matter than half a dozen dollar books of the usual 
size. There are in each volume from two to four thousand 
articles and condensed items, amoug which every reader 
will And something useful to himself and family. We send 
them post-paid (as in the above table,) in new clean numbers, 
priuted from stereotype plates as needed. The last number 
of each volume contains an index to the whole volume. 
(Any person preferring them bound, can receive them in this 
form, neatly done, at 65 cents extra per volume, for binding 
and extra postage— or at a cost of only 25 cents per volume 
if called for, or sent by express, or otherwise, so as not to 
be pre-paid. Let every one selecting this premium be sure 
to name what volumes are desired, or how many of each, as 
duplicates of any volume can be chosen if preferred.— We 
can only supply from volume 16 to volume 21 inclusive. 
R— Best File for the A gricultux'ist.— Jacob's 
Port-folio file, made .iust to UttYm Agriculturist, with the name 
of the paper gilded on, is exceedingly convenient. It is a 
neatly embossed or stamped cover, made so that each suc- 
cessive number of the paper can be inserted in a minute, 
when it is strongly held in. The numbers thus fastened togeth- 
er nre as convenient as a bound book. When one volume is 
completed, it can be removed and stitched together, and the 
numbers of a new volume be inserted. A single cover will 
answer for a dozen or twenty successive years. It is with- 
out doubt the most perfect paper file made. Sent post-paid, 
S-Water Color Paints.— Those offered (Osborne 
& Hodgkinson's) are the best of American Manufacture, and 
though not so flue for artist's work, as some of the imported 
(which now sell at six times the price), they answer very 
well for common sketching, particularly by children and 
beginners. They are especially useful to children, as their 
use tends to develop a taste for form and color, and skill in 
theuseof the pencil. Sent post-paid, in neat mahogany case 
—24 small cakes of assorted colors, with brushes, etc. 
The Markets. 
American Agriculturist Office. ) 
New- York, Friday Morning, Dec. IS. i 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW-YORK MARKETS. 
Kuceipts. Flour. Wlimt. Com. Bye. Barley. OaU>. 
34 days this m'th 573.000 3,159,000 260,000 SS.000 565,000 2,711,000 
27 days /asim'th 530.000 3,031,000 531,000 21,000 607.000 2,102.000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bi/e. Barley. 
24 days this mouth, 373,000 2,772.000 2.146.000 33.500 350,000 
27 days last month, 499,000 3,113,000 3,01S,000 26,000 583,000 
H, Comjmrison icilh name time last year. 
receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. B//e. Barley. Oats. 
24 days 1863.. ..573.000 3,159.000 260.000 PS.000 ;".65.(H)y' 2,741.0(10 
24 dayslU62 667,000 3,954,000 2,787,000 6.S50 298,000 869,000 
sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. 
24 days 1863 373.000 2,772,000 2,146,000 33,500 £50,000 
24 days 1362 418,000 3,605,000 3,216,000 53,250 312,000 
3. Exports from New-York, Jan. 1, to Dec. 17. 
Tlour, - Wheat. Corn. Rye. Oats. 
Bbls. Bush. Bush. Bush. Bush. 
-863 2,434,736 14,867,056 - 7,526,149 416,369 155,806 
1S62 2,959,619 24,890,341 11,531,819 1,099,656 172,922 
4. Receipts of Breadstuff's at Albany, by the New-York 
Canals from, the opening of navigation May 1, to Dec. 12. 
Flour, Wheat, Corn, Eye, Barley, Oats, 
bbls. bus. bus. bus. bus. bus. 
1863...... 1,546,600 22,089,400 20,560,100 4-23.300 3,1S1,300 12:354,800 
1862 1,710,SOO 32.54S.000 23,419,000 '755,200 2,200,000 6,014,503 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
November 13. December 13. 
Flour— Super to Extra State $5 60 @ 6 65 $6 10 ®S6 90 
Super, to Extra Southern 7 20 @11 00 7 60 @U 00 
Extra Western 7 00 ©1150 7 00 @il 50 
Extra Genesee 6 70 @ 9 00 6 90 @ 9 2.5 
Superfine Western. 5 60 @ 5 80 6 10 ©6 30 
Hye Flour 5 75 @ 6 75 5 75 @ 7 00 
Corn Meal 5 50 @ 6 25 5 70 @ 6 15 
Wheat— All kinds of White.. 160@185 165@ia5 
AUkiudsofKed 1 36 @ 1 57 1 43 @ 1 63 
Corn— Yellow 109 ©110 1 32><© 
Mixed 109 ©110 1 32 "@ 1 33 
Oats— Western 85 © 80 91 @ 92 
State... 85 © 86 90 © 90>C 
Uye 120 ©125 125 ©134" 
Barley 140 ©15S 135 ©155 
Cotton— Middlings, per lb.... 86 © 87 82 © — 
Hoi's, crop of 1863, per lb 20 @ 28 20 © 30 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 57 @ 60 62K® 65 
Seed— Clover, per lb 9>£@ 1IM 11 *@ uu 
Timothy, per buehcl 2 50 © 2 65 2 50 @ 2 85 * 
Flax, per bushel.. 2 90 © 3 10 3 15 © 3 25 
Scoar— Brown, per lb 11^@ 14V UK© i« 
MOLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl.. 50 © 70 55 @ 70 
Coffee. Mo, per lb ... 3Q^@ 33^ 33 @ 35 
Tobacco— keutucky.&cp.lb.. 9 © 28 10 @ 30 
Seed Leaf, per lb... 12 © 50 15 © 55 
Wool— Domestic fleece, p. lb.. 70 © 85 70 © 85 
Domestic, pulled, per lb 68 © 80 65 © 80 
Wool, California, unwashed.. SO © 60 25 ® 57% 
Tallow, per lb 12 @ 12% 11&@ 12% 
Oil Cake, per tun 46 00 ©52 00 47 00 ©52 50 
Pork— Mess, per bbl 16 50 ©IS 25 18 25 ©18 50 
Prime, per bbl 11 S7><@12 25 12 50 ©13 00 
Beef— Plain mess 11 75 ©13 50 12 00 ©13 75 
Lard, in bbls., per lb H%@ 12 J£ H%@ T2}£ 
Butter— Western, per lb 10 © 24 20 © 26 
State, per lb. 24 © 28 26 © 32 
Cheese 11 © 15^ 12 © 16 
Beaks— per bushel 2 00 @ 3 00 2 50 © 3 00 
Brooni Corn— ncr lb 8 © 10 8 @ 10 
Egg's— Fresh, per dozen 22 © 27 22 © 27 
Eggs,.Limed, per doz 20 © 21 20 © 21 
Poultry— Fowls, per lb. 10 © 14 8 @ 11 
Ducks,perlb S © 14 8 @ 12 
Geese,perlb 10 © 12 7 @ 10 
Turkeys, per lb 10 © 15 8 © 12 
Potatoes— Dvkman, p. bbl.. 2 50 2 50 © 3 00 
Mercers, per bbl 235 ©2 50 225 ©2 75 
Bnckeves per bbl 125 ©150 150 ©162 
Peach "Blow, per bbl 1 62 © 2 00 1 87 © 2 00 
Nova Scotia, per bushel 50 © 55 50 @ 55 
Sweet Delaware per bbl 5 50 © 6 00 6 50 © 7 00 
Turnips— Ruta baga, per bbl 1 00 @ 1 25 1 13 @ 1 25 
Onions, Red & Yellow p. bbl. 3 50 © 3 75 4 50 ©5 00 
Cabbages, per 180 4 00 © S 00 6 00 ©10 00 
Carrots, per bbl ■ 1 50 © 1 75 
Beets, per bbl 2 50 © 2 75 
Dried A.pples, per lb 5 © 9 5 © 9 
Drted Peaches, per lb 22 © 25 24 © 26 
Dried Raspberries, per lb., 23 @ 24 24 © 25 
Apples, choice, per bbl 3 50 @ 4 00 S 50 © 4 00 
Apples, mixed lots, per bbl.. 2 50 © 3 00 2 50 © 3 00 
Apples, River, per bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 2 00 © 2 50 
Pumpkins, Cheese, per 100... 8 00 ©10 00 12 00 ©IS 00 
Squashes, Marrow, per bbl.. 2 50 © 2 75 4 00 © 4 50 
Hubbard, per bbl 2 50 @ 2 75 4 50 
Cranberries, per bbl 8 50 ©1100 8 00 ©10 00 
Pigeons, Wild, per doz 90 © 1 25 90 @ 1 25 
Prairie Chickens, per pair. 60 © 80 
Quail, per doz 1 50 © 2 90 50 © 1 50 
Partridges, per pair 50 © 1 00 50 © 75 
Business Notices, SO Cents per Line of Space. 
Patents for New Inventions, 
are procured in this Country and Europe, by M UNN & 
CO., Editors Scientific American, No. 37 Park Row, N. 
y. Pamphlets of advice sent free. 
Lands- 
To All Wanting Farms. 
Large and thriving settlement of Vineland, mild cli- 
mate, 30 miles south of Philadelphia, by railroad ; rich 
soil ; fine crops; twenty-acre tracts, at from $15 to $20 
per acre ; payable within four years. Good business 
openings ; good society. Hundreds are settling and mak- 
ing improvements. Apply to CHAS. K. LANDIS, Post- 
master, Vineland, Cumberland County, N. J. Letters 
answered. Papers containing full information sent free. 
THE CRAIG MICROSCOPE. 
If, as a Holiday Gift, you would combine instruction 
with amusement, the useful with the entertaining, re- 
member the Craig Microscope and Mounted Objects, for 
they are an endless source of amusement and instruc- 
tion. Over 200 dozen Microscopes and 700 dozen Objects 
have been sold within a year by the Boston Agent alone. 
This Microscope, in brass, is mailed, postage paid, for 
$2 25; or with six beautiful mounted objects for $3 ; or 
with 24 objects for $5. In hard rubber, for 50 cents, in 
addition to above prices. A liberal discount to the trade. 
Address, HENRY CRAIG, 335 Broadway, New-York. 
Jirjrertisemtnts. 
Advertisements to be sure of insertion must be re- 
ceived at latest by the 15th of the preceding month. 
TEKMS- (invariably cash before Insertion) : 
FOR THE ENGLISH EDITION ONLY. 
Fifty cents per line of space for each insertion. 
One whole column (145 lines), or more, ?60 per column. 
In both English and German, Fifty-fire cents per line. 
German Edition alone. Ten cents per line of space. 
TO LEARN THE NURSERY BUSINESS.— 
Wanted an industrious, moral young man, to learn how 
to grow trees, vines, flowers, etc. Also to become acquaint- 
ed with the care of forcing houses. Address with reference. 
CHARLES DAVIS, Jr., Phillipsbnrg, N . J. 
ANTED A SITUATION by an American man 
and his Wife, to take charge of a Farm, one that thor- 
oughly understands his business, and can furnish the best 
of Testimonials. A situation near Providence, 11. 1., would 
be preferred. Address H. C. WHEELEPv, 
North Stonington, Conn. 
anted an experienced gardener bavins; a knowl- 
edge of fruit culture. Address H. C. SIGLEK, 
Oceola, Iowa, 
rpHE WONDERFUL CANTERING HORSES. 
* Along the road you cantering go, 
Five or six miles an hour or so ; 
You have only to rise and sit as you ride. 
The horse by his bridle yon easily quide. 
Will be sold at present prices onlv a few days longer. 
STEPHEN W. SMITH, No. 493 Broadway, N. Y. 
Gutta Percha Cement Roofing 
CostB less than half as much as Tin— is Fire Proof— and can 
be readily applied to new and old roofs by any ordinary 
workman. 
Gutta Percha Cement Paint 
Is the cheapest and most durable article for painting metals 
—and repairing LEAKY ROOFS of all kinds— aUo for pre- 
serving outhouses, fences, &C. — is readv prepared for use. 
The JOHNS & CKOSLEY. MANF'G CO., ' 
Sole Manufacturers, 
78 William Street, New-York. 
U, S. 5-20's 
THE SECRETARY OP THE TREASURY 
has not yet given notice of any intention to withdraw this 
popular Loan from Sale at Par, and until after ten days no- 
tice has been given the undersigned as Agents for sale 
of tlie Bonds, will continue to supply the public. 
The whole amount of the Loan authorized is Five Hun- 
dred Millions of Dollars. Over Four Hundred Mil- 
lions have been already subscribed for and 
paid into tb« Treasury, mostly within the last seven 
months, leaving less than a hundred millions now available. 
The large demand from abroad and the rapidly increasing 
home demand for use as the basis for circulation by National 
Banking Associations now organizing in all parts of the 
country, will in a very short period absorb the balance. Sales 
have lately ranged from ten to fifteen millions weekly, fre- 
quently exceeding three millions daily, and as it is well 
known that the Secretary of the Treasury has ample and 
unfailing resources in the Duties on Imports and Inter- 
nal Revenues and in the issue of the Interest bearing Legal 
Tender Treasury Notes; it is almost a certainty that he will 
not find it necessary to seek a market for any other long or 
permanent Loans, of which tJic Interest awl Prin- 
cipal are payable iliGOMJ. 
Prudence and self-interest must force the minds of those 
contemplating the formation of National Banking Associa- 
tions, as well as the minds of all who have idle money on 
their hands, to the prompt conclusion that they should 
lose no time in subscribing to this most popular Loan. 
It will soon be beyond their reach, and advance to a hand- 
some premium, as was the result "with the "Seven-Thirty" 
Loan when it was all sold and could no longer be subscribed 
for at par. 
It is a Six per cent. Loan, the Interest and 
Principal Payable in Coin, thns yielding 
Eight to Nine per cent, per annum at the present 
rate of premium on coin. 
The Government requires all duties on imports to be paid 
in Coin ; these duties have lor a long time past amounted to 
over a 
Quarter of a Million of Hollars daily, 
a sum nearly three hundred times greater than that required 
in the payment of the interest on all the 5-20's and other per- 
manent Loans. So that it is hoped that the surplus of Coin 
in the Treasury, at no distant day, will enable the United 
States to resume specie payments upon all liabilities. 
The Loan is called 5-20 from the fact that whilst the Bonds 
may run for 20 years, yet the Government has the right to 
pay them ofl'in Gold, at par, at any time after 5 years. 
The Interest is paid half-yearly, via.: on the first 
days of November and May. 
Subscribers can have Coupon Bonds which are payable to 
bearer, and are in amounts of $50, $100, $500, $1000 ; or Re- 
gistered Bonds of same denominations, and also in denomi- 
nations of $5,000,and $10,000. For Banking purposes and for 
investments of Trust-monies, where the bonds are to remain 
permanently In the hands of the parties buying them at first, 
the Registered Bonds are preferable. 
These 5-20's cannot be taxed by States, Cities, Towns or 
Counties, and the Government tax on them is only one and 
one-half per cent on the amount of income, when the income 
of the holder exceeds Six Hundred Dollars per annum. All 
other investments, such as income from Mortgages, Rail- 
road Stock and Bonds, etc., must pay from three to five per 
cent tax on the income. 
Ranks and B a niters throughout the country will 
continue to dispose of the bonds ; and all orders sent to us 
direct by mail or otherwise, will be promptly attended to. 
We receive in payment of these Bonds, Drafts on N. Y. City 
Banks, or other funds at par in this city. 
The inconvenience of a few days' delay in the delivery of 
the Bonds is at times unavoidable, the demand being so 
great ; but as interest commences from the day of subscrip- 
tion, no loss is occasioned, and every effort is to be made to 
deliver the Bonds as fast as possible. 
FI§K & H .A. T C H , 
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN 
All Classes of Government Se- 
curities. 
AND 
U.S. 5-2© Loan Agents, 
38 Wall St., New- York. 
E^MJeposits and Banking- Accounts re- 
ceived on favorable terms. 
JSTSTOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, Bought 
and Sold strictly on commission for Cash. 
