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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Business Notices, One Dolhu per Line of SpaM. 
U.S. 10-40 BONDS. 
These Bonds aro Issued undei Ihe A,i ol Congress 
of Huron mil 1884, which providos that nil Bonds Issued 
u „doi thlsAoishall be BXBMPTFROM TAXATION 
undei any Slate or municipal authority. Sub- 
scriptions to Ihese Bonds ore received in United States 
notes oi miles of National U;mks. They are TO BE RE- 
DEEMED IK COIN, at the pleasure of the Government, 
R lan) period ""' lew ""<" <>"■ "" r """'' "'""/'"""' 
wars from their dale, and until their redemption FIVE 
PER CENT. INTEBEST WILL BE PAID IN 
COIN, on Bonds o( not over one hundred dollars an- 
nually, and on all other Bonds seml-annuaUy. The 
Interosl is payable on the fust days of March and 
September In each year. 
Subscribers will receive either Registered or Cou- 
pon Bonds, as they may prefer. Registered Bonds iire 
recorded on tlic books of the U. S. Treasurer, and can be 
transferred only on Ihe owner's order. Coupon Bonds 
are payable to hearer, ami are more convenient for com- 
mercial uses. 
Subscribers to tills loan will have the option of hav- 
ing their Bonds draw interest from March 1st, by pay- 
ing the accrued interest in coin— (or in United .'states 
notes, or the notes of National Banks, adding fifty per 
cent, for premium,) or receive them drawing interest 
from the date of subscription and deposit. As theso 
Bonds arc 
Exempt from Municipal or State Taxation, 
their value is increased from one to three per cent, per 
annum, according to the rate of tax levies in various 
parts of the country. 
At the 'present rate of premium on gold they pay 
Over Eight Per Cent. Interest, 
in currency, and are of equal convenience as a perma- 
nent or temporary investment. 
II is believed lliat nn securities offer so great in- 
ducements to lenders as the various descriptions of V. 
S. Bonds. Ill all other forms of indebtedness, the faith 
or ability of private parties or stock companies or sep- 
arate communities only is pledged for payment, while 
foi the debts of the United States the whole property 
of the country is holden to secure the payment of 
both principal and interest in coin. 
These Bonds may be subscribed for in sums from 
$60 up to any magnitude, on the same terms, and are 
thus made equally available to the smallest lender and 
the largest capitalist. They can be converted into 
money at any moment, and the holder will have the 
benefit of the interest. 
It may be useful to state in this connection that the 
total Funded Debt of the United Slates on which interest 
Is payable in gold, on the 3d day of March, 1864, was 
1768,965,000. The interest on this debt for the coming 
fiscal year will be $-15,037,156, while the customs revenue 
in gold for the current fiscal year, ending June 30th, 1864 
has been so far at the rale of over $100,000,000 per annum. 
II will be seen that even the present gold revenues of 
the Government are largely in excess of the wants of the 
Treasury for the payment of gold interest, while the 
recent increase of the tariff will doubtless raise the an- 
nual receipts from customs on the same amount of im- 
portation to $150,000,000 per annum. 
Instructions to the National Banks acting as loan 
agents were not issued until March 26, but the amount 
of Bonds reported sold at the United States Treasury up 
to .May seventh was 
$44,606,100. 
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i ^ = Svf=^f^=Vr^-? Tr ~\, = ^.f^-f = ^W == fe:f 
'^. Comparison wUh lami Urns luvt t/eur. 
iiKOBiii-s. Flour, meat. Corn. iiw- Barky. Oatt. 
.'., ihi\ I ISIil 
'Jli days 1B03 
ot.ooo smooo mooo 31.000 ni.ooo 376.000 
317,000 510,000 Mtl.OOO 15,000 51,000 410,000 
LOCfCS1H€M 
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G25 Broadway, New-York. 
" There i3 no better family machine than this made, as we 
have proved by live years' use In our own family." 
American Agriculturist. 
$250. SEVEN OCTAVE $25 . 
ROSEWOOD PIANO-FORTES. 
GROVESTEEN & CO., 4»0 Broadway, N. Y. 
New, enlarged Scale Piano -Fortes, with latest Improvements. 
Thirty years' experience, with greatly increased facilities 
for manufacturing, enable us to sell for CASH at the above 
unusually low price. Our instruments received the highest 
award at the World's Fair, and for five successive years at 
the American Institute. "Warranted five years. Terms net 
< ;i sli . Call or send for descriptive circular. 
We would invite the Public'to examine J. P. HALE'S 
NEW $300 PIANO FORTES at No. 478 Broad- 
way, New-York. It is seldom you find such decided and 
substantial improvements. He has overcome ail the 
former difficulties, which will save the country trade a 
vast amount of trouble and expense for repairs, which 
has always been a heavy tax on the public. 
The Kerosene Lamp Heater Co., 
Manufacturers of 
FISH'S COOKING LAMP, 
with which 
Water is boiled and two articles of food cooked at one 
time, with one coal oil burner, or a GAS jet, and the 
cost is not one cent to cook a meal. 
Also 
FISH'S NURSING LAMP, 
indispensable in nursery and sick room. 
Illustrated Pamphlet furnished gratis 
Address WM. ». RUSSELL, Pres't. 
206 Pearl-st., New-York. 
HOUSEKEEPERS 
Remember when going to your grocer for supplies, 
that your interest will be better served by asking for 
Pyle's Saleratus, Cream Tartar, O. K. Soap and Blueing 
Powder. JAMES PYLE, Manufacturer, 
350 Washington-st., New- York. 
Commercial Notes. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, made 
up to May 14th, show the transactions the past month. 
1. transactions at the nbwyobk markets. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
g5dayStA<9m*ttl 28L0O0 219.000 mOOO 31,100 174.000 376.000 
27 days last m'lh 209.000 156,000 285,000 7,500 126.000 353,000 
Sales. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Rye. Barley. 
25 days tAi« month, 373.000 514.000 938.000 9.200 141,000 
27 days la-si month, S70.000 784,000 886,000 46,500 410,000 
Balm, Flour. Wheat, Corn. /.v. Barley- 
25 day* 1804, . . . 878,000 5] 1,000 B 1 1.0> 0,200 1 11,000 
80 UjJb 1808. . . . :il»,"KH) v-.;.MtH! i.k^k.doo 102,000 91,000 
3. Exports (rum NeW'York Jan. 1. to [fay IS. 
flour, Wheat, Corn, Rye, Oata 
W>K bU9, l"i bUS, but* 
is.il r00,WI 1,282,6111 107.107 I0S 11.914 
[808 B80.193 l.P'V.T'i ■'. .'., u ' i*ir,.«r;« 110.7.-.9 
1 02 088,022 2,686,2 1 1,788,1 :<i 604,678 17308 
Business in breadstuff's, as well as in other kinds of 
domestic produce, and general merchandise, lias been on 
a limited scale during the past month The receipts 
of flour and grain from the Interior were quite limited up 
in (In- commencement of the current week, when the first 
considerable supplies by canal and rlvci came to hand. 
The fluctuations In the premium on Gobi were rtolenl 
from 89 per cent, the highest figures yet reached, down 
to 05 per cent— and the general tendency of the market 
foi gold, and sterling exchange was toward a lower 
range. The news received this -week of the succei ol 
our armies In Virginia ami Georgia lu- mni in denros 
the market, though the Wall-St. SI eculalors have Btrug 
gled earnestly to keep up Ihe inflation of prices. AH tin ie 
circumstances have unfavorably affected the markets for 
produce. Sales of breadslufls have been very moderate, 
for shipment and home use ; flour and wheat have de- 
clined materially, closing heavily. Rye and corn have 
been unusually scarce, and the few lots sold from day to 
day, brought higher prices. Oats have been more abund- 
ant and cheaper, with rather h^Per sales reported.— 
Government agents have been^^e principal buyer*'. 
Barley has been lightly dealt in,-*Mfloslng with a down- 
ward tendency The main business in the provision 
line has been in hog products, as also In butter and 
cheese, chiefly on speculation, at extremely variable 
prices, the market closing generally In favor of pur- 
chasers Cotton has been more active and has ad- 
vanced rapidly, especially within the past week Seed, 
hemp, feathers, and tobacco have been quiet at some- 
what irregular prices. 
The Wool Trade.— A very heavy business was 
transacted in wool, both domestic and foreign, early in 
the month, at much higher rates, in view of the diminish- 
ed supplies available, and the great increase in the duty 
on imported wools. The demand was, to a consldi rable 
ex ten I, for manufacturing purposes, but mainly fiom 
speculative buyers. The activity of the national armies 
during the past fortnight, and the anticipation of an early 
and decisive victory have had the effect of checking ope- 
rations, and, within the past week, the reported sales 
have been quite limited. Holders, however, are very 
firm, and not eager to dispose of their supplies, unless at 
extreme prices. It is generally thought that under the 
revised tariff, the imports of foreign wool will be light, 
and that manufacturers will have to depend mainly on 
the domestic product ; see Current Price Table. 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
April 15. May li. 
Flour— Super to Extra State $7 30 © 8 25 $6 60 © 7 40 
Super, to Extra Southern ... 8 00 ©11 50 7 30 <s,io 50 
Extra "Western 8 15 ®u 50 7 00 © 10 50 
Extra Genesee., 8 30 ©10 25 7 50 © 9 00 
Superfine Western 7 30 ©7 50 6 65 @ 6 95 
Kte Floui: 5 55 © 6 35 5 25 @ 6 75 
Corn Meal 5 75 @ 6 35 6 25 ©6 65 
V> HEAT— All kinds of White . 190 ©206 170 ©187 
All kinds of lied 1 72 © 1 90 152 170 
Corn— Yellow 134©135 141 ©1 12 
Mixed 133 © ©142 
Oats— Western 89 © 90 87K© 8SW 
State.. 89 © 90 87 © 88K 
Rye ISO ©131 148 ©150* 
Barley 125 ©150 1 35 © 1 50 
Cotton— Middlings, per lb.... 78 © 79 85 © 80 
Hops, crop of/lS63. per lb 20 © 32 18 © 30 
Feathers, Live Geese, p. lb.. 65 @ 67 70 © 72 
Seed— Clover, per lb 12 © 11 © ] Hi 
Timothy, per bushel 2 75 © 3 12X 2 50 © 3 00" 
Flax, per bushel 8 45 ©355" 345 ©355 
Sugar— Brown, per lb 13J<@ 17K 14Jtf@ 19 
MoLASSES.New-Orleans, p.gl,. 85 ©100 90©100 
Coffee. Rio, per lb 42 © 42 43 © 46 
Tobacco— Kentucky, &c,p. lb.. 1V/.(3i 32^ 12#® 30 
Seed Leaf, per lb 18 © 65 18 *@ 65 
Wool— Domestic fleece, p. lb.. 68 © 83 70 © 85 
Domestic, pulled, per lb 58 © 78 62)i@ 80 
Wool, California, unwashed.. 20 © 50 20 "@ 50 
Tallow, per lb IS © 1S# 13K© 13 Jf 
Oil Cake, per tun 47 50 ©57 50 50 00 ©60 00 
Pork— Mess, per bbl 25 75 ©25 S7M 28 12^@28 25 
Prime, per bbl 20 50 ©23 50 24 00 *@ 24 50 
Beef— Plain mess . 14 00 ©17 00 15 00 ©18 00 
Lard, in bbls., per lb 18K@ 14?g 13 @ 14tf 
Butter— Western, per lb 25 © 35 24 © 32 
State, perlb 35 @ 46 23 © 34 
Cheese 15 © 18 II @ 18 
Beans— per bushel 2 60 ©3 00 2 65 ©2 95 
Peas, Canada, per Bushel .. 1 15 © 1 20 © 1 18 
Broom Corn— ner ft 8 © 10 9 @ 12 
Egos— Fresh, per dozen 24 © 25 20 © 21 
Poultry— Fowls, per lb 20 © SI 15 © 17 
Turkeys, per 11).... 22 © 24 16 © 19 
PieBOWB— Wild, per doz 200 ©2 25 I 75 © 200 
Potatoes— Mercers, p. bbl.... :* 00 © 3 50 3 50 © 3 75 
Peach Blow, per bbl 300 ©S25 350 ©400 
Prince Albert -75 ©3 00 3 00 ©3 25 
New Bermuda, per barrel ©10 00 
TURNIPS— Kuta baca, per bbl 1 50 © 2 00 1 75 © 2 00 
Onions, Red & Yellow p. bbl. 7 50 ©800 750© 
Dried Apples, perlb. 7 1 -;© 11 9^@ 11 
Dried Peaches, per lb 25 © 29 26 © 28 
Dried Raspberries, per lb.. 24 © 25 26 © 28 
<Lpples. Western, per bbl .400© 4 50 400@450 
Apples, Burets, Golden p bbl 3 00 @ 3 50 3 75 © 4 75 
Cb£nberbies, per bbl 12 00 ©18 00 8 00 ©14 00 
