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PRESENTATION TO JEFF DAVIS.
DINAH. "Hi! Massa! De
SWAMP ANGEL send his compelmurts wid dis here fine punkin, smokin' hot, and hope
to visit you hisself in Richmond, by 'm by!"
MASON & HAMLIN'S CABINET
ORGANS, one to twelve stops each; price $70 to $600 each. A vast improvement
on everything of the Melodeon or Harmonium kind. See written testimony of more
than one hundred of the most eminent artists and organists of leading cities to
the great excellence of these instruments, and their superiority to all others
of their class for private and public use. Also Melodeons, from $60 to $170
each. Illustrated Catalogues sent free. Warerooms Nos. 5 and 7 Mercer St., New
York. Address MASON BROTHERS.
FISK
& HATCH.
Bankers and Dealers in Government
Securities,
AND
AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES
FIVE-TWENTY LOAN,
No. 38 Wall Street.
Orders received for Five-Twenty
Bonds at Par, interest to commence with date of payment.
U. S. 7.30 Treasury Notes.
"One Year Certificates.
"Six per Cent. Bonds of 1881.
And all other Government
Securities bought, sold, and constantly on hand.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers, and
others received on favorable terms.
Special attention given to the
Collection of Government Vouchers, Quartermasters' Checks, and maturing
Certificates of Indebtedness. FISK & HATCH, 38 Wall Street.
SOLID SILVER, $1.00. ARMY PINS
SOLID GOLD, $3.50. New York.
10 for One Dollar sent free.
Single copies 13 cts. New Carte de Visites of President Lincoln and each of his
Cabinet, Generals Washington, Scott, Halleck, Banks, Grant, Rosecrans, Meade,
Burnside, McClellan, Hooker, Butler, Gilmore, Fremont, Reynolds, and Sickles;
Admirals Dupont, Farragut, Foote, Porter, and other prominent Union Officers.
Catalogues of Books, Photographs, and Albums sent on receipt of a red stamp.
Send your orders to the Original Gift Book Store, 439 Chestnut St., Philad.
Established in 1854, by G. G. EVANS.
To
all Wanting Farms.
Large and thriving settlement of
Vineland. Rich soil, Good crops of Wheat, Corn, Peaches, &c., to be seen—only 30
miles from Philadelphia. Delightful climate—20 acre tracts of from $15 to $20
per acre, payable within 4 years. Good Schools and society. Good crops can be
seen growing. Hundreds are settling. On account of extreme mildness of climate,
it is highly beneficial to pulmonary complaints. Apply to CHAS K. LANDIS, P.M.,
Vineland, Cumberland Co., New Jersey. Report of Sohn Robinson and Vineland Rural
sent free. From Report of Solon Robinson. Ag. Ed. Tribune,
"It is one of the most extensive
fertile tracts in an al-most level position, and suitable condition for pleasant
farming that we know of this side of the Western Prairies."
A Bad Breath—The Greatest Curse
the human family is heir to. How many lovers it has separated—how many friends
forever parted. The subject is so delicate, your nearest friend will not mention
it, and you are ignorant of the fact. To effect a radical cure, use the "BALM OF
THOUSAND FLOWERS" as a dentrifice, night and morning. It also beautifies the
complexion, removing all tan, pimples, and freckles, leaving the skin soft and
white. Price 50 cents. For sale by all druggists.
H. P. FETRIDGE & CO., 31 and 33
Dey Street, N. Y., and for sale by all Druggists.
50,000 Agents Wanted.
For $1, I will send a Solid
Silver Shield, or either Army Corps Pin, with your Name, Reg., and Co.,
handsomely engraved upon it, or a fine Gold Pen and Pencil, or a California
Diamond Ring or Pin; and for 50 cents I will send the New Style Union League
Pin, together with my wholesale Circular to Agents. B. T. HAYWARD, Manufacturing
Jeweler, 208 Broadway, New York.
Fish's Patent Lamp Heating
APPARATUS.
Every Family should have One.
For descriptive Pamphlet and
Price List, address W. D. RUSSELL, Agent, 206 Pearl St., N. Y. Agents wanted.
COMPOSITE
SILVER WATCHES!
AT WHOLESALE ONLY! In heavy
hunting cases, beautifully engraved, white enamel dial, and fancy cut hands, in
good running order, by the half dozen, $66; postage, $1.80 registering, 20 cts.
Sold only by the case. Can be safely sent by mail.
The sale of these watches in the
army is a source of enormous profit, retailing, as they very readily do, at $25
and upward. Many hundred dollars can be made in a single pay-day by any one of
ordinary business tact! TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE. Money by express or mail, in a
registered letter at our risk.
HUBBARD BROS., Importers,
Broadway, cor. Courtlandt Street,
N. Y.
Shult's Onguent, warranted to
produce a full sett of Whiskers in six weeks, or money refunded. Sent post-paid,
for 30 cents. Address C. F. SHULTS, Troy, N. Y.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH FANCY GOODS.
Also, a full assortment of
Jet, Coral, and Steel Goods.
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham,
19 Maiden Lane & 22 John Street,
N. Y.,
15 Rue d'Enghein, Paris,
47 Hampton St., Birmingham, Eng.
$40 a Month and Expenses. For
particulars address (with stamp) HARRIS BROS., Boston, Mass.
$22 WATCHES. $22
Genuine American Lever Watches,
in coin Silver, heavy Hunting Case, warranted, for $22. Retail price $35.
Genuine Full Jeweled American
Lever Watches, in 4 ounce Coin Silver Hunting Case, gold joints, for $35. Also
every variety of good watches, at equally low rates. All orders from the army
must be pre-paid, as the express companies will not take Bills for Collection on
soldiers. J. L. FERGUSON, Importer of
Watches. 208 Broadway, New York.
Photograph Albums!
SUPERB STYLES, in ARABESQUE and
GOLD, at ANY rater from $1.00 to $25.00 each. Very Elegant Albums, French Style,
for 50 pictures, sent for $5.00. Catalogue and Price List sent on
receipt of Five Cents. I. W. LUCAS & CO., 173 Broadway,
N. Y.
DR. GOODALE'S
Catarrh Remedy.
Exterminates Catarrh, Root and
Branch, forever. Price $1. Send stamp for pamphlet. Depot 612 Broadway.
WATCHES FREE.
Agents in Towns, and Soldiers in
camp or discharged, are making easily $15 per day selling our GREAT NEW and
WONDERFUL UNION PRIZE AND STATIONERY, PACKAGES, NOVEL AND UNEQUALED, and unlike
all the old styles; containing all New Articles, and of fine quality. Writing
Materials, Games, Useful and Fancy Articles, Likenesses of Heroes, Camp
Companions (for the Army), rich gifts of Jewelry, &c., &c., altogether worth
over $1, for ONLY 25c. They are just the thing for a present to your friend in
the Army. No family should be without one. Profits immense, sales quick.
Soldiers in camp can act as Agents, and make money fast. A SPLENDID WATCH,
warranted as a perfect time-keeper, presented free to all Agents. Packages in
endless variety and at all prices. Agents wanted all through the country. Send
for NEW Circulars for 1863, containing EXTRA inducements. See "15 per day Easy"
on inside page. S. C. RICKARDS & CO., 102 Nassau
Street, New York, largest and oldest Prize Package House in the World.
STERLING SILVER HUNTING CASE
WATCHES presented to all who sell our Great New Double-size Prize Packages.
Profits 200 per cent. Sells rapid. Agents wanted everywhere. Send for Circulars.
W. H. CATELY & CO., 38 Ann Street, N. Y.
Soldiers, send 10 cts. for Wm.
Potter's wonderful discovery, worth $1.50. Address Box 1943, Philadelphia, Pa.
FINE DRESS
SHIRTS
TO ORDER.
UNRIVALED
In Manufacture,
Fitting, and Material.
At UNION ADAMS,
No. 637 Broadway,
Remington's
Approved by the Government.
Warranted superior to any other Pistol of the kind. Address E. REMINGTON & SONS, Ilion, N. Y.
AND CUFFS,
ENAMELED
LILY WHITE,
Having the appearance and comfort
of linen, have been worn in England for the last two years in preference to any
other collar, as they are readily cleaned in one minute with a sponge. To Military Men and Travelers
they are invaluable. Price $1 each, sent by Post to any part of the Union on
receipt of $1.15. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENTS WANTED in every Town in
the Union. S. W. H. WARD, Sole Agent for U.
S., 387 B'way, N. Y. ALSO FRENCH FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS, the largest assortment in New
York, $2.75, $3, $3.75 each; all cut one yard long. A single Shirt sent by mail on
receipt of the cost. The cost of postage must be enclosed—63 cents for each
Shirt. Send the size of your neck. ALSO ENGLISH MERINO UNDERSHIRTS AND
DRAWERS,
$2, $2.25, and $2.50. A LARGE STOCK OF SCOTCH LAMB'S WOOL UNDERSHIRTS
AND
DRAWERS. ALSO FINE WHITE SHIRTS to order, $2, $2.50, and $3.
Send for Price List at d Rules
for Measurement, to WARD, FROM LONDON, No. 387 Broadway, N. Y.
$7. WATCHES. $7.
A Beautiful Engraved Gold-Plated
Watch, Lever Cap, small size, English Movements, perfect time-keeper. Sent free
by mail, in neat case, for only $7. A Solid Silver, same as above, $7. Specially
adapted to the ARMY. CHAS. P. NORTON & CO., 38 & 40 Ann Street, N. Y.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, of Aug. 22, says: "Messrs. NORTON & CO. have combined two very
desirable things in a watch — cheapness and reliability. When it is known that
for $7 a person can have an excellent timekeeper, there will be greater
punctuality in all the affairs of life."
RETURNED TO THE CITY.
DR. B. C. PERRY, the
Dermatologist, having filled his Boston engagement, can be consulted at his
office, 49 Bond Street, New York, for all diseases of the hair and Scalp,
Premature Blanching, Moth, and Freckles, and all Cutaneous Diseases. For full
particulars, send stamp for a Circular.
American Enameled.
STEEL COLLAR CO.,
C. H. WELLING, 94 Pine Street,
New York.
Get the Best—Get the Best.
Calorific colors hair beautiful
brown or black, withont wash or preparation. Warranted best and cheapest. Try
it; you will use no other. Sold by Druggists. General Depot, 62 John Street, New
York.
Barnum's American Museum.
THE GREAT SPECTRAL ILLUSION.
THE GHOST,
EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING,
introduced in an appropriate and thrilling drama.
The
Sioux and Winnebago Indian
Chiefs, Warriors, and Squaws. The Monster Python, Living Sea Serpent, Colored
Tropical Fish, &c., &c., at all hours; and yet the price of admission is only 25 cts. Children under 10, 15 cts.
DICTIONARIES IN ENGLAND.—There
are at the room of the agent for Webster's Dictionaries, at Mason & Hamlin's,
274 Washington Street, Boston, specimen copies of six different editions of
Webster's Dictionary, published in England, and also specimens of "Noah
Webster's British and American Spelling Book," and "The Illustrated Webster
Reader," also from the English press. No person can examine these volumes
without realizing how very great a popularity the name of Noah Webster has
attained in Great Britain.—Boston Journal, July 23, 1863.
STEINWAY & SONS, Nos. 82 and 84
Walker Street, N. Y., were awarded a first prize medal at the late Great
International Exhibition, London. There were two hundred and sixty-nine pianos
from all parts of the world entered for competition.
The special correspondent of the
New York Times says:
"Messrs. Steinways' endorsement
by the Jurors is emphatic, and stronger and more to the point than that of any
European maker."
S—T—1860—X.
Drake's Plantation Bitters
They purify, strengthen, and
invigorate. They create a healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to change of
water and diet. They overcome effects of
dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and
enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and
intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and
acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and
Constipation. They cure Diarrhea, Cholera. and
Cholera Morbus. They cure Liver Complaint and
Nervous Headache. They are the best Bitters in the
world. They make the weak man strong, and are exhausted nature's great restorer.
They arc made of pure St. Crux Rum, the celebrated Calisaya Bark, roots and
herbs; and are taken with the pleasure of a beverage, without regard to age or
time of day. Particularly recommended to delicate persons requiring a gentle
stimulant. Sold by all Grocers, Druggists, Hotels, and Saloons. P. H. DRAKE A CO., 202 Broadway, New York.
Gold Pens and Cases,
Retailed at Wholesale Prices.
Ladies' Pens $.75 Engrossing Pens
$2.00 Med. " 75 Union " 2.50 Large " 1.25 Mammoth " 3.00
Commercial Pens 1.50 Commercial
Eureka 2.25 Large Eureka " 1.50 Mammoth
Eureka 3.50
The above Pens are 14 carats
fine, and warranted perfect in every respect for 1 year. A written guarantee
accompanies each Pen. These Pens are well known in the mercantile community for
the last (10) Ten years, and the subscriber believes, from the number of
unsolicited testimonials given him, that they are the best Pen now in use, or he
would not be able to give them the guarantee he does. Send for a circular,
before purchasing elsewhere, giving the exact sizes and prices of the various
styles of Pens and Cases. Pens made to order to suit any hand or style of
writing. Beware of the imitation Johnson Pens, and by purchasing at the
manufactory secure the genuine article. Pens repointed on the receipt of
36 Cts. E. S. JOHNSON, Manufactory and Office, 15 Maiden
Lane, New York City.
All kinds Sewing Machine Needles
at J. W. BARTLETT'S, The only GENERAL NEEDLE Depot,
442 Broadway, N. Y.
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