Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-02
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VOLUME 27

Express, and will send back the Bonds
free Of cost!
eth. The bonds pay six per cent in
terest is gold, three per cents every six
months, on the first day of May and Nov.
at the mint in Philadelphia, or at any sub
treasury in New York or elsewhere. If
you have Coupon Bonds, all you have 10
is to cut the proper coupon off each six
months, and, collect il yourself or give it
to bank for collection. Ifyou have Reg.
istercd bonds, you can give your bank
power Of attorney To collect the interest
for you.
9th. The duties on imports of all ar
ticles from abroad must be paid in gold,
and this is the way Secretary Chase gets
his gold. 1t is now being paid into the
Treasury at the rate oftwo hundred thou.
sand dollars each day, which is twice as
much as he needs to pay the interest ia
gold
7th. Congress has provided that the
bonds shall be paid In gold when duo.
9th. You can have either Coupon
Bonds payable to the berrer, or registered
bonds payable to your order.
OH. ue loTmcr are III ~ 5, lUU ~
500 and l0J0's,-.he latter in same
amounts, also, 5,000's and 10000.
10th. No, yon will not have to pay
any taxer on these bonds i, your income
from them does not excend S6OO and on
al above 5000 you will have to pay one
hall as much income tax as if your money
was invested tn Mortgages or other secu-
titles. consider the Government bonds
as first Of all all otqer Bonds are taxed
one-quarter per cent; to pay the interest
on the Government Bonds, and the Sup.
RENE Court of the United States has Just
decided that no State, or City, or County
can tax Government Bonds.
llth. The present bounded debt Of
the United States is less than $500, goo, 900
including the seven and three tenths
Treasury notes, but the Government owes
enough more in the shape of legal lenders
deposits in the sub treasures, Certificates
Of Indebtedness, &c to increase the debt
to eight or nine hundred millions. Sec
retary Chase has calculated that the debt
may reach one thousand, seven hundred
millions, if the repetition will not last six
months longer. is, however, believed
now that it will not last six months long.
err; but even if it does, our National debt
will be small compared with that Of Great
B,ittain or France, whilst our resources
are vastly greater.
18th, l have no doubt that revenue
will not only be ample to pay the ordinary
expenses of the Government and all in
terest on the debt, but leave at least one
hundred mil ions annually toward paying
off the debt, and that the Government will
be able to get out OF debt as 1t was twice
beforc-in few years after the close of
the war.
, hope all who have idle money will at
once purchare the e Five-Twenty Year
, Bonds. The rsghi to demand them for
legal Tenders will end on the first day Of
July, 1868, as per the following author
izbd notice;
SPECIAL NOTICE.
On and alter July lst 1868, the privi-
lege of converting the present issue of Le-
gal Tender Notes into the national six per
c mt loan, Commonly called Give Twen.
tie') will cease
All who wish to invest in the Five
Twenty loan must, therefore apply before
the lst, of July next.
Jay Cooke, subscription agent,
No LA s. Third Street, Phila.
Those who neglect these six per cent
bonds the Interest and Principal of which
they will get in gold, may have occasion
to regret it. am, very truly, your friend
Jay Cooke,
0 Subscription Agent,
! AT Office of Jay Cooke & Co.,
No. ia S. Third St., Philadelphia.
The Banks and Bankers Of your and
! i, adjoining counties will keep supply o
these bonds on hand, if you prefer to GO
there and get them.