Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-19
U. s. lO-4O BONDS,

THESE Bonds are issued under the Act of ZCougress of March 9th, 1864, which provides tthat all Bonds issued under this Act shall be EXEMPT FROM TAXATION by or adder any Zstate or municipal authority. Subscriptions Ito these Bonds ale received in United States Notes or Notes of National Banks. They are ITO BE REDEEMED IN COIN, at the pleas Iure of the Government, at any period not hss lhan ten nor more than to1ty years from their date and until their redemption. FIVE PER CENT INTEREST WILL BE PAID IN COIN, on Bonds lof not over one hundred dollars annually, and Ion all other Bonds semi-annually The inter. lest is payable on the first days of March and September in each year.
 Subscribers will receive either Registered or fCoupon Bonds, as they may prefer. Regis stered Bonds are recorded on the Books of the 3U. s. Treasurer, and can be transferred only lon the owners order. Coupon Bonds are pay table to bearer, and are more convenient for commercial useS
 Subscribers to this loan will have the op- (tion of having their Bonds draw interest from March lst. by paying the accrued interest in Fcoin,-(or in United States notes, or the notes lof National Banks, adding fifty per cent for premium or receive them drawing interest Efro1n the date of subscription and deposit As these Bonds are
 EXEMPT FROM MUNICIPAL OR STATE TAXATION. stheir value is increased from one to three Der Icent, per annum, according to the rate of tax lleyies in various parts of the country. At the present rate of premium on gold. |they pay
 OVER EIGHT PER CENT INTEREST lin currency, and are of equal convenience as a permanent or temporary investment. It is believed that no securities offer so great Inducements to lenders as the various descrip- |tions of U. s. Bonds. In all forms of indebt |ed aess, the faith or ability of private parties Tor stock companies or separate communities Ionly is pledged for payment, while for the |debts of the United States, the whole proper lty Of the country is holden to secure the pay |ment of both principal and ir terest in coin. These Bonds may be subscribed for :n sums from $50 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 mo- :ment, and ths 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 States lon which interest is payable in gold, on the |3d day of March, 1864, was S768 965, ,000. The interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year twill be S45, ,937 ,l26, while the customs reve-
  June a0th, 1864, has been so far at the rate of lover S100 O00,0 900 per annum. It will be seen that even the present gold revenues of the Government are largely in ex- 'cess of the wants of the Treasury for the pay ment of gold interest, while the recent in crease of the tariff, will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the same amount of importatons, to $l50, 1000, 900 per annum.
 Instructions to the National Banks acting as loan agents were not issued from the United States Treasury until March 26, but in the first three weeks of April tho subscriptions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A WEEK.
 Subscriptions will be received by the
 First National Bank of Providence, R. l.
 First National Bank of Bridgeport. Conn.
 First National Bank of Hartford, Conn.
 First National Bank of New Haven, Conn.
 First National Bank of Norwich, Conn.
 First National Bank of Stamford, Conn.
 First National Bank of New York City,
 AND BY ALL NATIONAL BANKS which are Repositories of public money, and all
 RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS throughout the county, (acting as agents of the National Depository Banks,) will furnish further information on application and AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS. 3nS