Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-11
U. S. 7-3O LOAN.

The Secretary of the TreashrS giSss Sotics that subscriptions will be received for CohbOhh N treasury Notes. payable three years trom Aug. 10. lS6A with semi. annual interest at ths ratS of seven and Three tenths per cent. .per annum, principal and ihtsfstt ESth paid in l.vnH money.
 These notes will be convertible at the op,;oh of the holder at maturity. into six Der cent, gold bearing bonds, payable not less than five nor more than twenty years from their date. .ss the government may elect. They Will t. ii,mu. ed ill denominations of $50, slOO, $500, $loo6 and $5OOO and all subsoriptioSs must be for fifty dollars or some multiple of ffty dollars.
 The notes will be transmitted to the owners fres of transportation charges as soon after the receipt of the original Certificates of Dspo:. '''e as they can be prepared.
 AS the notes draw interest from August IS. pet'0ns making deposits subsequent to that ua'e must pay the interest accrued from date or note to date of deposit,
 Parties depositinG twenty five thousand do,. lars and upwards for these notes A, .nS ooss time Will be allowed q oomtaissioSi, ., onnss quarter of one per ssht., swEiat slli b. SS,ia hy the Treasury Department upon the sees;n, .f . bill Tor the amount, certified to by tbs osN.ovv with whom the deposit was made. No dodr.. tions for commissions must be made from ,h. deposits.
 SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
 OF THIS LOAN. | IT IS NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK, offerihE 4 h,gner rate of interest than any other; and the dest security. Any savings bank tbieB pays 's deposit ors in U. S Notes, considerA that 1t is paying in the best circulatinv med;- dium of the country, and it cqnnot nav In any thing better, for its own assets are e; ther in government securities, or in note, or bonds payable in government paper.
 It IS equally convenient as a temporary or permanent investment The notes con o,,.o., be sold for within a fraction of tbc;r i'm. n1 accumulated interest, and are the best secur;: ty with banks as collaterals for discounts. Conseft'bhe into per cent. 5-2O Gol1 Bon1
 In addition to the very liberal interest on tue notes for three years, this privilege of con4 version is now worth about three per cent per annum, for the current rate for 800 Bonds IS not less than 9 per cent premium. and before the war the premium on Six per cent, C. B. stocks was over twenty per cent. It will De seen hat the actual profit on this luan a. tie present market rate, is no. less than ten Der cent per nnnur:
 Is ETempfion from iState or Muu;cipol Tara.
 But aside from all the advantages we have enumerated, special act of Congress ersmpts aH bonds aud Treasury notes from local tara t'on. On the average, this exemption is worth about two per cent. per annum, according ts the rates of taxation in rarions parts of the cotiHlFy.
 It is believed that no securities offer So great Inducements to lenders as those issued By the government. In all other forms of in. dcbtedness, the faith or ability of private par. ties, or stock companies, or separate commnn = hitie;s, oily is ptsdsed fol payment, while the whole property of the countr is held to secure ! 'ne Cn''iBe oI hli tnc OOIS1tlOnS ct the Uni ted States.
 While the government offers; the most libsral terms for its loans, it believes that the very strongest appeal will bc to the loyalty sirii' d patriotism of the people
 Duplicate certificates viii De issued fst aii deposits. The party dcpositing must endorse upon the original certificate the denomination of notes required, and whether they ars to he lssred in blank or payable to order When go endorsed it must be left with the officer reeiv- ing the deposit, to be forwarded to the Treas ury department.
 StBscRifTToNs WILL BE REoRIvED by the Treasurer of the United States at washin zt on; tho several Assistant Trcasurers and deeigna ted bepositaries, and by tho
 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HARTORt; and by All National Banks which are depos,t !! aries of public money, and
 Alb RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANK:
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 thrutghout the country will give further in- inf6ttlation and
 AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBsCRI.
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