Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-05-07
Vt 8, TO-4O Bonds.

These bonds are issued under the Actor C"ng'e'S"'
March 9Th lsi4 which provides that all Ronh ssu'n
under ,hi. Ae, .hall be EXEMrT FROM TAXATION
he or under any state or municipal authority. Sub
scrip,ions to these Gonds are received in unitd
States notes of National Banks. They are 10 BE RE
DEEMED IN CoIN, at the pleasure ofthe Government
at any period r than ten more than forty yt"rs
from th.ir date aud until their redemption FIVE PER
CENT. INTEREST WILL DC PAID IN COIN, on
Bond. ofnot over one hundred dollars annually md
on all other Bonds scmi.annuay The interests pay
able ou the first days Of March and September in each
year.
Subscribers will receive either Registered or Coupon
Bonds as they may prefer. Registered Bonds are re-
corded on the books of u s. Treasurer and c1n be
transferred only on the owners order. Coupon Bonds
are payable to bca er, and more eouv nient for
commercial uses.
Subscribers to this loan will have the option ofhavin ns
their onds draw interest from arch ist by paying
the accrued interest colt (or in United States notes,
or the notes Of National Bank, adding fifty per cent
for premium) or receive them drawing interest from
the date ofsubscrpnon aud deposit. As these BonJs
Exempt from Municipal or State Taxation,
their value Is increased n ON one to three per per
annu according to the rate Of tax evics in various
plrts of the country.
Atthe present rate of premium on gold they pay
One Eigh, Per Cent Interest
in cy aud are ofequal convenience pernan
ent or ten porary investment
Itis believed that securities offer great induce.
ments to lenders as the various descriptions Of u. s.
Bonds. In all other forms ofindebedness' the faith or
abb iiy of private parties stock companies or sePa'
rate communities only is pledged for paymec, while
for the debts oftha United states the whole property Of
the country is holden to secure the payment Of both
prncip al and interest in coin.
These Bonds may he subscribed for in sums from
SO up to any magnitude the same terms, aud 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 ofth. interest
1t may he usefai state in this connection that The
total Funded Deb, ofthe United States which inter
payable in gold on the I'd day Of March, 1854 was
s;6s gG5 900 The intereton this debt for the coming
f,cal year will be si5g37 1896 while the revcn
ne in gold for fiscal year, ending June Both
lsGl has he so the Of 800 OosOOO per
nnnum.
1t will be seen that the present gold revenues
the Government are largely in Of the wants of th
Trcasurey for the yaymcnt Of gold interest, while ht
recent increase of the tariff will doubtless raise III,
annual receipts from customs on the same amount o
importations, to 5J,OO0OOO per annun,
Instructions to the National Banks acting as loan
agent. were ct issued from The United STATE Treasul
until March 2i bat III, FIRST three weeks Of April the
subscriptions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS a
WEEK.
! SUBSCRIPTIONS will bI received by all
NATIONAL BANKS
which are be o.itares Of Plbic monoy, and all
RESPECTABLE BANKS AND
BANKERS
throughout the country (actns agents Of III" Nat
mol Depositaty Banss) Will fI,nish farther Inf'fnr
ton application aud