Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-07
U. s. .l(-4o BONDS.

THESE Bonds ap issued under the Act of Congress of March 9th, 1864, which provides that all Bonds issied under this Act shall be EXEMPT FROM TAXATION by or under any state or muDicipa. autherity. Subscriptions to these Bonds are received in United States Notes or Notes of National Banks. They are TO BE REDEEMED IN COIN, at the pleas ure of the Government, at any period not Jess thar fen nor more t" jo'ty yeurs from their date, INTEREST WILL BE PAID IN COIN, on Bonds of not over one hundred dDllars annually, and on all other Bonds semi-alnually The inter- est is payable on the frstdsys of March and September in each year.
 Subscribers will receive ither Registered or Coupon Bonds, as they nay prefer. Regis tered Bonds are recorded on the Pooks of the U. s. Treasurer, and can je transferred only on the owners order. Colpon Bonds are pay able 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 1st, by paying the accrued interest in coin--(or in United States notes, or tho notes of National Banks, adding fifty per cent. for premium, J or receive them drawing interest from the date of subscription and deposit: As these Bonds arc
 EXEMPT FROM MUNICIPAL OR STATE
 TAXATION.
 their value is increased rom one to three per cent. per annum, according to the rate of tax levies in various parts oi the country.
 At,the present rate of premium on gold. they pay :, ...;, k;
 OVER EIGHT PER. CENT INTEREST in currency, and are of equal convenience as a permanent Or temporary investment.
 It is believed that no securities offer So great fc fr ! in. tions of U. $. Bonds. In all forms of indebt cd aess, tie faith or ability. of private parties or stock companies or separate cqmEnpnities only is pledged for payment, while for the debts of the United States, the whole proper ty of the country is holden to secure the pay ment of both principal and ir terest in coin. :
 These Bonds may be subscribed for Tn sums from $50 up to any magnitude, on the same terms, and are thus made equally available to the smallest lender and tue largest capitalist. They can be converted into money at any mo; meht, and the holder will have the benefit o1 the interest.
 It may be useful to state in this connection that the total Funded Debt of the United States on which interest is payable in gold. on the Sd day of March, 1864, was s768. .965 900: The interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year will be $45. .937 ,l26, while the customs reve nue in gold for the current fiscal year, ending June a0th, 1864, has been so far at the rate o over $10O .00O, coo per annum.
 It will be seen that even the present. gold revenues of the Government are iAigelS in ex cess of the wants of the TreasdrS for the p&y. ment of gold interest, while the recent in crease of tho tariff, will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the same amount of importations, to sl50, 0,000, 900 pel annum.
 Instructions to the National Banks actine as loan agents we're hot issded from the United States Treasury until March 26, but in thu first three weeks of April .ho subscription. averaged more than TEN MILLIONS WEEK.
 Subscriptions will be received by tho First National Bank of Providence, R. I. 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. l First National Bank of New York City, AND BY ALL NATIONAL BANKS
 which are Repositories of public money, and al RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS throughout the county, (acting as agents c the National Depository Banks will furnis further information on application and ArroR EVERY FACILITY TO suBscRLBERs. SmS