Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-14
U. s. l0:40 BOMBS.

l THESE Bonds are issued under the Act oi Congress Of March 9th, 1864, which providcs that all Buu,is; issued under this Act Shall be EXEMPT FROM TAXATION by or u;nlrr any state or m anictpal authority. Subscriptions 1 to these Bonds axe received in United States Notes or Notes of Nati nal Bauhs They ar. i'iG IU iE ihE. REDEEM ED IN CON-, at the pleas nre of the Govefn ii ss. s. any period " ls ttnn len Mnn 1o.ty ytars from then ..i,l nttil their reeur ptioIi.: FIVE PER CENT INTEREST WILL. BE PAiD'lE COIN, o,, Bonds Qf not over one hundred doilers annually, arr. oli all other Bonds scmiann1ally. The inter est is payable onit.ie first d;;ys of March and September in each year. Subscribers will receive either Registered or Coupon, Bonds, as: they may prefer. Rrgis- tered Bonds are recorded t,:i the toeks of the U. s. Trc,surer; and ca!: b. $ransferrcd only on the owner or,'rr.. Coupon Bonds are pay able to bearer, and arc Flort cohvvnicnt for commercial uses.
 Subscribers to this loaf will have tho op tion of having their Bonds draw intcrest from March lst, by paying the accrued interest in coin Tor in United States notes, or the notes of National Banks, adding fifty per cent for premium.) or receive them drawing interest from tie date Of subscription and deposit. AS these Bonds are
 EXEMPT FRoM MUNICIPAL on STATE
 TAXATION, !, : a. their value ts increased from one tc three per cent. per annum, according to the rate of tax leSies in various parts of the country.
 At the present rate of premium on gold. they pay -.
 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 tnduce.nenta to Tenders as the various descrip- lions of .U 5. Bonds. in sll forms of indebt- ed aess, the faith or ability of private parties or stock companies or separate communities only is pledged for payment, while for the debts of the United States, the whole proper ty of the eountrY sis holden to secure the pay
 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 m5 ment, and the holder will Have the benefit of the interest. ,. :. ..:
 It may, be useful to state in this coiinectioh that the total Funded Debt of the United States on which interest is payable in gold. on tke Sd day of March, 1864, was S768 .e65, ,0O0 Tie interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year will be s45. .957 ,l26, while the customs reve- nue in gold for the current fiscal year, ending June a0th, 1864. haa been so far at the rate of over SlUO,OUU,UOO per annum.
 It will be seen that even the present Told revenues of the Government are largely in cx- cess of the wants of the Treasury for the pay ment of gold interest, while, thc tecaht in crease of the tariff, will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the same amount of importations, to $15O, O,000, 600 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 :ho subscriptions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A WEEK.
 subscriptibhs wifi be received by the
 First National Bank of Providence, R..
 First National Bank of Bridgeport, Conn.
 First National Bank of tarffotd, CSnn. = f First National Bank of New Haven, .CoIh,
 First National Bank of Norwicit:Gonn,
 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 REspEcrABLE BAsxs AND BAsKsRa throughout the county, (actihg iias agents of the National Depository BanksO will furnish further intotmation on application and AironD EVERY FACILITY TO sUBsoRiBEhs. 3mS