Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-08-27

WltU w WHht CuNhlIl uHhCt wv hh'hc'l'
ate command of Colonel Draper, marched
to Richmond county. On the route six me-
groes violated the person Of Mrs. g. eleven
times, she being the wife Of II brave soldier
of the 9th Virginia Cavalry, being also
sick at the time, with an infant six months
old at her breast THIS is only one in-
stance out Of twenty others Of n like out
rage. Mrs. DR.. Bedeld whipped five ne.
groes from her rooms, thus herocally de-
fending herself They plundered every
thing in their line of march.
The Seven-Thirties-What arc
theyP
We trust that large 'rtion Of our rca-
dcrs have pondored the Appeal of Mr..
Fcssenden, our new Secretary of the
Treasury. The purpose OF it is that the
People of the United States, acting as a
body through their agent the q Government,
wish individuals to lend them two hundred
millions OF dollars for three years, at seven
and three .tenths per cent annual interest,
payable every six onth4, For this they
offer Treasury Notes-that is, in reality,
notes drawn and endorsed by every man
in the country. The loan ia wanted ( r a
great hotional purpose, to effect with every
man, unesc he be traitor at heart if not
in act, is soemnly pledged.
The appeal is addressed not merely TO
few great capitalists but also to the many
whose aggregate means constitute the mass
of the wealth of the laud. The notes upon
which this loan is asked are from $50 up
ward. Every man who has fifty dollars
can take part in this loan Apart from
patriotism and the duty which al owe to
their country, no investment is SO desiva
bic as this.
/ 1t is secure. Every dollar Of every
mans property is pledged for the punctu.
oil payment OF the interest, and oil the debt
when due, The security is increasing in
value. For some years before the war we
were earning 1000 millions year more
than we spent During the three y,ars OF
the war, owing to the high prices aud con
stant demand Tor labour, we have earned
more than ever before. No man who
could or would work has been idle; aud
except for the war, We have spent le S than
before. The total valuation Of the United
States, according to the census Of 1863,
was SIG, ,l59,0UO, coo, Of which $40 957 :
449, $50, was in the loyal States, This
valuation, according TO the usual rule OF
assessment, was not lpOrG than two thlG,
OF the actual cash value OF the property
The increase of property in the Loyal
States during the last ten years WAS over
3 l2G per cent, or an average of IL 6.l0
per cent per annum. In three years of
the war we of the United States havc GER
tainly earned 5000 millions more than we
have spent apart from the war. The cost
Of the war may be set down at 1000 mil
lions. Deducling ,hi. from our net earn.
ings, the People wAo are security for this
loan are 1000 millions richer to-day than
they were when the war broke out.
No other Investment can be so easily
convertible. The man who has Treas.
ury nets for $50, or 500, or $1,000, can
turn it into money more readily ,aud upon
better terms, than if it were invested upon
bond and mortgage, or in railroad stocks.
The interest offered is higher than can
be realized from any other safe and con
vertble investment. 1t is, moreover, read
lily collected when due, 10 each note are
fixed five coupons OF interest tickets.
due at the expiration ef each successive
half year. The holder Of 4 note has sim
ply to cut off Que of these coupons, pre-.
sent it at the nearest bank or Government
Agency, and receive his interest; the note
itself need No! be presented at all. Or
coupon thus payable will ever where be-
equivalent, when due, To money.
Thus, while this loan presents great ad-
vantagos to large capitalists, it Offers spo-
clal inducements to tho.e who wish to
make safe and profitable investment OF
small saving. Is is in every way the best
Savings Bank for every institdton of
this kind must somehow invest its desposit,
proftabiy in order to pay interest and ex.
penses. They will invest la gely in this
loan, rs the best investment. But rom
the gross interest which they rereive they
must deduct largely for he expenses of the
Bank. Their usual rate of interest allow
ed to despositors is S pc- cent. upon sums
over 5000. The person who invests di
rectly with Government will receive almost
90 per cent. more. thus the man who
deposits $1,000 i'll private Savings Bank
receives 81 dollars year interest if he
deposits the same SUN in this Maternal
Savings Bank ne receives 73 dolars.-l
For those who wish to fud safe, con
venient, and profitable means of Investing
the surplus earnings which they have re
served for their old age or for lho benefit
of their children, lhore is nothing which
presents SO many advantages as this Ma.
tional Loan.
1t is convertible into q six per cent.
gold bearing bond At the expiration of
three years holder of the notes of the
1870 loan has the option of accepting pay
ment 10 lull or OF funding his notes in
SIX per cent. gold interest bond, the prn-
clfa paymens is not less than five nor
more than twenty years from its date as
"A Ia yanN,s.