Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-12-16
Thc Govcrnment Bonds.

"A subscriber at Corydon, Iowa,
desires q statement Of the different
kinds Of Government bonds, rates Of
interest, dates Of issue, time Of pay
ment, etc.. urging that such state
ment would be Of general interest to
the public. The public debt state
ment, when published in full, con-
tafns the desired information. The
newspapers, however, have not pub
lished the full details, Of late, the
aggregates OF the different loans out
standing, ETC., being sufficient for q
full comprehension of general finan-
cial situation. This recapitulation
for November we print to'day.saol
The principal loans, now repre-
sented by bonds of the Government
in market are: jsdj 1T aAi 20 ldsin
i. Five per cent. bonds Of the act
of.June ID, 1858, payable after fifteen
years, from January = !, 1859. OF
these there are S20,000,000 outstand-
ing. ,.r - ,...,,,s.y, arr
2. Five per cent. bonds Of the act
Of June %, 1860, payable after ten
years from January | 1861. OF these
there are about s7,0O0,0OO.
| 3. Six per cent. bonds nSS1l, au-
thorizcd by the act of February s,
| 1861, payable after December 81, 1880
About s1s 900, 900 outstanding.
"a. The Oregon War bonds (ls8l), G
per cent. authorized by act Of March
2, rlSGf, redeemablo go years from
Julya1, 1851. Less than 81 ,O00,0((
outstanding. ials9ill.s9n so 10 ela"i
rs. Six per cent, bonds tlsSl), an
thorized byIacts Of July ~, and Au
gust s, 1861, payable at pleasure O
Governments, after 20, years iron
June 80, 1861. OF these. the amoun
outstanding is about $3.50, 0Oo, 00o49.
i, G. Bonds, Is 2os) bearing 6 per cent
interest, authorized by net Of Fehru
. airy q, 1862, redeemable after 5 ant
! payable. after 20 years from, May ]
1862, Of which about $5l4, goo, 900 ar
; outstanding. ~ tna 9u.fal9 2l3.
Z. Six per cent. bonds llsSl) of tn
net Of March 3, 1863, payable afte
: June 80, 1881, of which, there M
= s75, 5000 outstanding. 800,
s. Bonds Qo4Os) bearing five pc
cent. interest, redeenable' after /
$ and payable 40 years from March
2 1904, Or which there are something
y less than 5000, OoO, 300 outstanding.
y 8. Bonds (5-20s) bearing six pc
centainterest, authorized by the act
!! Of March 3 and June, 3d. 1864, an
Q March B, 1865, Of which there are 81
X descriptions, the first two redeems
q BILE after 5 and payable 20 years frpr
u Nov. ], l86f--about Sl2S,00O, 900; tn
y third, payable, 20 years from Nov. /.
+ 1sG5-about $500, OOO, 900; the fourth:
y years after July /, 1865 1about $3.50
y 100000; the fifth, 2O,years after Jul
. i, lS67'vabont $3.50 1000, 900; the SIKH
Il 20 years after July, l, 1sGS--abol
d $4,000 900. .a,.fr ID, ,j..,,, seam, .
u These are the great "war loans,
10 and the bonds are payable, of cours
~ principal and Interest, I'm coin. The1
o are other evidences Of debt again.
n the Government, interest and prime
% eipal payabie in grednbacks, bnt the
T. need notibe,noted heve.y The 10 Al
u and 5-20s are coupons, but the otl,e
y are mostly registered honda IN
s. 6r2Qs are nqwy exehangabie ofregi
y tered bonds, similar as, TO: payme'
n and interest, and many are being
10 exchanged, but the great bulk of o,
n Indebtedness IL represented by co,
If pom Bonds known al 5l2ds and 1910
T! About o6,oOo,OOo OF the bond
II chiefly sos, are Held BY foreie
!, capitalists, mostly Id Germany; b,
+ d few are held IN England, Franc
4. and ItAlv. Cbic00O sP0ek.ii gslsflf :.