The Portland daily press., 1871-04-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.
New Loan Of The United States
IMPORTANT CIRUuLAR
TREASURY DEPARTMELT,
NOW oPEN-CERTIFICATKs RrAp,

SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW OPEN-CERTEICATEs READY
TREASURY DEPARTMELr
LL WARRINGTON, Feb. 28 1S7, I
Public notice is hereby given that books will ba
opened on the 9Th day of March next in this County
and In Europe, tor subscriptions to the NationA
IAN Act to Authorize the Refundfng OF the Nation.
al Debt" and the act in amendment thereof ennror
The proposed loan comprises three classes ofhond.
namely: TF6 y, o'nus'
First. Bonds to the amount of five hundred MIL
the United States after ten years from tha at Of
tner ISSUE and bearing interest payable in
CON, at the rate Of five per cent per annum -
millions of dollars, payable in COIN at the neasrra
Of the United States alter fifteen years trom The
date OF their issue, and bearing interest PAYABLE
1t ~ CON- al the rate OF four and haf per
Third. Bonds to the amount of seven hundred
millions Of collars payable in coin. at the pleasure
Of their ISSUE and bearing interest," payable quarter
ly IN coin, at the rate Of tour per cent per annum
subscriptions to the loan will have preference in
First. Subscriptions that NAV be first made for
i've per cent bonds to the amount of two hundred
millions OF dollars; of which there will be reserved,
for twenty days, one bali tor subscribers in this
try and one half tor subscribers in foreign countries
Second. Subscriptions for equal amounts of each
Third Subscriptions for equal amounts of bonds
bearing interest at the rate OF four and half per
cent, and OF bonds bearing interest at the rate of
Fourth. Subscriptions for any five per cent. bonds
that may not be subscribed Tor in the precedin 2
classes
when subscription is made, the subscriber will
be required TO deposit two per cent. of the amount
thereof In coin or currency OF the United States or
in binds Of the class to be exchanged to be account
or in bonds Of the United States known as FIVE We
TWENTY BONDS, at their par value.
The coin received In payment will b, applied to
the redemption of fve-twenty bonds, and the debt
of the United States will not be increased by this
loan.
The bonds will be registered or issued with cou-
pops, as may be desired by subscribers. Registered
bonds will he issued OF the denominations OF $50
bonds OF each den. minalion except the last two
TIL interest will be payable in the United States, at
the office OF the II aasurei any Assistant Treasurer
or Designated Depository Of the Government quar-.
teri, on the first days OF February, May, August
and November, in each year.
The bonds Of the several classes aoresrid and the
in crest thereon. exempt from the Payment OF al
taxes or dues of the Uni,ed States well from
taxation in any fol by or under State. municipal
After maturity. the bonds last issued will be first
redeemed, by classes and numbers. as may be desig
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The bonds will be issued al the United States
Trea ury but The agents tor the negotiation of the
loan in Europe are auth rized to make arrangement
with subscribers for the transmission Of the bond
| received.
Subscribers in the United States will receive the
| new bonds OF the agents with whom the subscrip.
tions are made.
In the United States the National Banks are au.
thorx-d to receive subscriptions, and subscriptions
may also be made at the office Of the Treasurer O
the United States, of any Assistant Treasurer, Of
the deslgnated depostaries at Buffalo N. Y; Chi
| cago Ill.,; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Ky; Mo.
bile, Ala; and Pit.sburg, Penn.
| P.s.-This Department. and its own Loan Agents
are now ready to receive the United States Five
twenty Bonds and to pay the gold Interest thereon
| to May l, from which Oae the new bonds will bea
interest. scrip certificate, calling tor the Bond
on the LIST May, will be issued at once in exchang
| tor the old Bonds. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,,
Secretary OF Treasury
Loan Agents i'm New England.
| BOSTON. MASS.
Blake, Brothers, Kidder, Peabody & Co.
! Brewster, Sweet & Co., Lee, Hgginson & Co,
Beck Brothers. Page, Richardson & Co.
| Fo0te & French, Spencer, Villa q Co.
Head q Perkins, Stone & Downer
| Hubbard, Brothers & Co, Walker q Merriam.
| Tower, Gddings & Torrey.
| P. M. Blake, Bangor, Name
| ). P. Burt, New Bedford, Mass.
| George p. Bissell g Co, Hartford, Conn.
| Elton Bankng Company, Waterbury,
| H. Buunell, New Haven,
| E. s. Scranton & Co, New Haven,
| & mar3O 3teod