| From the Tarboro (N. C.) Southerner |
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| January 31, 1863 |
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| Loan for the defence of the Confederate States |
| By a communication from the Hon. C. G.
Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States, the
undersigned have been requested to act as "the Central Board of
Commissioners for the State of North Carolina," to present to the
attention of the citizens of this State the Loan authorized by the act
of Congress of the Confederate States, approved February 28th, 1861,
and solicit subscriptions to the same; and we are further requested to
appoint Local Commissioners at such places as we may deem advisable,
to act for the purpose indicated. |
| The gross amount of this loan cannot
exceed $15,000,000, of which sum $5,000,000 was called for in March
last, and a second call for the remainder is now made. |
| Bonds with coupons for accruing interest
in sums from $1,000 to $50, or stock certificates in the usual form
(if preferred) will be issued. The interest is eight per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually at all of our principal cities. |
| The principal money is payable ten years
after September 1st next, the Government reserving the right (upon
giving three months public notice) of paying any portion of this Loan
at the expiration of five years after September 1st. |
| Subscriptions will be received in current
Bank notes at par, or certificates of deposit of any one of the Banks
of the State in good credit at the Capital, and the subscriber will
then receive a receipt furnished by the Treasury Department, which
entitles him to its exchange for Bonds or Stock to bear interest from
date. |
| This Loan is authorized for the support of
the Government, and to provide for the defense of the Confederate
States of America, and it certainly cannot be necessary that we should
make an extended appeal to North Carolina to induce them promptly to
come to the aid of their Government in the crisis now existing. |
| The following
persons have been requested to act as Local Commissioners at the
different places against their respective names, and for all
subscriptions paid to them, their signatures to the receipts furnished
by the Treasury Department will be as valid as our own: |
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| Newbern -- A.
T. Jerkins, George Green J. D. Whitford |
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| P. K. Dickinson |
State Commis'rs |
| O. G. Parsley |
| Wm. A. Wright |
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| July 9, 1861 |