$15,412,000! Continued Crowd of Subscribers for the Loan; Fifteen and a Half Millions Taken Yesterday (5/12/1865)

JAY COOKE reports the subscriptions to the Seven-Thirty Loan to-day at $15,411,800. The largest Western subscriptions were:

From Second National Bank of Chicago, $370,000.
From Third National Bank of St. Louis, $131,000.
The following were the largest Eastern subscriptions:

From HENRY CLEWS & CO., New-York, $1,100,000.
From Fourth National Bank, New-York, $1,100,000.
From First National Bank, New-York, $1,000,000.
From First National Bank, Philadelphia, $750,000.
From First National Bank, Hartford, $300,000.
From Second National Bank, Boston, $500,000.
From Second National Bank, Providence, $230,000.
From W. CROSS, Worcester, $233,000.
From First National Bank of Jersey City, $200,000.

Among the subscriptions were $80,000 by the Freedmen's Savings Bank, of South Carolina, and 10,752 individual subscriptions for amounts of $50 and $100.

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$15,412,000! Continued Crowd of Subscribers for the Loan – 2
Proclamation by the President: Rebel Pirates in Foreign Ports – 2
Virginia Restored: The Policy of Reconstruction – 2
Army Reductions: Order for Reducing the Volunteer Cavalry Force of the Army – 2
The Conspirators: Their Trial – 2-3
Trial of the Assassins – 3
The Rebellion Fading Away: Tennessee Guerrillas Surrendering – 3
Taylor’s Surrender: Gen. Canby’s Official Announcement of the Fact – 3
Guerrillas Outlaws: Important Order from Gen. Thomas – 3
From North Carolina: Arrival of Paroled Officers from Rebel Armies – 3
From Winchester: Return of Peace-Changing Aspect of Affairs – 3
Treason at Home: Trial of Hon. Benj. G. Harris – 3-4
Johnston’s Surrender: The Official Record – 4-6
From North Carolina: Disposition of Our Military Forces in the State – 6
From Washington – 6-7
Secretary Seward: His Condition – 7
The Flight of Davis – 7
Editorial: The Trial of the Assassins – 7-8
Editorial: The Negro Question – Its New Phases – 8
The St. Albans Raiders: Arrest of One of them for Bank Robbery – 8
Naval Order – 8

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