The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-28 00:00:00

TEE PUBLIC DELI OF AMERICA.

The following is the official statement of the public
debt of the United States, on tho Ist day of April, 1869:

DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST.
Authorizing Acts and Amount Out- Accrued
character of Issue. standing. Interest.
Juno 16, 1858, bonds, 5
p r cent
June 20, 1860, bonds,
5 per cent
Feb. 8, 1861, bonds, 6 per
cent. 18,415,000 00 276,225 00
March 2, 1861, Oregon
war bonds, 6 per cent 945,000 00 14,175 00
July 17 and August 5,
1861, bonds, 1881, 6
per cent 183,317,700 00 2,839,461 00
Feb. 25, 1862, 5 20's, 6
per cent.
March 6, 1863, bonds, 6
per cent.
March 3, 18154, 10-40 .

bonds, 5 per cent - 191,567,300 00 810,697 08
March 3, 1861,5-30 bonds,
6 per cent.
Jnue 30,1864.5-20 bonds,
6 per cent.
March 3, 1865, 5-30 bands,
6 per cent. 203,327,250 00 4,741,302 50
March 3, 1865, 5-20 bonds,
6 per cent.
March 3, 1865, 5.20 Bonds

6 per cent 42,539,350 00 638,090 25

$2,107,876,650 00 $37,579,090 07
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LAWFUL MONEY.'
March 2, 1867, July 2,
1868, 3 per cent. certi-
ficates
July 23, 1868, navy pen-
sion fund 14,000,000 00 105,000 00

$38,605,000 00 $924,075 00
MATT:RED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT.
April 15,1842, 6 per cent.
bonds 6,000 00 360 00
April 15, 1842, 6 per cent.
bonds
April 15, 1842, 6 per
cent. bonds
Texas indemnity 5 per
cent. bonds 252,000 00 15,120 00
Treasury notes, 6 per
cent 104,511 64 3,135 35
Treasury notes, 5 to oi
per cent 2,400 00 120 00
Treasury notes, 6 to 12
per cent 5OO 00 - 30 00
Treasury notes, 6 per
cent
Treasury notes, 3-year
7-30's .
Treasury notes, 1 and 2-
year 5 per cent 360,192 00 18,209 60
Certificates indebtedness,
4 per cent.
Compound interest notes,
6 per cent 3,220,690 00 • 624,813 86
Temporary loan 188,510 00 7,768 55
Treasury notes, 7-30 s 1,633,100 00 119,216 30

• $6,003,403 64 $800,511 56
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST.
Demand notes, no int $124,122 50
U.S. legal tenders 855,941,032 50
Postal currency 36,675,830 00
Gold certificates of de-
posit 21,672,500 00

6414,413,485 00
RECAPITAUATION OP DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST.
5 per cent. bonds .. 527,022,000 CO 6337,775 00
10-40 bonds 194,567,300 00 810,697 08
6 per cent. bonds, 1881 283,677,400 00 4,255,161 00
5-20 Bonds 1,602,609,590 00 32,175,697 00

Amount outstanding 52,107,876,650 00
Debt bearing currency
interest in lawful money $68,605,000 00
Debt on which inte-
rest has ceased since
maturity
Debt bearing no interest $414,413,485 00 '

Total debt

Principal and interest 52,636,202,455 28
Coin in Treasury
Gold certificates of deposit

Currency

002;628 42

Total

vebt less cash in Treasury '.......t2,525,196,461 71

BONDS ',SEXED TO THE tiNION• PACIFIC RAILROAD
_ COMPANY.

- ----- —Amount --
Accrued
Outstanding. interest.
6 per cent bonds
Union Paciflo'R. R. East-
ern division 6,303,000. 94 r 5
4o
Sioux City and PaciAc ' $389,.970 00
18,641. 03
Central Neill. **** R. **
******
' 2;362,000
lt. I; , ~
*** . .
.. 7J5,'96 92
88;2°09 i. ' 24;424 80
Intro 277.615 38,732, 27
Central Branch Union
Pacific Railroad, A ssig- '
-
Twos of Atehinson and
Pike's Peak Railroad 1,600,000 244000 00
Western Pacific Railroad 320,000 4,820 00
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Totals ............... $56,853,320 ' $840,107 07
Interest seemed prior to January Ist and 16th, 1869,
$3,300,006 05. Of this amount the United States has re-
ceived from transportation, &c., the sum of $1,319,352 78.
Balm:lce due, 82,828,760 31.; Total; $4,146,113 12. The
foregoing is a correct statetnentof tho public debt, as ap-
pears from the books and .Treasurer's returns in the De-
pattment on April 1, 1869.

. GEORGE S. TIOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury.
By comparison with the statement of March 1, 1869, it
will be seen that the principal of the debt has been de-
creased 5,2,573,039 28, while, during the same period,
82,915,320 has been issued to the Pacift Rsilrcad Com-
pany, and branches, making a total reduction of debt
proper of 55,507,359. This statement embraces only the
receipts as shown by returns received up to noon of to-day
and would have been• reduced by $4,000,000 additional
had it been withheld until the 6th or 7th of the month as
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