, 1863-04-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ]


WASHINGTON, april 3, 1863.
The following official statement of the
whole public debt Of the Cnlted States, mp to
tLis time, is furnished from tho Treasury De-
partment:
ID Sonds Convertible IN i Ct of a.. 9sassss
r. ppe per ssDa cent aSe 2est ytai S
8 p. aud Ssa' otlef II eSs %
Aserass ssas Interest on whole amount. s. e:nt
The following is the detail of the Court for
the trial Of Col. D'Utas5y: Maj, Gen. Hitch
cock, Maj. Gen. HnrtsuH, Brig. Gen. Barry,
Brig. Gen. Hatch, Brig. Gen. Hunks, Col.
Marshall, 18th \. T.; Col, J. r. Bnnton, I'd
Pa; Maj. Theophl1us James, Judge Adsacatc.
The Court met TO day aud organized, but adj
iourned till Monday, Col, D'Ctas-y not bc1ay
present. Ills arrest vas made as lie WAS about
to 60 to Europe, and his three horses taken
ffo1u him. It is reported tina: his wife, just
married, is to br tried as his ;tcomplice. It
| Is altogether very rich case.
| G.u. Schenck is here to-day, in conference
with the Secretary of War and the President,
who, 1t is understood, heartily approves the
! stringent measures he has adopted for the sup
pression ofdisloyalty in Baltimore.
| Admiral Dahigren has gone West. His oc-
curntion here seems to be substantially gone.
The regulations under the new laws for
trade along the border will be issued from the
| Treasury Department tomorrow. A tag Of
bale brought out By private enterprise. Gov
ernmcnt agents arc to be appointed to take
charge Of Ill cotton taken by the army or
brought in by any army officers.
| Gov. Buckingham writes here that Connec-
ticut is sure to 60 for us BIZ handsome ma
jority. Both sides are rcdouDling their cx-
crtions as the canvass draws near its close
Adriccs have been received that five armed
rams are building for the rebels i'll the 1lcrsey
and Thames. The questions Of issuing letters
OF Marquc, and Of taking steps to compel
Great Britain to stop building mcn-of- war for
the rebels is still undecided. Oae Fish, 4
German traveller, dressed In military cos
tune, on forged pass from General Heintzle-
man, and pretending to bea Government de-
tcctiye, was arrested near Berlin. John II.
Tiran of Mineral Point, Wis, has been ap-
pointed Pension Surgeon.
WAsnlSoToS, April 3.-Mr. Casey, Of Ken
tucky, has been appointed Government Agent
under the Copiisvation act, with rowing
commission.
NEW York, April IA Washington dis.
patch to the New York Tribune says:
"Thc Administration las not yet determined
what coursc,to pursue under the law author
izing the President to grant letters Of marque
and reprisal. The question has been discussed
at more than one eabinet meeting, in connec-
xSifh fhn m ms
: to adopt 0 prevent the construction and sail
, ing Of rebel Vessels from foreign ports.
The New York 1Smes' Washington special
says,
duct Of the War, is unanimous upon eycrJ
subject except Frenlont's operations in Mis-
souri, aud in the Shenandoah Valley. 1t il
probable that the report with respect to Ere
mont, will be concurred IN by all to morrow,
Gen. McClcllan's Official report Of the bat
lie Of Antietam is published to-day. tits pre-
: faced By the remark that he will soon give
, full official record of the campaign in frou
> OF, Richmond. He intends to prepare it Will
great care. He states in the report that al
! the Army Of the Potomac WAS sent to Pope
but one hundred men, being his body-guard
WASHINGTON, April 3.-McClellan's oflcia
:, | report Of the seven days battle on the PENN
eula, and his falling back to BcTkley, although
: dated the 18th Of July last, is to-day, for th
: first time, published. He says, to the cain
\ Judgment Of history and to the future,
leaves the task Of pronounclng upon tn
! movement, confident that the verdict will be
e that no such difficult one WAS ever more sue
+ ccssful1y executed; that no army ever tough
r more safe, steady, heroiea11y and successful
against such great odds; that no men, Of an
race. ever displayed greater discipline, endu
= rance, patience and cleerfulness, under sac
r hardehips.
Rhode lsland, Maine and lows are the onl
States, as get, which have signiticd to th
.na r. he stafes ts
men Of agricultural colleges.