, 1864-09-03
pa1t.of several divisions Of cur troops wc:e m,ds
during the dry.

during the thT.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The following is correct ssatcmeut Of the p15.
lie debt, as appears from tbs hooks, T1easurer's
returns and requisitions In tbs Treasury Depart,
ment on the 8oih Of August:
interest, s5a 1880: bearing Intsicst ID awfai
money. SieY.lt, ,004- I'll: interest," $2f1f4 6i2 %;
debt On which interest has ceased, $557: 1919 !;
debt bearing no Interest, $5t9; IL s61.40; total
ct sT.4i7.i1s.:3 lbs unpaid requisttiona
amount 10 $7a79: ,0n, while the amount In tie
Treasury subject to draft L over $l7, ,09o. .oD The
aua onrt Of fractional currency In cEtulatlon ls
nearly four and u ha'f millions
A comparison Of ngurea shows that In the last
two months the pubic deot has been incre ased
doLnrs. Certificates Of Indebtedness have been
incIe2ted forty-two and one-ha1f millions. Tie
thirty years 1uan has ben decreased twenty mil
hons Three ,eafs compound interest qotes nasG
currency hiss been increased two Millions Que hun-
dred and thirty 1--we thousand.
seven hundred t6ouesnd dollars Of the TWO years
coupon notes hare becn withdrawn. About SIX
million one hundred thousand do'1aft Of ten forty
bonds cold aud thirty million dollars of The
old eeSen thirty loan exchanged tor bonds OF tS8l.
INTzRSA1. REVENUE.
The Commissioner or internal Revenue has is-
eued orders foshidd'ng Inspectors appointing dep
pties. :
The Secretary OF Was has decided that bounties
authorized in the enrntfment act OF July 4. 1861.
for volunteer, are al-o applicable and shall be
paid to men enl,stsd IN the regular army. Orders
have been issned dire eetlng. In addition to examt.
n,tious ow 1nade. thst tho 8nfeeon-ieuerAl shall
datall sume Of the best members OF the Modlcat
Corps to make examinations at tho general ren-
dezvous OF all recruits before sending them to
their recimente In order that only such men ehail
get into tho army as aIe really TT for military str
4ur r7yrr,yra 4.xnr1s
There is 20 much reason for believing that hear
ly eVeyy man IN ZONE counties OF Virginia, mt far
away, is rebel and bushRhack-r when OCCASION
eeryee thal some two weeks ago about sixty from
Loudon county we're arrested and brought hera
nocent have been from time to time released.
Only about q dozen OF that batch neo NOW ~.
1na1ninR in the Old Capital Prison. A new lot ol
about fifty from Fai1fax Was, however, brought In
to-day.
PERSONAL
Gen. Hunter, some rime ago relieved, ex-senator
W1i.ht Of Ind, and HeIry J. Raymond
TIE poHyoosAc AND TIE TALLAHASSEE.
The Navy Department has ordered an fnvest!gs.
ton luto thc cbnrce that the PontoosAc remafutd
forty-efght houra In the hsrbur OF Eastport, In
stcad of pursuing the Talahaesee.
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
The Indian Bureau estimates the number OF the
ians alreadg engaged IN the war on tho psains al
murdera continue to multiply, and that the 1ndi
aue are growing stronger every day, owing to thl
insdcquacy of.th. military force In thar region
Many tr1ber who, IRON fear at first refused to nt1
swear to e1ferminate the whites in Kansas. 40
p1ehebsions are beginning TO be felt {ot tho safet
Of ort keasney. L large body Of sarages ar
NOW th1 1eatening that almost Isolated posr.