, 1865-09-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
The National Dcbs-Calin@ Tor Par-
dons--The EFerz TriaL-Summonin.
Witnesses for the Defence.

The National Dcbi-Callin@ for Par
dons--The HEerz Trial-Suumonin:
Witnesses for the Defence.
-cS1Aei.f Despatch TO the Chicago IrbuneJ
W4surSaroN. Sept 2.
The monthly statement OF the public debt, det-
pitc the stupid contribution Of the Ncw York pscss,
wae prepared a. rsua1, and Will be officially pub
1ithed in day OF two. The following is recapis-
ustton Of the statement A. appears from the books
Of the Ircasurcrs returns, md acquisitions In the
Treasury Department ON The 31et Of August, 1868:
Debt bearing interest," N coin, amount outstandIng,
1a1B 81 interest, e., ,aao 500 50; debt besr
tnc interest IN lawful money, $1.sA, ,s81 Gc0; in
tetest, $s3 Sc, ,G373s; debt on which interest has
ceased &, 50a. or, o. Debt bearing no Interest
$373 sos s5G.3s Total amount Outstanding - 757,
Gsa,571.g3- Total interest SIS, ,1al ,ees.a4- Legal
tender notes ID circulation, one and two yesrs Use
per cent notee, sss $50 $50; 9. 8. notes. old lssue
Fsla s6s; G. S. notes. new t.sue, - e0l; cou1-
pound Interest notes, net Of March "a, 1851 Fl3.-
0o0; compound intcreet, act OF june aoth. 1854,
tao2 0sA 1Go. Total, 1854 5,95a On the 31st Of
july. the debt stood e ~ 77a which, coa,-
pared with the Aboye etssemeut khoHa An inereaRe
during the month Of August Of only Ea:6 rs 81,
Du.ing the game period the interest Of tbs pnhlte
debt was reduced Il, 1t, ,o0 By the redemption Of
outstanding certificates Of Indebtedness, the amount
Of suspended acquisitions now being only &, ILL.,
COO. The spede In the Treaeury sanlts On the alht
WIS $4s 4s5 7,1.l4, showing On 1ncseasc oyer 14st
month OF orer a0D, ,00d. The amount OF eur-
rcnry on hand, however, has de1eazed rom
774s5 In July, to T. A98 sSa %, The circulation oi
fractional currency wna Increased $6N, 40.
Between two and three hundred applications,
rom Southern rebels fo1 pardon, were received at
the Attorney Generals Department yesterday and
today, and he forwarded about eeyenty pardaus to
the President for his signature.
The revenue receipts BY Government, during
August nom all eonrces, WIS near my millions Of
do1hra
During The week ending to-day the amount Of
currency issued to tue NATIONAL Banka from the
Treasury WIS s, ,aat* go making the tota1 now In
circulation FIT, as, 10 =;
G. Il. Emerson, bailtT Of The We.z Military Com
rntssion, who wae despatched to the South to sum.
mons Witue.eee for the defence, has returned to
this city. Werx furnished him with list Of about
sl1ty tebel officers md eoldIets whom he desired
#honld be summoned to testify in bis behalI
E1ncreun states that considerable difficulty
uns experienced In finding them, "a
ihey were scatterrd over ere1y part Of The United
States and numbers hare gone to Mexico and EQ-
rope Thiny-three ont Of SIXTY who uerc eum-
noped were found md are nogs n rouse for Wash
ingtun- The llst embraces otieen frpm the rank Of
Colonel to Second Lieutenant bct1des number Of
pdgntes, most Of whom have In sone way or other
been identified with We1z while he n. In command
af Andersopsil1c,' The Post Sutle1, Commtssasy
End Qrxrteraster at AndersonEille. are among the
number coming. Many Of the officers were fearful
that II they carf here to tegttfy they wonM be
placed In confinement, and 1t Nas not untu they
were assured that they would be subjected 10 ILL.,
treatment that they cae forth from: thete hiding
places.
Horace Greeley ID In ionn. This evening he bad a
11rrz fnteyx5e{v With io3,74s,n h%s