, 1865-11-06

The Interest on the National Debt-Na.
tional CurrcncY-Demaud for School
Books In the South Waiting for Par.
dun-lntcrnnl Revenue Dccisfon-TIe
Order Mnster1nG out tGenerals-Postnl
Ii. l. o. II. IT,, &c.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tsibune.]
WAsHlNo1os, Nov. s.
The bonds, compound interest notes, and seven
thiz!ies, which will fall due become payable a,
the discretion Of the Government, amount In the
aggregate, to &. 1.6so, 900. These now bear al
average annual interest Of 710 per cent II they
can be funded IL they become payable at Sc pr1
cent per annum the nnnnal interest will be reduced
thereby tx, 900 600. II they should be funded at
per cent the annual saving Of interest will amount
10 scs ,c9; and, II the siz per ceuts which fall
due on Of before the 1st Of July, 1881, which
amount 70 $3S3 00, ,0o. be funded at per cent
VIXEN they become due, the total yearly SAVING to
the Government, In interest, will Be about
s., ,0o0,0Co.
The receipts from Internal revenue, yesterday,
amounted to $50. The receipts for the week
md Iaafs do1 %sn1 Il 1 r.
Treasury 10 The bsaks. Tho tolai amount now In
circulation Is {s07, ,0ol COO.
The etalement That Secretary Mecu11och and lion.
Freeman Clark, Comptroller Of The Currency, are
both in favor Of increasing the National Bank cir
culatfon 10 i've hundred Millions and would recon-
mend Congress 10 Increase It TO that sum- u untrue.
Both gentlemen oppose any further ndaiion Of The
currency znd will adytse Congress 10 keep the legal
limit OF the Eatonal Bank circulation where it now
one hundred millions Of this currency Jet to issne.
with which The South will hare 10 be satisfied.
is einznlsr fact that 30 great is the demand
for school booka in the south that the Northern
publishers are compelled 10 eena hres amount Of
their prctswork to This city to be done. In all,
oEer twenty-five presses here are engaged in print
in ihess books Thc prices charged i9r press.so.k
esn cities. One retail dealer in echoolbooks here
sold s15 eco worth last month to southern book
sc'se1r. Thrcetourths Of all that 60 South are sold
At present there are fourteen ex-rebel lieutenant,
major aud b!lgad1er generals. bes,de host Of OIL
Gers Of inferior rank, !oaang around Waahlagton
the mtserable -eapcgoat, Wirz, in his cell IN Old
Capitol T. repeating biz aer hooters, and settin:
BY hear, lhe iai:trtFt, prslaratosy 10 execution.
dcd that anr pelFoI, firm or corporation who shall
manufacture 6y hand or machinery any Of the artt
cics exempted nom excise tax by The 18th section
OF the act OF june 1st, 1861 to be regarded a.
manufacturers, and arc Liable TO take 1aanutactur-
er's Iicenee.
During ,hc wcek ending yesterday, tour SaToual
oI ss5e,Mo Among them the F,tsst Bank, Neenah,
1snl:, apisi s,SS; md ssersia % Sstionai s, Sank,,
Rufus Leighton, formerly Of Ohio, has been ap-
pointed Collector Of The district Of Puget'e Sound,
zuttable bank note paper. the Secretary Of the
Treasury has putchhsed from the manufacturers
hnt remains ol lhe srautinted paper uscd for tie
als issGe o. Postal currency, On which to print the
The order muatc.ing ont large number Of Major
md Brfgadier Generals heIetofore referred to- will
ion- No reference, Of cousse, to candidate called
S'ocum.