Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-08
WASHINGTON. --
Monthly Statement of the Public
Debt.

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Il .ioi Dos 1ii5 -i- d5s5 wAsHINGToN, August z.
The statement of the public debt of the
United States on the first of August, 1885,
is as follows: Debt bearing coin Interest,
five per cent. bonds, $22l.5SS,4 400; six per
cent. bonds of 1881, $2S3677.3O0; six per
eent5 20 bonds sI,5Ss, ,106, ;-total $2,+
0S837l, 300. ,ssvTo - al
Debt bearing currency interests years
compound interest $2l,604, 800; certificates
at per cent. $50,000.0 .000;-navy pension
fund at3 per cent. sl3, ,000,0 O;-total Ss4,-
6O4 800. oseiia .a nsl - 3yliJssi s19zii9
Matured debt not presented for payment
3 year seven thirties, due August 6, 1857,
June and July IL, 1883, $S,433. .S00--con-
pound interest notes matured June 10th,
July 15, August 15, October Is, and De-
cember Is, 1867, and May 5,1S6S. $6.013,-
9l0; bonds, taxes and indemnity, 1886, 900 !;
and prior thereto, sI54, 4,5II64; bonds, April
15G1s62,a January 2S,z 1S47, and March, 81,
lS4S $k925, 80; treasury notes, March 3,
1858, S555, ,492; temporary loan $746 $40,
certificates OF Indebtedness, $4,000; Total
debt bearing no interest--U. s. notes,
S67, ,S1ST; gold certificates, $22414000;
total. $4f0. .3O2 Sl9.37. Grand total, 81
6Ol. 1873, ,756 81. -,---,
Six per cent. lawful money bonds, Issued
to- Pacific Railroad Company, S32, BIC, 600.
Total debt, 81, ,633 5SS, 1851.
Amount in Treasury = Coin, $s3,-
4o9, ,9l7 33; currency, S26,644, 4,35s.2l; total,
$110,054, ,276.14 ~ o.
Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury,
90 523,5S4 4s0 81, & d = 3 = =
The foregoing isT q correct statement of
the public debt, as appears from the books
and Treasurer's returns in the Department,
on sshe LIST day of August, 1855 81. div
Il ISiguedJ Jaa1s b1s H. McCULLocH, ,1s fnoa
IVAN Secretary of the Treasury
The warrants issued by the Treasury
Department during July, to meet the re-
quirements of the government, amount to,
in round numbers, the following sums, viz:
civil, miscellaneous, and foreign inter
cdurse,$4 719,o00; interest on public debt,
$3l, ,509, 900; war, $7,026,O0G navy. 2,641 900;
interior. pensions and Indians, $4,000
Total, SAG, 549, 600. The warrants issued for
redemption OF the public debt are not in
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The InfernaG Reyenue Commis-
1sfii ss49w y rsiOnership. G-rJG .aIaa go
The status Of Revenue Commissionership
Is the subject of Consideration in the Cabi-
net to-day Should 1t be decided that the
Presidents acceptance yacates the office,
an appointment will be made very shortly.
1t is, however, understood that Mr.. Evarts
Will uOiu bildb MI. ItUiiluS tssstill III pOss6s-
sion, and it is certain that up to noon to-
day, the President had not determined
what to do in the case. The pressure for
the expected appointment is 7unabated.-
Secretary MeCnlloch favors Jeffries, should
the place be given to any one Who'll has not
already been rejected. Cummings, whose
nomination was left in the Senate, still
wants the appointment. .iasle .i',a,5:
Presidential Electors In AInbama
Hitter Feeling. l.rCs saizr5
Private advices from Alabama are to the
effect that the resolutions authorizing. the
Legislature to choose Presidential electors
is like to pass. soss5s, al "a , ~. =,
A very bitter feeling prevails among the
Democrats, and violence is threatened if the
Republicans attempt TO carry their pro-
gramme and choose electors for Grant and
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