...nds promptly met, and full provision made for the pay of the army and navy. The Confederates, at the beginning of 1864, were sadly straitened, financially. The fiscal agent of the Conspirators ( Memminger ) reported their public debt, in round numbers, at $1,000,000,000, of which $800,000,000 were treasury notes, with a prospective increase, at the end of 1864, to about $2,510,000,000. The currency in ...