The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-04

Mr.. Hale, in the debate on the armv bill
said i:
The deficiency which the Administration
asks for the War Department, for the militar
service, is, understand, Sc, 100000. We act
ually spent $l9,426, 900, and they want abou
seven millions more = making 5000, 900
tor military service last year. l have littl,
book here, and find that, dnring the most ex
penslve year of the war with Great Britain, GU,
military expenses never got up to $2I 900, GOO
And in the highest year of the Mexican war
when we had, think, nearly Sc, 900 men in the
held, they never reached $36,0OO,OO0 But
nov, IN time of profound peace, they amount
to about S26,0OO,OOOi"
The Union newspaper undertook to read the
Senator lecture on his ignorance, or disregard
of truth, aiming at the same time to be remark
ably facetious. After a rigmarole of figures
and confused comments, it winds up with the
remark
The Senator, therefore, has made the slight
mistake of $5,O0O,Oo in his statement of the
aggregate expenses of the army for the year. In.
stead of 100000, the charge is S2l 900 900
and, OF this charge, nearly 100000 are asked
tor to meet the extraordinary exigency of the
Utah rebellion"
The next day, in the Senate, Mr.. Hale, with
no further notice of the newspaper than was
necessary to justify his own statement, said
- hold in my hand, sir, Miscellaneous Doc.
ument No. 66 of the Senate, of the Thirty.
fourth Congress, third session, in which there
recspitulation of the appropriations made
last year; and in that recapitulation find this
Item Army, Notifications, and Military Acad.
envy, $l9,426, l9O4l'- the precise sum Which
l stated the other day, emitting the fractions
of dollars and cents.
~! hold in my hand another document. of
which propose to read page, and then leave
the subject. l now read from Miscellaneous
Document No. ~ of the House of Representa-
nves OF the present session, entitled .Defcien.
cies in Quartermaster's Department."
1t Is needless to reprint the whole letter.
General Jesup, after referring to deficiency
OF 100000 at the close of the last year, to
extensive operations against the Cheyennes
and other Indian tribes, and the arrangements
for the Utah expedition, proceeds as follows
Appropriations will therefore be req uired
to carry the service through the wear. and ~
make the large outfit for the operations ia u tab
for the following objects, viz:
For regular supplies, including fuel.
forage, straw, and stationery S77s 0oo
Mounts and remounts 9s9 mn
Incidental expenses ION ooo
Barracks and quarters On 0oo
Army transportation 4 Am o0O
Making "a nm mn
deficiencies, and for the service in Utah. taR;no
the army as it is, and limiting the expend;.
lures to operations already determined on. "A
they have been communicated to me-"
PROFESSIONALLY, the Union does not know
when to hold its tongue.
The OcHorsH SEA.-This sea, according to
our Sandwich Island exchange, continues to
De the best whaling ground in the North Pa
cine. In 1857, the average " catch of each
whaling ship in its waters was over 900 barrels.
Ninety ships cruised in the Ochotsh. As to
the last season and its returns, our exchange
remarks:
"On the whole, the season OF. 1857 will be
considered as q good one. Though the average
of oil taken is only about the same as for 1856,
yet the high price which bore has reached, and
which will probably be realized for most OF this
seasons catch, will make the returns for 1857
fully equal to those of any former year. Add
to this the fact that few accidents have ocl
a nav. h s comparatively light, owing to the
ABUNDANT supply of all kinds of recruits, some
of which have been furnished at lower prices
than could be had in New Bedford, and also
that exchange has been comparatively low, and
it will be conceded that the whaling season of
1861 is one of the beat on record"