Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-19

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3. The Department Of Missouri--to include
the States of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
c~onsin, Illinois, Arkansas, ard that portion Of
Kentucky west Of the Cumberland iircr-to
be commanded by Maj. Gen. II. ". Halleck,
U. S. \.
4. The Department Of the Ohio--to coas;s,
Of the States Of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, that
portion Of Kentucky, east Of the Cumberland
river and the State Of Tennessee to be com
manded by Brig. Gen. D. c.. Buell., hcadquar'
tcrs at Louisville.
5. The Department Of Western Vireinia-tu
%consiS; Of that portion Of Virginia included in
the old department Of the Qnlu-to b: COM
maudcd by Brig. ten. ". 5. Roseerans, U.
S. a.
The E1penses ofthe Lincoln Government.
3ho Future Prospects.
The New York "Iribu1e" has an article Oh
the Financial Aifiir the Northern people,
from which we extract as follows:
The Commercial Advertiser speaks Of the
expenditure Of the Federal Government as
rather under than over One Million Dollars per
day. We deem this 4 gross underStateinent
There is not 4 man less than Half Il Million
soldiers Irregular, volunteer, and militia) this
day looking 10 the Federal Treasury for food,
clothing. transportation, AID pay ard our
army has hitherto cost us lully $1,000 per
man per annuu,, CT about So Per day. We do
not believe the average is below this ct present,
especially ii the Cost Of recruiting and fitting
out regiments is included. We believe
the outyoes Of lns Government, inclading the
cost Of the blockade and the great Southern
Naval Expedition, are fully 81, 600, 600 per day,
or at least $500, U00, 00n per annuln. When
our armies shall have been fully recruited,
clothed, and equipped, with cannon and small
arms, horses, wagons, munitions, &c, &c., 1t
may be considerably reduced; but We shall no;
be spending 50 little rs Sl,naD, coo pe" day
again till the war is concluded.
Tne Commercial" is mislrd by accepting
the AMOUNT Of pay mentS IRON the Treasury as
the measure 81 The daily expenditure. En'
the GOVERNMENT speats faster than it pays, or
else It's contractors and other creditors are
most uncunsc!1asb! srutnolers and liars.-
War is a costly busincsS-lnore costly now
than 1t was before railroads. rltied cannoI, and
shells were invented. 1t will DC idle TO talk
0; sending our arInirs INTO Winter quarters
under this gigantic load al expenditure. The
wal must aud will be pressed on with vigor Ia
a conclusion. In june the country WAS told
that that Was no time for active Operations
we must wait Til N0veln Der; now II IS wh!s-
pe.ed that We must VA! TIL June again. Il
cannot be.
The fac, that we are-under the c%onjolnt in
huences Of n short crop in Europe and he
Morrill, tariff in misunderstanding specie from
the Old World while maintaining an army OF
hall Q million men, besides ~ equal number
in arms for the rebellion-,s rxuiLed over bc
many as though We might reasonably expect
TO keep or drawing coin from Europe, while
spending one or two millions per day in war
fare for an indefinite turloi. We Cannot can
cur in this view. We can hardly GO on ex-
porting grain at The rate Of s., 900 ,op0 worth
per week for a year ahead. sven il the foreign
demand should not slackeu, rs we think it
soon will. A month hence the Erie Canal will
be closed, alter which the grain cannot De had
in such abundance. even though the demand
were unabstcd. Butter, cheese, fruit, &c,
which are nov largely going abroad. "ill hard,
" be exported III such volume more than a
month longer. Ne hav=, b. the help u a
stringent tariff, retained eli tie sol! that has
reached us from the Pacific and added to it
some $50, 000, 000 from Europe since this afro.
cious war Wa forced upon as; but We mus. be
prepared 10 lnsc thirty or Gfty millions in the
course of1St2. should the war continue through
that year. Had the tariff Of 1857 been left in
force, We bel the balance 9! trade with
Eurrp: would have been against lis this year,
and our banks thereby rendered unable TO help
the Government, as ;hey nobly ard wisely have
done. 1t them be called upon 70 spare
-, 900, 900 per wa.k to London a"d Paris IN
stead Of recciTing coin !ror, the Old World,
and their ability to take ara pay for Treasury
Notes or Bonds will be sadly diminished. So
long as the current specie SETS ll:!s way, they
can do very much as they please.
Grain is a very poor reliance f": the main
ten1nse IF 2 favorable balance oi trade. We
dpub: whether j. is ever really profitable to
send so bulky : staple across half q continent
and sn ocean. The cost 81 transportation eats
up the cargo. Thus the Chicago Tribune"
gives the following exhibit oi I'll, unthr!ft Of
exporting Indian corn 70 Europe:
One Jushel ot corn ccs:= 81 Bloomington. ll.....lGc.
Freight 10 Ch!csg"
Lake freight to Brlnas" 22c.
Eleva:iag IL Buffalo. Hc.
Canal freight 70 New York .SEc.
in New
from Chicago 70 Liverpool. ...........2 &C.
Ocean tr.iylIt &c.
Cost oi ore bushcl Of cora Il! l~.i"ciI"oi ........5"c.
The ten cents per busncl pad for the corn
at Bloomington will not give the grower Iore
than day wages for harvesting, shelling, and
G,aTIng il ten miles over Illinois roads to
market. learning the ,lSc Of land, seed, tillage,
&c, q dead lusS. ": the factory hands Of
British Manchester, Sheffield, &c, Hiil pay Ct
least 81 ger busb-l for that corn, though it
reaches them s~x3llrn, ~s"crei, and nuSty
f.om the effects Of its long transit By water.
Ths Potomac rs u Boundary Line.
The following from the Washington "R~pub-
shows what one Of tho orgausoi Lincoln
thinks Of the Potomac Us The boundary between
the Two Couicderac;es:
There is more occasion for cungratulaling
ourselves upon the gncd luck u the fact that
the navigation OF the Potomac has only recent.
" been lmpedcd than there is for tindirg fault
with the Administration because the Confetti
rates nave Il; last erected batteries nG The Var
ginia shore. II never was possible 10 prevent
that by anything short Of occupying II at all
points where the channel is within c;tn'ruH shot,
which, of course, has no. been within the limits
Of pracrcability. And 1t is not easy To under
stand Why the Con:cderates have not before
improved the opportunity TO obstruct the navi-
CATION ty batteries.
There is nothing possible in n. ease but
to take measures to dislodse them from what
ever points they may actually occupy in this
way, and to wait patiently for that permanent
relief from the difficulties which is only to be
found in the expulsion, or retreat, OF the
main army centreing upon Manassas
Junction.
The blockade Of the river illustrates the
folly Of the politicians who have proposed 10
the country a division upon the line or TIE
Potomac" upon tue supposit;on that Washing
ton is to remain the Capital Of the Northera