Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-24
Tha E.,peusas or the Lincoln Govern ear.
-The Fu1use Prospects.
HEAB's EXPEDITION, Army CoKps, : !
Port Royal, S. c. NOV. s.

TIE New York Tribune has an a. t.cie on the FL
nsncial Affairs of the Northern people, from which
We extract as follows
The Commercial Adceytise- speaks Of the expepFi.
tuce OF the Federal Governments as rather under
than over One Million Dollars per day. Fedseu
this 3 gross URdeTst2tement. There Is not a man
less than Half Million soldiers Irregular. voIuu-
teeg. and militia this day looking to the Felera
Treasury for food clothing, transportation and
pay; and our army has hitherto cost US fully 600
per man per aulUul, or about So per day. We do
not believe the average Is below this az present
especially If the cost Of recruiting and fitting out
regiments Is included. We believe the OutgOes of
the Government, including the cost of the blockade
and the great Southern Naval Expedition. are fully
$1,000 coo per day o. at least $780, 900 per an
num. Wl4eD our armies shsli have been fully re-
crulted, clothed, and equipped, with cannon and
smGu arms, horses wagons, munitions, a., G3.r Is
may be considerably reduced; but we shall not be
spending so Little as SiCJOo10 per day again TIL the
warts concluded
Tha CoDlalslcia. is misled by accepting tie amount
OF payments from the Treasury as the measure OF
the daily expenditure. Lat the Government spends
faster than 1t pays or ess its contractors and other
creditors are most uncomfortable grUmblers and
uass. VAR % costly business more costly now
than II was before railroads, Iilcd cannon and shells
were invented. Il VIII be idle to talk about aerl-
ing our armies into winter quarters under this gi-
gantIc load Of expenditure. The Wsr must and
viii be pressed on with yigor 20 conclusion. La
June the country was told that thst was time for
acdye operauols-Te must wait till November
&c v iF IS whispered tlat-We must wait till June
egsin. lt cannot be.
The fact thst we aTe--uudsr the couj5iut i1fu
ences OF @ short crop in EarCPe and the Morrill,
tariff IN Misunderstanding specie from the Ola
World while main aiming al army Of half a million
men, besides an equal number in arms for tbs re-
belilon-ls eXulted over BY many though we
might Reasonably expect 70 keep on drawing coin
from Europe, while spending one or tHo millions
per day n wqrtare for IN indcGCite period. We
cannot CONCUR in this view. We can hardly go on
exporting grain al the rate Of s. 000,00e worth per
week for . year ahead, even II the foreign demand
should not slacLen, as we think ii sooa VIII 4
month hence tle Erie Canal wiz BE- closed, after
which the grain cannot be had N such g5uudaHce
even though the demand were unabatej Butter
cheese, fruit H., which era nos largely going
abroad, wiz haIdly be exported il sRch volume
more than month longer.
We have by tie help Of s stringent tariff stlined
al the gold that hss reached us from the Pacnc and
added 10 It some $50 000,003 from Europe since
this atroclous war was forced upon Us, but we
must be prepared to lose thirty or iitty millions in
the course ofISGz should the war continue through
that year Hsd the tariff Of 1851 been Ie.t in force
we believe the balance Of trade with EuroBe would
have bsen against US this year. and or banks there
By rendered unlble to help the Government, as
they molly and wisely have done. Lat them be
called upon to spare 81 000C0) per weeL to Ions I
don and Paris Instead Of receiving coin Il - the
Old World, and their ability to take and pay for
Treasury Notes or BoGds VIII be sadly diminished. ,
So long as the current specie sets tkis W6y, they
can 90 very much SIS thsy please.
Grain IS very poorreliance for the r1aintcuancs
Of favorable balance Of trade. We doubt whether
it Is ever really profitable to send 50 bulky staple
across half contIuent and IN ocean. Tire cost Of
eats up the cargo. Thus the Chicago
'Tijuns' gives the following exhibit Of the III
thrift Of exporting Indian corn to Europe
bIslsl OF corn costs st determination l,. Zee.
Freight 10 On c. o... ii',. q
$40 $1,000. ?.
LAKE freight 70 Buil4
aieF@l4g ~ Astllslo p O.
Canal freight 10 New 81
Trs rsieT in ieE
insurance from Chicago 3 LTerp