, 1864-02-03

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Portugal, i1l.6eo !,
italy and Denmark publish no narn1 eS-
pcnses scparate from tho general war expcn- l.
,es: but The expenses Of the civilized world
for wear, taking somst times 1863 and somo-
lines 1sC2,63, and sometimes 1858, as they
are given, amount In hegross to S13a, ,S1s. &C..
Now the naval estimates Of the United States
this year ere $142, ,0G0, goo. So that We arc
called upon to spend this year some four mil
lions Of dollars more than the rest Of the world,
with tho exception of Italy, Denmark aud
Turkey, It may be said, on the other hand,
that the European powers are MADE IN tlne
otv{ner tho expenditures Of the European
66nwr2s at the time Of the Crimean War IS fol-
lows: .,-.- !
Gscat britain during the entire war. Gsz ao
France -.----..-.-+-..-.''+'''"''' ''.'''e'e
sl40,o-p,7ss
This was less than 500, ,000, 900 per year
during tie war, in which, while 1t lasted,
England built ESQ gun and dispatch boats OF
various Dimensions, besides . leEse NUMBER
.ycttes. &c. Thus We arc called upon to
Subscribe this year, at time when the rebels
have been disposscsscd Of nearly oil their
strong forts approachable by water, nesrly
Us nucr IA was spent BY Franco and Eng
land combined during the Cr,mea9 n Wa1 t. aae
Expenditure for at the present time! II can
not be to put down the rebellion. And II 1t
is In anticipation Of foreign war, we nave
need to be very cautious Of the class OF yes,
se1s We build The whole 9gese'f1n, % o' nasn xsrS
chaotic and transition state. It is evident
That the old style Of vessel is no longer
suitable. But the problem to be solved
Is, what Is the most valuable nnd suit-
ae IF tbs new Is IL !! te afe the Mop
itor or tu1Trt principle, and found it TO ope-
rate ve1y well against wooden vcssols IN a
smooth sea: while ct Charleston, as means
Of offence 1t has Fro led failure. The Euro
pe.n nations adhcre to the broadsade pri1c1-
Tile and armor-pfated vessels Of large SIZE,
ind use the turrct form seldom. It 10
vet to be decided which is the true principles
| although for all kinds Of work. especially IN
| the open sca, The broadside principle seems
| 10 have Tie advantage We hare spent over
| s5o,00o, ,Ot0 on The Monitors, as az expert
mcnt. Is it best to lay out s10o, ,o00, ,0W on
! broatsidc vessels In the same nannery Is It
| not better to wait aud profit by the expert
mcnts Of others. Another thing, In a naval
| ,wcr we cannot expect to cope against the
fleets OF England or FIance, no moEe t9nn We
did in the last war, when those Of the former
power ak akeembled in force 1t Tas By operat-
ing on the vessels OF England In detail. BY
swim claes Of vessels Of ours, that we ga,nca
our great Iaral tr7nmphs, Which are sugh
glorious evidences Of onr naval pEoWess, Is
It not by single vessels Of great speed aud
heavily l1mcd, that we IRE to gain our suc-
ccsses III any future war? And lsas the navy
now any considerable number Of such YES
sells: These are the questions for the 1nves-
, ! tlaafing Committee Of Mr.. Hale, and 1t
Is Of vast importance to the country that they
should be intclligenly anewezed- Especial
ly should it be determined whether the com.
t1y Should now be saddlcd vita en- immense
sum to create navy, which it was supposed
by the nEsses Of the people had already been
bniit: for time and time again had the coun
, try been told that VIC now possessed . navy
: | consisting Of five hundred vessels. anu cnpa
Bile Of coping with that Of England or Franco
, .QEEES CLAY SMITH AND nRUTrs !. cLAT-Tn'
= coPPER1IEAD ATTACK oS TuEM-
c These two gentlemen, the former openl.
= and tho latter by inuendo, have been attacked
: By thcir colleagues; Mallory and Wadswo1ta
i for daring to vote for Ar Collax ior Spelke5
/; and Trey hurled back the ISLANDERS and aspcf
eions Of their would-be Democratic Union
!; colleagues with such strength and power =
Ii to bring down the House. The scene was 2 2
# |ine to hear Mallory and Wadawsrth, VIII
y voted for Cox for Speaker. and aided Ether
l ,idge in his game to get himself elected Cler
;: and Fernando Wood Speaker, deaounctn
d any body. They call themselves Union Den
:. ,ocrats, forsooth. They nfe ns much Unfo
;o Democrats as Vallandigham is. Who Ea
Vallaudieham risht-hand supporter In Obi
a. but Cox, with Voorhees,, from Indiana, as b
I'd left! Who supported the twenty third req
m luton Of the Illinois Cogperhead aa Convsna'o
" tie war. but Coz and Voorhees, L. Cox an
st hptter War Democrat than Vnllandis shnm, {
Vauepdsghasn than Coxe Is Cox any bettt
War Democrat than Wood. Do not boz
train in the same ring: Is nj 4
their National Committee. In I'm
he runs with party who may nominate u
: Clcllan, Fernando Wood, Coz or Vallandi:
's- ham for President VIII lc dare say ths
IN Democratic nominations He (aiaNery) ma
~ be kte Fioe President he ticket who h",.e'
NC think, and aIl honest men must tlink, taa
Nj. Smith or Mr.. Clay could not trainin sue
people in their devotion to tho Union. n
n Smith Qike DioEenes with his lantern
search or an honest msnl went about, whe
ou he came TO Washington In search OF unle
Wnr Democrat, but tu vain. There + noL @ o.
on record against the warxv < ssetng tn
fhat such IN nnamo1y Us O War Dculocr
ill., conld not be found, he voted for Mr. COLA
~ who is Internationally for the war; For to 20
rn- car can proye that tIcy voted fora War Democr
on- LET them - trot OUT their evidence + :
nd people wou1d lilsc to sec it. It Is base III
NJ. On truth and common sense to call Cox T 50
r. - q Democrat He Is no more one tnan Wo'
Valandisha and there ~ + no n5it;rs v;ni9ss
rim theirs, In the commencement OF u
p,t var Kentucky, for selfish ends, play
,n. neutral between rebellion and Union. :
AL held out I'LL the rebels laid her waste, =
government. Sue got II, aud WINS saved II
Is ruin. She is now playing The same ga
an over agaln in politics. and for the same :
In. son, that Is, to saTe slavery; she M angst agat
s'e vii With which Tic drrnkard hugs the liq
damnation that is leading him down to dea
,n,,, | Let her beware how much longer she tn
~ with the so1emn responsibilities Of the no
acn II she loves the Onion better thar slavk
1or let her say 60, and above oil oct SO. II
loycs slavery better tnan the Union; sc
II. In any case let her ssoW her hand aad
"a. keep her representatives In 10th honses
Ing uGood Lord" Good Lord" and at
ions same time voting On the side OF tue Oes1i
lcral his angels.
fted MAI. GEN. c. c. wAsHEURNE+
lets, Ihad the pleasure Of meeting Major
,:l2s ra9s C. C. Washburne, brother OF Hon, =
ilsh- Nashbusue, Of your State, Mt the War DEF
rAcr ment, yesterday. He looks very well 20
Iae good deal bronxed from cxp95ure) aitei
1ish- imnortant dispatches from Gen. Banks,
pose Oh a few days leave Of absence. Gen. W
.ttle- nurDc for some time has virtually had c
>yer- mand OF the 18th Army Corps, In Gil tts
rortant operations in the Southwest. I
sta IN energetic, able and practical othcer a
lons, brave Boldfer. He gives very encoqra
aciu- acconnf of fhe state Of affairs In Ills Del
q the won't
fully TROOPS FOR THE HEsT,
!" ~ Infantry and artillery have been leavin:
the West within the last few days, and
~, rebels mean TO try conclusions In East
ueesee they may have very excellent OF
cir. tunity. imagine, however, that for
fha Ereseut they mean to act altogether OF
,rv of defensive In that quarter.
organ LuDfcRoUs INCIDENT
from A ludlcrous incident occurred In the II
vas to-day. Mr.. Kinney, Of Utah. rose to q
tae planation. He called Fernando Wood
10 count for his remarks In his speech Of ye
was duy in reference to the Mormon rebel
press "Wou]a not any man rehel," said the ht
1 ny ahlc Mormon. ttif his ri<ts and children
U Of attackeds Wonld that be- vtreason."
cases brought down the House, and perceiyir
fen- had mt his foot In 1t, he made tho N
"hich worse BY saying: al meant wife and (
naar, Ms, rem" Chow many wives has Kinney,
Inc tlcmen!" ZE
ts not Debute between Phi1Iips and Carr,
This AT public meeting IN Boston, On Thu
Aaons night, q spirited debate upon the policy
thev Administration occurred between w
Ap- Phillips and ". L. Garrison. The K
warmly denounced, and the latter as e1
.u+ n ttcally supported Mr.. 1iuco1n's course.