Exnenses of fine War.
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1his Is d subject which has been fruit ful theme for editorial comment. We have not reviewed Uncle Sam's le,lger very close ly ourselves; but to the charge that the war IS Fainously expensive, we find the follow ing counter statement in the letter of the Washington correspondent of the N I ork Herald:

 There have of late been some most un- reasonable and excessively high estimates of the expenses of 'slhe existing war with Mexi- eos" as given in the public jourpM. The debt created thus far Is littlS or nothing. No debt has been or will be incurred for arms CT munitions. The magazine at ths city alone contains powder enough tor the materials for its manufactured for ten years war with Mexico, with cannon and balls sufficient to batter down the peak nf Orixaba alter sazee- ing the castle at Vera Cruz There are arms enough on hand at the various depots to equip a million of soldiers, and munitions sufficient for long campaign for that vast body of troops. in this respect at least, we would have been found ready for war with Great Britain, if not in respect to frigateS and steamers

 1 The lead, from tolls of the public mineral lanrls, has promised an ample supply for a hundred thousand men, in hard fighting, for five years campaign. The old woman, m counting the cost of a Christmas pudding, allowed so much for raisins, so much for eggs. so much for sue. and butter, but noih- ing for the flour, because, said she, s.we had that.n Upon tisis plan, we may very pro- l peily count upon so many millions for trans por,atiop of men and supplies, and for pur- chase of wagons, steamboals, transports. bat teaux, barges, harness, packsaddies, mules, horses, cattle, -four, beef, pork, whiskey, ,cof- | fee. .ea, sugar, medicines, boxes, barrels, tents and tent poles, clothing, pontons and poiItoniers, pay of volunteers, and increase of regulars, axes, msttocks, s.ioyeIs. pots and pans, hospitals, for.s, depots, sia,ians, fuel, i. &c., but In the important articles of bombs. guns, drums, morsafs. cannon and cannon carriages, maskels, rifles, cutlasses, and carl ridges, grape-shoi, rockets, powder and ball, no expense Is incurred, because we had them already. We may say the same of the sqaad- roas in the Pacific and in the Gnif. We had them, and ba, little expense has been added to the peace establishment, in the Mexican blockade.

 We assume, therefore, that the extraordi- nary expense of the existing war, from the passage in May last of ihe biAs declaring ifs existence, for the six mouths ending witf, the present October, will fall short of the Slo,- COG, ,00O sppxoprialed by that bill, as the fel- lowing rSnkh Estimate Tor 20.0o0 additional