BY MEYIERS & MENGEL. ■ ZMEXT. iTftin leares Mt. Dallas 5 i I BLR JAT ION. Huntingdon, at > a.in , p u j;y ß j, e( j every Fri 6.05 p in., and arrives at Mt. Mbsml a , $2 00 pcf Mail Train leaves Mt. ; $2.50 if paid rives at Huntingdon at 4jJ ff no j pa ;j within six ingdon at 7 45 a. tn., and ar' aceeuHt3 MUST be 10.30 a.m. .- "paper will be sent out of ,H'r IX advasce, and all such bc JiseonUnQ ed at 1 N'"-~^l.io n of the time for which they are ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than three months TEN CENTS per line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional All resolutions of Associations; communications of limited or individual interest, and notices of mar riages and deaths exceeding five lines, ten rents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All legal Notices of every fond, and Orphans' Court and Judicial Hales, are required by lam t be published ill both papers published in this pi are. All advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows: 3 months, fi months. 1 year. ♦One square -$4 50 sfi 00 $lO 00 Two squares - - - fi 00 900 10 00 Three squares - - - 8 00 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 Half column - - - IS 00 25 (HI 15 00 One column - - - - 30 Oil 4o 00 SO 00 ♦One square to occupy one inch of space JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. TUE GAZETTE OFFICE has just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, and everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates —TERMS CASH. Jjjp 5 " Ai' 'otters should be addressd to MEYERS & MENGEL, Publishers. Attorneys! at £au\ * R 1. RUSSELL. J. H. LOSGKSKCKEB. 1) USSELL & LONGENECKER, \J ATTORNEYS ASD COUNSELLORS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., Wi!l attend promptly and faithfully to all busi ness entrusted to their eare. Special attention given to collections and the prosecution of claims for Back Pay. Bounty, Pensions, Ac OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court J Jo use. apra,'67tf J. MCI). SHARPE. E. P. KKRR. QHARPE AT KERR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BKDFOHI), PA., will practice in the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of fice on Juliana St., opposite the Bankiffg House of Reed A Schell. [March 2, TS6. J. R. DURBORROW. I JOBS LL'TZ. nu RB () RR o W & LUT Z , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution of claims against the Government for Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lauds, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the '•Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer office. fOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT f J LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his services to the pnblic. Office second door North of the Mengel House. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861. M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT I j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to alt business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military laims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, t vo doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 1861. F. M. KIMM ELL. | J. W. LINGENFRLTER. IT" IMMEIjL & LINGEX FEFT lilt, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, BEDFORD, PA., Have frrrned a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, tvro doors South ofthe ••Mengel House," JTI If. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT LAW BEDFORD. I'A Will promptly at tend to collections and all business entrusted to his eare in Bedford and adjoining counties. Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the ' Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mr 9. Tate. May 13, 1664. B F. ME VERS. | /. W. DICKKRSOS. MEYER** a difkerson, AT TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L Russell, a few doors south ot the Court House, will practice in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase and sale of real estate at tended to. J may 11,'66. IT AYS IRVIN E. A TT< > 11X KY A T 1 LAW. Bloody Run, Pa Office in Harris' New Building. inarl3'6B {AOMETHING NEW. The undersigned has just returned from the city with all the LA TE IMPROVEMENTS in Photography, and is introducing the new Style of Picture called the CABINET *l7. E PHOTOGRAPH." which has attracted so much attention in New York and Philadelphia. Having gone to considerable expense in refit ting and improving his Gallery, he is enabled to make anv ofthe NEW sTYLES OF PICTURES A T VER V LOW PRICES, FROM 25 CEN TS UP He would also invite attention to his splendid stock of ANN AS AT GREATLY RENRCEH PRICES ; also GILT, KOSEWmoft.and WALNUT FRAMES and MOULDINGS, very cheap. Also Brackets for Ornamenting Parlors. HIS FANCY CASES are of the latest s'yle anil made of the best material. Photographs copied and Enlarged from old J>e guerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Paintings cr any other kind of Picture. Thankful to his friends for their patronage dur ing the past fifteen years, he hopes to merit a continuance of the samo. and would respectfully invite all who wish a correct likeness of thern"- selves, to eall and examine his work before going elsewhere, satisfied that he can give entire satis faction to any who may favor him with their cus tom. T. R. GETTYS junl9m3 rpHE COMING CONFLICT! We give greater inducements to Agents than any other House in the trade. Ladies and Gents, get up Clubs in our great ONE DOLLAR SALE of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Silver Ware, Plated Ware, Ac., &c. Thousands can testify as to the superior quality and the large remuneration received for selling our goods. We will present to any person, (fret of nut), sending us a club, goods worth $3 to S3OO, or will pay cash if necessary. All goods sold at. an uniform price of ONE DOL LAR for each article. We have made special arrangements with the celebrated ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY, to sup ply their standard Teas and Coffees, at their best prices. Agents wanted everywhere. Descriptive Circu lars will be sent free, on application. Gll AS. LETTS & CO., Mantra' Agents, 64 A 68 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. jun2Bwl ■FURNITURE AND CABINET ROOMS. THOMAS MERWINE, AT TIIF. OLD STAHL WORK-SHOP, has re-opened the Furniture and Cabinet business in that part of town, ami is prepared to furnish ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE. at remarkably cheap rates. Call and examine his work before purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed. Special attention paid to the manufacture and furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable, may Im3 \\r ATE RSI DE W( X) LEN FAC VV TORY !—30,000 LBS. WOOL WANTED! The undersigned having leased the Large New Woolen Factory, erected recently at Waterside for a number of years, respectfully informs the old ! customers of the Factory and the public generally. ; that they will Deed at least the above amount of wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths, ! Casunercs, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets. Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which tbey will exchange I lor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets ! will he made to order, at all times. Stocking I yarn of all kinds always on nand. Our Peddler, | W. If. Ralston, will call on all the old oustomers, and the public generally, in due time,for the pur pose of exchanging goods for wool. The highest market priee will be paid for wool in cash. N. I! Wool carding spinning and country Full ing will be done in the nest manner and at short notice JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO., iuay22m3 Waterside, Pa. f|MIE Isooal circulation of the BED -1 FORD GAZETTE islargerthan that of any other paper in this section oi country, and therefore of jer-tire greatest inducements to business men to ddrertite in its columns. Hilt iH #f #ll# ♦ Sioofland'si (fotumn. you ALL HAVE HEARD OF HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Their introduction into this country from Ger many occurred in 1825. THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different from w w the many preparations now in the eountry cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics. They are no tavern-S ■-preparation, or any thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi cines. They are The greatest known remedies for Liver Complaint-, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debilitv, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, stomach, or IMPURITY OF TUE BLOOD. Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullnes of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensa f I tions when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of V * Vision, Dots or Webs before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency ot Perspiration. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back. Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits. AH these indicate diseases of the T.iver or Di gestive Organs, combined with impure blood. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots, Herbs, arid Barks from which these extracts are made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi cinal virtueus are ex tracted from them by a scientific Chemist, f ft Those extracts are then forwarded to this V..F country to be used ex pressly fvr the manufacture of these Bitters. There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in compounding the Bitters, Ifencc it is the only Bitters that can be used in CK"es where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Grange, etc. It is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case where some pure alcoholie stimulus is required. You will bear in mind that these remedies are en tirely different from any others advertised for tbe cure of the diseases named, these being scientific preparations of medicinal extracts, while the 01h ... X .101,0 VO lam IU some lorm. Die TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of" all tonics. DEBILITY. There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger man Bitters or Tonie w in cases of Debility. They impart a tone M and vigor to the whole system, strengthen A the nppetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound, healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change the patient from a short-breathed, eiuaci j ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced, I stout, aud vigorous pcrsou. Weak and Delicate Children are I inade strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In ■ tact, they are Family Medicines. They can be administered with |>eri'ect safety to a ehild throe months old, the most delicate female, or a man of I ninety. These remedies are the best Blood Purifiers ever known and will cure all diseases resulting from bad blood. Keep your blood pure; keep your Liver in order: • keep your digestive organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by the use of these reme JL-d dies, and no diseases will ever assail yon The best men in the country recommend the in. If years of honest reputation go for anything, you must try these preparations. FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. PHILADELPHIA, March 16. 1867. Ifind that "Hoofland's German Bitters'" is not n intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of great benefit in cases of debility an t want of ner vous action in the system. Yours Truly. GEO. W. WOODWARD. FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, April 2s, 1866. I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from iuv experience of it JTjL. Years, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD, D. D., Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Dn. JACKSON—DEAR SIR :—I have been fre quently requested to connect my name with rec ommendations of different kinds of medicines, hut regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a clear proof in various instances, and particularly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Hoof land's German Bitters, I depart for once from ray usual course, to express my full conviction that for general debility of the system, and es pecially for Liver Com say plaint, it is a safe and valuable preparation. In some cases it may fail ; bnt usual ll ly, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. II KENNARD, Eigth, below Coates Street. CAUTION. Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited. Tbe Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each bottle, and the name of the article blown in each bottle. All others are counterfeit. Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle; Gr, a half dozen for $5. Price of the Tonic, £1 50 per bottle; Or, a half dozen for *7 50. The tonic is put up in quart bottles. Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German Remedies that are so universally used and so highly recommended;-w~-v and do not allow the Druggist to induce I ftyou to take anything else that be may say-l~"F is just as good, be cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme dies will be sent by express to any locality upon application to the PRINCIPAL OFFICE, At the German Medicine Store. As. 631 ARCH STREET, PhttwlFpJita. CI IAS. M. EVANS, PROPRIETOR. Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co. These Remedies are for sale by Druggists. Store keepers aud Medicine Dealers everywhere. Do not foreret to examine the artiele btew tn ortlrr to get the genuine.. uiay29'Bßyl lit? |swlfanl 0, when, if we make the same loan, we have to pay $2,760 to the lender. If we wish to help the tax payer, if we wish to get at the cause of debased currency in the hands of the laborer, we must first find out why our credit is dishonored—for it is a tainted credit that sinks alike the value of bonds, of greenbacks, and bank notes. Make the credit of the United States as good as that of Great Britain, or of a merchant in good standing, or of a mortgage on a farm, and our troubles would disappear. Contracting Wrong. 1 f we make our paper money good by a harsh system of contraction, we shall cripple the energies of the country, and make bankruptcy and ruin. If, on the other hand, we debase the currency by unwise issues, we shall equally perplex business and destroy sober industry and make all prices mere matters of gambling, tricks, and chances. This will end as it did in the Southern Con federacy. At the outset the citizens of Richmond went to market with their money in their vest pockets and brought back their dinners in their BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1868. baskets; in the end they took their money in their baskets and took their dinners home in their vest pockets. Make our money good by an honest and wise course, and when this is done, it will be worth twenty-five per cent, more than it is now, which will be c qual to an increase of one-quarter in the amount of currency. Business will l>e strengthened, industry will be encouraged, prices will be regular, and men will then dare to go on with use ful enterprises. The Cause of Our Disgrace—Official Statements. We find right here the cause of our troubles, perplexities, and national dis grace. Our credit is tainted. But for that we could borrow money, as Bri tain does, at three per cent., and <-ut down taxation. But for that our paper money would be good, and gold and silver would glitter in the hands of la bor. But for that fact there would he no question how the bonds are to be paid, and we never should have heard of the greenback issue. But for the national discredit, business men would not be perplexed, and the disquiet and fears which now disturb the public mind would not exist. Now, if this dishonor cannot be helped, we must bear it in the best way we can, and we must get on with the sectional, and so cial, and political troubles growing out of it until time and events shall bring some cure. But if it can be shown to be the work of those in power, then all sections, all classes, and all interests should unite and turn them out. For tunately we have official statements to guide us in our inquiries. We take the showing of the very parties under impeachment to show where the guilt lies. To show the waste of those in power Jet us compare the cost of Gov ernment during the four years of peace before 1861, and the four years of peace following the Ist of July, 1805. For the fiscal year ending July 1, 1869, I will take the estimate just made by the Committee of Ways and Means. Bear in mind that this is the best promise the Republicans can make on the eve of a Presidential election. It will prove to he many millions short of what they will spend, but we will give them the benefit of their own state ments. After the close of the war, and up to the Ist of July, ISGS, the War Department paid $105,001),(XX); which is $75,000,000 more than was spent by the same department in four years of Mr. Polk's administration, and which included the cost of the Mexican war. It took nearly twice as much to stop a war under Republican policy as it did to carry on a war under the Democrat ic management. But I will not take this $195,000,000 into account. Let us close the war. Since July 1, 1865, a bout three months after the surrender of Lee, up to July 1, Uses, tiie cost of Government will be by official reports and estimatessß2o,39o,2oß. Up to Ju ly 1, 1569, by the estimate of the Chai rman of the Committee of Ways and Means, it will be $197,973,366, making the cost of government for four years $1,018,363,571. This does not include one cent paid or to be paid for interest or principal of the debt. Ihe cost of government during the four years he fore the war (leaving out interest on debt) was $256,246,414. This shows that the Republicans have spent in time of peace four dollars where the Democrats spent one. But the cost of government grows greater, and we will allow them to spend two dollars where the Democrats spent one. This will make $512,462,828. But they spent $565,910,616 beyond this. What did they do with the money? During the four years cf Mr. Polk's term, which included the Mexican war, the cost of the War Department was only $90,540,- 788,21. We find that the cost of tlie War Department, taking their own statements and estimates, will be in those four years of peace, $541,613,619. And this follows an expenditure of more than $3,000,000,000 during the war. The cost of the Navy Department in the four years ending July 1, 1869, will bo, by Republican statements and esti mates, £117,471,802; and this follows an expenditure of $814,186,742 during the war. In the four years before the war the navy cost only $62,910,534. We then stood in the front rank of commercial powers. Our ships were on every sea and were to be found in every port. American shipping is now by our tarilf policy swept from the ocean, but the cost of the navy is near ly doubled. The year ending July 1, 1808, is the third year of peace. Rut the War Department cost $128,- 808,491, which is more than its cost during the four years of Mr. Polk's term, which covered the expenses of the Mexican war. Not only does one year of peace cost more than four years of war then did, but the third year of peace cost more than the second, for in the year ending July 1, 1867, the War Department spent only $95,221,415. In these statements we have given the Republicans the lull benefit of their promises for the fiscal year ending Ju ly 1, 1869, but we should like to ask a few questions. If $38,081,018 is enough for the War Department in that year, why and how did you spend $123,858,- 490 this year? If $17,500,000 is enough for the navy in 18G9, why did you spend upon it $43,821,111 in 18GG, and $31,024,011 in 1807? You have not cut down the numbers of the army. Did you waste money this year, or are your statements for next year untrue ? We ask Republicans to read the estimates for the future, for they show the pro fligacy of the post. If $500,000,000 of the money paid for military, naval, and other expenses had been used to pay the debt, to-day the credit of the United States would have been as good as that of Great Britian. This rapid payment, and the proof it would have given of good faith, would have carried the national credit to the highest point. The bonds would be worth much more in the hands of holders, and yet the tax- payer would seem better off, for the cost of the Government would be cut down as its credit" rase. We could put out new bonds, bearing less interest; which would not have the odious ex emption from taxation. Our debt would have been less, our interest low er, and our taxes reduced. The hours of labor could be shortened. The Effects of the Debt on the Toiler. What now lengthens the time of toil ? If we were free from any form of taxation, director indirect, six hours of work would earn as much as ten do now. One hour more of work ought to meet a laborers share of thecost of government, another hour should pay his share of the national debt. He now works two hours more each day than he ought to pay for the military and negro policy of Congress and its corrupt schemes. It lias just passed a law that eight hours make a day's lab or, while it piles up a load of taxation which forces the laborer to work ten hours or starve. But the wise and honest use of this SSOO,OOOJHK) would not have stopped here. When it car ried our bonds to the level of specie value, it would have carried up our currency to the value of specie. The plan of making our currency as good as gold by contracting its volume car ries with it great distress and suffering. But if we lift up its value, by getting rid of the taint upon the national credit, it harms no one, it bless es all. Now, our legal tender and bank currency must be debased while our national bonds stand discredited.— They must rise and fall together.— They are all based upon the national credit. Bank notes cannot be worth more than the bonds which secure them. If, then, the $500,000,000 had been du ly and honestly used to pay our debt, to-day the tax-payers would have been relieved,, the mechanic, laborer, and pensioner would have been paid in coin or money good as coin, and would not be cheated out of one-quarter of their dues by false dollars. The hol ders of bonds in savings banks or life insurance would be better off, as their securities would be safer and worth more. There would be no question how they should he paid, for this ques tion grows out of the follies of those in power and will disappear, when they disapi>ear from the places they now hold. The bondholder would no lon ger stand in an odious light. He would not be charged with the taxa tion which has been used to hurt, not to help, his claim. If a wise, an hon est use of the public money would have done this good in the past, it would do it in the future. The. Jladical Negro Policy. But the Republican party, at Chica go, pledged Itself, by its nominations and resolutions, to keep up its negro policy. It is impossible to give untu tored Africans at the South uncontroll ed power over the Government, the property, and laws of the people of ten States by excluding white votes, with out military despotism. You cannot give to three million of negroes more Senators than are allowed to the fifteen million of white men living in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, lowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Michigan without keep ing up great standing armies. With out a general amnesty, and the restora tion of the suffrage to all the whites in the South, a great standing army must be a permanent institution. In order to curse the South with military des potism, negro rule, and disorganized labor and industry, they cursed the farmers of the North with taxation, the mechanics with more hours of toil, the laborers and pensioners with deba sed paper, the merchant with a shifting standard, and the public creditor with a dishonored and tainted national faith. Are these classes to turn and to see how each can push the burdens upon each other, or are they to make com mon cause and do away with the curse of a bad government ? If the Republi can policy prevails this struggle must begin. Either the laborer or the capi talist must go down. Both cannot live under It, and men must choose be tween. If, on the other hand, the pol icy of selfish ambition and of sectional hate is put down our country will start upon a new course of prosperity and all classes will reap in common the fruits of good government. The Great Question at the. Coming Eh c- The next election will turn upon this question, can the congressional party succeed in their efforts to excite and ar ray the industrial and moneyed inter est against each other, or will those 11- nite and turn out the authors of the mis chief under which they are all suffer ing? The only hope of our opponents is discord where there should he har mony and concert of action. In our State, at the last election, we appealed to all classes to help us to save New York from misgovern!;.cut and all came up to the rescue, and we made a change of seventy thousand. Ret us again appeal to all classes interested throughout the Union ; lot us go be fore the people with these facts, and we will make a change which will sweep the wrongdoers from their pla ces. We say to the bondholders and to the laborer who has put his money in to savings banks: "We do not wish to harm you, we do not seek to give you bad money, but to get a good currency for all. It will not help us to break down the credit of your bonds; it hurts us; it keeps up our taxes by ma king us pay high interest ; but we ask you to help save us as tax-payers from the cost of the negro and military pol icy at the South. It is hard for us to pay you if you let men in power take the money we give in taxes to reduce your claims and use it to uphold mili tary despotism., We see clearly that a state of affairs which will compel you to take debased currency will force every laborer, farmer, mechanic, and creditor to take a debased currency as well. If your claims were all wiped out to- moirovvbyan issue of greenbacks, it would not relieve the fears of patriots ; labor would still be cheated by false dollars, our standard of value would still be shifting. Taxation would be kept up by the Reconstruction policy, for it is despotism more than debt that makes taxation so heavy. Nothing would l>e settled. The Judiciary would still be trampled under foot, the Executive would still be manacled so that it could not punish crime nor pro tect innocence." The necesssity of striking down the Con gressional Policy. But strike down the congressional policy, and all will be set right. Since the war closed in 1865, the government has spent for its expenses, in addition to payments on principal or interest of the public debt, the sum of more than $1,000,000,000. On this sum there has been spent nearly $800,600,000 on the army and navy and for military purpo ses. This is nearly one-third of the na tional debt. This was spent in the time of peace. Thecost of our navy before the war was about $13,000,0