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places at present at $50,000,000 a year ; for the 

 past years we may take an average of $25,000,000, 

 and vre shall have the enormous sum of $1,335,000,- 

 000 to be added to the $400,000,000 ; the whole 

 amounting to seventeen hundred and thirty-five mil- 

 lions of dollars, a sum beyond the conception of 

 human faculties, sunk under the sanction of the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States in mere peaceful pre- 

 parations for war ; more than seven times as much as 

 was dedicated by the Government during the same 

 period to all other purposes whatsoever." 



The number of militia in the United States in 

 1850, was 1,914,101 ; regular army, 12,326, includ- 

 ing officers. Of these, 7,696 are under orders for 

 Texas, New Mexico, California, and Oregon, thus 

 leaving but 4,530 in all the rest of the States and 

 Territories. 



According to the report of the Secretary of the 

 Navy, the navy of the United States now consists 

 of: — 



Ships-of-the-line, 7 



Eazce, 1 



Frigates, 1 2 



Sloops-of-war, 21 



Brigs, 4 



Schooners, 2 



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