13 FEBRUARY 1864, Page 2

The Indian papers state that the little war on the

frontier is over, that it has cost a million, and that another expedition to

punish two other troublesome tribes is in course of organization. If this statement is correct, it would be better to pay these worthies black mail ; but it must be exaggerated. The Indian garrison is kept up permanently as if just about to take the field, and the transport of supplies and ordnance, the only new expendi- ture, can scarcely have amounted to that sum.