Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-11-01
FROM THE ARMY.

lZln lmteiligence not very important except as III
shows that there is little likelihood of any more
important coming hereafter. All accounts speak of
uninterrupted quiet, and of nothing to do in the
fighting line, present or prospective.
The general condition of things is thus desert
bed in letter dated October s.
All the troops which have arrived al St. Josephs Island
have been transported to Gen. Tayos encampment The
difficulties which first experienced in conveying
troops c from the island to the enaupmen have all been
nearly The steamboat Neva, recently srfived,
makes daily trips between the Iaces The Monmouth
remain outside the Arkansas BAR and thus the troops are
enabled reach the encampment within few hours after
irving of ST. osephs where previously they detained
several days at3
The generally speaking in good health, and it
would appear that every thing military skill and experience
could suggest has been esored to BY Gen. Taylor 10 promote
the comfort and safety of the officers and under his com
mand The weather thus far has been exceedingly fine and
the encampment presents beautiful appearance but what
termed the rany season appoaehe many Of the comforts
enjoyed mey be expected TO be great degree essened
as from the exposed situation of e encampment the
will afford but slight protection from the nccmency of the
weather.
GA building welsued to the purpose has been erected
hospital which will enable the sick least be sheltered
The number of soldiers at the encanpmen believe is
eckoned upwards Of four thousand which, with the ar
walls daily looked for, will give the place quite wake APP
pearance. We have expectation of attack from the
Mexicans yet every preparation made to meet any
gency that may The Mexcans permitted to carry
their trade at rancho unmolesed Large parties of
them in almost daily bringing horses mules and nell
tries Of different kinds and the merchants and shopkeepers
sle doing quite thriving business money appearing quite
plenty.
Houses built as fast materials can be procured the
of which is much felt The impetus now given will no
doubt tend to make Corpus Christi place of considerable
importance.
ga portion of the dragons have been removed San An
TONIC where understand it is intended they shall be stationed
until active service required of them. finer of
and horses than this corps pesentst would be difficult find
With the exception Of one spy company under the com
Captain Hays's SPY company is duty.
These two companies very Efficient the officers and men
composing them having had much experience in the duty
which they required to perform.
The proclamation Of the President Of Texas q have not
it, understand requires each county in the Republic TO
have ready moments notice the respective number OF
men which each contains fit for military service"
correspondent of the New Orleans Tropc,
writing on the It'll, gives not very fattering ac-
count of the Governments original preparation for
active warfare. He says:
sAn article in the Washington Unon explanatory Of the
extraordinary pursued by the War Department in send
ing artillery troops into the field without their guns betrzys
gross ignorance Of the facts most shameless attempt
deceive II says that the artillery troops in Texas but
artillery name, and provided with muskets
anry that four companies have guns and horses, and
designed to cooperate with the other corps field artillery
Beyond all doubt The I'd Dragons the 81 and 4th infantry
and Lieut. Braggs company of artillery, from Charleston
the only troops originally destined for the Texan from
tier The authorities at Washington expected immense
loss of lives the troops sent upon active campaign
tropical climate the month Of July. They, therefore,
ordered out the maimum force which they deemed compe
tent TO guard the frontier until the sicy
"a wapanic, got up in the month Of August by some
ways stock obbers caused change in the original pan
and the consequent sending Of large portion of the whole
army TO this point Until ts period Lieut. Baggs company
the only artillery force in the edthe only artillery
force expected in the field Lieut. Bragg received mystic
rious order in the last of juno sail for New Orleans there
TO await further orders lie embarked with his company
Charleston the 18th June and arrived New Orleans on
the 9th July. lie there received adyices from Washington
informing him that his company be mounted and equip
ped flying artillery his guns TO be shipped from New
York; and his horses TO be sent to the Texan frontier from
Fort Jesup He directed TO proceed the arrival Of
his in New Orleans join Gen. Taylor the mouth
Of the Sabine.
GAS the age Of giants as well as that Of chivary is gone
Lieut. b. would have found il serious undertaking drag,
by hand hts pieces from New Orleans the mouth Of the
Sabine Fortunately for him he found Gen. Taylor in the
Crescent City, ready embark with brigade OF infantry
for Aransas Texas, without the cmotest intention of ap
preaching within two hundred miles Of The mouth Of the Sa-
bne Gen. Taylor relieved the artillery company from the
someUhet oerohs task Of dragging several hundred
miles without horses by ordering il to sail for Arkansas in the
ship Victoria with five companies Of the 4th infantry. The
Sd infantry embarked New Orleans the 2lst July
4th infantry aud the artillery company the 23d. Their
not having arrived, the artillery company sailed with
out them.
'on Gen raylos arrival at Aransas he found orders TO
the Nueoes Although the troops under his command
Except the artillery company had been in camp the Sa
be for than year. In daily expectation Of orders 10
proceed 10 the Texan frontier, Gen. T. had been author
lied TO send officer into the country who could furnish him
with accurate information with regard to its bays hsrbors
lets, &c As natural consequence of this strange
slec the army of occupation entirely ignorant Of the
country The pilot employed al New Orleans had been
Arkansas but before and that many years ago. and
the climax, the two steamboats, brought light
ports for the troops drew feet Of much the
channel between Corpus Christi and Arkansas Bay.
g General Taylor compelled TO employ their own
rates and sail boats belonging the traders this
place He also despatched officer Galveston charter
the only steamboat Of light draush athst city This boat
ed not IN time to assist in the transportation OF the Sd and 4h
infantry but in time to destroy by her explosion, the lives Of
two valuable officers and sevral fine soldiers With such
inadequate Of Transporting troops from Arkansas, the
operation Of tedious and slow. Not than
forty men, average, landed daily. The point of
decentralization about three miles to the west Of the Nue.
ces and consequently in the disputed territory that territory,
too inhabited entirely by Mexcns Of whom there said
to he about fifty thousand One hundred Of these resoute
and charmed, would have been sufficient repe all the
rowboat and sks that General could have mustered
The landing OF troops is usually protected by artillery. In
this there necessarily departure from the dictates of
and the of war, the Of the
artillery company mugy housed in Watervlet arsenal
Wel the Sd and 9TH infantry landed at last They were
now IN vast qaine, in enelnys country within three
days march of strongly fortified When about Eve
hundred men had landed here, the officially that
war had been declared the time the traders the
rancho brought the report that Asta with three thousand
within eighty miles Of he encampment There was
no cavalry 10 send out 10 ascertain the truth of hs report
artillery to defend the encampmtnt the order given
to intrench But almost difficult TO obey this order
as TO drag by hand through the Louisiana marshes
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