New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-31
BIT THE SOUTHERN NAIL.
The Mexican War. It's Enormous Expense
Gen. Marshall and Col. Peyton-Liear- CHrd
and Judge iiasou.
Correspondence Of he [rl-Tice-
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Correspondence Of The T-iaucs
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It Is tie general opinion here. rs l understand.
that efforts VII be made. on the reassemblins Of
Congress- for the appointment OF Committees OF In
vestrstiou to INQUIRE nta the whole course at the
Administration rs TO the object and expense OF the
W ar thus sr carried on what the prospects are o.;
i;s termination what the Administration est
mates as to rs costs Tor the iuture whether the
Executive entered INTO any intrigue with SANTA
AyyA by which The latter. with ALsoyrE sad
ether Mexican officers were permitted to pass into
Vera Cruz throazh our blockade Of th.t Por. wha.
The two millions Of money asked Tor Of Congress by
the President was really wanted ;or, and whether
OF not any OF that desired sum has been drawn
from the Treasury snd paid away
lis believed that calls for information IN the
shape of resolutions ADOPTED by Congress will not
bring the intelligence desired They vii be TOO
long delayed. or not answered atal
Were the war to be brought to a close forthwith
the best judges compute the aggregate OF all lis ex
penses TO say nothing OF the Thousand OF our brave
officers and soldiers who have been slam In bat
tie. and the thousand that have perished 5y sick
ness on the Rio Grsnde, at no less than one kun
drcd and jijty millions OF dollars
This sum in silver. II Is computed would load
FOURTEEN HUNDRED SIX HORSE WAGONS. ana would
require train of teams to draw 1t more than TvES
TY -oST MILES LONG
All this expended IN carrying on the Mexican
war thus far. under the management Of this eco
nomicsl this selfstyled Democratic Adulinistra
ton when !: Is generally believed that we could
have obtained Peace. California and the Rio Grande
for Gum aXcse.iIuE- millions
OF dollars 4 BEAUTIFUL business
The news received by the Southern malllas
evening Is important, and puts the public mind out
OF suspense in regard 10 the interceptinc OF dis
patches from the army by CAyA1E,s party. or other
armed Mexicans. The news was sent TO YOU by the
Magnetic Telegraph.
Ii appears that two dues were TO come of at
Camargo on the l2th instant one OF which was be-
tween BriCadier THOMAS MARSHALL of Lewis Co
Kentucky and Col. BALE PEYToS OF NewOr
leans The quarrel probably originated in MAR
SHALL known hostility to General TAYLOR 1t
appears that the newly appointed Brcadier Gen
erals drew for seniority in rank-that MARSHALL
drew the frSt position LANE the second HAMER
the third. &c. and that notwithstanding MARSHALL s
rank. General TAYLOR selected HAMER and OUT
MAS to accompany him with their commands 10
MONTEREY PEYToS was the devoted friend OF the
Commanding General and member OF his Staff,
and probably made such structures upon MAR
STALLS hostility 10 General TAYLOR caused him
10 receive challenge from the sighted Brgadier.
There were no dispatches from General TAYLOR
received by the Government last evening. Lieut..
CURp of the Army, arrived and brought letters for
General SCOTT, but nothing for the Government
Quite an amusing incident occurred at Fuller S
Hotel on the arrival there Of Lieut.. CuRD as |
learn.
Judge MAsoS, the Secretary of the Navy was at
the hotel and learning that Lieut.. CuRD direct
from the Army at Monterey, politely asked that
gentleman if he brought dispatches for the Secre-
tary of War No. Sir said the Lieutenant to the
inteTrocatcr whom he did not recognize, | brought
no dispatches for the Secretary OF War. Ny dis
patches are for General ScoTT Judge Mason
then asked HIM if he would not call at the Depart
ment and see the Secretary Of War. No he said.
he did not know he had any thing to call on Gov.
MARCY for A friend here informed the Lieuten-
ant that the gentleman who was talking with him
was Judge Mason, the Secretary OF the Navy
whcreupon Lieut.. CuRD very handsomely excused
himse for not having recognized Judge MASON, and
said he would call at the Departments and give the
Secretaries such Information as he possessed
Judge MAsoS laughed, and said he would be happy
to meet him there but he did not understand why
the dispatches brought by Lieut.. CuRD were di
rected to Gen. SCoTT. Oh, said the Lieutenant,
they were not official dispatches. but letters from
some OF the officers of the Army to General ScoTT
And SO ended the co!oquy. II.
THg SIEGE OF MoNrEREY.-Leut Curd who ar