Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-18
MORNING. .EuAN H., 1916.

plies oi every Description, are finally 10 br cunmnnlrn
ted 10 the commanders of Volunteers whose ser yilos al,
10 bo accepted.
In the midst of these multitujinous aud Indispensable
occupations, have learned from yuu tina; much imps'
, 'isnce Is already islt. perhaps IN high quarters. thai
have not already put myself en- route ior the Rio Grande
aud now. with fourteen hours n day III ptrliminar y
work remaining on my hands tor many days, | lin! my.
stli {" nPrlled Ia strp that necessary worh IL enafd my
srll against. %refhels. utter condemnation IN he quar-
tiers alluded 10. an tal old /, snldlcr. and hn,s had
loo much tpeclal rNperience, not 10 tel the iu,lul Z IN
loflanee al securing myself against d0ngrl oil viii 81
pre- eondrmnatIun) IN my rear before ADVANCING upui ii,
public enemy.
Not an advantageous step eau Iva taken in \ forward
march without the confidence lhal all Is well brllnd, -
insecure IA that quarter. ~ general can pul his whole
irart aud mtnd luto HE Wurk Ia he Iuneln tmnt. am.
hhoret"rc. nj a hlln ALARMED. nav. eiIpplel III my "a
tctelrs, by The hnow lclsc vi the nupaliu nee IN question.
aud leg Ia say | liar no other danger.
MY lhionilnns have hren. after mt,ing all rfrtmlna>
" arrangements here. 10 pass d1"n The oho aud Ms
Si'sirrl. IL str, OF Ia assure mysrli by correspondence.
lhai The Volunteers. IN whnm We arr mostly In rely IN
The prosecution OF the existing war. are tapldly astrm
bling tot h service; to learn the ptnlable time At ihrlf
readiness Ia advance npnn Mr>lrn; Ia ascertain # then
supplies 81 every hlnd are In place. II are likely 10 hr III
place. III sufficient ilmr,. 10 hasten one and the other, Ia
hafhohiHf the movements oi volunteers. and To nudity
then routes Ct Hcccssaiy } 81 that AL, II AT least a suli
cirnI number, shall mts, At The Indicated points IN the
NrNiean lron1lrr at the best periods, ami, M tar AZ ptac.
t,elhIe. about the same lime, All that have >haichci
deem 10 be MT uni, usrlul To success. hut ludlsptnsn
biz. AN n soldier, make THIS ASSERTION wlllont. The lear
oi contradiction from any hoacSt AMI cdudid solilor.
Against The al ccp'dadnm condemnation ot all other
persons, whoever may he designated for The hlpll CONS
Inahd III question. therc can be no reliance IN his alb
Senee) Other than the active, candid, and STEADY sup>
pprto I his government. Il rnnuol have that snrc bae
sis In rest upon. II Will h. infinitely better lar the cnun-
ny lnot I" SPEAK ol NY personal security that some
o'l'ef fonmaodrfot the nr@ army against Mexico should
be 81 lee'ed. M matter Who he may be, he shall, nj
least. be Judged aud supprtlrl hy me. IN this ofhre aud
WY whcre cIse, As would 1csrra. II p t.onally IN that
command, 10 be- myself judged aud supported.
NV explicit meaning X, that do not desire 10 place
"yselt IN ttc most p"rIlous ot all ptsllous-a fire upon
n5 ron lfom " ~dhingioa. aud tc tirr ~ foat from
the ,litTi,als.
ltwas distinctly admitted and laid down Ms a basis,
IN The Interviews had the honor Ia hold with he iro
sljcni aud yourself op the SUBJ Ct. that a spcoill army
al some thirty thousand temps. regulars, aud twelve
months volunteers, would be necessary ff the mach a
aalnsi AID the conquest oIa peace III Mexico. adhere
10 that nplnIun.
1t Is iorrsern, with ioletable certainty. that we shall
not have, IN many mouths. more than seven Thousand
ct quite 81 man, regulars, applicable Ii that service.
l he TcinaInlng numbers are Ia lr made up In volunteer
hofse and foot. suppose ut these, taken together, a.
bout II 600 have been actually called Tor. There IL
yet go0d limo thiuh 10 make The additions suggested
IN one al thr tahlrs h1d the honor Ia submit, last night.
The question tullovs: liy what Tine ran an army oi
about 3p,0Oo, az ahnvr, be brought 10 acl from the III,
Ilcfcnt points agreed upon III The interviews alluded 10
upon Mexico.
More than lptf oft6c ! ,o00 regulars -crnain 10 be n.
rtuIled. | hope they may he obtained aud taken 10 the
Rio t'tandc, ihuugh raw III uninstmcted. by the first Of
September next. Can two>illlrls, or even n half, Of
the volunteer horse be got TO thai aver much before that
limr2 greatly doubt the possibility wit out the
shadow OF a douht about the patriotism ~ zeal of the cit
izens who have been specially called upon. The fuct
volunteers. aided by water transportation, Qbclicsed 10
be impossible with the horse, J may, probably, reacl, all
the points laf commencing operailuns a "c,k ~ Two ear
lrr. But II ilr horse be n necessary element Ia success
land two thrds, II mt ihfee Iourllis ol The Mexican ar
my are uudcr>lud 10 be- Ia The sld5lr.) Wlmi uulliy
would thctr dctl iufrIg The tDnt much ahead ul the
hofsel Tit ought 1tbea matter of arrangement. left
10 the commander ol rlc sprcml army, as Information
may open upon hln IA LIS pfugp 81 la lie blrNiran lron-
Tier, ncar the heads al columns, al within Easy cores
pondlng distance with most Oh them. The particular
question here then recurs, can the horse regiment from
Kentucky, Ghe most distant from NlexlcU) or that from
Tennessee (say 70 days nearer reach The Rio Grande
On land be II rememheIed) much before the day { ST nj
September before mrniionodl have learned personal
y from the Jealous and intelligent AdJuiant General
Dudl.y) Of Kentucky, that the most distant h0rse rcgi'
uent cannot be assembled (say) ~ Frankfort On the
Bow ling green. earlier than the batter part oi june.
Thence II viii probably be obliged Ia march via Mem
plils, Fulton, on the Rcd rver, San Antonio de Brxar.
&C., a line ut some ,2uO miles. The runiesoi The lon-
nresee, Arkansas, and Alisslssly pl horse will be tcspcc.
lively. say 100. GOO, aud 700 miles shorter, bat even
the middle ~ Irnurssec horse regiment. cannot, allows
ing moi a day Tor instruction al lts lcnd ayuus, or on the
route, reach The lo GrtDde. brfnre. (arcoriing 10 all
computations We can make lfre) the middle uf August.
! think, ruusld, flng tLat We cannot lopc 10 have more
Than 500 REGULAR caya}ry on the lower e.randr, no com
mander would he willing Ia enter MtAuco without both
Kentucky aud Tennessee regiments OF horse, and all
mat have been call,d from points nearer 10 the fields 81
expected operations. may nov state a TACT Which
seems Ia be conclusive as Ia the period best tor taking up
4 tuaB II nbtf y Ina fam and hpyDuI the luApT El0