Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-07-18

real business men--men of system and order, well &C
qusinted with accounts These officers require no mill
tary skill or education, but thorough mercantile habits
and capacity The consequence Of the quarermasters
not being such men, will be developed when the accounts
exhibited and the expenses be added up Their
unacquantance with business, the of the markets. DC
subjects them the grossest mposons in making contracts
and purchases and there those who say avosm goes
long way but Of that know nothing.
When the expenses Of this paid and the accounts
exhibited the Florida expenditures will appear small The
most paid for many things particularly for
the Of ships and other vessels engaged in transporting
troops and from twenty five fifty per
than commercial would pay for similar vessels for his
own Let give you few instances. The steamship
Alabama is chartered the of S6 500 per month She
here about the end Of May with volunteers and returned
to New Orleans the LIST instant She reached the bar of
this port several days ago, and after blown off with
out landing the her. and has yet got back The
Augusta and Cincinnati have long been in
under high charters The former has aground
the 29h May, until days ago. The latter is cooped up
in the Rio Grande and Of but little service. An old French
bque called the Bayae condemned Galveston the last
of April early in May being unseaworhy, and sold in
the latter month at auction The hull, lower masts and
Of the goundtacke &C. purchased for about 100
81, 200 An expense of $500 perhaps incurred in
bring companies Of Texan volunteers this place. Civ
ing $3.50 for the trip Soon after her arrival she dis
manted and the rigging sold otherwise disposed Of and
the hull alone hired by the Quartermaster $40 per day
Sl0 $50 per good interest 500 Other
remarkable could be mentioned A Quartermase,
General his way here is said, and things may be bet
ter managed perhaps AT proper time might be well
to have exhibit Of the amount paid each steamer and
sailing vessel engaged transporting troops and supplies
this place for the army, their TONNAGE value &C., and then
obtaining from practical business what such vessels could
have been employed for by individuals for their The
also paid last year for tanspoa
ton Corpus Christi and St. Josephs Island Sometimes
much paid for vessel from New Orleans she could
have made voyage to Liverpool and the rates have
abated At early period will be well to look into thes.
expenditures, and know who has made them sanctioned
| them. t1l
No tell when the army will make forward
My belief is it will be considerable time and solely
for the want of transportation In the time the voun
teers much exposed For two weeks has raned
almost every day. and the Appearances strongly in favor
continuance of it. When it does not rain the sun is hot
enough The furnished Of an Indifferent kind and
there number Of companies, particularly among the
Texans, that have at ALL Yet the far continue
tolerably healthy. How long it will last tell
Whether the Mexicans will risk another battle Of general
quesuon tbat cannot De decided could
have been pursued after the battles in May their
must have been Dispersed killed, captured. As is they
have ample time raise renforcemens recruit their sp
ns and may make another stand in The billy country
they do, have doubt they win be defeated, and the
may be terminated but If they do conclude max
another general fight the will be of partisan character
and tell when il will terminate. We may over
the country, but will subdue it. As long privat
property respected and the lives and rights Of those
found in secured the Mexcans do not care about on
travelling through their country and paying highest price
for what they have SELL Ii is species of warfare bette
many of them than the they have hereto
fore enjoyed The frequently employed here by tn
Quaremaser and much better paid than they
before Yet these people, mass have the bterest feel
ngs against Their priests and demagogues have
purposes foered their pejudices and anmositics
the idea of exendng the of freedom include
them seems ridiculous and absurd.
The is (and think it worthy Of credi) that the
Mexcans certifying the town Of Monterey is place
of considerable importance in civil and military point
view, and it is possible the enemy may fight for it. If they
do not they will make general fight that certain and
the will then be Of the guerilla kind, and be waged in
most sangunary spirit Our people, particularly the Texans
feel very hostile and much exasperted against heMexicans
and if the army is broken up detachmen and
parties they will be spared 10y them As long
embodied under the control of high officers proper restraint
will be exercised but the small chiefs have sway
then win boodshed and rapine spread the country
This communication has been spun out TO great length
and may perhaps tire you. Perhaps II may enable you
has me- kill few hours. If any thing useful be Gull
ed out Of it my object will be fully attained.