Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-07-23
vol. NNIs:-.yO. 100

Urn laYi lFuffd me- IVA mol want iiAnr Ia ASSIST
hm-crrlanly nmre than he called lur Ii The Oh,
Jeet be INVASION, the men rune pany provided. Ih<v
come with ans IN lheir hands, and there are provision.
enough EASILY obtained, bn here 10 suiiciencv IL
transportation for IN amy oI five thousand men N
All, ntl,n had been paid the necessary means Of
ltaf spong supplies for army, IL would have been
much better lhan seadng VI suffer ID this
climate An nrmy tsnnd owe without prov sbns, and
II We penetrate iaf into the country il will require prent
nu"e'r OF wagons There are about ,hr.e hundred
wagons and teams het, bi mol dfvts enough for thein
when tay here, understand with the Amy. We arr
i"d the Government has three hundred wagons in ipr
about Philadelphia; when ih,y will be here M one can
tell mules hive Ia be purchased and M chance of eel.
ting them. except Doth the h,xleans, they are perfectly
viii, and must be tanned aud taught Ia work. this will
taxi lune time alter the wagons arrive. The MeSi-
can Ulcers having the mules driven oil us FAST n
They can into the lntlot aad forbid any sales 10 us
sill good many brought 10 haamuras aud pur.
chased. month ago an firet sent la New Or"
leans 10 purchase several stamhoas suitable navigate
the Rio GIaudc Nome m Them here vel, and, lroln
what We have been ,ototmrd, whtn they do arrives II ID
nol probable they " III aosuef the purpose. In The mean
lime the mouth III HE river has been closed by har thu
steamers Sea and Cincinnati. chartered at hiah raica
were caught inside, and Of lue M use, drn
loo much wafer. he Col llarpcy steamer, belonh.
ing 10 the Government. @nh during the las, week, IN
open daylight tnu on the bar. oil this harbor, and has
gune 10 neccsa gtea, pece o negligence. The httef
neglect 10 topply the army with sufficient ranstntla.
ton or ammunition and hnppieA now pamIgss every
thing aud prevents he army moving II we had had
ono unnth ago lhee hundred additional wa gons and
/ i"oof Three small steamers 10 the RIO tsTande. We
should nov be lar way 10 Monterrey, in q hi.h
healthy country. the men euHiened aud well; aud M
tue gwen The enemy 10 recruit their forces recover
from he consequences OF Their defeat Instead this
do not believe the army viii have the banks VI TIM
kln Grande beorr the middle 1T An ust or the com.
mcnrrnen III Septenhcr Until then thr nl.n must ho
paid and snpppot'ed-at what you will see when
ynu can get hod OF the accounts.
The staff department of The II, =. particularly thu
sin brtur
giant. The orily prlsous qNaied Tor the station of
qoattemasei are real business mcnnen Of system and
otdef, well nequantd with accounts. These olierfs
require no military skill education but through mercan.
llr habirs and calacly The consequence NJ the quar-
letmaste1s not being such neh will ~ Developed In
the accounts are exhibited aud the expenses be
added hp. her acquaintance with business, the
sate ol The markets. &c subjects Them To The closest
nposons N mak.ng contracts and purchases; aud there
are those who say hyurItlsm goes long way; but Of
thai know nothing.
When The espensoo ni tla waf arc paid and The ac-
counts exhibited The Florida expenditures will apppat
sunni. The nnsi cnormous rates paid Tor many
ihlnrs particularly 1t The use o ships md other vessels
Engaged III transporting 'roops aud surcs um % 10 80
PEI eent more than c"mmercIol innn would pay Tor
slmaf vessels lt his own usc. Lei mt give yon ftw
instances The steamship Alabama is chartered a, tho
rate 81 3l65oO per month Size here about the
md oi May with VOLUNTEERS, aad returned 10 New Or
leans on the At instant. She reached the bar or this
poii snver days mo-, and after blown III With
The sleantrs Augusta aud Cincinnati have long been IN
service oudr hph hafteta, The former has been fast A.
gronpd since the %9h May until Two DAYS agu Tho
ntrt Is coolrd mp the RIO Gmnde aud is OF but liuIe
service. On old French miqne, called the Blayasc
was condemned nj Gay' sion. ,he last ii April or early
N May, Nv being nnsraworlly, and sold IN the latter
month at auction, TIN hull, lower nlass and Some nf
he gunnd>,ackr, SC. purchased for about 100 of
Sl2uo. An expense u 500 perhaps was Incurred IN
partially rigging hrr when .cal. Kmgsbury charter
ed her Ia bring two companies al Texas volunteers Il,
tins place, giylug $3.50 ir the trip. Soon after her ar
flyal she was dsnancd ard The rigging sold or other
wise disposed OF, md The hill alone hed by the Quar-.
ie'maset a. $50 per day $40 $50 per annum a good
interest GA S. 1901 Olhrr remarkable could be-
mentioned. A new Gnaternnsirr General is on hls
way here u Is said, aud things may be better managed
perhaps A. some proper time might be well TO have
an exhibit OF the amount paid toeach steamer and
wiling vessel engaged IN transporting troops and sup.
plies 10 this place Tor the army, ih, tonnage, value,
e. and then Obtaining lrum practical business men
what such vessels could have been employed for by ndi-
vldnals Tor their own use. The most rates
were ais, paid las, year nr transportation to Corpus
Chrsli. and ST. Joseph Island. Sometimes as much
was paid for vessel from New Orleans, sho could
have made On voyageto Liverpool, and The rates have
not nbaled. Al an early period il will he well 10 look
into these expenditures, and know ho has made them
or sanctioned them.
No one can tell when the army will make forward
movement. My beei is II will be considerable time,
and solely for the want of transportation III the mean
time the volunteers much exposed For Two weeks
or more has mlned almost every day, aud The appear
ances strongly IN favor ul continuance Of IT, When
II does not rain the is hot enough. The tents fur
ntshrd Of an Indifferent kind aud there are nuns
her Of companies, particularly amnng The Texans TINT
have none A. ALL Yet the men Tar continue ulerably
healthy. How long il will last one can tell.
Whehet ihp Mexieahs will risk another battle Of
general kind rs question that cannot be decided now.
II they could have been pursued after The battles in
May, their trce must have been dispersed, killed or
captured AS is they have ample time to raise reins
irremeRs and recruit their spirits. and may make
mother stand in the hilly cunny. lf they do, haze no
doubt they will be defeated and the may he tiers
minated but i. they do not conclude make sno-
her general fight. the will be Of partisan cbarac-
ter, aud no tell when II will terminate We
may overnn the country. but will subdue it,
As long private properly is respected, and the lives
and Tl9his of those not fund in secured the
NltNcans do not about travelling through hes
country aud paving The highest prices for hat they
have 10 sell II is species of warfare better for many
o them han the state of peace they have heeloore
loyed. The men are frequently employed here by The
3uarlermaser. and are much better paid Than they
er 5eire. Yet these people. as a mass, have the
heres, feelings against Their priests and d, MAJ
ggurs have Tor heir purposes, iuSered their pre-.
area of freedom" include them seems TO me RI
dcunus and absurd
The rumor is (and think it worthy of credii) that
the Nlexicans Terrifying the of Monterey. 1t
is place nj considerable importance in civil and mill
tary point oil view. and il possible The enemy may
fight for IT, Ii they do moi they will make no general
fight, that is cerain and the will be of the guerilla
kind. and be waged in most sangninary SPIRIT Our
people particularly The Texans feel very hestils and