Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-24

volunteers being raised added to the present ice uah,.
IN aggregate al lU.J0S.
he ,60ye IS exclusive Of the Texas volunteers ,o,x
in service, which. it is known amount 10 mere ih.n
,Gg0 men. l. Will therefore. Re that The apIr,
gate free ind the command Of haI5r General I.yL,
will be eoas'dsfaiiy beg6Hd 10000.
We knaa not 1t for 10 say. what portions n,
the crs in tie icId will he fit lor duty. the nh,s se
Is, and it Tar from purp maanii, the slI, ,h
ofthe army, We may say-what il s supposed ,y,fy
body. mHst know hat great allowance euet always
BE- nada. ufsckness aud oher caslIahIe.
always incident to army in the field especially in a
south country like Mckee, during tie unlealthy
sraSon Il the year.
We Ia, the preceding statements, which We have d.
rived from tie highest official suree, heivre cur reader,
Let - add IN justice To that source that states III.
truth. without regard 10 politics. Upon many poiut,
afio:tunae enough 10 dnir with tn. h. ad #
ilat bnrean but have every confidence in his L nor
his integrity and his truth In fact, Here the recrds
In h, p ssessiun. Here the mnier nils lie mel
tber would nor change their character. We Ia,
these statements this evening etore readers In thu
h3ldasl and n, st unlmpassoned l,rm We und,r stard
from the best authority th8, the force If Texas solun
teers serving under Mayor General Tay Tor, is COM
posed rs iolloNs
SIX companies Of hrclrc n,cptds' m-1 whose term #
service docs eAplrc Until seioi ana Cctobfnen
Strength 81 the slA companies, say &c
SiA Companies Jtr lie Udr. Strength Of lie six CON-
paHies -
Col. Ii, : regiment, SEQ strong.
The lnion returns to the subject. ncxl day. and IA
evidently disposed to throw all the responsibility Of its
statements upon the AdJutan General. 1t says:
I'VE ask the reader compare the accusations Of tie
letter writer's, and their tch Of the PRESS with Ito
proofs which we draw from the War Office He will
sfe how many troops Gen. Taylor is likely In have with
hm-hoW many more than they gyeto hnl-and how
much more service he is ahlci4 render with is real and
an9mned means. II viii bc thls that instead If
Ills fenT reduced To - 10 troops he will have AT least
IR,Go-fefIaps l0.I0-alm sttUce the Number mich
hey allow hmi Nothing tui some extraordinary
easu4lty-trne cast away At sea. eleven down ly
Pesf'Ieafo-can defeat the calculations Of the Waroce
We have only to remark that sa.emcns. not whit
less confaentlya ard automatically rh last summer,
with sp'c ioiha forces alleged to be under General
Taylor proved to be about hundred Ter cent beyond
The true state oithings.
Weha9e hut anoterclscrvaont TO max G. ard ihatsl,u
he bsfd npan data furnished Iy the preceding ,xuacs
ifom the lnion. The statement puts down the number
oreauar troops ( euS) Of ii, new and old rcgineu,s
which have joined by this time the arnly Of Gen Scott
Al sec, and oirhose which have joined or arc shortly
en Gen. Taylor. (ldrd what regular force heIas
0sw) at ,5uo-uakjng l3.oc0 iaen. Ii also says Gen
Scott will be still further reinforced by 25a0 rcnulars.
As, ef COURSE the Union speaks only om men already oh
aimed, this viii swell the aggregate of recruits for the
I'D and new regiments, which have joined. are
route. or will shortly be- to jain Geucrqs Tay
Ior and Scott, to 1850. Deduct from tbs
number -N companies e artillery and four Of Dragons
I'D tr9oTs, uow with tie Army Of Occupation, nun
bring G69 m,n-aud we have the aggregate Of l4st0
regular roaps, every man ofwhom uls have been re
naife1Sin,s The adjournment Of Conercss The recruiting
rViee las ben very unexpectedly succ,sfn-ut will
lie Union assert, that near FIFTEEN THOUSAND
! Y l., al: