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er* Waii^Prkpaii at jo.vs.—We ropy the followingfrom the Philadelphia Ledger of yesterdav:**—The preparations of the government .for prosecuting the present war with Mexico, indicate vigorous if not protracted hostilities. From appear-in this city alone, a person would be led'to suppose that4tbii force to he brought into the field, either at dhce or successively, would not be much jess than half a million of men, and experiments hifye been tried awl .arrange meats made.which show a exclusively, thit either the government are led to ' exjpcCt a moie 'obstinate contest on the part of j Mexico than:\y*s, intended, or that, by the gijran-tiftcharaeter of our preparations, the overwhelm* ing'force to he employed, and the vigor of our vjjp* when ready to act, it intends to crush that power at once and render resistance 'to tis out of the question. A contract has just been completed by Mr. Thus. S,Barnstead, of Southwark, for supplying the government with .from filty to eghty thousand seta of tent polea-The United States aniny* regulation prescribes eight men to a tent, and at this rate provisions has been made in one contract alone for lodging oh thefield a force of ubout -100,000 men. But it is potjiwr easonab!e to suppose that there are others iivfhe country engaged in the same wojk. Kx-cldsiVtfofthis supposition, Mr. Barnstead has had a nuihb^r of contracts of a similar character since 1 last fall, and it is estimated that provisions has been tnadein this way; for about a million and a half troops., This estimate,- however, must be ta-ken with considerable allowance hr breaking and wear a?rid tear, abd ibr f$e quantity always kept in reserve at the different miliary depots, so itbat Use number first mentioned seems nearest to the truth, andltidicates that our government is placing itself jrra position to'act with terrible effect.should the blind stubornesa of our foe make it necessary. The bents for, whkh.lhe abovepoles are made have been fora.long time, and are* now in process of [mdnufactmreii all the principles sail lofts of the city and .country ofThiladelphia, and :pethaps of •the other citTe^pf tbeUmon. We have already no-; ticed the. efenfetrugtion of wagons for the ariny, and idnderetan^/that a similar sfede of actiiity prevails •throngKohL^hyahcbes of the War Department’ itf Corn.—An amusing ttceneocdurrS^mlt;i.Jime s|iwi5, in the office: of the Ju^^d^:t|)et--ye;ace at Uonaldsonviile. !A. Ken-tuek£natbbht^of the peace,.^^€11 a.fr|erid^blsrifter the breaking iip of the asked the Jusrtce what it would7 Frenchman: who .bad made: the TheJtistice! who ip.on4M '£jokt!VT
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Pittsburgh Morning Post
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 22, 1846
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