Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

More Vinegar and Molasses!—Two more waggon loads, consisting partly of Vinegar, and partly of Molasses, stopped in this village last Friday, on the way from Boston to the encampment at Greenfield. Several persons, of both political parties, having their curiosity excited on the subject, conversed with the teamsters, with a view to learn the price of the vinegar and molasses in Boston, and the costs of transportation. The drivers of the teams appeared to be intelligent and candid men. They did not know exactly the price of the molasses, but they declared that they know the vinegar cost five dollars per barrel in Boston. They stated that they were to receive from the government Eighty Dollars for the transportation of each load. Each team carried eight barrels, and of course each barrel cost TEN DOLLARS for transportation!

On enquiry we find, that molasses can be purchased as cheap in Albany as in Boston, and that vinegar, can be had at Albany for less than four dollars per barrel. It follows, therefore, that on each barrel of molasses transported from Boston to Albany, there is a dead loss of ten dollars, and that on each barrel of vinegar so transported there is a loss of eleven dollars.

Such proceedings cast a foul disgrace on the managers of the war department. Is this enormous sacrifice made to oblige some good democrat who has the molasses and vinegar to sell, or is it made to oblige some patriotic contractor?

Plattsburg Reporter.

[Of a piece with the above, is the transporting of ton poles in waggons from Pittsburgh to Albany, where they could be purchased for one-eighth part of the price of carriage But then, that would not be economy !]