...and perhaps in part to the inability of the national treasury to meet the demands. I take leave to insert the correspondence:-- headquarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, July 2, 1862. Mr. Asa S. Blake , agent Adams express company: Sir:--I hereby order you to furnish me with the sum of $25,000 at the earliest possible moment, for which amount I propose to give you a check on the Assistant Treas...