The New York herald., 1863-05-27

Maryland ........... 1900 -
There arc thus icft in the Southern ssscs micn OF
able bodied from which TO recruit their armies and
n,ep them constantly up 70 the urs Of toar nyaasSH %
continue TO he done, in accodence with General Lees
systeni described 10 my letter Of the 18th o. July lasa
plan which, though based upon coRscrpton ID nhnite-
y becr than conscrptson aot, IN that II keops W
the organizations of all tho old regmcnts keeps ting
Whole afiny always ecent state OF dscpitno, and
tons for tho purpose O drilling large bodies OF raw re-
Sras Daring ine sst three years sns soa.aosn pSop
extent sugar, and have devoted all their land and all
their energies 70 tho raising OF whest corn beef aad
pork In these abors they have been dependent on what
they have always had beorenamey their negro slaves
With few and unmpOrtant exceptions. the emancipation
proclamatons have not reached affected them. And
even tho war should last two years longer and the
whole available arm bearing population OF tho South DO
called 70 the old these agricultural operations would
still continue W be conducted by the slayes, under the
direction OF the old between the agcs OF forty i've
ana sky and tho young meu between sixteen aud
eighteen.
Ie letters OF all the correspondents who have
panied the Union armies to those parts OF the south not
prodacyensss Of the land The Correspondents who &C
compaued the various Yazoo Sunaower. Coidwater Tai
atchie ard other expeditions IN the valley OF the M's
spp; who panied Grieson's cavalry raid:
those who went with the various Hanks expeditions those
who went with the expeditions alng the Cumberland and
Iennessee rivers who accompanied tho Stoheman
expedition Gordonsvtc, and the late accommodating
expeditions Of General Dix and those with sumo Of
Genera Sahs IS recent expeditions Ioudon and Fauquer
richness fertility, productiveness Of the land as
ev denced by the barns and storehouses filled with abund
ance and the 0cs and herds the turkeys chickens and
geese which everywhere abonnd, besides the immense
quantities that the armies both sides have already de-
voured Is the small portions Of the territories where
the armies have operated that desolated and laid
waste TIE great interior Of the South yet remains un
touched. l.lfci rfi aar
The amount OF wheat raised in the States OF Aabama
Arkansas Florida Georgia, Louisiana Mississippi North
aud South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas ana Virginia, 10
1S6O 81 1926 ST4 bushels In 1851 It was 81 900 0O0
in 1862 40 0O0, ,0OO aud in 1859 it will be 5000C 900
bushels.
The amount Of corn raised In tho states in
1861 $50 900 bushels in 1861 was 800 900 0O0 in
1862 $40 900 900; and in 1865 will be 900
bushels.
Here then It shown that there will be this year and
has the three years forty bushels o wheat
aud for each man, woman and child. black and
white in the South They could not eat one.halr the
quantity. II is great deal more indeed. than the
Northern people have for the North in 1890 only raised
$40 900 bushels OF wheat and which, divided
among the twenty millions Of people at the North. would
only give each one twenty seven bushels. |. ,.
The above facts and figures show therefore, that the
about starving the South is utter nonsense ana
military operations for 1885, based upon supposed
destitution at the South will fall Tho story originated
at Washington about The rebels importing food from
Europe reliable the canGrd that Hooker had
crossed the again and doubt started by the
same parties.