Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-07
Chr 6ree press.
ELLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST :. 1888.

Eel la. Mt -aasth and resources Of the
-elel s1ois- ID, looming matters Of anxious
1aaafrv i.t. Nar,' and SouH There Is a
j l.'il. r-s' t'e rebellion will ind itself
.r--.'- .,t.u-'.- for ack of men. We
-.ye bs..e r. -iusucs made up by both
-r..-. arI tb,rn ealeulators aud it
rG .-.r,c tlat they lead to the orc
,uelr.ion thar Oh, now thinned ranks Of the
1.ac amies cannot be filed up again as
hers. even by wholesale eonseripti0n.-
We gr,=-a, fr.t al. estimate Of the present
re- force taken from the New York Com
r,ra9'
a car1fli estimate has been made in oficisl
qu.r;cr- lf the prisoners taken, and the num-
btr kl,ej snl vouulei in the various rebel ar
mes 51lnS June and July, and It is found that
with liberal estimate Of their forces, their
s,al4hlo strength during that time has been re-
duel l-f 3He-lGF. If We eXaEgerste the forces
attl. ,-rous points IN the Confederacy, it is
Isrl 30 make their army reach 25O,O while
curaf7nv Is double that number five give Lee
-l.0-I. Bragg 40 Ao A. 7. Hill lin Rich
I.
C0, 40 ,s 5001, Savannah 5000 and Johns
t.ls 2'.u,o, We caa hardly make 100000 men
- the -,hsi rsrAs-'
To the above estimate We attach no 7ery
= ecial Importance, yet it !. perhaps as near
tie truth IS anv that can be obtained.
Let us now look at the means by which
tie gaps tia; have been made may b filed
-. l. speaking Of the rebel cOnscription
which now proposes to seize every available
n.au TO FIJI the ranks. the y. Y. Commercial
Hy=
There would remain then, according to esti-
nate based on the census, l62, 800 men Of the
REQUEST. sEe In those states. But from this
MN s. 4-, 10 be deducted those who have been
disable F., wounds or sickness, and have re-
tunnel le from the army, and who cannot he
6-ell- l4e-e can scarcely amount 20 less than
,ue tu.li uI the number Of soldiers this region
las sen into the FIELD indeed in two years war
With r. r=t1vanage- under which the rebels
haze !. 4 loss Of one-third Is very small.
But iafrl ~ 325, ,l61 : los. .367 and this
would leave but 81, ,lS3 men remaining in the
states sl virginia. North and South Carolins,
t1e-r-ia iilbema, Florida, and part Of Missis-
s7rui. -aa., the rchel CONSUMPTION officers can
ssl1e.
Ift1es. f-lres are correct, the rebel chiefs
clur-, .nother army and it's well known
rte- DUN the sixty-four days Of Grants cam
ulrn tiee we're unable 10 raise even force Of
'tirtv thousand 70 reinforce Johnston and save
Ticzs5lr- and Port Hudson, though 1t Is noto-
-l1s II t -Le utmost efforts we're made East and
Vest hv p-vis and his fellows.
This -' ,a-ion based upon census returns
lz wi.zs1- .ult IN the nam reliable We
5Ive au5;fcr from Georgia newspaper CIhe
Columbus T.mo) which confirms the above
80 iar "a the general argument Is concerned,
although differing somewhat in the figures OF
-le s-iuate, because claiming greater
smoaut Of territory as subject TO Confederate
r1le than is allowed in rho above estimate.
T. s- follow,
sur readers may, ike ourselves, be curious
% snow what addition may be made to cur ar
u Shy the late ,l' Of the President, sumnon-
.-- To- the heli iil persons between the ages Of
- s1i Is year. The census Of 1850 furnishes
f--a upon whicl an approximate estimate may
te t4s-I We have accordingly looked into that
report. and make the following rough ca-cula-
ton