Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-21
The Rebel Arasies.

M view of the success with which the
ra4k continue to meet us in the field, one
,.kne med to treat with some rIdicule what
" been said and written concerning their
ID rseut or approaching exhaustion
or,. m At the same time that they have sue
O. sally resisted our advance in Virginia,
Nsh Y ne come further indications of one kind
Drass exhaustion on their part, and that hav-
obs, most important bearing upon the is.
rcL, sooner or later, of this rebellion
hs cavalry raids in Virginia and Mis-
larg @ppi, and especially the latter. indicate
lcao ~ the rebels contriye at present to meet
ny uAt the important points in equal or SUI
bd L.bA AOr numbers, viz: by the concentra-
plan tm of all their troops at the few threat
road bi points, sweeping clean the interior OF
ue up hldom. They further tend to show
ov,ari "a not only are their forces thus con-
stati1:k ktated, but that rebeldom has been
orks vaty thoroughly exhausted of the able
cr,oun5 tded material out of which armies are
was uhated, as no resistance to these long and
ing 90, saructive raids of days. and even weeks
AXE Ism Col, Gnerson's case in Mississippi
udicou ,oul be lmprovised, and moreover, but
omona tnN Nbte men were discovered. Col
gat's recent capture was not effected
gG rebel troops found or met by him
nA course of his 'raid,n but by force
ter him, and which pursued him
ugh five days and nights of fighting
Marching ACCORDING to the rebel ac-
Grierson himself is reported by the
3on,2ta, York Times correspondent to have
oks took &sr his arrival in New Orleans,
coln va oDe can pass through that country
PoSp' u knowing that the confederacy is
on5 n up. 1t is q mere shell NTH moth
atipg it,"
es, IN a lHn, the New York Times has CEN
mr' ur ,L u. on from one of its Mississippi gun
IA n in correspondents, of the statement that
us all tcops who manned the rebel bate
h.' WDa Gd fought the action in the recent
pgn pon, Ii tbs at Grand Gull, were negroes. This
1ew YG Pondent says:
omuch To- Ihe guns in the rebel batteries were
to saCGd almost wholly by negroes, single
the N0r4 man, or perhaps two, directing ope-
I@neft There is no mistake on this
seem " The writer was near enough to
So' MN terles for him to observe, from time
hard tha the color of the rebel gunners.--
'slel"iiy yohers-all who took any notice
AZ a lafar in this"
North Al
act, fon M4ing Col. Stoneman's raid in Vir-
shaE m'sfAlso, it is stated, many negroes in
We're seen.-The fact of the en-
Of negroes as soldiers by the
RichmG 8would seem well authenticated
spatch ing 'ew OF the great hue and cry
dent DaHf4 the South (mucb of 1t doubtless
lor efect) upon the subject o. the
Of ChanH employment Of negroes by the
ray wso 1nnd in view Of the further fact
icksburg on,b is not ' '''''
sent - ',rt most, overstoCked
epused hprpyisions. this witbdra wal Of ,bo
corns pm the cultivation of the fields
ped to alta tations to become " food for gun
lerday II points to an exhaustion of able
u sS,.5 moL" lite men.
','"s ,'aoon,st "a We ies'" authoiitativelv, from
IL.
amy rema1 'he confederate Gov. Luo-
pr in tho N'st exas, delivered about the first
39ffy last, but recently received at
% 'ha' Texas mad contributed at
TtssIsslPpl- po,ooV men TO the rebel armies.
learn NJ 'ed to be 4,773 in excess of her
w, n Victl 'ular vo se. Lubbock estimates
n adopted ere Il 1T then, three months ago,
position men between the ages of sig-
nass nav D, ~ +, in the State Yet the rebel
o;tor becsa ere still crying for MORE
be taken e rebel legislature to give him
the APE among other things, to draft
my .nss u N be used in erecting fortifca-
than in fr
A. The Hu1fnp IN, ,.,o. - u,
by the fsde'if ~ ,she, m oa a,sOl anu eAnaus'lVe-
'epei eonscrip ions, much ha-
Istant, fw 'asae 81: he'd. The following incident,
re taken to light sbovno one of .ha
and nung ortod % -,
l0th. " a'oio tue conscrip-
resting In tnis connection. In
b. ominer u recently captured by our
k0nesspa
dearest % ederate officer to his wife, in
(reOerJ sr,ed that he was engaged in hunts
reporlIH bic Ha sa,.a