Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-01-01
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RICHMOND WHIG.
FRIDAY mORN1NG, JAN. l, Ist4
A Few Facts.

facts.
An army correspondent, writing from Longstree.s
corps says there are 900 barefoot in that corps
.Ione. From Jchustons flats RrAgg') army, comes a
peOus appeal for blankets and clothing. Lees army
is also il need Of bankes and not week ago paper,
reputed to be the Government organ in this city, called
apon the ladies' to devote their energies to knitting seeks
sOr Les's soldiers For some weeks past, the You're
Mems Chris ian Assocatca hss been fsrnis leg cotton
yarn 10 be knit into cooks for these soldiers
Wooden yarn not to be had Day BY day, the
clothes made for The soldiers exhibit less wool and
ton.
What is the prospect for clothing pext year? The
blockade at Win ngton Is rig dy enforced that
supplies from abroa cannot be counted upon. An in
sercept Letter from Nassau, printed 10 The Yankee
papers When by the last aig OF tuce, states that
nothing has entered Whining on for a month" We
must then depend on the home markets fCr clothing
materials. What do we itdH Apy one who buys beef
las discovered that the quarters aud sides rap dy
iimi -ishing in sIs. Younger cattle bel slaUgh
tered every year. Il is now thought will have to
all back upon mich COVE. As cattle diminish, mutton
must be SUI saIuted, aad hence the both Of
leather and wool may be expected to decrease every
The belief that We will be able to clOhe arm,s larger
han those which are row shiVerng in raksdDess.
An amy mus. b. fed as well as clio he'd. The facts
VS. stated in regard the supil of beef apply with
even more Iee 10 the question Of subsistence than TO
shat of clothing. Very little bacon is left, beef is go
z, and mutton will hardly feed great armies even il
The supply we're double what il is It is said that Gen.
Lee during bis late visit this city, exclaimed that
the citizens had no right to indulge themselves While the
sodeIs living quarter of pound OF meat per
day. The hue and cry against the starvation of Yankee
prisoners has scarcely tubsided and tee that
three of largest pas forced to do without
for Gay two at me las not ben forgotten.
East Tennessee, on which We relied mSinly for sup
plies, has fallen into the hands of the enemy. The
sa1nOr about imprsssmens and tie stoppage OF sup.
plies on their way Market still rings in the Of
The Government The s:andl crops in emile counties
nave been impressed at one fell ssOOp. under the plea
.oa in no other manner could sufficient supply for the
,rmy be certainly secured Uader this system, and
because of real arci well -four Of low grade is
,erg this day ia the Confederate CAPT al at $l2O
oArre IiAppears therefore, thai the prospect Ofieed
Jog the army already in the field, much less twice
.hrice It's re, Is lot ere ursgiDg.
Without labor there can be no production. Our la
Dor is that Of the African slave who requires the
psrvision Of q white man at all times, and more
han when unusual quantity Of work is demanded OF
nm. Women, LADS, seXSgsnArians, cannot make the
aegrO do his duty fully a1d faithfully; man in the
prime and vgOr of life is needed Already the fears of
instruction occasoned by the absence Of the greater
portion of the armsbearing white population, has pro-
ducsd leniency and indulgence among the farmers
wach has encouraged the al aznes, of the slave
aud resulted in rapid and yearly increasing diminu
ton of the crop. Take away all OF nsa y all the
vigorous whites and leave the negro 10 the feebls
tru Of women, children and cid men, and the danger Il
shat famine will bs supeaddsd instruction. If the
negroes, still remaining within Ines made 10
work hard the white hreings of tbs North and of
EurOpe they could scarcely produce than enough
supply the wants Of ths army, as il now ssnds at
prices not Iuinous 10 thu credit Of the Government
Jonssioe the entire white population within the ages of
Is and So constitute corps OF the lads between
Is ana Is and the between 30 and Co. abolish all
details for Transfers osderles ambulance drivers hos
p.tA assistants aud fill the vacancy created wish ne
,rOes and mulattOes (Amps allowance being made for
places that e9u be 6ed by disabled soldiers and it is
easy to perceive what the consequence will be upon
agricultural production.
Toe sum is not finished yeL Horses must b. fed as
veil as men, aud army without horses a with
out limbs. With very great difficulty horses barely
,ueient to The purposes Of the existing army
obtained. Last Spring, large impressmen Of horses
we're made 10 this city and throughout Virginia. l.
vas matter Of doubt whether the hack, cArrisg ay
fpRa dailt he in tha i,d
,aaly Necessary to the business of the government
,hOud not be tezed. The question of hOFseleed was
ssrious indeed. With hand the Coafede ate officials
80 zed the horses OF the cit aud with the other
eized forage of all sorts from the people the country
20 feed Them With. Farmers ceased to send hay fod.
de-, oats and TO To send 10 i'm.
pre.snent. Daring the Winter, Ssuarts cavalry had
oeen scattered all the State procure food and to
recruit. The absence Of HampSon's Leg on and the
worn down condition Of the remainder of Suars horse
enabled the ene@y penetrate with impanity within
zoe dsferces of the cipital And now, when the
hGrvo.ts have been CAT cred few weeks, the
tsrmasler OF the Army Of Northern Virginia can tell
a0Se stroy of the distance which their forage has to
traverse before il reaches thtm Yet is propoed to
double the army AID of o,urse to increase the trains
psOPOltiOnatsly.
Stin another addition to the sum must be made
An army must have, besides wag ms and trains, mus
ksts, cannon aud ammunition PembsIton's enormous
losses of the iOrne' Bakers Greek and Vicks
burg added TO Bnggs at Chattanooga and Lees losses
Of muske At Gettysburg and in the retreat must have
lsfs bare sucisucy of both to supply present needs
and to make good the annual wear and tear. With
gard to ammunition, We knoS what Lee suffered at
Gettysburg for want Of It. We knos further that
whenever hattie begins, ordnance officers to
telegraph for more ammunition. We have never
had superAbundAnOe and since The port OF Charleston
has been closed Wilm gsOn almost hermetCay sealed
aod the nitro bedsOf Tennessee have been wresed from
~ It Is rOs likely that ever viii have than
full supply for the army on is present footing 1t may