The New York herald., 1864-12-03

s"u 'v'"mous onward TO Mcbic Macon ut unfouneGV '
Q me fu'As' % ecue potmi T me fsdaa! a<nrai. for
1e" s pouson third, T ,hs Sat Of Gscrya tD'H be
oeorin, msrar Of Aob,. h,eas..d and he great 'e-
soaets OF a. Guf country n ~ a. fd-a Prxs dasziins
s"1noh 10 plunge ,"o eampaien
ho"evef, the c0Otemp,attn ~ bis p-esen, position al
Atlantis ca"no iah 10 INSPIRE Ge sherman With Sc
rious sppreoens,ons General wbeeer with q isrge
'orce o. cavalry, s stil 10 hH rear and the railway
zoe 'si Of Atlanta has several times been cut
ueocrn wheeler could ind no moro fruitiul theatre
o. operations and he will, II all they say In hts
favor oe true continue 60 harsss General sherman rear
WHO the efficiency and dash claimed Tor him by hA
admrers 80, the fruits u his olersions ought
10 Dc apparent Bold artisan bands win a splendid
again In Chattanooga should, indeed, be very much
mistaken 10 the splrit or tho Conleoe they did
net consip to KEEP She mans al hns OF supply con.
finuaHg at hoeord, and eject al length utter dsyxcon
: rms STRENGTH AND oH.Ar WANT o. rus Rsuris
10 recent letter, which, BY the way, reads ike an
opcn''aced petition for promotion federal Brgadiee
General Seymour, lately prisoner OF At Charleston.
snu whose opportunities tor observation from apr,son
widow must have been very great indeed assures tho
penpe OF the North that the Southrons about giving
up the contest by reason Of the exhaustion In
material Of war In extract from letter-as be pre-
teuds handed him seathily by some as.kned Con-
tederate-he attempts to show that there Il much
a. dss ans setion among the people and that thousands
OF maeoptents only await the martial tread or his egjons
TO return TO the bosom of Father "Abraham" Capdor
and spirit Of justice compel me to bes,o~ some notice
up the singular fabrication OF General Seymour, which
out ior his gsrns misstatemens would mol otherwise
have received,
The fac, Is there lies distance OF over elk hundred
miles between the two main armies the C0nfederales
have contrivcd thus far TO keep in tho bed Between
tnem there stretches country not easily rvaied in
int OF fertility aud power OF resources country
which 10 extent e,uils the area OF the king
dom Of Prussia. From this region the man
supplies hsve tor one year past been furnished to
these two great armies Il is theref re not likely
that with this territory undimnished, and harvest
much more pentul than that OF last year either the
army people will be 10 any way embarrassed for
supplies Even were this not so, Knowledge Of the
country yet untouched in resources In Virginia and Tom
enab say that 1t would suffice feed tho
army OF General Lee wniie General Hood has his
back the States Of Florida, Alabama and mississippi
10 extent nearly equsl to the Kingdom OF SPAN But sup
pose the conederates from t0h vuonia and
Georgia. AMI in ther last eor eahsr conquered dis
persed in South or Norih Caroline. there s,l m magn
fc nj domain OF Tads, louisiana, Arkansd and Missouri
the Kingdoms OF Italy and Greece combined. now likewise
almost Tree from federal Invasion and full m resources
which the Confederate government s fully determined to
repair should what IS quite improbable. It's torces be
overw whelmed east OF the Mississippi
In point Of materials OF war the Richmond government
has created oundres. mills indeed besides
numerous military manufacturing estab ishments
throughout the country the Couedeates possess pow
der mill Augusta which alone capable OF supplying
the army and navy. Whoever, therefore, speaks OF
hauston with this wonderful people does not know the
extent Of the remarkable At command OF ths
authorities the eaa stores Of cotton and tobacco yet ina
entirely disregarded
But the most obpos danger which threatens to weaken
the military strength OF the coDederacy is ne decrease
men. The dram upon the population has ben sr,1Ne,
haze fallen n s four ssSps struggle and s,syws.re
crippes NAV be seen whoe torn boI,es teshfp 70 Me
fghFt mage OF the tOGr ana the pODsr OF m dern pro-
! c'i!es. Still ttOo gredt armies are maintained,
with detachments and garrsons In many places which
combined would mako third That this drain must
eventually be ser,oty f there cannot be dcuo the
natural Increase Of population under these
has its limits. bu. this. Il be argued, affect, the
Northern fighting strength alike with the Conederaes
Judging from the inronRed appearance OF every ud
village where trade st'tl hourshes there seems oe
abundant material at hand, tor, miDgiing with ids
stroug, hardy may everywhere be with .opa.
rent!y no tangible occupatioi This fact Is mao the
basis Of attacks against the governments OF Mr. sys.
Who Of faucriisn; Il may be this is yi0k stl
II seems cruel thing 70 suppose NJ Davis capable OF
such conduct when his armies need reinforccs.ents
sorely Ono hundred and iorty thousand able Vjdied
men detailed TO supervise the cpes atoms Of their
farms and plantations. -nf,y thousand exempted
from service because they are state Ocers and It esti
mated hundred thousand ycarg men, between
ad eighteen years Of age become liable to the
conscriptiOn 1885, and hose enrolment has already
been ordered by the Secretary OF War Looking thore
TORE at these figures, which have cDained from good
authority, there certainly danger Of exhaustion Of
men at present. and the armies Of 1885, IT, as the oppo
st,on papers call for radical measures ad pted aust
become vastly superior 10 strength TO those OF 1864
PEACH TRRMs.
The second poin, General seymour made was the dis
content which be prevails among the people This Ia
answered 0y the fact Of tue late State election Of
Governos Of North Carolina, when candidate Of a
jorny Of Afty thousand vo.os, because . Peace
on auy terms was his wa,chword The Confedsrdes
ardeny desire peace but they not ,oliaa 10 have
pee independence .souid futile This General Mcc,e
Ian. elected, viii dnd out 30 his cost there osanot
plant from their difference or opolon rd "
adm illustrative details. and 10 no way affect the stability
Of the great cause the Confedeates are ngong for
the indepe OF their country and the right
self government. After struggle OF nearly four
the ederates know we'll that nothing but
strong bond bundle OF fasces hich nothing can besk
Is necessary 10 achieve the goal OF their wishes They
would indeed be bad pupils the school OF adversely
had they failed TO mastor simple q lesson taught by
me history OF every age.