Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-26
AnuHRTIaINa PRfonR.

sth Inst, 70 take effect on Monday July AAtn' AbeA
NEyrE aimee the war began have the tsb.
els been reduced TO such straits as they
are in to. day. Never before has the so'
called confederscy been in SO "shaky" .
condition. Pressed by the whole weight
OF Grants army in the north, pounded
and shattered by Thomas and Candy in
the southwest pierced through and
through by Sherman in the south, battered
by Porter's feet In the east, 1t is indeed in
a sorrowful aud pitiful plight. Our supe=
rIor resources and power of endurance are
beginning to tell In decisive manner
The closing months Of the third year Of
the contest Rud the rebel armies hopeless
Iy waning. The'tim has at length come
when the rebels are unable to fill the gaps
which the wear aud tear of wari is making
10 their ranks. Notwithstanding their
mereilsss oouseripsions, they cannot bring
men enough into the field to confront us
at ell the exposed points. Even before
Hoods recent defeat We had one army too
many for them. They could not collect
one to oppose Sherman, who has had, As
he tells MS, SO most agreeable march
through Central Georgia in the pleasant
days Of November and December, living
on turkeys. chickens, and the fat of the
land. Now that Hood's army has
bssu 90 roughly handled, may We
,EnOt say that We have two ar
,,,.SS. To- m. 1,anv for tt,e ,euouaE9s For 1t
may be questioned Whsthsr. Hoods army
can be made available for any service in
the southwest this winter. There is no
other force CT any importance between
Breckiuridge, who is in East Tennessee,
and the little garrison at Mobile. As we
hold Murfreesboro aud Chattanooga, Breck-
inridge will probably be unable to join
Hood, II be wishes to do go, and Burbridge
is raidlug 10 his rear, in Southwestern Vir-
ginia. Being isolated, his forces are Of no
service, and may, perhaps. be obliged to
break through into North Carolina to save
themselves. Thomas really rules the whole
territory from the Alleghanies to the Mis-
sissippi aud threatens even the territory
between Montgomery and the Gulf. For
it remains TO be seen whether Hood will
be able to get his army across the Tennes-
see river without mora heavy losses. Sad
as is his condition, We think 1t will be
worse before. Thomas has done with him.
1t now appeats IS though Thomas's vic
tory would be in its results one Of the
most important in the war.
how are the opposing parties matched
this side of the Alleghsnies Grant holds
Lee as in a vice. Let the rebel open one
Joint in his armor, let him weaken himself
at any point and gee what will be his fate.
AT this critical moment the garrison at
Wilmington dare not stir away. For Por-
ter and Weitzel are near by, laundering at
the forts at the mouth of Cape Fear River.
The little garrison of Charleston of course
cannot move. Sherman has Hardee aud
> bis fifteen thousand men shut up, as in q
trap, at Savannah, and says he considers
the place as already gained. Therefore we
quietly watch the enemy at every other
point, aud leave Shsrman's army freerto
ran 90 about AZ will inside of that hollow
Iba6iLf Gu6 oUutuGAH SSuVNOtHSJs AAA
Sherman is very restless, much gtVeR to
travelling, and has pretty heavy tread
He will 6s,Very hkelyito extend his exPlo-
ratfous to interesting quarters. Really,
. i'what is to hinder him from taking Charles.
tor, after he captures Savannah, aud from
, roaming at will over the Oarolinas, com
pletely destroying the railroad system in
: those great States
We are not surprised to hear that the
tsbels, in their distress, are calling upon
the negroes to help them out Of their tFou-
b BILE. The Richmond Ehquirer says that
Gen. Lee advocates armiug the slaves, and
d yields assent to the proposal to put the
{ despised negroes into the field. We have
: for month"; thought they would try the CT.
pertinent, Aod think so still. But wha
JEFF Davis could not do With his "Whttt
}. trash =" he will be unable to do with bill
negroes. TbsprospsOIs of his cOnfederacJ
were never before so gloomy.
Mn. Lmootr,s-h figuring in October on tn,