The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-15
SIGNS or EXHAUSTION.


We trust our readers are 20 uoway affected Dos
the bold and confident tour which the Richmond
press continue 10 hold. They arc the pli. ORGANS
| Of au oiigarcby and, as ,ug %, the Rebellion
has leg to stand upon, tlcy will k,cp up Chi.
y bold key. They are employ I'd Cor tuat. Iypn
when the JtiI Davis tyranny Is Just ON The eve
Of destruction from within. We shall haIr from
the Richmond writers o.the "uua,sail lblapovcr''
Of tho CouicdCr0.cs and 'tlc graoou, terms
which they will grant 20 the dctc.,cd Yatsc.s.
Now and then, however, they let out even at this
time, the poor dodge which the brlggar.
employs
+ Our readers will remember. for we c,pv almost
uaiy from these threatening and warlike articles,
what ton. tt utter Cuuiturt these iNurulIi..s
always used ia regard TO GsuCral sherman aud
his army, aud The per Get confidence with which
they spoke ut Hoods forces aud hi, intended
operations. The unfortunate Sherman was benz
"lured on 20 utter destruction I'm the heart Of
georgia; bis troops were dcmornlized aud Crt o.
pieces Atlanta was mpregn dbl, and wOull bear
As long a siege as Richmond; aud llDoTs mas
terry mnrTuyrcs were soon To auuihilltc the last
remnants Of the host of the uCCurscd invader
Now, however, after Atlanta has been taken
the organs Of the Rebel Administration inform
the people for their consolation, thA' for mouth
back they have been drcIdng in Richmond, not
merely the taking Of Atlanta, but "thc utter de-
StruCtiOn Of Hoods army
The truth is, thai the genuine signs Of the COM
dtiOn Of the COnfederdCy 70 be sought not in
Z the utteranCes of the Richmond press, but in a
great iety Of facts which come daily to our
knowl &c.
whe Commodore Farragut informs Us In his
official report Of the capture OF the forts of Mo-
bile harbor that the number Of the cOuscrip,5 in
one OF them only embarrassed the Rebel defense
VIC can see that the COnfederates have reached A
point in which the numbers daily adding 10 their
forces only weaken them. That is. the Cunscripts
are too young, or too old and feeble, or too I'M
hn pf ngp in lf~ 81,
only serve to cmbanasS the older soldiers. When,
Also an old army officer, so rCticcnt and moderate
n all his estimates as General Grant, tells the.
\ ublic that the descrtiOnS now from the - Del
drmy amount to "abOut a regiment . day." we
can Judge how widespread is tEe diufTection
\ hldmong their troops. We do rot know whether
'fhe Leutenant-Ge intended to include in this
estimate also the desc tons from the Georgia
army but 1t is equally certain that there is con-
slant deseriion from the militia and cOnsCripts of
Hoods forces.
Such facts are omens. They show extreme ex-
haustion, ana predict speedy fall of the struc-
tuTe of RPASllion.
I Moreattan this the inuumcrable stories of de-
serthalland refugees-any halEdozcn of which
m'rbbnot be thoroughly trustworthy y-proye, taken
pi.her, almost to certainty, a esgerate strait
lor provisions in Lees army, and much suffering
among the people. The inevitable effect Of short
atoms will be to increase dc .ertions and to
eaken the Rebel fighting power. IL will be
deserved in the South Carolina items which we
nave copied in our columns, that a meeting has
ecently been held in a South Carolina town to
ptain corn for General Lees army, on the ground
at ' all the other corn. bearing States of the
1 oniederacy were entirely cXh usted.' This
4 -ress cannot continue long. Lee must come out
his intrenchments and hight, Or his army must
| e half starved.
We copied yesterday an almost pathetic wall of
Southern journal, the CharCStou Courier,
ldich, in the beginning of the war, could not
ID words TO express it, contempt for the North
1 n courage, and which tire lted the opening of
4 ar at Sumter as the beginning of gay and
Stive froliC. "Homesteads," it sadly SAYS
which once re echoed with the sound of mirth
I'd joy are dark and silent, or in their stead
I behold blackened ruins and ashes; rank
eeds have taken the place Of beautiful flowers;
Ids that once waved with golden grain are now
'astly, bowling wastes, without gate or inclo-
4 re; our marts are tOrsaken and silent as a
lVeyard, and only an occasional foot trelds the
.Oroughfares once gay with splendid equpages."
= his is the fruit of that war which Charleston Sc
4 .ssionists opened SO fppantly,
What picture is it of the terrible condition of
4 South now? Bankrupt in money, groaning
der remorseleSs tyranny which details half
lthe producing population to grow fer itself,
n 4 sweeps into the army che other h tlf "rOb-
g alike the cradle and the grave" every house,
d desolate, hundreds of thousands of the
4ng men slain, food scarce, and our lcgiOnS
Adily advancing on their most important
pDghold, the Southern COnfederacy are reap
harvest of retributon such as history scarce
\ 0where presents. The double crimes of slavery
I rebellion are being terribly punished.
III indications show an approaching collapse
this once powerful structure Of wickedness.
e day will depend, under Providence, mainly
ioie action Of the North.