, 1864-01-30
INSIDE OF THE COKFEDERACF.
The Present Condition and Re-
sources Of the Rebellion,


, r,s,a,7s, had. h.af
rcrflcmon WIN bas ,nst -oaohaa ~" "'su ~
from the interior Of Yirrin,a. not 1n,1.r,,,s =
fror r;ch,nond How =. 49,. ~ -,
rrbci lines and inside ours II r. ~ naass.a- -.
to dct.tl. He is IN unconditional IInfo,
n,sr, md has been 50 from the start 81,
Eopes 10 be In Virginia when the rebellion Il
crushed, an event he believes near at hand
&c eoys the people Of Vfrgfnia arc kept undo,
e5 military defpotism tbat probably has nc
paialicl IN Eis1ory. Hleft free to assert thel.
opinions, at least seycn-cighths of them
would immediately declare In favor Of res
.o111lon q 1Ae Union, with q general hang
my ol tnc iceaing tfastors. This is particn'
'a,ry Luz esee ID Inc city OF Richmond.
~ - 4u''e sure 1ha1 the present strength
~ uins coca mol exceed s5o, ,ooo-of this
uu.ons1' nee Eas aoout ~ men, perhaps =
ue .a,s ..ss .laa .nar' ihese are about 5000
u.eu "Ao ns'c euost'eu'es IN THO Held, who,
~ alccen. "a" Of INC seoel Congress, are to
~ . eonssl'lseu, not"ithstanding they have
inforns - .oesus IT, ".,;ta ~ .n1s nnmbsr our
- <ro ..,, -, 4o ra.s ea'e tnat' nos more than
a1,s,,s eo ~ ~. lne afmy; ana That
.te .,'H nla5 " oD1aaned Of per-
--~ A44&NSAS5
grand total OF 2oo,oo0 men. THIS Will be tho
n'a1'num s'scos1h OF Tie rebel army, when
lac fFfinE campaign opens; that is MAXIM
no aAo"snee 1or assertions and other like
opefanors, Wf1ch arc becoming very pre!a-
lent Inccr the inspiration Of President Lin
CONS amnesty proclamation. Last year the
rrocl army numbered 525,000 men Whero
they lave all gone 1t Is difficult to tell. The
proclamation has happy effect upon the SOL
dicrs, but not on the, officers and leaders.
Thousands Of soldiers are ready to accept fts
provisions 1T the very first moment Tint nm.
portunity offers. The Union men out of the
army are also we'll pleased with Il. T,,cv
want TO see The rebellion crusbed m ann -
possible, and slavery with II. Thr nro-
claration has been circulated vcrv ,T.u.
erally In tho State. Tho Richnon,
newspapers hare published il. a. A.
samc time ~acknow lodging It n vcrv da,.
gefous document, and warplus their rc,;,c-a
against It's influence. The Union men iata
pains TO have It circulated among u1l c,osaca
and it is continually falling into flc hends ~
rebel soldiers who PONDER 1t will, n,uch n.
tcrcst Lcrgc numbers Of rebel pIclrta Inv,
come up n4fosIng shortly after beinr germ IN
toGSN1SAoA VI lA4S A4VGtAu1ILtQN.
In the city of Eiehnond and vicinity, the
under.currcnt offcellng levery strong against
Jed. Davis and Ills Cabinet But for the mill
taf5 force there to Keep tho people in sub)ec.
lion, the lives Of most Of them would not be
safe for twtnty-four hours.
Our friend thinks that if our soldiers re-en-
list in large numbers, descrtioas from the
rrtcl army will greatly Increase, This il
what tic rebel leaders mostly frar Tl,av
have lived in hone that rc-enl{stmenta wor1d
BE- few, and that thus the ,,reat mower ~ tno
Federal aruy vouId be broken Thev ,o,,;n
to feel, ard the men be,;n to understand hx
What ttcv reoa nn,, 500 tb,t t,,s so,ana :. ~
be taken from them.
Tho Copperhesd defeat In t,,o e,cct;onz 1,st
fau In Ohio. New York "Pcnnsr1r,,,a ~;
nois. &c. had a more 1enrcssina etfao. , 49,.
the rebels than t,,eir 1efs,t Il v;.,.ssls upen
Gett7sbnrp and Port 11rdsor rhar ,,.sa
nost ,,;nned t1,o,r 4,,,,1 ho,,es - s:.', 49, ~
fssue mon t,,e no1,t,cs, rss.,,.s - .Isssss1as
Tnsv 1-1o, ~ ~ .at hss,.s.A - ~ tuees o'a,es.
- AAo"' " anu w aue Aeet1ate 10 say, 1hat