The New York herald., 1864-09-26
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.
rrronn the Riehmnna Iuapoinar sant n


Relative Strength or North and south.
(From the Richmond Examiner, Sept a.
Statistics n modern days have risen TO the dignity OF
science The exact population OF States, the amount OF
ther productions the number OF births and deaths the
diseases prevalent among them and variety Of similar
branches OF information, tending 10 mirror faithfully
Justly regarded alike agreeable and useful As 10
many other incidents OF the worlds progress the Yankee
nation outstrpped creation in this recently cleared field
OF knowledge. Thegcensus In the model republic
taken with mnuteness Of detail and comprehensive
ness Of SPIT, M. completely oversnsaowea every
1850 went bowshot beyond all preceding ones
in this respect Il is impossible to estimate the
extent and variety OF knowledge which would
been given to the world by this great statistical
work. we should have been made acquainted not only
with the structure and ergarizaton OF society but with
all the rsminca,ions OF The inner domestic lie of near
thirty millions OF people. Such complete picture OF hu
man society would have been a treasure without a
parallel in the worlds history Everything % have
been disclosed from Maine to Texas. Every drop OF
caret consumed in the country would have been re-
corded equally with every gallon OF whiskey the mum.
be CT Caucasian babies would have been stated lees
accurately than that of the swart Ethopans the pro
ductiveness OF the Sbanghae chickens would have been
compared with that Of the common barnyaTd fowl and,
in sho every department Of human labor and thought
would have beer carefully Written down.
This important work would have been nearly com.
pleed about ihe time when the great rupture-the hias
uQide ds, as fabkee critics regard t-ot the Union
took place. anu tho fate Of this moot thorough census
was similar 10 tha, OF the Capitol al Washington Both
were finished just when the object they were destined
TO serve had become obsolete Eoth are now flnereal
monumeuts-ihe Que OF The liberty and constitution OF
the United States, the other o. its unparalleled material
one branch o. the statistical information contained
the has however, derived additional interest
from tho war-tbc number or arms. bearing men IN
the confedernces. The subject is not only IN
erestDc bearing upon the relative p1wers Of resist.
ance the two countries, but as point OF comparison
with statements made upon the subject. IT IS
G SSS ssS 4s aas %
OF logic computed The armies or the conederaoy nj one
hundred tbousand men, being the remnant OF million
ho had been armed against the cause OF the Union Nine
sh1
been killed disabled in fighting for the rebellion, and.
Of codrse, the few and feeble Survivors offer but
tring resistance the victorious armies Of the Union
who have already accomplished fearful slaughter.
Appalling Is this bloody record Of the veraciols Yam
racy 10 be drawn from IT. We must such terrible
sacrifices Of he; but IL becomes subject Of conRratua-
ton that anybody is left alive. After such wholesale
would be men in the confederacy to perform
the most ordinary and necessary occupations OF
large a force as that Which the jourDaiis. credits
WITH and which, small large, certainly seems to be
large enough keep tho great Lieutenant General and
the generals under him in lu emroymont II 10 consoa.
tory TO think that there is vitality enough In the con-
federacy TO bear such losses and ssl maintain great
Perhaps, too, some comfort may be drawn from the
recollection Of the fact that the same Yankee journal
Manassas that the rebel army reduced to less than
thousand mep, and yet but short time after Nc
base" by dint Of the superior numbers Of this same
army. Whether the one Thousand were supernaiuraly
ratio OF two hundred TO ono, is not very clear.
IL is certain, however, that this decayed and do
moralized army Of less than one thousand was
rated by high Yankee authority at two hundred thou
sand in the battles before Richmond IL s not altogether
then TO hope that the one hundred thou
sand talked Of In depreciatory . style, may,
shcrs time hence be represented TO bc as nunercus d
tho devour;ng swarms Of ocuss, when becomes neces
TO fresh defeats under the old pea Of over
wheiming numbers.
Just at tho commencement Of the war when hs whole
press the North used TO niuse courage
into the by representing 10 them their
ssbe strength and the weakness Of their advesares
greater than 1t appeared from the census rcturns
The willy southern oligarcns, iwho had managed
had aised the rearos and frauduleutiy msrnaed the
population OF the Southern States The vocferous bues
odds Of eighteen millions 10 eight but sought 10
themselves that their advantages IN point or numbers
M nsna as ean - the
that our numbers had been anderstaed The difficulties
OF communication in sparsely settled districts rendered
it dfncnlt to arrive st accurate results Then, TOO
IN certain portions OF the country the same prejudice
existed against numbering the Ieople" which prevailed
in Biblical times Readers familiar with the works OF
Simon suggs will recolec. the difficulties he cncoun
tered in taking the census in Alabama how the
dogs let loose against the stranger who TO
spy cut the nokedoess of the land, how one old lady
resented particularly the impertnsnt curiosity Of Mr.
Van Buren, gave vent TO eroc0us threats IN case hc
himself should come upon the same mission a. his sub
osdinaes lmI edmens Of this and like character
Assuming however, that the population had been
raey stated has been calculated that the confederacy
field Enough 10 all conscience, 10 thrash soundy oil
the Yankees rho dncd on goldfish or put reace III
assertion Of the Nrw Yons HERALD ,hst we Save lost
nine hundred thousand men In the contest, and really
seems mat. 90 81 .r from making any s~en eS,raagan.
gra,ined for so liberal AN allowance as hundred thou.
General Grant too has said that have robbed the
cradle and the grave Jhese indeed about the only
things bis couutrymen have left Us 70 rob wherever their
armies have gone but although lie confesses that
fants sud abs hod his veteran
my al bay We trust yet 10 make him obvious Of his last
statement, when n future document no seeks to
explain his defeats by the overwhelming numbers OF the
rebels. 'Nothng said sydney smith, lis SO deceptive
sta.sments and the HarArps igures, thsrs Is room to
hope that all the able bodied men ir the conederacy
aavs not ese5 Sso anS S ha Lee MOI yo no
his cavalry iD gccarts and on hobby horses
Enroi,uent or ali Mmles Between six
teen and Fifty Nenrs Old.
late Charleston newspapers contain an advertisement
ages Of sixteen and nty, 10 Immediately report them
selves for enrolment The order extends throughout the
prospective military strength Of tho confederscy. In
sewers. Of the military divisions shareholders are re-
h Of Sc u sve 0n' w On ns
fortifcatons.
The Rebel War Tar.
Advertisements are also published Tor the collection OF
thirty per cent on profits as war tar and Tor the pub
c sale Of foreign and domestic goods OF recent importa
ion fom Nassau.
Rebel Generals at Mobile.
Generals Pick Taylor, uaury Forrest, Frank Gardner
Iiddeil Nabers, Higgins Thomas, and Major and Cover
nor Watts, were all In Mobile on the 10th instant
Amusc me nts.
TnE oJYNPic.
The drsmstization of Martin Chuxllsvlt will be
produced this evening, with entirely sccnery ard
every member OF the company In the east
NIBLo's GARDEN.
Mr. Pd0ip Forrest ava Ohel llo tonirh, in ut tbtt