Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-30


Some intelligence of highly important ma
ture has Just been received here from the south.
The readers OF The World will see from this
news that i Is now within the power Of the gov
eminent 70 conclude with the southern people a.
Immediately honorable and durable peace; be
cause, in ali probability, in a few days, or weeks
az most, the southern confederacy will be mum
bered with the things Of the past. and the rebels
will have neither Sd army, nor capital, nor 4
government This IS, indeed, startling news
but your readers will not forget that for more
than four years the southern people have main
tanned the struggle with gallantFy and devo-
ton TO their cause which has won for them not
only the admiration o: the world at large, but
the respect of the officers of our own army.
They have not yielded yet; and they will not
Weld as long as Richmond can be held, nor as
long as they have an army Of 80 900 men in the
field. But when they srccumb, il will be be
cause their resources are exhausted or unavalla-
bic and because they will have been convinced
of the uselessness of contendiDg any longer
agsins; the superior power and unbOunded re
sources Of the north
RAPID DEPLETION or rHE CONFEDERATE ARMIES
Strong and numerically large ss the southern
armies may have been Up to the time Of the fail
Of Savannah, they have been rapidly melting
away ever since that period but more especially
ton, and the retreat Of Johnston's army from
Charlotte According to this authority fully one
half of The confederate troops have deserted, and
have either passed into our lines or returned to
their own homes There is no authority OF the
part of the confederate government TO force the
latter class back into the ranks. This fac: is
plainly admitted in the address Of the confederate
congress to the southern people, issued at the
close OF the session. SO terrible has been the
effect OF this depletion upon the rebel armies that
the entire force under Lee, at Richmond and Pc
tersburg, is said to be only $4,000 troops. and
that JOhnston's whole army embraces only A.
600 troops, made up as follows: Hardee's force,
$1,000; Hampton's cavalry, 5000 Cheatham's
corps. 10 900; and Braggs troops, - 600. This
makes only 90 900 men, and this. il is said, IL
the entire force that Lee can command for the
defense of Richmond and to oppose Grant and
Sherman.
THE RESOURCES o. TIE SOUTH NOT EXHAUSTED
But UNAVAILABLE.
IL is true that the material resources of the
south are not yet exhausted But those resOur
ces are not available There is now, as always,
the means of raising abundant crops at the south
but there are no means of getting those crops to
market. Their railroads, in constant use for
four years. are worn out; to repair them they
have neither the material nor the skilled labor
ncCcSSd4l. uSf ttdDspOEltuOD udS DeSu tllutr
destroyed, captured, abandoned or worn out
They did manufacture several hundred cars and
large number of locomotives in 1862 aud 1863.
at Savannah, Macon; Augusta, Atlanta, Fay
etterille and Charleston But all their most
valuable machinery for this purpose has now
been either captured and DESTROYED, except
what is at Richmond and ono OF two other
points.
rHE SOUTH nRPESDEST UPON ErRorE YOR MANU-
TURED GOODS
They have lot succeeded very well 10 other
branches of manufacture; except ia the cons:ruc
ton OF muskets, swords, gunpowder and cannon
Some manufactures OF shoes hats, leather and
cloth, were established at an early period Of the
war, but they never prospered and none OF them
are now 10 operation. The business OF block
ade running attended with such success, un-
I'll the fall OF Wilmington, that the south de-
pended entirely upon Europe for their supplies OF
shoes, clothing, cloth, &c, we'll as for the al
most equal necessary articles of coffee tea su
gar, liquors, &c. These supplies, and many
others, now cut of, and the south, as ma
ton, cannot exist without them.
THE SOUTH DESTITUTE or THE MUNITIONS OF WAR
AND on THE MANS OF PROVIDING THEN
But still more grievous loss than this. how
ever. has beiallen the south, in consequence of
n,
South Carolina aud North Carolina. This con
sists in the loss of all their arsenals and manu-
factories of canron, muskets. swords, and gun
powder, except those at Richmond and one or
two other places. The manufacture of these
munitions OF war was carried on very extensive
ly. not only at Fayetteville, but also at Raleigh,
Danyille Lynchburg. Cheraw, Camden, Colum-
bia, Charlotte. Augusta, Charleston. Savannah.
Milledgevle Macon, Atlanta, aud Mobile Of
fhooA pla fhn H.
Dsnvle and Lynchburg are the only ones that
are now in operation, and even they are no long
er considered safe. They will probably be de-
stroyed or blown up in few days. Those at
Raleigh and Mobile were removed. il is said,
week or two ago. Those at Macon and Angus
ia, it is said, have been destroyed quite recently
Those at Atlanta, Charleston and Savannah we're
removed before those places were evacuated
Those at Columbia, Camden, Cheraw, and Fay
etteville fell into the hands of General Sherman
Thus. from the want of the very munitions of
war, the south is unable to carry on the contest
much longer The muskets which the soldiers
of Lee and Johnston carry in their hands, aud
the ammunition in their csissons, constitute their
whole supplies of these essentialities, except
those that are in the arsenals and magazines Of
Richmond and of one or two other places.
rHE BUBBLE OF FOREIGN INTERVENTION BROKEN
A. LAST.
Ii is said, also, that news has been received by
the confederate government from Paris which is
of such a nature as to dispel finally the delu.on
of active foreign Intervention IN their avor, to
which they have all along chung with unvsvering
pertinacity. They have hoped. to the last mo-
ment, that motives of self-in,ersst alone would
have induced the emperor of France to interpose
and prevent the conquest of the south by the
north in order that he might have a powerful ally
instead of powerful foe, on his Mexican from
tier, and in order that be might secure the vast
advantages which commercial treaty with the
south would secure 10 France. But this pleasing
delusion has nov faded out. Il is.said, on the
other hand. that Mr.. Slidell has informed Presi-
dent Davis that il is now beyond all doubt that
the French nation will not interfere in favor of
the south; that the Emperor Napoleon has
caused an Official intimstion 20 that effect to be
conveyed. quite recently. to Mr. Bigelow. and
that the consideration therefor is that the Mexi-
can empire IS to be recognized BY the govern
ment OF the United States. and thar minister
from the Emperor Macmillan will very soon be
received at Washington
HoFFLEs.NKss or TIE CONTEST N MILITARY
LIGHT.
Indeed With only ninety two thousand troops
in the field, unable 10 raise more, supplying these
with difficulty, as President Davis himself
admits: with no reserves, and With their men de-
serting daily, j; Is evident that any further pros
ecution Of the war. on he part IF the south, i