Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-12-21

| great campaign against Richmond and the
army that had SO long defended the rebel
capitol
Instructions we're given BY the Lieuten-
ant General on the 24tb of March for q
general movement of the national forces
around Richmond 1t commenced on the
morning of the 29th Of March Ten days
marching and fighting finished the cam
| paign. Richmond, Petersburg, the army
of Virginia and its commander, were cap:
tured. Jefferson Davis and his so: called
Confederate Government were fugitives or
prisoners of war. Davis fed from Rich.
mond ON the afternoon of Sunday, the I'd
day of April The national forces occupied
Petersburg and entered Richmond Monday
morning. Lees army was pursued until it
reached Appomattox Court House, where,
on Sunday, the 9th of April, it laid down
its arms on the terms prescribed by Gener.
al Grant. ....... :
From this period the history of the war
is but an enumeration of successive snrren.
dsrs By -Tvbof commanders. 6u rhg 2oth
day of April General Johnston surrendered
to Major General Sherman at Raleigh, N.
Carolina. General Howell Cobb, with
twelve hundred militia and five generals,
surrendered to General Wilson, at Macon,
Georgia, on the 20th of April. Gen. Dick
Taylor, on the 18th of May surrendered all
the remaining rebel forces east of the Mis-.
sissippi to General Candy. On the llth of
May Jefferson Davis disguised and in
flight, was captured at Irwinsville, Georgia
On the Goth of May, General Kirby Smith
surrendered his entire command, west of
the Mississippi to Major General Cauby.-
With this surrender the organized rebel
force disappeared from the territory Of the
United States IS .sz-z=z.e@s<-
MILITIA SYSTEM. .s.ls. -
Pie establishment of well organized
militia system is one of the most important
subjects that will demand the attention Of
Congress, This subject has always received
careful consideration, and it. is believed
that, after conference with the appropriate
committees, practical system may be agreed
upon.
WAR RESOURCES OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o, THE
STANDING ARMY.
The war appropriations at the last session
of Congress, as has been stated, amounted
to the sum of S516,24O,l9l 70. The es.
Inmates for the next fiscal year, commencing
June 80, 1865, arc s33 3,s14,461 S3.
These estimates are so based upon q
standing force of fifty thousand mep, 80
organized as to admit of an increase, with
out additional organizations, to $4,000
troops of all arms.
go The estimate has been made after con.
ference and careful consideration, and is
believed to be adequate for any national
exigenoy, if the country should be blessed
with peace. The reduction of the national
military force, 10 its rapidity and numbers,
is without example, and if there be any
alarm in the public mind because this re-
duction is made while grave questions at
home aud abroad are unsettled, brief con.
sideration of the subject will show that
there is no cause for apprehension.
The force to be retained is small COM
pared with that which was organized to sub.
due the rebellion But the only reasons
demanding greater force are--lst, renewal
of the insurreotion; I'd, foreign war;
For either or both emergencies the national
resources remain ample.
! X X * *
When the rebellion commenced the ns.
ton was a stranger to war. Officers had
little experience privates had none. But
the present generation of men in this coun'
try are now veteran soldiers. For the bat.
tie, the march, or the seige, they are al
ready trained They are as much at home
in the tented field as in the farm. house, the
manufactory, or the shop. No time is re-
quired to train them and the speed OF the
railroad and telegraph determines the time
required to raise an army in the United
States.
The report concludes with the following
paragraph;
Looking to the causes that have accom-.
plished the NATIONAL deliverance, there
, seems no room henceforth to doubt the sta.
bility of the Federal Union. These causes
are permanent, and must always have an
|; active existence. The majesty Of national