, 1865-03-30

l more especially since the evacuation nf Will
Mington and Charleston, and the retreat of
to this authority 1nlly one-half of Tie Con.
fedefate troops haye deserted, and have either
passed into our, Lines or returned to their I'm
homes. There fsno authority or the part Of
the Confederate government TO force the lat
Ter class back into the ranks. This fact la
plainly admitted In the address Of the Con-
1ederntc congress to the southern people.
issued at the close Of the session. So ter.
riplc has been the effect of this depletion
upon the rebel armies that tho entire force
utdcr General Lee, at Richmond nnd Peters
hurg. y sa1d to be only 5000 troops, and
that ~ Johnsts Rs Tholc army embraces only
4.,oo0 troops, rade up as follows: Hardec's
forces, 1900; Hanp:on's cavalry, 500:
Cheathams co: ps, II, ,UO0; and Bragg troops
13,cU: 1h1s makes only 90 900 men. and
tLis, it Is said, is the entire force that Gun-
era! Lee can command for the defense Of
Iichmond and to oppose Grant and Sherman,
THE RESOURCES OF TIE SOUTH NOT EXHAUST
/ Ed, BCT TEAyA1I4ABLE.
| 1t 1s true that the material resources Of
| the Stuth are not yet exhausted But those
! resources are not available. There Is now. AZ.
/ always. the means Of radsiug abundant crops.
at the south, but there are no means Of get
ting those crops to market Their railroads,
| In constant use for four years, are worn out
to repair them they have neither the mate.
1lals nor tho skilled labor necessary. Their
transportation has been either captured or
destroyed OF abandoned or weJn out. They
did manufacture several hund1ed cars, and q
largs number Of locomotives, in 1862 and
1865 at Savannah, Macon, Augus;a, Atlanta,
Fayetteville and Charicstons. But all their
most valuable machinery for this purppse
has nov been, either captured. OF DESTROYED.
except what is At Richmond, ,aud at one or
two other points.
TIE SOUTH DErErDENr On EunonE FOR MANU.
EAc1uREp GOODS.
They bare not succeeded very well In other
branches Of manufactures except IN the con.
struction Of ntuskcts, swords, gunpowder aud
cannon. Some manufactures of shoes, hats.
leather, aln clothes, we're established at m
early period Of the war, but they never pros
pered, and none Of them are n1w In opera
tion. The business of blockade running VIA
attended with such success, until tho fa!i Of
Wilmll eton, that the South depended entire
y upon Europe for their supplies uf shoes,
clothing, CLOTH &C., as well "a fur the almost
equally necessary articles Of coffee, tee, sugar,
liquors, DC. These supplies, and manx 9th.
ers, are Dow cut oil, and the South. ne.a na-
tioD, Aannot exist without them.
TIE SOUTH DESTITUTE OF THE MUNITIONS or
WAR, AND or TIE MEANS or PROVIDING
THEM.
Bat still moro grierous loss than this,
however, has bclal1cn the SoEth, in conse.
quence Of SheimaD,5 march across the States
Of Georgia, South Catolina, and North Caro-
lima. This consists III the loss of all their
arsrnals and manufactures of cannon. mus
kets, swords, and gunpoRdcr, except tn .se
ct Richmond and one or two Other places,
The manufacture of these munitions of war
Tas carried On very extensively, not only at
Fayetteville, but also At Raleigh, Danvills,
lynchburg, Cheraw, Camden. Columbia,
Charlotte. .Aueus:a, Charleston, savannah,
Milledgeyille, Macon. Atlanta, and Mobile
OF all these places, the factories and fouc~
d1aesat Danville and Lynchburg are the onla
ones that are now in operation, aud even
they are no longer considered safe. They WILL |
probably he destroyed or blown up in few
days. Those at Raleigh and Mobile were
removed, 1t is said, week or two ago.
Those NJ Macon aud Augusta, 1t is said, have
been destroyed quite recently. Those at At
laata, Char. .estop, and Savannah were remoy-
at Columbia, Camden, ChcraE, and Fayette-
VILE tellj intu the hands Of Gen. Sherman. |
Tins, from the want OF the very munitions Of |
war, the South is unable to carry on the con |
test murh longer. The muskets which the |
soldiers Of Lee and Johnston carry In their |
hands, and the ammunition In their cais5ons, |
constitute their whole supplies Of these es-
eentlalities, except those that are In the a.
sepals and 1nagazin.s Of Richmond and Of |
one or two other places.
THE BUpn1E OF FOREIGN INTERVENTION |
BROKEN At LAST.
AA 10 S-A1AS AAAsJY tAAlt ALH 0sCA EEEGAFtU
BY the Confederate Government from Paris |
which is Of such o nature ns" to dispel finally |
tue deluston OF active foreign. Intervention in I
their favor, to which they have all along clung
with unwavciing pestiuacity. They have
selfintcrcst alone would have Induced the |
Emperor Of France to interposc and prevent |
the conquest of the South by the North In |
order thut he might have powerful hlly, in--
etead Of powerful foe, on his Mexican from
tier, snd in order that be might secure the +
vast advantages which q commercial treaty
with the South would secure to France.
But this pleasing deluaion has now faded out
1t Is said, on the other hand. that Mr.. Sldell
has Informed President Davis that 1t Is now
beyond all doubt that the French nation will
MT Interfere In favor Of the South !; that the
Emperor Napoleon has caused an official 1nti-
matlop 10 that effect to be conveyed, quite
r Gently, to Mr. RlgeloW, and that the con
sidea aat1on therefor s,athat the Mexican En-
plIe Is TO be recognized BY the Government
OF the United States, and that a Munster
be received nt Washington.
norELEssSEss or THE CONTEST IN MILITARY
LIGHT.
Indeed, with only ninety-two thousand
troops In the field, unable to raise more, sup
plying these with difficulty, ns President Dl-
Wis h.m&tf admits; with no reserves, and
with their men desertlng daily, 1t is evident
Huj gIOsECut1uu u tHt WAT,
the part Of the South. Is hopeless.
The combined almies of Grant and Sher-
man number at the scry least one hundred /
and seventy thousand-eftlcicnt comoatants,
hetidcs She1man,s gurisons and detachments, !
Which amonnt to ttty Thousand more. and
thousand strong; and besides Hancock's
ferce on the Upper Poiomac, fifty thou-
sand more. Indeed, including the garri-
son at washington, and the troops at
Baltimore, IT Is easy, to figure up two
hundred and seycnty-avo thousand troops,
against Gen. Lees O., 600. If Gtant's l70, 600
efficient combatants, supported by the above
powerful reserve Of over 100 900 other troops,
eannot defeat Lee and capture Richmond BE-
loie the middle Of April, 1t will be owing to
sion's SO Z, ,oW froops ta'' on the Roanoke River, River
ccnnct stand for moment before Shcrman's
$1,000. How much less, If, Us some authori-
tlts.slate, Sherman has 100, 600 men, besides
his garrisons?
fdNcoSQUERABiE spIR1T OF GENERAL LEE AID |
His OFFICERS,
Gen. Lee, however, does not think Of sub
mission. lie intends to fight one desperate
Of victory. too for be believes the deienses Of
Rio thmond to be lmp1egnable. And even il
he Is defeated, his army, 1t is said, will not be
nnnlhi!eted, nor will it surrender. AT the
worst Gen: Lee can lose In these battles not
mere than %, 600 men, and with 70, ,0o0 such
soldiers as be will have left, be Gun pro1ong
the war, or else invade the North. Such are
the dreams in: which he and his officers In
du1sc: But no one else at the South indnlges
IN such sauguine hopes. The Southern people
are nnsubdled In spirit, but they are conVinc-
ed OF the tnility Of further resistance TO the
power Of the North. Another thing Of which
they are painfully convinced, too, is that they
have been deluded In thinking that because