The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-12

Wing makes out THAT GsSFgia nad 1877
900 available men! Where were they
when Sherman marched through that
State? We can tell the Wing that ma.
nv moro have been lost than they admit,
that We hold 900 prisoners that thou
sands are refugees, thousands are desert.
ers, and Of the remainder not one nlaur
in Ten Is tOillihg to fgG for the
falling dynasty ofrebSls aud rObborS.-
This is all confirmed by Governor Brown
who, in d recent letter, says, there were
no available men except those employ
cd by the State, or exempted for mecca
Sary home duties, The fact, then is ap.
parent that the South is erhdWtea Of
available white men. This fact has beent
apparent during the whole of this year.
Hence, the loss ofany part Of their ar
my, is loss which cannot be made ap.,
Hence, also, the terrible calamity to
them, OF Hoods immense losses in ,lhs
unnecessary, fatal battles which he
fought. He was put in command TO
fight and ordered to fight by Dayis.TT
The same delusion which attended them
in the beginning Of the war, that they
could out fight northern men, esshs to
have controlled the shallow mind Of Da.
Wis. ordering the Georgia army 70 the
battles round Atlanta and Nashville, 10
which Two thirds Of the gallant army Of
Johnston we're put hsrs da combat It
has been no doubt recruited in some
measure by conscriplions obtained 10
Hoods absence. But it may be doubt
ed whether Hood hes an available force
al this lime greater than one third ofthat
with which johnson rstreated from Dal-
ton. The phite force Of the South avail
able to the Confederacy is exbausted,--
No doubt there are tens Of thousands-of
able bodied men there; but never will
they fight for the rebel despOtisn while
there is any way Of escape. Half q
their territory can not be reached, and
in the other hall thousands of men are
refugees.
What ne1tl What hope is thcrO left
Gen. Lee says, "4rm oarslarsslp Yes,
tOShIs complexion has it come at last
Two years ago we were called barbaripps
ai0g slaves. But We have dOpe
iEisncetiGi islly, and the white masisrS
who talked of .4gvsI.nis issara,, Aa.L ,il,a
would Of some wild mcnials, and put
them;gPona a level with -baboons, have
been cSmpelledito feel that tsey tocre men
.wim Jayorets in ascir hands; aud now in
their dark and dreadful day, when they
are calling upon the mountains to hide
them, \ they call upon 'tliis poor degraded
African TO hOlp his masier!, "HOlp me,
Cassius, or sink! Come, Pompey,
Cesar, Cato, and the whole Roman fam
lily; come help your poor Mussa Lee!"
Well, tits quite likely they will come
til they can go again. Itis quite likely
they can be drilled and made Just as
good soldiers as ours--tiH they can get
on our sidsi There are two things. how.
ever, certain; that when they get on our
side they will never return; and that
when made soldiers they will be forev.
er free, Tho decree to make the slaves
soldiers, is decree of eternal, irrever.
sible liberty, If there were a lingering
doubt whether slavery can be e1tingiush.
ed, it will be ended then. Hencelorth
the negrois not only free, but he will
rise to the level of his master in that
Sunny South which boasts of its caval.
iers and its superiority.
The call Of General Lee for slave
soldiers is the last cry of exhausted
and despairing traitors. A little more
patience li;tle more courage, and the
Great RopoblIc will rise. like Hercules
from his labors, and having slain the hy-,
dra rebellion, will start with renewed
energy in the race of glory, freedom and
happiness. E. D. NJ.
~ AprOpoS of marriage in high lifo,i
the fashionable world OF Berlin baE been