Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-31
[FrOm the New York Tribunal

Information has bees placed in my
hands touching several points of great
Importance in regard to the rebellion,
Ats military strength, its condition, the
sopinion and hopas of its military lead
ers, and the Judgment Of fts most prom.
ineut men up0nd the possibilities and
terms Of peace. Without comment of
mine, l submit them to you, with the
singeesremMrk th9t for every. fact II am
about to stat6 EheEss Ia unimp peaehable
authority, and that these statements
bear IN themselves evidences Of their an
the nticity end their credibility.z SO edi {
First "a to the military strength OF the
onfederAcy,.q The figures whiehlI 4 give
do not date later than February 4, 1865,
at which date they were not merely ae-
curatey bptHwere compiled from the of.
hciai Of IF. the Confederate " Wax depart
ID On the 4ths Of February; 1865, the
sntirs availAlable force Of The Confed-,
aracy- Was, 4 152, 600 men - They wsrel
distributed as follows; ser.yr
Brsgg, incisding Hoke's division 900
BeauFss4rt iInd HardeS. -. -. 2ZOoo
pick TsyloRg DE. HIll and Ho~eli USbb... 900
~'f' .'tl Dt npssspRi pAsa 9tY s5r
hfTeeAs a.s, ,.a .-r
The 2 600 under Beaaregard and
( sHardee includes the late army Of HOOD, :,
and AL the forces watch evacuated Sas
h~annah and Charleston. The 5000 of
Bragg include AH the garrison Of VIII
minR Rten q These 81, 900 men constitute
sac bulkaef tke Army now under Johns
ton in North Caroline, with such aaddi4
tiolsaas have slatelyl been made The
1000 under Taylor, Hin and Cobb are
or Wsse scattered through GsorgisS Ala
ba@a, and Misaiasippis, part of them cop-
etithtIng the present garrison of Mobile.
OfHOo6 army, the following is q
street numerical statement: uiu-wI6ge1
Entered
0aA'' 0ai''''.''''.;.i-' = r ~ rl.,OOO
Net loas Of thatcampaign 500
In EAst Tennessee and West Virginia
there we're in February but 4 500 men
AltogetheF, and the greater part of them
wars=4rmrsfsrrsd=MEFgn ANA there;
shout to LynchbuEg.a < AaE3
bsig Gen. Lees TestfwoHy, . -41,
|asA bdm2mitEee OF the rebel Senate, Waa
Engaged saFly inothe present year lii an
inquiry into9ha condition of the confed
eracy. Among fhewitnesses summoned
0afore=4hsm=wxsf9 9sn=Bee, and the fol.
ldhing are exttb6is ]from the testimony
uGA the 24th of Janqery, ,1S65;,TE EI1Tq
Qheyfoh by Senator HunteralsW hal
10 your opinion as to evacuating Rich.
mond ardq withdrs~ing the frny 70
North Cardinal
|" AnserwsInmy epiniongit would be O
bad movement. The Virginia troops
wuuld not go to- North Caroline; they
would go home snlnssE5 bna tss3 os sisE es' -
|" o. Do you thinkss we have / troops
enough far the nsxt ycampaign 7ssai sdt
1AnA A. DO noe9 We cAnnot last till mid
4 summer.
O. What atdoIyeu think of the policy of
arming 200,000 negroes2oi1I
A.. If we are to carry on the war, that
| Is the least Of evils; but IN that event
/ 4ha negroes must have their iherty.ilw q
o. Do you think we could succeed IN
.putting the negroes in tho 6eld7 .mlwabi
A That waRld- depend @eireum.
stances. We could at least CORY ON the
war for another year. II - "a = =
NJ %. by Senator Hill What is the sent
| nsnt Of the army in relation 10 peaeef
A.. 1t ie almuztHMAnimous for peace
The men viii fght l0ngsr il necessary.
but they believe we canuut continue the
war through another campaign. 7sa bas =
4 Q. hY Senator Graham--Wha is gouE
individual opinion 9nI the subject of
A. 1 think, sAe best PeEey, is 70 msks
peace on the plan proposed BY Mr. Ste
phens. The0pegple and the eer1ntfy
4 ought I'd Be saved further sacrifices.
] Q. by Senator W WalkeH ] H peace b
not made before spring, viii you consen
eo,tAke commanded the Armies Of the
yConfederaey with unlimited power7
a. i will take any position to which
my country, asaigns meiand do the befs
\ can, bus Edo not think can save tn
cause now.so No human power can saw
sst. Ead 1nbeen assigned such plsicI
one year ago, think could have ms I'd
our, condition better than. it nowis.
Q. by Senator Orr. You think, then
General, that Rhe best se0lutions Of Dn
n ditScelties Il tD@rn4ke peace On th
IsStBpheue planf HTa 20
"A. Yes, that is the best policy now. {
think tho array and the people on "a
i TO Be saved If all else is lost - -fs
i u DesGasoms 1+om Chs Rebel Arssy.
20 20 From tksreeordsi6 the Adiutant M
: INSPECTOR Generals Office il appears tha
Z from the aIst of October, 1854, 70 Fel
ii suary A, 1856, .72, 900. men bad dsse ute
from the Confedarats armies east ct tt
: Mississippi During Prices recent. i
q Evasion .of Massaasi, vaeaFa9 all-tha Nj
sourians in his army deserted, ard
lost during the campaign 49, 500 man.
Hoods ArNYa TaToAlI ia,
A disting guiahed Confederate oi6o'
fron Georgia. FsbraarS 16th, said shI
) ! 10 fsmnsnf Of HoodTs srmy was zast