Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-04-06
'TTlAND herald.
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1865,
A sudden Convo sion.

sudden COnyo sion.
or an rebel writers, none has W"s
confidently, continually and perSls'e.n,uiS
,,rodicted the triumph OF the oo"'o'',
era,,y" than Druid the s''SS"
Baltimore correspondent OF 'N' wv, ,s"
York Wera. The worse 'n' p'o'' I1
ment in which the rebels appeared 10 oe'
Tho gr.ater and more astonishing was
tno FEAT about TO be performed by Lee,
,.herehy An entirely new aspect would
he nut upon the face of military anilrS'
II is not two weeks since. according 10
This writer's prediction Lee was about
70 defeat sherman, then turn upon
Grant, whip him. invade the North and
dictate terms OF peace
But poor Druid has become sud
denly converted He gives it up, lie
has labored long and hard through the
columns of the WrH TO discourage the
North. But it is Of no use. The rebel
lion is bound to 90 under, and he at last
fully confcsses it. All hope of foreign
intervention. he admits Is past. The
breaking up Of the Notwithstanding
business was u most serious blow, .ouJ
much more disastrous Que was the de
structiuu Of rebel ursenato aud manu!ac-
tories OF munitions OF war effected by
Sherman in his march through Georgia
and the y Caroinas. The manu.aclo
ries were located at Fayetteville, Raj
eigh Oanyillc, Lyuchburg, Columbia,
Cheraw Camden, Charlotte, Charleston,
Savannah. Augusta, MiIledgeviile, At
lanta and Mobile. OF these, only those
at Lynchburg and Danville are now in
operation all the others having either
fallen into the hands OF Sherman or
been DESTROYED or removed by the rebels
to keep them out of his grasp. And
these two mt Lynchburg and Danville
will probably be removed or blown up
in a few days. With the ports closed
against them and their own factories
and foundries destroyed or rendered
useless, the rebels have no means of sup
plying themselves with the necessares
of war. But aside from this, Druid"
says the rebels are hopelessly outnum-
bered in the field. The rebel armies
have been so rapidly depleted that, &C
cording to his estimate, the combined
forces of Lee and Johnston only num-
Der % 600 men, while Grants and Sher-
mans at the least number 10000 with
Shnvyyon,,t. o,,,l
detaChments whicl number so, 600 more,
or Sheridan's cavalry, say 10000 strong.
Add to these HancOck's 10000 on the
Upper Potomac, and we have at least
275,OOO, which can ne usud to cooperate
against the rebel $4,000. As for Johns
ton and Sherman the former with his
$4,000 cannot make any stand against
the latter with his S0,0 900. Druid" in
view of all these things, concludes that
s'fn all probability, in a few days or
weeks at most, the Southern Confedera-
CY will be numbered with the things of
the past, and the rebels will have neither
an army, nor capital, nor Govern
ment, He says, it is true, that Lee
still maintains an vnconquerable spirit
and the people of the South are unsub-
dued, but they are convinced Of the fu-
ttlity of further resistance to the North.
The time set by Druid" for the
downfall Of Rebellion may be rather
short but that 1t is merely question OF
time and no very long one at that, is the
firm conviction OF the loyal people. Yet
as one of the significant signs of speedy
collapse, the fact is worthy Of passing
notice, that the rebellion : flrmest friends
are giving it up as utterly past all
hope.