Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-03
From the n. Y, rritune.
CONFEDERATE RESOURCES.

We printed in our last au ingtniously impu-
dent leader from the Richmond whig, designed
to prove the Rebel strength in men so little e4-
haueied that there are still B92 I96 effective
lighting men, between tho ages Of II aud 80,
within the jurisdiction Of the COnfsderAcy, Of
whom 4Bl 1864 may be brought into the heid /
Aud IL is further calculated that the number Of
white males annually attaining tho ago Of IL is
b2,4Bi, which will very nearly equal that OF
the killed OF disabled 40 that the aghiiug force
OF the Rebellion 10 scarcely suffering dminu-
tion. aYs
The shortest method with this iuggle may
prove the most conclusive. The Nhig makes
the Sighting force OF Georgia, for example,
nearly 100000 men. That State, up to the
commencement Of Sherman'a advance on At.
auta, had scarcely been penetrated by a Union
lorcei il had knoWn little or no hing Of the
savagcs ot war. and II had no known
Union party or section. Shermans force was
| very soon counted, if il had not already been,
and was we'll knoNn to consist Of about ] 25,-
900 meu. 10 It's front Was u veteran army
under Johnson, Of not far from 10000. Gov
Brown called out the entire militia Of tue State
to assist In repelling and annihilatiue "the in-
Vlders" This ought on the Wings aasumptioE
to have very soOu given Johnston an army su
perform numhNs. At leAat-tO Shtrman's And
enabled bm to hold such Btroug positions a,
kesaeA against all gAinHayers. Yet he wa
hanked ont Of several such, aud compelled Il
IA back, net because he WAS incompetent or
wanted pluck, bat because be lacked men,
There was no moment OF the campaign whor
bis muster rolls showed a force OF 100, 900 al
told. Why not, II there is anything like 7O0,-
OOO electives under the rule OF the Confederacy' 81
But again
4 Sherman cut loose from Atlanta on the iOtl
NNNonlhpH M Al.
'fWith him about o., ,0CO men The Rebel ARM
uafer Hood Was far off in the north west bu
the Georgia militia had ali been seut hOm'
weeks beioFn' Now, they were all called ou
I liagaie. apd those Of south Carolina along with
: them aersbaWs division Of veterans was dis
fs~''llfl rom Petersburg as o nucleus Of resis.
a taneei 'eaqregard and Dick Taylor hutFie,
: aosh IFer the Tennessee; llardse aud Howel
. . Com Nets dispatched to the front; Uuv Browi
= to%l'ea Peolam 'tions as though he had lh'
oholera'' ahiihe rebel Journals from Iay to ds,
y assured taeir 'eaders hat Sherman could ne,c
" rsech the eoa5 except as a prisoner. Yet b,
ala reach II in tue SEASON, marching 300 mile
u 'n'fiy daye, ling bonntsously on the couu.
Wy, occupying tn capital of the State Withou
te ls'enee, and te&hiug the seahosrd witho
ie having been once ~ ci hy any OPP sing force
" How could Ihis b., ithe RebeTs hal Two Hun
lreu IA nsaud Ell eGyg auyi hrre Lees AL,
W a'Inles eomeintG Ta'ld hardly hay,
uuo'oeeea ipOoOp laon'l ago sd much leg
upW anu thats may ln0 Giv more IN arm
y. Jude Brecburdgr, K 10y nitn, &C., vi
90 Oo0 gatlsouing Wnumelot Charleston, NJ
If oile 81, 90, making gao 0O0 all ; aud ih4
10 sail Had It been possible II raise even 60,
Ii 900 more to oppose Shermal advance, Mi
is iedgesiile would not have be,l deserted no
ID aayannah surrendered without astIuggis
we oppose, then TO cOmpulatiol. fsot fact
which are Of the broadest notor4,sy.A,7s 9 %,
that lhe rebels have lost more meati : ia
Ihaa The Whig admits that more have 6 pc
rom me pHsOn-house Of the Gonieder0c an
mat there are now more remaining within il
limits who caunot be brought into the field. II
- southrons, though prone to gascouade, are n
J., genera y cOWards, and would have stopp,
# Sherman il they could, That they did not eve
attempt il is proof that their effective strang
. already embodied in their armies, aud III
4 these are not susceptible Of increase, but ma
a hencetorth be In process Of dlminulicn. su,
q disasters as Hood has incurred are necessari
. rreparable.