Show the strength of the rebel armies the N Y herald of recent date nov alti thus sums up the 11 situation and the strength the rebel forces throughout jeff davis fast contracting tr confederacy mr secretary seward in a recent public speed i puts tho the armed forces of the rebellion now in tle tie field at an aggregate of two hundred thou sard men he probably speaks from official inform tion we think him below the mark but that ii IE would not be far short of it in placing the armis armie of davis east of the mississippi at the figure figura ina caged the distribution of this fores force may te roughly estimated as follows i he jhen n braggs army and auxiliaries in the tennessee valley 70 06 lees lee s army of northern virginia Beau regards force at charleston 1500 Beau regards force at savannah various rebel detachments in north carolina 1000 in southwestern S virginia 1000 around richmond and petersburg 1500 at mobile boo in central mississippi 1000 along alabama and mississippi northern border i total thus it will bo be seen that the strength the hopes and the fortunes of the rebellion are now centred la in the army arm si of braeg and the army of lee on the union side while several armies under general grant are superior superior to the forces of bragg we bave have no doubt that the army of general meade is in in every way decidedly stronger than that of lee but unless we find employment for the enemy on james jamea river and in north carolina leo lee from fro those quarters may be reinforced to the extent of twenty thousand men and unless we nye keep close I 1 upon on the heels of lee he be still may smuggle off twenty or thirty thousand bragg braes men to the support of |