Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-20
.9t[afuart Maztffe.
q. rHomsoN. Editor
THE NEWS


Tbsgreat event of ihe week is The war-like
news from England, which has had such an ez-
citipg elaet as to cause the pobli, attention 10
be somewhat diverted from movements at home
in connection with the rebellion. A full syn
Opsis of the news from England by the two last
arrivals will be found elsewhere. $1,000
We have nothing of interest from the army
on the Potomac. There have been during the
week several skirmishes between pickets, with
l-reconnOisances in force and balloon obserra-
tiOns' but nothing indicating probable early
adsa5ce. TiiS fmpatienc9 at The protracted in
sctivity Of cur immense army in that locality
Is becoming general throughout the country.
1t is entirely inexplicable, and in the present
state Of our relations with England must prove
Prcjudieial TO our interests if continued much
longer, as it must necessarily give European
nations an unflyOrable impression of our Cen
eralshiP and military proves. IL sss..s
| In Western Virginia there has been another
6ght, resulting in a signal triumph to our arms,
and driving the last Of the rebels from that re-
gion- The particulars will be found elsewhere.
| Ia Kentucky there has also been contest.
also yictorious1to our arms and highly honor
able 10 The conduct Of our troops, who fought
desperately against greatly superior numbers,
not only maintaining their ground but bnting
the enemy with great loss. including among
the slain their leader. This is bat th2 pr1l ude
to a more desperate contest on far larger
scale which the position Of tbe.two armies and
the moSements being made indicate must come
off ere long. Troops from Ohio, Indiana and
other Western States continue to pour into
Kentucky in an uninterrupted stream-no less
than six additional Ohio regiments entered the
State the preScnt week..s.r fJs5 tE'c9i l'+
| In Missouri matters are as much mixed up
as usual, the reports being contradictory and
unreliable. II is not probable that the. rrbel<
are in large force anywhere in the State, though
small bodies Of ihemsslill continue, their ma
rapdiDg excursions. The latest aadviccs render
it extremely probable that theportion or their
forces In The neighborbood OF Iexington win
be routed or captured BY our forces. =.
Preparations for an expedition down the
Mississippi still continue aud the efforts of the
rebels to concentrate an immense opposing
force at Columbus are unabated sl .=s'..a.-t|
The Cincinnati papers Of Tuesday contained
despatches from Cairo, of intelligence received
Iram Columbus, Ky, to the effect that the fed
;eral force which ree.ntIy landed at ship Is
land, east Of New Orleans, was engaged in an
attack on the city-that the greatest eonster-
nation prevailed d-andsas nanaIer Of regiments
an1 gun-huats ,badBBeea sent doWn from Col
unlhuz to aid IN the defence, This announces
nieiit is .,Fobably premature but il is not uu-
likely that something of the kind may occur
as several large expeditions, whose DESTINATION
was nnknoEny recently started South and have
had fine to reach that locality. ,...;l.a "a
.'5 Affairs on the Southcrn coast have not ma
teriaiiy changed Our troops sre tzte,ding.
their lines sad, haEe tal6en.l l,OssssiOn0 Of sever
al iHpoctant points in South Carolina aud
GeOrgia, bat have made as .Fsa no demonstr,
zion on the interior. a report, that the rcb-
Ishid syae'latqd Eqrt Pulaski, ON thc'Savan-
alb river, apdl dltbatioarltroOps had d.itaken pos
session, is notslikcls toiBe vel founded roc . -
That lhOt-Bcd 6frebeili0n, ihseity Of, Charles,
ton has suffered terribly FROM o. eQ'iaagEslions
which, as regards amepnt of property destroy
ed, is among the most, disastrous that has ot-
curretl the country E f..