Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-17

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rbe week ending Yesterday Noy'ic' was pA
,he brightest, most encourag'pg anu nOpe'u. ~
a.. I1n,on cause since the war began "sre
.o,Io aa deyous and grateful as real
cs.,s,,sn @ @ soltit would seem to require h is
n,obable that our great autumpal ies'va, "oa'u
81 anticipated id part u least, and '1ls gay
Sunday be turned iLto day OF JO''"' '-'T y
n giving and humble prayer. .,..on.
Let.us briefly glance at some OIL 'ne ts0 s'O' -,
items Of news that greeted US during 'O0 pso W.
,sek ~ aee what abundant cause we nave III
,ovs,aovlpp oratitude and cheerful hoPeioE .ne
G 49,. .',eos.s of our cause During the last
tan or twelve DAYS, we have been' IN the lan-
Uuaee Of the gallant aud iamented WINTHROP
s.,nskinv history hand over hand, and history
Z vo need not be ashamed to have our
children read and treasure up ~ 'he'r n'N''
Fes. 90.
Thursday and Friday, November 1Ih and oth'
ID, 1861. will hereafter stand as remarkAoie uayS
,o our calendar. On the 7th, our feet bomoara
ad and reduced Port Royal, c., and Gen.
SHERMAN landed our troops on lhe sou o. sn'
State that was the frat to secede from 'ne
IToion. There seems to be no need oil arming
tba neoroes, for the cheering news comes that
many of the white inhabitants there are reau'
. and willing to be armed to fight for the onion'
The affair at Belmont, Mo, which look place
nm the same day, the 7th, az Gist looked gloomy
and inauspicious; but as the fac's are develop
ed the cloud clears amayi the laaom''ADie var.
or Of our troops stands forth prominent ana II
the victory won on the field was aiterTard par
tially eclipsed by something like dra"n pat
tie, the rebels were taught lesson' "hich 'oeS
will not care to have repeated
The two days fight, on the 9Th aud 9Th inst,
at PiketOn, KY, though greatly curtailed rom
the FRS. glowing accounts, still shows that our
troops under General Nelson made galsn'
stand '-tiHrt
At about the same time that this gallant tight
was progressing 10 Kentucky IN Union me' ~
East Tennessee, as r acting in concert were
Us cutting of the telegraphic wires and burning
railroad bridges, 10 cbiyalrous and Eatrioue I'M
itation of secession strategy
ooe week ago, on Sunday evening" the lOtn
inst, the massacre of our troops at Ooyanoo''e,
Vi. took place, which was fesrfully avengeu
the next day by the burning Of about t"o-tolrds
!, ,be e,,wp-chefy the property of the rebel
inhsbliants.
While ia Kentucky, the rebel chief ZoLIi'
-coFrsR, terror. stricken, is hurrying sou'nwaro'
IS 6, Missouri Pace and MoCULLocH are striving
to make good their retreat into Arkansas.
Not the least cheering of the recent news IS
that of the capture of the pirate Sumter, which
has SO long preyed upon our commerce ana
"a eluded our cruisers. The intelligence seems. 70
be confirmed that she has at last been caught
ia her own trap
Bit we cannot stop to give further details Of
the good news of which we have been in the
rscsip. during the past week The above sui
Gees to show that the tide Of success is turning
in favor of the Union cause, and all that Is
wanting ia stout hearts and willing patriotic
hands, 10 make that cause triumphant