The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-05

81 sUMMAlsY OF NEWS.
The news Of ne past week has beer
highly grAligiag 40 the fsisads Of th.
country. The evacuation Of Ccrinth b,
the reSeis, has taken place under sucl
circumstances as divest il Of all idea Q
anything ike brilliant strategy on 1hs
part. They did not leave until it became
apparent that they eonld mot withstand
the force We brought ag.iOst them, and
the retreat was marked With such disor'
der and disaster as shows that they accep
tod retreat as dire necessity, and thai
the only discretion exercised on the occa
eion was that which considers absence oI
body better than presence Of mind in case
Of danger. 2o
Gen. Butler is giving splendid exhibi'
tions Of his justice tempered with mercy
10 New, ,Or!eans--while dealing with s:rons
and vigorous measures with those who
mnks any demonstrations against him, lie
is doing an in his power TO feed the poor
Of the city, many Of whom he found on
the brink Of starvation, and who grcedily
accept the timely assistance. sker'h
A regiment Of cavalry sent out by Gen
Pope undrr Col, Elliott, after q forced
march ihrongha a difficult country, reach
ed the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, destroy
ed a portion Of the track, the depot, /
large tram Of cars laden with supplies
and arms. This brilliant movo greatly
embafrasses the srelrsating army Of the
rebels. rsm hua9 t~aa 573'a
Now that Ii. last stampede of,hersbe'
army hos taken place from Coriulh, ,bt
Union men Of Tennessee breathe casie'
add talk and act moro freely. A largs
meeting was held lately at Columbus, a
which FIX Gov. Neil s. Brown made I
strong Union Speech, advising Tennessee
10 unite. her destinies with those Of the
United States, end that the rebellion was
a failure Brown had been prominent
rebel and member ofthe Military Board
Of that State
We have reason to hope that UniOr
men in other portions Of the South as vel
as 10 Tennessee and North Carolina vii
now speak out and that We shall have
succession of such bloodlcss victories.
The rebel General Jackson who led ths
forces against Gen. Banks, has in turn
been compelled 10 retreat by reason Of The
energetic movements OF Gen. Fremont.
A severe battle was fought las, Satur-
day and Sunday between tho rebsls and
the forces Of Gen. Mcclellan. Many Of
the dead and wounded rebels we're taken
of the field on the cars. Our forces bu.
ried1,2c0 rebels after the action. The
loss on both sides is severe. We have
no separate statement Of the number kill
cd on our side, the killed. wounded and
missing being about 5000. II the rebcll
!ost in wounded in proportion to ,hei
killed. their loss must have been mucl
greater. Our troops occupy the 6eld
and our advance is within four miles o
Richmond. The fall Of the rebel Capilo
cannot be- long delayed. ,eat i.
The news from our gunboas on ,h'
Mississippi River 10 also cheering A
fleet under command Of Com. Farragui
10 steadily advancing up the river from
New Orleans Baton Rouge, Natchsz ant
other important towns along the rive
have fallen into our hands. BY lates
accounts from rebel sources we lcarr
that ihe fleet is now lying just below ,h'
city oiyicksbutg awaiting reinforcements
Fort Wright, above Memphis. has ul'
been abandoned. and We shall expect 500
to hear Of the meeting Of ihe fleets Of Far
ragOt and Fooie and the compl-ts open
ing Of The highway Of tho great Mort
West to the sea.