Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-02-07
REBELS pEsPoNDENr.

The Settlement of the Trent affair by which
u war with England was avoided, the late su =,
cessis of the Union forces on the Southern
coast and in Kentucky, the troubles anticipA;-
ed in getting their soldiers whose term of SER
vice has nearly expired to re-enlist, ihc move
mrnts of the Burnside expedition, and threat
encd movements at various points against their
strong-ho!ds. have combined to produce gloom
and dependency on the part of the rcbeis-
Even their papers, which have from the start
been TO the last degree boastfui and- arrogant
have become moody and foreboding in tone,
'jfird when so striking change has como over
theFs it may easily he imagined what Is the
state Of feeling among the rebel masses. We
suhjo.n few brief extracts from prominent
secession Journals, which are bnt Il rcAex of the
tone now PcrvadIng The entire rrbri prr<z,
The following from the 4PpaaI is sample
of much more iu-that and the other Memphis
papers to the same effect:
"Wc're forced back ont Of Mi5souri-ch4cll
mated in Kentucky. Chase has obtained his
money in Wall street The blockade is un-
breakable by US as yet. II one word, trc re-
hemmcd ia. We hdte dtictrei the moment of
pictorr TO pass We were SO unxiUusly watch
ing the operations of England. that we stand
aghast on turning our eyes homeward. Day
follows day. and in lieu Of being weakened, we
find the Federal armies at all points. being
srcngthcncd. NEST every article Of domestic
necessity quadrup!ed in price, and our money
will soon be exceedingly scarU-, for lack Of paper
and pdstcbodrdS trlercletA to make It,"
The Richmond Examiner of Jan. II. says:
"W'hilc the political leaders of the South
have been reposing in dreams Of approaching
peace and Willie our accomplished Captains of
Engineers have been expe ding their remark
able scientific ingenuity uthe erection Of works
US wonderful. and almost as extensive, and quitc
us valuable, Us the Chinese wall, to resist in
vading forces from u given direction, the enc
my have gradually and at leisure gathered ur
their immense resources and contracted their
tremendous energies TO cDvelOp the confeler-
acy with their armies and fleets, and to penc-
irate The interior from some one of The many
alternative p' ints. Although they can now do
IL ,lhing, they have tier general programme in
perfect order for execution when the weather
changes in the ordinary course of the earth
round The sun; ami at this moment we find our
selvs in lbe face Of superior forces wherever we
look, whether to the North, the East, Or the
West, or the South i.srlf General Sidney
Johnston has to strain every nerve to prevent
the military as well as geographical hearts of the
country from slipping out of his grasp Gen
eral JuFeph Johnston and BeaGregarl are held
by Mcclellan ON the Potomac as in u vice
A ganiic armament is ready to attempt the
descent ofthe Mississippi, aud their fleets on the
Atlantic seacoast and the Gulf are too freshly
before tbs public attention to require renlem-
brance. Such are the fruits Of policy purely
defensive. Without even the hrsitancy which
would come of possible interruption, the en-
emy have thus surrounded d the Southern Con
lederacy; and, if permitted to repeat as often
as may be desired, their efforts to penetrate it's
lie Irt they will necessarily attain the place and
the time where succ IS awaits them"
The Richmond Enquirer, after Il survey Of
the field, announces that "AIcCelan is placing
a military Gordon around us, with view to
crush us by q simultaneous construction, as the
anaconda crushes its victims" and sounds the
note of alarm after the following flshon:
"The war drum should sound throughout our
confederacy. The war spirit must be revived.
We want war speeches at our court houses and
cross roads. Our people should rouse up and
organize as one man, and prepare for the most
determined war. See We not the circle of fire
that is uniting around you? Hear ye not the
tramp of the enemy's advancing lines, and the
rush of bis coming steps? The shock of tire.
mendous strife is upon US. As a free and indie
pendent people, we have either to conquer Or
to die, and we are. resolved not 10 die. The
time is come when every one who has the spirit
of man, must show it,"
The Norfolk Day BOOE admits that the en-
gagement in which ZoLLLCoFFER met his end
was the most serious reverse that the rebels
have yet experienced. After which it asks:
"How shall it be repaired? The enemy will
doubtless push on to Knoxville, to get posses
sion of the most important line OF railroads in
the South. A Gordon is being drawn around
Virginia, and she may be within the foul coils
Of the serpent unless the important point now