The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-01
I've Year P.-, ..s N. o., .. Ce-e.

anxiety, nd mas proved one. OF clouds and
disaster beysnd all precedent in our National
history. Ths carly years Of cur Republic we're
ytsn Of trial and care, before which the bra
vest might vel have given away 10 despair, but
In our more mature age tide Of rebellion has
rolled in upon "a, which AZ severely taxes the
maj hood and strength q our country, "a cid
the Revolutions M comparative infancy.
The history Of tho war proper CONNIE nco1
With tho fall q Ssmter, which occurred on tho
1871 Of latt April. Prom that period the tide
Of war ebbed and flowed with varying success,
bot ust ally in our favor, until the engage mont
At Bill Run, which, although a brilliant victo.
~, vas accidentally changed 10 an ignominious
defeat. This dissstsr was folio -ed by Others in
Misto, u, where svNms Of excited slaS ehpli.
or IT, arms, we're aroused in all prs
" ,he State, consequent upon the III advised
pro Jams ion Of Gen. FHENOSr-a by whom
t.e gnlla" LYON was rcprIsed and los, his life.
A Thu period tho rebels had m lc progress in
Western Virginia, had Te-oocupi,d the to WIS
alor u Potomac, and successfully plotted tho
fecs ssion OF MARY land. Soon after, the same
neglect Of reinforcemcnts which had orcasioned
the ce.cat and d,ath Of tho gallant LroN,
obliged the lrave MulLIGAN and his troop. to
give up a bard fought field. This was tho turn
iog psr,td q the var.
Since that time we have captured the forts Al
lIatteras Itlot have made permanent lclg-
nent at Port Royal have taken Possession Of
| Twice I,land, destroyed the rebel ba tories AT
| Pensacola, entIenched ourselve, strongly at
Ship leland and at the mouth Il tho Mississippi,
ard have obtained possession Of the harbOr and
city Cf Galveston, in Texas. While such haa
| b,oo cur rapid advu &c upon the Atlantis coast,
| ard on the Gulftf Mexico, our arms have not
| b,,n lees victorious upon the Miseissippi river.
| in the state Of Missouri aud upoo the western
lordcis 1t A,hareas and Toxas. The batteries
| Il Belmont have been destroyed PACK and
MoCrII' Cn, with heir numerous troops have
leop d,fea,td or scattered, and the latter
G-terL teen forced to abandon the state,
shlo the former Is driven TO its ex.
trme western lire, and there confined with
an irconsderablo force. Upon the western
borders Of Arbansas and the confines OF Texas,
| III ion forces are nov lowering, and holding the
rel"ls hornly In check, and with every in lea
lioo of an snly advance.
but thcse ste ,osses, gratifying "a they APP
| pbT when reviewed at length are but irconsid
| cradle whom compared with thoec which our
present pr, para ions would seem to have In
store for U.S. Tho Burnside Expedition and
Ger. MCCLELLAN are almost ready to al
vance upon tho North; a formidable inland
fleet, whcso capabilities AID magnitude arc
little understood a. hie Est has boon
concentrated at Cairo, and Is ready TO
do'cend the Mis,is.ipp, while the last regiments
| 4 Butlor's Expedition are On the point of do
| paItuie to Ship Island. All of thcse forros,
together with those at Port Royal, will close in
| upon the rol4ls at ono and the same time, and
although wo may expect the mixed fortunes of
war, which are seldom thOse Of entire success,
| yet upon all the points named We cannot meet
With failure, and signal advantages over the
| r,h,ls may lie regarded as certain.
I Thus for the coming yesr our prospects are
good indeed, and ere another new year breaks
Upon us, the most bitter, extended, and un-
allied for rebellion which the world has ever
witnessed, will have teen mo: and subducd
The rebels, depressed in hear and PURGE, already
give iers of exhaustion, and their agents at
| Tar n are casting abCut iOI uo ways anu means
through which te close tbs wa. Although We
may have much yet to acc 1mplisb, tho crack
ling which procodcs dissolution is now to be
heard, and the end is not distant, Il will come
specdil. when 1t begins.
| To that kind Providenc' who has watched
over US, and made the yea enc Of unoquAlei
thrift In agricultural pursuits, and Of unusual
mildIess a. to the seventies Of winter, and,
above all, who has bles--d US with national
1oalth aud strength to fight as we believe, in
Ills cause, our heartfelt tina nlsgvings are duo.
May we fight valiia,lv to the md, and may hui
man rights ifeeCn and &c, which ara
nittes to our "a, BE- oriyN
loss Of The last dollar 6feSjur property, the do
'tIuction of our homes, and the giving up OF
our lives. This will 10 the hear felt prayer OF
every patriotic American, ard with this deter
ninAtion, our cause know no such word as
/ FAIL.