Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-12-19
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Taking an Eeeorat q Stock.

Let us-for the end of the year approaches
take hurried account Of stock, and see jus
where We stand.
I. The Confederates though they recently
Invaded Maryland in force, and have rIadi
/ petty raids into Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
etc, do not hold at this hour a single foot o
territory outside of what they claim as theil
ewn, nor do they seriously threaten 10 acqHirS
any.
IL, After having for months desperately
contested the great State Of Missouri, fought
many important battles therein-some Of them
successfully have been driven ont of it
so that only two or three guerrilla bands of ne
| Importance now luEk in It's swanps or forests
and occasionly steal cut to commit deFeda-
tions
III. Kentucky has in Ike manuer been
in good part under rebel domination, not oniy
last winter, bnt again two months ago. Now
they are wholly expelled from it, and likely 10
remain so.
". Tennessee Is one of States most impor-
tant to the Shareholders Confederacy. Hall
of it, incluning the two most important cities,
Nashville and Memphis, have been held for
the Union throughout the last six months, and
we are on the point of trying 10 reclaim the
risidue.
V. Virginia is the most popuIeus State
belonging to Jef's Confederacy, and includes
his metropolis. Very nearly half of il is now
in Union hands, including the cities Of Nor
folk and Wheeling, while lis chief fortress,
Monroe, has never yet seen a rebel flag float
ing from IFS walls. We expect to have a
COED deal more Of it before the year is out.
VI. OF North Carolina, the Union bas held
Albemsrle and the connected Sounds, with
their islands and the beach outside, Forts
Hatters and Macon, the cities of Newbern
and Washington, with a considerable strip Of
the main land, for several months, almost
without resistance. We hold also the water
line Of transit thence 10 Hampton Roads
through the Dismal Swamp Canal
VII. OF South Carol ia, we held the Sea
Islands, including the forts built by the reb-
els to guard the entrance to Port Royal
Sohnd.
VIII. OF Georgia, we have long held For;
Pulaski, commanding the water way to Sa-
vannah, and the Islands OF Gybee, ST. Simmons.
&c, are actually or virtually in our possess
ion. The whole coast with its inlets and
mouths Of rivers is in our possession.
!, IN. Nearly all the seaports Of Florida =
Pensacola, ST. Augustine, &c-have long
been in Union bands, All of the Gortifca-
tious also-FOrt Pickens, Fort Taylor, the
Todugas-. are and ever have been Union
<. or Texas, we have Galveston and most
of the seaports. We can take the risidue
when we choose, with very little effort
XI. Of Louisiana. we hold Forts ST. Philip
aad jackson, which guard tie accent of the
Mississippi with Kew Orleans, the chief mart
Of the southwest, and large aren of the ad-
jacent sugar-growipg region; and we have
heldthe city and the forts more than half a
year undispuledly.
XII. We hold considerable strip of
Northern 5fis5iss ipp;,. ,.and have a victorious
.aFE1y there ready TO fight all corners, only the
rebels insist on being gocrs instead
XIII. Ditto as TO i Arkansas ......
XIV. We baye quiet possession of all
New Mixico and Ari<lna, which, one year
since, were mainly in the possession of tri
umphart rebel force.
XIV. This is alsO the fact as to the Indian
Territory.
1t thus appears that nearly one-third Of
tie population, and more than third of the
area claimed by the Confederacy, are today
under Union control, most Of it won by hard
fighting within the past year, New Orleans,
St. Lonis, Louisville, Memphis, Galveston.
Santa Fe, Lexington, Norfolk. Newberne,
PensacoIa-aIl these are claimed as belonging
to tie CoDfederacy. and most Of them have
been beld by it; but they are row al Union.
More than one million people who were I'M
der the Confederate flag a year ago. now peace
fully repose under the Union eagles. And we
are Just on the poiut Of "rnarching on" with
larger and better disciplined armies than ever
! before.