, 1863-12-02

Smelling, which 1astod from Ok to o'clock,
no one was nuIt.
Northern press that, ere the ides of Novem-
bcr, Charleston would be in In ashes; and
strafghtway al Yankec-1andwaxcd merry and
| prepared for grand jubilee. Dahigren
@scrcwcd Ills courage to the sticking place" !"
Gilmore Piled the spade and pick, trained
BIC heavy guns and harped upon "Greck flre." :"
We still live, and tic fshot-bed of the rebel
1ion' is not yet in ashes
| A SAD PHILOSOPHY.
tFron the Richmond Examiner, Nov. 18.1
TIE Southern people hive long since given
up the traditional attitude Of standing on tip
! toe IN expectation Of great battle. It rath-
er plants itself firmly on its feet and sets its
teeth closely, the better to receive the shock
fields to require the encouragement Of one
victory more; VIC hnye met With too many
disasters to hare our balance disturbed by q
single defeat; and By this time we have at
ta1ned to sad philosophy, which embraces
+ Our loss seems always to outweigh the imme-
the famous limo Of Filicaja, the South
appears to be doomed tsalwayB ito
Lose or eon1uering, Or conquered!
Our adyc1saries sec this clearly, and have
hased b their calculations on It. They design
armies by battle and by capture, and then to
break the back bone OF the rebellion, vcztebra
by ycrtebra, and cxtract the marrow ut their
n1an ns 81, ,,4fa, ~ 1aau 'se tna a aankeo
tn., .sF ae ~ ials9 appnca-
;n.r ~ - <reto,,;n ~ lno VOTE
II an 81 iaa - question o.
armE md iTes nnnthcr ugan I9aa i IT., "44 H. ootn
to"a aro - fh;n}i1, tbat t4as ns .ue Kan
so1xes ;isa1f II ;nta " tat ~ Mhoie mailer re-
,,i,;eb ~, ea1.tI.a t~ ."o Gtntnenne ~ series, o1
fcs;,1 ret thas ~ af ,91 - ~ lnnn
n3ont nva1 Ia Sn4far;nms 1sh;a1 mnen tnoy
r. hatt1o occoe,om co M Sosa mn o9r a9sses
rTeotGhoTn heon 19oaot ~ ',t ~ ase nsen
f;tc of amv bo;In % hut 6ueSas Ma ~ g9s INC apPe
md fl,csc M % IEc 1nsses ~" wh;nS a1!. 6nuu.
heft1e - ;rnm,en+ @ thn ,t,;a MncnoYer
bcfore fhc sirn;sbers ~ do,e1ntea a. etsn
nfcSets DR. dr,ven n s'' oep'o5eo a''o INC
As We look forward thcn IN the renewo, of |
the strneu1c in thn Wcst ne ~ can1at sn1 gns1
in any fSelinr Of cxn1faf3on NJ ti,c nroSnosi
We iopo f6r victory. W. mav w bsve 9n,no
reason 10 erect It: Int W. 1 Enow wy 4 ~ some ne
possible TINT somebody viii bn a fcw honrs ~
TOO late; that some point Of tlc enemy's line
will not be pressed. in snite IF thc exn1irit
orders Of the Commandinr General: thnt thc
win be exiaugted inst ten
minutes before tho Federals receive reinforce
ments; TINT some stupid courier will lose his
fg, Wy inat ~ s.?1 some needless A1d'ae:Camg vii
Ya5i.eos vii rof;,o l., o+oaS ,aan ~ htI III. .ns
sued ut respectful distance by our cayalrr.
and fall back on q strong position, which they
will make impregnabie In twenty.four hours.
This las bcen tic history of every victory of
on the Southern side. and It nav
bc the history Of other victories And then
in come first as single spies and then in full
uattalions- casualties. It is said that
tho war has hardened us 10 the horrors Of
death. 1t is well that We have become thus
hardened, for otherwise nature could not bear
The anguish, and we should be too much m
manned to carry on our great work. But We
venture to say that the first thought Of the
majority Of people. who have INV claims to
thought at ali. tnrns to the lists Of killed md
wounded. Fortuuc. like thc chary almseiyer
IN " Homer" but nuts tho cnn of inv tG onr
mouths, and awcts the lins int iloes not wet
hc palate - the chalicc Of sorrow we sin to
he drcrs. Gcorria nav ie sare;f Int viii
East tennessee be recaineds On one me- thing