Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-02-04
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= Front Royal, and the other fg6 & when.
with overBhelmlne force, they pursued
Banks up the Shenandoah. In the sun
mer, Fair Oaks, Memphis, Baton Rouge
and Cross Keys, al 70 cur advantage In
the seven days battles before Rich
monds eonseauent upon the transfer Of
our base from the Pnnnunkey TO the
James River, beginning with Games Mills
and ending WITH Malvern Hill, according
10 General Mcclellan, We whipped the
enemy egeryTtime1 Th6 battle Of Cedar
Mountain resulted N The enemy falling
back, though in nang 15s,ects fhey hae
\ won the ADVANTAGE; While the battle 81
GroVeton and the second battle of Bull
Run, on the other hand. resulted in cus
falling back, thopsh in many respects z
had gained the saFantage. The onl5
positive victories OF lulportance won by
the rebels during this se5 sen, syere thatof
James Island, near Ch afleston, and the
repulse Of ,our guuboats a. FzcksbaEg-
In the Autumn orr in1feFta taat victories
were at South Mo,sntain, znsielan, PlY1a-,
outh, luka, Corintirs Hhteh s ~ =, r ~
ryFille, Chaplin Cresk second batts -
Pea Ridge and Case Hin; niliIe our
reverses were Hsrperss Ferry, Rhie -
the consequence OF treaehezY, Nda,<s - +
month of Deeember We have had fhe =
tory of Prairie Grove, and e.dsa efteit
ing Gen. Forests expedit tion Il 9cldst
70, and have Suffered no diseomf fsnre
the signal one st FrsdericksbuIg srFsss
Geographically, how is ft'R in Yea ~
when the, year daEned uPoEsas -
shut in upon the Western u1o1n ntainS
on the narrow fringe Of Arlihgten HighP
over the Potomac, upon the tF5 eosLnfl7
east of the Chespeak and upon III -
non-shot range Of FoEtyass 3tenrpe
Newport News. Even tie -:
mac was blockaded by rebel q.
Now we have the virtual conmand q
least half of the State Then the eRl7 .
points we held in the Atlantic States
South, where Key West. Port Royal and
the quicksands Of Hatteras. No8 re
have the command Of a quarter Of North
Carolina, and, save " Wilmingtoa and
Charleston, possess the entire Atlselie
coast of the Southern Ssates. In the Tel-
ley Of the Mississippi, the rebels feEa-
manded half of Missouri and two. slstis
of Kentucky, and eVeey foot of sol s0uta
to the Gulf. Now al Of Missaufis ~ q
Kentucky, the greater part of Tenns
half of Arkansas, the greater part Of Lea.
isiana, and large portions Of Mississl pt
are within our control I'm the TsffiI1
ries of New Mexico and Arizona the reEe|
flag, which was then defant,. has eeaset
to float altogether. The Nationat Amy
lines have been extended within thz7 e-ss
over nearly half of the tefritery ahea
claimed by the Confedsraeys and7sFnat
is of great signifeanc lit has uniformly
proved that ground once lost to the rebels
is permanently lost. They have again and
again made desperate efforts to fepossess
some of the important positions taksn
from them; but in not single instance
with any lasting success, Their limits
have been constantly growing less, and
that, two, irreparablys 3 7Sr
Ia oar foreign relations, the year has
brought also, a decided improEement--
England has submitted herself more deci-
dedly than ever to the policy Of non-in-.
tervention; and, without the eo-opera-
ton of that Power, there can possibly be
no Intervention that we need fear. The
more advanced position Of the Nationals
Government against Slavery hds made
our course stronger with the zfoPean
masses, while the extraogdInar aclease-.
of our Navy mas fnpress9d t1SIE rulers
'Whith a new and wholesome fear iae
want of cotton has made itself felt Tith
more direful effect, and yet We are scIzf
to-day than ever from foreign inteflel-
enee. The year, it is s-trues has speierte.
us to some unjust treatment from abroad.
but we have right to Congratulate our
selves that we have escaped all serious
aess 2 ss.1ss'i
Thus we stand at the close Of the ear
so far as regards progress actually mRda@
If reference be had to our preparations
for the future, the view Is still more en-
When the year opened
we had not q solitary iron-elad- Eke
Monitor was not launched, unS the H;d-.|
die of FEBRUARY. Now. we HaTe-10f -
than forty-four inVulnerable yessels7
larger and more formidable heet, Of tbs
class than all Europe combined dTsyilll
our other vessels in the service have been
more than three. fold. SO that
they now amount to nearly. FIVE hundred.
The army has more than doubled IN
effective numbers; in discipline aud every
soldierly quality it has improved IN even
greater ratio. What Is of higher eonse-
ouence still, every department. Is under,
far more energetic direction than Il Eas
twelve months ago. Then procyastlna-
ton was the ruling spirit. Now unrslax-
ing activity is the universal order Of the
day. sf st--
The year 1862 secured gains and adNans
tages which, by every natural law, ought
to insure the complete Suppression Of the
within the next twelve months
1t will depend entirely upon The idelsty
of the North. whether thisen Is realized.