Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-31
THE LONDON o1NDEx."


We have before us several numbers Of
the rebel paper bearing the above title, and
some of the articles which We find therein
are interesting-not to say comical. In
the number of November 18th, the leading
article is upon the rebel Thanksgiving
which was supposed to have been cele-
brated in Dixie the day previous. The
hacr says:
Yesterday, the people of the Confederate
States, in accordance With the proclamation
of President Davis, united in solemn asGrip-
tons of thanksgiving to Almighty Goa io5
the victories which have recently crowneu
their arms, and the signal marks Of his
guidance and protection that have oeen
Youchsafed to them during four wasting years
of war. The attitude Of the Confederate
States at this moment challenges the respect
of the world, and the spectacle presented "
us IN nation hpmbling itself before lthe
throne oithe Most High, and looking 10 the
interpositiOn of the Divine Hand for its maj
deliyerance, while it shrinks not fpm peril or
sacrifice in the SEcat' 1eSse, is hthe short Oh
sublime. =
That's so! The "sublimity" of Il
thing consists in the extent to which the\
quality of gratitude is strained. "Small
favors thankfully received" appears to be
the motto of the Dixieites. With the ex-
ception of the not over-important affairs
of Olustee, in Florida, and Shreveport, in
Louisiana, we are unable to discover thst
the rebel arms have, been crowned" to
any considerable extent. For the continu-
Gus thrashing which they have received
for the past twelve months, the " christian
gentlemen" of the Confederacy are too
devout to hold the Lord ut all responsible.
The h,der also, piOusiy remarks:
The pious exercises of yesterday were but
an interlude If the conflict, vigil before rel
newal of battle but the day will come, sooner
than we dare nope ~, perhaps, when the II
DeumS of victory, final and complete, sh
arise from aland desolated but d!senthrallee
and the Confederate States of America shall
take their jroper place among the proudest
nations Of the earth.
1t does look that way-especially in that
portion of the Confederacy through which
Sherman has been gently meanderirg.
We forget the precise date at which the
strategic Hood began to "draw the Yam
KEGS on" and Sherman commenced his
march of desolation and dissnthrall-
ment," but we think it was somewhere
about the rebel Thanksgiving Day. We
don't know whether it is any sooner than
the Maer expected or not, but Hood has
"drawn the Yankees on" about as effectu-
ally as man ever drew on a tight boot,
and has got his foot into it shout as deep.
Sherman has desolated and olsen
thralled" the whole length of Georgia,
on one line of march, and is now perform
ing the same operation on another. The
Lder is much troubled with the spirit of
prophecy-got it bad. In another article,
the Hder says:
Sheridan has fine army under his COM
mand, though it has been weakened by the
loss of two corps since the fall of Atlanta.
Whether the Federal General is a match for
his opponent Hood in the sirategical ability
necessary for the conduct OF a campaign IN
which the odds have been so greatly reduced
By the skillfUl manGuyreS Of the Confederate
commanders, has yet to be proved.
The editor is undoubtedly satisfied that
upon the point Of strategy" there is TO
comparison between Sherman and Hood.
Hood is Old Strategy himself. Thenum-
Der of November 10th, with a supplement,
is devoted almost entirely to one pro-
longed screech about the Florida out
rage" and extracts from the sympathizing
British journals concerning that terrible
breach of international law" 1t forms
no conjectures, however, as to how the
British journals or the British Govern
ment are going to help themselves in the
fearful emergency.
On the whole. the Ender is rather an in
teresting paper, and we commend it to
our Copperhead friends. They will find
much in its columns of consoling and
comforting nature, and although it most
signally fails in its prophecies, yet there
is always something in it that will make
rebel or Copperhead feel good for a
little while.