Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

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- Though no BattIs has occurred during the
aip6us Heek, 4he lnOyensnte and position Of our
: joTees IN The sOuth-wsss ere sueh aS to render
= aoaoTisiou n any time quite probable, and we
shall doubtIess ers long have stirring nsws
asTf6m tie heId IL which ths armies under Grant
are now operating. 7o -ai ii .asst -v--z
~, "A large force under Gen. Sherman Is pene-
!, trstisEuthe intsriof Of Mississippi and Il IS
baFsposeed that aslmult66sO0S movement against
johnson By lGrrant, and against Mobile BY
Banks, VIII be made, AT alIevents, whatever
may be The results Il is manifest that The
% campuign Is opening vigorously in that region,
and that the rebels viii find their hands fan in
neeslipg the movements that are being made
against them. ss -. a3.a raa -at
5aoa There are reports from tie Army Of The
II iPotomasF that lee il preparing for offensive
a.sSveiHbSibbts dgainss Mead. But, 81 usual,
iassbese reports aFa quite contradictory. and but
little eop6dance 10 Be placed in them.-E It
riGuoA at all eiHprobabie We shall hear Of
basSSTtmerts "a that quarter as soon as The
state Toftbe. roads and weather win admit. but
Vi hmors probable that Lee viii retire fur
,.ther SOuthtthan that he win again attempt an
,oaSvanee North Il Is Becoming = serious
snsditef with the rebels 70 end supplies to sub
lsist their army in. Virginia, and peceSsity viii
compel them ere long either to retire, further
,youth aRaAtenpt the desperate Undertaking o.
seeking supplies by Sighting for them in Penn
sylvnniA Or M6ryland. @e-'
ed A large number Of our efieers confined il
7oLib6sgSPis oLib6syg Prison, Richmond. have succeeded il
digging ont and escaping tO; ;Ourlines Amont
.+tbe,uumber is the famous COL STRAIGHT
sVshOse escape win be as seriously felt by th
rebels as was that Of Morgan By our people
,,9lnf aeeooGrnnt cf the manner Of the escape wi
he found elsewhere. 10 ssaaa a71ff 7i6'i~
.,s7It ID manifest that the rebel armies bav
lately BEEN re reinforced 6y recruits secured b
Che operations OF the late sweeping copscriF
tiOn. But the additions thus made to thei
Numbers will hardly compensate for their con
hutunt los Of veterans by deeertion. In thei
present reduced circumstances il is also YER
.diffcuit matter to cIothe, arm and subsist ad
,ditions made to their forces in the 6sld.
:. I'VE haYezn0 important intelligence iron
ssauy point on the southern coast. The bonn
qB6rdmenE Of CharIeSton still continues, an,
the rebels do not deny that the better porto
Of the city is forpakenby the inhabitants an
the buildings. suffering seriously from the e
.leets Of the Shells. There seems to be n
probAbility Of direct attack upon the cit
by the ifon-elAds: ~ -.----..--.. ...s
Affairs et NewbeFn remain quiet, theug
from, the knOwn consolidation Of q large rel
Tsl8orce IN tbe vicinity aad their avowed pul
spose 70 take the place, there is considerab
acIicitnde felt for the safety Of our cOmpar
lively small force holding that impOrtal
point. sssi-d booa bugma'oa Poo a3'7 '
Our re-enIisted veterans, who were at hon
on furleugh, are now rapidly returning to Il
feld, and new recruits are also going fOrwal
in considerable numbers, 50 that there is e.
cry reason to believe that when they encou
ter the enemy our forces viii prove inYiu'
bic. - ve7,s -s5. sqe5 ID
w., New. Hampshire and Rhode Island have {
ready 6lled their quotas under the new ca
md several ether States are making su
progress in raising volunteers as to render
certain they viii escape the draft.