, 1864-11-22
Chicago Qribn1te>


The military eituation continues of daily
INCREASING interest and moment. collision
nay on any day occur before Richmond, and
expectation is evidently feyc,ish among the
rebels that Gen. Grant is preparing for bold
stroke Our armies are everywhere filling up,
The troops permitted brief furlough to 60
home and vote, from points where the militia
RI situation was not psejudiccd thereby, hive
all returned to the front with new spirit and
fresh determination to carry ont the express
ed will Of the people and crush the rebellion.
Tue regiments worn and wasted by protract.
ed service have been filled up with fresh ma
~terial, and there will be stern and bloody
rebel line. Grant has his eye on Rich
amond, and the campaign viii not end with
out a telling stroke for its occupancy. The
news from the Shenandoah Valley is con-
ficting and obscure. Whether or not the
rebels have left that region, Phil. Sheridan
certainly has not, and will not on any mere
rumor that his enemy has gone elsewhere.
In Tennessee the situation is in the highest
degree satisfactory. Especially has the
Strengthening process above referred to
helped Thomas, now opposing the advance
and schemes Of Hood.
But the chief and absorbing interest In the
present -juncture Of the campaign ccntcrs in
Gen. 6llcnnan's great expedition now far in
the heart Of Georgia. On the success Of this
bold and wide-rcaching stroke, hangs the fate
Of the confcderacy, and the result Of this I'M
portant crisis in the war may end it speedily.
Our columns this morning give further details
and incidents Of Gen. shcrman's departure
and movement, and now for the first time wc
begin to hear from his column through rebel
sources, though the interval since his setting
forth is not yet long enough. had his progress
been utterly unobstructcd, to hare brought
him TO Ills nearest point Of Importance to the
rebels. Macon. It will not be long, however,
before news will come, thick and fast, from
Sherman.
The Kentucky traitors, Lieut.. Cor. Jacobs,
and Sliplnan, late Of the Louisville Journal,
havc been sent through the rebel lines to
join their friends In Dixie. 4 chr load Of Ken
lucky, sympathizers with the rebellion trail
tors, Of both sexes, might be sent In the same
direction from Chicago to the elevation Of the
average loyalty Of our city. At least it Is a
pity the rebel households Of Chicago could
not bo put on Richmond diet and confined to
the use Of rebel money until their procliyities
gaye way to scmblance II not the reality Of
patriotism.
On the third page of this mornings issue
We publish complete synopsis Of the new
Constitution Of the British American Confed-
Grafton, recently formed by the commission
ers from lie different provinces. It will be
found to be very interesting document.
Hon. George Brown, editor Of the Toronto
0lobc, member Of the Canadian Parliament
and one Of the commissioners, has been
selected to carry orer to England and lay be-
fore tho Government the articles of-confeder.
alton, for the sanction Of the crown.
A Toronto dispatch says that man belicved
to be the leader in the Lake Erie piratical ex-
pcdition is in custody and will be examined
to-day Well, what Of It. The examination
~1n 60 only far enough to find rebel COM
1n1soiop on him, and the pisatc is then as safe
in Cannck hands as in the heart Of Dixie.
That Is all TINT is likely to result from the
examination, VIC GRE afraid.
AAlAa AA441" 0af4bs .N0iDuEl Dun AAut
United States Engineers, and George ".
Blunt. Of New York, Commissioners Tor the
selection Of h site for a navy yard on the Mis-
=issippi river, hava arrived at st. Louis.
The telegraph reports the death Of Ex-Goy-
ernor Fairbanks, Of St. Johnsbury, vt. The
licensed was man Of energy, shrewdness anu
sagacity in private business, qualities. which
lid the State good service in his official Ca
.eer.
The Washington rumors concerning the
Cabinet changes are dying out, doubtless
from sheer fatigue in tie imaginative powers
Of the correspondents ther@way.
The season Is moving apace. Winter will
soon be here, already snow is abroad in the
lind, and Thanksgiving is close at hand. If
you would secure the highest zest to your
own enjoyment Of the day, cast about you to
discover what plnched household you can
bless from your Own abundant stores. There
is hcart glow from 3 good deed well done
On such day, that ali the anthraeitein Penn
eylrania could not secure to yon. Remember
the soldiers family, the widow, the poor who
arc always with us, TO whom only through
such acts as yours may be, can dawn Thanks
giving,