Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-11-18

NOT ES N DIXIE.
XE.


'' long, eveutfDl campaign terminating in the
capture Of the Gate City of the South. hav,
finally grown, in numerical repetition. al least
10 The modest preteDsohs al d score. Wheth
II ar Or not, they have been trained in the way
- they should go" the readers Ot The Gazette
= must decide. II is hoped, however, that il
any one chooses 10 do them The honor of a
e criticism, be wi not only
e Be TO their faults little blind,
And 10 their merits very kind
, but eharitably rememf,>, tat they are the
5 roughly y-bred bautings of tie march, the
: hivouae and the battle fl i'd. Written amidsr
: The distractions of an Office that permits no
. certain respite from the interruptions of husi-
ness, and grants no lease upon leisure; COM
+ posed often amid The excitement Of actual
eoufiIet and upon the CORY field still strewn
5 with the wreck and debris OF battle, it is, per-
= haps Unfair To expect in lhe<e hastily written
sketches he continuity of matter and the
garnIshfd smooIhness and horesence OF stye
which eTpected 10 adorn a newspaper ar
ticle.
1t is unfortunate that those who inform the
public press of army affairs are not always as
reliable and accurate as they should be. Usu-
ally depending upon others as sources of inlor-
nation and rarely being eye-witresSeS, and
still more rarely participants. OF those san
culinary events which give shape and charac-
| ter to he campaign, they are prone to give
partial. defective, or loo highly cOored de
scfiptinns Of lhem. Some Iavorire general, |
/ brigade corps. is Iauded O the skies for do |
| ng that Of which The credit belongs entirely |
/ 10 others. ] do hot mean TO say that ihes-
persons are always untrulhiui in their stale
mems, but | do assert that they are frequent !y
! 80. Glowing accounts published OF 'bril-
liant military operations, which 10 those con
versani with The facts are simply ridiculous
Mr.. Adolphus Scribbe, who eIjnys wide
circle of acquaintance among the "reiiahlt
gentlemen" who accompany The rtar 0f all ar-
my, eagerly snatches up the story of some ex-
cited stTaggler who tells him that his regiment
Is ''all cut 10 pieces that The artillery was
all captured by the eTemy, but was immediate
ly recapiured by the gallant Brigadier Gener-
al so-and-so's Brigade, who led bis men, sword
IN hand, against the confident foe that the +
enemy was hually driven back utterly de- T.
morailzed' and vast numbers of arms aud
prisoners taken All This and a thousand
things more, which Mr.. Scrihble gathers from
bis own fertile brain..aad which he well kuows !"
VIII amaze The gulihle public, be hastily trans !"
mlts, by Tie first courier, for publication in The
Gossipville Journal. Perchance, TOO. Serib- tt
ole Overiakes intelligent contraband" ca
Just from rebeidom, sho with wide stretched It
optics relates t. him wonderful stories Ct the .
and decentralization prevailing in u
he enemy's camps, OF bis distressing desire 10 pS
iesert en- naSse and come over to our lines az
nd Of the marvellous mysteries OF receDtiv
lHfPaveH
ogeher with the manifold little additions a. a.
'hlch Scrlbble's suggestive mind would make. L
uly embelIish, with garing headlines. the
oumns OF the above named valuable journal. 40
hus the pubic is deceived, the army is mis- III"
presented, and newspapers are disparaged. cai
Ii there be any merit in these paper.. il I" :
es chiefly in the fact that have written of III
at 1ch7ct do knOlr 1t has been nv hum I'd
e fortune to be an eyewitness of the patri n"'
ic iortitude ard gallantry of the soldiers of sue
e Union both in the gloomy bivouac and on san
c weary march and on tbe bloody battle 'ne
Id. have seen them borh when over tec
lelmed with disaster and when exultant with
e flush OF glorious victory have heard ma
err wall OF anguish al defeat, and have listen "u'
also 10 their shout of triumph sprineing P"'
I'M distant hill-tGps and swelling along The. 'et
les aid up Tie mountain sides in one sublime
bong pean OF rejoicing. l have marked '"e
unconqnerable patriot toiling ou bis pain Gun
maich with pale face and bleeding feet I vH''
'e heai Eened to the faint echoes of his fail Ho'
orealh when gushing wounds gave token '''i'
1 ne heroic soul had made its last, greatest way
rhce Tor Freedom. | bave caugbl from "1
ersh lips the story of long, relipfess suffer n'a u
under the slow conquest of disease that
ID su6due The manly frame. but never pro- P''h'
e complaint that all was borne and suffered US
'ur conntry's holy cause These are not 'en
ters OF bearsay. | have seen them. And 'hihR
avIng seen them have been able to con. my s.
a truthful idea of The inside of army life dlsap
OF the nnquenchable patriotism and devo Ma
OF our soldiers, am content. me IL
am aware that am speaking as if with Ihose
twentieth number am ahor,, ., -, askiu
series of articles AnJ ,a, -, '''' diers
be readers of the Gazat,a r,d.na,.s,, !ul &c
1t is my inreEtion to bid them final fare
or thai have adopted the mournlul per-
ion of Walter Wilie:-
. And here send the long ballad
The which you have just redde IT. IL
wish that It stay earth 10 Ht
Long alter am dead" III.
y wish 10 notify them that our interviews -. :
ch is The proper term are, for an idef bao,a
time, about 10 be suspended This vast ,bro,,o
will soon launch forth into the epemv,s GO
ry without regard to lines of communion ,roo,,s
Or bases OF supply, and the dark, seething caeos
Of rebellion will close in between me and The nc
who care to peruse these lines. Great % ron,
res are about to be made in behalf of II ,ho
nion and this army is soon to stake its ond no
nee upon the success of one of the bold ond ~
ili'ary enterprises ever undertaken. I'm for, an
final accomplishment our friends mus, o.a, IS
ltent TO watch and wait, NOT, however W.
: c-",I ""oo 'u'' "nen our columns much 0
e from the cloud that shall temporarily N onr
hem from view. they will come dazzling s,ood =
light Of victory and the dawn of new and S,a,o
ms hopes for our beloved country. 81 ,hos,
the mean time the great civil con- o,o,i,,,,
r our nations life draws on apace The Cd
are about to determine at the ballot no oro
neither Freedom or Slavery Union or men, ot
ion shall prevail. And shall it be that a,a ,,,,
his army comes from its long, periIous da,,a +,
through the dominions of rebellion. ,ho ,or,I
g the starry hig all garun led with vic ,ba, the
wreaIhs, it shall be greeted by the un- neglect