The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-25

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loss whether 70 most admire tks VAT man.
Der and extent Of Shsridan's siStsfies, o.
the remarkable stolidity With which The
rebel Early endures frequent snnihilation.
For the last two months the enemy have
exhibited tie Tsmsrksbls popularity u Be-
ing defeated overwhelmingly at ysEgssAprt
intervals, and within . few days sftsr tasir
defeat presenting thsmseisss IN stronger
force than ever, to again undergo sdefsAt
more disastrous than any Of its predeces
sors. There wss onss, ia some older fable,
q dragon that posseased the somewhat sip-
gular power Of producing half-dozsh or
more new hssds, Whenever one Gifts old
ones was chopped off; and in Early We pee
the modern prototype Of this tabled mon
ster. The more Sheridan lops away his
limbs, the greater becomes his task; for
from each bleeding stump springs crop OF
new limbs, till the rebel chieftain now re-
sembles the hundred. handed Briareus.
Early was frst routed 1t Winchester,
and little later is found ct Fishsr's Hill,
waiting to be routed again. He u once
more routed, with tremendous loss, and
three days after, his demoralised cohorts
present firm array at Harrisonburg. From
this place he is routed, With fearful slsugh
ter, so that there are scarcely enough left
to carry the tale Of disaster to the rebel
capital. A little later, and Sheridan falls
back to Strssburg, but has hardly reached
there ere Early's broken legions precipitate
themselves upon him with the ieroeness o.
tigers. Again are they routed, with tire
mendous slaughter. Sheridan falls back "a
Cedar creek, and has just gone into camp,
when the routed Early is again upon him.
drives him four miles, and captures twenty
cannon. But the success is only momen'
tary one, for the gallant Sheridan dashei
upon the field, reforms his broken regi-
ments, and turns the tide Of battle. Agar
does the unlucky EARLY undergo the cruel
fxion of being routed 10 style which, fo1
effectiveness, the record Of defeats Furnishes
| no parallels. q.
The worse Early is routed, the speediel
and deadlier is his next attack. Like thu
old Ant@us, he only strikes the ground Il
arise stronger. bigger giant than before
The more violently he is hurled to earth
the higher is his rebound. The more com
pletely he is "ssttled' by, Sheridan, th'
less he will stay settled" and the sooner
he regains strength to be !" settled" again
Wonderful as is this recuperative powe1
| in Early, it is not more SO than his mex.
haustible ability to furnish cannon. H'
lost 1 large number Of oannon when Shsri
dan first /" settled" him and be lost CON
siderable larger number the second TINT
that be was settled" by Sheridan. A lit
tie later, and Sheridan once more Settled
Early, and captured all bis cannon. Withii
a week he "settled" him agsin, and AGAR
captured good many cannon. Last
Thursday he once more "settled" the IN
fortunate Early, and captured fifty cannon
and we have no doubt that to morrow ol
next day he will again "settle" Esrly, and
once more capture . great many cannon
probably not less than fifty OF sixty. The
more cannon Early loses, the more he Seems
to have left, so much SO that if Sheridan
keeps on "settling" him for six months
longer, the Federal Government will be
able to stop all its foaudries, having enough
cannon for Its own supply, and 9 large sur.
plus for the next war with Canada, Maxi
MILAN, or Great Britain. -
UNITED STATES ASSISTANT TREAsuRER
FOR LITTLE MAo.-Mr. VIM. A. Shannon
for some time past holding an important
position In the United States Treasury of