Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-11-18
From the Chicago Times.
A Modern AntRus.

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Modern Antmus.
In contemplating matters in the Shenan
doah Valley. one will find himself at los.
whether to most admire the vast number
and extent Of Sheridan's victories, .or the
remarkable stolidity with which the rebe
Early endures frequent annihilatioD Fol
che last two months the enemy. have ex.
hibited the remarkable peculiarly Of being
defe ted overwhelmingl at very short in
tervals, and within a few days after each
defeat presenting themselves in stronger
force than ever to again undergo defea,
more disastrous thar arr Of its predeoes.
RS, There was once, 10 some oiiaaeea fable,
a dragon that possessed the somewhat singu.
lar power OF producing half dozen OF
more new heads whenever one of its old
ones was chopped off; and IN Ear3y We see
the modern prototype Of this fabEed- iilons;
ter. The more Sheridan lopss away4sshis
|li.abs, the greater becomes his task, for,
from each bleeding stump springs crop o.
new limbs, till thcsrebel chieftain now re-
sembles the hundred handed Briareus.
Early was first routed at Winchester, and
a little later is fould at Fishers Hill wait
ing to be routed again. He is once more
routed, with tremendous loss !; and three
days after, his demoralixed cohorts present
a firm array at Harrisonburg. From this
place he is routed, with fearful slaug hter
SO that there Is scarcely enough left to car.
Try the ta4a of disaster to the rebel capital
A little later, and Sherindan falls back te
Strasburg, but has hardly reached there err
Earl, 5 broken legion preoipitate themselves
upon him with the ferceness of tigers
Again arc they routed with tremendous
slaughter. Sheridan falls back to Cedar
creek, and has but just gone into camp
when the routed Early IS again upon him,
driving him four miles, and captures TWEEN.
ty cannon. But the success is only mo.
mentary one, for the gallant Sheridan dashes
upon the field, reforms bis broken regi-
ments and turns the tide Of battle. Again
does the unlsscky Early undergo the cruel
fixion Of being routed in style which, for
effectiveness, the record Of defeats furnishes
no parallels.
The worse Early is routed, the speedier
and deadiier is his next attack Like the
old Anteas, he only strikes the ground to
arise stronger, bigger giant than before.
+ ne more violent he is hurled to earth, the
higher is his rebound The more com
pletely he is settled" by Sheridan, the
less be will say 9 settled and the sooner
he regains strength to be g settled" again.
Wonderful as is this reeuperatiye power
in Early, it is not more SO than his mex
haustibie ability to fssrnish canton. LIE
lost large lumber Of cannon when Sneri-
dan first settled him and he lost con
siderable large nunher the second time he
was ssettled be Sheridan. A little later,
aud Sheridan once more g settled Early and
captured all his cannon. Within week he
/" settled him again, and again captured a
good many cannon. Day before yesterday
he cnee more ssstledn the unfortunate
EARLY, and captured fifty cannon; and we
Lave no doubt that Tomorrow or the next
day he will again settle Early, and once
more capture great many cannon pro-
badly not less than fifty or 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 he
able to stop all its fouDdries, having enough
cannon for its own supply, and large SUR
plus for the next war with Canada, Maxi
milan, or Great Britain.
One would think that either Sheridan
would get tired Of settling" Early, Oh
Early Of being settled.' But they dc
not. judging by he past, Sheridan hav-
ing routed Early all tie way from Stanton
TO Cedar creek, will continue routing and
= settling" him from Cedar creek to the
Pennsylvania boundary.