The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-01-28
Established 1926.
A Rlehmond view tine Rebel siluatlon.

The Richmond Examiner of Decem-
Der 81, contains an exceedingly lugu.
brious editorial, from which the follow
ing is extracted: m
To-day closes the gloomiest year of
our struggle. No sanguine hope Of
Intervention buoys up the spirits oft
Confederate public at the end of 1863
No brilliant victory like that of Fred
erieksburg encourages.us TO look for
ward to speedy and successfultermina-
ton Of the war as in the last weeks Of
1862 Meade has been fo:led and Long
street has had a partial success in Ten
nessee, but Meade's advance was hard
ly meant in earnest, and Beams Station
is poor set-off to the loss of gallant
men who fell in the murderous assault
on Knoxville Another daring Yam
kee raid has been carried out with
comparative impunity to the beinyaders,
and timorous capitalists may well
pause before they nibble at eligible in
vestments in real estate situated far in
INC iHlCIlOT. -
The interior has been fcarfully 1af.
rowed by the Federal march through
Tennessee, and owing to the defcien-
cies Of our cavalry service, Liscoln's
squadrons of horse threaten to be id
universal terror, as pervasive a nui.
sance as his squadrons Of gunboats
were some months since. 2, fs-.... ..
The Confederacy has been cut in
twain along the line Of the Mississippi,
and our enemies are steadily disecting
the eastern moiety No wonder then
that the advent of the reign of mud il
hailed by all classes with a sense of re,
lief.
Meantime the financial chaos is be-
coming wilder and wilder Hourder.
keep u more resolute grasp than evel
on necessaries of life. l-., -..sr ~
Whatever number Of men, or what
ever amount of money shall be really
wanting, will be forthcoming. What
ever economy the straitening of oul
resources may require, we shall learn
to exercise. We could only wish thai
Congress was not in such feyerisl
mood, and that the Government would
do something towards the establish
ment of Statistical Bureau, or somC
other agency, by which We could ap
proximately ascertain what we have t,
contribute, and to what extent we mus
husband our resources. Wise, cool, de
cided, prompt action would put us ii
good condition for the spring campaigl
Of 1864, and the close of the next,y Yea.
would furnish a more agreeable retro
spect than the dnimus mtr0JiIts Of blum
ders which we now consign 10 theadea'
past. n7'sg hr4 w.
Non-producers, who are at the SAM
! time nonspeculators, are. sufierin;
more and more, What was once com
petence has become poverty, povert,
has become penury, and pehury is lap
sing into pauperism Any mechanic
al occupation is more profitable thal
the most intellectual profession Tn
most accomplished scholars in the Con
federacy would be glad to barter thei
services for food and raiment, and Il
the complete upturning of our socia
relations, the only happy people ar
those who have black hearts or blacI
skins.
Unrcasoning confidence has beet
succeeded by depression as unreason
ing, and the Yankees are congratulat
ing themselves on the result, whicl
they hawk about as the ''beginning .
the end" We all have a heavy scor
to pay off, and we know it. This ma
depress us, but our enemies need nc
be jubilant over our depression, for W
are determined to meet them.