Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-01-22

how they talk At the present stage Of the con-
test, and with what gloomy EorebOdingS they
contemplate the failure.
The Richmond Examiner thuS discOurSes in
its issue Of the last day Of the year 1868:
To-day closes the Rlssnissl year Of our
struggle No SaHguiAO hope Of iutoFVOnIion
bu oys up the spirit Of the Confederate public,
a. at aho end Of 1861. No brilliant victory,
like that Of fredericksburg, encourages u to
lOok forward TO a speedy and Iucssssful ter
ninatioH Of the war, As in tbe last weeks Of
1852. Meade has bssn Eoilsd, and LOagstrest
has had partial success in Tennessee but
Haads's advance was hardly meant In earnest,
and Beans States is q poor set o6 " the loss
Of the gallant nsn who fell in she muPdsrous
assault on Knoxville. AnoiASr daring Yam
koo raid has been carried ont With coHpaFa-
tive iapunity to the Invaders, and timOrous
capitalists may well pause before they Ribble
aN eligible investments in real s0stats situated
far in the intorieP That intsroV has bOsn
Garfully narrowed By the Federal march
through Tennessee, and ewing 10 the dsasisn-
eieS sgouP cavalry service, LinOoln'S squad
ronH Of horse threaten 10 Be aS universal .
terror, a. psrVasiTs nuisance, a. his squad
Fous Of gun-bO were . few mOnths since
The advantages gained at ChaEssllorSvills
and Chickamsuga have had heavy eouHtSF-
pOiSss. The enc victory led 10 the fall of
Jackson aud the disposition Of Hooker, Aha
other led first to nothing, aad thea to the in
dolibIs disgrace Of LS0koHt Mountain. The
Confederaey has been cut in twain along The
line Of the Mississippi, asd eur enemies are
steadily pushing forward their Plnna fer biGse-
ting the eastern noiSty. No wonder, then,
that the annual advent of the reign Of mud is
hailed by all classes with = sense of reIieE-by
those whs think and feel Alright, as a Presious
season ES prepare for trying another fall with
our pStsnt adversary.
Meanwhile the financial shaOg 10 becoming
wilder and wilder. H0AraeFs keep n more
reSOlute grasp than ever On the neeeusArieS Of
life. NOA-DEoduOsFS, WhO are ai the same
time nOn-spesuIatOrB, are suffering more Aaa
more. What was once competence has become
poverty, poverty haS become Pe1ury, Psuury is
lHPsing int PAupsFiGn. Any mechanical Oe-
oupAtion is mere profitable than the most In
telIscGuaI profession; the most accomplished
scholars in the ConfOderasy would be glad to
barter their services fer foOd and Fsinsnt /;
and in the complete uPtuFRing Of our SSciAl
relations, the only happy people are thoss WhO
have black hearts or black skins. The cry Of
scarcity resounds through Ihe laad. raised 6y
the pFodassrs in their greed for gain, rs-eOho-
Cd by the consumers in their premature dread
Of starvation and nAkodnOss. We are all in
the dark, and msn are mere or less towards in
she dark. We do not knew what our re-
sources ara-and no enc can tell rs whether
we shall have . PouAd Of beef to SaG at the
end Of 1864, or . square inch Of leather to
patch the Iasl shoe in the OSnIoderasy. Ua-
roauonabla Oon6denoo has been SucesadOd By
depression a. unreasonable, and the Yankees
are eonRFatulAting themselves on the result
which they hawk about as the beginning of
the end"
An editorial from the Montgomery (Alaba
MAJ Mail asks:
''Whers are we drifting? The tendencies Of
the hour are dangerous. The proceedings at
Richmond ara well worth the whole attention
Of our people at this moment. Congress
holds in its hands the destiny Of the Republic
1t has the discrimination Of the question o.
whether it shall live or die. The debates and
proceedings of Congress furnish mueh ocoa-
sion for painful soIicitude. They Ovisee pam
ic rather than that cool aad grave delibsFation-
becoming such bOdy in iIs anxiety sO rostsre
the currency and fll up the army. The dam
ger is imminent that Congress will bankrupt
the country and ovsrturn the very frame. wFSk
Of society and production. The reported pro-
position Of the Special Committee on Finance
to tax the present values Of the COnfedOFaGy
to the amount of seven hundred millions,
should be entitled, an act ts sell OHt, at Pablic
auction, for taxes all the real estate Of the
Confederacy, to people whO have speculAted
and accumulated fortunes by The war; while
the bill reported from the Military Committee
might be justly entitled, bill to establish an
irresponsible despOtism at Richmond, and to
GtaFvs the country, including the army. Is
Congress dafIi or worse, is it party to cen
tralizs the Government and erect On the ruin
Of broken OSnStitution dsspOtism at Rich
mond? The sounds from the capital CRATE
harshly upon the ears of patriots. The
speeches lately made in OOngroSs smack Of
the harangues of Robespisrrs, DAnten and
Marat, those heroes Of a wild hour in = net
very remote past. In Gods name let Us be
spared that sad drama Of blood and teaEH"
The Richmond EngSirsr, speaking Of the
announcement of the re-enlistne6t Of so many
Union troops for the war, says:
The action Of the enemy in this matter il
important to rs. The preservation of this Or-
grnizatisn BhOWS that they intend 10 move for
ward at the earliest practicable moment in
the spring. II they will not sacrifice an or
ganizAtion Whish has stood the Ordsal Of TIVE
years campaigning, can We afford to hazard
the experiment ofOpening the SpTiEg campaign
under officers recently OrganizOd, with com
paniOs unaccustoned to association and men
strangers to each otherf We shall need
every energy Of notioHaI defense for the spring
campaign. Richmond will, in all probability,
be approached from the RapPahannoSk a. well
as from the Black Water. In northern Geor-
gia the fate Of Atlanta, and in South Carolina
that of Charleston and Savannah; in North
Carolina that Of Wilmington, all must be de-
cided in the spring"
The Raleigh (NOrth OarOlina) Progress, in
speaking Of supplies in the CsnfsdsFacy, Gays:
Peace alone can prevent starvation. Il is
folly to talk to ne abSut there being enough;
Oonsederate money is bad enough we know,
but deaEth Of provisions is not canSsd BY want
Of confidence in it, but because producers have
nothing to bring in. Whea the currency
ceases to serve and will no longer bay what
the soldiers aAd people want, the array and
people will resolve themselves into meb and
those who have missed and ruined them will
have to fee for their lives. Do our people re-
alizs how near We are to this state of thingsi
Ifnot, let any citizen take q small sun Of
money and visit the city market some cold
We tell the people and authorities