Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-08-31

sounding spirit of the manifesto. Inc
back bone of the Confederacy was at one
time said to be Vicksburg-well, Nlcks-
burg was taken, but the rebellion survived.
1t was then located at Charleston, where
more powder and iron have been wasted,
than the French and English armies ever
expended on the Notifications of Sevasto-
pol. Fort Sumter has been demolished,
! reduced to heapless pile of rubbish at
| least dozen of times according to news
paper dispatches, and yet, it still trowns
| defiance at the iron clad fleet of Commo-
dorc Dalghren. In the spring of the pre-
sent year, the enormous number OF Sere"
! hunlyed thousand more men were demand
ed The squelching of the rebellion, IN
the estimation of these same papers. was
then a fixed fact; there could be no doubt
or cavil about it. Excessive government
and local bounties were offered TO secure
enlistments and the result was, that on
| the first of May last General Grant and
! spcctivcly, of two Of the largest, best
drilled, and best equipped armies that
were ever marshallcd on this Continent.
Grant crossed the Rapidan river on the
! sixth of May his destination was the
Rebel capitol, Richmond He IS a brave
and gallant general, but he has no regard
for the destruction of human life; not
| more than was attributed TO Marshal
lhlucher, and that was precious little,
| After fighting battles almost innumerable
with infinite and profitlcss carnage, esti-
mated by the National L,tc}lgeuccr, to
amount to one hundred HoEc0ld, in killed,
wounded and prisoners, his army has come
to q deadlock before Petersburg, and
| Richmond is intact General Sherman
started from Chattanooga about the same
! time to take Atlanta. the Richmond Of
/ Georgia, and after making Il march al
most unparalleled in military history, and
! after almost daily fighting with the enemy,
has been confronted and brought to a
stand still before that stronghold by Hoods
army. He is unable to take it by assault
and the papers now announce that he viii
remain on the defensive. until Grant has
taken Richmond. II that is so, his stu
alton is most certainly not to be envicd.
\ short tino nrevious to the adiourn-
mcut Of the last session Of CONGRESS-
Senator Wilson. from MASSACHUSETTS,, who
:. CL,;.p,,,, or tho Co,,r,;ttoo ~, lI;I;t,,.,.
Affairs. stated in = sDcccb that since the
18th of last October. SEVEN lrEprEp
T,IoIs,yD soldiers had been mustered
into the service of the United States. and
that Grant, after he crossed the Rapidan,
had been reinforced with to,7,-e;lEt tJo,,-
s,,gJ mon Senator Wilson &c familiar with
this whole b,,sinass because his dpt;cs ro-
quirc him to be so and his statement
Startling as il seems. has never beon con-
tr,dicted And NOW after all those rron,i-
scs and after all this unparaIIoIed sacrifice
Of Lumo, life f. tho Grim 1E,loc5 of uo,.
the country IS called nnon for fire hmm
d,,ed thousaad more. and that too with
the same broken nIcdoe tbat tba rebellion
= ro.I;ro ,rd tottor;p(, ~, ito I,s. I,o. o,,.l
will be soon numbered AMONGST tho thi,os
tbot ,yora In tho Ioro,ooe of - ph;Io-
JoInh;o Ambition sheet tsLe prcg,yc,,,
Ls l,,,,,..,7 H., f,ooys t5,, tie ,,,.oso,,t ,,.ll
Lc tzo z,st oaU t7,,. t,,oo,s tLot n.,U he ,,o,2o
,1ost ot. ou,. f,ooc,uJs bel;o,p tIot tine ,,o,.