Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-09

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I There ls Just enough g1ting 20 warm our
sWe rattle along theway.
I "Upon didafsnt roads nrrssz
The heads of our columns a1vs
L With uu6LaEll9 l1TE s forward pressed
7 ElQlq on tls siE % ru4lir HV
Win nuieerln ng 11s u victory pressed
. We hold our eloElou1 way.
''Ah Al traitors who lrssged So bold
1,sa44A tle tsau wars early day
IN 45, ilS llng predict you should yet behold
D5g I'm 1qt2ine Te1 should yet behold
j - OuL nanner come ba1x fhIs wav3
'l55E, Heaven 'tfs 3 eIr r1arrf
/ og W. 57, g picnic pr plas+
Hin ~ oSt I15,, togElg m r the crowning aroh
/ O1 all our lurg war fhia of1v--;s- fl,s s,,I,
/ TOT 'aneEmhn's ARMY hurrah / "
-EEPm Atlanta Co Madison. from
l MadAson Co MilIsd Rawf1Ie. fr0ra RTi7-
i ledgeville 20 sandsrsviIie. and f-c--
Sandersv1ll9 to the envtr0ns of sawan-
nan we OF the Stars have pursued this
y splendid margd, WhegHeat army close
lgs IRON gHip upon the Forest Cftv al
gne south, and within q fortnight Har-
Gee la glad enough 60 escape nom The
| Tightening grasp bV DeriIo5i7 dTTht
across the Savannah. With the first
Ilgng OF a glorious December dawn the
soldiers Of the nWsntleHh Cofns detect
sne repel escape, and leapiug into the
vacant intrenchments are the hfat 70
enter and take possession OF the new
Savannah Is now ooouuIsd. but the
campaign is not eltsad. For Che dut
Time our victorious eagles point North
ward, and the two great army Wings
turn their resistless SWEEP IuBo the care
onnas. From Savannah TO the Edisto.
from the I'd tgtO to Columbia, from Co
Ium bia 70 WiuusbOrO, ff0m Wiuugboro
% the Great Pedse, from the Great
Pedee to the Lumber, from the Lumber
20 Fayetteville we still hold our
conquering way" Charleston has been
swept clear OF its rebel garrison, and
almost &C the instant we reach EaY6bte2
VlA1e ghe scream OF q Union EunBoab
approaching on the Cape Fear -haralds
the tail Of Fort Fisher and VViIuafunaon.
The hrst MAD for nearly two months
- Il. now now received and we have g two
days hhlt 60 read up the news from
nome, Then the bugle sounds the for-
ward and We are of again aoundarinr
over bOBgy roads through North Car-
ollnlan Wilderness In q few hours
tns FAMILIAR thunder Of artillery rolls
across the Wild pine barren. the 'e5um-
merH' are called Ia, the columns closed
up and pushing on through mud and
rain We sOnn find our old acquaintance.
Gen, Hardee, near Avsgasboro, where he
proposes to contest our further advance.
The Red, White and Blue Stars under
Williams, close in upon the obstruutiuF
enemy and steadily drive him until
sundown, the Twentieth Corps captur-
ing Jhree-gun battery and two hum
dred and seventeen prisoners. Then,
while y a nIai95nig9t storm hQWls among
the pines, the foe slips aEaY in the
darkness ard The morrow dnds us
on again through boTs and
quiCksand9. Another day and the enc
my 10 met agHin near Bentonville where
his forces have united forty thousand
strong, aud " here we close With him in
2 last determined bloody struggle
The Old Third Brigade, compelled 20
;hange its position under Gre, once
more stands like stone wall 3n the
shock Of battle, and again and again
drives back from its front the aBaaliing
Divisions Of Hardee and Johnston.
At Goldsboro we have the news Of
Jrant's success at Petersburg, and at
3mtthheld, on our march TO Raleigh,
we hear Of Lees Capitulatiom and the
capture Of Richmond. A few days Gf-
erWard Johnston lays his sword 90 the
iset OF Sherman and our work fg done,
,ur glorious mission accomplished.
The march to Washington, the Grand
Review, the transfer 60 Louisville and
he hnal muslsr-Out follow iugHlift sue
session, and we are no longer soldiers
lighting for the life Of the Republic, but
lCizsns of a Union saved and q country
Tegenerated and dlsenthrail-
d.
This great work, my comrades is your
york. For its unity, its prosperity tts
.LOLN ELlll AQl4L AllAA AlAlAlAA HHAGaaA
fOd, indebted TO you. And the great
york Of cemsnting the Union, prose
uted 80 araudly by your efforts and
made sacred by your blood, has not
eased. The hand Of Geniue taking SO
rom the hand Of Valor birds together
With sinews OF steel the different sec
ions Of this continent and even while
7e are here lGYs In the depths oL the
ca highways for the lightning which,
Ike Magnetic cords, Intervene ua ia
suowship with all the nations q the
arth.
And now look over this fair land,
tretcbinr from ocean to ocean, grand im
ts wealTh and power, but especially
.rand in its free inatituionas and say
whether yoh bBgrudgs the tolls sacri llceE
nd sufferfngs which haVepr lta
atinn.
Nav itievsr, hs Iknowit win, bless
on living, honor you dead, and forever
9main free and insepara5le as y0u
ave made IL, a priceless heritage 60
our chiidrenis Children