Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-22

The Latest Northern Nevs.-rI Movements and Spirit
OF the War.
The Richmond Examiner of the 10Th inst says
Through the polite attention OF friend we have re
ceved late Northern papers, from which we obtain the
following summary OF news:
YANKEE ACCOUNTS FROM THE PENINSULA
The Northern papers are filed with accounts of the
operation of their army on the Peninsula 10 reae the
New York papers one would suppose that the YanSees
held Richmond in the palm of their hand. The New
York Herald accompanies the news with the following
flaming announcement displayed in large letters, and
occupying more than half column in length:
Onward to Richmond Another Brilliant Action
with the Rebels-The Enemy Still in Full Retreat
Mcclellan Pushing Him to the Wal-The Rebels
Driven Across the Chckabominy-The Battle at Will
amshurg-In Interesting and Graphic Account OF Han
cocks Famous Bayonet Charge-The Wonderful In
antfy Charge of the Rebels-Napoleonic Movements
o! McClellan-T6e Change on the Field OF Battle on
His Taking Command-lhe Rapid Following Up OF
His Success By Mcclellan.
1t is hardly necessary to burden columns with the
false aud extravaganza accounts from the Yankee papers
OF recent operations the Peninsula. Our space fer
bids it. The following dispatch from General Marcy
will serve show how the Yankees herald their "victo
ries" and how the fever is kept up in the North
WILLIAMSBURG, May General Mcclellan, the
9th instant, had most decisive victory at Williams
burg.
Only about thirty thousand of our troops were
ged against fifty thousand of the best rebel troops
Our fought most valianty, aud used the bayonet
freely, which the rebels could not etard. They fought
well until they felt the Geld STEEL when they took to
their heels and like hounds, leaving their dead
wounded and sick upon our hands.
Joe Johnston led them in person
They have lost several of their best officers.
The Northern papers not only claim the battle Of
Williamsburg a decisive victory" but declare that
the rebeI army has been routed the Peninsula, and
the New York Herald comforts its readers with the
fOIlOVVinp dicSnlVirU view Of the rebellion -
The news from McClellan's army is ull of hope fer
the Union, OF glory for the young general himself, and
is pregnant with ruin to the rebel General Nc
Clean is vigorously pushing forward his victorious
columns upon the retreating and demorazad forces Of
the enemy charged with the defence of Richmond. On
Sunday he entered Yorktown on Monday be was in
front of the enemys works at Williamsburg On Tues
day be passed them and into the ancient little city,
Wednesday find him ten miles beyond, the left
bank OF the Cbickah0miny; and Thursday our only
doubt to the remainder Of his march upon Richmond
is whether it will be still disputed by the routed forces
of General Joe Johnston Or whether without further
resistance they will abandon their Confederate capital
and the State of Virginia.
| Ia this connection our latest news from Fortress
Monroe satisfies that the Old Dominion is already
virtually redeemed and restored to the Union that
from Richmond Norfolk the rebels are under panic
which will speedily aid the State of their presence and
better STILL that their removal from Virginia will
be followed bytheir complete dispersion, whether they
attempt to paes out into the cotton States by way Of
| North Carolina or East Tennessee.
While tho Gaena and several of our gunboats have
passed the james river to attend the rebel army
of the Peninsula that sde readers will be graft
fed to hear that the Monitor and the Stevens battery
have had final settlement with the Merrimac and the
other rebel defences of Norfolk. The evacuation Of
| Sewel's Point, however, would seem to indicate the
evacuation of the city under preconcered movement
fer the absolute abandonment of the State with such
forces, and munitions of as the desperate
leaders concerned may be able to carry off 1t matters
little, however what their designs may be- for the inev
liable result close at hand is TIE capture of every rag
ment Of the armed forces Of this rebellion in Virginia,
| OR rather expulsion from the State.
The splendid achievements Of our naval forces of the
Mississippi river resulting in occupation of New
Orleans, have contributed much to the generalization
of tie great rebel army Of the East The loss Of New
Orleans to JEFF Davis and bis conederates is thus cp-
Grating to the fall Of Richmond, as their loss of Nash
vile precipitae1 the evacuation of Manassas In the
! same way Gen. McCleans occupation of Richmond
will operate to break up and dispense the great rebel
army of the Southwest, under General Beauregard or
SO to oemoraze it to turn it without much fur
of General Halleck
East and West we have thus before US dissolving
view of the broken backed rebellion, which fully usti-
ies our ottrepeated opinion that it will be among the
exploded conpraces of the past before the fourth day
Of July. Our brave soldiers and sailors are proving
themselves too much not only for tie armed traitors of
the South, but for the disunon schemes and urigues
of our abolition conspiratorS of the North East and
/ West, over the field Of this rebellion The day of a
great deIiVerance is at hand.