Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-07-03

The following braggadotio editorial we take from the
New YoIk Herald OF the 9Th inst now before US
Now that McClelans army is whipped, driven fl and
uted, Benefits br8gs set eli TO peculiar advan-
tage
Impending Capture CT Gicl;ncnd sId s7IHaI Rout
ia &s.Drls.
All quiet Ia front Of Richmond. Hardly musket
shot from adva, C pcaels mas been reported Tor
several days Ii sulcn silence the two hostile armies
there confront each otker dead calm prevails, but
it is Il al ominQu5 and awful calm which Immediately
p ecede the outbreak and the swift, terrible and ire
Sistab.e march OF a summer hurricane Thus the army
of Gene raj Mcclellan hangs, like mass OF heavy clouds
still thickening darkening and extending around Rich
mond al the moment approaches when lis elements OF
struction will break forth upon and sweep from that
devoted city the last remaining organized VesigeS OF
that great rbelous conspiracy, still feehy faunting
itself before the world independent Southern Con
! Il deratiOn.
LIT patriotic readers patiently await tie appoint
ed hour. 1t cinn0t be much longer delayed. La the
meantime, very day prl paratiOn to strength
en- and consold ate the army of he Union while it in
evitaby Veakens demora the forces of the
! beiliOn, steadily gainiCg ground Thus Il e
greatest victory which Mcclellan clu!d win to-day,
would he greater victory if postponed till tomorrow,
for know that another OF those socaed stTagetical
retreat of the rebel armies is utterly out Of the question
IN reference to Richmond That place is their chosen
/" Confederate capital their last remaining army of
any moment is there concentrated to dfnd their cap
ita, ard Davis and his ruling associates too well
informed, DY events, 20 Know that ii tnGy
driven cut OF Richmond they cannot undertake to set
up their tabernacle in any Other city town hamlet OF
the South.
No fears need be entertained therefore, that the re-
bel army OF Richmond OF these fee mornings, will
be reported missing like that of Beauregard at C0rnth
Ii they .Oandon Richmond, they abandon Virginia ;
and with that obstruction out of the way, North Caro-
lima Instantly wheels back into the Union, and hun
dred thousand fighting of those two States will
thus be lost to the rebel army, with the evacuation of
Richmond. Accordingly, we may entertain no doubt
OF desperate struggle by the rebels to hold their CAPT
tai aud in this view, the more complete we make cur
preparations for decisive victory, the decisive it
will be. We assured, &c., that the Government and
General Mcclellan are acting upon this idea, and that
may expect, when tie final assault is made upon this
last rebel stronghold shall not only carry the CITY,
but capture the tulk Of the enemys forces, and per-
bapS too, without any s.rious destruction of human
| life.
With the fall Of Richmond this rebellion will be virtually
at end We shall have then nothing left do but to
settle with few nconeiderae tragn ents of the great
routed and brOknu rebel armies and these demOrazed
fragments will dissolve and disappear at the approach of
forces Thrown either those phases
he would be poweress against gunboas, as was
Gen Lowell, with his defensive army New Orleans.
Riccn ID. in word, tie last orlorn hope Of the
heion. With the loss of Richm nd, whether the army of
johnson is captured driven Oft, the forces the
rebellion will be broken pieces, and three
millions Ct spurious paper money, known Confederate
Bonds anC Treasury Otes will be worth
the dOar Charleston. The rebel and the
treasury depend upon Richmond Davis will fight there
FORE to hold and let await in patience the great
impending struggle under the assurance that the more
complete preparations, the comprehensive
and conclusive Will be GROWING success.