Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-05-14
From the Petersburg Express, May h.

the abtve intention OF the Government
From the Petersburg Express, May q. h.
TEa> Army .,f ths POtomae-Wsiat Will nov"
dos. witt s-Vss.o Ill be Eoolser's a"eots4S
be terrible deftat which Hooker has just met Win
at Chanc orsyie gives rise to new sEeoUlatons as TO
t.s c)Erse that viii be pursued by the Washington
Rump relaive to the Uncc mighty AEcly OF the PATIO
mac, which, ,r nearly two years OF TIE war, gilt
erng topic r Yankee journals feast their lima
ton upoH The wtoe vocabulary OF superiaives JUS
verbs and ad7ctivs, has been rausacked aid exhaust
cd by The dpairters of those orid sheets The most
gorgeous pictures of the Grand Army which could be
worked up by tie dashng artists OF the Herald ard
Tribune schools, have daily iavished the eyes CT the
Decides, No metaphor has been srared-no hyperboe
ofnittt E0mpCus epthes loat III the composition
of tie ten a,ioRs narratives which have rendered IL
lustriGus tia magnificent humbUg. Everybody VIII
Tecoec the daZz ing fccouht which was given III the
columns of he New Yerk Herald OF the several
dd? VII Oh constituted the command OF General Mc-
Dowt lie I've Lf the first battle OF Manassas From
that time this It has sustained IL Its celebrated ION
10 Richmond" character no less than I'VE consecutive
AMI tremendous rous. At Manassas, July 2lst 1863;
IN the battles around Richmond 10 june 1862 then
again at Manaa % two montbs afterwards at FEEDER
icksburg, Dec 18Th 1862, and lastly ard Worsiy at
Charlottesville, MaY 81 aud 3Ed, 1S63ln all these
fields has H. "Grapd Army Of the Potomac en van
qus3ei b. ne rebels IN the most speLdd style Fi1e
different commanders have headed it, and al have
cessiytly expld, d. Mcdowell, Mcclellan, Pope Burn
side al! GyhIiDg 10" Hooker have after the 9th
e. beeu otally smashed by Teb Generals and are now
living EIobnmens Ut the wrath OF Foruae or fGhtF OF
Divine vtDe e1nce Tor the crime Ct their master IN IN
augura;lng AID prosecuting this most wicked Of n
the that ever desoIatfd he earth
AID now what viii the Ngshii gt0u undrCls, upon
wt.o.e st us mountain Of guilt, next do? they
W Ii OF til nix If peoce-lhlt is C rtain. They have
u0t yet 0eeu sstf lenty punished tJr their dabolcai
deeds. Heaven las IN re.elve Tor them heavier blows
thai those which have yet been rnad upon h@m, with
which to crash h ir Infamous spirse They are to be
made sill more Cementtd that they mag be- still more
,Dspicuou4 examples OF rctribuiiVe jas:ice. Their
go doWu upot. the historic record 10
all e,ng generations embamed in gums distilled
ron Styei4n o'zs-bacK, filthy, Shiny aud letid, like
b living heaTts which now ceat 10 their boSoms ~ IL
in uu;a; wi Ii those Ut the fCnds below
Bat ghAt will tn sc Scourgtd monsters DO Will
tn urgaiiz another " on 10 Richmond movement?
~ Iii t3ey get up s5ath "grand army of the Potomac
If ~ho will they pqt a. the bead of it They have
sied Ge ard no hing but disast has marked the
gsec OF ,hsm al McDomel Mcclellan, Pope, Burr
SIDE and Hooker, but military ghosts and shah
by ghosts at that. ho is to be chosen for imm0aton
next? We incline to the opinion that Rockers place
~lI not be sought for with much avdity The uubroken
series OF Waterloo defeats which has distinguished he
grand my of the Potomac" beyond any that has ever
6gu ed in The bloody fields of Mars not calculated
to rJLs9 the ambition ri the remaining Yankee Gen
erals to command it Ii there fated army
hat is pGGly it, DIS ster is is sPp8rab2 aud iRev
liable c0inpan On
What will the people Of the North think now of the
pr spect OF crushing cut the rebellion ?" How will
they eel and VIII they Iearo of the fifth defeat OF
their boasttd grand army, which they dreamed would
rcnp glory and Immortality from its victories What
VII lie Herald say OF the American Frederick
iu:enne- Marlborough wellington f0r to all these
renowned warriors it has Of late been kcning 10
Hooker Poor Bennett he has had to eat m re OF
bis words N this than yet swallowed by
ID. most eXtyavagan vaporer. Bat luckily fer him be
has the stomach of ostrich and fnds difficulty in
guping dom what would make even a dog vomt-
viz his own nauseous 1teres OF the contemplate !
men who are In power around him, from Lincoln down
to the lowest ct his military naval officials. TIE
newspa3e. that speak Of Jo Hooker in connection !
with Iureune would be admirable substitute for !
artar emrtc in pharmaceutical establishment
II feel curious to what sort of rec option the
news rom the RappahanGcck@ of last Saturday and
Sundays 0"ilgs has met with in Washington and
Gotham Do45tess Lincoln was highly erh1eratsd at |
the bloody tidngslor his great delight is in bo2d--
lie IS prCdcai 10 wes!clul degree Of everybodys |
blood but his own OF which be is particularly careful
He will probably IN few days give grand banquet |
in testimony Of lie y over the slain IN TIE field OF
Charlottesville. He partoek Of enc N the Same
character On The night afe: the battle Of Sharpoburg
aid it would be precisely in character for this human
brute to do Likewise on he Irlsent occasion.
Ia a few daJs We hope TO receive some of the New |
ok Journals, when shall have curiosity to SET
how 'hfy tT.at Hooker's drubbing, gratifed.
aHe Afr a, sIchIinnvIlIe.
"Nimporte," the Iu!lahoma correspondent of tie No
ollie LEICESTER, tmrkS IL reHllOn to the capture
OF this place, as follows
TIE disgraceiu aft 4r at McMnnYile still continues
to claim much consideration II is said tha near
" cur entire force Of cavalry was urder Wheeler at
Liberty 30 miles distant and that provost guard of
100 NJ we're hit TO protect that place. where valuable
gov ernme0t stores accumuattd aud large cotton
factory in operation, ard whore trese works ard
bridges OF mporja &c should have been guarded. No |
precautions appear to have bc taken against the ap
preach Of even snlaer body OF the enemy, ard the
command ut OF the post had Eundred effective
msn VIII ca be could call into action SO of course no
blame be ATTACHED 10 hinp for not more success
fully rs stirg the predatory Srce of 900. And
who, thiLk ye, the commandaut of this
important post Of one hundred men? Who would
guess that it was J Ohm Morgan? Yet such was the
tact. The partisan who started with small ompapy,
and had, when placed under another commander, up
watd3 OF f0u thousand men, which he had recently or
ganized and armed, and with whom he bad captured
three times atpumbGr Gf tie enemy ard DESTROYED
millions upon billions of his public property-this ia
nous, heroic man was the c0mmandant of pest of
one huDdrf d men And wherefore? With that spirit
81 Independence which has marked his characte and all
rs gor IS ACTORS, he preferred to command even so
ew Independently TO being trammeed by the orders of
superior, whose every daring deed he has excelIed an
hundred times.
For the sake 0! justice. OF worthy emulation OF the
ErVice OF right, lensate JOHN Morgan IN the indie
PENDENT command OF his independent brigade, ard the
nt my will have too much to occupy his attention il
lie to make eucb 10 roads upon our lines as was
lore at McMinnviIle.
Forrest has been released from The orders of Van
born very properly, because lie is accustomed to
working IN traces Why not give Morgan, equally in-
ependent his liberty and bis brigade? 1t much F
etttr Tor the interests OF tie service that it should be