Yankee news.
--An abolition paper, published in
Washington, N. C., called the
New Era, in its issue of June 4th, entertains its readers to the following luscious spiremes of news:
‘
"By the same source, (a dispatch steamer which came through the from
Norfolk,) we learn that
General McDowell has got
Stonewall Jackson completely hemmed in with his large force, thus cutting off all possible chance of escape.
"It appears that there existed a preconcerted arrangement between
Gen. Banks and
Gen. McDowell for the capture of Stonewall and his entire force, which has been carried out to the letter, leaving the great
Stonewall Jackson in
McDowell's hands, with all of his effects, a victim of misplaced confidence.
Too bad, too bad, for poor Stonewall, just in the zenith of his fame, thus headed off in his grand march to
Philadelphia,
New York,
Boston, and all the other Northern cities, upon which he has promised to visit his vengeance.
Alas! how uncertain are all human expectations, and especially rebel calculations."
’
The grand
finale, the ‘"capture of
Jackson,"’ and ‘"thrilling table aux,"’ come under the head of ‘"Additional news!
Later and Better!!"’ brought by another steamer the
Pilot Boy, which, the
Era says:
‘
Has just arrived since the above was written, bringing the important intelligence of a battle between
Jackson and
McDowell, resulting in the loss of
Gen. Jackson's entire command.
Nine thousand prisoners fell into
Gen. McDowell's hands, aside from all of the equipments of every kind, artillery, camp equipage, commissary stores, army wagons; in fact, everything in
Jackson's possession, men and all included.
The slight loss which
Banks sustained in endeavoring to draw
Jackson after his small force is more than made up by this brilliant stroke of
Gen. McDowell.
’
Up to this week (remarks the Wilmington
Journal of Friday last,) ‘"Old Stonewall"’ is in blissful ignorance of his own capture and ruin, having had the audacity on Monday last to attack
Shields and thrash him like all wrath, after having slightly knocked
Fremont into a cocked hat. It is true a simple-minded and literal old lady who has read the account of the captures at
Winchester, insists that
Jackson is in a bad way, for she read in a paper that ‘"
Jackson had driven the enemy from
Winchester and had
taken two hundred gallons of castor oil, which she fears will be the death of him."’
