, 1862-11-24

MARCH Fn1:H MdRRENTON
TO FREDER.CKS
BURNSIDES PR0h1PTNESS.


TIE ARRIVAL BEFORE FREDERICKSBURG.
Ico17espc1dcnce Of the n 7. Times.1
falmouth, OPPOSITE FREoEn1cRsB-RG, Ta,1
Tuesday, Nov Is. 1852.
Tie long-range cannon that have fer the
past hour been engaged in silencing rebel
battery planted across the Rappahannock op-
13ositc us, in Fredericksburg, have stit1td their
lnutders. Vie are safe III the town Of Ea1-
mouth, and 1T length it is possible 70 eend
you word of the operations ot The past three
days. The right grand G!Fisloa OF the army
oi the Potomac, under c0nu,and of a1s] Gen.
Sumner, now rests On the Rappshanuock.
When He lett Narrento1, on Saturday, It
Was the opinion Of some E7eH-intorsntd iaen
that tie CoE1ederatcs would abando1 Rich
mond, and show 40 fight betwe:u here AID
that 1soiat; and in support Of this crsiu.on it
was urged that they had already sent their
treasure southward to Dauv1ile, n c., aad
were fast sending their stores in the same d.
rect1on. We 1l.id little TO ceuntena.ce this
hypothesis aa re approach the rebel capital.
Il 4 movement i. .l1ade against i, We shall
donbtlces dua it net by tae s7rle da5s'ez-
ate and ekilled Resistance taat his thus
far barred GU; prosres taiitherwarl. There ap-
pears to be little doubt that, eth the exc2p-
la.cst adyices Has at Font Royal ard holding
Chester Gar-aci Stu7rt's c=ya33y-wni:h
hangs arecEl our flank AID resr-Sne ,ni:u
bouy Of the Confederate army has becu drawn
down ard Eas=ed imuediately arouna the
rebel cspital and on the lines Of aprroaca
thereto. I know nothing, Of course, o1 wuss
lie intentions oi Sen. Burnside are, bat it is
proof of the flush life aud spirit Infused ia1o
the ar1ny, that every mans thoughts again
turn Riehlnon1-ward- 4 little filth Springs
up IL our languId and sk.pticAl sou.s. Il be-
! pins to seem possible that we may attack and
suiau progress, for undsr the late regime Of
ti1npcssi6itities,' that faith had died out Of
:! mems s,,irds, and no prompting more yigor-
! GUS than winter quarters posed them. Ooe
=! thing is satisfactory, We stiali presently know
i ous late. Christmas will either ace US in
=; Richmond or shattered in overwhelming de-
frat. With cur Powerful itzcas, and skilled
! ccnibi1a1fo:i5 on .oOt, Ws: ought nut to tsar
; ltc Latter. A hundred atd tif. J thousand nler
; confidently anticipate tae.toruler.
The lew movement nf tie sr2ly, under the
{. new auspices, onward 10 E!chlnJud, '7ill
! doubtless be 5.atchad by the pubic with ir-
4. tease iz,te1.s: aud solicitrde. Il ia true tie
: tug Of var TINT is to try Cur new leader, has
J: yet to come; hut everything thus lar augurs
J wei for lis 6uccess. The army has beaa IA
hays have observed that it took Gen. lrnsids
prec;seis ere week TO get the rslas Of po~ez
into his hands ard set the wheels Of the grant
army :s-1cl'ic.. On Saturday, The Sth Of No
yemhl1, the great trust fell upon him. Or
SATURDAY., the 18th, We were awakened long be
fore caybreaE BY the rumb'1ag Of artillery
through the atrteis Of sVarre1ton. Twas iii
army in molten sonthWer1. Figure to your
selves she enormous mass Of details to b
mastered by 4 commander ere he has IL hi:
grlsp the material elements with which lie La
IL work. Understand ttat all this has hal t
bv mastered by Burnside since IL assumed
cofn1,a1iti-{1vr he tras nat IT, the confidence O
C.u. lIcCl l:Ien)- YOU will have some con
eor,ion Of the amount Of labor that has llt
tc be crowded into taat pregnant week!
4nvt 0F +f.rI,f 43->17f
division, t1om Na.Tent0r here, there is liGtt
OF nothing to tell. Neycr wzs mffs es:at
less exred;tion. Like Nenopnpu'5 Ten Ih0a
:and, We marched each day with SO man,
"parasangs,' but no Incident such as <1iversI
fed their progrcss broke the monctony Of on
wearv way. It YES early Saturday mor2in!
! that the train moved fem WsrrentoH. W
went no further that daY than The Junction
or rat!3er to the point 1Fhere the road iron
Na1rentnn crosses tue .lroad track, tw
miles west Ct Warrcnton Junction-in al
: thirteen mi!cs TIE day was delightful; tt
f march Has made With entire ease and in PEI
icct good spirits, anu that night NC hiyoaaeI
cd by cur ca:nf-ires under the clear, cal
7 starlight. ht this halfiug place here orcurl:.
1i1.ie iEc:.3eItt, which, rs la]assraAve OF t1
practical "pusaiEy'' temper ~ the !;2'F coy
| 1uande., is Hor.h relating, Up 10 +he uls
;. 1neut OF cur leaving War1cnton, soma Of Il
: regiments hod runaintd unsupi'lied Wit
t clothing. Burnside Cid rot. Us scne m:n =
: ifQt Gf, -Hai. till this business had been !:
tea6ei to before ba3s5iiag "a iEch; be sent I
e the men, 1n6 then teGr the clothing aft
r them, aud ;a+e on tnat Fret night OF czlr 1ars
= tho trains came I'D, and 1Gt winter c3at
L socks, dr:ltt@rs efc,, were bundled out to II
2 zen before they lay DOM. Or the next Ia
- ct the next stopping l.Iac=, we found tais I
y -eaied i'll lIle case 0f one Or two other reg
r !1e3.ts !hn. bad not t"en surr'ied. we aa
thus been able to continue the ,narct, uointt
ru.tc6,y. It is = small matter, but it is tyj
le caI Of multitude Of just snca business u
III !: culamon Sense dos'ss of Burnside, sud
- au.u-, ns yoa will, from tlcs11-
= Yesterday mcrning tue march was or
H. :rorc resumed. We had biyouacked tor I
q. Light but d1zcn miles from Fredericesba
aud as We took IN earl5 start it was clcui2I
dc VIC should 1eacb OR destination b} 20.
r. MEANWHILE, what NC did lot meet T7as all
euY. Forty miles, and not even rebel
cs tctte ia sight, l thiak cid Sumner Wa= III
ra- ou.hly d.s1u6ted aud Disappointed.
- We had approached within : ,i;;!e and l
|N' Of Falmouth, wien suddenly battery FRI
lcr the Fredericksburg side of fhe river open
u.o urcn ns. The old Har-horse pricked up
|ee ezra l. proved, however, to Be a na.:r5 1
.er b!e. THE enemy, learning CT cur appro
,ss had planted battery AID designed to eaiil
~.t the rosd- Il lid net take long, however,
SCI cur artillery TO ltel their way OIL the road
brought them out On commanding posit1
within hall mile from tie river. TAG !
my first she'll vas planted plump among the
rec nonccrs ut the reos1 guns, causing au
- Simultaneous skeGsddic. Recovering t
'h ccnposrr., however, they were aoic to dt
ed. cut ard fire Q few rounds. It Was in '
,,,, Their shots all fell harmless, not man on
l.Ae side being scratched, while every shot
the our guns ,cG among them Accordingly,
oce soon scampe1el on-a regiment OF jnta
a.. and squadron Of cavalry going with t1eI
tuc would appear that this WAS their whole t
7or~ ir Fredericksburg. As our batteries
planted behind Falmouth and theirs be
w Fredericksburg, the firing was over
TIC towns. and ore can imagine what feeling
nil, scretchirg shells flying ovcr the heads ol
Eok ulatiou awGhe in tAeir minds. The
tie ftdrratcs are sevcrtl5 blamed US the u
,se1f for .sl,siaiug ,sith their battery to p=oy5
~. ii.e on cur part, aud the blame IL, indeed,
NV n:e1ned.
lded Il, rs is probable, it enters into the p1a
e>d. Gen. Burnside t0 mass his force at Freezer
~"' 1uTgh, Ills place must be again, for
ers; tine 10 ce1nc, the center OF public int
nncr The first great object 10 which attention
80, &c directed will, oouo1less, be The put1i1
ht1 cider Of tic strip OF railroad 6 thirteen I
the from cere to Aqu}a Creek, AMI tie cons
ands =. ure' 'nS rc jr2E u
suit. along The whole Inc; bat Gen. Barnsias
,o,3 .1ugust, was compelled to burn the br
Do.1' ever Potomac ard Aecakeek Creeks.
inter Grst thing will be to restore thcse-and
10 do tresslsMois tniS @ ~ ,; oS na.tsI sa oi q
rand III al aestroVeo. - and new cnrines. ] w."
by &c, will Eaye to be bro
trait- sca u III H. 1nna IA mt MS w;th,n -
itary hcu,s oi Washington. The two bridges
tie KsppahauEoek ~e1t both destroyed
months ago. and Of late the only ava
means OF cfcs.ing dsy-shod between
G sd" mouth and FEsdericks burg has been bJ a
1diny scoW ferry -baa:. This WAS yesterday SCI
7r r. and destroyed, On our approach. #
,a ~, wtrc any object il crossing immediately.
- on ever, the present cocd.tion Of The river
Ju2- senis no Fery formidable obstacle, as
I'd the water Eowlera reaches shove the knees
, that fantry. OF above the hub Of the wheels 0
~ 49,. ply trains II We do not cross thus to
amber tcoI, vbich Will doubtless be inrned
sion. thrown across the stream With
encc to 7be railroad from Frederick
to Richmond, learn that it has, with
epart 80. h~;t1es e. nS,'a ~ n II ~
= sne train per day has been raining; but a
sloo' a.! capacities Of The road have been under
'seon' e slant strain to carry army supplies fro.
assau' riyl Valley Of the Kappshanaock-
u ca az great granar;es Of Virginia. While O
lense ii}lcry practice %as going on this ate,
" sae tie train started of for Richmond, a
W. W. = mace Was accelerated by few OF Petit
~! ~, y. n1ra51y directed shots. Three hours
~ ~ " wards it must bG7e entered Richmond
,,., ~ tne ing and screaming, 10 tell the people
~ H. Confederate capital that the avenging al
whom u Tbon iost swrn+a vo1, fron, Warrc1,
expo rua t. d;scnss ife demora1iged rnnd1,
the army, and calculate tho number OF y
! --o,,1r.n3 ~ esr-p eff f1,o sIon1iar strans