Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-03-05

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stoned by desire the part OF the Upi'd States to
avo d. completely with France AID at rwsras as
ton'shed wagons aud mule brought here Tor
the Frtuch army, TO huI that what was denied to
Mex c, was freely perm itted to France
MIR. Seward replied that the prohibition OF tue ship
meat Il = neral, applying TO all nations on
the groutd OF the military nect ssity Of the United
States, but thers sUcl Inhibition Of The ship
ment OF Wagons ete' Tor France OR NJ K co.
| long correspond, nee on TIE same p ints occur,
| which NJ. Seward concludes al follows
the undersigned, whil seslng DO cause further to
xpatfe on the Reasons heret fore Of red ii explaDa
ton Of that awaits himself The ccason to
Mr.. nero rcne"sd "zsornre Of hg!, 'onsidrra-
tiDn y
Special Corr: .po"ae.or ,he ; ""h"n Times.
We hnd in the He aid, Of The 18th, amther letter
reu, Mi L.w?ev. the Fredt sburg ard Richmond
correspondent Of fhe London Times:
RIoHNosD. u eenter 20
A RENEWAL rHs ATTACK.
Ny last etttr brought the narrative of vests before
fredericksburg up to he night Of Saturday. tbe 18th
of Dect mber. 1t would be idle TO pretend that upon
that he magnitude OF the which had been
gained by the Conteerates fully gagged aud COM
pretended by their generals 1t hop and believed
ha, Sunday, the 14th, would witntss renewal OF the
Federal attack the height The 18Th AMI The sub.
seGucnt nights were busily employed by the Confede
rates 10 Strengthening teir fr6cstohs AMI throwing
up fresh ear:hworks Toe Confederate centre and
right Ii had ouiy thrown up these works before
exclaimed General Lee two three days after the bat
tie should have saved many valuable lives" That
renewal Of the Federal attack would have been most
dsastrous to the sssallants 1t s hardly necessary
to state It felt by tie Confederate Generals that
afser Saturdays experience. serious assault would
again be directed against Marye's Heights and ample
provisions made for meeting the heavy onslaught
which it expected would on the morrow be made
against Gen. aeksons corps the Confederate right
Never the spirits of that General more sxstatic
than during the fight Saturday, and while his an
| ka~N tn q hn1pn &hoN
row." But it mn be confessed that while the bulk Of
the Confederate army believed 10 the renewal OF the
battle on the 14th there were Confederate Generals
whose prescence told them that troops roughly han
died the Yankees, would be little apt to the
offensive Among Others, on Saturday night, General
Stuart hszardcd the prediction that there would ba
fresh attack by the Federss the Confederate lines.
lingering wish to direct his horse artillery there and
then against the enemys flank probably uppermost
that night in tie Generals mind.
TIRE UNION TROOPS WISH TO AWAY.
Whn Sunday the l4tb eame it brought foil eon6r-
ma ton OF Gen. Stuart's words. The day was clear
and calm and Its predecessor but totally de-
void of haze Jog The Yankees, their left and
centre had passed the night in the plain where dark
ness overlook them, without blankets without fires
with only half rstops. The day away, and wit
messed no Federal advance
ras sLAUsHTBx WIDER AAsYEs HsIGHrs-oNE THOUSAND
HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE FEDERALs BURIED IN
Gone, indeed, they were, but in what fashion A
glance at the long scope between the town OF Frsder-
cksburg and the foot of Maryes Heights gave the best
idea Of the magnitude of the toll which had been exact
ed for their pessage OF the Rappahannock ride along
the whole length of the lines told also sad tale of
slaughter, but WHEN the eye mad rested upon the
fatal slope above mentioned, the memory became fixed
upon the spot not for ifly years to come will that
scsns fade from the memory Of those who saw it.
There in every attitude Of desth lying % close to each
other that you might step from body TO bodv lay
- A. E,lo an,l - 1lsl.x
which lay to Col Waltons ARTILLERY were of
the well known Milfsian type. 10 small garden
not than hstf size, thare were counted
Dundred and y.one corpses doubt whether 10
any battlefield OF modern times tia dead have lain
thick and close BY universal consent Of those who
have all the great battles OF this war; nothing like
has been before 1t is said that the morn
ing after victory always breaks upon naked corpses
Il In this case but the sole reason was that
the pickets OF both armies swept the slope with their
Gre, and that every living thing which showed upon it
the target for hundred bullets. But three or four
MORNINGS after the battle it that the furtive
hand which invariably gdes into the pocket of victory
had been busy at work. and naked corpses ar6 others
from which everything but their under clothing rad been
rifed visable in abundance. So tremendous was
the FIRE chiefly emanating from Cobb's brigade posted
in the lane the foot OF Mayre's Heights that even
chickens 10 the gardens in front fell pierced by it. 1t
was remarked by Confederate General Intimately ae.
quainted With the Federal General Sumner who COM
maDded the Federal right, "Was there ever another
General bat Sumner who would have got bis neu into
place in which not even chickens could ve?" But
the fire the slope fatal not only to men and
chickens bat also 10 every other living thing Horses
by dozans slrewn along the hillside and occasion
ally dead cow or dead hog lay close 10 the silent and
too often fearfuly torn and mutated human bodies
which where met the view Sach sight has rare
ly ben by man. Ii s doubtful whether any living
pen could do Justice 10 its horrors but it is certain
would he easy to write than any ordinary reader
would care 10 read. 1t Is known thai during the nights
of the I5h aud l4th very mary bodies were ca FRIED OF
and buried bg the Federals Int when the party of
Federas detailed 50 bury the- comrades had completed
their task it found that under Marye's Heights
they bad buried 1893 corpses and 800 the Fed
era LETT. Computing that 800 Federals fell dead 90
be field and adding six times that number OF
wounded. you may gain approximate estimate Of the
Federal loss On the lSh Oh De .ember. To this must
also DO added upwards OF thousand prisoners taken
by the Conederates and all the straggrs and deeerters
who srayed away from the Federal army. 1t is ncon
tes.abie that the 18th OF December will be craven
deep in the annals of the great republic as ID the ami
ysrsary OF jena ppon the hearts of thu PrusasB PEOPLE,