New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-24

HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER THERE
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NRw YoRx. September 90--A letter from
.Aefore Stasbsrg, 6eptemocr l, says. In
{ - tuwn ffesh f{res have broken out, pre-
nntinr.a fsetfnl spectacle. Yesterday there
eecaped from these bookbinder, who de-
scribed the deadsas lying in numbers in the
sfreets and under tho walls and balconies.
The cellars afe Hooded In which the women
aad children had takea refuge, and they are
INV. Instigated by the offer Of thousand
1heiers reward to any one who should ac-
oomDIish II, the sluices of the fortress have
Ahfn cut by I've Baden soldiers
The same aatAOffty ssys that the accounts
~ AucrbaCh Uf the damage done the city
are greatly exaggerated. At the utmost,
only few dwellings and shops have been
destroyed. The burning Of the Minister is a
xnistake-in it there is no wood, except the
altar, . little chapel and chairs, that might
be removed without difficulty. If they
burned they would produce only q little
smoke. The shooting of the Mayor by the
c0mmandant IL also denied, and they are
oAid to be on the best terms. a"
Bull Run Russell, writing from Sedan,
oays he twill not dwell on the topic, hut
aak your readers to be content with the
assurance that NO human eye ever rested
- such revolving objects as were presented
4 y the battlehelds around Sedan. Let them
nancy MASSES u cOlOIcu rags Siucu uOScthcr
with blood and brains, and pinned into
Strange shapes by fragments of bones.
Let them conceive mems bodies without
heads, legs without bodies, heap of hui
man entcails attached to red and blue
cloth, and disembOweled corpses in uniform
bodies LAYING about in all attitudes, with
skulls shattered, faces blown of, hips
! smashed, bones, flesh and gay clothing all
sounded together as;f prayed in o mortar,
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enc place, but occurring perpetually for
many miles, and then they can not, with
the most vivid Imagination, como up to the
ickening reality of that butchery. No
nightmare could be 30 frightful. Several
times came on spots where there were two
horses lying dead together in harness, killed
by the same fragment. Several times saw
four, five and six men, four, five and six
horses, all killed by the explosion of some
less than eight French soldiers, who must
have been struck down by the bursting Of
. shell over company, for they lay all
around in circle with their feet inward,
each shattered in the head or chest by a
piece Of shell, and NO other dead being
within hundred yards of them.
There were about 10000 men engaged
and in reserve in the attacking force at the
very least, and if We take Mcmahon to have
capitulated *, 600 Cd, there remain x, 900 to
be accounted for az killed or wounded. The
disparity in force was, however, more than
compensated by the position held by the
French az long as it was not bulged in or
contracted, but as soon as they allowed
their line to be forced they were exposed to-
. converting fire from the semi-circle clos
ing in from the east and west and north,
and put in desperate straits. Then there
1nly remained the chance of breaking the
fence and of forcing back one or the other
army, and their efforts were directed
to repulse o. the Crown Prince of
6axony, with the result known by this
time to all the world. The Prussian guns
were az superior in number as in power.
In fact, if Marshal Mcmahon could he ought
to have evaded an encounter with such
force, and would have done so, but what
men call fate was upon his track. The ge-
MUS of Prussia, in the hands of two men,
was, humanity speaking, irresistible. The
Emperor and his army were hunted down,
fenced in, brought to battle, and over
whelmed in vast ruin, of which mankind
will speak and read as long as history en-
duree." Hi9 -. r. ra'
The same letter, speaking of the surrender
Of Napoleon, says: "A perpetual imprison-
ment, the King is reported to have said
would be only the just chastisement OF SO
great an offender. An officer Of the Prus-
sian staff, who is going to Namur and Brus-
sels on q special mission, affirms that, with
nut the intervention of the Prince Royal and
That of Count de Bismarck, the King was
determined to have the Emperor shot, so
great was his evaporation against him for
having caused the death of SO many brave |
soldiers"