The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-25

REBEL REGIMENTS FIRING ON EACH OTHER.
1t appears from the following in the
Atlanta Confederaey, that the rebels make
deplorable blunders, as well as our own
troops. The affair took place in Virginia
We had not more than got our position be-
fore the enemy, as we supposed. were .witnln
one hundred yards of us. but the roao mere
made such an abrupt turn and the bushes
that interviewed were so thick, as to almost
hide them from our view. Pretty soon one or
two guns were fired, not far from us, when the
Newman Guards, which commanded the road,
fred one volley into the approaching mass OF
men, which was quickly returned by them,
when their commander Immediately gave the
order to charge upon US. Instantly our bay
oncts were fixed ready to receive their charge.
With loud yell that rent the morning air for
miles around, they rushed down upon US, when
the firing commenced further down the line to
the left of onr regiment, by those who had at
first been prevented from firing in consequence
of the dense forest which interviewed between
them and the supposed enemy.
About this time the cry GeOrgians Geor
gans !" was heard to proceed from the ranks
of the supposed enemy. At first we were not
inclined to interpret this cry as it was intended
by those from whom it proceeded, fearing lest
it might be a cheat; and we were strengthened
in this belief, when, above the surrounding
noise We distinctly heard the stentorian voices
of General Jackson and Colonel johnson cry
out ats cheat; they lie, pour into them, my
brave boys;' and we were just in the act of
pouring one calling fire into their midst, when
we discovered the white badges on their hats,
and knew them to be our own men. Sergeant
Fielder, of the First, and a soldier of the Twelfth
Georgia regiments, were killed; I. L. Brown
and Corporal Hogue were dangerously wound.
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slightly. All except the second mentioned
were of the First Georgia regiment. This was
a sad occurrence, but neither party was to
blame.
The LATE NAVAL VICTORY AT HATTERAS.
The Confederates are being brought to
consciousness of the power of the navy to
command the whole coast, and exercise
complete military control over the harbors
within reach of the large guns carried by
our vessels of war. The defeat of 5000
troops. with great slaughter, and the de-
struction of their vessels, is of no little i'm
portance. The large she'll guns appear to
be preferable to rihed cannon. The rifed
cannon are not only smaller, but their pro
jectiles seem to fail when the hour of trial
comes. The thunderbolt she'll, or Hubbell's
shell, invented by w. w. Hubbell, Esq,
of Philadelphia, which is in general SER
vice in the navy, for the large guns or
Dahlgren shell guns, fulfilled every requisi-
tion made upon it. These shells, fred from
the smooth bored shell guns, not only rang
ed farther than the other artillery, and they
exploded amongst and destroyed and de-
feated the Confederate forces, but accord
ing to the official report, they struck, and
blew up and sunk two of their sloops car
rying troops-a single shell doing the
work each time, by which their adaptation
for all kinds of service was demonstrated.
Nearly 100000 of these Hubbell's shells
have been made, and are now being rapidly
made by the Government. They have thus
far always come off victorious in the hands
of our skillful officers, and we may conf
IDENTIFY await the results of further actions
with these large shell guns and Hubbell's
shells.
THE REBEL LOSS AT BULL RUN.
DR.. Alfred Powell, surgeon of the I'd
regiment New York State militia, was at
the battle of Bull Run, and was one of the
prisoners captured by the rebels and taken
to Richmond. He states that the rebel
wounded amounted to nearly five thousand
and their killed to six hundred. Twenty
three surgeons, including himself, with a
number OF our men, were allowed to return
to the battle field for the purpose of burying
the dead they were three days thus en-
ployed. Upon comparing notes they found
our dead to number about three hundred
and our wounded that fell into the hands of
the rebels about six hundred; which, with
those that were taken to Washington, made
the total, the same as Gen. McDoweIl's re~
port.
CAMPAIGN ENDED IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the cam.
paign in WesternVirginia is virtually ended,
and preparations are on foot to withdraw a
portion of our forces there and send them
to Kentucky, leaving only sufficient force
to prevent the rebels approaching north of
Gauley river or west of Cheat Mountain.
The probabilities are, however, that the
seceshers have no desire to come through a
country they already had laid waste, and
left barren. 1t is said there is probability
that Rosecrans will be in Kentucky in ten
days.
THE TROOPS FROM MINNESOTA.
We find the following i4kthe New York
Herald, and we copy it to show what a
reputation Minnesota is getting abroad
This young and distant State, one of whose
regiments was among the few who won laurels
in the battle of Bull Run, has responded nobly
to the call for volunteers. Besides defending
her own extensive Indian frontier, Minnesota
has already raised over five thousand volun.
teers, out of a population of only one hundred
and seventy thousand. There are two infantry
regiments already mustered into service, and
two others ORGANIZING one regiment of RI valrv