Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-27
CAMP FIRST VIRGINIA CAvALRY,l
NEAR ORANGE COURT HousE,}
Anril IL. 1894. \

| CAMP FIRST VIRGINIA CAVALRY
NEAR ORANGE COURT HoUsE,}
April 10, 1864.
| = y The utmost confidence is expressed
here by every one that General Grant will
lose in Virginia all the laurels he has won
In the West. He Is not now to measure
swords with Pemberton or Bragg, but
with the first Captain of the age. General
Lee possesses the unlimited confidence of
every officer and soldier in this army. They
call him "Marse Robert" "and are willing to
60 where he directs them. and to do what
he bids them, believing that it is right.
have just heard a general order read from
him In regard to the observance of the day
of fasting, humiliation and prayer, that ele-
Yates him very much in my estimation as q
Christian man, and inspires me with still
greater confidence that the blessing of the
Almighty will attend him. In this order he
calls upon all commanders of regiments to
see that the day is religiously observed, and
he appeals to the soldiers to humble them
selves before God, to confess their sins, and
to task, through Christ, the forgiveness of
them" This is a step in advance of any
thing of the kind yet published as distinct
recognition of Christ as the only mediator
between God and man.
saw both Generals Lee and Stuart at
meeting of the chaplains some days since,
both manifesting their deep interest in the
religious instruction and condition of the
army. Ha
THE REBEL VOLUNTEER NAVY FORMING.
From the Richmond Whig April l5.l
We learn that the amount of capital al
ready subscribed upon the books of the Vir-
ginia Volunteer Navy Company, exceeds
one million of dollars. The charter of the
aOmnanU authOrizao q mo yinnunn aopito1 nf
ten million dollars but operations will be
commenced as soon as an amount sufficient
for the Inauguration of the enterprise has
been subscribed and paid in. The subscrip-
tion books will remain open two days long
er, at the company's office northeast corner
of Main and Eleventh streets-and citizens
who wish to invest in scheme which
promises large returns should not overlook
the opportunity thus presented to them.
Ninety per cent. of the prize profits go to
the company and crew, and ten per cent. to
the Government.
MORTALITY AMONG UNION PRISONERS.
From the Columbus. (Ga.,, Enquirer.l
If some arrangement for the exchange of
prisoners is not speedily effected the Con-
federacy will derive but little benefit from
it. A few days ago, while the cars were at
Andersonville, the editor learned that the
mortality among the Yankee prisoners at
that point was frightful One of the guard
informed him that fifty-two had died on the
previous day, and that since their arrival the
average of deaths per day was thirty-five.
Smallpox pneumonia and diarrhea are
taking them off by wholesale. The cartel
takes no account of dead men, and hence we
trust that the exchange may be resumed
before the ranks of these eight thousand
prisoners are much further depleted.
REBEL CAVALRY ATTACK.
from the Richmond Wing. April ISL ola
General Wheeler attacked a small force
of the enemy's cavalry at daylight this
morning, near Benton, killed several and
captured thirty-five men and one Lieuten-
ant, with their horses, pistols carbines, &c.
MISCELLANEOUS. Do
One and one-half pounds of cooking soda
are sold in Savannah for ten dollars.
A grand requiem high mass for the repose
of the soul of Caroline Deslondes, the late
ly deceased wife of Gen. Beauregard, was
celebrated at Mobile on the 7th April. ~
A soldier calls, through the Richmond
Sentinel, for the appointment of dentist to
each Confederate regiment.
Four thousand pounds of bacon and lard
were sold in Montgomery, few days since,
at Cnree collars ana twenty-five cents per
pound. This is said to be slightly down
ward.
The Richmond Examiner is informed that
recent cold weather "has not much damag-
ed the wheat in Alabama or Mississippi. 1t
is also estimated that five times the guam
tity of land has been sown with it, as COM
pared with last year." N.EsH
In Lynchburg, on the 9th, beef fell from
five dollars per pound to three dollars and
fifty cents. Potatoes, which had been SELL
ing for fifteen or twenty dollars per bushel,
sold for ten. i
e Judge Fields, of the Cherokee Nation,
has made public appeal with regard to 4
the distressed condition to which the wo- 1
men and children of the Indian allies off
the Confederates have been reduced by the |
calamities of war. The Richmond Erami-
ner says that ''seyen regiments from the In 1
dian country are now in the service, organ |
lied with forces operating west of the Mis- |
sissippin f;s.ie f .,