The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-04-29
k'rOIrA the Southwest.
OF the Richmond Dispatch.

DALTON, april Z, 1864 Gen. Hardee :
shaun battle OF to-day was witnessed by 3
large number OF ladies, soldiers and citi-
zen2, and was q very agreeable affair. The
Yankees also bad o'e in trcnt OF Ring
gold Theic tire was distinctly heard
there. Iii quiet in front
II Bristol, Tenn, on Saturday night Of
last week, some two hundred members OF
Gen Wariord's Georgia Brigade, being
dissatisfied with the quality Of the rations
drawn by thes, that day, determined to
righr thealso,res, They accordingly
marched down in body to the store OF
the post commissary, which they violently
broke o en- ana plundered Of about sew
enty five sacks OF -four, seven hundred
pounds Of bacon, ten casks of bran, and
fifty or sixty pounds OF candles, which
they proceeded to carry off with them.
Meantime, the alarm was given, and the
provost guard, some twelve in number,
having arrived, and vainly endeavored to
arrest the rioters, fired upon them, killing
enc ca Lieut.. Reynolds) on the spot, and
wounIing five or six more, one or two of
them, it is said, MORALLY. The rest made
their escape with their plumber. That
night and the next Gay number were
caught and placed under arrest. Swift
and sue punishment will be sure to fol-
los. The men were not armed, except
with stones, few bushels Of which they
left in the stcrehouse 1t is not pretend
ed that they were driven to commit the
act by hunger Their days rations had
been served out to them that morning.
Day OF Fasting in Lees Army.
ORANGE COURT House, Thursday, April
Gen Lee has issued General Order,
directing the observance of tomorrow as
day OF fasting, humiliation and prayer :;
directing the due preparation of all the
departments to anticipate the wants of the
several commanders. All military duties,
unless absolutely necessary, are to be sus-
pended, and the chaplains ere desired TO
hold divine service in their regiments and
brgades. Officers and men are requested
to attend.
1t is reported that u scouting party Of
the enemy appeared on the heights of Stat
for,l, opposite Fredericksburg, yesterday.
Great activity is visible in the Yankee
camps
Fhc Rebel Volunteer Navy Forming.
From The Richmonc Whig April IL,
We learn that the amount of capital al
ready subscribed npon the books of the
Virginia Volunteer Navy Company ex-
ceeds one million of dollars. The charter
of the company authorizes maximum
capital Of $40 100000, but operations will
be commenced as soon as an amount suffi-
Gent for the inauguration of the enterprise
has been subscribed and paid in. The
subscription books will remain open two
days longer, 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 govern
nlent.
Mortality Among Union Prisoners.
From The Columbus tGa.) Enquirer.
If some arrangement for the exchange
of prisoners is not speedily effected the
Oonfederacy 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 Yankse phi
soners at that point was trightful. One of
the guard informed him that fifty-two died
on the previous day, and that since their
arrival the average of deaths per day was
thirty-fve. Smallpox, pneumonia and d.
arrhea are taking them off by wholesale.