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a 1 M Cflnrastcr fefrpr. i>| ,'QfO P Li' ?> A NNTTM Turn to ttio Pr??-it? looming ?M?U inrvvy, T\T A pi/ A \Tni? n I 1 Hill xt-It As U 1" Big with the woiidors of enrb pausing day. UN /\ I ) V j\ Is % j rS ;1 1 /?milg aai ^aliiitol iQtinspapt:?Srantti to tljt Arta, stitotts, litftotnto, flotation, jlgrirolturr, Soternol Smprnonntnts, /urtign anil Itarstit 30tuis, onii tljc jffiarktts. ;| VOLUME X. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 22.1861. NUMBER 15. * n.Li 1 ? I '? mx rmguioav?v?uuiovvuuDDti< Lincoln?[solus; asleep in a rocking chair ?afte* a pause spring* op suddenly.] , Give me ouolber Scotch cap ; wrap me Id a military cloak t '* Have mercy, Jeff I)avia! Soft?Itwasbuta, a dream. Who koocka thua loudly t ?Skwakd?(without ) *Tia I, my lord ! tho a Wiiite House cock ; j Thrice have 1 crowed since the day hath I broke. > [Enter Seward, Chase, Bates, Blair, Cameron and Welles.] Cameron?How doth my good Lord? , Lincoln?Indifferently well, melhinks, good coz. ' Tiiat confection of hominy and hog- which, I at my wont, 1 Late on yenter eve I ate, did most wofulfy , affect tile, I Have I no leech among my councillors cho' sen, _ Who can minister to a body diseased ? Alas, my friends ! Bred to the chicane of the law, what know ye of the leap, And bounds of rebellious blood by fitful fe\er stirred T Uatis?My liege, as 1 glanced o'er tho morning prints, In which our glories are duly and at length net forth, Malhought much praise w us given to a med icauient Yclept in foreign lore?cepnlic pills ! Lincoln?Away with this nostrum?I'll none of it ! For know ye, I bought a box from a harum sc. rum boy, Whom i uicounteicd on our Western train, and who | Cried?(iod w ot ; f Hd Abe, buv some pilW '1 hese 1 bought mid tried Mid got no better fast. IIlaIR?You'd scarce expect one of uiy ago To speak in public on the st.'ge. Yet I cm but think Tis r.ot the confection, but the defection of tin* Southern tier V. iiich pains our Ib-ge'a Lincoln?Ana! knave! think you ao? Know you not uiy bubbling cox, that this .1 defection 1 * a!i piiiutiioii t? the crisis la but art;fici?l ! IHa?e?VV? know it well; would we 1-..UU1 Kirvo' II ; Yfl, W'lir i > ? ? I fry, I rend in home fool C- ... i-rn puj r? - ailed, I kin> a not u .t ? The Mail?llio M.TCury, or aonie huch ab Hnrdity ? 'i'liiit there it la'ich feeling down in their ilh.v^'l.tly ?wmn,m, . V. i ere Afric'a wrong* smell rank to heaven. I mcor.jt?\Vf nt ther. I Lot them howl! yon know i...I Moll, Thul ciy ita they tuny, there'* nobody hurt! Oh, how 1 do despise u pec ieh, complaining p-ople? ' A pe?pl>- who kuuw uot which aide their bread is buttered; Ming "tided people ! who would fain tear wv.ny three atripe*. I Two of red and one of white, from our Star Sptngled Banner. Siward?(aalde) l.ong may it w ava ! Welles?O'er the Lnd of the free! Bates?And the home of t><e brave ! Lincoln?And imagine they founded a now nation I \nd now you fight Col. Davie* With Ida ragged raggaiituffin crew, loudly wear* He'll ait in thia very chair, wherein we ait? Save the mark ! in apite of Wool or Scott. Friende, farewell ! yet take something ere rye go, Leave me to myeelf that I may court the drowsy God; Watch well the door that no foul traitors enter With maehinee infernal, or throated revolving pUlol. 8pread yoursclree, aad loee no opportunity i to tell I The expectant people that all ie going well; ( And while reluctant, ye admit the Southern feeling, Urge end declare that 'lie mervellone eon 1 si***.. That nothing U hurting anybody. Thrrr, got < Aland not on tho ordar of your going, but i go at one*. < I Htmmrd and offer a few and depart. j I Now Jerusalem t ia thla bappiaeea! Whan < rat i 1 droampt of might, majesty and powar ; | when in daya gnaa by, | Aa humble aplittorof rails, wearing bat on# , ahirt a weak ; ( Or, whan in f*?ecy( I laanad In Uatlaaa mood Oar tha oar (ha t a pan) of tba alow glidlog broadhora, 1 And thought of tho powerful and rich of 1 ^^aarth, l At.l anvioua contnulad tbairgay faaata and ] ratals; j4 With our aimpla joya our humbla shock- | j lags, and ponaom bonis, j ( Our apple bat a and quilting froliea?alack- I *d?f. ] Aa Mtakeopaara aaya in hia Paradiaa Uwt, ? I aadiy foal That "diataiiaa landa aoahantaaaot to tha , ' ofew? IMtotfeartr Patriot, fa S 9 l?? ?? uuivaitkr lrdusr.j ' Richmond Va., May, 1801. i Mr. Editor : Thinking that Rome of ' your renders would like to hear from the ' "Invincibles" through your paper, I have thought, as I have a few leisure moments 1 this morning, that I would occupy them j 1 by writing to you. j ' After leaving home on Sunday morn- ' ing, nothing of iuterest trauspired until i ' we reached Bethel Church ; tliere we i 1 met several of our friends that we did tJ not expect to see, and was glad to find j among the number, some young ladies { with whom we were acquainted. lis a'- j 1 ways pleasant to meet the ladies, hut ll>e ' reverse to part with them ; particularly 1 was it so in this instance, for no donbl ' many of us thought we had met to part 1 for the last linio. The veiy nature of our ' mission here would 'ead us to such solemn ( : suppositions But their pleasant smiles, j 1 with an occasional tear coursing down I 1 the<r cheeks, and the thought that we j wcrw going to ngiu inr them, had a ton 1 deticy to fill onr bosoms with renewed 1 patriotism, ninl make us more resolved ' in carrying out our designs of defending 1 them and their homes. Our next stopping place was at Mr. Win. ClvLurn's, where wo partook of re ' freshinetils and tested about an hour.? ' All seetued to be in fiue spirits, as the J shock of parting with our families Had 1 pretty well worn ofl'. They seemed to enjoy tl.eir dinners very well at any rate. 5 At the expiration ol the hour, the time allotted us hy Capt. V. we drove ofF to ' meet the other portion of our company 1 ' at Guru Swamp, but we, being a little 1 behind time, were left by tlieiu, atid the 1 4,Flat Kock Guards," and did i.ot offtake them unfit lliey halted tin# mi.e from ' Camden for the purpose of forming conn | allies. OurC'loncI met us at this place 1 and marched us to the public square, ' where there was a large number of 'lie 1 ciltZiiiS of Caiiiocti assembled fur the ' purpose of receiving us in a formal main 1 tier, and welcoming lis to their kind bos > pilalitie*. Col Warren addressed us on | behalf of the citizens. 11 is remarks weie touching and very appropriate, in fact, we ' have not heard a Letter speech lately.? 4 Afier tuarching to the Town Ilall and H receiving blankets, canteens, dec , w e weie ' informed that the DeKalb House had * been allotted to the ''Invincible*" and the Mansion house to the ' Flat Rock Guards." Kuh company proceeded to l Quarters. We don', know lu>w it.? < Guards" fared, hut the "liivincihlea" c wou.il like to (line at the lJeK tlh House ' to-day, not that they are tired of Kielr 11 mond, hut because they were so well trea |! ted there. At one o'clock Monday morning the v car* moved us off for Wilmington. The ^ atmosphere resounded with "three cheers" H for the good citizens of Camden. Soon we were on the Wilmington road. The ' citizens of Sumter saluted us by three tires from their cannou. A large crowd of ladies were out to greet us ; consider iitg the eafH hour ul which we arrived 'I at Sumter, we did not expect to see any J ladies, hut they were there ready with their hoquets. The Sumter Guards got a on hoard, Capt UicharJsoO tomtHanJinL'. This corps is-composed of quite a respec table looking body of men. It is the best armed company that we have met with since/ie left home. At all the sta t lions from Sumter to Florence there were li crowds of people to clieer us on and wish ^ us a eafe return. The windows of every * u dwelling, whether far off or near by, w>-re y in a work with while handkerchiefs and ^ behind them could be seen many fair fa t ces, looking as if they were sure we would u return with the trophies. We assured ^ thorn, in every instance, by the wave of ; the cap and the loud huzzah, thai we (j would ever? one din before their hom??* t thou Id be invader! by a yankee foe. Let 1 me assure yon that the ladies do a groat |j leal of good by those patriotic demonitrations, for it matters not how low c Jown a man may feel, or from what u :aiim ha may ha melancholy, to a#* that , !' ;ha ladie* ?\mpMln<-a with hint, ar.d ?o |' !>e aura that thay will appreciate hiad?ad? ! tl irouaaa him immediately, and rankae him ' c eel Ilka a new man. i ? But 1 muat tall you aomethinft about ' Florence It ie improving vary feat.? j, rbay hava a ??ry Una hotel, a drug atora 1 p oid other Shop#. Tba North Kmlern K. p load erneaea tba Wilmington A Mao- { u theater Road at this placa. It wa? about | . 12 o clock when * arrived. Tha Sol- a Iters were ordered to draw ration? KiA u era in ft buck car. Dakar* bread and ^ M.tn wm what we got. It wu not *o S md either for w? were ail buoir'f, not " taring had nor br?*k*t*t. The Cul.'i b Uatt joioftd oft at Floreooft, or ?t Iftaat, < tl om of than*. fkft "UftMiMftft" war* ' " * ?h4t * ? > very glad to meet '"Long Oral)*" who v?hr among tlie number. We wero surprised Lo see him looking bo well. Campaign life hasn't fazed him yet. lie is with us yet but expects to return to Charleston in a few days. Our nun are very anxious to have him slay, but he seemed to be too much attached to the "Gieys." As lie will be very apt to give you an ac:ount ol our trip from Florence here, and ss be is much more capable of doing justice than we are, it will he better per !rap? (or us not to attempt any further ie'cription. Put not to cut tlio subject loo short, we will mention a tew other ircumslnncea. Our reception at Wilmington, N C.. was one that will long Ire remembered. The long depot house they have :here was i;leiaily crowded *ith people of both sixes and all ages. Some of <>ur boys were considerably itrucl; w ith appea ances. The ladies at traded them more than anything else. We have n< t seen such "flying around" atcly. It's not wonderful either that ihev "took on" when we consider how liandsotne and beautiful they were. Wilmington can very well boast of l er prety women Co! K< r*h ?w gave a very nthnsisVic peech. flattering "old U;p" *nd p aisii.g up the gals. Ho was reH om.ed to bv J uige Piersoti. Captain Ihchnr Jho'i ? as cal'ed on and we though' nade a 1 eiter speech than nnv gentleman hat spoke, others of North Carolina i poke. We left Wilmington at 5 o'clock, p. nr. irnved a? Petersburg the next day for litiner, We were received at Petersburg rery much in the sstne manner as Wiluington, only nroe hospilablv, for we ad a splvitdul dinner at one of their r<e?i hoieh. i li?-ra wn< n great deal of 'fl>ing around" dene here t<?o. Kory inhii tried to hub who coii *1 j??*t the great ast number of loom la. Judging from lho way sumo of our men talk, Peters burg will have to fornisli wives for a good many of tlieni. We uiarclied through lie city about 3 o'clock to the other denot where we got abord for Richmond. We re idled the latter city about six, /clock, when we were escorted, amid tlio lieers of thousands, who were on the treeti. and at their windows, to the Alint louse, win re we wore quartered and till reumiti. We received orders l.owevr, to d v, to bo ready to-morrow to oarch to the trotting course where the lalaiice of our Regiment is stationed.? )ur fare will sorter do. The weather is old aiul di?agreeable ; several of our nen have been sick. Smne are now, b it lone have been serious as yet. Standing [uard in the cold night air is very bad in the in. Where our destiny is, or what vill transpire in the war department you mow as much ha we do. Hut I have ilready been too lengthy, so I w ill c'ose. Hoping that I may see you Hgaii: soon, remain your obedient servant SUKOEON. WAR DECLARED ! PI . i * i? As - luc ivci oi congress 111 Full. >N ACT II..IOUNUINU 1UK RXMTKNCK OF WAIl BkTWkKN TilK UN1TKD HTATk.8 AND lilt CUNFKDKKA1R 8TATKH, AND CON' Cfe.HM.VO LkTIKM OF VtAKQL'K, PKIZtS A.VU FKIZK OUI 11)8. Wkere<nt The earnest efforts made by Ida Government to establish friendly re ilioiin between the Government of the Jlilted Stales and the Confederate Stales, >d to settle all questions of dim., rem iieul between the L?u Governments upn principles ot ri;/hf, justice, equity ami ood Intlu, have proved unavailing, by eason ol ilia retusa! of the Government I the Uoiled Sla.ea to hold any inter ouise wnh the Commissioner* appointed y tins Government for the purpose* ton so:d, or to listen to any proposa hey had to make for the peaceful solul ion of all causes of ditli ultit heiweeu he two government ; ;.nd, iphtrean, tho 'resident of the United Slates ol America a? i^ued his l'roelamaiion, making le uisilion upon the SleiM of the Ameri' an Union foi 76,000 men, fur the pur iose ?s there.n indicat.d of capiuriug .rts, mD I other strt ugliolds within the jrisdlcnon of, and be ougmg lo, the Ionic-derate States of A me tea, and has ela..ed na?*l ariiiaiuenia upon the avis of the Coi.fvdeiate Stales o' Lmenca, and raised, organism) and quipped a large military forte lo e*e- I uie the purpost aloresaid, and has issued is other Proclamation, announcing ins { >urpus j to set on loot a blockade of the ons of the Canfedersie Slates ; and thrreai, the State of Virginia has sece eu from tho Federal Union and *oter?d no a con v en mod of aliisnce, offensive ud defensive, with the Confederate tales, ai.d hat adopted the Provleiooal loiietitution of the said States, and the tates of Maryland, Nortu Carolina, Ten esaee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Missouri ' ave * ?te I, sii.l it is ehevml ihst (he I ?ale ol l>e!*?a?* and the iubahitanU of | ie Territories of Arisoua and New Mexi< j J, and ike Indian Territory south of 1 ' . 1 Kansas, will refuse lo co-operate witli { the Government of tbe United States in ; tbese acts of hostilities and wanton aggression, wbicb are plainly interned to I overawe, oppress, aud finally subjugate j the people of lire Confederate States ; and whereas, by tbe acts and means ) aforesaid war exists between tbe Corded1 I ?_ i ~ u....? I -t - - i rT.nu oiBii-i nuu me vroverninerit t>l lilt | United States, and the Slates, hihI Terri I lories thereof, except the SlHtes of Mary j land, Nonli Carolina, T<iun<w?e?, K-u j lucky, Arkansup, Missouri, and IVIaware, | and the Territories of Arizona, and New Mexico, and the Indian Terr'lory south | of K iusas : Therefore, Skction 1. The Congress of the Con federate Stater of America do enact. Thai tite President of the Confederate Slates ia | hereby authorized to use the whole land ( and naval force of the Confederate States I to meet the war thus commenced, and to | isstio to private armed vessels com mis ' siotia, or letters of marque and general I reprisal, in such form as lie shall think j proper, under the seal of the Confedeiatc Slates, against the vessels, goods and effects of the Government of the United States, and of the citizens or inhabitants of the Stales and Territories thereof, except the States and Teriitories hereinbefore named. Provided, however, that I property of the enemy (unless it he conI t'ahand ofwai) laden on hoard a neutral I vessel, shall n-u he subject to seizure under this Act; .!?</ provided further, that | vessels ol the cit zens or inhabitants of the j United States now in the ports, of the ' Confederate Slates, except such as have I....... e.t- ? - - - . aiutc iiiv ohi 01 cipru ihsi, ur niHV ! hereafter l'e, in the service of llie Govern j meul of tin United States, alt all l>e allow ' ed thirty days alter the publication of this j Act t j leave said porta and reach ilteir ' destination ; and such vessel* and their cargos, excepting articles contralintid of ' war, alia'l not be subject to capture under ; this Act, during said period, unless they shall have previously reached llio dcMiI nation for which they were bound on leaving said porta. Skc 2. I'hat tlte President of the Con1 fedeiale States shal> be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke and annul, at pleasure, all letters ot marque and reprisal which lie may at any lime | grant pursuant to this Act. Skc. 3. That all persons applying foi letters of marque and reprisal, pursuant to this Act, shall state in writing die came, and a suitable description of lite lounge and force of the vessel, and the name and place of tesidence of etch owner j concerned therein, and the intended tiuiiv her of the cr? w ; which statement shall be signed by the person or persons im?k ing stub application, and fied with the Secretary of State, or shall he delivered to any other ollieer <r person who shall be einp'oyed to deliver out such connnis. sioitn, to he l>y him transmitted to the Secretary of State. Skc. 4. That before any commission or 1 letters of marque ami reprisal shall lie j issued as aforesaid, the owner or owners ; of the ship or vessel for which the same ! shall be requested, and the commander | thereof foi the time being, shall give bond to the Confederate Stums wiiti ? l??i iwo responsib'e auretiea, n?'t interested In ! such vessel, in the penal sum of five lliou sand dollars ; or if such vessel be provi j deil with none than one hundred and tif ty men. then in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ; with condition thai the owners, officers and crew, who shall he employed on board such commission e l vessel, shall and will obscrvc the laws of the Confederate Slates, and tlio instruc tions which shall be given litem according to law, for the regulation of their conduct; and will satisfy all damages and injuries which shall be done or commuted contrn rv to the tenor thereof, by such vessel, during h r commis-don, and to deliver up (be same when revoked by the President of the Confederale States. Skc, 5' That all caj teres and prizes of vessels and property shall be forfeited, and shall accrue to the owners, othcers and crews of the vessels by whom such captures and pri/ea shad he ma le ; at d on due condemnation had, shall be dia tributed according to any written agree nent which shall he made between them; and if there be no such written agree ' ineui, then one inoiety to the owners, and j crew, as nearly as inay be according to tbe rules prescribed for the distribution , of prize money, by tbe laws of the Con ' federate StnUis. I Kl al1 ?eMcl?, poods and cfI feels, t^^roperty of any citizen of llie Confederate Stales, or of persons resident within and under the protection of the Confederate Slates, or of peraons perms net i ly within the territories, and under the protection of any foreign prince, gov eminent, or State amity with thn Cooled i erate Stales, which shall have been cap' lured by the United States, and which shall be recaptured by vessels commit j s >ned at aforesaid, shall be restored to ! the lawful owners, upon payment by tliern of a just and reasonable salvage, to he , deleruvned by the mutual agreement of , ibe parlies concerned, or by the decree of ! any court having jurisdiction, according | to the nature of each case, agreeably to the provisions established by iaw. And | such salvage shall be distributed among | the owners, offh-ers, and crews of ibe ves ae!? commissioned as aforesaid, and male ing such captures, according to any writ. ten agreement wliioh shall be made be- | tween them ; and in cam of no such agree i ment, then in the same meuner and upon the principles hereinbefore provided in cam of capture. 8sc. 7. That before breaking bulk of any vessel which shall be captured as i Aforesaid, or otbev disposal or convsrskMD ! th?r?of, or of aay article* which hall t* 0 found on board the same, such captured vessels, goods or effects, shall l-e brought into some port of lire Confederate Stales, i or of a nation or State in amity with the i | Confederate States, and shall be proceeded against before a compaleut tribunal ; i ' and aflel condemnation and forfeiture 1 thereof, shall belong to the owners, ofli? cers, and crew of the vessel capturing the same, and be distributed as before provi* i ded ; and in the case of all captured tes> j seta, goods and edicts, which shall be , | hiought within the jurisdiction of the i Confederate States, the District Courts of i i the Confederate States shall have exclu ' sive, original cognizance thereof, as in --i? . ...... ui MuiinrHiuy and maritime . 'jurisdiction ; and tbo said courts, or the i j courts, being courts of the Confederate States, into which such causes shall be i ! removed, and in which they shall be fii J nal'y decided, shall and may decree resI tilution, in whole or in part, when the ; capture shall have been made without , I just cause. And if made without proba i l ble cause, may order and decree damage# and costs to the party injured, lor which the owners and commanders of the ves , | sels making such captures, and also the ; vessels shall he liable. Sue. 8. That all persons found on | board any captured vessels, or on board | any recaptured vessel, shall be repotted i to the Collector of the port in the Con' | federate Stales, in which they shall fir.-t j arrive, and shall be delivered into the j custody of the Marshal of tlie District, or ! some court or military officer of the Conj ederate States, or of any State in or near suet) port, w lio ?lnill take cliferge of their j safe keeping and support, Hi the expense of the Confederate Suite*. Sue. 0. That the President of the Con' federate States is hereby authorized to | establish and older suitable instructions ' I ft.r the belter governing and directing I the conduct of the vessels so cottiu.isj sione.l tlifir oflicers and ciews, copies of j which shall he deliveied, by the collector 1 of the customs, to the comnnnder*, when they shall give botul as before provided. I Sac. 10 That a bounty shall be paid i by the Confederate Slates of fc-li for each person on board any armed ship or i vessel, belonging to die United Slates, at i the commencement of an engagement, which shall be burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel commissioned as aforesaid, , ! which shall be of equal or inferior force, i ike same to be divided as in other cases I of prize money ? and a bounty ol $25 shall be paid to the owners, officers and crews of the private armed vessels, com missioned as aforesftd, for each and every prisoner by them captured and brought into port, and delivered to an agent au* thorized to receive them, in any port of the Confederate Slates ; and the Secreta- I ry of die Treasury -s hereby authoiizcd 1 i to pay or cause to be paid to the owners, i officers and crews of such private armed ; | vessels, commissioned a? aforesaid, or j I their agent, bounties herein provided. Sue. 11. lliat the Commanding Officer of every vessel having a commission, or | let lei a of marque and reprisal, during the pieseut hostilities betwatn tl e Confederate Stales and the United States, shall keep a regular journal, containing a true j and exact account of his daily proceed- i ings and transactions with such vessel ; and the crew theieof ; the ports and pia ces he shall put into, or cast anchor in ; ! die time of b's stay there, and the cause thereof; the prizes be shall take, and the i , nature and probable value the.eof ; the j I i - ' _ i I 111 icn mm j iJttes, nuen una where taken, I nn J in what in Hit nor lie shall dispose J the snnie ; the ships or vessels he shall fall ia with ; the times and places, when and w here ho shall meet wiih them, and < his ob ervatiois and remarks thereon ; h1?o, of whatever else shall occur to him, or any of his officers or marines, or be discovered by examination or o inference ' with any tnniioes or passengers of, or in any o'her slops or vesse s, or l>y any oth er means, touching the fleets, vessels and forces of the United fttatos ; their posts and pi cos of station and destination, strength, numbers, intents and designs : and such commanding officer shall, inn mediately on his arrival in any port of the Confederate Siat^ from or during ilie continuance of any voyage or cruise, produce his commission lor such vessel, and deliver up such journal so kupt as aforesaid, signed with his proper name and handwriting, to the collector or oiher chief officer of the customs at or nearest to such port ; the truth of which journal | shall he verified by the oath of the commanding officer for the time being, and uch collector or other chief officer of the customs shall, immediately on the arrival of such vessel, order the proper officer of the customs 10 go on board and take an account of the officers and men, the number and nature of the guns, and whatever eleo shall occur to him on ex< animation, tnateiial to be known ; and no such ve>sel shall be permitted to sail oul of port again until su<h journal shall have been deiiveied up, and a certificate obtained under the hand of audi codec lor or other chief officer of the customs, that she is manned aud armed according to her commission ; and upon delivery of such certifiale, any former certificate of a like nature which shall have been ob ta n?d by the commander of such vessel, shall be delivered up. 810. 12. That the commanders of vesi sets having Letters of Marque and Reprisal, as aforesaid, neglecting to keep a 1 journal aforesaid, or wilfully making fraudulent entries therein, or obli'erating the record of any material transactions 1 therein, where the interest of the Corded1 J erate States is concerned, or refusing to produce and deliver such journal commie | eioo or eerlificale, pursuant to the prece* j r vii?k ?i ib* Ml, IBM ftftd IU iuch ' L- . IVMl eWh* ; ?* ,vy :f :: . ' cases, the commissions or letters of marque , co ami reprisal of such vessels shall be liable j G< to be revoked ; and such commander, re- ; to spectively, shall forfeit for every such of? j pit i fence the sum of $1000, one moiety thete- de of to the use of the Confederate States, th and the other to the informer. 1 eri Skc. 13. That the owners or commam th ders of vessels having letters of marque ; jhj | and reprisal as aforesaid, who shall vio . th ! late any of the acts of Congress for the j ' collection of the revenue *?f tlie Confede- | th 1 rate States, and for the prevention of i pc ! smuggling, shall forfeit the commission or i in j lelteis of marque and reprisal, and tbey | it. H?d the vessels owned or commanded by j pi ' them shall be liabto to all the penalties < at and forfeitures attaching to merchant vcb- ' wl > scls in like cases. j an Skc. 14. That on all goods, wares and j op merchandise captured and made good | Gi and lawful prizxr of war, by any private j th i armed ship having commission or letters | vi ! of marque and reprisal un?Kr this act, I ? ! and brought into the Confederate States, I there sIihII ho allowed a deduction of 33 th 1 3 per cenh on tlie amount of duties im 1 p; posed by law. | p< Skc. 15. That five per centum on the th - - - | net amount Rafter deducting all charges th and expenditures) of the prizs money di ' arising from captured vessels and cnrgos, th and on the net amount of the salvage of w vessels and cargos recaptured by the pri vate armed vessels of the Confederate er I States, shall be secured and paid over to m die Collector or other cbief officer of the in, ' customs, at the port or place in llie Con- iti federate States at which such captured lis or recaptured vessels may arrive, or to D ! the consul or other public agent of the ta ' Confederate States, residing at the port tr< j ?>r place, riot within the Confederate ca States, at which such captured or recap- dii lured vessel may arrive. And the money# tei aiising therefrom shall he held and are to hereby pledged bv the Government of the ei| Confederate States as a fund for the sup- he I port and maintenance of the widows and er ! orphans of such persons as may he slain, j pc and for the support and maintenance of la ; such persons as may he wounded and dis- fu aided on hoard of the private armed ves, iat : sols commissioned as aforesaid, in any te j engagement with the enemy, to be as- j cc , signed and distributed in such manner as ai shall hereafter be provided by law. et Political Remarks. A< dv ,,n.m _ m Should tlie Government at Washington cu imagine itself capable of declaring war h? against the Confederate States; or, with- Ei out any formal war, eugage in hostilities, toi I under the pretence of enforcing its laws, ca j maintaining its military posts and gam* co sons, and retaking those winch are now ba in the possession of those States; how will Gc it conduct such war, or prosecute those git hostilities ? sol As a Government, it has no abundant So treasury ; nor has it any system of taxa- bh lion, which can replenish it, except by the ste imposition of duties on commerce. This fev Upends on the continuance of peace.? wh From whom will it borrow money ? Of the w hat does the boasted w ealth of the North Th and North west consist ? Whatever it be, Vo it is result of trade ; and is little else hut am a vastly extended credit ; dependent on a of Mute of established order throughout the is > whole sphere of that credit. Let the Gov th? eminent venture on a general interiuption if ? of the course of trade, ami shake the hah its ance of justice, anu that wealth, on which Lie it relies, will he arrayed against it. The J influence of ihe pernicious Union, which per it is proposed to re-establish and perpet- nej ua'e, has concentrated the wealth of vast am legions and multitudes of people in a few th: large cit es. In them it has increased em their natural tendency to unwholesome pei inequality, and fluctuation in the dislrihu pec tion of that wealth. The consequence is, i lid that there is no established class of the sue rich, who are connected by rank with the the Government; while the evil of a numer. ceo ous poor population, without loyalty to wi the Government or interest in its inatitui roi tior.s, is more glaring than in any other be civilized nation upoo the earth. L>* The wealthy have no other employment art for their accumulations, than trade, spec- the illations in public and private credits, and W wasteful extravagance. Will their marble ph and brown stone palances, and princely mi furniture, and pompous equipages ; their em French cooksry and profligacy, furnish Lil supplies for an armv ? A country is weal- ou thy when its capital is invested in produc- cri live labor, as is the case with the slaveholding States; but among the free States, du money, as it is called, is in antagonism no with labor The people, who produce, gl< accumulate very little; and they" have fal nothing to spare for patriotism. They are W kept from turbulence, in the employment is 1 furnished by tbe public and private works w I of extravagance ; which only gratify the 1 ha I > -i:? i ? U>? UI vmiM.v nuu tlinpiHJ, HtlCl H.e unpro- Cfl dv stive. Yet with nil this, what is the to hearted condition of the Urge cities, in im which the necessary means of war are to mi lie obtained from timid mammon, and its tin usurious speculations f They have noth sic ins redundant; and the povqfty, immor- Th nitty, ignorance and brutality of the mast, ph es, correspond with the profligacy, and by the earnest co-operation of the people, bo which it alone can produce, are nowhere {5'< to be found. th< The reason why they have ever advo* pei eated the consolidation of the Union, is tru because they have to few elements o! so- d*< cial consolidation iu their own Bute.? po There is a sad conviction among them1 abi selves, that their social order it dependent ho on the Federal Government. Vet the trs power of that Government has been con- th< temned among their people; ard within on (ho itpboro of thoir 0*1 oolf doepitod 8uto 1 [> Government*, thoir L?gioUlur?l bav?boon I wl ' ^ .1 [ ta J r v mpelled to set tbe laws of the Federal >veruinent at naught; in subservience '.be fanaticism of tke people. To obtain nee in Congress, that very spirit which ties its laws, has been pandered to, by eir parasite creatures?selfstyled leads. Such is the depraved condition of eir society, that its only hope is in tbe ?wer of a Government, whose authority ey have contemptuously disregarded. mose wealthy few, from wbom alone at Government can now look for sup?rl, are familiar with its corruption and efliciency. They neither honor nor trust -Let us dwell no longer on this sad cture. Tueir own people have placed the head of that Government, these to tiom the rich traders, aud stock jobbers, id paper money men of all sorts, were iposed ; and neither the people, nor the overnment, are their friends. From ese elements are we to look for that porous concentration, aud self-sacrifice, Inch war requires? So much for the money resources of lis boasted, boastful Union. The unhapy traitors at Washington, ana the pantired idolators of mammon, to whom tey look for succor, have already laid lese things to heart; and understand the sease now preying on their vitals, belter an we can, who only observes the out* ard symptoms. We have heard of the hordes of Northn and Northwestern fanaticism ; which ay be poured over the South. Supposg that spirit to be as featful as our polcians of the slump, and in Congress, ive been, for years, alarming us about. o we not know what all history has tight: that fanaticism mast bo first con. 11 - J 1 * jiieu, ana mastered, at home, before it ii ke formidable abroad t Its nature it sorganiz'ng. Its course is through instine discord, to anarchy; from anarchy despotism ; and from despotism to for;n war. This State sovereignties must i overturned, and their boundaries oblitated, before Mr. Lincoln can wield the iwer of their people, liis visionary and Ise theory of the Union must bo a paint 1 reality, before he can execute his sin* ter threats. There mu6t be years of rrific strife among them, before such a tnsuinmalion; and greater men than iy one, who has been insignificant rough, to secure the electoral votes for ie Presidency, in many years past, mutt :t in that fearful drama. The great Northwest, about which to uch rhetoric has been expended, is ocf pied by ttrangera to one another. They tve fled from tire recruiting service of irope. They have been, and are yet o busy, in clearing land, building log bins, pressing cider and cheese, raising rn and wheat, and making flour and con, and a numerous little progeny of rrman and Irish American hoys and 'Is, to be very eager about enlietiug at diers, or campaigning in the aultry uth. Puritanical fanaticism, ot tremng and pragmatic mammon, may bay el pike;, and preach sympathy for a r ruffians like John Brown ; but ence will the men come, to handle >t? v*?apon?, or rescue the desperate f a poor discharged laborers in New rk, and Boston, and Philadelphia, 1 throughout the manufacturing towns New England, will prefer to lake what tear at hand, from the rich they bate, in to ba their hireling Hessians ; even realth should not have refused to pour treasure into the military chest of Mr. icoln. lias the Northern rustic or city pau? ' any real sympathy for the Southern ;ro! Have not their friends been iong our people f I)o they not know tl the black man and woman is tbeir Miiy ! And do they not abhor, and socute those few unfortunate colored jple, who have, by adverse winds and es, been drifted among them ! Should :h a folly as an invasion be attempted, sy and their leaders will learn another sou about lh? Southern negro ; which I) he remembered as long as the hor* a of Indian warfare. The negros will our pioneers, our scouts, our spies.? irk nights, and swamps, and distances, i nothing to their instinctive sagacity, sir practiced feet, and hardy nurture, hat do they know or cars for false ilanthropy ? They depend on their ister, and will be as treacherous to his emits, es they are faithful to him. Mr. [icoln is welcome to all he can make t of the money, or the people of the irnbling Union. He, and his deluded followers, may inIge the hope, that he has the re* wned army and navy ; who has won iry under the ancient flag, which the se Union took from the banda of ashinglon, only to dishonor. Yea, there his last dependence. The Government tich, in all ita waste and profligacy, s ever been niggard'v mean to the offls and men under ita flag?straining, the Inst point of endurance, the senti* snt of honor, upon which the links of iliiary organization hang?now basely rns to them with its flattering delu* ns. '1 hey must not desert their poet. iey are not lawyers, or moral pbilo?oera, forsooth I They are only guided obedience to orders, and boaor ! Does nor demand from them implicit obe* ?nce to their cornrnanderdechief, ?ngh he pereoniflee the vilest of the opis ; though bo bo ignorant of tbo i? principle* of government, Of falsely nie* them, because they condemn bis I icy f Does honer require tbst they sll obey s chief who brinks his own nor ; wbo deserts them in their em . , j* unity; who disowns their conduct* >ngh in strict conformity to general ler* ; until be fads tbst their wise ie . proved by o? ineonsioUnt press; :r tick is governed by no prinsfpe of . v-- >..