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i ' 'TTth if " *" ? | ' ' \ - - - _ ___'' - 11ii ?*in?in' II THE YORK VILLI YtQYIRER. PUBLISHED ON TUESD AY AND PEIDAY. ' mUME7. YORKVILLE, S~ C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 14,1861. NUMBER 19.-3. ' Iifc BY GRIST & EAST, AT Two Dollars a year, in Advance. THREE COPIES, $5 25, 10 COPIES, $15 j And an Extra Copy to the person malting a Club of Ten?the tnonev to be paid in Advance. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at one Dollar per square for the first, and THIRTY-sevf.N-and-a-Halk Cents for each subsequent insertion (less than three months.) A Square consists of the Rpace occupied by 10 lines of this size type ; 100 words, or one inch space. No Advwtisement'considored less than a square. 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In order, then, that your career as soldiers may elicit the approbation of your friends and countrymen ; that your valor and heroism may be manifest, even to your enemies; that the favor and sanction of the God of battles may be guaranteed to you; that victory may perch upon your standard, and that impartial posterity may pay their homage at the shrine of your names and memories, you only need to exemplify the spirit of true soldiers. What that spirit is, it is the aim and province of Ia^a* frv A nil liiiS ICbtCl iv luutvabVi ?&uu uidii Ton should go forth with a firm trust in God and a consciousness of dependence upon Him for the issues. And here you scarcely need to be reminded that to do this aright, will require thatyou be upon terms of friendship with Him. Your familiarity with the word of God, and the religious training and culture thatyou have enjoyed, do doubtless assure you that the possession of a renewed heart?and faith in Christ and reconciliation through His atoning merit9, are necessary to an intelligent and consistent trust in God in the hour and perils of battle. That the results of the battle are in God's hand, is made too plain by the history of the wars recorded in the Bible to call for more than an intimation here. The instances are numerous, in whioh the fate of the battle was decided by the presence or absence of a feeling of reliance upon God. Whenever j the Divine favor accompanied the battling hosts of Israel, and confidence in God controlled the hearts of the warriors, success was theirs. What was true in ancient times may yet be realized, for God is unchangeable, and so, bears the very same relations to the incidents and issues of war, that He did in the age and days of the Bible warriors. Secondly : Another prerequisite for the good soldier is a respect for the laws of God. This is a legitimate inference from the former position. It is vain to expect the favor of Jehovah when no regard is paid to Ilis commands. As a God just and holy and jealous of His honor, He cannot be expected to smile upon him who disregards His authority. Here it is not designed to teach that God will allow no man j who does not love and obey His precepts j ever to meet with success in the day of I battle. This would be contradicted by facts potent on every hand. God, in His sovereignty, does sometimes allow the wicked to prosper for a time. But what is designed is to inculcate the fact, that the despisers or uoa 8 laws nave no rignt, ana no proper ground to expect the Divine blessing or favor to attend them. Hence, ray dear sirs, should you be regardless of the honor due God's commands, and should you array His frown and power against you, by unguarded and unlamented infractions of His law, you jeopardize your interests and thus far show a deficiency in the spirit of him who would meet aright the fortunes of war. Thirdly: There should also, be the disposition and habit of appealing to God for His aid. The fact that God should condescend to notice the condition of men, which as the God of Providence He does, (See 1 Sam. 14:45, and 2 Sam. 14 :11, and Mat. 10 :30), and that He has promised to succor the right and destroy the wrong, does but show the propriety of recognizing and appealing to Him for protection and aid in the direful extremity of the battle. This spirit has its appropriate illustrations in all those who have adorned the world's history as Christian heroes. Apart from the Bible examples, and to cite a case made more striking by its familiarity, see the father of his country always committing the cause of his r* i i 1 iL - T\! _ country to ijoa, ana impionng toe j-'iviuo interposition in its behalf. In view of the almost miraculous preservation of Washington, amidst all the dangers of a hundred (jelds of battle?the wonderful victories that marked his leadership, and that too, in a warfare burdened with so many unfavorable circumstances?the power and benefit of prayer are exhibited. The same appears in a thousand other instances, some of which will be hereafter mentioned; and the same is worthy of you, gentlemen, as a part of the spiritual armor, in which, as true soldiers, you should be clad. Fourthly: To all these it is requisite that there should be added a willingness to ascribe the honor and glory of success to God. Let not one iota be derogated or detracted from the importance of military discipline and skill, nor from the necessity of courage and generalship, and the employment of even circumstantial advantage. All these are component parts of a successful warfare.? But they are only means and instruments to be recognized as subservient to the hand and will of God. When His ruling power has made all human instrumentalities to combine to lead to victory, the honor must be given to Him. This is no minor point; for whilst on the one hand, at this day, human ambition and unparalleled advancement in the military art, and the undoubted valor of our soldiery, do furnish a temptation to glorify these, in their agency in battle; on the other hand, a failure to see God's hand and a subtraction from His agency, tend to provoke the most High, and invite His judgments against those who would rob Him of His dues. As a practical illustration of this whole spirit of a good soldier, as thus far depicted, the character and example of David are commended to you. For more than thirty years he was subjected to the burdens and perils of war; and during that time, every feature of his character must have been apparent. When you have studied that character, you will learn that the following is an outline of his experience and life. His heroism was derived from God. All his strength, his courage, his wisdom, his success, his superiority over other men, was in God. The deepest conviction of his heart, as well as the unenviable confession of his lips, was that he owed all he had ever done or attained, to God alone. He seems ever to have felt that whilst he was nothing without God, he could do all things with the help of God. Unlike the mighty conquerors of other lands, who trusted in the strength of their own swords, and in the pride of conscious genius boasted that destiny was their own, David trusted in the living God alone, and acknowledged Ilim as "teaching his hands to war and his fingers to fight." The spirit in which he went forth to meet the Philistine champion, Goliath, was the ruling principle of his life. Said he to the giant, "Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts," 1 Sam. 17 : 45. And besides this confidence in God and reliance upon Him, David was also noted for his attributing all the glory of his battles to God. David, then, was a model warrior in all things, and his brilliant achievements were proofs of what God, through the true soldier, can and will accomplish. What has been said might, perhaps suffice, but as there are some other traits that at least are an ornament, if not an essential part of a soldier's true spirit, a brief note is made of them. Let self-denial be designated. Placed under laws which are rigid, and in some respects despotic, you will need to deny your own will in order to obey those in lawful authority. A good soldier will not disobey the laws, unless they are in conflict with the laws of God. So too, the privations and sometimes absence of bodily comforts, incident to war and the camp, will call for your denying your appetites and desires. And as coneluding the catalogue of characteristics, you should also exhibit patience, perseverance, activity, geniality of spirit and inimicable courage, and christian morality in all things. Do all this and you will be a good soldier in the judgment of MENTOR. An Act Recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States; and concerning letters of marque, prize, and prize goods. Whereas the earnest efforts made by this Government to establish friendly relations between the Government of the United States and the Confederate States, and to settle all questions of disagreement between the two Governments upon principles of right, justice, equality and good iaitn, have proved unavailing, by reason of the refusal of the Government of theU. States to hold any intercourse with the Commissioners appointed by this Government for the purposes aforesaid, or to listen to any proposal they had to make for the peaceful solution of all causes of difficulty between the two Governments; and whereas the President of the United States of America has issued his proclamation making requisition upon the States of the American Union for 75,000 men, for the purpose, as therein indicated, of capturing forts and other strongholds within the jurisdiction of and belonging to the Confederate States of America, and has detailed naval armaments upon the coast of the Confederate States of America, and raised, organized and equipped a large militarv force to execute the purpose afore said, arid has issued bis other proclamation announcing his purpose to set on foot a blockade of the ports of the Confederate States; and whereas the State of Virginia has seceded from the Federal Union and entered into a convention of alliance, offensive and defensive, with the Confederate States, and has adopted the Provisional Constitution of the said States, and the States of Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri refused, nnd it. is hfiliered that the . w ~7 ? ? Slate of Delaware, and the inhabitants of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian Territory south of Kansas, will refuse to co-operate with the Government of the United States in these acts of hostilities and wanton aggression, which are plainly intended to overawe, oppress, and finally subjugate the people of the Confederate States; and whereas, by the acts and means aforesaid, war exists between the Confederate States and the Government of the United States, and the States and Territories thereof, except the States of Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Delaware, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian Territory south of Kansas : therefore, Sf,C. 1. The Confirm of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the t T->rnoir1ant of thn flnnforlarnfp Sfntan fa lioro. by authorized to use the whole land and naval. force of the Confederate States to meet the war thus commenced, and to issue to private armed vessels commissions or letters of mnrque and general reprisal in suoh forms as he shall think proper, under the seal of the Confederate States, against the vessels, goods, and effects of the government of the States and Territories thereof, except the States and Territories herein before named ; Povided, however, that property of the enemy (unless it be contraband of war) laden on board a neutral vessel shall not be subject of seizure under this Mvk/1 fVlof TTOCCpla U^l,, ?.,c? I of the citizens or inhabitants of the United States now in the ports of the Confederate States, such as have been since the 5th of April last, or may hereafter be in the service of the Government of the TJ. States, shall be allowed thirty days after the publication of this act, to leave said ports and reach their destination , and such vessels i and their cargoes, excepting articles contraband of war, shall not be subject to capture under this act during said period, un- j less they shall have previously reached the destination for which they were bound on leaving said ports. Sec. 2. That the President of the Confederate States shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke and annul, at pleasure, all letters of marque and reprisal which he may at any time grant pursuant to this act. Sec. 3. That all persons applying for letters of marque and reprisal, pursuant to this act, shall state in writing the name, and a suitable description of the tonnage j and force of the vessel, and the name and | place of residence of each owner concerned I therein, and the intended number of the crew; which statement shall be signed by the person or persons making such application, and filed with the Secretary of State, or shall be delivered to any other officer or person who shall be employed to deliver out such commissions, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of State. Sec. 4. That before any commission or letters or marque and reprisal shall be issued as aforesaid, the owner or owners of the ship or vessel for which the same shall bo requested, and the commander thereof for the time being, shall give bond to the Confederate States, with at least two responsible sureties, not interested in such vessel, ia the penal sum of five thousand dollars; or if such vessel be provided with more than one hundred and fifty men, then the penal sum of ten thousand dollars; with condition that the owners, officers and crew, who shall be employed on board such commissioned vessel, shall and will observe the laws of the Confederate States, and the instructions which shall be given them according to law, for the regulation of their conduct; and will satisfy all damages and injuries which shall be done or committed contrary to the tenor thereof, by such vesvessel, during her commission, and to deliver up the same when revoked by the President of tho Confederate States. Sec. 5. That all captures and prizes of vessels and property shall be forfeited and shall aocruc to the owners, officers and crews of the vessels by whom such captures and prizes shall be made; and on due condemnation had, shall be distributed according to any written agreement which I ?u?ii ;< oiiaii uu uiauc uctrruuu iuuuj y uuu 11 wiicii; be do such written agreement, then one moity to the owners, and the other moity to the officers and crew, as nearly as may be, according to the rules prescribed for the distribution of prize money, by the laws of the Confederate States. Skc. G. That all vessels, goods and effects, the property of any citizen of the Confederate States, or of persons resident j within and under the protection of the Confederate States, or of persons permanently within the territories, and under the protection of any foreign prince or government, or state in amity with the Confederate States, which shall have been captured by the United States, and which shall be re-captured by vessels commissioned as aforesaid, shall be restored to tho lawful owners, upou payment by them of a just and reasonable salvage, to bo determined by the mutual agreement of the parties concerned, or by a decree of any court having jurisdiction, according to the nature of each case, agreeably to the provisions established by law. And such salvage shall be distributed among the owners, officers and crews of the vessels commissioned as aforesaid, and making such captures, according to any written agreement which shall be made between them ; and in case of no such agreement, then in the same manner and upon the principles hereinbefore provided in case of capture. Sec. 7. That before breaking bulk of any vessel which shall be captured as aforesaid, or other disposal or conversion thereof, or of any articles which shall be found on board the same, such captured vessel, goods or effects, shall be brought into some port j of the Confederate States, or of a nation or state in nrnitv with the Confederate States. aud shall be proceeded against before a competent tribunal; and after condemnation and forfeiture thereof, shall belong to the owners, officers and crew of the vessel capturing the same, and be distributed as before provided; and in the case of all captured vessels, goods and effects, which shall be brought within the jurisdiction of the Confederate States, the District Courts of the Confederate States shall have exclusive original cognizance thereof, as in civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; aud the said courts, or the courts, being courts of the Confederate States, into which such causes shall be removed, and in which they shall be finally decided, shall and may decree restitution, in whole or in part, when the capture shail have been made without just cause. And if made without probable cause, may order and decree dam-1 ages and costs to the party injured, for which the owners and commanders of the vessels making such captures, and also the vessels, shall be liable. Sec. 8. That all persons found on board any captured vessels or on board any recaptured vessels, shall be reported to the COimuiur ui tuu puiu iu tuc vjuliicjuuiulc States, in which they sball first arrive, and shall be delivered into the custody of the marshal of the district, or some court 01 military officer of the Confederate States,'' or of any State in or near snch port, who shall take charge of their safe kecpiDg and support, at the expense of the Confederate States. Sec. 9. That the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to establish and order suitable instructions for , the better governing and directing the con duct of the vessels so commissioned, their officers and crews, copies of which shall be ' { ;, delivered, by the collector of the customs, . f- 5 to the oommanders, when they shall give iV- * bond, as boforc provided. ' .., ' Sec. 10. That a bounty shall be paid by tbe Confederate States of $20 for each per- ' i j j ~u:_ i ouu uu uuaru auy uruiuu ouip vt vcoaui, uc- j g longing to the United States, at the com- . vv\ mencement of an engagement, which shall be burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel commissioned as aforesaid, which shall be v of equal or inferior force, the same to be divided as in other cases of prize money? - . and a bounty of $25 shall be paid to the owners, officers and crews of the private ; ?' armed vessels, commissioned as aforesaid, for each and every prisoner by them captured and brought into port, and delivered to an agent authorized to receive them, in any port of the Confederate States; and the . Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay or cause to be paid to the ners, officors and crews of such private arm- / cd vessels, commissioned as aforesaid, or their agent, the*bounties herein provided. . 4 . Sec. 11. That the commanding offioer of every vessel having a commission, or letters of marque and reprisal, during the present hostilities between the Confederate States and the United States, shall keep a rega- { lar journal, containing a true and exact account of his daily proceedings and transactions with such vessel and crew thereof\ the ports and places be shall put into, or j , cast anchor in; the time of his stay there, aud the cause thereof; the prizes be shall' take, and the nature and probable value thereof; tbo times and places, when and? j where taken, and in what manner he shall! I fall in with ; the times and places, when.; ; and where, ho shall meet with them, apd . ; his observations and remarks thereon; also, ; of whatever else shall occur to him, or any* I of his officers or marines, or be discovered by examination or conference with 'any marines or passengers of, or in any other! ships or vessels, or by any other meanfyv , touching the fleets, vessels, and forces of! the United States ; their ports and places of station and destination, strength, nam-' j hers, intents and designs: and such com-., j inanding officer shall, immediately on bis' ! arrival in any port of the Confederate States, ! from or during the continuance of any voyg?/| age or crnisc, produce his commission for such vessel, aud deliver up such journal' so kept as aforesaid, signed with his proper >; name and hand-writing, to the collector or other chief officer of the customs at or near* est to such port; the truth of which journal shall be verified by the oath of the commanding officer for the time being, and . such collector or other chief officer of the , ?1 customs shall, immediately on tue arrival ot such vessel, order the proper officer of the customs to go on board ami take an account of the officers and men, the number and1 oature of the guns, and whatever else shall occur to bim on examination material to be known; and no such vessel shall be per*' mitted to sail out of port again until suoh journal shall have been delivered up, and a certificate obtained under the hand of suoh collector, or other chief officer of the one* - toms, that she is manned according to her commission; and upon delivery of sucb certificate, any former certificate of alikena-; ture which shall have been obtained by the commander of such vessel shall be delivered up. 10 fru_i iu. j .e ' olu. ??i. j.uai> tut; commanders 01 vessels having letters of marque and reprisal, as aforesaid, neglectiug to keep a journal as aforesaid, or willfully making fraudulent eutries thereio, or obliterating the re- ? cord of any material transactions therein, where the interest of the Confederate States is concerned, or refusing to produce and deliver such journal, commission, or certificate, pursuant to the preceding section of this act, then and in such cases, the commissions, or letters of marque and reprisal, of such vessels, shall he liable to be revoked ; and such commanders, respectively, ? shall torleit tor every such otieuce toe sum of 81,000, one moiety thereof to the use of the Confederate States, and the other to the informer. \ Sec. 10. That the owners or commanders of vessels having letters of marque and i reprisal as aforesaid, who shall violate any of the acts of Congress for the collection of the revenue of tho Confederate States, and ^for the prevention of smuggling, shall forfeit the commission, or letters of marque * and reprisal, and they, and the vessels owned or commanded by thorn, shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures attach- J iog to merchant vessels, in like cases. 1 Sec. 14. That on all goods, wares, and i merchandise captared, and made good and I lawful prize of war, by any private armed 1