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    THE PRESS.
tagaD DAILY, (SUNDAYS lAcurpgriw
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r or JOHN W. irOUNEY.
.161 NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
los SILT rasa,
„0v,,0r0 Past larrint, payable to the - Cartiet.
r go e t o Subscribers out of the City at six DOLLAILI
w as. FOUR DOLLARI FOIL EIGHT MONTRes
fIOI,IA/IS 1011 Slz alexyue—invasiably in ad
for the p lea o rdered.
Tits-WEEKLY PRESS.
00 4 to Butoori bora oat of the CRT at Tn*3Z
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pia AN ~..n advance.
[it :1 1 rtss
w sDNl:sus , y, JUNE 5. 1861
who' I n ag Song-
Br REV. J. S. WILLIS
tigers in the heart that does Lot leap
Wit wildest eostaoy,
wiles templed vale and towered ateep
AT e *renal in the hallowed three
o a ro ugh the lend, in zaptarou* glee,
Tao cherished ensign ;
AO, nigh:l.Hk*, from glen to AU,
Wakes loud the warrior's notes.
then, brothers, hail ! no heart shall
poetises atm shall yield,
In peace or war, while e'er a star,
Burns on the azure told.
oat hours ago the nation slept
ware in Wail of might ;
ger boom, calm as roseheattis, swept
BS the purple wing ot night;
vac aS tight the sleepers wake,
Aod, orapt In banners red,
f b e optinent, from gni( to take,
Reeks With tho soldiers' ftead.
Then, Wayne, bail!
'U.
Vat t ivara, on ishose betiding banks
Tbs patriot fathers sleep,
swan with the musts of the ranks
lost round their lushes weep.
S o luehanna's °lassie flood
Pouts war from every Till ;
AO battle bugles stir the blood
ihat slept on Bunker Hill
Then, bromers, hull! ins.
()Ilia awl the iluaeo. vie
To 'beet the impending rhock
Arid thuLdorg WWI
The a•mgs ut Natuult R.>„k
eontiootiout, on whore green mats
A tiuudikd a, Lille., einLita,
ftituted Ler solid Opal , I,xes ate:oFt
po j•its the Rib C
rue- , b u.a. re uo.
At whelk u'er placid bre .s:.
]be maddened whirlwinds dart.
Tha btlktklesyi. g ;i4rlt , itetr
Liok out. tnt.tr L •ry bear ;
tbo :u L e: tg. IL, :AA:ill
Hail up to wreak the free,
Vip'.l meet them at the oaknon's mouth
And tira rhail perm& tue tma
Then, brotaora, heti ! he
As *het , &.w" pilgrim Lefalese g+.15.1
Up Pitrret plpine crew),
And, a inu :MI in the siieut srose,
Toe ooditbene ovreepe down ;
no, when on Freedom Treason • Tomas.
Sha:l hidden tbuzd• ra 1111,VC;
And (Ulu ten .boossod Lo..tantuit. 4,ade
Pour .16EIPti the wrotb (1 Jove
them, brothers, • al:
:TAI mire lu evory vei.e
lhri.vgb toe Old Ke)cot.e's beret;
lee trenso en, on the WIWI of Maine,
The liwb:Fit fio!da of ft e Weat ;
.10,0 are xbe ill+ tho: treat
Where Tre-e. t I , Pe r.e Rub ;
Yet hands upon lb* whirlwind's head,
And halts around the storm.
Then, brothers, hail !
With " might and Tight," and God and wealth,
To aid las is the strife,
Despair not of the natiOU'lShealtly
Nor mourn the nation's file
Till palsy unites the patriot's band,
clr reason quits her thtone.
O'er all the aread , ll of .his broad hod
That flag shall float. alone.
tban, brothers, bail !
May Zt, 1881.
NOUS ON THE REBELLION.
F.IS'SPAPER FACTS AND OPINIOICS
FROM PENSACOLA.
Ile Pensacola eorrespobdent of the New Orleans
?v . :vote write; to that paper ender date of May
it follows
day or two since the immense dry &oh was
aim out of its position in the navy yard. and is
1011 Mooted in the stream. Tole movement minimal
great excitement among the enemy, who dtliibtlers
expected en army 'Anal to that at Xerxes in number,
ever nu Boole.: were tent up irom Fort Plok ens,
and other points on the island, as well as trout the
ayips, and a gapersl exchange of signals,. took
place The text day Major Brown himedt" came
over, with two boatloads of (Moen', under a deg
of trues, and no doubt made a formal demand as
to the object of moving so imposing a struoture as
the dry dock from the place where the United
States, on abandoning the yard, otiose to leave it.
Zio doubt Gan. Bragg replied to him that the dry
dock, as well as the 'Mere to which it Was moored,
belonged. de jure et de facto, to the it:matador - ate
States, and tact he WOUlti do what he pleased with
it' take a sail, if the weather was fair, up and
down the bay in it with his friends, or even pay a
visit to Santa Roes, which also belonged to the
Confederate States ; and if in doing BO he should
be in any way molested, he would be compelled to
tailgate his rights by force of arms. However
Ibis may be, Major Brown went back again the
tome morning, while the activity about the dry
dock contitmes as before the visit.
In conneotten with this I may mention that the
B•ooktyn, and Sabine, the flag-ship, have moved
ay some two or three miles, to nearly opposite the
navy yard. Whether this movement was mauled
by that of the dry dock, rellibillB to be seen it
was certainly with the object of taking a more
!tifratening ettltade tower& the navy yard.
The part these ships cf war at to play in the
grand drams reat-tina to be seen Except the two
zertioned, the reet.xc-pt one remain still at tteir
-Ad anchorage Oae maidenly disappeared yester
ity morning liar destination is not known
foey will probably attempt a diversion iron Port
?whets by s:ing upon the village of Warrington
sad the navy yard, which would both cf them thus
be shelled and let on Are
.111 FF DAVIS' FIRST LIMIF. IF RICHMOND.
"President" Davis' first levee at Richmond was
given on Thursday. The Ezaminer says: "The
tither,' of Richmond, of all classes, congregated to
tho Dumber of several thousands to pay their re
!peels to the President, and to have the pleasure
of obaking hands with him. There was no formal
introduction or courtly display. Many of the °Rt.
Clin3 Were itectlntalid with the distinguished man
►t the head of the Governmett, and they intro
duced those who were not acquainted with him_
The bearing of the President eud manner of recep
tion were dignified anti simple, eo that the hum
blest es well as the highest felt at ease. There
wog, evidently, a heartfelt respect for President
Doris, and a sense of gratification on wanes it/4
this, the first pnblio ceremony indicating Richmond
as the seat of Government It was interesting to
tee such a large assemblage of all classes, the rich,
beautiful, and fashionable mingling with those in
the humblest walks of life, and was illustrative of
oar it6titatioar. airs. George Wythe /Hanford, in
the absence of Mrs. Letober, stood by the aide of
the President to introduce ladies
1111EIL ?HOOPS OW TIM MISSISSIPPI
1116 °afro 01,,d1.1k, of May . 31, says
The rebel force at liaadoti t h numbers, by the es-
Lim ate of their own party on the groyne, about.
1,500 Tir.y have two thirty-two pounders and
one large howitzer. The breastworks which they
have erected are, we are assured, a mere ridge of
wed and saud, insufficient to afford any resistance
to a cannon ball, or to efrad the slightest pro
+tenon to the for c es behind them. The natural
Iteength of this position renders it, however,
admit place to attack from the river.
Although the rebels represent that they have
1,500 men, several persons who have been ashore
there aver that they eannot, from the appearance,
believe there are more than three or four hundred,
Lad these are said to be a dirty, drunken set.
The Arkansas troops lately stationed at the hits
Uteri and Arkansas State line, have removed to
the Tennessee side of the river,
and are at present
about 610 strong, and stationed about a mile below
Randolph.
AtFort Barris there are said to be about 700
Imps; they are lodged in a narrow shanty, about
lit° feet long.
There are coma alight mud works there, and our
informant, who was at the oamp very recently,
taitke that any descending force may expect a
nesgerlog blow at this point, for he saw numbers
of etuggeetog men in the camp.
At blemptiie the Street tall is that they have
abort 2 04:10, but r,o one can learn where they all
are. The largest estimate that we hear from a
scarce in which we can place any reliance's 1,000,
and this is deemed a large estimate.
JAMES' RIFIaID CANICON.
amoral dames, the proprietor of the celebrated
died cannon, proposed two weeks since to take
ane or more of his one-hundred-pound shot and
!hell instruments, and go down the Potomac and
Mews all the batteries that could be discovered
RI the Potomac or Chesapeake Bay, but the pro-
Villiou wile refused. The proposal was made
spin on Monday, and the Secretary of the Navy
I le 4 oPled General James' proposition, and the Ge.
tent ia in New York to carry out his pledgee. The
tv alrerpound rifled cannon is more properly for
tele service.
AFFAIRS .A.E101:12 CAIRO.
The Camp Register,
.of May 30 has the follow
::items :
he attempts to carry provisions and supplies
7 aPY route, North or krouth, on which Cairo is
'point, to the enemies of the Government, have
teased. Steamboat arrivals, outside of the Cairo
Baskets running to Columbus, Paducah, and
riassine, are few and far between, and ne float
o
clays. raft has attempted to pus Cairo for
.many
The South is now beginning to feel the effects of
their own game. The firing upon boats on the
I° Ver Mississippi, known to be freighted with
Provisimui and supplies for the Southern people, is
11441°°I n it. legitimate fruits. Those froths, bit.
raa they are, it seems, they mast taste. There
Is no alternative.
Wile large steamer .Lautsterna arrived from St.
t 7 l° Yesterday evening with one tlionund live
I:mated Federal troops, under the command of
Colonel Stunner. They immediately took POSW'
1;..°/ 1 or Bird's Point, and will hereafter occupy it.
These troops are hardy, stout men, and will fill the
`/portent duty they are assigned to well and faith-
They are prineipaily Germans well drilled,
etri an d ently determined to p ush conflict with
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Showing parts of the States of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina; and also the Coast Line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the Un
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?till PLAO-3TAPP OP StIMPTIII3
The following not* from General Btanregerd
was accompanied by a piece of the flag-staff of
Fort Sumpter, which be presented se a memorial
of the eaptara of that fortress to the volunteer bat
talion of Orleans Guards, of which General Bean
regard is a member :
RILADQUAZTIIRRI PROVIHIONAL ARV r Q 8.,
estaisassrea, S. C , May 22.1861.
DIAR kiLfon : I send yon, through Mr. T. K.
Wharton, a piece of the tag•stsff of Fort Sumpter,
which was rtraok nine times by the balls and miens
of our batteries, and Bristly came eown with the
flag attached to it. The piece sent you is Intended
as the staff of your battalion colors, and I have no
doubt that when thus honored, and Under the pro
tection of our gallant oomrades, it will meet with
better mow.
With the awn:smog's of my high consideration, I
remain, dear Major, yours very truly.
G. T. SiteuemituD,
Brigadier enteral Commanding
biel.:r Noma Augustin, commanding Orleans
Battalion, New Orleans.
TAX DIFINCNO or TIONABBBME
The Nu ills American of the 2SI tli ult. ha 3 tbe
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There are now' established cn the hilssissiprd one of those deeds of heroism has been performed,
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river five or sir batteries of heavy guns, if:lending which paints the pages of history in light, ! bring
mortars, columbiads, and thirty-two and twenty- bask the days of noble chivalry, and spread glory
four pounders, commanding the river from Mem- over the escutcheon of the Mother State. The deed
phis to the Kentucky line. These batteries are . of patriotism, performed iby Jackson, has stained,
' commanded by col. J P. McCown, formerly of the for the Bret time, the stars and bars' of the
United States artillery, now colonel of a corps of Confederate flag with blood—and that blood worthy
ten companies Tennessee artillery ( of a true Southern heart—the blood of a hero.
In addition to this. various field defences have Upon his own !mirth be fell, arms in hand, dealing
been established in West and Middle Tennessee, . death to the insulter of that flag—one man against
at the proper points, under the direction of expe- a thousand murderers. Be fell hewed to pieces by
riencad officers. the rabble horde. But hie spirit will live—will
About 15,000 troops are already concentrated in up'us the storm—and, like the hurricanes of
West Tennessee, under hisj)r General G. J. Pillow the South, will sweep from the uttermost shores of
as commander-in chief, with Brigadier Generals the Gulf to the rugged mountain peaks of the
Cheatham and Sneed. - North. It will soar over the field of bloody battle
to some, and shriek aloud for vengeance amid oar
- THU ASBASSIN JACKSON. age. It shall rush forth In the booming of every
The Charleston Mercury pays the following trl- 1
I ;annoy, and shall gleam in the flash of every
buts to the memory of the assaaeln Jukson I southern blade. And it will live, too, in times to
" War has commas:ma—the soli of Virginia has t come, when the smoke of battle shall have passed
Ibeen invaded and occupied by a ruffian horde ; and • away, and the memory of blood shall have almost
If we mistake not the stuff of whioh Southern men , bean forgotten. The name of Jackson shall be en
ere made, that blow has at hat bun struck which ?brined in the heart of Virginia, as the name of
shall peel, like the lightning of heaven, over the , Jasper in South Carolina, and reeorded upon the
vast forest, through the millions of burning hearts brightent pastes of her history. His death NS V 10•
at the South. Not so much that Virginia has been tort' won,
o an nit d ., :iis name should be - inscribed, in
outraged ; not so much that Alexandria has been monumental marble, by the side of 'Virginia's
overrun ; not that Hampton occupied ; bia tt
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,
„JUNE 5, 1861.
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TII TILOCKADI OP NEW ORLEANS.
We find the following in the New Orleans Delta
o f the 20th ult.:
The United States steamer Brooklyn, Captain
Poore, having notified the authorities at the Baline
that a strict blockade of the mouth of the river had
been ordered, and that he was on band to render
the blockade tiftotive, was boarded yesterday, un
der a flag of truce, by the captains of several Bri
tish and Preach vessels now on the bar, and Capt.
Poore was naked if he intended to prevent the de
partur• of the vessels then on the bar, belonging
to Eoglish and French owners, and loaded with
freight for foreign ports. Poore declared that he
abould oortainly prevent their departure, or seize
them if they attempted to run the blockade. As
their ships are all heavily loaded with valuable
cargoes, including 2 000 hogsheads of tobacco,
el:tipped by the French consul on account of the
French Government, and several hundred on to
' oonnt of Rothchild' and other foreign houses, such
a decision naturally produced considerable excite
ment in this city. The British and French consuls
took the matter In hand, and by telegraph dinged
Capt. Poore to understand that they would not
permit such nonsense, and that the British and
French squadrons would be here in a few days. to
protect the iotonota of their Govaramosta The
SEAT OF WAR,
lad news frign the Balize was that Poore had
backed down, and the ships are all going out.
?HZ TINITID 'MATHS SOLDINSB IN TZXAEI
The Jefferson (eastern Texas) Herald, of the
I7th ult., has the following items of war news :
The Paris Press has reliable information from
Col. Young, in command of the Texan expedition
to the forts in the Indian 'nations. On the 6th
ult., Col. Young was beyond Fort Arbuckle, which
had been evacuated, and was marching, with four
hundred men, in hot pursuit of the Federal troops,
who were then but twenty-five miles in advance.
ally, we
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e private h
that
t t t h e e r to p
an a ge g r e ti n e r
c a o n m i p n a th ny ia ,
which left for the forts last week, bad returned
home, after going ae far as Mount Vernon. The
intelligence at that point was that they would not
be wanted. The Jefferson Dead Shot Rangers
went on, however, declaring they would go to Col.
Young's camp, " not or no fight."
A gentleman who reached this city yuterday,
from Paris direct, says that the troops from that
place had returned, and report that Col. Young
had given up the pursuit of the Federal troops,
after taking six wagons loaded with stores and
provisions, and two cannon. The Federal troops,
to avoid a collision, left the wagons, after destroy
ing all the powder and arms, and being mounted
TWO CENTS.
.! !b .4, 4 1'
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ted States Blockading Fleet,
on better horses than Col. Young's men, bad es
caped him. Several Arkansas and Indian compa
nies were, however, in pursuit of them.
WANTED-HIVITEPHISII AND ECONOMY
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, hue addressed a letter
to the people of that State, in which he m akes the
fallowing suggestions :
" It 18 said our 011010108 exempt cotton from
blockade. Why? because they cannot do with
out it. I appeal to our planters, therefore, to re
fuse to ship a bag while the blockade lasts. This
will 8000 remove the blockade from our ports, end
the inane's in price will amply reward you for the
loss you may sustain mobile keeping your cotton on
band. I trust oar people Will bold public Met
ing, and petition the Government at Montgomery
to lay an absolute embargo upon cotton, permit
ting not one beg to pass out of the Confederate
States while the blockade is maintained. I ap
peal to our eapellerts to go to work vigorously and
prepare to manufacture snob actinism, as we most
need. I also appeal to our planters to redouble
their energies for the prodnotion of all supplies of
provisions necessary to support our people at home
and oar armies In the field. The prospect is most
flattering for an abuddeut wheat harvest. Let
each planter, ea soon as his wheat is cut,
break and plant a few more sores ofbis beet wheat
THE WEEKLY PREENS.
Tn WRItIY hiss will be seat Is nbsaibers 17
71111 Ow azania In ailvanoo.) at........---. 811.01
Throe Miele*, " .. Lao
Five " " " _ u.OO
Ten " " " , MOO
Twenty " " " (to one &Myer) 110.00
Twenty Coulee, or over (to address of
seat nbaoribor,) each— —— _ 1.1111
For a Club of Twenty-one or own., Ire will mend a
0 071.00P7 to the getter-up e the Club.
Mlir Postmasters are requested is sat to Agent. ter
Tie 'PrienLY Plies.
CALIFORNIA palms,
Lined throe times a Morin, in Was for the California
Steamers.
land In an darly kind of oorn. This would add
hundreds of thousands of bushels to the crop. Let
each also plant a large erop of peas and tartly',
and look dilipsntly to the culture of everything
that will sustain the life of man or beast, that we
may be entirely independent of all supplies from
abroad. Finally, I appeal to all, ladies and gentle
men,. to practice strict economy, dispense with
every unnecessary (imam and devote all to our
country lilt the battle is won and our in open
dance acknowledged by the oiviliasd nations ot the
earth."
The Late COI. Kell. y, of Virginia.
The Evening Bulletin, of this city, Lae the fol.
owing notice of the late Colonel Kelley :
Tie telegraphic despatellstmoonotrg the viotory
over the rebels at Philippi, Virginia, published
this =riling, was tempered With sorrow in this
community, for it also announced the death of the
gallant Colonel Benjamin F Kelley, of the First
Regiment of Union Volunteers of Virginia. Col.
Kelley was a native of Ohio county, Virginia, and
was born in the vicinity of Wheeling. At the time
of his decease his age was about efty..five years.
lie was well known and highly esteemed in Vir
ginia, in Ohie, and in.thle city, where, for the past
Ivo or six.years, he had held the position of agent
Of,thelialtimOre and Onloß,eilroact. For a num
ber of years be had been ()Moinel of a Virginia
militia regiment, and, on the breaking out of the
rebellion, he was palled to the command of a loyal
regiment lie received the first intimation by
-c.o. and left this city and hie position as
MU". test a fM llll4ir litilefliOlt U rAV Elt
.Irginia are nearly all Peoersionista.
On hiiarrival at Wheeling, Col. Kelley's regi
ment went into service at once, proceeding first to
Grafton and dispersing the rebels, and from therm°
marching all night to Philippi, in company with
Col. Crittenden's Indiana volunteers. dt•Philippi,
the rebels 2,000 strong, were surprised and routed,
with a lees of fifteen killed Tt was here that Col.
K. was mortally wounded, and his death took plaoe
soon after—probably yesterday morning.
The deoeased was a brother of the Hon. Judge
Kelley, of Erie, Pa. He married Miss Goshorn, of
Wheeling, and hie wife died some time slime lie
leaves six or seven children, one of whom Is a vo
lunteer in the ranks of the National Guards, ano
ther was-with him to Virginia, and the rest are
with bie 6roiber, s.t Erie file ret.utitHell In this
city, where he has bode of friends. muld not be
fairer, and we lest mbar in his death the loyal
°mein Virginia has lost ova of its strongest, most
.dAntormttd, and most petriotto tapporters.
From Western Virginia.
(From the Wheelies retell/tanner of Monday.]
The United States troops having occupied Graf
ton, the people that left there when the Secession
ists made their foray upon the town, are now re•
turning to their homes, with *nth* eotitittecice.
Oat of the 400 votes polled in Orafton precinct, It
will be remembered that there was only Ono vote
for secession, so that the rebels were in an enemy's
conntry. Jim Neilson, the Secessionist, when he
fled from Fait mont, went to Prenty town, is Marion
county He was there arrested by a lot of Union
men, beaded byJohn B. Burditt, a member of the
late Richmond and also of the late Wheeling Con
vention, who is as tine a friend of the Union and
as brave a roan as lives.
When the Beeemienlate left Grafton, a eampany
of cavalry stationed there Red to Pruntrown,
where they found Neeson under guard, and ins
m.diately ordered him released. They would, no
doubt, have made some •bostile demonstration
towards Borah*, who is meet sordially hated by
the whole mob, but that gentleman, not oaring to
risk hie safety against molt odds, very whet) , went
back to Grafton
At was generally understood at Grafton that the
United States troops whioh had started for that
Marie over the Northwestern Virginia Railroad
wauld, in consequence of the damage to the
bridges, return to Parkersburg, come to this eity
by steamer, and go out from here.
The Pay and reunion of Our Volun-
The following recapitulation afforda useful infor•
motion to volunteers and their families :
1, After being mastered into the service of the
United States, volunteers are entitled to pay the
same at regular troops.
2 If disabled by wounde.reetived in service, or
diFesze contracted in service, they are entitled to
an invalid pension daring life, or as long as the
dieabiliLy continues.
3 If any are killed or die in the service of the
United States, leaving a widow, she is entitled to
what pay was due her husband, and a pension. If
there is no widow, the child or children of ouch
volunteer are wattled to the pay, and 6 pens = 1112-
ill they are sixteen years of age.
4th It there is no widow or child under sixteen
years of age, the other heirs of decedent are enti
tled to the pay due the volunteer at the time of his
death—no pension. At this time neither the vol
unteers nor any heirs is entitled to land-warrants,
but there is no doubt an act of Congress will be
tressed early in July, granting one hundred and
rizty Mons to every volunteer who shall serve four
teen days. or engage iu battle, and be honorably
discharged—first to the widow, second to the child
ren' third to the mother, fourth to the father; and
if all of the foregoing heirs be - deed, filth the bro
lherw-eed,,cdsters or thosevelio may so rerve and
die without receiving a warrant, in like manner air
the volunteers who served in Mexico are now re
warded. Seamen and others who take prizes, mud
those performing meritorious feats, wile uudoribt
edly be rewarded with the fruits of their valor.
Those patriotic, men and women who suffer from
robbery in the slave States, under the name of
eonliswition, will almost certainly be , rewarded,
according to the goripture rule, fourfold from tho
property of the rebels—all ideate ooneseations be
ing wholly illegal—and mere organised piracy will
be punished, and Congress will undoubtedly„aese
a proper and effectoal act whereby the united
States clowns will take from the unfaithful and un
just ttersards what 'Property they may have, and
give it to the faithful and true servants.
sth. In addition to what the volunteers and
heirs are entitled to, and may become entitled to
f -Dm the United estates, the several States have
petted sod wilt pies matt:growing pay from the
tare Treasury.
The Shipment of Cotton.
The While ) liegismr publishes the act
passed by the Confederate Congress, on the 2ist of
May, pruhibtting the exportation of cotton, except
through the Southern ports It reads as fellows:
An Acv to prohibit the exportation of cotton from
the Confederate States, except through the sea
ports t I said Stater, and to punish persona of.
fending therein. •
allerioN 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact that, front and after the
Graz day of Jane next, and during the existence of
the b'ockade of say of the ports of the Confederate
States of America by the liovernment of the Ifni.
ted States, it shall not be lawful for any person to
export any raw cotton or cotton yarn front the
Confederate States of America, exoept through
the seaports of the said Confederate States; and
it shall be the duty of all the marshals end reve
nue officers of the said Confederate States to pre
vent all violations of Able ant.
81c. 2. If any person titian violate, or attempt
to violate or evade the provisions of the foregoing
motion, be shall forfeit the cotton or cotton yarn
thus attempted to be illegally exported, for tho use
el tke Confederate titates; and in addition thereto
ha shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and en 0011-
notion thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceed
ing tiro thousand dollars, or else imprisoned in
some public jail or penitentiary for a - period not
exceeding six months, at the discretion of the
court, after a conviction upon trial by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
dose 3 any person informing as to a violation,
or attempt to violate, the provisions of this act,
shall be entitled to one halt the proceeds of the
article forfeited by'reaeon of his information.
• • .
Mac. 4. Any justice of the peace, on information
under oath from any pereoo of a violation, or at
tempt to violate this set, may issue his warrant,
and eanse the cotton or cotton yarn specified in
the affidavit, to be seized and retained now an in
vestigation can be had before the Court of the Con
federate States
Esc. 5. Every steamboat or railroad Olt which
shall be need with the consent of the owner or per
son having the same iu charge, for the purpose of
ha, tcr ttlio Inuober
- to .ste—t.',o — or the Confederate States. But no
thing in this aot shall be so construed as to pro
hibit the exportation to Mexico, through its coter
minous frontier.
Congress, CB. May 2t, 1261.
I, J. J. Hooper, Secretary of the Congto.
the Confederate States of America, do hereby oer
tify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of an act To prohibit the exportation of cotton
from the Confederate States, exoept through the
seaports of said mates, soil to vosish persona of
fending therein," Which passed Congress, and wee
approved on the 21st day of May, ]B6l.
J. J. .HOOPZR, Secretary.
GENERAL WAR NEWS.
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About 1 o'clock on Sunday night suspicious per
eons were observed prowling about the depot of
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, in Alexan
dria, by the sentinels stationed at that point. The
latter fired upon them, and they fled. An investi
gation resulted in the discovery of a ear•load of
gun stocks in the rough, and two oases of superior
instruments for the manufacture of gun-loam
valued at several thousand dollars. These were
loaded upon a freight train, whiob had evidently
been made up to move South before the capture of
the city. The property was noised by order of
Col. Bermtselman.
It is supposed the prowlers who were fired upon
were Secession Mims, lurking about to ascertain
the position of this property, and, if possible, es
°Ufa it.
Information has been received in Washingttn
t h a t jar Devi/ bas issued a proclamation, at Rioh
the Federal troops to leave the
in it i t it o d r‘ "dru
"sacred ,
soil" of Virginia within ten day'.
The New Orleans Delta sap that two of its edi
tors, two reporters, two clerks, and ten from the
mechanical department of the paper have enlisted
in the rebel army.
Gen. David Twiggs, it is reported, Ilea been ap
pointed a brigadier general of the Confederate
army, and will make his headquarters in New
07101118.
A Mobile meolundo has invented a ilVoltrirt
bullet. He calls it the • propeller ba r ll," and
believes It will attain the rotary motion of a rifle
ball when projeoted from a smooth bore.
The Pensacola correspondent of the Mobile Ad.
utiliser data that several vessels, Inoluding three
from Apalsoltiooia, have been driven from there
within two or three days, by the blockading fl eet.
There are now about three thousand volunteers
i n d am p Curtin, all enlisted for three years, or
during the war. The companies will be formed
into regtmente this week.
T h e on eep at Anna, Illinois, is named Camp
Douglas, in honor of the late Senator ; and that at
Freeport, Camp Scott, after the old General.
Captain Doubleday boa left Fort Hamilton for
Chatabenl=ll the two companies of tha Fort
Sampler