The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-05-09

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4 member n ihe Confederate slaies
Goyffnmeht to-day during q session
~ two hours Her members we're
worn IN, and participated IN The dia.
olssiopi aud votes On questions No
othcr business made public
Yesterday, Curry, Of Ala, pre-
sontod . bill fixing Che time of the
election Of Representatives 10 Con.
gress, also providing for the election
II President and Vice President IN.
der the permanent Constitution Re.
ferrcd 10 Judiciary Committee
An act was passed recognizing the
existence II war with the United
States, aud concerning letters II
mnrquc aud rcprisal The preamble
%rccilcs the acts Of Lincoln and his
proclamation, and that II Is necessary
for the Confederate States to accept
q war thus commenced by him. Tho
act authorizes the granting Of letters
Of marque and reprisal on certaln
conditions. A proyiso announces the
doctrine that free ships make free
goods, and 80 days are allowed Fcdc-
raj vessels, now ut ports Of the Con.
Tolerate StaNes for purposes Of lawful
commerce, TO return TO their homes.
Five per cent prize money is reserved
a. q fund for the widows and orphans
of those killed on private araed YES
sells, and for the support Of the
wounded.
WASHINGTON, May Sixty thou
sand stand Of arms in the Navy yard
here.
The New York Posts special cor.
responder; says the Government, has
been rendered q quarter Of II million
Of men from west Of the Allegheny
mountains.
:. An arrival Of specie from the north
! has made money easier here. NJ
further difficulty is anticipated from
lack Of funds. The forces Mt the Re
lap House are reinforced. The Wa
. Department has telegraphed to thu
Governor of Massachusetts that M
additional troops are wanted unless
!, they enlist for three years.
The Secretary of War has directed
the opening the military route he
: tween Washington and Philadelphia
: via Annapolis, with two trains daily
l. The Government has declined nc
" ccpting more than ono regiment o
three months volunteers from Mich
gan.
l. NEW YoRK. May 7.-Brieadici
General Rugglcs is chartered a
y Fredericksburg. Cooke is to tax
y position in front of Washington. !
u connection with the commanding oil
y Ger at IIarpcr's Ferry, and thus I
:! confer and defend the Potomac bordC
against Northern invasion. Cock
u denies that the Capitol has ever bee
y threatened BY the Confederate Stat,
c' but hal they threaten to open WI
If the soil or grave Of Washington !
az polluted by the tread Of single aru
!" cd Northern man
Eight companies Of sappers an
miners have been mustered into So
Ell vice here. New York and Philadc
y. phia have been made military depot
u The Government has accepted v
III
" rious yachts, to be armed for q
Is revenue service.
nc ST. Louis, May Gen. Eros,
70 company Of Missouri volunteer milit
ue are encamped here.
The Missouri Senate is in open 9,
lae sion. The House in secret sessio
rs Nothing transpirc1.
So The Cairo correspondent. Of {
o, st. Louis Republican says FIVE b.
Old teries are planted on the Ohio a,
"a. Mississippi rivers. fully commando
"a. both. Large bodies Of infantry 3,
L. tain all the batteries. Colonel W
as kliHe, Of Kentucky, positively assur
Die Col. Prentiss that no hostile prcpal
tons toward Illinois are being ma
'oh near Cairo.
Several hundred troops are
,ha camped at Corinth, Miss, neal I
ION junction Of the Mobile and Ohio a
ION Charleston railroads.
! oa' Camp Jackson. near St. Lou
: contains one thousand two hundr
men, and will be augmented BY +,
arrival Of tie Southwest cxrcditi
company.
|. ALBANY, May John A. I