The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-18
LATEST NEWS.
I'ELEGRAMS.
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY.
COMMISSION OF PRIvATEERs

MONTGOMERY, April 1.-THE following procIama
tion has just been issued by President Davis:
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, President of th
United States, has, by proclamation, announced
| his intention of invading this Confederacy with ar
armed force, for the purpose Of capturing its for
tresses, and thereby subjugatng its independence
and subjecting the free people thereof to the do
minion of foreign Power;
| II Whereas, 1t has thus become the duty of this
| Government to repel the threatened invasion, and
defend the rights and liberties of the people by al
| the means which the laws of nations and usage OF
| civilized warfare place at its disposal;
Now, therefore, /, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President OF
the Confederate States of America, do issue this
my proclamation, inviting all those who may desire
by service in private armed vessels on the high
seas, to aid this Government in resisting wan
ton and wicked aggression, to make application
for commissions or letters of marque and reprisal,
to be issued under seal of these Confederate States
And l do further notify all persons applying for
letters of marque to make the statement in writing
giving the name and suitable description of char
acer tonnage and force of vessel and place of
idence of each owner concerned therein, and the
intended number of crew, and to sign such state
ment, and deliver the same to the Secretary of
State or Collector of the Port of Entry Of these
Confederated States, to be by him transmitted to
the Secretary of State.
And do further notify all applicants aforesaid,
that before any commission or letter of marque is
issued to any vessel, the owner or owners thereof,
and the commander for the time being, be required
to give bond to the Confederate States, with at
least two responsible suretes, not interested in
such vessels, in the penal sum OF five thousand dol
lars, or if such vessel be provided with more than
$50 men, then in the penal of ten thousand
dollars, with the condition that the owners officers
and crew who shall be employed on board of such
commissioned vessels, shall observe the laws of
these Confederate States, and the instructions Civ
en- them for the regulation of their conduct that
shall satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenor
thereofby such vessel during her commission, and
delivery up of the same when revoked by the Pres
ident of the Confederate States.
And do further specially enoin all persons
holding office, civil and military, under authority
of the Confederate States, that they be vigilant
and Jealous in the discharge of the duties incident
thereto. And do moreover solemnly exhort the
good people of the Conederated States as they love
the country, as they prize the blessing of free gov
ernmeat as they feel the wrongs Of the past,
and those now threatened in an aggra-
waited form by those whose enmity is the
more implacable because unprovoked,
that they exert themselves in preserving order, in
and efficiency of the laws, and in supporting and
invigorating all the measures which may be adopt
ed for the common defence, and by which, under
the blessing of Divine Providence, we may hope
for speedy, Just and honorable peace.
In testimony whereof have hereunto affixed the
seal of the Confederacy, this 18th day of April,
1861.
(Signed.) JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Robert Toombs, Secretary of State
MISSOURI WILL NOT FURNISH A MAN
FOR LINCOLN's CRUSADE AGAINST
THE SOUTH.
Sr. LOUIS, April 17.-Governor jackson replies
to Secretary Cameron that the requisition for
troops is illegal, unconstitutional, and revolution
ary, and the object inhuman and diabolical. Not
one man will Missouri furnish to carry on such an
unholy crusade.
VIRGINIA CONVENTION
RICHMOND, April II, 5 o'clock P. M.-The ordi
nance of secession has not been passed. The Con-
vention, however, is still in secret session. and moth
ing certain is known.
WASHINGTON, April 1S-1 o'clock, A. Mp to
this hour nothing definite or reliable has been re-
ceived here from Richmond in regard to the action
of tho Convention