New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-03-16
P RIVAT E E r IN G.
We clip the following, in which there is a goo
deal of truth, from the New York Herald OF the 81

| We clip the following in which there is good
deal of truth from the New York Herald OF the 9Th
instant:
NORTHERN SHIPS AND CREWS FOR SOUTHERN
PRIV ATEERIEG.-Som time ago tie New Orleans
Crescent advocated the issuing of letters of marque
and reprisal against Northern ocean and other com
merce, and the matter has been discussed in the
Congress of the Southern Confederacy. Ithas been
suggested that proper vessels for this service can
not easily be obtained; but that difficulty, it ap-
pears. can be remedied very easily, number of
Northern ship owners having offered to furnish
vessels, armaments and crews gratis - sailing
papers only being required. In other words there
are to be found men in the Northern States who
will in view of the money to be made out of Il Q
operation engage in the destruction of their neigh
bors ships and the confscation Of their goods. At
the first view this seems grossly improbable; but
when we reflect that for many years slave ships
have been fitted out almost exclusively from North
ern ports it is not altogether unlikely that the Abo
lition9ts w0uld go step farther and turn penny
Or two by plunderng honest traders on the sea.
The Crescent was the first Journal in the South
to suggest the issuing of letters of marque and re-
prisal against Northern commerce on the seas, and
advocated the measure only in the event that our
Abolition enemies became wicked enough to aug
ment the frghtfu list of enormities of which they
were already guilty, by adding the awful crime of
wantony, causelessly waging fratricidal war. If
the ''matter has been discussed in the Congress of
the Southern Confederaey,' the public have not
been authoritativey advised of the result. We
shouldn't be surprised if it had been SO discussed.
We shouldn't be astonished if the " documents u
were all ready for delivery. when properly applied
for few blanks only remaining to be filled up.
There is no difficulty in obtaining vessels suita-
BILE for pryateering-no trouble in getting officers
and crews to man them-no Expense is involved in
the premises. All that is wanted TO set some hun
dreds of privateersmen anoat, which can outsai
the swiftest steamship with fair wind, carrying
from one to six heavy guns, is the proper sailing
papers which President Davis, his Secretary of
War, and their subordinates, can issue at days
notice. With toeraby accurate knowledge Of
what is going on, and deliberately weighing all the
circumstances, we conclude that, at the lowest es-
innate, seven hundred and fifty swift sailing,
staunch, substantial vessels fully equipped carry
ing on an average four mighty guns apiece, can be
put afioat in four months to wage war upon North
ern commerce, blockade Northern ports, cripple
Northern strength, and destroy Northern property.
We are sure that two hundred can be obtained
in a very, Uefy few days-and they will come from
the especial home of mock philanthropy and false
religion, in Yankee land, This, however, is not
our affair. If they answer our purposes and do
not transcend their commissions and lawful and
positive orders that will be given them, we shall
not trouble ourselves to enquire further
We do not care about saying more on this topic,
at this time; bnt assure the editor of the Her
aid that his reflections at the close of his article
are hundred fold warranted by actual circum-
stances.