Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

account of the officers and the number and nature
the guns and whatever else shall him examna
material to be KNOWN and such vessel shall be per-
to sail out of port again until such journal shall have
been delivered up and certificate obtained under the hand
such collector or other chief officer of the customs that
che manned and armed according her commission
delivery of such certificate any former certificate of
like nature which shall have been obtained by the comman
der of such vessel shall be delivered up.
SEC H. That the commanders of having Letters
OF Marque and Reprisa aforesaid neglecting keep
journal aforesaid wlfuy making fraudulent entries
therein obterating the record of material
therein where the of Confederate States
concerned refusing to produce and deliver such Jour-
na commission certificate pursuant to the preceding
section OF this act then and in such the Letters
Marque and Reprisa of such vessels shall be liable to be
revoked and such commander respectively shall forfeit
to the use of the Confederate States and the other to the
former.
SEC. l3 That the commanders of vessels hav
ing letters of ma1que and repsal aforesaid, who shall
violate of The acts of Congress for the collection the
of the States and for the prevention
smuggling shall forfeit the commission letters of marque
and repra and they and the vessels owned commanded
by them shall be liable TO all the penalties and foreitues
attaching to merchant vessels, in like
SEC. II. That all goods and merchandise cap.
ured and made good and lawful prize of war; by any pr
armed ship having commission letters
reprsa under this act and brought into the Confederate
States there shall be allowed deduction of 3S Is per
on the amount of duties imposed by law.
SEC 10 That five per centum the net amount (afer
arising from captured vessels and cargos and the
amount of the salvage of vessels and cagos recapued
the private of the Conederse States shall be
secured and paid the Collector other chief officer
OF the customs at the port place in the Confederate
states at which such captured ecapured
rive to the consul other public agent of the Conder
se States residing at the port place. not within the Con-
edeae states at which such captured recapured vessel
may arrive And the arising therefrom shall be held
and hereby pledged bV the the Coneder
ate States as fund Tor the support and maintenance of the
widows and orphans of such be slain and
for the support and maintenance of such persons may
wounded and disabled board of the private armed vessels
commissioned as aforesaid, in engagem mt with the
enemy to be assigned and distributed in such as
shall hereafter be provided by law.
MILITARY LEADERS OF THE SoUTH-No one can
look around him upon the warlke and resoute faces
which ale seen at every step, without feeling that the
people of the South if properly ocered are invincihle
against world in arms But for the verv reason that
hers the most gallant and generous people in all the
world. people who covet death, and to whom soldiers
grave is more desirable than life of inglorious ease
the greatest should be taken that such rare and in
domitabe energies should not be sacrificed by incoul-
peent leadership and that the military organization
should be such to deveope the peculiar genius and in
dividua aptitude of every combaant in that manner
which is likely produce the greatest general efficiency
From the beginning of these troubles the State of
South Carolina has not only exhibited great political
sagacity, but has managed the details of her military
movements with consummate common sense and prac-
tcaby. Her first act TO call that veteran soldier
and noble gentleman, Gen. Walter Gwynn to her en-
gineering work and to place United States officers in
command of her forces. The officers of her militia with
modesy and patriotism that honorable their
Valor yielded gracefully to who had been trained
10 the school OF The consequence is that all the
military operations Of South Carolina including the
horbardmnnt of Sumter have been conducted with the
greatest efficiency, and, so far without the loss Of
single te And, upon this system the whole Southern
Government must act, if they would do Justice to the
brave enlisted in their cause and give that cause
the greatest efficiency It is we'll recolected, that in
the Mexican war the q. S. Government often COM
missoned mere politicians as Generals-men who I'd
never sent squadron in the field but who had under
them some merorOus regular officers who did the real
work. while these in the lions skin obtained the
glory. We have no doubt that the Northern Coned-
eracy will follow that example, and the South should
be prepared at once to take advantage of this cardinal
error which the egreg vanity and humbugging pro-
penses of political aspirans to make them
commit. Give as far possible, educated soldiers
at the head of our armleseducaed either n the =. S.
service in actual warare-so that the magnificent
courage and devotion of this great people may tell
the utmost, and never be sacrificed at the shrine of
tutored valor.
Another thing. In looking at the salwart frames
and resoute faces of the Southern troops, it is evident
glance that where they do not have sword bayonets
they ought to have boweknives nay, beautiful and
effective is a bowe-kne, that no matter what other
they have, whether they have any other at
all, every of the South ought to have bowie knife
In his little work the Bayonet Exercise" Capt
Cary quotes the Russian General Sowarrow, who used
to say: "The bullet is foolish the bayonet alone is
wise" The remark is applicable to that most
formidable of all weapons for close hug-the bowie
knife Nothing tests the metal of like the taste
of cold Steel Our enemies great at bullets at long
range but should be policy to avoid long taw and
bring them to that close hug which alone express
adequately the strength of broherly affection. In
the late with England it was the policy Of the
Northern commanders to avoid, much as possible
hand to hand conflicts with John Bull and to pound
him to pieces long range rather than trust themselves
within the reach of his powerful and vicious horns.-
This will be their game again, and game must be to
prevent their doing it, and to get them where
tear out their hearts with knives il we have no
better weapons, with our hands and teeth
7 he French, the most military people in the world
ought to be the model of the South. Let have none
of the starched ppecay arstocratc system of England
Let the door OF promotion to the highest station be
to the humbest private who proves his talent and
duct in the field Nearly all the great Generals of
NapoleOn came from the ranks.-R1ch. Dispatch.
TEXAS RANGERS FOR VIRGIN1A.-Major Ben. McCul-
loch arrived yesterday by the steamship Matagorda
direct from Austin where he had been tor several weeks
We understand it is his intention to tender the Govern
ment the services of regiment OF Texas Rangers to
protect the frontier of Virginia, provided there be any
fighting there.-N. Q. Picayune, 4th.
SUBMARINE MoRTAR.-An instrument of war which
the inventor calls submarine mortar has been con-
sructed by Jas. Nasmyth, of Patricrott England. 1t
is intended for destroying large ships OF The
thor of this Internal machine is well known to the scien
tfc world, and an illustration OF it can be in
volume page LIS, of the Scientific American Mr..
John Roy the architect at the Custom House, has
exhibited to US the drawings OF this machine He is
now negotiating with MIR. Hughes shipcarpenter OF
Algiers and Messrs. Leeds Co. of this city, for the
building OF one OF these submarine propeers by
of which be proposes to blow up all the ships that be
can reach.
The machine, as invented by Mr. Nasmyth, is moi
entirely under water 1t is built with its sides ten feet
thick, and is propelled by in the usual way Il
is armed with great brass mortar, capable of firing
only one shot. Mr.. Roy proposes to Armstrong
gun for the purpose, that he load at the
breach thus enabling him to fire often necessary
He also proposes to have submerged wheel to al
right angles the screw enable him to turn the
sci around 10 her own length also to have appliances