, 1865-01-04
PMOCI.ANIAT THOt ESK JET.
PERSON DAVIS.
The Cauada Raiders RccognfZed-Tht
CoufedtI0tes 0re ReSponstble foF tilt
Ra11,


(Frcm the Richmond Dispatch, December 81
By authority oftAe Confederate States Of +instrt-
WHEREAS. It has been male known to me that
Bennett g. Eur]ey. I'D acting MASTER N tnc navy o.
1hc conieds1ate states is nov onaer = nrsest IN ons
application made hy the government OF the gn'tsd
Sites ior delivery to that government OF said
Bennett &. Eur1cy, under The treaty EnoWn Is & the
cd States and Great Britain; and,
WHEREAS. 1t has been represented 70 mo that
sad demand, Tor the ex1adltion OF eald Bennet
fugitive from justice, accused OF having commit
Cd crimes Of robbery and piracy In the jurisdiction
Of the Un:ted States and,
WuEnEAs. It has further been made known to me
thut accusations and charges made against said
Btunett u. Burley, arc nased solely on rue acts
and conduct Of sad Burley Ia an enterprise or e1-
tember last, ISL, for tic capture q The st:amsr
Mfclirar, an ufned veesel Of the United States,
navigating: t.e lakes on The boundary line bctween
the United states and sald British norm amerl-
citizens OF the Confederate States held ~ prison,
cri OF war by the United States nj Certain 1sl1nd
called Johnfon's Island and, ,,.,-
WHEREAS. Said enterprise, or expetnuon, 1os
the cALtute Of Eald armed steamer. mlcnl9an, ana
for the release Of said prisoners gu Johnson,s Is
lald, was aproper and lcsllma!e oeniGSfenI opsf-
tween tho TWO confedefacies, known respectively
as the Confederate tales Of America and the Uait-
ed States OF America, and Whaco operation WAS OF.
dercd directed, and sustained ~ m antnof1t5 o.
| the government Of the Confederate suites, anu
| col1ded to its commissioned oa1ccEs for e1eca-
| ton, among which oitcc1s Ii said bennett u.
Now, therefore, l. Jct1esaon Davis, President OF
the Confederate States Of America, do hereby de-
clare and MIKE known oall whom 1t may concern,
| that the expedition Aforesaid, undertaken In the
| month OF September last, lor the capture q the
| armed steamer Michigan, vessel Of the United
| States, and for the release Of the prisoners OF
war, citizens Of tho Confederate States OF Amerl-
ca, held captive by the United States OF America,
| at Johnson's Island, was bclligerent expedition,
| ordered and undertaken under aut- ority o1 me
Confederate Suites OF America against the United
| States OF .America; and the government or the
| Confederate States Of America ASSUMES the re.
sponsibility Of answering lor he acts and conduct
OF any Of It's officers engaged IN said eSpGditon,
aud especially OF the said Bennett q. Burlcy, IN
| octirg mastcr IN the nsyy Of the Confederate
States. And do, thervbre, make know1 to all
whom 1t may concern thst In orders aud in2trnc-
lions e1ven to the officers engaged IN eo1d e1psdt
| tion, they were especially directed and enjoinel
10 abstain from violating any Of the laws and rc
rulations Of the CanadiaE and British authorities
In relation to neutrality, and that the comonason
necessary to effect the purpose Of said expedition
| must be made by Confederate soldiers and such
assistance Is they might draw from the
enemy'6 country. In testimony whereof, have
eign.d this manifesto, and directed tho same u
Statc Of the Confederate States Of America
and to he made public. Done At the city Of Rich
| mond on this Tstn!y-fonrth day OF December,
eighteen hundred and Exty-fo4r.
| fSicued1 JErrEnsoS laws, President.
| ]. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary Of State.