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The Daily Dispatch: January 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Are the Yankees in possession of Montgomery ? (search)
Privateering.
The London Index has a long article on the "Confederate States Navy," in which it elaborately supports the resolution offered at the last session of Congress by Hon. E. M. Bruce, of Kentucky, for amending our law relating to privateering. --As the law now stands, any one applying for letters of marque and repris t of the world, from Cuba to China; and the commission so issued and held by this one man should protect every officer and seaman on board in case of capture," The Index supports the proposition at length, and with what appears to us cogent reasoning.
It observes that during the blockade the registering the vessel is an insuperabl it cannot be brought into port, and to receive payment therefore under suitable regulations. "
In relation to the regular navy of the Confederate States, the Index strongly maintains its necessity, and the capacity of the South, both in raw material and seamen, to build it up. It pays a warm tribute to the ingenuity displayed