The Morning Post of Wednesday published from a corre- spondent
a brief sketch of the precautions taken by the North to starve out the Confederacy in the American Civil War. In his declaration proclaiming a blockade of the South Lincoln said "For this purpose a competent force will be posted so as to prevent entrance and exit of vessels from the ports aforesaid. If, therefore, with a view to violate such blockade, a vessel shall approach, or shall attempt to leave, either of the said porta, she will be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port for such proceedings against her and her cargo, as prize, as may be deemed advisable. And I hereby pro- claim and declare that if any person, under the pretended authority of the said States, or under any other pretence, shall molest a vessel of the United States, or the persona or cargo on board of her, such person will be held amenable to the laws of the United States for the prevention and punishment of piracy."
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