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The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fire in Anne Arundel county, Md. (search)
uthorities scareely knew how to receive officers sailing under this novel flag, for though the British Government have recognized the existence of two belligerent Powers in the States, still, as far as we know, there has been as yet no recognition of the Confederate States as a sovereign Power. We believe that his Excellency declined to receive the officer sent on shore from the Sumter, except as a private gentleman, and the same course has been pursued by her British Majesty's corvette Cadmus, which arrived on Sunday. The Sumter came in here for coals. The opinion of the law officers of the crown having been taken, to the effect that these did not fall within the category of prohibited goods, the steamer got supplied. The officers and men have frequently been on shore, and numerous visits have been paid on board the Sumter by gentlemen of the town, and by them the courtesy and frank kindness of the officers is spoken of very highly. The Captain of the Sumter, the day af