March 15, 1861; The Charleston Mercury
We have received from the Department of State of the Confederate States an official notification that THE CHARLESTON MERCURY has been designated as a proper paper for the publication of the Acts of Congress. Our readers may therefore, look to our advertising columns for the full and official copies of these important documents.
We may add that until recently the Acts of the Congress of the United States were published by authority in THE MERCURY. Notwithstanding the new relations which South Carolina had assumed towards the Federal Government, we received, a few weeks ago, the usual request to print, as advertisements, the Acts passed by the last Congress. But having grave doubts of the solvency of the Abolitionized Government, and feeling assured that the Acts in question would be utterly devoid of interest to our readers throughout the Confederates States, we have not entertained the offer.