Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-14
BY THE GOVERNOR or VIRGINIA.

! PROCLAMATION.
The Sovereignty Of the Commonwealth Of Virginia
having been denied her territorial rights ass lied her
soil threatened with invasion by the authorities at Wash
ngtou and every ar.io employed which could iittme
the people toe No.lcrn States and msTeprcseut Gus
purposes AID wishes il become III solemn duty OF every
citizen OF Obi. State 20 prepare for the Impending con-
Il e. Those sreprc, MIA IONS have been carried 10
such an exeut that foreigners end naturazed ctlz
who but ew wears ago were denounced by the North
and deprived of essential rghts have been indeed
TO enlist into regiments, for the purpose OF invading this
Safe which then UutcGtyd those rights aud eatctuGly
resisted oucroaehmens which threatened their destruc-
lion. Against such pcLo7 aud against force which
the Goverueut Washu gon, relying upon It's numeri-
cal strength is rapidly concentrating, It becomes The
State Of Virginia 10 prepare proper sa'eguard' 10 Tins
end and for these purposes and with determination TO
rspe invasion l. ions LlTcHsR Governor OF the Com
mous ealth of Virginia By authority Of the Convention,
do hereby auhoriz, the commanding General OF TIE
military fore. oil this State call out, and to cause TO
be mustered into the service Of Virginia, from tim TO
time as the public cIiseuy may require, such additional
number of volunteers he may deem necessary.
To facilitate this call the annexed schedule viii indi-
cate the places OF rcud,zycus at which the companies
called for vii! assemble upon receiving orders for service
- Given under my hand, Governor, ard un-
{, - } der the seal Of the Commonwealth, at Rich
H. - moaj, this third dly OF MAY, ls6l aud IN the
- s5.h year Of the Commonwealth
JOHN LETCHER.
BY the Governor;
GEORGE W. 8rN5oED,
Secretary Of TIE Commonwealth.
SCHEDULE.
The following places OF r,nd zsog7 are des grated as
the points a, which companies called from the annexed
counties will assemble
To rend, zyous at uARTER'S FERRY, the counties Of
Berkeley Clarke, Frederick J,lH5on, Morgan, lamp
shire Hardy, Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Rockingham
Al SPAUNTON the counties Of Pen0eton, Augusta,
II Usrr1. t.AG 4fH Kgf
orisr Allegheny.
At ALEXANDRIA, the counties Of Fairfax, LoutOun,
Prince William ard Alexandra CITY.
At WARRENTON, q county OF Fluquer.
AtCULPEPER g. H., the counties OF Rlppahannock
Madison Greene. 0rarG &c.
At GORDONSVlLLE the counties of Albema'e, Mel
son, Amherst
A. LYNCHBURG, the counties Of Campbell Bedford
Roanoke, Botetout, Craig, Giles, Mercer, Ta=ewell
Wise Buchanan, McDOsel Smythe, Wythe, Puaskl
Montgomery Carroll FLOYD, Patrick, Henry, Franklin
AtABINGDON, the counties of Washington, Russell
A. PREpERICKSBURG, the counties of ShHlrd,
Sposy wanna Caroline and the town of FRI, deIicksbug
At KING GEORGE C. H., the counties Of King
George, Wesmorelnd.
NGIOUCESTER POINT, the counties of Gloucester,
AT WEST POINT, the counties of King William, New
Kent
Al NORFOLK. the counties of Princess Anne, Nor
| folk Nansemond Southampton 1resnesVlle, ana the
cities OF Petersburg and Norfolk
At sNITHFIELD, the counties of Isle OF Wight Sur
| ~ and Sussex.
| At PErERSBURG the counties of Prince George,
Chesterfield and Dnwdde.
BUFFALO. ttnain County, the counties of Ma
s-n, Jackson and Putnsm
! tBARgOURSVILLE, CdieH County, the counties Of
| Cabell, Wayne and Logan.
At CHARLESTON the counties OF KanaWhl, Boone
Wyoming R,lcigh Fayette, NcholIs, and Clay.
| At PARKERSBURG the counties of Wood, Writ,
Roane, Calhoun, Glmer, Richie, Peasants, and Dodd
| ridge.
At MOUHDSvILLE the counties of Tyler, Wetzel
Marshal, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock.
At GRAFTON the counties Of Broxton LeWia, Harr
son. Monorg ALA, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Tucker Ma
rion, Randolph, Preston.
At RICHMOND the counties of Ptsyvania, Halifax
Charlotte Mcckenburg. Brunswick, Gayson, Noltoway
Prince Edward, AppomauoX, Buckingham Louisa
Hanover Goochliud, Powbatan, Cumberland, Henrico
Amelia Fluvanna, and the City OF Richmond.
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