Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-04-19

Bomjardmsnt. Of the Secretary Of
War calling for -4PPoTtiornen
-4rong The States.
WAsnIyGr4s, April l5.--There is informa-
tion that Bcauregnrd has been ordered to
Pensacola.
Gen. Scott proceeded to toe War Depart
ncnt to-day. and raised the flag. HencefUreh
that will be the headquarters of the Army.
The Postoiiirc Department has not yet dis
continued the Southern mails.
Three hundred volunteers were enrolled in
the Army to day Soldiers are distributed all
over the city.
Massachusetts quota of Militia were order
cd to-day. Adjutant- General Mcdowell has
been detailt4l to receive them.
Information has been received from Balti-
more that there will be great resistance TO the
passage Of Pennsylvania troops through Mary
land
Tie Cabinet has been in session all day
At noon all was quictt at Charleston.
All the Clerks in the Departments arc re-
quircd TO take the oath Of fidelity to the Union.
The excitement here this morning was not
50 great as yesterday, but there is a deep feel
ing. An attack on Pensacola is anticipated
haforc Tomorrow night.
CHARLESTON, April I4.-The steamer Nash
vile from New York, arrived here at o.
clock, oG Saturday morning
An eye witness of the firing on Friday
night says it Was terriFcaly grand, and reach
ed the climax at 10 O'Clock at night when the
sky was overcast by rain clouds.
The streets were tilled with people nearly all
night; also covering house tops, shipping and
every avaiIab!c place. Toward morning the
firing diminished. 4 few random shots only
we're 6red, and replied to only occasionally by
Sumter When the fire and smoke were first
seen from Sumter, it was supposed TO be only
i signal Ia tlir ships which were in the ofing
apparantly blockading the port as they re-
mained quietly nt anchor.
Every ono unxiucsly waited TO see what the
vessels would do, and fully expected the en-
gagement would become general.
! AT 10 a. M, Sumter was plainly seen to be
! on fire, the flames bursting through the roof:
! Of the houses within it, At this time Major
Anderson scarcely fired q shot, while bomb
shells and grape scattered like hail over him
and drove the soldiers undrr cover
| Thd iron battery at Cummings Point, only
l 500 yards from Sumter, kept up continu
Uus fire from It's riHrd caunon.
Shells from the mortars at Mt. Pleasant
battery were thrown with great precision
While Sumter was on ere Anderson was obi
ged to cease his cannonading. to direct all hi.
; efforts 10 put it out. Twice he succeeded, and
TO do this his men had to go outside The walls
and pass water through the port holes, being
! exposed 10 terrific fire. This MAS not rcSor.
ted to till the fort was on FIRE tor the third
time. After few moments he ordered then
in and shut the batteries, as the smoke va;
too thick to work them At noon the flames
burst from every part of it, and the destruc
tion was complete.
WAsHINGToN, April l4.-Efforis are still
making TO concentrate a formidable military
force in and around Washington, to be pre-
pared for all emergencies. Information con
tinucs to be received from private sources o
secret plots in Maryland and Virginia, having
in view the seizure Of the public properly an,
/ even the persons Of the highest officers of tn
! Government. Though these accounts are no
generally credited, they arc believed in offcia
quarters, hence the precautionary movements
! The reads and avenues leading TO Washington
are closely watched.
What tho Traitors will do il Per
mitted.
Official advices from Montgomery indicat
that the Confederate Congress, on rcasseu
bling, will at once declare WIT against tn
United States.
1t is believed that in the Act ofIlecIaFatio
distinction will be made between allie
friends and alien enemies, the former including
the Border States. and such citizens of th
North as oppose coercion Administration
All obligations TO this class are as much to b
respected as though IN times of peace.
WAsuIxGros, April l5.-The following
the form of the call on The respective Stat
Governors for troops, issued through the Wa
Department today
SIR: Under the act of Congress for cnllin
out. the militia to cXrcute the laws of UnioI
10 suppress insurtcction, to rcpel invasion. etc
approved February 2sth 1895, have th
i-honor tp request your Excelcncy TO cause t
he immediately deiatchcd from the militia {
+ your State The quota designated in the tabl
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period or three months, or sooner if discharge
Y ur Exccllency will please communicate I
az the time your q1 ha will be expected a
It's rendezvous. as il viii be met as soon a
possible hy All officer or officers TO muster
; into the service aud pay Of the United State
AT the pame time the oath of iJeliiy to III
United Sta cs viii be administered TO every o
icer and man The mastering officers will l.
instructed to receiver man under the rank
: commissioned officer who is in years apparent
" over fOrty-iye or under eighteen, OF who
: not in physical strength and vigor,
The quota to each State is as follows:
Maine, New Hampshire, Eerment, Rhot
Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Arkansa
Michigan, VI Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Oh
regiment cach.- Massachusetts, North Car
lima, Tennessee, two regiments each. Ne
York. seventeen regimcEis. Pcnn$ylvani
= sixteen regiments. Ohio, ihiricen regiment
New Jersey, Maryland. Kentucky, Missoui
: four regiments each. Indiana and Illinois s.
: regiments each. Virginia three regiments.
1t is ordered that each regiment shall cnl
gi*l on an age regatc of officers and men
. l ,1SO The total thus to be called nut is :;
J. 39l men. The remainder which 'cnnstitut
/ the 10000 men nhder the President proclaim
lion will he comppscd pf troops in the Distri
Of Columbia.
NEW Yonk. April Ia.-Thc Tims' Wa,
ington correspondent says the War Drpa
mcnt is busy calculating Tn quota Of trOo
. in each State.
: Scott is yet secretly ut work calculating t
r disposition Of the force. Several addition
companies Of rcgulars are ordered 10 Wa
y ington.
The Worlds Washington correspnnlrr
says deiatchmcnts Of cavalry are stationed o,
Il side the Capitol, and two volunteer compani
If are i'll the Capitol. one at the Post Office L
= partmcnt, aud Que at the Patent office
a, The present indicttions aIe that Sumter V
be retallen nj nil bayar,is