St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-04-18

Washington. Apri! IS. The FLOWING
is the iorm Vi sLs cali made upon che ~.
spective State Governors for troops. issu-
ed thrangh the War Department to-day
/ To Governor Hicks. Of Maryland: IL
Sir: Unicr the act Of Congress calling
Gu, this militia 10 execute ths laws VI Tho
/. nioa, suppress instructions. repel inva-
sions. &c approved Feb 10th. 1895. ]
have tue honor to request your Exceiirnsy
b, GAUGE TO i@. i,nme lia,cly detailed from
H.: nllitia Of yaar State tn" qaota dcsig-
hated IN the table below. tn serve o mi m
try or riflcmcm. for p-rioj Vt three
months. unless sooner discharged.
] Yuai Execllrncy will please communi.
cate l., n,e the time ut or al out which your
quota will be expected II it, rendezvous.
rs it will BE- met Ms soon as practicable os
an officer or officers. t. muster 1t into the
service and paw Of the L nii.si states. '~ a.
the, same time the oath of fidelity to thc
United States viii be administered to every
..iiccr anl n...n. The mastering .osicers
! will be instructed to receive no naau under
the rank of commissioned officer who is II,
yeas apparently over forty-iye. or under
eighteen. or wh" is not in PHI sical strength
and vigor. The quota for each State Is as
follows:
Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont.
Rhode Island. Connecticut. delaware.
| Arkansas. Michigan. Wisc"nsin. Iowa
and Minn"s,ta. each one regiment. =1
Massachusetts,. North Carolina and Ten
nessee. two regiments each
i Pennsylvania. sixteen r"giments-t
New York. seventeen regiments.
Ohio. thirteen regiments.
New Jersey. Maryland. Kentucky and
Missouri. four regiments each.
Illinois and lnliana. Elk regiments
each.
Virginia, three regiments.
II il ordered th,t each regiment Alaf
CONSIST. in the aggregate. officers and
mcn. Of seven hundred aud eigh:y
The total thus to be called out is sew
cnty-thrse Thousand. three hundred nn.
nm y one. The remainder. to consti-
tute the seventy five Thousand under III,
! Presidents proclamation. will be comno--
cd of troops Of the District Of Cvlumbis
Providence. April IL -.-Govcrnor
Spraguc has t-ndcrei to tile tiovrrnmcn:
the service of the Artillery Of the Stat.
and one Thousand infsn'rv. aud offers to
| accompany thea, himself.
BosToS April l3.--The A.ju.ant Gen
erar. offic, has been crowded this forenoon
oy the officers Of the State military tender
i,g their commands 10 the Governor. t.
b. by him offered - the General Govern
mcnt. The mos, sx'r"mc war feeling i.
arnu-ed Governor Andrews i.a.es isr
Washington this afternoon to teudrr th.'
aid of III" military to TIL, Government.
NEw ionK. April l3.--ti"vsrnm"n'
has chartered III" steamers Philadcl pbis
aud Erricson, and the former i. being
rapidly filled with provisions and srm,
! stores and munitions of war. The latte,
in tt be- held ia reserve for an emergency.
PHILADELPHIA, April l.; The war
feeling in rampant here. though the pco.
pie are generally iucrelulous AS to tn
.ur'rnd,r of Fort Sumter Two reg
'nents of the Washingro" brigade met t.
nigh, and declared themselves ready l."
march in five days 10 aid the G,ncrai GOV
ernm"ns.
NV YoGx April Is -.Advce- from
Albany state that Govcrn"r Morgan to
, morrow will issue call for twenty-five
! Thousand men. for the assistance of The
Federal Government.
The half million appropriation bill for
the ,qui pmcnt If the militia # the STATE.
finally passed the I.cgisla, are yesterday
ErcHwaNp, April ll-Therc wa. srca:
rejoicing here last nigh: among the Sc
cessionists. One hundred guns were fred
in honor Of the capture Of Fort Snm-
ter.
Confederate flags were displayed. with
Examinations and n.,isic.
Governor Letches was scrcnadcd, anG
made n"n-c"n,ui,tal speech. Tn.
str cts are crowded. and tie exeii. IN n
must be imagined. The Unionisis are
depressed, AMI mourning over the hunb-
ling Of the American flag.
RIcHMo>p. April 1t. A. M--Thc de-
monstrations Of rejoicing by the Secession
lists continued till midnight. ia the way of
,lluuinations. bonires and fireworks
During the evening party assembled TO
the roof Of the Capitol aud hois,ed tn.
Ss,th-rn flag On the flagstaff: 1t wss
subsequently, reIHoved BY the guard.
MOyrGoxERY, April l3.-presidsn,