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

Washington. Apr! IS. The fA.aw:ng
is the form VI the call made upon the re-
sp.csive State Governors for troops. issu.
ed through the War Department to-day:
i To Govcrner Hicks. Of Maryland =
Sir: Un,icr the act Of Congress callinG
cut the n,ilitia 10 execute the laws u lha
!, t'nios. suppress Instructions. repel invs.
siuns. &c approved Feb. 10Th. 1iSo. !
base i.,s honor 10 request your Excelieney
b. cause to l.. inme lately detailed from
,h- nlliii. Of y,ar State tn" qnota dcs'g-
hated IN tho table below. Z" serve o mi IN
iry or rifcmcm. for period VI three
months. unless snoner discharged.
Youi Exevllrncy viii please cosnmnn'-
cate 10 .,,e the time at or al out which your
quota will be expected at it, rendezvous.
~ it will bc met MS soon As practicable oS
an officer or officers. to muster IL INTO tnr
service and pay Of the L nit't states. a
the, same time the oath of fidelity to thu
United States viii be administered to every
iccr ani i...n. The n.ustering o.hccrs
will be instructed to receive no n'an under
the rank Of commissioned officer who Is IN
yra.s apparently over forty-ive. or under
eighteen, or who is not in PHI sical strength
and vignr. The quota for each State Is as
follows:
/ Maine. New hampshire, Vermont.
Rhode Island. Connecticut. Delaware,
/ Arkansa. Michigan. Wisc"nsin. iowa
and Minn"spta. each one regiment. sl
! Massachusetts,. North Carolina ami len
nesSee. two regiments each
! Pennsylvania, sixtesn rrglments.
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 that rarh regiment sha'
CONSIST. in tn. aggregate. officcrs and
men. Of seven hundred aud eighty
The total thus ~ be called out IL sew
cn,y-,hrse thousand. three hundred ans
n:u I, -,n- This remainder. to consti-
tute thc seventy live thousand under he
Presidents proclamation. will be comro.-
ed Of troops Of the District Of Cvlumbis
rEovIngxcR. April IL Governor
Spraguc has trndcre'l to the Government:
the service of The Artillery Of the Stat.
and one Thousand intsn'rv. aud offers to
accompany them himself.
BosToS. April l3.--The A!jutant Gen
eral'. office has been crowded this forenoon
oy the officers Of the State military tender
irg their commands 10 thu Governor. t.
b. by him offered u the ;-ncral Govern
mcnt. The mos, extreme war feeling il
aroused Governor Andrews i.a,cs Tor
! Washington this afternoon TO tender III"
aid Of tn" military t. TIL: Government.
NEW Yonk. April l3.--G"vernm"n'
has chartered III" steamers Finladclpbis
and Erricson, aud the former i. b,inc
rapidly filed with provision. and srn,
stores AND mnnit:"n. Of war. The latte,
il tt be- held ia reserve Tor an emergency.
! PmILAn.Lrui.. April l.; The war
feeling is rampant here. Though the peo.
! pie ar. generally incrc,lulous AS to tn
.ur:rnd..r of For, Sumter. Two reg
nents of thu Washinsro:: brigade met TO-
nigh, and declared themselves ready l..
march i'll 1--WE days to aid the G,ncral t;ov-
/ er,,'nent.
NV iosx. APRIL Il -Advice- from
Albany state that Governor aIorgan to
! morrow will issue a call for twenty-five
! thousand men. for the assistance o, the
Federal Government
! The half million appropriation bill for
the ,qui pmcnt If the militia # the STATE
finally PASSED the Legislature yesterday
! RrcHMaHp. April II. -Thsrc VA. srca.
rejoicing here las, nigh: among the Sc
cessionists. One hundred guns were fred
in honor Of the capture Of For. Snn.
ter
Confederate flags were displayed. with
| Examinations and h.usic
Governor Letrlcf wss scrcnaded, anG
made a non-c"n,uliltai speech. Tn.
str cts are crowded. and tie exeii. III
must be imagined. The Uniouists are
depressed, AMI mourning over the hunb.
lii z of the American flag.
RIcHMo>p. April II. A. M--Thc de.
monstrations Of rejoicing by the secession
lists continued till midnight in the way Of