Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-25
THE WAR Mnvp,-C-

Military aud naval movements, all in5;o..,
BILE civil war, are progressing with great Da e,
over the country. o''"' ScAvlgl
THE RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR Vo1rxr
c NENT OF THE TROOPS AlPlr
A letter from Washington says that oeo..,.
ton has been received by the President 80 I
appears that New FORK will have fy tbor Um SlS
arms by the lst of June, Pennsylvania fora A
Ohio thirtyfv thousand, and Indiana iIr aGaa
Massachusetts each about twenty-five thonsona4 s G
other States in proportion. The GovernorS az a. G
sin, Vermont and Connecticut have made aTo, "Tt
sponses in addition to Others. ~'OaOs&
The employment of this immense force will
mainly upon the course the border slo "+ Vp&&
will pursue IN reference to the secession issue
tiers are situated now, it is the intention Of 1E
ment to use the seventy-fve thousand men csI Sy
service, together with the regular army formrn Sa @
gregate of about one hundred thousand men o. EN-
First-A corps ddrmee of thirty-fve ,bmaN r.I.'
will be collected In and about Washington o H. III
pose of defending the seat of government, urotact.
military posts, controlling the Potomac and Cbaa:
bay. and keeping open the communication betve5 ~
North and the capital Washington will serve ~ '
point d'oppui while its line of operations will ern3
along the left bank of the right shore Of the bsv
SecOnd-A second corps, twenty-five thorsan c-,.
will be formed in and about st. Louis. norton :
will be employed in protecting the Union men end (.
eral property in that State from the violence NJ w.
sion sympathisers, and the rest in holding Cairo n
junction of the Ohio and Mississippi the most mc,-,
strategical point in the West.
Third-Of the remaining forty thousand. 6ve INN
sand are expected to be thrown into Western Teyv
form nucleus around which the Unionsts Of tbstSa
will gather.
Fourth-Twenty-fve thousand will be ampov4 Il,
demonstration for relief of Fort PickenS, and The,
capture of the other Notifications about Pensacola
Fitth-Ten thousand men will be kept towering
steam transports between Charleston and Savanna
worry the Southerners by necessiating the presence
large defensive force in both places and effect a
whenever opportunity shall offer.
The army operations will be seconded by ss
blockade of the mouths of the Mississippi and alt
Southern ports. Orders for a general blockade b
ont, reported already, been issued, but will dUlb5
ly be given as soon as the steam frigates now fro
will be ready for sea.
The MINOR EVENTS OF YEsrERDAY.-The Cmia
rate flag was displayed from the Custom House hot
and private residences. Eight stars being generally
number on the fag-one having been added froaV
ginis. The Custom-House was taken out of thehq
of the United States, and placed under guard ST
troops.
The hurryiug to and fro of military men gave The
| quite a martial aspect.
The steamships Yorktown and jamestown, lbea
ing to the Virginia and New York Steamship Co
pany,) have both been seized and put in chargeoT
ginia State troops. The Yorktown was seized atI
wharf in this city on Wednesday afternoon, just as
was about to depart for New York with largean)1
of merchandise. The jamestown was seized at g
Point, (sixty miles below Richmond) by troops vi
had been sent down in a steamer for that purpose 7
jamestown left New York Tuesday Afternoon and
understand, has on board, about $4,000 worth dr
nance and military stores for Virginia and other o1
ern States.
A marine vessel was also seized at City Pom, cali
the Arago, by detachment Of volunteers from XIII
mond. The steam tug, William Allison, also alra
the Richmond wharf last night, with the United oaa
surveying schooner "Mason" in tow, which bad Of
been levied upon.
These seizures have been made upon The lei talon.
we presume the vessels being owned chiefly N"-
ern men.
| We have no space for comment. In this Vti
great events the little incidents here named may @o
patched with Caesarian brevity.
We have not accompanied our Announcement o. !
great events Of this week with any detailed el'H-
commentary. For this, we are not without PFeG5II
The newspaper in which the '76 Declaration Oh la
pendence originally appeared, contained cOmHSl"
OF three lines upon that important State paper
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