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PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.

BY tbs President ofthe United States of America.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas existing exlgencies demand immedi.
ate and adequate measures for the protection of
the National Constitution and the preservation Of
the National Union, by the suppression of the in
surrectonary combinations now existing in
several states for opposing the laws of the Union
and oostruchng the execution thereof, to which
end military force In addition to that called
forth by my proclamation Of the fifteenth day Of
April, In the present year, appears to be indspen-
sably necessary:
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President
Of the United States and Commands. in-chief Of
the Army and Navy thereof, and of the Militia
OF the several States, when called into actual
service, do hereby call into the service Of the
United States fOrty-two thousand and thirty four
volunteers, to serve for the period Of three wears
unless sooner discharged, and to be mustered into
service as Infantry and cavalry. The proportions
Of each arm and the details Of enrolment and
organization will be made known through the
Department of War.
And also direct that the regular army Of the
United States be increased by the addition of
eight regiments of infantry, one regiment Of cav
airy, and one regiment Of artillery; making Alto
gether maximum aggregate increase Of twenty
two thousand seven hundred and fourteen off GERS
and enlisted men; the details Of which increase
will also be made known through the Depart
ment Of War.
And further direct the enlistment, for net less
than one or more than three years, Of eighteen
thousand seamen, in addition to the present force
for the naval service Of the United States. The
details Of the enlistment and organization will
be made known through the Department of the
Navy.
The call for volunteers hereby made, and the
direction for the increase Of the regular army and
for the enlistment Of seamen hereby given, to-
gether with the plan Of organization adopted for
the volunteer and for the regular forces hereby
authorized, will be submitted TO Congress as soon
assembled
In the meantime, earnestly invoke the co.
operation of all good citizens in the measures
hereby adopted for the effectual suppression of
unlawful violence, for the impartial enforcement
Of constitutional laws, and for the speediest posi-
BILE restoration Of peace and order and with these
Of happiness and prosperity throughout our
country.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set nv
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States
to be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this third day
OF May, In the year Of our Lord one thou
IL. 8. sand eight hundred and sixty-one and
OF the independence Of the United Safes
the e,ghty-tifth ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BY the President:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State
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MARYLAND LEGISLATuRE.

Friday In the House, thu bill to vest in the
Board Of Police Commissioners In Baltimore city
constable, under the 66th article of the code Of
public general laws relating to negroes and rfiu-
lattoes, was passed. .--.H
The committee on the judiciary reported unfa-
verably on the bill Of Mr.. Jacobs to prohibi free
negroes from returning to the State after leaving
1t, etc.
Mr.. Chaplain offered a minority report Both
bills were recommitted to the judiciary commit
tee.
A joint resolution appropriating SIS mileage,
In addition to the usual mileage, to each member
and officer Of both Houses from Baltimore city
and all the counties, excepting Washington and
Mr.. Maxwell reported bill to pay sundrv per-
sons the expenses Of summoning the Legislature
amounting to f925 which was discussed at length,
and referred to the committee on claims and
mileage.
The name OF Outerhridge Horsey was inserted
In the joint resolution appointing a commissioner
to Richmond, reported yesterday, and the resolu-
ton was passed unanimously
A bill providing for the qualification and install.
lation OF A. Lingan Jarret az Comptroller Of the
Treasury, was referred.
An order requesting the Governor to furnish the
House with copy Of his letter to which the letter
Of the Secretary Of War Of April 1, 1861 is reply
was adopted; and the House adjourned
SENATE.
Thuysdny.-In night session, the bill appoint
ing I" Board Of Public Safety" was taken up
ment that the Governor appoint one distinguished
person from each congressional district 10 consti-
tute the board, and spoke generally against the
bill.
Messrs McKaig and YeIlott advocated the bill,
and quoted the opinion Of the Court Of Appeals
In the case Of the Baltimore police bill In proof Of
Its consttUtionality.
Mr.. Goldsborough offered other amendments
upon which, and repeated motions to adjourn,
the yeas and nays were called The matter was
compounded finally bv permitting the bill to be
ordered 10 third reading, with the understand
Ing that il should he open to amendment on its
last reading, aud the Senate, at midnight, ad q.
jOurned.
Friday The Senate took under considerati on
the 4" Public-safety bill;'' and amendment
proposing an election on the 18th of June Of three
persons-cne from each GubeFnatcrial district
and another for six--one being from each Con-
gtessional district, In place of those persons
named In the bill, was voted down
be only amendment adopted was one substi-
trting the name OF John II B. Latrobe for that Of
Thomas Winans, who declined.
After some further discussion, the Senate ad-
journed.
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KENTUCKY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL-The Cairo
correspondent Of the Louisville Journal says that
the main points Of conversation betw.en Gen
Buckner, Senator Johnson, of Kentucky, and
Col Prentice, consists in additional guarantees
on the part OF Kentucky that Kentucky was de-
termined to maintain a neutral position. That
she would not allow Confederate troops to cross
her soil to invade Northern States nor countenance
the organization Of any portion of her citizens for
the purpose. In return she requires guarantee
on the part Of the authorities OF Illinois that the
territory Of Kentucky should suffer no invasion
from Illinois troops. The representatives of Ken
lucky protested against the blockade of the river
at this point, claiming that the Jurisdiction of
Kentucky extended to the Illinois shore Nothing
but munitions OF war under the present status
will be interfered with
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VI The Mobile Advertiser says: "a citizen of
Rhode Island writes from Prussia that he had lust
visited manufactory of arms, where there are
being manufactured So coo fes and 50 OOO swords
for the South. The order was received throup b a
leading Paris banker We trust that to bring
these arms safe home the Confederacy will secure
an armor plated ship of.war, If possble-that she
Will come to Us loaded to the scuppers with DOW
der and munitions. And being again loaded with
true Southern men, be sent out to desl destruction
among the insoient foe that infests our waters and
destroys our commerce. Let an agent with mil
lions at command 90 to Europe aud buy us a
ready made navy-a navy Of a few powerful ships
which will run off these hostile cruisers from our
coasts.
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IL The Governor Of Tennessee bas issued a.
message TO the Legislature Of that State in which
he recommends "the perfsctng Of an ordinance
by the General Assembly formally declaring the
independence of the State Of Tennessee Of the
Federal Union, renouncng its authority, and re-
assuming each and every function belonging TO
separate sovereignty; and that said ordinance,
when 1t shall have thus been perfected by the
Legislature, shall, at the earliest practicable time
De submitted to vote Of the people, to be by
them adopted or rejected -
should the Legislature doubt its power to pass
a secession ordinance, he recommends the imme.
diate call Of a sovereign convention. He further
suggests that after secession, the State join the
Southern Confederacy, provided majority of the
people, through the ballot box, so determine.
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COLLISION ON THE CHEsAPEAkE-The steamer
Baltimore, Capt. Colbert, from Havana for Balti-
more, was run into by the Qnaker City (iately
siderable extent, on the I'd inst fhe captain Of
tue Baltimore was ignorant Of the bloc kade and
the character Of the Quaker City, and was passin
oy without noticing her pennant, or hoisting the
required signal. The Baltimore was laden prin-
cipally with sugar.
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AFFAIRS AT HARPER,s FERRy-we gath

AFFAIRS AT HARPBR's FERRY.-we gather
the following in the Charlesiown Free Press:
Many Of the troops at Harper's Ferry have
changed their quarters to the heights Of the town
Many OF the private houses in Bolivar are now
used as quarters. The number OF troops stationed
at Harper's Ferry Is variousy estimated but range
from four to five thousand. All points are guarded,
and great vigilance Is observed
Col Jackson arrived at Harper's Ferry on Mon
day, and on Tuesday, In pursuance of law. super.
seded Gen. Harper. The latter received the thanks
OF the Governor for the able discharge Of his
duties.
The citizens OF Hardy county have made do
nation Of thirty beeves for the use of the troops
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Now AND THEN.-Some days ago, when the
Confederate journals were hopeful Of the success
OF the attemptto seduce Gen. Scott from his al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes he has so glori
ously defended, they congratulated themselves
upon " the accession Of a judgment so expert
enced, head so clear, a hand 30 powerful to the
councils and to the army Of the new Confeder-
acy Now that the hero of so many battle fields s
has Ind dignantly repulsed the dishonorable propo.
sails Of the Confederates they term him "a fussy
bodY.n "
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" The Madison owls Patriot of the 9th
Depot at st: Croix, Polk county, writes to Gov.
ernor Randall that he has at his command FIVE
hundred braves Of the Chippewa tribe, and he
oners his own and their services In the conflict
with the South. He has lived among the Chip
pewas for twenty years, and wishes to serve in
the cause Of the Union agains. treason He has
made the same offer to the President Of the United
States.
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DJAs yet, very little has been done toward
organizing Cavalry regiments for the armies Of
The Union, tue original call not having required
any. But cavalry, aside from their use In battle
are the eyes OF an army, and to an advance in a
hostile country are indispensable. James II Van
hlen, ESQ In Dutchess County, aided by Col 8
u Mix in Schoha-ie, is now raising a regiment
OF Mounted Rangers, to be picked men throue b.
out, and skilled not merely in horsemanship but
In care OF horses as well. A hap hazard levy of
regiment will do good service
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IL The work Of rebuilding the br!dges ON
the railroads leading into Baltimore is progressing
rapidly. Parties of workmen, protected by United
states troops, had advanced yesterday as far as
Parkton, five miles with n the MARYLAND lne
Preparation are also making to repair the bridges
on the Baltimore and Philadelphia road The
damage done TO the long bridge over the Bush
river Is said not to be great reported Fifteen
hundred troops have crossed the Susauehanna and
advanced as far as Aberdeen, eight miles this side
of the river
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"THRKE CHEERS yoR TENSEssRE,-ORDIsANcK
OF SECESSION PASSED The Alexandria Sentinel
has the following special dispstch:
"RIcHMosD, May 2 "A private dispatch says
that Tennessee has passed q secession ordinance
ny large majority -.
fSecessIon ordin passed by whom or what
There 10 no body In session In Tennessee what
ever that has power TO pass such an ordinance
q En- srAl.l -" -.
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bT The Baltimore steam-gun will discharge
800 balls In minute. The range Is accurate up
and down, but the balls are liable to hit wide OF
about 100 yards and il can be worked so as 10 lis
charge In any direction. The whole machine
weighs ., 700 pounds, and Is about the size Of a
steam fre engine. The impression Of most OF
much servIce ~ Va
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stories, alleging that Mr.. Charles J. Faulkner,
u. =. Minister to France, had presented Com
missionefs puTpOr;iDg 10 represent the oligarchy
tn the French Government, Is wholly without
foundation At latest adyioes no such Commits
siOners had made their appearance at Paris, or
any other capital. such Is the intelligence re-
ceivtd by the Government here.
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ITAt theatre In Pitttsburp, on SATURDAY.
night, man hissed whilst national air was be-
ing sung He was Immediately assailed by a
large number Of persons, and would have been
badly beaten, but that he hastily explained, say-
Ing that he was a volunteer, and only objected 70
the style In which the patriotic ali was being
butchered. This turned out to the truth. .-Whssf
tag IsteLligeaeer 3Oths
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Spirit Of the Merniug Press.

The Intehigsnesr says the manner in which the
ordinance Of secession was passed by the Virginia
Convention, verifes the prediction Of the Rich
mond EHqxirsr made last October. that 4" hitched
as she is 70 the Southern States. she will be drag
Red Into a common destinv with them, no matter
what may be the desire of her people.n
The Republican SAYS The plan Of attack
npon Washington may be given up. under the
change In Its condition Of defence, but to give Il
up, viii be snch crushing disappointment of
hopes which have been excited, that the bubble
Of Southern Confederacy will collapse under it %
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6ESKEAL BUTLER.-The gallant and efficient
BrigHdier General Butler, Of the Massachusetts
troops, now In command Of the Annapolis dIvI-
sion Of General Patterson, reached here Yesterday
with the last division Of the New York Sixty
ninth Regiment. and returns e. his headduarters
this evening" after spending some twenty-fouf
hours In consultation with the military author.
ties here.
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CLERICAL CYANeLs IN THE PENSION BUREAU
APps1tS.- Robert wilson, Of N,.k, (sI 200
FER snnum;) Jno. q Thomp pson, ofIhd do ;
Chris'opber shaw, of Ind do Nathaniel Hatch,
If Me-, (sl 800 per annum;D 4. Dixon, of Va ,
temporary (SI 200 per annum
TdHsfuref Mr.. John RObb, Of ID q has
heFu transferred from the Chief CIerkship Of the
Ilehsion Bureau 20 an 81 500 per annum clerkshIp o
- the same baresu
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III The steamer Maryland yesterday landed
between three and four hundred men at + ort Nc
Henry. The garrison now consists Of about six
hundred men.
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LOST AND FOUND.

RAN AWAY,on THURSDAY evening. from
HoRSEh HREh SSpiiSi ep 10 street. s.s' sbSEe ]; g.yN
And harness. on liberal reward will Fe6S
Paid 20 any one returning him te CHARLES C,
OLDM AN, on North Capitol ST., above T. II.
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ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONVENTION The vir-
ginia Convention adjourned on Thursday night,
until the 18th Of June next, by which time the
returns ef the vote ratifying the Ordinance of
Secession viii have been received. The Cover.
nor 10 authorized TO call the Convention At any
time during the recess II he deems II necessary 70
do 90.
u A fun brigade Of Irishmen, 2,OO0 strong, ID
being organized In Boston - y I'M ., :,
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I'VE hear that DR.. Antisell, late
ASSISTANT Examiner nt the Patent Once has been
promoted TO the place Of Chief Examiner
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APKEsTDENTIAL APPoINIMEsr.- President
has appointed Isaac Henderson, Navy Agent at
York. y"
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n~GnIUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL. SOCI-
~ EII.-h stated meeting of the S0ciety will
be held THIS Evening at 9 O'clock, in the
CnnncIl Room, City Hall.
It ii. 8. BOWEN. Re, Sec.
rREv: MASON NOBLE viii contlnu. his
series OF discourses the CItIes of the
BiOle, IN the PRESBYTERIAN Church on Sixth stree,
nfor Mary and avenue, To MORROW AFTER,
HOoN at o'cicck. Subject: JoPFA A. D CoRsa-
RIA 1T
NJ YmUNG CATHOLICS FRIEND SoCI-
~ BTf;-Tha regular monthly msetiug of this
Society viii he held at It Matthew's Church
SUNDAY AFTERNOON next, Aav 5,h. at S
O'Clock RLtGH g. SWEENEY, Pres
T. }. McHENRY. Sec. ms
n NOTICE.
uS The following order, issued by the NAVY
Department on the 18th Insta ut. ia now made pub
llo for the benefit Of all whom il may coroeru:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 26, 1861.
TO fhe FOnrh Auditor Of the Treasury:
sIR-The amounts found to be due to resigned
Navy Offioers from the States which claim 10 have
seceted will hereafter be paid them from the nIted
States funds heretofore sent to or deposited in
those States. except cases where the Department
shall otherwise direct
an, m,respectfally, your obedient servant,
GIDEON wELLES,
ap S-4w Secretary of the Navy.
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MAINLAND "A portion Of the committee ap-
pointed a day or two since by the MARYLAND
Legislature -Messrs. Ohio Scott, Robert NJ
McLane, and VIM. J. Ross-s'to communicate
personally with the President Of the Upited States
Oh the occupation Of the soil and property OF Mary
land oy the General Government, and 10 report 10
the General Assembly whether any becoming
arrangements with the General Government are
practicable In that connection for the mai ntenance
OF the peace and honor Of the State, and the
security OF Its inhabitants';-have arrived here
III, as Is generally believed here, their e-rand Ia
really TO claim that Maryland has some sort of
rght 10 oosfruct the passage Of troops of the Gov
ernnent on their to protect this capital under
slme plea or other that her honor or her assumed
rights will be invaded by t.eir passage tbrough
Maryland, they will Of course be promptly an
swereo that II Maryland assumes the right to act
upon any such theory, she must prepare herself
Immediately TO take all the conseQ uences thereof:
and that the first hostile demonstration on her
part against the purpose of the Government TO
march troops to w aShington city over the COM
mon highways within her limits under existing
circumstances will be recognized es her delib.
crate declaration Of intention to take part in the
war ainst the United States making IL necessary
70 treat her Immediately as making open war on
The United States. There are, within our own
knowledge, at least thirty thousand available
troops within two davx' easy march Of Baltimore,
and the burnt railroad bridges and torn up tracks
are being relad they approach that CITY, so that
the movements Of those troops, aud such as are
soon TO join them, to protect the authority of the
tied.
Our impression is that within five minutes after
the committee see the President they will clearly
understand that the Government has no terms
Whatever TO make with Maryland; standing ready
ana anxious TO treat her In every respect as lOya
state, II she conducts herself; or as an aly of
the oligarchy and enemy Of the United States, II
she eIece To hold herself In such an attitude
Directly or Indirectly.
Maryland will no longer be permitted TO carry
water on Doth shoulders. or this we feel assured.
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ALExANDRIA.-Tbes statementof correspondent
In this mornings IHtslIigeneey, that a ve.seI-of
war has been ordered TO remain of Alexandria
for the protection Of vessels Of every descrIpion
hound TO or from Washington and Georgetown,
10 correct. This precaution has been rendered
necessary by the action Of the Alexandria military
authorities or Others there, in bringing to and
deiaining vesse s and cargoes Of fish and other
merc handiZe destined for the District of Colnm
liza, and by the fact that guns have been planted
there and a mile or two below, as to place such
Craft at the mercy Of tbose WELD ng them unless
tuch protection be constantly at hand TO secure
Them. promptly, entire immunity from such
Threatened assault
s-We are glad TO learn positively, ere
going To press this afternoon, that there now
exists no earthly reason for aDcboring a war YES
sell Cd Alexandria LAST night all the soldiers
then there, except perhaps dozen mcn or go
,one ao-WeTe sent into the interior under Col
Taylor. IL 10 alleged ihst they are TO he stationed
at the headquarters Of the rev Virginia military
department Of Alexandris-CuipeperC Courtbouse-
to await orders. All the disuoion guards that re-
Gently swarmed the approaches to Alexandria
nnd Alexandria county from this CITY have been
wltbdrewB, and intercourse between the two
sides Of The rver is said 10 be now free from any
disnnicn mol6station NJ interference whatever;
the Virginia market people being allowed, as
heretofore, to sell and buy In Washington.
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&l0 0REwARDPoR PROOF SUFFICIENT
yAy 20 convict any man or boy for stseIins
Pspsc seso OF opening oss bgpdiss, -
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-06

STATE OF VERMONT, At Probate Court, holden
RANDOLPH D1sTR1cr S. ( at Ctel<ea within and for
said 'strict, on the Goth day of June, A. u. 1861;
NOMES Anvil p Salter, Guardian unto Emma o. s5atrr
~ minor residing in Tunbridge in said Distrct. and
represents that his ward is seized of certain real in
said nwu Of Tunoridge being the and all the land
and buildings thereon conveyed Lovey u. Salter, Wy
aeed Of warranty from Ezekiel and Sarah Drew, dated
the 2it day of December D.. 1879, containing about
uWeny Of land and that the sale thereof is
~ for the payment Of mortgage incumbrance said
real estate and prays that license may be granted him
sell the same agrecaby to the statute in such made
and provided
Whertupon it is ordered that the be referred
session of said Court to be holden the Probate Office
in Chelsea in said District the 18th day of July, A. D.
1861 for hearing and that notice be given to all
cevned, by publication of this order three weeks
syely in the Green Mountain Freeman printed Mont
peiier in this State, previous the time appointed
aforesaid for hearing that they may appear said time
and place. and show cause, if any they may have, why
such licetse should not be granted.
By order of Court.
257fw3 J.R. CIEAVELAND. Register.