Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-17
LATEST NEWS
Lincoln declares War!
A Call for Seventy five Thousand Vol
untccrS!
Fort Sumter TO bc Rc-Takcn!

A Call for Scvcnty-firc Thousand VOL
untccrs!
Fort Sumter TO bc Rc-TakcM!
WASHINGTON, April lI.--lOp. m.-lincoln will
Tomorrow ISSUE the following Proclamation:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
sTATES-A PROCLAMATION.
IIIcreas The laws of the United States have
been for some time past and now opposed, and
the execution thereof obstructcd, in the States OF
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas, By combinations
too powerful to bc suppressed by the ordinary
course OF judicial proceedings, or by the powers
vested in the Marshall by Law
Nor, herct"rc, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President
Of tho United States, in virtue OF the power IN me
vested ~ the Constitution and the laws, have
though, ii, 10 call forth, AMI rr.h% do call ierth
the militia of the several States "i the Union to
the aggregate number of Sercnty-tire thousand
in order to suppress said combinations and to
cause the laws to be duly executed. The details
for this object will be Immediately communicated
to the State authorities by the War department.
appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate
and uid this effort to maintain the honor: the IN
tecrty and the existence of our National Union
and the pcrpetuity Of popular government, anu 10
redress the wrongs already long enough endured.
deem it proper to say that the first services as
signed to the forces called forth will probably be
to repossess the forts, places and property which
have been seized from the Union, and in such an
event the almost will be observed, consistent
" with the objects aforesaid to avoid any deras
tation and destruction of, or interference with,
property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens
in any part of the county: and hereby COM
mand the persons comrosng the combinations
aforesaid to disperso and retire pcaceaby to their
respective abodes within twenty days from this
date.
DeemnS that the present condition of public
affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, do
hereby, in virtue Of the power in me vested oy
the Constitutions convene both Houses of Congress
Senators and Representatives arc therefore sum-
moned to assemble at their respective Chambers
at u o'clock, noon, on Thursda!, the 4ta day OF
July next, then and there to consider and de-
termnc such measures as in their WISDOM tue
-N'A'''>''
In witness whereof, have hercunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United States to
be affixed.
Done ut the City of Washington, this ljtl! day o!
April in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and SXty-onc, and of the inde-
pcnlencc of the United States the cishty-h'th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
by the President
MILAN Ii. SEwAEn, Secretary State.
The mos, Internal piece Of impudonce TN re-
cord.-Ep. Apv.
The Cabinet has been in session during the
whole of to-day Sunday Ii is said that Major
Anderson is strongly suspected Of treachery The
Abo;ioni<ts say that the dispatches from Charles
TN are all one sided, and profess not to believe
them. A proclamation will bc issued to- morrow,
calling for 5000 volunteers. ljp0n are called
from New York: SOC from Pennsylvania: 1000
from Massachusetts, AMI the residue from the
other States.
The Proclamation, it is unler.,aod. will suspend
the mail service in the seeded States stop the
telegraph anu declare Washington Im'ier martial
law.
The excitement here is inton*c. 4 company of
cavalry was sent to-day to'Fort Washington, down
the Potomac, twelve miles from this city.
The north is becoming unit in favor os q war,
and many think that the approaching struggle
will be purely sectional. Several leading Demo-
OF; OF sustaining 81 ,s min! the the government
II is now admitted that the Administration in
tentiona!ly deceived the Southern Commissioners.
Rumors say that Gen. Scott will resign; but
this is doubtful. Lincoln will refuse TO accept
any more designations.
Lincoln yesterday told mcmbers of the c"rps
Diplomo,iquc that he would exhaust, if necessary,
the whole power Of his government; in the attempt
I, rctakc Fort Sumter.
Seward, the other day, assured Russell, the cor
respondent of the London Times, that the United
States Government would regard the recognition
Of the Southern Confcdcracy by any European
power US n ca,ns LeNi. Russell quietly replied,
that the Administration mad better reinforce Fort
Sumter before ,hrca:nins Europe.