Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-17
LATEST NEWS.
Lincoln declares War!

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Lincoln declares War!
A Call for Scventy-fivc Thousand Vol
untccrS!
Fort Sumter to be Re.Takcn!
WASHINGTON, April 14.-lO p. m.-LiucOu will
tomorrow issue the following Proclamation:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The laws of the United States have
been for some time past and now are opposed, AMI
the execution thereof obstructed, in the States OF
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis-
sssippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations
too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers
vested in the Marshall by Law
Nor, Mery"rc, l. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President
Of tho Unitc,! States, in virtue Of the power in me
ested ~ the Constitution aaii the laws, have
thought iii to call forth, ami hereby do call forth,
the militia Of the several Suites uf the Union to
the aggregate number of scventy-ivc 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 NIL loyal citizens to favor, facilitate
and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the in
tcgrity and the existence of our National Union
and the perpetuity of popular government, and to
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 utmost care will be Observed consistent
ly with the objects aforesaid to avoid any devas-
tation and destruction of, or interference WITH.
property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens
in any part of the country: and l hereby COM
mand the persons composing the combinations
aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceaby to their
respective abodes within twenty days from this
date.
Decming that the present condition of public
affairs presents au extraordinary occasion, do
hereby, iu virtue Of the power in Inc vested by
the Constitution, convened both Houses Of Congress
Senators and Representatives are therefore sum-
moned to assemble ut their respective Chambers
at l2 o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the 18th day OF
July next, then and there to consider and de-
terminc such measures as, in their wisdom, the
public safety and interest may seem to demand
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington. this 18th day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and SiXty-onc. and Of the indie
psudeucc of the United States the eighty-Gfth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary State.
The most Internal piece of inpudeucc on re-
cord.-ED. Adv.
The Cabinet has been in session during the
whole of today Sunday 1t is said that Major
Anderson is strongly suspected of treachery. The
Aboii,onists say that the dispatches from Charles
ton nre all one sided, aud profess not to believe
them. A proclamation will be issued Tomorrow,
calling for $4,000 volunteers. $4,000 are called
from New York; 1850 from Pennsylvania: 5000
from Massachusetts, unl the residue from the
other States.
The Proclamation. it is understood will suspend
the mail service in the seeded States, stop the
telegraph, and declare Washington unler martial
law.
The excitement here is intense. a 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 Of n war,
and many think that the approaching struggle
will be purely sectional. Several lending Demo-
-crats Of New York have published card in favor
of sustaining the Government
1t is now admitted that the Administration in
tentionally 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 members of the corps
Diplomatique that he would exhaust, if necessary,
the whole power Of his government in the attempt
to retake 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 Confedcracy by any European
power as casus JeNi. Russell quietly replied,
that the Administration had better reinforce Fort
Sumter before thrcatning Europe