Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-04-19
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Proclamation of the President CABLING
Ont Scpenty7fve Thousand Men to de.
fead the Union--An E.ctra session q
Congress Coarened
WASHINGTON April l4--The following pro.
clamation has been put forth by the Presi-
dent, to be published tomorrow morning:
BIZ 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,
and the execution thereof obstructcd in the
States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
| Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by
combinations too powerful to be suppressed
by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings
or by the powers vested in the marshals by
law; now, therefore,
|, Abraham Lincoln, President of the Unit
ed States, in virtue of the power in me vested
| by the constitution and the laws, have
thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call
forth the militia of the several States of the
Union to the aggregate number of seventy
| five thousand, in order to suppress said COM
bnations, and cause the laws to be duly exc
cuted.
The details for this object will be immedi-
ately communicated to the State authorities
through the War Department.
! appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facili-
tate and aid this effort to maintain hehonor
the integrity and the existence Of our nation
al Union, and the perpetuity of popular GO
yerament, and to redress wrongs already long
enough endured
| deem It proper to say that the first service
assigned TO the forces hereby called forth will
! probably be to rcpossess the forts, places aud
property which have been seized from the
Union. And in every event the utmost care
will be observed, consistently with the objects
| aforesaid, to avoid any devastation-any de-
struction of or interference with property, or
any disturbance Of peaceful citizens in any
part of the country. And do hereby com
maud the persons composing the combinations
aforesaid to dispense, and retire peaceablv to
their respective ahodes within twenty days
| from this date
| Deeming that the present condition ofpub-
| lie affairs presents an extraordinary occasion,
| | do hereby, in virtue of the power in me
vested by the constitution, convene both
Houses of Congress. Senators and Repre-
sentatives are therefore summoned to assem-
BILE at their respective chambers, at twelve
o'clock, noon, on Tuesday, the 4th day Of
July next, and there to consider and deter
mine such measures as in their wisdom the
| P'DiiS o"ictJ anu intetest may seen 10 uc-
mand
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done ut the city Of Washington, this IF
tenth day Of April, in the year Of our Lord
!s6l, and of the independence of the United
States the eighty-ffth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by the President.
WIN. ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State
Gail for Troops from Maryland and other
States, addressed to tie Governors of
the respective States.
WASHINGTON, April i5.--The following is
the form of the call made upon the respective
State Governors for troops, issued through
the War Department to-day
TO Gocernor Hicks, Of Maryland Sir: I'm
der the act Of Congress for calling out the Mi
| litia =" to execute the laws Of the Union and
! suppress instructions, repel invasions," &c,
approved Feb 20, 1895, have the honor to
request your Excellency to cause TO be imme-
dately detached from the militia Of your
State and quota designated in the table below,
| TO serve as infantry or rifemen, for a period
Of three months, unless sooner discharged.
! Your Excellency will please communicate
to me the time at or about which your quota
will be expected at its rendezvous, as il will
| be met as soon as practicable by an officer or
| officers to muster it into the service and pay
Of the United States. At the same time the
oath Of fidelity TO the United States will be
administered 10 every man. The mastering
officers will be instructed TO receive no man
under the rank Of commissioned officer who
is in years apparently over forty-fiye or under
eighteen, or who is not in physical strength
and vigor. The quota for each State is as
follows
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Arkansas,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota
each one regiment.
Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tcnnes-
sce--two regiments each.
Pennsylvania-sixteen regiments.
New York-seventeen regiments.
i Ohio-thirteen regiments.
New Jersey, Maryland, Kentucky and Mis-
souri--four regiments each.
Illinois and lndiana--six regiments each.
Vrginia-thrco regiments.
1t is ordered that each regiment shall CON
sist, in the aggregate, officers and men, Of
seven hundred and eighty. The total thus to
be called out is seventy-three thousand three
hundred and ninety -onc The remainder to
constitute the seventy-fye thousand under
the Presidents proclamation, will be compos-
ed of troops Of the District Of Columbia.
The Baltimore appointments.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-The following APP
pointments have been made by the President
for the city of Baltimore:
Collcctor--lIenry w. Hoffman, (Union.)
Postmastcr-Wm II. Purncll, (Union.)
Naval Ofiiccr-Francis S. Corkran, (rep.)
Navy Agcnt.-Wm. Pinkney Ewing, (rcp.)
Surveyor--Judge Marshall (rep.)
Appraisers-Messrs Schley, Montague and
Meredith, (Union
U. s. Marshal Washington Bonifant. rep }
htervie,o betceen Senator Douglas and
lie President-N. Douglas Aco,cs
his Determination 10 Sustain Me Ad-
mtniaration IA its Efforts 10 Maintain
tie Government
WAsnsGToS, April l4.--Scnator Douglas
called on the President tonight and had an
! interesting couvergatiun an the t,rcgpul coudi-