The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-16
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EVENING PAPERS.
Lees Army 10000 Strong on their March
NORTHWESTERN Active Campaign in
Operation,

Lees Army 10000 Strong on their March
Northward-An Active Campaign in
Operation.
NEW YORK, June Is.
The Times editorially says that information
reached this city yesterday from Washington
that Lees army, 10000 strong, was on this side
OF the Rappahannock marching northward,
and Gen. Hooker was fastening north to pre-
vent the advance of the rebels. Lee before
the close OF last week, crossing, it would seem
by iords above Fredericksburg, and apparently
pushing for the Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road. In the meantime, by Friday, Hooker's
army was on the northward march, following
that day Il line between Warren and Cattelrs
Stations. All our commissary stores have
been embarked from Acquia Creek. Lee has
been Joined by large attachments from North
Carolina and the Black Water and all his cav
airy has been massed on the north fork of
the Rappahannock. Longstreetsc corps, lately
at Culpepper, has doubtless been joined to
Lees forces, and our army recently has been
heavily reinforced from the Nansemond, PENN
sula and elsewhere. No official or semi-otii-
cial indications of these movements have been
received from Washington. The Times says
the accounts we have obtained from other
sources, but there, seems to be all agreement
that chief army and that of the rebels are
both on the move, and on such route and so
close together that they can hardly avoid
collision soon.
A dispatch dated the morning of the 18th
at headquarters 9TH Army Corps, states that
troops and wagons have been passing there all
night The troops of the 9TH corps are still
guarding the fords, with orders to be in readi-
ness to move at a moments notice.
The Herald says editorially, it is evident
that an active campaign is now in operation
on the Rappahannock. Harper's Ferry, the
Shenandoah Valley and the upper fords Of the
Potomac are points indicated by recent rebel
movements. Our army has also changed its
base of supplies, being transported from Acquia
Creek to Alexandria.
From NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Proclama-
ton.
WASHINGTON, June Is.
A proclamation by the President OF the United
States
Whereas, the armed insurrectionary combi-
nations now existing in several of the States
are threatening to make inroads into the
States of Maryland, Western Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Ohio, requiring Immediately an
additional military force for the service OF the
| United States:
Now, therefore, /, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States, and Commander
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 SER
vice of the United States 100000 militia from
the following States, viz:-Maryland, 10000;
| Pennsylvania, 10000; Ohio, 10000; Western
| Virginia, 10000; to be mustered into the SER
| vice of the United States forthwith and serve
| for the period of six months from the date OF
such mastering into paid service, unless SOON
er discharged; to be mustered in as infantry
artillery and cavalry in proportions, which
will be made known through the War Depart
ment, which department will also designate
the several places of rendezvous where the
militia are to be organized according to the
| rules and regulations of the volunteer service
under such orders as may hereafter be issued
The States aforesaid will be respectively cred.
tied under the enrolment act for the militia
service rendered under this proclamation.
In testimony 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 June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty three, and of the ndepend
ence of the United States the eighty-seventh
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President, w. Ii, Seward, Secretary o
| State.