The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-06-19
LEES ARMY IN NOTION.
100000 MILITIA CALLED OUT.
Gen Hooker Marching to Meet the En-.
emy.
THE REBELS ALREADY IN MARYEAND-ACTII

zen HOOKER Marc ing to Meet the En-.
envy.
THE REBELS ALREADY IN MARYEAND-ACTIv-
ITY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The rebel army under Gen Lee is all this
side of the Rappahannock, said to be 10000
strong. having been reinforced from North
Carolina and the Blackwater. The object is
to invade the free states, and the rebel adj
vance guard on Sunday had advanced into
Maryland and were at Hagerstown, while in
the Virginia Shenandoah valley they appear
ed in considerable force. Our authorities have
had full and ear y intelligence, and Gen
Hooker's army has been on the move to in
tercept the rebels for some days, having been
largely reinforced from the peninsula and
other points. One hundred thousand militia
have also been called out to serve for six
months, and the state authorities of Pennsyl-
vania are wide awake to protect that state,
as will be seen from the following proclama-
tons.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, the armed nsurrectionary combina-
tons now existing IN several of the states, are
threatening to make inroads into the states of
\ aryland. Western Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Ohio requiring iInme diately an additional militia
ry force for the service OF the United States ::
Now, therefore, ], Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, and commander chief OF
the army and navy thereof, and of the militia of
the several states, when called into actual
vice, do hereby call into the service of the United
States, 100 coo militia from the states following,
VIZ:
! From the State of MARYLAND 10000; from the
State of Pennsylvania $4,000; from the State of
! Ohio 10000 from the State of Western Virginia
/ 10000 to be mustered into the service of the
United States forthwith. and serve for the period
/ OF SIX months from the date of such muster into
said service unless sooner discharged, to be mus
tered in infantry, artillery and cavalry, in pro-
portions which will be made known through the
! War Department, which department will also
designate the several places of rendezvous where
the militia are to be organized according to the
rules and regulations, where volunteer service
under such orders may hereafter be issued.
/ Inc States aforesaid will be respectively cred
tied under the enrolment a for III militia ser
vice rendered under this proclamation.
/ In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington. this 18th day
of June, i'll the year OF our Lord eighteen hun
bred and sixty three: and of the independence of
the United States the eighty-seventh.
(SIgncd) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
/ BY the President.
/ VIM. ii. Seward, Secretary of State.
GOVERNOR cukrIS's PROCLAMATION
In the name and by the authority OF the Com
nOnwcaith of Pennsylvania and Andrew O..
" Curtin, Governor of the said Commonwealth
\ PROCLAMATION.
The state of Pcnnsy lvania is again threat ened
with invasion, and an army Of reocl, IS approach
! ing our borders. The President of the tnited
States has issued his proclamation calling upon
the state fpr 700 men. | now appeal to all the
citizens OF Pennsylvania. who love liberty and
are mindful Of the history and traditiOns;of ouI
revolutionary fathers, and who feel that il is a
sacred duty to guard and maintain the free insti-
tutiJnS of our country, who hate treason and its
ahett"rS. and who are willing TO defend their
homes and firesideS, and do invol.e tnem 70 rise
IN their might aid rush 10 the rescue in this hour
Of Imminent peril.
The issue is one Of preservation or destruction.
Il involves considerations paramount to ali mat
tiers OF mere expdiency and ali questions Of local
int rest: AL ties social and po:!cI, all ties of
personal and partlZan character sink into in>lc-
nIhcan"c 1t * now ~ he d, tcTI.!ucd 10y deeds
and not by words alOI {. who are for aud who
arc against us. That il is the purpose Of the en-
Cmy - invade our borders with all the strength
he can command is now apparent.
Our only defense rests upon the determine ed
action NJ the citizens Of our free commonwealth.
therefore call upon the people Of PENNSYLVANIA
capable "a! bearing arms, 10 enroll themselves IN
ni'arN organization, and ,Hv-''iEaV all '''iSIN
give aid and assistance To the eifoI:S whch will
5c pat fo:tA for the protection OF the state and
the salvation OF our common cOuntT..
TIIE ADVANCE: OF TIE REBELS.
Dispatches received at Harrisburg on
Monday. from the operators at Chambers
burg and HaScrs,own, give the information
OF negroes, vino have arrived there, TO the
etec. that the rebel cavalry arr:,e ed at Per
rysyll'c and Marlins5urg about noon on
Sunday, and at the latter place there had
been considerable hard fighting. Gen Mil
roy was contestng the advance OF the rebels.
Telegraph communication is DESTROYED be
tween Winchester and Mar;insburg. the
lines having been broken by the rebels about
II o'clock SUNDAY morning. Gen Reynolds
has been driven by large force of rebels
from ferrysyilie to Bunker HILL The enc
my ale also at Winchester. The tidinrs
from Muddy Branch and Noian's Ferry indi-
cate that warm work has been going on
there. The capital and principal cities and
towns o. Pennsy lvanla are in absolute dan
ger.
rs there are some objections to the pres
eEt plan of Opera ms, by the instructions
OF the governor, Scott started for Wash
.nglon on Il spcc train Sunday evening. to
urge upon the ational Authorities such a
modification r.: this plan as will suit the
views of the 'opie. 10 this proposition no
reply can be r,tained yet. The government
Will 70 doubt accede to it. The Indications
are that capitalists will advance the money
to pay the military. trusting TO the general
government for reimbursement.
The cunvaIescent soldiers at Harrisburg
and IL the interior of the state are being oil
ganized and armed. Every arrangement for
The quick transportation of troops to Harris
riSbnrg has been completed under the direc-
ton OF Gen Couch.
RETREAT OF GEN. TYLER FROM MARTINsBURG.
The Philadelphia Bulletin publishes the
following news from dispatches received at
the Pennsy lvania railroad coupany's office I:
!. dispatch received Monday from Bolton
station OF the Northern Central railroad says
tia, Gen Tyler had retreated from Martins
burg 1t o'clock Sunday evening; that the
force at Winchester had probably been cap
tered Sunday, as the enemy are in force.
probably 10000 strong at Hagerstown. The
dispatch ADDS that the dinvei is glea,, as the
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