St. Mary's gazette., 1864-02-04

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5nl 0O0 m.n Is interpreted by gcnfie."r"
.e..aaip.ed with military af.irs :" lnc'n,.e
,,bsut 400 600. being in effect an adf'-
,;on,l call for 2O0. .On0 men. The v''nn-
,eeriae.i. supposed To besiai Pres-nt an
average Of 3 o00 day. The order OF the
President makes credit nr deduction III y,
napv a NAV have hren enlisted or draifeti
nr;,,c IN the lst Of Mau.h. at which tim :
the 800. premium expires. These ar
r,ueeu-,,ss c,mnle,e-i. al. total tn thn
.rmy will be half million OF men.
TuE Nrw nR.rr.--Th, New rS
W,-ld. in commenting cn the necessity TOR
thi. sudden call. say:
In is very clear thai r.csnt aivlcas fr'nn
the South must have stri,nsly alarine: tho
Administration respecting the probabilities
uf the coa,iny spring campaign. hot
w:thstan.ling the accounts which reach u.
from the Coufrleracy of the sh"rtHrss "f
supplies aud the despair OF the mridie
classes. il is evi lent that 81 far as military
p,vsr j. concerned. the rcbelliou has never
becu stronger than it will be found to De
when the spring Campaign opens. The
X l..,ei generals have n IN lch sh,rtcr liue to
defend. while their ARMIES are larger AMI
better calculated to resist the advancing
forces Of the Union. 1t may be that al!
the half million u,-n whn are Called for
will be required. We think. i''deed. they
will be needed; ont it is discreditablc II the
Administration th,, this was mt foresceo
u,.n.hs ago. bef,rc it staIiii ii itself by
first calling for three hanirci thousand
mru. and giving ont to the country that
tn. district. which raised the nen volnn-
,ariIy would not be- called on f'r further
.acr icss. and then, after the money had
been laid out aud the various Counties. aud
townships heavily taxed to secure volua-
terrs, that i, should break faith with the
several i,calitirs. and make an additional
call. which Was nnt expected and could n"t
have been prosiaed fr
|. 10 given out from Washington IA a
ju.,ifcatios tha, tr 1uole is anticipated with
Frauc-; but this We do not believe. The
situation Of affairs in !;urope is ton serious
for Napoleon IL at:l to hiA difficulties by a
gratuisous controversy with this country
1t Is also hintei that tac exemption
clause will probably be stricken out "s thu
E.rolIment ac, 10y Congress: hut this doubt
ic q is 10 stimulate volunteering
MILITARY RgconD or A SovrIEsv Col
LEGs.-The Richmond Dispuhch of the
l,i Instant cites from the Fayetteville tE,
serner the following record Of tn. scryic
rendered iu the Rcb'l army hy tn, stu
j-n,s in tho University at Chapel lli.,
North nare!ina
Iu 1860 the U"iversi'y catalogue
showe,! 430 siu'leut> Th.r nu nher ,iii,
year. 1863. * bu, 63, aud uearly all OF
these are ei,i ar too y"lug to go into the
AMY or arc physically Incapable. This
reduc:ion shaw, that u:ar!y all the young
,a"n Vi means orc in the arr'y instead Vi
bying at cplias,.
Ot the senior class Of eisb'y-four. at
the commencement in 1860. onr-scvensh
are known to h,s: fallen in battle OF
eight Of those VIII, received the first dis
,iactinn four are IN their graves. a tiih
u wounded prisoner. and We believe tina,
the others are iu tn. army. Tue FRESH
nan class o: that year. eighty in nnnhor,
entered the service wi!'s SD mucn impctu-
vsiiy that ouly one Of them remaiu>d 10
graduate a. the late com ma.enc.nent. and
even he had been in the army and beei,
discharged on account Of impaired health
Of the Faculty in 1859 c III .stiug of
fourteen members, no Que nf whom wa.
; liable to con.crip;ion. five volunteered. Que
Of whom. Lieutenant Royster. fell a,
Gettysburg; another, Lieutenant Bryan.
is prisoner; ano,her. Lieutenant C.lnncl
Martin. was severely wounded at Bristow
and fourth, Captain J"huson. La. re-
turned from a long imprisoumen, with a
| ruined constitution.
OF the nine remaining members of the
Faculty eight arc clergymen or iaynen
beyond the age Of co0scription. Every
! son Of any one Ut them Of the requisite
age. c;gh, in all. has entered the service
| as a volunteer. Two Of tho eight have
been mortally wounded. AS pertinent 10
these s'atistics, it may be mentioned that
the village Of Chapel Hill has responded
and suffered in like proportion To the
lniversity. Fifteen Young men Of tie
village have persisted. being more than
half If the whola.-PhiladeIphia Inquirer.
REcoysrRUcrIoS OF TExsEssEE-G w.
ernor Andrew Johnson, Of Tenne eSsse. has
issued proclamation directing an election
f'r State officers to take place on the frs,
Saturday (5;h) of March. lie prescribes
the manner of holding The election. gives
the fern Of oath to be takcn. and forbid1
enemies Of the United Stated voting OF
holding Office. This makes three States
that were under Rebel rule in which Union
elections arc TO take place-in Louisiana
on February .. Tennessee, March s. and
! Arkansas. March 14-thus restoring three
seeded States to the Union.
DELAWARE UNITED SrArEs SENATOR
Resisnation Of Mr. Bayard AMI Election
ola Successor On Friday Of last week
the following letter was laid before the
Legislature Of Delaware:
To the Legislature Of the State Of Della.
4 H,r;.o eor ff,a ra.snne aas;ru.1 a.,