The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-23
Latest News.
Washington, July 16.
A PROCLAMATION.

Washington, July 1S.
A PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the United States
of America:
WHEREAS, By the act approved July
4th, 1864, entitled An Act further to reg
ulate aud provide for the enrolling and call.
ing on, the national forces AMI for other pur-
poses" it is provided that the President o!
the United States may in his discretion al
any time hereafter call for any number of
men as volunteers for the respective terms
Of one, two and three years, for the mill.
tary service, and that in case the quota,
or any part thereof, ofany town, town.
ship, ward of city, or election district, of
acounty notso subdivided, shall not be filled
within the space of fifty days after such
call of the President shall Immediately
order draft for ons year to ill such quota,
orany part thereof, which may be untitled !,
and
WHEREAS, The new enrolment hereto
fore ordered is so far completed as that
the reserve national act of Congress be
put in operation for recruiting and keep
ing up the strength of the armies in the
field, for garrison and such military oper.
a'ions as may be required for the pur.
pose of suppressing the rebellion and re-
storing the authority Of the United States
Government in the insurgent States
Now, therefore. 1. Abraham Lincoln,
President of The United States, do issue
this my cell for men for military service,
provided tina, all credits which may be es-
tabI,shed under section s of the aforesaid
act. on account of persons who have en-
tered the naval service during the presen,
rebellion. and the credits for men furnish
ed to the military. service in excess of calls
heretofore for volunteers. will be accepted
under this call for one two or three years,
as they may elect, and will he entitled to
the boun'y provided by law for ihe period
Of service for which they eiist, and 1 pro-
claim. order and direct that Immediately
after the fifiR day Of September. 1864
being fifty days from the date of this call
a draft for troops, to serve one year, shall
be held in every town, township, ward,
or = county not 80 subdividsl, to FL the
quota which shall be assigned TO ii,
Under this scale or any part thereof which
may be untitled by volunteers on the said
fifth day Of September, 1864. In testi.
nony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed, at the city of Wash
ngton, this 18th day of July, in the year
If our Lord one thousand eight hundred
Ind sixty four, and OF the Independence
It the United States the 89th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Washington, july II.
Special to the Tribune
Further pursuit of the rebel raiders has
'een abandoned, and they will probably
ucceed in reaching Lynchburg wi h their
'lunder and prisoners unless intercepted
'etween Staunton and Lynchburg.
Persons residing near the Gap say their
rain was composed of all sorts ofvehicles
nd was over a mile long, filled with every
ariety of plunder, and over seventy thou
and head of horses, cattle and mules, and
arge droves of sheep and hogs. were sen.
hrough the Gap by the rebels previous
D their retreat. They were pastured in
leadows along the river until the with.
rawal of the main body, which commen-
ed early Tuesday morning. Several hun
red wounded in carriages and ambulan-
es passed through the Gap, among them
ne Br'gadler General and several Colo
els, besldes number of officers of infe. ,
or grades, most of them wounded in the !,
atlle of Monocacy. The Government {
as been put in possession of the strength !;
the invaders. 1t was composed of in
Intry, artillery and cavalry. The artil!- =
y known to have been brought here by ;
.beIs is mounted rifle battery, aud two +,
ost batteries with infantry columns, one ,
fourteen guns and one of forty.eight. !, !,
he mounted battery probably contains
K pieces, others four each they would :,
together comprise at least twelve hun =,
red men. Rebel officers have acknowl-
lged their loss at Monocacy was over one =
'ou>and killed and wounded, and abou' T
10 prisoners. Marshal Bonifant of Md
mt word to-day, to Washington. that
ere was rebel force at Newport Mills, ]
/ this side of the Potomac. The Balti-
ore aud Ohio R. R. will be in running S
der as far as Wheeling tomorrow. l
nly one span of bridge across the Shan a
ldoah at Harper's Ferry was destroyed, t.
ID that was repaired before the enemy o
ID fairly got away. Il