Year: 1861




HOW LINCoLN's ARMY WILL BE EN-


PLOYED.


A Washington correspondent of one of the New
York papers processes to know something of the de-
signs of the Government lie says:


Official information has been received by the
| President, from which it appears that New York
will have fifty thousand men in arms BY the lst oil
June Pennsylvania forty thousand, Ohio thirty.
! five thousand, and Indiana, Illinois and Massachu
| setts each about twenty-five thousand, and the
| other States in proportion.
! The employment of this immense force will de
pend mainly upon the course the border slave States
will pursue in reference to the secession issue. AS
matters situated now, it is the intention OF the
| Government to the seventy-fve thousand men
called into service together with the regular army,
forming an aggregate of about one hundred thou
sand men, follows:


FirSt-A corps dGrmce of thirty-five thousand
men will be collected in and about this point for
the purpose of defending the seat of government,
protecting the military posts, controlling the Poto.
mac and Chesapeake bay and keeping open the
communication between the North and the Capital
Washington will serve for its point Goppui, while
Its line OF operations will extend all along the left
bank of the right shore of the bay.
Second-A second corps, twenty-five thousand
strong, will be formed in and about St. Louis A
portion of it will. be employed in protecting the
Union men and Federal property in that State
from the violence of secession sympathiZers and
the rest in holding Cairo, at the junction of the
Ohio and Mississippi, the most important strategca
point in the West.


Third-Of the remaining forty thousand, five
thousand expected to be thrown into Western
Texas, to form a nucleus, around which the Union
lists of that State will gather?


Fourth-Twenty-five thousand will be employed
in demonstration for the relief of Fort Pickens
and the re-capture of the other Notifications about
Pensacola bay.


FyM-Ten thousand men will be kept lowering
IN steam transports between Charleston and Savan-
nah, to worry the rebels by necessitating the pres
ence of large defensive force in both places and
effect landing whenever opportunity shall offer.


The army operations will be seconded bv strict
blockade of the mouths of the Mississippi and all
the Southern ports. Orders for general blockade
have not, reported already been issued, but will
doubtlessy be given the steam frigates
now fitting out will be ready for sea.


This programme reflects exactly what the gov
ernment has decided to do, but will of course be
materially changed in case Virginia and the other
border slave States should secede. Washington,
however, will be defended, and Fort Pickens reev-
ed at any cost of blood and treasure.


The METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF New YORK
WILL SUrPoRT LINcoLN.-In..the Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of New York, on Mon
day, the following resolutions were presented by
committee appointed for the purpose:


WHEREAS, An attack has been made the flag of our
country in violation of the public peace and threatening
the existence of our government; and


Whereas, While we love peace and the Prince of Peace
yet hold it to be the sacred duty of all to love
their country and cherish freedom and especially, in
times of peril to offer civil rulers aid and sympathy;
therefore,


RESOLVED, By the members of the New York East Con-
ference of the NJ F. Church, in Conference assembled
that we do here and now declare and entire
sympathy with the of country in this conflict
and our purpose to all means legitimate to call
ing to sustain the Government of the United States in
its defence and support of the Constitution ard of the
ton's welfare.


Resolred, That duty bound shall not cease to
pray, in public and in private for the Divine blessing
the speedy restoration Of peace especially beseeching AL
mighty God that if in His justice He must chasse us,
His mercy may temper His wrath that shall not be
wholly destroyed.


A member said he had always felt that there was
more of the humorous than dignitied about the
Spread Eagle; but now, he was ready to support
that noble bird, to the very tip of his wings.


One portion of the audience here gave cheers for
the sentiment, while another laughed at it.


Rev. DR.. Foley avowed his devoton'to the Union,
and said he would support the government to the
''btter end.'


The report and resolutions were then put to the
Conference, and unanimously adopted-the mem
bers rising for the first time, when the vote was
called. Some of the enthusiastic brethren, observ-
ing that the ladies stood STILL suggested that the
occupants of the galleries should rise, and manifest
their devotion to the flag Of their country. (Ap-
plause.)


The ladies' lay and clerical members, and all in
the .ediice, simultaneously rose in response, while
the brothers sent up cheer after cheer in testimony
Of their devotion to the Union. The scene was
most exciting, and eminentIy la Beecher.


Rev. Mr.. Inskip moved that the Secretary be in
structed to prepare copies of the report to be pre-
sened to the President of the United States; which
was adopted,