MOOIiE’S EUEAL MEW-YOKE 
Confederate StateB of America, do issue this, my 
proclamation, inviting all those who may desire by 
service in private armed vessels on the high seas to 
aid this government in resisting so wanton and 
wicked an aggression, to make application for com¬ 
missions or Tetters of marine and reprisal to lx* 
issued under the seal of these Confederate Ftates. 
and I do further notify all persons applying for all 
letters of marque to make a statement in writing, 
giving the name and a suitable description of the 
character, tonnage and force of tho vessel, name of 
the place of' residence of each owner concerned 
therein, and the intended number of crew, and to 
sign each statement and deliver the Rime to the 
Fecretary of State or collector of the port of entry 
of these Confederate States, to be ky him trans¬ 
mitted to the Secretary of State. 
And I do further notify all applicants aforesaid, 
before any commission or letter of marque is issued 
to any vessel or the owners thereof, ami the com¬ 
mander for the time being, they will be required to 
give bonds to the Confederate States with at least 
two responsible sureties, not interested in such 
vessel, in the sum of SiOOfl; or if such vessel be pro¬ 
vided with more than 160 men, then In the penal 
sum of §10,000, with the condition that the owners, 
officers and crew who shall be employed on board 
such commissioned vessel, shall observe the laws of 
these Confederate States, and the instructions given 1 
them for the regulation "f their Conduct, tliut Hhall 
satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenor thereof 
by such vessel during her commission, and deliver 
up the same when revoked by the President of the 
Confederate States. 
And I do further specially enjoin on all persons 
holding offices, civil and military, under the authority 
of the Confederate States, that they be vigilant and 
zealous in the discharge of the duties incident 
thereto, and I do moreover exhort the good people 
of tjjese Confederate States, as they love their coun¬ 
try, as they prize the blessiugs of free government, 
as tbev feel the wrongs of the past, and those now 
threatened in an aggravated form by those whose 
enmity is more implacable because unprovoked, they 
exert themselves in preserving order, In promoting 
concord, in maintaining the authority and efficacy of 
the laws, and in supporting and invigorating all the 
measures which may be adopted for the common 
defence, and by which, under the blessings of Divine 
Providence, we may hope for a speedy, just and hon¬ 
orable peace. 
In witness whereof I have set my hand and caused 
the seal of the Confederate States of A mer¬ 
it.. 8.] ica to bo attached, this seventeenth day of 
April, 18(11. 
(Signed) Jkffbrkon Davis, Pres. 
Robert Toombs, Sec’y of State. 
Capt. Doutilnlnj's Statement. 
Maj. Anderson and his force arrived at New 
York on the 18th inst. The Major was so fatigued 
and hoarse that he could not answer the queries of 
the reporters, and Capt. Doubleday was appointed to 
give the necessary information. The following to a 
digest of his statement: 
The command to surrender SumpteT was made on 
the 11th and refused, not only by Anderson, but by 
the unanimous voice of his command. On Friday 
A. M. at 3, the rebels sent word that fire would be 
opened in an hour, and at 1 fire opened on us from 
every direction, including a bidden battery. Fire 
opened with a volley of 17 mortars, tiring ten inch 
shells, Bhot from 33 guns, mostly Columbiads. We 
took breakfast however, leisurely. The command 
was divided into three watches each tinder the direc¬ 
tion of officers. After breakfast, they immediately 
wont to their guns and opened lire on Moultrie, Cum¬ 
mings’ Point and Sullivan’s Island. The iron battery 
of Cummings’ Point was of immense strength, and 
most of our shot, glanced off. Anderson refused to 
ullow the men to work their guns on the parupet on 
account of the terrific lire directed there. There was 
scarcely any room in Moultrie left inhabitable. 
Several shots went through the floating battery, but 
it was little damaged. Two guns on the Iron Battery 
were dismounted. A man was stationed, who cried 
"shut,” or “shell,” when the rebels fired, and the 
garrison was thus enabled to dodge. 
At first, workmen were reluctant to help work the 
guns, but afterwards they served most willingly, and 
effectually, against the Iron Battery. 
The barracks caught fire several tinieB Friday, but 
were extinguished by the efforts of Mr. Hart, of New 
York, and Segtnan, of Baltimore, both volunteers. 
On Saturday, the Officers Quarters caught fire from 
the Mhells, and the main gates were burnt. The mag¬ 
azine was surrounded by lire, and 90 barrels of pow¬ 
der was token out and thrown into the sea. When 
the magazine was encircled by fire all our materials 
were cut off, and we bad eaten our last biscuit two 
days before. The men had to lie on the ground with 
wot handkerchiefs on their faces, to prevent smother¬ 
ing, and a favorable eddy of wind was all that saved 
our lives. Cartridge bags gave out, and five men were 
employed to manufacture them out of our shirts, 
sheets, blankets. Ac. It will take half a million of 
dollars to repair Fort Sumpter’s interior. 
The following is the conversation between Maj. 
Anderson and Wigfall: 
The latter said : “ Gen. Beauregard wishes to stop 
this, sit’." 
Anderson only replied : “Well ! well !” 
Wigfall —" You’ve done all that can be done, and 
Gen. Beauregard wishes to know upon what terms 
you will evacuate the fort.” 
Anderson— “ Gen. Beauregard is already acquaint¬ 
ed with the terms.” 
Wigfall —“ Do I understand you will evacuate on 
the terras proposed '( 
Anderson — “ Yes, and only on those.” 
Wigfall then returned. Five minutes after, Col. 
Chestnut and others came from Gen Beauregard, ask¬ 
ing it Anderson wanted any help, and stating that 
Wigfall had not seen Gen. Beauregard for two days, 
and had no authority for his demand on Anderson, 
to which Anderson replied: “Then we've been sold, 
we will raise our flag again.” But they requested 
hint to keep it down until comunication was had with 
Gen. Beauregard. The firing then ceased, and three 
hours afterward another deputation came.agrceing to 
the terms previously decided upon. On Sunday 
morning the steamer Isabel came down and anchored 
off the Fort. When all the baggage waspul on board 
the steamer Gen. Clinch, which was used as a trans¬ 
port between the Fort and the Isabel, the troops were 
under arms and a portion were told off to salute the 
flag, and when the last of the fifty guns was fired, the 
flag was lowered amid the loud and hearty cheers of 
the men, who then formed in the gorge and embarked 
to the tune of “Yankee Doodle.” Two men were 
killed on the second round of the salute by a prema¬ 
ture explosion of a gun. Four were wounded, one 
badly, and left at Charleston, (in Monday we steam¬ 
ed down the Harbor, and were transferred to the Bal¬ 
tic, sailing Tuesday morning. 
Fort Sumpter has not been reinforced on any oc¬ 
casion. The Ho 1 Lic arrived off Charleston on the 
morning of Friday, after the firing on Fort Sumpter 
had commenced. 
The following is Major Anderson’s dispatch to the 
Secretary of War: 
Sir: —Havirfg defended Fort Sumter thirty-four 
hours, uutiL the quarters were entirely burned, and 
the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge walls 
seriously injured, and the magazine surrounded by 
flames, and its door closed from the effects of the 
heat, lour barrels of powder and three cartridges 
Only being available, and no provisions but pork 
remaining" I accepted the terms of evacuation ottered 
by Gen. Beauregard, being the same offered by him 
on the 11th inst., prior to the beginning of hostilities, 
and inarched out of the Fort on Sunday P. M., the 
14th, with colors flying, drums beating, bringing 
away the company and private property, and saluting 
my flag with fifty guns. Robert Anderson, 
Major First Artillery. 
# _ 
Thnt “mortality Pill.” 
The earlier telegraphic dispatches from Charles¬ 
ton stated that “ Sumter was captured without the 
loss of a single life on the part of the .Secessionists, 
and they earnestly hoped the time was not distant 
when they could present a mortality bill as surety of 
their devotion to the South.” This was one reason 
of the incredulity of the people respecting the first 
news of the attack, especially when it was distinctly 
understood (through Southern sources,) that the fire 
of Major Anderson was very accurate and energetic. 
But. It is gradually leaking out that these telegrams 
were intended to cover up the loss sustained by the 
traitors. The N. Y. Express has reliable information 
that 49 were killed and 130 wounded. A correspon¬ 
dent of the Providence, B. 1., Journal , writing from 
Charleston, ntates that the firing of Major Anderson 
was astonishing for its power and vigor, and that it 
did fearful execution on Sullivan’s Island, (Fort 
Moultrie.) Up to Friday evening, thirty men were 
known to have been killed. 
A private letter to a gentleman in New York, dated 
on Friday evening, states that, most of the mortar 
firing from the rebel batteries was very^poor, many 
of the shells bursting a quarter or half mile away, 
while Anderson made his tell with fearful effect. 
When he wrote on Friday afternoon, Andcr»on had 
kept up a constant fire for ten hours, at the rate of 
two discharges a minute- The public accounts from 
the batteries were biased; but be overheard a con¬ 
fidential talk, In which one who had just arrived 
from Sullivan’s lslaud admitted that thirty had been 
killed in Fort Moultrie, and a great many wounded. 
The Troops Attacked In lialtiinore. 
On the 19th inst., while a regiment of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Militia, together with about *200 infantry 
from Pennsylvania, (the latter unarmed,) were 
passing through Baltimore, en route to Washington, 
they were attacked by a mob in favor of the Seces¬ 
sionists. The railroad track was torn up, and the 
troops attempted to march through the city. Mayor 
Brown, with a number of police, appeared at their 
head and led the way. They came along at a brisk 
pace, and when they reached Centre Market space, 
an immense concourse of people closed in behind 
them and commenced Btoning them. When they 
reached Gay street, a large crowd of men armed with 
paving stoneB showered them on their heads so 
that several of them were knocked down in the 
ranks. At the corner of South and Pratt streets a 
man fired a pistol into the ranks of the Militia, when 
those in the rear ranks Immediately wheeled and 
fired upon their assailants and several were wounded. 
The guns of the soldiers that had fallen wounded, 
were seized and fired upon the ranks with fatal effect 
in two instances. After they reached Calvert street, 
they succeeded in checking their pursuers by a rapid 
fire, which brought down two or three, and were not 
much molested until they reached Howard street, 
where another large crowd was assembled. Some 
stoneB were thrown at them, but their guns were not 
loaded, and they passed on through the den v crowl 
down Howard street towards the depot. Orders 
were given to clear the track near the main depot 
building. This was done, and soon after a 
large passenger car of the Philadelphia and Balti¬ 
more Railroad Company came up at a rapid rate, 
tilled with soldiers. This car was soon followed by 
about sixteen more, all of which were also occupied 
by the military. Soon after the train was ready to 
start, under charge of Col. Fhuttuek, assisted by 
Richard Armstrong. In a few minutes after the train 
left, a discharge of firearntB attracted the attention 
of the crowd to the corner of Pratt anil Howard 
streets, where a body of infantry from one of the 
Northern States, about 150 strong, was seen rapidly 
approaching the depot, atid no doubt anxious to 
reach the cars. Some assaulted the command with 
stones, when a number of the latter discharged their 
muskets. A rowdy came behind the last platoon of 
the Massachusetts regiment, caught, a musket from a 
soldier, and shot him in the back, killing him 
instantly. The order was immediately given to fire, 
and several of the mob were killed. The troops 
finally forced their way through. 
A dispatch dated the 20th, says the city is in great 
excitement, and armed men moving in every direc¬ 
tion. The Governor and Mayor have notified the 
President that no more troops can pass through Bal¬ 
timore, unless they fight their way. The bridges on 
the Northern Central Railroad have been destroyed. 
The number killed yesterday was 11 Baltimoriaus, 
and 3 Massachusetts soldiers, and the wounded 4 
citizens and 8 soldiers. The President replies that 
no more troops will be brought through Baltimore, 
provided they are allowed to pass around the city 
withont molestation. 
ituming of Arsenals, etc., nt Harper’s Ferry. 
The facto relative to the destruction of the 
Government Buildings at Harper’s Ferry, as related 
by Lieut. Jones, are as follows: 
Several days ago, be was advised from head¬ 
quarters that his post was in imminent danger, and 
directing him to be prepared for any emergency. 
On the 18th he had information from various sources 
that an attack would be made upon the arsenals that 
night. The Militia of the place, who professed 
loyalty, resolved to disband; the laborers, who were 
acting as guards, manifested a significant uneasiness; 
a special train was known to be on the way to the 
Ferry, and there was positive information of bodies 
of troops, in all amounting to over two thousand 
men, having moved from Winchester, Charlestown, 
and other points, toward the Ferry. Early in the 
evening, the little garrison, consisting of but fifty 
men, commenced the preparation to enable them to 
destroy the arsenals and arms in case of necessity. 
They cut op planks and other timbers with their 
swords to ignite the other buildings. They emplied 
their mattresses, filled them with powder, and carried 
them into the arsenals, so that suspicion was aroused 
among the people. The arms, fifteen thousand in 
number, were then placed in the best position to be 
destroyed by the explosion, and splints of boards 
and straw were piled up in different places in the 
shops, so that all the public buildings could he 
destroyed. At nine o'clock, Lieutenant Jones was 
advised of the advance of not less than two thousand 
men, who expected to he upon him by midnight, aud 
he at once proceeded to the work of destruction. 
The windows and doors of the building were opened 
so that the flames could have free eonrse; and when 
all was ready, the fires were started in the carpenter 
shop, the trains leading to the powder ignited, aud 
his men mat ched out The cry of tire alarmed the 
| town, and just as Lieut. Jones and his men were 
entering the lodge to escape, an excited crowd pur¬ 
sued him, threatening vengeance upon him lor 
having fired the buildings. He wheeled bis tnjen, 
and declared that unless the crowd dispersed/be 
would fire upon them. The mass fell back, ami be 
fled up the canal and took to the woods. Several 
shots were fired after him, but without effect, i He 
was nut out of town over fifteen minutes wheh he 
beard the first explosion, and the burning buildings 
lighted bis path as he escaped southward. IlJ does 
not doubt but that the destruction of the ars/nals, 
shops, Ac... is complete, as he heard the different 
explosions distinctly. 
.Movements of the Northern States. 
The Northern States are moving with remarka¬ 
ble rapidity in answer to the call for volunteers by 
President Lincoln. It will be remembered fthat the 
number called for is 75,000. These have beufi appor¬ 
tioned among the several States, as follows:/ 
States. Rendezvous. I Regis. 
New York...New York, Albany, Elmira .j_..17 
Pennsylvania_Philadelphia, Harrisburg .- l .16 
New Jersey _Trenton...i.. 4 
Delaware_....Wilmington_ L _1 
Maryland..Frederick, Baltimore_i.4 
North Carolina _Raleigh ...__/.. 2 
Virginia_Staunton, Wheeling_I..3 
Tennessee..Knoxville, Gordonville, Nashville_1 
Arkansas..Little Itock__1.. 1 
Kentucky.Lexington./.4 
Missouri .St. Louis....1.4 
Illinois ..Springfield, Chicago./.... 6 
Indiana....Indianapolis ._.../ ..6 
Ohio .Columbus, Cleveland ..1..13 
Michigan ...Detroit ., J.. 1 
Wisconsin.. Milwaukee. I ...1 
Iowa...-Keokuk ... I ... p 
Minnesota___St. Paul...I........ 1 
Maine..Portland. \ . ] 
New Hampshire_Portsmouth..I. 1 
Vermont _ .....Burlington..J_ 1 
Massachusetts .... Springfield_J_ 2 
Rhode Island.Providence_I.. p 
Connecticut .New Haven_ I... 1 
Maine is all alive with military entl|ieiasm, and ten 
times the number of volunteers have tendered their 
services required by the order. 
New Hampshire will promptly furnish her quota of 
troops. Several banks have tendered loans to the 
Government for the equipment, of stich troops, and 
for the support of families of volunteers. 
The Governor of Vermont has called for the regi¬ 
ment apportioned to the 8tate, ani the volunteers 
are mustering for the service. 
Massachusetts lias already dispatched six (four 
more than called fori regiments to Washington. 
Thousands more of volunteers are mustered, and are 
ready, if required. The banks of Host on and other 
cities have tendered loans for military purposes, 
aggregating a million of dollars. 
Rhode Island lias already equipped a thousand 
men, and Gov. Sprague offers to jake command of 
the regiment. Their services have been accepted by 
the Secretary of War. The banks and capitalists 
freely offer money to the State for war purposes. 
Connecticut will have to select from 10,000 men at 
least for the single regiment called for by the Federal 
authorities. Money offered in abundance by the 
banks of Hartford and Now Haven. 
Netc York is mustering Into service 30,000 volun¬ 
teers, pursuant-ti> Uw'Jj.jdiiiiHLil'e providing 
for that number oT armed men. Nearly iwijr an. in. j 
patty of initttjrraed r !to-, q, the Wale lias tendered 
its services. Within twenty days the number who 
will have offered their services in the State will 
doubtless reach 100,000. The moneyed men of New 
York city offer to sustain the Government in a defen¬ 
sive war with all the money it may require. 
Neir Jersey is promptly in the field with her quota 
of volunteers. 
Pennsylvania seems to be gnod for 100,000 men, 
judging from the alacrity displayed. Five thousand 
men in Philadelphia have already volunteered. Lan¬ 
caster, Pittsburgh, and all the larger towns, are 
organizing forces for the emergency, and every ham¬ 
let is sending forth those to do service. 
Delaware has responded with a regiment for its 
national defences. 
Ohio is alive with military ardor. Under the 
authority of the State Government a much larger 
force is being mustered than called for. Ten thou¬ 
sand rank and file are to be kept in readiness for 
action at Cincinnati alone. 
Wisconsin has furnished her quota from Milwaukee 
alone, and is claiming greater space. Each of the 
other Western States are ready to furnish ten times 
their allotment. 
Disposition of the Northern Forces. 
The employment of the immense force called out 
by President Lincoln will depend mainly, it is said, 
upon the course the Border Slave States will pursue in 
reference to the secession issue. As matters are situ¬ 
ated now, it is the intention of the Government to use 
the seventy-five thousand called into service, with the 
regular army, forming an aggregate of about one 
hundred thousand men, as follows: 
First — A corps d'arniee of thirty-five thousand men 
will be collected in and about Washington, for the 
•purpose of defending the seat of government, pro¬ 
tecting the military posts, controlling the Potomac 
and Chesapeake bay, and keeping open the communi¬ 
cation between the North and the Capital. Washing¬ 
ton will serve for its point d’apjrui, while its line of 
operations will extend all along the left bank of the 
right shore of the hay. 
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, aud the rest in 
holding Cairo, at the junction of the Ohio and Missis¬ 
sippi, the mostiinportanl strategical point in the West. 
Third —Of the remaining forty thousand, five 
thousand are expected to be thrown into Western 
Texas, to form a nucleus around which the Unionists 
of that State will gather. 
Fourth — Twenty-five thousand will be employed 
in a demonstration for the relief of Fort Pickens, 
aud the re-capture of the other fortifications about 
Pensacola Bay. 
Fifth—Ten thousand men will be kept hovering 
in steam transports between Charleston and Savan¬ 
nah, to worry ^te rebels by necessitating the pres¬ 
ence of a large defensive force in both places, and 
effect a landing whenever an opportunity shall offer. 
The army operations will he seconded by a strict 
blockade of the mouths of the Mississippi and all the 
Southern ports. Orders for a general blockade have 
not been issued, but will doubtless be given as soon 
as tbe steam frigates now fitting out are ready for sea. 
Southern Ports to be Blockaded. 
President Lincoln issued a Proclamation on 
the 19th inst., stating that an insurrection against the 
Government of the United States has broken out in 
tbe States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala¬ 
bama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, and the 
laws of the United States for the collection of the 
revenue cannot be effectually executed therein, con¬ 
formable to that provision of the Constitution which 
provides that duties shall be uniform throughout tbe 
United States; and further, that a combination of 
persons engaged in such insurrection have threatened 
to grant Letters of Marque to authorize the bearers 
thereof to commit assaults on the lives, vessels, and 
property of good citizens of the country, lawfully 
engaged in commerce on the high seas and in the 
waters of the United States, and 
Whereas, The President says, an executive procla¬ 
mation has already been issued, requiring the persons 
engaged in these disorderly proceedings to desist, 
and therefore calling out a military force for the pur¬ 
pose of repressing the same, und convening Con¬ 
gress in extraordinary session, to deliberate and 
determine thereon, the President, with a view to the 
same purposes before mentioned and to the protec¬ 
tion of the public peace and the lives and property of 
its orderly citizens, pursuing their lawful occupa¬ 
tions, until Congress shall have assembled and 
deliberated on tbe said unlawful proceedings, or 
until the same shall have ceased, has further deemed 
it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports 
within the States aforesaid in pursuance of the laws 
of the United States and the law of nations, in such 
case provided; and for this purpose a competent 
force will be posted so aB to prevent tbe entrance and 
exit of vessel from the ports aforesaid. If, with a 
view to violate such blockade, a vessel shall attempt 
to leave any of the said ports, she will be duly warned 
by the commander of one of the said blockading 
vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and 
date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall 
again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, 
she will be captured aud sent to tbe nearest conven¬ 
ient port for such proceedings against her and ber 
cargo as may be deemed advisable. 
The Squadron for the South. 
The following is a list of the United States ves¬ 
sels destined for the South: 
WAR VE8SBL8 t-ROPER. 
Name. Captain. Guns. 
Steam frigate Roanoke,_ — 40 
Steam frigate Minnesota,_ G. J. Van Brunt,...40 
Steam frigate Wabash,_ - ........40 
Steam frigate Merrimae,.,_ — _..._ 40 
Steam frigate Colorado,_ — ___..._ 40 
Frigate Sabine, . ...H. A. Adams,.50 
Sloop of war Cumberland,_John Marston,__24 
Slocqi-of war St. Louis,.—C. H. Poor,.20 
Stoop of war Jamestown,..... — 22 
Ste&rn sloop Brooklyn, ._.W. S. Walker,......25 
Steam sloop Mississippi,. — ..11 
Steam sloop Powhatan,. S. Mercer,. 11 
Steam sloop Pawnee,_S. C. Rowan,. 4 
Steam sloop Pocahontas,.S. F. Hazard,___... 5 
Steam stoop Wyandot,_ — 5 
Steam sloop Mohawk, _Lieut. Strong,.. . ... h 
Steam sloop Crusader,...Lieut. Craven,__ 8 
Cutter Hurriet Lane,.John Faunce,... 6 
Steamer Water Witch,. — . , 3 
Brig Perry, __ — 6 
Brig Dolphin,_.... — ........_4 
Brig Bainbridge,,. — 6 
Total,..414 
STEAM TRANSPORTS. 
Tannage. 
CoHtssomsleos, . Capt. Wilson, _..1.500 
Bwptwi '» -- — ----- 
Baltic,. .-.Capt. Pearson,-2,845 
Atlantic,. . Capt. Geary,--2,845 
Daniel Webster,__ — -....-1,035 
Illinois,. Capt. P. E. Terry,.2,123 
This immense fleet will require a force of four 
thousand sailors and marines to man it. Many of 
the vessels have been ordered to take on board an 
extra supply of boats, Dahlgren boat-howitzers aud 
small ammunition, which looks as though the fleet 
were to operate in conjunction with an army force. 
The steam sloop Brooklyn, frigate Sabine, sloop-of- 
war St. Louis, and steamers CruBader and 'Wyandot, 
are now in active service near Fort Pickens. It is 
presumed the other vessels enumerated will join 
them within the next week. 
Confederate Navy. 
The following is a list of the vessels composing 
the Confederate Navy. Those marked f were stolen 
from the United States. It will he seen that »i out of 
the 10 were thus obtained by robbery: 
Name. 
Guns. 
Crew. 
tK. McClelland. . 
.5 
35 
(Lewis Cass __ 
.1 69 pounds. 
40 
(Aiken . 
. 1 42 pounds. 
35 
(Washington . 
..1 42 pounds. 
35 
(Dodge. 
_ 1 32 pounds. 
25 
Lady Davis. 
.5 
100 
Steamer James Gray. 
. 1 6-in Columbiad. 
40 
Bonita, (brig). 
. 6 
90 
Steamer Everglade... 
. 1 
35 
(Steamer Fulton_ 
120 
Total. 
.28 
590 
Gov. Morgan’s Proclamation. 
The President of the United States by proclama¬ 
tion and through the Secretary of War, by formal 
requisition, has called upon this State for a quota of 
seventeen regiments of seven hundred and eighty 
men each, to be immediately detached from the Mili¬ 
tia of this State, to serve as Infantry or Riflemen, for 
a period of three months, unless sooner discharged. 
Now, in conformity with the aforesaid demand, 
and by virtue of an Act of tbe Legislature of this 
State, passed on the sixteenth day of April instant, 
entitled “An Act to authorize the embodying and 
equipment of a Volunteer Militia, and to provide for 
public defence," and the power vested in me by the 
Constitution and the laws, I do call for the aforesaid 
quota, consisting of six hundred and sixty-nine offi¬ 
cers and twelve thousand six hundred aud thirty-one- 
men, forming an aggregate of thirteen thousand two 
hundred and eighty. The organization of this force 
to be in conformity with article eleven, section two 
of tbe Constitution of this State, and with the rules 
and regulations embraced in General Order number 
thirteen, promulgated this day. 
The Rendezvous of this State will be at New York, 
Albany, and Elmira, Headquarters at Albany. 
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto affixed the Privy 
Seal of the State, this eighteenth day of 
[L. 8,] April, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and sixty one. 
By the Governor, Edwin D. Morgan. 
Lockwood L. Doty, Private Secretary. 
Smninnrv of Latent Intelligence. 
The telegraph this (Tuesday) morning has put us 
in possession of various interesting items which we 
condense as follows: 
Privateers to be Treated as Pirates. —Orders 
have been received from the Navy Department at 
Washington, by the officers of the various United 
States vessels, that all persous found sailing under 
Jefferson Davis’ letters of marque and reprisal be 
treated as pirates; that the contumacious be immedi¬ 
ately hung from the yard-arm, and the crew and more 
penitent officers be placed in irons to await their 
trial as ocean brigand.8. This summary method of 
dealing will probably be seconded by the European 
powers, who have just as much cause to fear a fleet 
of free-booters infesting tbe seas and molesting 
peaceful commerce as have the Northern States. 
Maine on the Crisis.— The Legislatnre of Maine 
met on the 22d, and there was a full attendance in 
both branches, with a large number of leading mili¬ 
tary tneu from all sections of tbe Union. Governor 
Wash borne delivered an address to both branches 
immediately after the organisation. He was brief, 
pointed, and patriotic, and his remarks were received 
with tho utmost enthusiasm. Immediately after he 
concluded, Mr. Gonld, of Thomaston, one of the 
leading Democrats of the House, introduced a reso¬ 
lution pledging the entire resources of State to the 
vigorous support of the Federal authorities. Maine 
is thoroughly aroused, and saysahe will do more in pro¬ 
portion to her population than any State in the Union. 
The Legislature signified a unanimous support of 
the resolve by rising as one man. The Governor's 
address was referred to a joint select committee, and 
they will report the requisite measure embracing as 
the principal points the raising of ten regiments of 
troops, and an appropriation of §1,000,090 to lit them 
out. Liberal provisions will be made for the support 
of the families of volunteers, and a coast guard will 
be organized to do the honors for the famous priva¬ 
teers of Jeff Davis. 
Washington Safe.—A special messenger arrived 
at Philadelphia on the 21st inst., tbe bearer of dis¬ 
patches from the President to Gen. Patterson. He 
says the Capital is safe from any attack that can be 
made. The assailants can be battled until the city is 
reinforced by the troops now on the way. 
The Position of Virginia_ Gov. Letcher, of 
Virginia, has published a proclamation, recognizing 
the Confederate F totes as independent,, lie says, the 
President has no authority to call an extraordinary 
force to an offensive war against any foreign power, 
and threaten to use this unusual force to compel 
obedience to bi? mandates. Believing that the influ¬ 
ences which operated to produce this proclamation 
against the seceded States will be brought to bear 
upon Virginia, if sbe should resume the powers 
guaranteed by her people. It is dne to her honor, that 
an improper exercise of force against her people 
should be repelled. Gov. L. orders all armed volun¬ 
teer regiments, or companies, to hold themselves in 
readiness for immediate orders, and prepare for effi¬ 
cient service. The proclamation is dated the 17th. 
Funds for War Purposes.— Moneyed institutions 
and men all over the Northern States are coming 
forward with material aid for the General Govern¬ 
ment. Wm. B. Astor has offered to give the Govern¬ 
ment $4,000,000, and to loan $10,000,000. Com. 
Vanderbilt is Bat'd to have informed the Government 
that it can have bis whole fieipt of steamers, fully 
manned and equipped, withont the charge of a penny. 
In addition to this, associations are being formed 
under the laws of the State by some of the leading 
citizen#, to create: and maintain permanent National 
Patriotic Funds for the care and support of the wives 
and children and other dependents ot those who go 
for the defence of the country. New York city has 
already created a fund of $1,000,000; Albany, $30,- 
000; Buffalo, $25,000; Rochester, $30,000: Pough¬ 
keepsie, $15,000, and thus we might enumerate fifty 
cities, towns, and villages to the Umpire State. It is 
fully determined that neither the Government nor the 
friends of those who rally to its defence shall want 
means which any emergency may require. 
•T UJAJUXUXt llXlWS. 
Great Britain. — Political news unimportant. 
Parliament was not in session. 
The Times points out that both the American 
Tariff's are hostile to English commerce. On cotton, 
England will have to pay duty to the Southern States, 
and on their chief exports increased duties, while 
in the Northern States, duties are assuming a posi¬ 
tively hostile character. England must consider 
bow bIic deals with a State which begins with a 
flagrant departure from the rules of amity. 
The Times, in an editorial on the question of affairs 
in America, says that the prohibition of the Slave 
trade by tbe Southern Confederacy is put forward 
merely to conciliate English prejudices, and believes 
such a piece of superfluous self-denial will not be 
long adhered to. The Times, in the same article, 
points to the English resistance in the first revolution 
as a warning against forcible resistance to disrup¬ 
tion, which, it appears, is inevitable. 
The London Globe in reviewing the political posi¬ 
tion, says Europe has never been more agitated 
since 1847. 
France.— All the French Marshalls had been sum¬ 
moned to attend an extraordinary Council of War at 
Paris, April 8tb. 
It is expected at Paris that the Bank of France 
would soon further advance the rate of discount. 
Very warlike rumors continue to prevail at Paris. 
The army is being drilled for war, and provided with 
baggage aud wagons. A difficulty had arisen in the 
conclusion of a commercial treaty between France 
and Belgium. 
The Patrie says the Emperor has written to Prince 
Murat, disapproving his recent manifesto relative to 
the Neapolitan crown. 
The French Navy had been reorganized into five 
divisions, one division ordered to Syria. 
It was announced that the Emperor was about to 
review tbe garrisons of Paris. 
Government measures were being taken for the 
suppression of unlegalized religious associations. 
Italy. — Garibaldi received great enthusiasm at 
Turin. 
Tbe Opinione, of Turin, advocates the withdrawal 
of the French troops from Rome, as a National 
Italian army will soon perform their duties. 
It is reported that Garibaldi and tbe Hungarian 
leaders Lave a perfect understanding. 
It is expected that the Hungarian Diet will call the 
Hungarian troops from the other parts of Austria to 
concentrate in Hungary. If opposed by Austria, the 
Hungarians will refuse to pay taxes, and an insurrec¬ 
tion will take place. 
Austria. — The Austrian Diet would open at 
Vienna the (Sth inst. 
Confidential interviews are said to have occurred 
between Keohberg and the French Ambassador at 
Vienna, relative to a new settlement with respect to 
Yenitia. 
France offers to support the cession of Venitia to 
Italy, in consideration of territorial compensation. 
Poland.— Disturbances had continued to occur at 
Kalesb. It is reported that the military have been 
instructed to suppress disorders if necessary. In¬ 
creased agitations prevailed at Warsaw. 
India. — The Bombay mail of March 12th had 
arrived. Bishop of Madras was dead. Sir Robert 
Napier had been seriously injured by a fall from bis 
horse. The dullness of Bombay markets lor cotton 
bad increased. American news is said to have 
caused considerable excitement aud promised to give 
great impetus to the cotton growers of Bombay. 
The famine accounts continue very serious. 
Commercial Lstbaliosnoe.— Breadstuff *—Richardson & 
Co., report Hour dull and easier, hut quotations unchanged. 
Quotations 29sa2!tetid. The latter for choice. 
Wheat dull and steady. Red winter Ils6dal2«3d. Red 
Southern 12s8daI3e. White Western 13sal3f3d. White 
Southern 13s6dul4sOd. 
Corn quiet. Holders Oder freely but show no disposition to 
press wiles. Mixed 37s. Yellow 38s. White 3Ss6du39s. 
Wakefleld, Nash & Co. reported a decline of 6d in inferior 
qualities of flour 
