Indiana State Guard, Volume 2, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1861 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE GUARD.

. EIMTOII SATURDAY, - - - APRIL 20. CIVIL WAR. In our last week's number, we announced that the Administration had sent a large armament of steamers to Charleston, and that in all probability our people would shortly find our country in civil war. The very next morning after we put our formjto press announcing this intelligence, our forebodings were, we are pained to say, realized. The telegraph has since made known to the country that hostilities were commenced against Fort Sumter by the troops of the Southern Confederacy as soon as they received news that the Federal war ships had arrived off Charleston Bar, and that Major Anderson, nfier a gallant defence of thirty-six hours, surrendered the fort under his command, A full account of the emwement, which was remarkable on both sides for the courage and skill which have ever been the distinguished characterislicsof American soldiery, will be found in anolher part of this day's paper. We have, as our readers will remember, feared such a calamity upon our country ever since Mr. Lincoln delivered his speech in this city, when he was on his way to the seat of Government ; and when he intimated his purpose to retake the Forts and other public property in the possession of the seceded Stales. It has come upon the country at last. The blaze of civil war is actually si-en or (" It in every Stale of our hitherto happy Union. All the Slates, ill both sections of the country, have become great military camps. The drum and fife the marching of Iroops are seen and heard in all our large towns and cities. Recruiting officers, high and low, are making strong appeals to the patriotism of the people young men and boys are volunteering to take a part in the war on one side or the other. Large numbers of youth are about to leave Indianapolis on their way (o the Capital at Washington, and to other points which may become the seats of war between the hostile armies. Parents, sons, brothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts, are all in deep grief at the separation that has taken, or is about to take place between them between many of them, we fear, forever. To us, who have uniformly supported a pacific policy, and, with that view, advocated a close adherence to the principles of the Constitution, the Union, and the Equality of the States, it is extremely painful to look upon such a state of things. It is painful to see hundreds, if not thousands of the young men of our Slate many of them mere boys the pride and hope of do ting fathers and mothers led off to the fields of battle- to embrue their hands in the blood of relatives, or to become victims themselves to the merciless rifle in the possession of those relatives. Where are they to be led ? The Proclamation of President Lincoln calls upon the Governor of the State to organise the militia and to send ihem forth to execute the laws. He says " that the first svrvice assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union." Is it designed to march our State volunteers over the soil of Virginia and Kentucky, to retake the forts alluded to ? The Governors of those States have both declared that such a design shall not be carried out. Is it intended to march them to Washington, to hold possession of the Capital of the Union ? To such a purpose we have no objection to offer. The district of Columbia was ceded to the United States by the State of Maryland for a seat of Government ; and it is the duty of the President, elected in pursuance of the forms of the Constitution, to defend it, if it should be assailed. We mean to offer no advice as to the defence of our National Capital; but we do think that for such a serious enterprise as that of marching over the soil of such a State as Virginia, with a view of retaking such a post as Harper's Ferry, boys should not be selected for the duty. It will be no child's play. Men full grown men ripe in judgment with a proper appreciation of the consequences in case of failure should be preferred. If Virginia has seceded, she will probably assign the defence of Harper's Ferry, as South Carolina did Fort Moultrie and Morris Island, to her ablest and most mature men. Legislators, exGovernors, ex-Congressmen, politicians, lawyers, doctors, and even ministers, served in the ranks and took part in all the danger; and if such points should be assailed in Virginia or other Southern States, the work should be done by a similar class of men from the North, who know what they are about. It would be better to keep the boys at home for the defence of our State as well as the old nien. They will make excellent home guards. Democratic Union Meeting at Greencastle. . The proceedings of the large and respectable meeting held at Greencastle on the lOih inst., over which Hon. Arch Johnson presided, were not received at this office until after our paper of this week was all in type otherwise they would have appeared in our columns. The resolutions adopted were patrioiic, spirited, and forcible especially those in relation to the course of the Republican majority in Congress which rejected the Crittenden compromise mid passed the Morrill Tariff Bill. Jt"War, war, war, war, nothing is talked of or thought of but war. Business of ail kinds is almost entirely suspended. In consequence, we give up most of our space to the most interesting and reliable news.

The Border States-The Conflict. If the Telegraphio indications are correct, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, and the other Border States, will sustain, if not unite with the Southern Confederacy. We shall then have one entire section of the Union in hostile array against the other. As we have said all along, we are for peace for conciliation and concession in preference to coercion. If any section of the country feels that it cannot get its rights in the Union, and is determined to leave it, at all hazards, wo have been, as we are now, in favor of letting it go peaceably. The border States have failed in their efforts to mediate to re-unite the disaffected parts. In our judgment it is better for the prosperity of both sections, even now, to arrange for a division between the two governments, rather than to have either drenched in blood. Will there be any time in the future, after the armies have met, and thousands on both sides have been slain, when this can be done as easily as it can now ? Will it not have to be done in the end ? Can either side conquer, subdue, and keep in subjection the other ? We ask those- that are rushing into this war in hot haste to stop and consider, as patriots, for the good of our common country, whether this difficulty cannot be better stopped before every family mourns over the loss of one or more relatives, and every hearth-stone becomes desolate ?

Respect to the American Flag and Honor to a Brave Man. The secessionists at Charleston, during the engagement with Major Anderson, showed themselves to be the best natured enemies that any of our federal forces ever encountered.' During the hottest of the fire, when the flagstaff at Fort Sumter was shot away, the seceders on Morris Island immediately dispatched a boat to the Fort conveying another American flag to Anderson to fight under. And when the gallant Major finally surrendered, his sword was not only instantly returned to him, but the seceders permitted him and his brave" followers to retire with the honors of war, with the flag of their Government waiving over their heads saluting it as they left the Fort, as the Cincinnati Gazette says, with one hundred gnus! Such a compliment to the "Starspangled banner" and its heroic defender was creditable alike to those who paid, as to him who received it. Why should the contending parties . in this transaction be enemies? God never intended them to be so, and why should man? With all their uncontrollable hot blood and warm temperaments, the Carolinians slill love the old flag under which their fathers fought they still delight to honor the "stars ami the stripes" which floated triumphantly over Fort Moultrie in the davs of '76. Volunteers in Indianapolis. There were at 2 o'clock yesterday, in Indianapolis and vicinity, about 1 ,500 volunteers, including the troops from the various parts of the State and the city companies, ail mustered in the service of the Government. Among these were the Marion Artillery, Capt. Gordon; Zouave Guards, Capt, Fahnestoek; Independent Zouaves, Capt. Rugg; National Guards, Capt. McGinnis, all of Indianapolis ; one company from Lafayette, Capt. Miller; Delaware Guards, Capt. Brady; Wayne County Guards, Capt. Wildaman, of Cambridge City; one company from Madison, Capt. Sullivan; Lafayette, Capt. Taylor; Lawrenceburg, Capt. Spooner; Crawfordsville, Capt. Wallace, Lieut. Elston in charge; Vigo Guards, Capt. Smith, and Fort Harrison Guards, Lieut. Hamil, both of Terre Haute; one company from Richmond, Capt. Benton. Secession of Virginia. There is no question that the Cenvention of Virginia has passed the ordinance of secession; but as the Convention sat with closed doors when the vote was given, it will not be officially announced until the State secures not only all the forts and other public works in her limits, but makes preparations to sustain an imposing attitude. As goes Virginia, so will go, ultimately, all the border States. Gov. Letcher issued a proclamation, dated April 17, recognizing the independence of the Confederate States. It says the President has no right to call an extraordinary force against a foreign power, and believes the improper exercise of force against the people should be repelled. He orders the militia to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service. A special telegram says that the War Department at Washington has received a dispatch from Harper's Ferry, stating that the arsenal with 15,000 stand of arms had been seized by Virginia troops. The track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, each side of the town, is torn up. Gov. Letcher telegraphed to the Department, refusing to furnish troops, and saying that Virginia will fight back. A Goon Example fok Gov. Morton. Gov ernor Sprague, whose recent election in Rhode Island. was heralded as a brilliant Democratic victory, has tendered the President the forces of his State, and offered to lead tltem himself. Jourmil. If the Governors who did not advise the re inforcement of Fort Sumter, and remained at home attending to their State duties, now furnish troops to sustain the Administration, and "offer to lead them on" with what shi.w of consistency can those who weni to Washington and urged the President into coercive measures, now shrink from doing likewise? A Card from Adjutant General Wallace. Permit me to say to the young men of India na, that I desire, if possible, to form a regiment of Zouaves to consist of twelve companies, each of one hundred members. As soon as organized and accepted by the Governor, 1 propose, if time will allow it, to eall the officers into school or barracks in this city, and instruct them in the peculiar tactics, in out post duty, field fortifications, te., will be purely Zouave in style. Let every company, desirous of attaching themselves to such Regiment, report to me mine Adjutant General's office, Indianapolis. Papers through the State oblige me by copving this card. LEW. WALLACE. Indianapolis, April 15, 1"C1.

Massachusetts first, in the Field. . Governor Andrew was the first to telegiaph to Lincoln, that the quota of Massachusetts troops was ready for the field; but he said nothing about her quota of money to pay their expenses. This, considering that soldiers must have bread and meat to eat, and that she comes in for the lion's share of the profit which will grow out of the Morrill tariff, if the Southern revenue policy is crushed, looks rather miserly. Massachusetts did not respond so promptly in the last war with England. She then kept her troops at home in "inglorious ease," but called on the federal government, after the men of other Slates had done all the hard fighting, for full pay. New York "forks up" liberally in comparison with Massachusetts. Her Legislature voted, upon the call of Lincoln, not only thirty thousand men, but three -millions of dollars. Pennsylvania has done likewise, both as to men and money. These three States have been made rich by Protective Tariffs, and have bled the consumers of the Northwest profusely. They should now contribute freely in return for their ill-gotten

gains especially as the war against the South is partly waged on account of her free trade policy, to sustain the manufacturing and iron in terests, as well as the abolition fanaticism, of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, with Massachusetts at their head. Extra Sessions of Congress and Legislature'. President Lincoln has called an extra session of Comrress on the 4th of July, and Governor Morton has called one of the Legislature on the 24th of April. One hundred and fifty millions of dollars, at least, must be raised to foot the War bills, and pay the money already borrowed to furnish supplies for the troops. Military Appointments. Governor Morton has appointed Isaiah Mansuras Commissary General; Lewis Wallace, Ad jutant General; and Thomas A. Morris, Quarter master General of the Indiana Militia. Cassius M. Clay's Slaves. Cassius M. Clay, Mr. Lincoln's Minister to Russia, who hns expressed asmuch lip sympathy lor the poor negro as any man in the Republican party, advertises his slaves "for hire" during his absence from the country. The master will enjoy at least four years' repose, while at St. Pelersburgh living at ease upon twelve thousand per annum; but there will be no repose for his poor darkies, on whose sad bondage he has'shed so many crocodile tears. Southern News. Montgomery, April 1G. General Pillow guarantees to raise 10,000 men in Tennessee in twenty days if President Davis will accept them, and there is no doubt that he will. Hon. A. H. Stephens, at Atlanta, Georgia, last night said that it would require seventy-five times 75,000 men to intimidate the Confederate States, and then it could not be done. Of the 32,000 troops called out to day, 5,000 are from each Statu except Florida, the number from that State being 2,000. Montgomery, April 17, a.m.--A gentleman of this city has taken 9 25,000 of the Confeder ate loan at par, and paid the amount in gold. There will be from 75,000 to 100,000 men iu the field in less than 30 days. The Government is likely to get a large amount of money from the European Ship builders. The cabinet has had a long session to-day; a proclamation will be. issued to-morrow, calling one hundred and fifty thousand more troops into the field. Montgomery, April 17. Fifty thousand volunteers from Kentucky and Tennessee are offered the Confederate States. President Davis has issued a proclamation inviting privateers to make war on Northern com merce, with letters of marque and reprisal. It speaks of the wrongs of the past and those now threatened by those whose enmity is now implacably provoked, and concludes by saying, under the blessing of Divine Providence we may hope for a speedy, just and honorable peace. Memphis, April 17. The Memphis and Ohio Railroad offers to transport troops and munitions tree. The Council hns appointed a military board and appropriated $50,000 to defend the city. Union flags on steamers have been hauled down, and citizens are arming and volunteering. Charleston, April 1G. Gov. Ellis has telegraphed here that he has taken all the forts in North Carolina. Nothing of stirring importance has occurred to-day. The prospect of the secession of Virginia gives great joy to the people here. . Seizure of Arms. Cincinnati, April 17. The Chief of Police, Dudley, this morning seized 30 boxes of (.unson the steamer Ohio No. 3 ; 23 marked G. T. W., Little Rock, and 7 marked L. R., Memphis. , Also, 5 boxes for Memphis on steamer Glendale, reshipped from the steamer Fanny Brown on Monday last. Great crowds are on the landing ; the excitement is very high. The guns were shipped from Parkersburg, Va., and are supposed to have come from Harper's Ferry. A heavy shipment of powder has also been stopped. All steamers' have been prohibited from taking provisions South. Two steameis have been chartered by the city authorities to act as police boats. They will be thoroughly armed, and will stop and search all passing steamers. Three companies of troops leave to-night for the rendezvous at Columbus. The Home Guard is rapidly filling its ranks. The enlistment at the Newport, Ky., Barracks is very active, and there" are now over 500 men in the garrison. A large consignment of bacon for Charleston, via Nashville, was taken off the steamer Glenwood this morning. The excitement throughout the city is on the increase. The volunteer companies are all full, and more men are offering than can be accepted. I California Senator. The Pony Express brings intelligence that James A. McDougall was again elected United States Senatar on the 2d. He received 67 votes against 39 balance scattering. All the Republican and most of the Douglas members supported McDougall.

The Commencement of Civil War at Charleston, S. C. On the evening of the 0th instant the State authorities of South Carolina received official notification that supplies would be furnished to Anderson at all hazards. Immense final preparations suited to the emergency was at once commenced. Orders were issued to the entire mili-' tary force of the city to proceed to their stations. Four regiments of a thousand men each were telearaphed for from the country. Ambulances for tne wounded were prepared; surgeons were ordered to their- posts, Hnd every- preparation made for a regular battle. Among other por-

tentious signs, the community was thrown into a fever of excitement by the discharge of seven guns from Citadel square, the signal for the assemblage of all the reserves ten minutes afterwards. Hundreds of men left their beds, hurrying to and fro towards their respective destinations. In the absence of sufficient armories, the corners of the streets, public squares and other convenient points formed places of meeting, and all night long the roll of the drum and the steady tramp of the military and the gallop of the cavalry resounding through the city, betokened the close proximity of the long anticipated hostilities. The Home Guard corps of old gentlemen, who occupy the position of military exempts, rode through tne city, arousing the soldiers, and doing other duty required by the moment. Hundreds of the citizens were up all night. A terrible thunder slorm prevailed until a late hour, but in no wise interfered with the ardor of the soldiers merchants, lawyers, doctors, students of divinity, clerks, mechanics and laborers joined shoulder to shoulder for common defence. The Seventeenth r giment, eight hundred strong, gathered thus in one hour, and left for the fortification, at three o'clock in the morning of the 9th. The union and enthusiasm of the whole of the citizens were like that of a single man, so determined were they to support each other to the uttermost. COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. The long anticipated blow fell upon Fort Sumter, like the. hammer of Thor, at half past four o'clock on Friday morning, April 12. A formal demand for the evacuation of the fort was made upon Major Anderson at two o'clock P. M. on the 1 Uh of April. To this demand sent by Gen. Beauregard, the gallant Major made this -firm Uhough sententious reply: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication demanding the evacuation of this fort, and to say in reply thereto that it is a demand with which I regret that my sense of honor and my obligations to my government prevent my compliance. From the moment that this answer transpired every lingering hope of peace expired. Each party now set itself to complete the offensive preparations for the collision which had now become inevitable. Troops and ammunition, in addition to the vast numbers already there, were poured into tne city of Charleston from every available point, and the batteries along the coast were further strengthened and reinforced. Thou sands of people of both sexes were collected along the shore, on the housetops and in adja cent houses, in a state of terrible suspense, awaiting the first sounds of battle. At last they came. At twenty seven minutes past four the guns from old Moultrie belched forth the challenge to Anderson. Nothing loth, the gallant Major responded with three of his barbette guns. Thereupon the batteries on Cummings Point and Mount Pleas-nt, with the floating battery, joined in the cannonade, and opened a brisk fire of shot and shell upon the beleaguered fort. Major Anderson did not reply to these new assaults, ex cept at long intervals, until between seven and eight o'cloek, when he opened a terrible fire upon Moultrie and Stevens iron battery with two ranges of his heavy guns. The cannonading continued with great earnestness until nightfall, when there were signs that the garrison of Sumter were becoming less regular and frequent in its fire. Nevertheless, the bombardment was continued on both sides until seven o'clock P. M., when a Violent rain storm set in, causing a suspension of hostilities from that time until eleven o'clock, with the exception of an occasional gun from either side. It was estimated that, up to this time, no less than eighteen hundred balls nnd shells were discharged. Although the cannonade ceased during the night, a bomb was sent into fort Sumter from all the secession bat teries every twenty minutes, as it Was said, to keep Major Anderson "wide awake." The fire on Fort Sumter was resumed with great violence on Saturday morning Major Anderson returning the iron compliments with great gallantry and regularity. Between eight and nine o'clock the woodwork in Fort Sumter was set on fire by a red hot shot from Fort Moultrie. At a little after eleven o'clock an explosion took place in Fort Sumter, and dense volumes of smoke arose from the works. The federal flag still floated amid the progressing ruin; but the fury of the conflagration in the garrison prevented the use of the guns, as all the men were occu-! pied iu putting out the fire, and thus added to the embarrassment of the brave little band. The shells from Fort Moultrie and the batteries along the coast still continued a hot and uninterrupted fire on the devoted fort, the guns of Anderson having been almost completely silenced, not by actual conquest, but for want of men to work them nnd to attend to the extinguishing of the fire at the same time. SHATTERED CONDITION OF 8UMTER. At length Fort Sumter became so entirely disabled by the continued hail of shot and shell and the progress of the flames inside, that Major Anderson was compelled to hoist a signal of distress. Previously the American flag had .been shot away, and was gallantly rehoisted on a pole. Three United States vessels, which arrived off the port in the morning, were on hand, apparently about to lake part in the cannonading; but for unexplained reasons, which will no doubt be properly investigated by the Government, did not move from their anchorage or fire a gun. During the height of the conflgralion General Beauregard sent a boat to Major Anderson with offers of assistance; but before it could reach the fort the flag of truce was run up. Anolher boat then put off, containing Ex-Governor Manning, Major D. R.Jones and Col. Charles Allston, to arrange the terms of surrender, which were the same as those offered on the 1 1th inst. These were official. They stated that all proper facilities would be afforded for the removal of Major Anderson and his command, together with the company arms and property and all private property, to any post in the United States he might elect. The terms were not, therefore, unconditional. Major Anderson stated that he surrendered his sword to General Beauregard as the representative of the Confederate government. General Beauregard said he would not receive it from so brave a man. He says Major Anderson made a staunch fight, and elevated himself in the estimation of every true Carolinian. The scene in the city of Charleston on the re ceipt of the news was intensely exciting. The people were perfectly wild with enthusiasm, and men on horsebaYk galloped through the streets proclaiming the intelligence of the rendition of the fort amid tremendous cheers and applause. The captured officers were carried through the city amid great excitement and enthusiasm. THS DEFENCE OF FOBT BCMTER, Under the straitened circumstances in which its garrison was placed, reflects the highest honor and credit on the gallant Major in command and the noble band of heroes that so faithfully served

under him. The fort itself was by no means complete, for though it was designed for an urmament of one hundrod and forty pieces of ordinance, there were no more than seventy-fivo mounted and in position at the time of the attack. The war garrison is also six hundred men, but there were no more than seventy-one nrmy men in the fortification, all told, when the bombardment was begun by Kurt Moultrie The following is a list of the officers and men, including thirty laborers, who assisted at the guns; THE GARRISON IN TI1K FORT.

ReqimeiU Born Rank. I or Corns. I in. R. Anderson . . . . . S. W. Crawford. . Abner Doubleday . Truman Seymour. Theodore Talbot. . Jeff. C. Davis J. N. Hall J, G. Foster G. W. Snyder. . . . R. K. Meade..... Officers Band..... Artillerists Laborers '. Major . . 1 1st Art'y. 'Asst Stir Med. Staff. Ky. P enn. N. Y. IVt. ;d. c ;ind. In. y. iN. H. 'N. Y. jVa. 9 ... 15 . .. 65 . .. 30 Captain. Captain. 1st Lieut 1st Lieut! 2d Lieut. 1st Art'y, 1st Art'y, 1st Art'y 1st Art'y 1st Art'y Engin'rs . Captain. 1st Lieut Engin'rs . '2d Lieut. Engin'rs . Total ........... ...........109 It will thus be seen that the force at the disposal of Major Anderson was totally inadequate to the protracted and proper defence of the work. For with the few men under his command he could bring but very few of his guns into play, and, as the working of the heavy artillery is a very fatiguing operation, it is not surprising that the men were so frequently worn out as occasionally to render a partial cessation of firing from the fort an absolute necessity. Besides, it has been shown that the rations of the garrison had been reduced to a very low ebb, insomuch that starvation would have done the work of cannon in two or three days more. But had it not been for the unexpected disaster of a fire in the fort, the possibility is that the Major would havp been able to hold out until the fleet could have made an effort to reinforce him. Taking all the facts together, it does not appear pbssible that a more gallant defence could have been made. The anxiety of the officers and men must also be borne in mind. For several months past they have been in expectation of the attack or the evacuation of the fort; and as. the offen sive preparations of their nssailants were perfect ed, they had to nerve themselves to the work which was before them, not knowing when it would begin. Not a man in that fort had a moment's rest from the time that the first shot was fired on Fridny morning until the work was surrendered on Saturday afternoon. They must have been on the qtti vive from two o'clock P. M. of Thursday, when the ultimatum of Gen. Beauregard was sent to Sumter, until actual hostilities commenced. The contest thus may be said to have lasted fully forty-eight hours, for during all that time the men in Sumter were under continual excitement from the want of rest, heightened considerably by the terriffic discharge of shells to keep them awake all Friday night. THE ACTION OF THE FLEET, In arriving off the harbor and not making any effort to come to the rescue of the garrison of Sumter, has" been variously commented upon. In Charleston the indignation of the people was plainly manifested against the commanders of the United States vessels that were off the bar for not coming to the assistance of Major Anderson when he made signals of distress. The very soldiers on Morris Island, it is said, jumped on theirguns cheering for Anderson and groaning for the fleet. The reason given by some for the inaction of the ships is, that they were unable to get over the bar in time to be or usetul assistance, and when thej did get over it was entirely too late to be of any actual service. General Ordors,--No. 1. Adjutant General's Office. Indianapolis, April 15, 1861. Attention is called to the following regulations adopted for the organization of the militia of Indiana : 1. Companies must number eighty-four, rank nnd file. . 2. Each company must elect the following officers for commissions: One Captain, one first Lieutenant, one second Lieutenant, and one third Lieutenant. 3. When formed and organized by the election of officers, the Captain must report immediately t this office, sending names of officers, Company roll, and the exact locality of their muster, and the particular arm of service they have chosen, whether infantry, rifle, artillery or cavalry. 4. Notice of the acceptance will be immediately given by telegraph, or in the speediest possible manner, and when so notified, Companies must hold themselves in readiness for instant march to the place of rendezvous. 6. Regiments will, if time permits, be formed ot companies Irom the same Uongrcssionai district. If time will no' allow, companies will be assigned to Regiments according to the date of their report as above designated. 6. Respect for the five Regiments sent from Indiana to the Mexican war, and avoidance of historical confusion, hereafter require that Regiments should be numbered in order, beginning with the 6th. 7. Companies not already uniformed will take no step about uniforming until they know the Regiment they are attached to. 8. Arms will be distributed to accepted companies, as soon as possible. If not distributed before marching to the place of rendezvous, patience must be exercised. 9. H practicable, an inspecting officer will be sent to such companies, notice being given of the time of his coming. 10. Accepted companies must not wait for arms, but begin their drilling immediately. 11. All communications touching arms, place of rendezvous, and organization, must be addressed to this office. 12. Notice of time and place of general rendezvous will be given in future orders. Lew. Wallacb, Adj. Gen. Ind. Mil. Lincoln Calls on the Governor of Kentucky for four Regiments. Governor Magoffin received the following dispatch yesterday morning: Washington, April 15. To his Excellency, Bekiah Magoffin: Call made on you by to-night's mail for four regiments of militia for immediate service. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. The following is the Governor's reply: Executive Office, ) Frankfort, April 15, 1861. ) Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, Washington City: Your dispatch is received. In answer I say. emphatically, that Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. B. MAGOFFIN, Governor of Kentucky.

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The President's Proclamation. Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for sometime past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law : Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United Stales, in virtue of the power in me ves ed by the constitution and laws, have thought fit to eall forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-five tiovsand, in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. The delails for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort torn intain the honor, the integrity and the existence of our National Union and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs alreadylong enough endured. 1 deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will be to repossess the forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union ; nnd in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistent with the object aforesaid, to avoid any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country ; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse and retire peacefully to their respective abodes within twenty days from this dale. Deeming that the present condition of the public presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress. The Senators and Representatives are therefore summoned to assemble at their respective chambers at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday the fourth day of July next, then and there to consider and determine such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and interest may seem to demand. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, nnd of the independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

Extra Session of the Legislature. Proclamation by the Governor. I, Oliver P. Morton, Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby convene the General Assembly of said State, and require the members thereof to meet in their respective Halls, in the State House, in the city of Indianapolis, at 2 o'clock P. M., on Wednesday the 24lh day of April, 1861. OLIVER P. MORTON, Governor. Attest : , Wm A. Peele, Secretary of State. Yankees Arming the South. Under the head of "More Treason," the New York Evening Post of the 11th sends out the following sensation squib : It is reported that immense activity prevails at the private manufnctoiies of arms in Hartford and other portions of Connecticut, and that orders for the South are constantly received and filled. At a single factory in Hartford one hundred and fifty men are working night and day, making patent rifles for the rebels of the Confederate States. Great numbers of the ordinary style of Sharpe's rifles are also manufacturing in the samo city It is further reported that the orders from the military authorities of the seceding States aro of the heaviest kind. It is no unusual circumstance to receive orders for work to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars in a day. These contracts, we are informed, are exclusive Southern, and we learn, moreover, that they are invariably accepted and arc now filling as rapidly as possible. It thus appears that the Canfederales, who are thus in rebellion against the Government, still find aid and comfort from the North. Camp Morton. The rendezvous of the volunteers from Indiana, near this city, has been named Camp Morion, in honor of the Governor of the State. Three companies the Independent Zouaves, the Zouave Guards, and the Marion Artillery took up their quarters in camp yesterday. After marching through the streels in the forenoon, they proceeded to camp and drilled within the enclosure during the after part of the day. Last night they took their supper and lodgings on the ground ealing in the camp style, nnd sleeping in the horse stalls of the Stale Fair enclosure on straw and covering with blankets. The troops have commenced military" life in earnest. Journal. Harrisburgh, April 8th. Gov. Curlin will send a message to the Legislature to-morrow, recommending an appropriation of 9 5t '0,000 for the purchase of munilionsof war. The message takes the ground that our people, so long peaceful, have lost the military habits necessary amid the disturbed condition of the surrounding Stales, and should prepare the means of self-preservation; and that it is the duly of the Stales to assist in the enforcement of the national laws. The Republicans will hold a caucus on this subject to morrow. TheState Treasurerdeclares that the appropriation must be raised by loan. A Higher Power Over Us." When (says the Cincinnati Gazette) Colonel Chestnut.'aid of Gen. Beauregard, went to Fort Sumter, to offer assistance, after the fire, he says the fort was like an oven, and he could hardly breathe. It was so hot that Major Anderson received him in one of the casements. Inquiry being made how many were killed, he said: "None." "How many on your side?" "None." "Thank God," replied Major Anderson, "there has been a Higher Power over us." "Fearful Excitement." The Journal, in giving an account of the War meetings in Indianapolis on Saturday last, speaks of the excitement which prevailed as follows: During Mr. remarks Newcomb's he alluded to the boast made by the Southerners that they would have the Palmetto flag flying over the National Capital in a week. Shall they accomplish this threat? he asked. Shall their accursed flag ever float there? We just wish Jeff. Davis could have heard that shout of "No!" It would have scared him out of a year's growth. One man, evidently mistaking the import of the question, 'shouted, "Yes, it shall float there, forever." Hardly were the words ont of his mouth before there was begun a scene of fearful excitement. One man had him by the throat, and two or three more by the hair, while from all parts of the- house were heard the cries of "Put him out!" "Kill the traitor!" An explanation to the effect that he was a firm Union man, and had misunderstood the speaker, soon made all right."