onard State of Maine. Executive Department, Augusta, July 13, 1864. A PROCIAMATION WHEREAS, rumors are rife that the National Capitol is in danger, the rebel hordes having once more attempted the invasion of loyal States, with the purpose equally of raising the seige of Richmond and the plunder and destruction of the property of loyal people; and whereas, in consequence of communication being cut off with Washington, we are unable to concert measures of protection or resistance with the national authorities Therefore, I, SAMUEL CONY, Governor of the State of Maine, call upon all good citizens, magistrates and people, within her limits and in every locality, to make arrangements for the performance of a common duty,- the driving back of the rebel foe. I invite every citizen to constitute himself a recruiting officer, and request that lists may at once be obtained of all men who are willing to enter the military service of the country, for the protection of the city of Washington and defence of the loyal States, for a term not exceeding one hundred days. General Orders will be issued, prescribing the mode of organization of forces, which may be called upon to leave the State in this emergency. There will be paid by the State, to each non-commissioned officer and private, mustered into the service of the United States, and who shall actually leave the State, in the nature of a bounty, a sum monthly, equal to the pay of a private, in addition to the pay and allowances of the United States, for every month's service rendered. Inasmuch as due provision by law for the creation of an organized, efficient and adequate militia, to meet emergencies like the present, has been omitted, the gravity of which omission the perils of the present mo- ment demonstrate, we are compelled to rely upon the necessarily slow process of unorganized volunteering. Maine has ever been ready on all the occasions of this war to meet her full share of responsibility and contribute her due proportion of soldiers for the common cause, and your Chief Magistrate doubts not that her high character for patriotic devotion will be maintained in the present crisis, and as the fathers of the revolutionary days "left the plough in the furrow," that the sons in our time, will leave the grass in the swath, to repel the invasion of our soil. SAMUEL CONY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief