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The news.

The telegraphic dispatches which we publish this morning are of the utmost importance. In addition to the exciting details of the conflict at Charleston, we have a proclamation from President Lincoln, calling out the militia to the aggregate number of 75.000, (of which Virginia will be called on for her quota !) to suppress the "combinations" at the South; and convening Congress in extra session on the 4th of July next.

The reply of Lincoln to the Virginia Commissioners will also be found in our columns. A private dispatch from Washington says ‘"it is looked upon here as an open declaration of war."’

The question is everywhere asked, what will the Convention do?

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