WAR DEPARTMENT, July 1, 1862.

Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

Astor House:

Ordered, That out of the appropriation for collecting, organizing, and drilling volunteers there shall be paid in advance to each recruit for three years or during the war the sum of $25, being one-fourth the amount of the bounty allowed by law; such payment to be made upon the mustering of the regiment to which such recruit belongs into the service of the United States.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

NEW YORK, July 1, 1862-4 p.m.

Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

The Governors respond, and the Union Committee approve earnestly and unanimously. Put the following names as subscribers to the letter addressed to the President sent to you last evening: I. Washburn, jr., Maine; N. S. Berry, New Hampshire; Frederick Holbrook, Vermont; William A. Buckingham, Connecticut; E. D. Morgan, New York; Charles S. Olden, New Jersey; A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania A. W. Bradford, Maryland; F. H. Peirpoint, Virginia; Austin Blair, Michigan; J. B. Temple, president Military Board of Kentucky; Andrew Johnson, Tennessee; H. R. Gable, Missouri; O. P. Morton, Indiana; David Tod, Ohio; Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota; Richard Yates, Illinois; Salomon, Wisconsin. Add names of other Governors as you receive them. Let the President make the order, and let both papers come out - to-morrow morning's papers if possible.

The number of troops to be called is left to the President to fix. No one proposes less than 200,000; make it 300,000 if your wish. They say it may be 500,000 if the President desires. Get the $25 advance fixed and let the terms be made known.

WM. H. SEWARD.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., July 1, 1862.

Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

Parker House, Boston:

Do not the Governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Iowa respond favorably, and should not their names be subscribed to the letter?

EDWIN M. STANTON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, July 1, 1862.

To the Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin, and the President of the Military Board of Kentucky:

GENTLEMEN: Fully concurring in the wisdom of the views expressed to me in so patriotic a manner by you in the communication of the