Our Militia

The abatmetof the nnhtia torce oí the I United States, organiZed and unorganzi'il, accordiug to the latest returns ceived at the office of tUe ! eral, is imperfect, showing that uo returns have been received fiom í wsire, West Virginia, North Carolina, ■ Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, I Indiana, Nevada, and Oregon ; therel'ore these States are omitted irom the grand aggregate militia foice of 90,805, in ' cluding offleers and privates, of which New York has 19,479, Pennsylvtuiia 10,593, Maryland 1,259, Massaohusetts I (,696, New Jersey 3,&38, Ohio 4,680, Illinois, 3,274, Arkansas 11,700. The foroe of Virginia is set down at only 498. The nrnnber of men available ior military duty, unorgauized, is stated at nearly 3,000,000, not countiug the States mentioned above as making no returns.