, 1861-05-29

last, North Carolina formally seeded from
the Union. a proposition to submit the
Ordinance to The vote Of the people, was
defeated, yeas "a, nays 70. After the con-
gunmahon ofthe treason, and ratification of
the Constitution ofthe Confederate States,
= salute Of one hundred guns was fred at
lie Capital, followed by IN Illumination,
Those guns will mike echoes.
KENTUCKY.
It appears that among the last acts Of
the Kentucky Legislature an amendment
to the militia law was adopted by the
House and concurred in by the Senate re-
quiring the members Of the " State Guard
to take an oath to support tho co''st's09soA
ef the United States. This state Guard Is
a pestilent organization gotten up on Inc
MAN of C1aib Jackson's militia in Nissoa-
II Not long since the Louisville journal
felt constrained to notice the reasonable
language and movements Of its officers
and to Tarn all loyal citizens to keep out
of its ranks Unless the men composing
it are as ready to commit perjury as they
are to commit treason, the act Of the Leg
iglature will have the effect to break il up.
Meanwhile the Union men Of the State
have been supplied with a1ns BY the gov
eminent at Washington, acting through
Garct Davis, Esq, and an officer Of the
navy from Kentucky. When this fact be-
came known or suspected by the secession
lists they 1aised great clamor about it in
the Legislature and moved The appointment
Of an Investigating Committee, to inquire
into the enormity. The Union men gladly
acceded to the proposition and extended
the inquiry 10 the doings Of the so-called
knights Of the Golden Circle! The first
witness SUMMON ed was Garrett Davis.
nIr. Davis presesented himself at tho
Committee room and took rather undue
diligence to get examined, but his efforts
were ftuitless They would have nothing
to do with him-the Investigators! The
Louisville Journal thereupon undertakes
to conduct the Investigation without the
usual per diem and mileage allowed il
such cases. That which the Committee
would not allow Mr.. Davis to tell, the
Journal prints in characters which ought
to satisfy GOV. Magof1n and Senator
Breckenridge themselves. First recount
ing the organization and arming Of the
traitors in Bourbon county, and showing
how Viginia and Tennessee had been car.
1ied BY ruthanism and physical torture into
rebellion against the Government Mr.: Da.
Fis proceeds to say, or rather, the Journal
proceeds to say in his BEHALF,
that he and his friends determined
to get in fighting trim also. The result o1
their combined action, in conjunction with
the navy officer before mentioned, was the
distribution Of arms as follows: To Mason
and Fleming counties i 500 stand; to Boyd
200; to Greenup zoo; to Montgomery 100
to Bath 100; to Clark 100; to Madison
100; to Fayette 200; to Scott zoo; tt
Bourbon 300; and to the city Of Co7ing
ton 500. There have been other gentlemen
appointed who have been engaged il
distributing arms in other parts Of tn
State, and Mr.: Davis says many appica
tons continue to be received from othe
counties. There are forty cartridges an,
about fifty percussion caps for each gun
and full arrangements have been perfecte.
to renew supplies when needed. 1t hap
pened, by singular coincidence, that fiv
thousand stand of arms, with bayonet
and ammunition, were stored in Cncin
natl when Mr. Davis ard his friends CON
menced their organization, subject to tn
order Of the officer Of the navy.
The Journal says that Mr. Davis doe
not know from what source these guns an
munitions were obtained; the officer to]
him that the portion distributed as abo7
had been condded to him to be appropri'
ted at his oWn discretion, without any r
strictions or instructions, except they We,
Intended for true, faithful and reliab'
Union men. Mr. Davis has required ffo1
those to whom they are delivered tt
pledge Of their word and honor that the
guns shall be used for the protection Of Il
holder and his family, Of his cou
try and the State Of Kentuck
and Of all her citizens without distinctio
in the full enjoyment Of all their constit
donal and legal rights; that he will su
port the Constitution Of the United Stat
and be true and loyal to the Union, an
with these aims in his hands, If it shon
become necessary, to resist all attempts
take Kentucky out Of the Union by fra.
OF force. 4 pledge is also required that
Will scrupulously observe the rights
every person, and do all in his power
preserve the public peace and to keep t
War out Of the borders Of Kentucky,
Now if Magofln, Breckinridge & G
want to carry Kentucky out tho Unit
and transfer the seat Of war from Tenn
see, Mississippi and Louisiana to th
own fields and families, they can be!
the fight without whiting for IN enemy
this side of the Ohio. II they want to
peat Claib. Jackson's experience, and
humble pie along with that great flu
ionary, the materials for the enterp1
are furnished them in abundance.
POSITION OF ENGLAND.