The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-01
/ From The Louisville Journal


Symptoms OF Serious Row Betyrcc1
Kentucky aud Tennesaec. faA
Last Thursday, that is, just one week ago,
highly respectable Young gentleman, = near rel
ativs OF Gov. Harris, Of Tennessee, said tina
Gov. Harris had received from Gov. Magoflin
Of Kentucky, assurance of permission TO occu
py Columbus, KY, with Tennessee troops. Fur
thermore, the young man said that Gov. Harris
even if Gov. Magotiin's consent were wanting
would not hesitate to occupy Columbus on hi
own and Tennessee's responsibility.
We presume We do our duty in calling Gov
Aagofhns attention to this matter. If he ha
gwen any such promise AZ is imputed to him b.
governor Harris relative, let him break il Al
promptly as he ever broke any promise in all hi
ME And, if he finds that Gov. Harris intend
70 occupy Kentucky soil at all hazards, let hin
take instant and vigorous measures 70 wildcat,
Kentucky honor. or Kentucky will vindicate he
own honor without consulting him. :
Evidently there is imminent danger Of trouble
serious and fatal trouble, at Columbus, and it,
vicinity The authorities Of our State ce, tainl,
know this, and they viii be without excuse i
they omit to guard against collision by every
means in their power. We have not given tbs
slightest confidence to the declarations Of var
ious disunion organs and letter-writers, that tht
troops of the U. S. Government contemplated
false to all her obligations, we're to permit I
Tennessee army to take quiet possession of tina,
point, the terminus Of the great railroad be
tween the Mississippi river and the Gulf, We Of
course cannot undertake to say that the Federal
Government, acting upon the eternal principle
of self.defence, would not feel itself authorized
to meet and encounter its enemy there. Ken.
tucky's only safety is in the path, to which the
finger Of duty points, the path Of strict neutral.
ity. Let her depart from it, and she is lost.
As further indication of the movements in
Tennessee, looking to an invasion of Kentucky
soil from that State, we give the following letter
from an entirely reliable gentleman in the South.
ern part Of Kentucky. We have heard daily
for some time past, Of the Tennessee encamp-
ments upon the railroad near the Kentucky bor-
der. We hope that Tennessee is not frowning
at Kentucky, b ut if she is she will probably get
frown for frown--at the least We like you very
well Tennessee, but We like you best when you
attend to your own business a sss
To THE EDITOR OF THE Journal
give you few items of information which
deem reliable and may be of service to you
and to the cause of the Union. Troops are al.
ready stationed, AMI the numbers are augment
ing, near the Kentucky line at Fountain Head,
at Mchaelville. Some 10000 troops or more are
contemplated to be located at these points,
These places are in Tennessee, and within few
miles Of the line, and the troops are under the
Davis Government. This information is from
Mr.. Garter of Nashville, the old stage contrac-
tor, who is sccessionist 1t is corroborated by
others and is reliable. This move, it is said,
BY secessionists here, is to act against Kentucky
and her Union men in the event the United
States army should enter the State, or the Union
men in the State should make forcible demon.
straton to retain the State in the Union. No
doubt but that Tennessee will concentrate, and
is now actually engaged in concentrating, large
army on our Southern border for an unfriendIy
purpose. Look to Il.
The Davis Government has had an agent here
during the week, drumming through the county
to purchase horses, but he had nothing but Ten
nessee money topay, and our people were too
sharp to take such worthless rags for their stock
and the result was he got only fifteen horses of
the one hundred he wanted, although an abun-
dance Of horses were offered for good money.