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as is hereby urged be promptly taken, I firmly believe the peace of the people of Kentucky will be preserved, and the horrors of a bloody war will be averted from a people now peaceful and tranquil. I am, very respectfully, your ob't serv't, B. Magoffin. Washington, D. C. Aug. 24, 1861. To His Excellency B. Magoffin, Governor of the State of Kentucky: Your letter of the 19th instant, in which you "urge the removal from the limits of Kentucky of the military force now organiExcellency B. Magoffin, Governor of the State of Kentucky: Your letter of the 19th instant, in which you "urge the removal from the limits of Kentucky of the military force now organized and in camp within said State," is received. I may not possess full and precisely accurate knowledge upon this subject, but I believe it is true that there is a military force in camp within Kentucky, acting by authority of the United States, which force is not very large, and is not now being augmented. I also believe that some arms have been furnished to this force by the United States. I also believe this force consists exclusively of Kentuckians, having their camp in the immediate
e, Bayard and a few others, showed fight to the very last. The intelligence from Kentucky shows that so far the result of the elections to the State Legislature has been favorable to the Unionists as opposed to the State's rights men, and it is not too much to suppose that so far that great and important State has given a general adhesion to the acts of the Government. It has yet to be seen, however, what course the Legislature will pursue, and it must be remembered that the Governor, Beriah Magoffin, not long ago asserted the absolute sovereignty and neutrality of the State of Kentucky, and called out her forces, naval and military, to resist any invasion, either by the Confederates or by the troops of the United States, in which he seemed supported by the general feeling of the citizens. An appeal made to the President in reference to searches for arms in the State of Maryland has been followed by an order from General Scott that searches of houses for arms, &c., and arrests
From Missouri. St. Louis, Sept. 9. --Gen. McCulloch is reported to be at Mount Vernon, in order to recruit awhile before making a brisk movement in the North. It is stated that Generals Price and Raines have captured Fort Scott and Jayhawk or Kansas Montgomery and made the most of his command prisoners. Another report says that Jim Lane's brigade has been defeated by General Raines, who captured Lane's entire command. It is also reported that Magoffin is a prisoner at Georgetown, Mo., and has been sentenced to be hung.