- In consequence of the removal of all National troops from Kentucky to the theater of war, further South, the Secessionists in Kentucky, numerous in many localities, have become very impudent and lawless. Recruits for Humphrey Marshall have been openly enlisted in some of the central counties, disloyal candidates for civil offices have declared themselves, and plundering of Union citizens in exposed sections have taken place. Under these circumstances, and in compliance with the request of the Military Board of Kentucky, the National Government will probably send a Military Governor to Kentucky, clothed with such power as Andy Johnson has, to do the duty which Magoffin fails to do, and to visit upon secessionist four-fold the punishment that they inflict upon Unionists. A force of five thousand soldiers will probably back up this movement. General J. T. Boyle, of Kentucky, who led a brigade at Shiloh, is spoken of as the Military Governor. Kentucky has near forty thousand soldiers in the Union army – ten thousand more than her quota. – {Washington cor. N. Y. Times, 17th.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p.
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