Carney's Administration.Gov. Carney was inaugurated on Jan. 12,
1863. He came into office at a time when the affairs of the
state were in a discouraging condition. The Civil war was at its
height; the counties along the eastern border were constantly
menaced by guerrillas; those on the west suffered from frequent
Indian forays, and to protect the people from these incursions
the state had neither arms, ammunition nor means of subsisting
troops. The credit of the statenot yet fully establishedhad been
impaired the preceding year by the sale of bonds in such a way
as to lead to the impeachment and removal from office of the
secretary of state and auditor, and the increasing population
made necessary certain expenditures for educational and
benevolent purposes. In his inaugural message the governor said:
"We stand by the administration, because the administration is
the organized authority of the nation. It has labored to avoid
our present troubles. It has sought Union in the spirit of
Union. It has done nothing