Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-08
ARepublican Coward.

1t Is generally conceded that Col. Mar
shall played the coward at the battle of
Lexington. He was perfectly paralyzed
with fear, and instead of leading his regi-
ment crawled iato ditch from which he
did not emerge until the hardest of the bat
tie was over. His men fought nobly but |
the brace Colonel kept his carcass out of the
range of secession bullets.
The Republicans of Illinois shall indeed !
be proud of their representative at Lexing.
ton. COL Marshall is one Of the leaders of
the party in this State, and was one of the
loudest blowers He was for discriminating
the rebels with fire and sword. No man
was going to play greater havoc amongst
them. 1t wac hard to restrain him from
marching right upon them and disposiug of
them summarily. Blood was in his eve
and, like some of the Republican blowers
hereabouts, he was great in the battle Of
words. But when il came to the scratch he
wasn't there.
How the conduct of Col. Marshall con-
trasts with that of the gallant Mulligan-
The latter was in the thickest of the fight.
He led his regiment against thrice their
force and appeared to be insensible of per
sonal danger. The rain of bullets around
him were UNDECIDED. and he dispIa,ed
throughout the most undaunted courage
Col. Mulligan is Democrat. We would
not be understood from this, that we be-
lieve the Republicans, as general thing
are towards, but we do thiuk that those of
them who blow the most would be the last
to face the enemy.
SAD CAsUALlTY.-As the afternoon pas
senger train on the Rock Island railroad
was approaching the crossing near Mr..
GOuger's about four miles East of this city,
on last Tuesday, sTan of horses attached
to a covered wagon containing family of
| emigrants from Indiana, become frightened
and ran furiously some distance, throwing
the emf grants wife and child out between
the horses and wagon, the wheels passing
| over the breast of the unfortunate woman,
crushing her to death instantly. The child
was no: hurt. The scene presented to the
passengers on the train was most heartreud
ing. Most of them wept Ike children
Though no blame could be attached to the
railroad, the agent here, Mr.. Ii. n. Marsh,
kindly gave the bereaved husband and the
remnant Of his little family free passes to
their former home, that they might convey
the cold fCI m of her they loved to be buried
with her departed friends.
RGThere is trouble among the polite
ians down in Iroquois county judging from
the columns of the Middleport Press and the
Iroquois Journal. They are pitching into
each other with vengeance. Indeed we
very much fear, if peace and compromise"
be not invoked speedily, it will prove a
Kilkenny cat affair. We shall await the
result with interest, and announce it to our
readers at the earliest opportunity
Eg~ The Chicago Times says that Presi
dent Lincoln, in recent interview with a
citizen of that city, averreG that he would
in future recognize no politics in the war
and that the Democrats were really doing
more to carry on this war than the Repub-
publicans.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-The Fall term of our
Circuit Court is now in session-Judgs
Harris presiding The term will be very
interesting one as there are several impor
tant criminal and civil cases awaiting tIial
Judge Harris makes fine appearance on
the bench and seems to handle matters a:
though he was as old hand at the business
sS-The Telegraph informs us that Mrs
Lincoln has engaged an eminent teacher
and entered upon the study of the French
Language, that she may be the better fitted tC
adOrn her exhalted position. o, pshaw!
s8- The best Sewing Machine yet il.
vented is now acknowledged TO be Grover
& Bakers. With their new invention of
Family Lock Stitch, making stitch alike
on both sides, their Machine is unrivalled
in the country. F. B. & A B. Shaw,
| Agents, Joliet