Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-01
a revolutionary Incident.

\ writes in the Magnolia, relates the fol-
lowing legend # Locust Hill, one Of the
Oldest aud largest plautatiUus III lower Viz
glnia.
Tie revolutionary struggles Of American
airl"t- was just heglnuIns 10 end in the
e,ert- .. tie Ssh OF October a. Yorktown.
F"r several i"rg years the boon had been
wrthEeid although the affairs uf liberty
! had Jeeu saturated with The split blood ui
| thousands, Tue dark looming clouds that
had gathered around the hurIz n, had, IN a
stufm Of bUIrur eliminated, and tie bright
streakS of light that pierced their gloomy
masses, had just began to inspire hope In
the souls Of tie patriots, that ere long the
RAYS uf an uncl0uded sun would break
forth in foil radiance, and paint upon tine
scroll gathered clouds the mystic bow q.
peace
The armies of Washington and L ifayette
are no longer the sacred tugtIves Of the i'll
fate Of war; Victory poised over their
banners, and the enthusiasm Of success was
added to the motives Of patriotism Th0us-
ands who deserted the field at GermantOwn
and Braudywine were soldiers now, on
whom Napoleon might rely with the couf-
dence aud trust Of his imm artal old guard
But there were sacrifices yet to be made
some yet even 10 fall who has passed thus
far unhurt, through these stormy years of
war, bravinG death upon every battle field:
had come 10 this day aud to its twilight
shades, that closed abe gloom cT the past
with q promise Of a bright day Of peace
| The adIaut beams of the morning Of their
hope, were IT, light the first day Of their
! graves Yes, nrble soldiers, whose lives
we're devoted to freedom when your sacri-
! fees are forg tten, may liberty Ic urknnwn
| among the traditions Of men, when the
memeutoea Of Washington and Lafayette,
whose muI aments reach far above the tow
| ering heights Of all others fame, shall
crumble like the Mausuleums of Egypt and
! ialI amid the ruins of time, minghng and
| crumbling in decay-then shall the tri-
umphs of Yorktown and the phoenix of lib
erty be your heritage in the forgotten
past.
Near the end Of August, in 1881, when
the emerald of nature was taxing the gold
| en- tints of autumn, and the wind driven
leaves rustled in the pathway, told that the
summer had departed, Edith ElwOod was
meditatng a trip, her uncle, old Squire Ii
had promised her to the Metropolis. Edith
was one Of those characters whom you
must essociate with to know-whOm you
must see in every phrase to appreciate
amid the happy family circie-at she couch
of sickness-iu the cottage OF poverty and
affection: she was everywhere, and always
the same gentle aad affeetiouate being that
'6ares the stole aot to love-" and makes
the hermit sigh" She, with the sUftest
manfiers emitted the resolution Of kucre-
ta-the niidness Of a Virginia. and the
unlalIering devotion of Juliet. But the
events Of the summer had caused the trio
To be DELAYED until now, the parties of
CORVALLIS troops on their furaging exeur,
sion rendered their safety at hcme CT upon
the road either, matters Of doubt.
Edith was standing in large portico Of
her uncle's mansion, that commanded an
extensive view down the lane, whose strait
unbroken hue traced nearly a mile, 10 the
piuy Geld that bordered the estate and was
then iniersected by several roads and cross
paths leading up and down. 1t was this
noiut which seemed to claim her attention
NEST, though she would occasionally at
temut to penetrate with her vision the thick
folds of the wood on either side of the lane.
There she etc. d, the feeting shades of hope
and anxiety would chase each other across
her male face. until at last the blank i'm
press os disaprointment was left the sole
guardian Of her face One more look, hope
tiuges her heart with joy. and the fushed
emblem of love mounts her cheek with the
richest carDation. The out gate opens and
there comes.into the upper end of the lane
gallant trooper--slOne and in haste the
lovers met--tHe soldier and the maiden.
"But why in such haste; you have not
seen my uncle; he will be angry at your
indifference"
Lee would only allow me one hour
Tarleton is in the neigbborbooep and We