Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-22

I'D look thru fust to see eff the glasses " ere
setall rite, wen was never so TX aback
in my life. Instead of the joy and, bappi-
ness. and the smilin faces, and the thirty
millions of white people, the rails of lig6,
IN the sky with "GLoRY and PEACE on 'en
all was dark and dismal. All / could see
was some 100000 Of uiggers, and war.
and bloodshed. ard misery, camps fulI,oi
slck sejers and broken Wagons, winner
and children cryiD, and the sky was black,
and away upon black cloud, in letters
still blacker, i could see the words MICRO
FFEEDeN and WAR"
lJumped back as eff was hit wen saw
it. Ses Linkin, What's the matter. Ma.
jer 2" SEES |, Kernel, that Teliskope is all
out of order, Ii amt rite" But Linkin
sed he hadn't teched it, so ! was puzzled
So after think in aw bile ses i, Kernel, was
there eny body here last mite alter / went
awsyT Yes" SEES he. Boss Seward
cum in for a while 40 talked over matters. -
SEES |, did he tech this?" wal, he was
lookins kinder inquirin at il, and telled
~hatitwas. a8dzkss seemed 70 be greatly
struck, and examid it very clus."
Now" ses "that ackounts for it.
The pesky eritter has been playin one of
bis cunnin tricks OF me; but nv name
amt Jack Downing eff don't exp sc him.
No true constitushiDal TeIiskope will give
such view as that to the Uniop." So / sot
down and took out my Jack knife and went
to work taking it all apart. / found the
oVx all rite (; there werbt eny thing in the
tube, and l was puzzling % yself what could
be the matter, when slipped UP the mag
nlfyin glass and rite back of it was little
bit OF paper Niger, black as the ace of
spades, that that .teiLe, Seward lad cun
ningty slipped m there! You see Kernel
that ackOunted for the hull troubel, for the
magnifyiDg glass reflected the niger in
stead Of what it would materially, the white
man. After / took the niger out, it was
all rite again, and when Linkin looked
thru 1t he was perfectly astonished. Now"
ses L, kernel, you see that it is irwin to
put the niger where be don't belong, that
rs the cause Of all our trouble. He don't
belong IN the COnstitushiu, aud when we
undertake to put him in Their it don't work.
This trick OF Stewards jest shows you what
he's up to. Now, Kernel, I'm going to
start for Downingville arly Tomorrow
mornin, and I'll leave you this Teliskope
so you can take look at the Union, as IL
Uas, and don't you let Seward or Sumner,
or any of them fellers get hold of it. Wen
you get puzzled, jest go and take 10 k
thru, and you may depend upon it it will
lead you strate. Ef you get inter eny deep
trouble. write me aud III give you my adj
vice, or eff you can't get along without me.
III cum back after the Fourth is over and
stay with you till you get out of th is scrane
with the rebils. l told you would stick
to you, and will" So bid good bye to
the Kernel and his vile. that mite, reddy
to start in the early train in the mornin.
l intend to give you a full ackount Of
the celeLrashin of the Fourth at Downing
vile. lnsine Stebbins, of the Downing
vile lpsensib!es, who writ the piece of
poetry on Mrs. Linkin's ball, and who was
wounded at Chicka hOminy, and cum hum
with turloDg, is to be orator of the occa-
shin. Jershua Matilda jenkins, the darter
OF Deacon Jenkins, and who went down to
Port Role TO teach the contrarybands their
primers, will also be there. The Insine is
very smart chap, eff he is niggerite, and
exeeet he'll do himself credita Bile.
Excuse this long letter, and believe me
Yours till deth,
MAJER JACK DOWNING.