Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-04-01
From the SOufh.

The Nashville Patriot of the Goth receiv
ed last evening, contains several imports
art items Of suurtheru news. OF matters
at Nashville the Patriot says:
The river continues To recede fast. and
III = few DAYS will lie ouly navigable Tor
small class steamers The Ieyee il con-
2aratiyely bare Of boats ut present, all the
the Larger ones having left in consequence
of the river falling SO fast.
The Patriot says:
We have GA several occasions spoken of
Mr.. 1aneey's speech, made in New Orleans
on she 18th INST. There is great curies-
ity expressed among all classes to know
more about it. We therefore, give the fol.
lowing synopsis, Wnieh we find in the
Huntsville Ala. Adrocate, of the 10 in>
STINT
MIR. Yancey is decidedly of the opinion
that the South has no frierds in Europe,
aud that the North is in u similar condi.
ZION. lie says there is a very strong pref
udIee III all OF Europe against the South IN
consequence of an erroneous impression
which prevails in reference to the instita-
ton nt slavery. There are many persons
10 Europe who C nsider the southern people
semi-civilzed, and believe that negroes are
raised upon the plan that stock is There
Is no disposition to interfere in Ameri.an
affairs
The blockade enables the British b Hers
ct the great staple (cctten) to reuhze an
Immense advance upon its cost in cunse-
quence of the scarcity of an article. These
holders are the wealthy few, who have the
ear OF the government. Another reason
tor not interfering with the blockade was
the belief that the scarcity of the article.
and the remote prospect of obtaining sup
ply from this country, would create such O
demaud for East India cotton as TO increase
itsculsure to very considerable extent.
Another reason, in Mr., Yuncey's opinion,
~hy European powers will not interfere N
American affairs, is the hope and belief
that permanent dissolution of the United
States will weaken nation of whose pros
perity and greatness they had became ieal-
Gus. They hope to see the war protractsd
until bath divisions are involved il ruinaus
debt To hang over them ike an incubus for
year, t. came
lie inciines to the opinion thar England
and France would sooner interfere to pre-
vent reconstruction of the Union than for
any other purpose. And he believes that
unless their starving operatives, engaged
IN the manufacture If cotton fabrics. compel
them to interfere, they will stand aloof un-
I'll they see the South Is about to conquer
its independence, or fail in ihea.tempt. He
has no hope of recognition of the Confed-
crate States by either of these powers until
the occurrence of one of these events In
view of these facts, Mr. Yancey is of opin>
Ion that we might as we'll recall our com
missiOners from Europe, and wait the
action OF foreign pOwers-wait until thew
propose negotiation and recognition"
The family of Gen. Pillow nave taken up
their residence y. Oxford, Mass.
Gen. Beauregard appeals to the planters
for their bells tO'be cast into cannon.
Major Gen. Lowell has proclaimed mar
tal law in New Orleans Pierre Soule.
w. Frerd, Henry u. Ogden. and Cyprien
Duf'ur are Provost Marshals.
The Crescent opposes the proposition to
burn New Orleans. 1t says:
The remarks so freely made about burn
ing the city are entirely out of place. We
should like to know what is to become OF
the tens of thousands of women and children
IN such an event. Fortunately, these
remarks come from those who have moth
lpg at stake, not owners of property or,
perhaps, they have removed their families
INTO the interior and get all their securities
IN their breeches pockets, and will advance
INTO the country in the first appearance of
the invaders, There arc a coed many Of
these kind Of people about our city.
The Knoxville Register. Of the 18th inst,
says there is little prospect o. the cultivation
of crops of any kind this year in PowelPs
Valley, one of the most fertile valleys Of
East Tennessee. The Union people are
fleeing to Kentucky, whilst those who ad
here to the Confederate government are SO
harassed by Union cavalry from Kentucky
that they cannot attend to the labors of the
farm