Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-02-24

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a = From ylcksbarg. 1se s'''
sas In Sight Of vicksbarg. Feb q.
The rumors Of the rebsl ssscnstion Of
Nicksburg are unfonnded.a Traiae have
been running with unusual freuuenev.
removing the machinery from the steaulsr
City OF gieksburg which started the re-
port. 49, 80 :, - -.
Tia oansl projsct is not yet abandoned
AlBEge addftional forcs is now ensploved
on1k The nBW month is not fnished.--
The water 10 snnniDg through the old
channel elk sr ssn feet deep, but does no,
wash expsDted. i an cOn6rmsd an the
opinion that this canal is fhilure. An,
other may DO questionable, but wonld DON.
anne much time IN construction. ,.ss4 ia
r rom movements in other localities.
infer that the object Il TO pas Vicksbnre
wlthent Attacking at present. may be
able 70 speak tnlly soon. snatiiss fssi .sess1
'. The river is'stationary and bank full
The water, icreeping round 4hroagh low
places, makes all below the canal snntena.
bic and muck fora mills above. The sol
is ReFInehted with water every 9here.
Sickness is increasing. Nearly eus-
fourth OF the army are unfit for duty. Tbs
Chicago Mercantile Battery is cur down q
40 men. Caut. Cody 10 in hospital. Lients,
Swan and Gregg have resigned and are on
their way home Lient. Wilson 10 in com
A barge containing seven thousand
bushels Of coal ran the blockade on Sat.
nrday night, without accident or discoy.
cry, to supply the ram Qnsen of the
West. 7er.rf.. d, 40 Go =.
Shot and shell are occasionally dropped
m oar midst, near the mouth Of the canal
without serions annoyanoa.
Ten. ereniiss goes 20 Helena. In com
mand Of Eastern Arkansas.- GEN. Ros,
accompanies him in subordinat capacity,
I Capt. Pullen, Of the 10Th Illinois. IL Pro.
Rost Marshal of the same district,
a s,s $50 ,1laus Memphis, Feb. l6.
The Vicksburg Khig of the 9th savstha,
another batch Of deeersers had arrived
from Grants army. TIE river was get
ting out Of lts hanks on the Louisiaas
side. The little town Of De Soto. opposite.
was nearly Submerged, ard Il vas expsct.
cd that the whole peninsula would be soon
under watef.ioE S~-.a 5iis a 2 $50 Boa I'd
4" The Appeal correspondent at vicksburp,
under She same date. says. ziE ID zsiti7
4 There is-0oW no longer any doubt that
the WEole force of the enemy is now cIm.
eentrated within seeing distance Of the
city, Mortar boats were being towed down
yesterdsy 70 . point near the grand rendes.
VOus OF the feet Every moment nav
announce the commencement Of the ct.
taeksc &c ss.T1 sscs sassa frt1 -f-a Z
o. Ee .hsilu6aa Cairo, Feb. 10.
The steamer Perry has arrived. .,,ith
Memphis dates 20 the l6th.f The unoal
impofsant news has been anticipated. q
Passengers from Vickeburgf inform us
that there is great lack ofmediesi stofes in
the army, whole briesdes being WithouSsan
Eounoo o. qoieine. Some of the surgeons
Seem utterly unit for their positions: Soms
are drunk otheFe are becoming hardened
and indi1Iefehtt6 suffering. : Sd "a
20 q member Of the Chic Sanitary Oosnria.
sion iofOfms me that, during short stay
e Ntcksburg.. be had occasion 40 Wait
Sufgean Williamson, OF the Ohio SD, eight
elmes, and that, seven tin1es out Of che
elghtS hetoaud him beastlyo drunk and In
bed. while '1Dauy IN HE Regiments we're suf-
fsfing audndyiBg fos want ofetteution. "A
h'susenant in eheSamso reginent oorrobo.
Iot0o Ouo btot0uo06S 3 '.f- 80 nfst s.rtT-s.z
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Szoorfse Aty1IR.&oh last Msnday
Seska shooting afAir Osoarred in The
SOntharn part Of our city,, 1tappears that
Capt Daniel 0iCohn0r; Of the 00sh IN.
Regiment, wsnsso the hodss ofa dsser,er
from his company. named VIM. Welsh, for
the purpose Ufzarresting him. The latter
revisited and with knife in his hand made
a the Captain. Who drew his revolver ,spd
shot him, inaieting : serious though NOT
dangerous y'Ou9d 70 his side. welsh WAS
then conveyed % jail 10 awais ISis rsso,erx
6na ths Gnal dispssition Of His case. whese
he j = present sussEipg severely from his
woaDds u ted f,k mad
! The shove l. Cant O,conaor,sa v = of
Ifh6 AFFAIR, and heloG We ,eiIa 3 .statenent
received from Welsh hat euE readers nav
,h1Bo both sides bsgsi,I' ssls7ea -
JoLIRf JAM, Feb. g.
10 tie Eas1it0ns o. Tie Jolia aSin.aI: =.
; Having rsaa N sntruthfai aaeount eli he
unfsEtaaa1el sffaif in which ! Lam sniEsr-
erE 1bea most sespsotfnIly 70 request that
zoo viii DO me the jastiee Of allowing
ne 10 make asfsN Esmarks 70 the puhlicI d
my own defence. 1911 ~, 4. 5.t,,.s. Z
an sesssely wounded and.my sifpntion /
% preoarioas N the extReme. CoRaaeneut-
= itisina1 - be supp0aed, nnaar these
circumstances. that ! pOald triRa with he
truth. knoWinG that e eng tmament 7 may
Be called 1pon % aasWer for Il. ~ saa
Therefore, that the affair mey be pr0psF.
lyupdsrst0od By eli your resderAI declare
most earnestly and emphafiep1ly that
never drew knife or any other weapon
upon Captain O,Conuor, and etate1ents /
which have bssn made 70 that eject are
false. do not make this assertion
on ny own Eespo1sibilisy bus can prove Il
Z ever ! rescser b naneEeus Respectable
e not iatruding too muoh % youf WI.
liable 9agsa ny heart fslt thanks win a.
tang We Publishing Of this note.
- 81 3 80 Respectfully, -. !
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