Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-01-06
From, New Orleans.
New YORK, January l

New YORK, January /
The steamer S. r. Spaulding. from New
CLEANS the 9th, has arrived. Among Der
passengers are Gen. Butler and staff, ex
cepting Col Jonas II. French and Gait.
John Clark, who remain.
Gen. Butler, prior to leaving New Or
leans, gave reception at the CITY Hall.
where hundreds Of citizsns and officers
called on him. General Butler also issued
o farewell address to the citizens, in which
he says no Ioaves tn the proud c5nci-
ousness oil carrying with him the lessings
Of the humble and loyal under the cottage
root. end in the cabin of the slave, quite
content to bear the sneers Of the salon or
the curses Of she rich. lie concludes by
tayiog:
Months Of experience and observation
have forced the conviction that the exist
ence OF slavery is Incompatible with the
safety OF yourselves or Of the Union"
The steamer Empire was fired into while
loading sugar at Marengo plantation, by
gue-rillus, killing c. McG!l. Assistant
Engineer, and several won nding w. j.
Reed, New York merchant, and wound,
ing three others.
On the 9th, Gen. Banks issued an ad
dress, appended to which is the Presidents
Proclamation of Emancipation. In his
address Gen. Banks, after rehearsing the
objects aud effect Of the Presidents procla-
nation, says that, at is manifest that the
changes suggested 10y the proclamation do
not take place at any precae period" and
Gen. Banks calls upon all persons, citi~
zeos or slaves, to govern themselves &C.
cgrding'y. AL unusual public demoustra-
tons viii De for the present suspended,
end Provost Marshals are enioined to pre-
vent any disturbe uce Of the public peace.
Slaves arc advised 10 remain on the plans
tetons uatil their privileges IRE definitely
established, resting assured that whatever
benefits the Government intends will bs
secured to them. Gen. Banks also instrYcts
tho others to secure the slriciest disoir line
in the camps. Attention is also called to
the act Of Congress forbiddiHg the return
of slRvcs by the army.
The var is not waged Cor the overthrow
Gf slavery but to restore the constitu ;ional
relations between the United States and
each Of the States. If elayery is to be
preserved, the war must cease, and the
former constitutional relations again be
established; fnr 10 military man, in the
Z eTeus OF cant;nuation Of the war. will
counsel the lreseryation Of slavery. The
continuance Of the war will leave no other
permanent check to rebellion but enamel
patton Contest in public, as in social life.
strengthens and consOlidates brotherJv at.
faction. It's baseless nationality that has
not tested It's strength against domestic
enemies. Success Of local interests yidens
the scope Of human history, and is attend.
cd with peace, prosperity and power. 1t
Is out Of such contests that great nations
are born"
Gen Banks concludes thus:
''Lst US fulfil the conditions of this last
great trial, and become nation, grand
nation, with sense enough to govern our
selves, and strength to stand Among the
world united"
Up to tho sailing of the steamer, nothing
bad transaired as to the intended move.
ments of Gen. Banks, bui was known
that campaign had been marked out,
with Baton Rouge as the base of opera.
tions-
Nothing new from Vicksburg or Port
Hudson.
New York, Jan. ..
Cen. Butler, with his staff, stopped in
this city yesterday. lie leaves for Wash
ipgtou to-morrsw, and, It is rumored, at
the request Of the President.