Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-28
From, the south.
Washington, April %.

were forced to retire with small lOss'
Murfreesboro, Tenn, April %.
A hill has passed the rebel Congress,
displaciDg Quartermaster and Commissary
Clerks liable to military duty.
The House has adopted the following de.
vice for the seal Of the Confederate States
An equestrian portrait of Washington, with
wreath compose of the chief agricultural
3 productions of the S nth (; motto, God be-
ing our leader, we will conquer"
a dispatch from Port Hudson April 18th
"The enemy's upper feet returned above
BAYOU Sara, stopped at Point Coupee
Pustdfice, and returned the letters taken
on their way down. The lower feet is
quiet"
Another telegram, from Pontchatoula
the 18th says:
The New Orleans Era of the 18th says
that the captured ram Queen of the West
was destroyed this morning by gunboats on
Grand Lake, and the crew captured and
that the gunboat Diana was in tight
place."
The Chattanooga Rebel says that bat
tie cannot much longer be deferred in Mid
die Tennessee.
Fort Monroe, April %.
The flag Of truce boat, State Of Maine
has arrived from Ciry Point.
Richmond papers of to-day contain tele'
graphic information from Port Hudson Of
the loss by the rebels Of the steamer Qaeer
of the West and Diana. The former go
aground in Grand Lake, and was blown NJ
by a shell from the Federal gunhoat Cal
houn, The Diana was burned by the reb
els. One hundred and six prisoners anC
seven commissioned officers were captured
with the Queen of the West. Among tn
latter was Capt. Turner, commandant 0
the rebel feet
A dispatch from Berwick Bay, dated to
18th inst, reports that there is a Fedora
force beyond Franklin, La, and mdrchin,
on.
There are no reports from Cbarlest j
later than the 18th, aud they contain moth
ing new.
Much interest is felt in Richmond ia re
gard to matters ut Suffolk. The paper
admit that battery has been captured
The tone Of the editorials is Responding.
Murfreesboro, Tenn, April "a
The Chattanooga Rebel Of the Odd report
the destruction Of the rams Queen of tn
West ard Diana, or Grand Lake. she
was flung into the Queens magazine, an
exploded. The Diaus was burned. 10
persons, including Capt. Fuller and 81
other officers, were captured on the Quee
IS of the Queens crew are missing, the
are supposed to have been drowned or Ii
led.
A dispatch from B9rwick's Bay of tt
18th reports the Federals beyond Frankli
in force, and advancing.
The rebel Congress will adjourn Ma
lst.
The rebel Brig Gen. D. G. DonelSon WI
buried recently at Knoxville.
The rebel Brig Gen. Davis command
the Department Of East Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Rebel fiatters its reaC
ers that Gen. Reynolds expedition to NJ
MinDvile was not profitable, and sugge7
that this adventure indicates general az
vance Of Gen ROsecraus' army.
The Rebel indicates that there has been
fight at Tuscumbia, aud Claims victor
stating that large number OF FEEDER
prisoners arrived stChattauo1ga from Tu
cumbia on the 22d.
The Tulllhona correspondent Of Il
Rebel says:
From present indication think mi
hazard the prediction that the campaign
Middle Tennessee will soon open in ear
nest. In&rsuan:e of II recent order fro
Bragg, allAtents and extra baggage are b
ing sent to the rear, reserying only thr
flies to every hundred men,"
Washington, April "a
The Richmond Wing OF the 2Ist has
ling version of the report Of the Commit
Oh the Conduct of the War and iIlustrat
with official facts on its own side. 1t
sists that, while Gen. Magruder was behi
the Notifications at Yorktown, he had /
. $4,000 man 1t points out when Richmo
might possibly have been taken. and pra
es Justify the superior generalship OF
rebels in that famous campaign. 1t
claimed that Magruder remained bchi
his Yorktown intrenchments just as long
he deemed it prudent, and then retreat
to WilliamsburGh, where owing to mismi
agement, the Federals were allowed j
enough success to permit them to push
up the Peninsula.
New York. April "a
A special to the Herald, dated "Hea
quarters Army of the Potomac, April 23l
says:
The Richmond Wig Of the 2lst
received. 1t contains the following:
Okolona, Miss. April 90
A squadron of abolition cavalry, estima
at fifteen hundred, were advancing on p
totoc yesterday. Their advance guard Y
reported there last night Our forces
concentrating to resist them. An engas
ment is certain to-day, unless the enei
retires.