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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20

FAILlSynoF A BRIDcE,-The Knoxville
Register of Saturday says: There was no
Eastern train last night. owing to the fall
ing of the bridge, over the Chucky, which
occurred yesterday morning, just after
the up train had passed. We have learn
ed no further particulars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20

ng The Columbia South Carolinian
received an advertisement on lhe lQth''
offering for sale, corn at 90 cents per buSI.
ell, and bacon at 25 cents per pound! =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20
Deserters From the Yankee Army.

The Richmond D;spatch says:
The generalization in the Yankee az
my appears to be widespread and in
creasing. a day or two ago the telegraph
told the story of its ravages in Banks
command, and from ladies who arrived
in this city by the central train yesterday
evening, from Loudoun county, we learn
that scarcely a day passes without wit
messing scenes of fighting Joe's" chival
ric warriors, vending their way home
ward About ten days ago several hun
dred Of them armed, crossed the Poto-
mac, avowing their determination to do
so ifithad to be accomplished with pow
der and ball. However much the Yam
KEGS may have seemed disposed to fight
for the negro, they don't seem to relish
the odor OF fighting with him.
Wealso learn that in Washington city,
carricatures are posted in numerous
places, representing a creased pole. with
Richmond at the top and Burnside en-
deavorng to climb it, with the assistance
OF Seward, Stanton, and old Abe, who
are vigorously pushing, but with each
new effort falling back. The people of
that city are also represented as being
muchbolder in their denunciations Of
the Administration and the war than ev
-. LSre The odiferious Niger is hav
ing 7..s~.S. ~. sSis,<s<slr, i.nes is smell
ing bad in the noStrils of the people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20

Bay 1t is easy to say grace, bqt not
bali so easy to possess II.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20
Yankee Finances.

The New York World, in its CONNER
! cial artical says:
When Government puts in circulation
the 100000 900 of legal tender notes au-
thorized by act of Congress of January
10, 10 paw the soldiers their arrears. the
gold must rule at 175 as its minimum val.
ue. The Sl00,0Q0,000 will be printed be-
fore April |. The new bill passed this
week by the House, and now before the
Senate. is, in fact, an authorization of
$500. OOO. 900 more legal teader notes and
$50, 600 900 more postal currency This
when completed, will make the total
Government and bank paper money of
the loyal States over one thousand mil
lions of dollars, against 156 10000 the
largest amount ever existing in any year
preceding 1861. and $3.50, 100000 as the
amount of legal tender notes, which has
caused gold to sell at $50.
In the face of q paper money program
me like this, the prices of stocks, gold,
and every description of property, must
advance enormously. The insane finan-
cial policy of Mr.. Chase will place the
figures of cur national debt at an amount
hopelessly beyond our ability to pay, be-
cause his system is using up the vital en-
ergies Of the people by a daily tax OF
over sp'ooo,ooo each day that gold sells
at $50. and they receive legal tender
notes in payment of their wages, salaries,
dividends, and rents. Last year they
were paid in gold, and they ought to be
this year. In California everything is
paid in gold and silver to this day, and
legal tender notes are quoted at dis.
count. California ignored the legal ten
der act OF Congress from the first, and
Mr.. Chase also ignored it, although 1t
was his own act, when he PAID in coin
States loan, due December 81, 1862.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
The Outrages Of Negro Soldiers

The country was informed by Adjutant
General Thomas o short time since that he
established q camp Of negroes on leland
No. 10, on the Mississippi River. The ex-
ploits Of that branch Of the military ser
vice are recorded in our telegrsphic dis
patches of yesterday. Fifteen negro sol
diers, armed aud uniformed, visited the
house of planter in the DeightOrboo5,
killed him and his father, aud threw their
bodies 10 the water, threw his little son
alive after them, bound two young girls to-
gether and threw into the river. and after
concentrating the sum Of ell iniquitiee up
on the person Of the eldest daughter, sent
her after the rest to Q Wstery grave
They made short work Of Q defenceless
and unarmed family. die these brave disc
ciples Of AdjutsDt General Thomas negro
theory. Six unofending and harmless in
dividusls were butchered with ell the saw
agery that british insticts could suggest.
Children were msssacred as only the red
skin tends 10 the Northwest have massa-
cred them, and hapless Made ubood was
outraged IS no beings on the face Of the
earth except negroes can outrage il.
This was one Of the regiments the veneer,
able Thomas boosted Of. II consisted of
twenty or thirty.6Ve negro soldiers, as do
the majority Of bis twenty regiments. OF
this twenty or thirty.6Ve negro soldiers,
fifteen have been guilty Of the most horris
BILE crimes human beings are capable Of,
and the rest are undoubtedly ready to EN-.
brace the FIRST opportunity leading to the
same end. 70 whom does the response
bility belongl Does il belong to Adjutant
General Thomas, who was the too willing
instrument CT to the administration who
conceived aud sanctioned the creation of
these household desecrating fends. In
proportionSte measure, it rests with both.
Chicago Times.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
Jake Utica Heard From.
WILMINGTON, ILL, August 6. 1863

WILMINGTON, ILL, August E, 1868.
EDITORS SIGNAL
Who has not, when reading Curran's
description Of an informer, bad his. cheek
mantle with shame aud feel Inundated that
such Q thing should cucumber the eartb,-
An informer embodies all the meaner at.
tributes to which humanity is hsir-the
sum and substance of human depravity.
The late attempts Of two worthy mem
bers of the Ozark lantern" "rookery" of
your city to injure the reputation Of young
OsgOod and Patrick is in perfect keeping
with the character of nformeFs-Vindictiv
and coWardly, treacherous and sneaking,
hOary,headed and vilIainQus, they sought
to stab unseen. = ~ : = = -
They d red not approach Capt. Hunting.
ton direct mot knowing his sentiments"
that is to say, they did not know whether
Capt Huntington was a mao like them.
selves, q eneaking "LesguerEn but they
dared approach the Secretary Of War be-
cause he was soproacbable. 'Ff~
And then hear these miserable specimen
OF the genius cuStoS moran talk about
''loyalty
Loyalty, indeed Permit me to 1sk wAo,
when the news Of the AL of'Mkxico vas
her aided over the country, stole tie eanneu
in order to prevent the loysl men of Jofiet
celebrating 10 proper manner that eIori-
our event. Who, wen accused Of the theft,
OCldly declared that it was unbecoming for
9 Christian Puritan people to rejoice, at
the discontinue of the nation .shemfes.
Loyslty-bsb Men with their record
can't hoodwink me with their loud.moocufh.
ed professions. Have the people of Joliet
forgotten these things?
Have they forgotten the attitude which
these political harlequius occupied at the
meeting at the CourI House in February,
1861, when the people would petition the
Congress to adjust the matter Of differences
and not plunge the country into an inter.
mlna5le civil war, when they told you that
they would have DO compromise-tbat
with ten thousand meu they could march
from Joliet to the Gulf.
Now young Osgood and Patrick were Cd:
posed to a civil war. believing "that war
was disunion," and that the difioulties
could be adjusted honorably alike teSlI
classes save those posed of devils, north
and south. But when war did come. vouuR
Osgood and Patrick met the crisis by buck.
ling on their armour.
But how was it with YOUR HLoyarI
sneaks-yOur 6oasting Falstaffs who could
perform such prOdigies with ten thousand
men. Did they volunteer to meet their
country's enemies in the open feldl Alb,
no-they volunteer for q different arm Of
the service, the sneaking corps-the. infor.
mer satrAps: Out on such villainy. WHY
even Owen Lovejoy holds them in supreme
contempt, as you remember 10 bis letter Cd
the Judgship he called them "1noircum.
s'Seo Iooge. =A-=== - -: -
Z LAEB. Erica.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
The Kentucky Election

On the eve Of the election which took
place in kentucky ou the Sd inst, martial
Law was declared throughout the state. and
guards of soldiers we're placed about the
balIot.boxes to keep Democrats from vot
ing, unless they bowed the knee to King
Abraham the First. This they refused to
do, and the consequence is, an Abolition
triumph.
1t is thus that the Administration is
seeking to sustain itself in power. One by
one it is wiping out the guaranteed rights
Of the people aud annulliDg the sacred pr u:
visions of the constitution. Thelate inter
ference with the election in Q sovereign 10y.
al State, shows whittier We are drifting.
II the people remain submissive, it will
not be long before We shall not have the
semblspce Of republican government lett
Yet these outrages upon the constitution
are all perpetrated in the name of loyalty
Well may we exclaim, Oh, loyalty, whaI
outrsges are committed in thy name. aud
beneath thy cover, what dark, reasonable
fanatical and damnable doctrines are pro-
mulgated.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
The Losses at Get, aburg.

The country will never know how many
soldiers were killed or disabled during the
fearful battles at Gettysburg. Various
and widely differing estimates have been
given, official and otherwise, but the state
ment of DR.. 6. Winslow, OF the U. S. SAM.
tary commission, is doubtless more nearly
accurate than any yet furnished. He says
that Gin all the wounded on our eide
amounts to fourteen thousand two hundred
and on the rebel side to about sixteen thou.
sand. The killed were nearly equally di-
vided, amounting to about ten thousand
and two hundred. Quite little army"
Forty thousand mer killed and wounded
in three days! Well may the D, ctor call
them quite little army"
The number excsls the population oil
this whole county, and equals the popula'
ton Of our city nearly six times, which ena
bles Us to form something like an estimate
of wha: this appalling political war is cost
/ ing US.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
JOLIET, III. Aug. l 1868.


Pursuant to request of the County School
Commissioner, there assembled promptly
at his ONCE the4ollUwing energetic teach>
ers to consider the propriety and e1pedl-
ency Of holding Teachers Institute in
this county this fall, viz:
A. A. Smith, Pres. Plainfeld Academy;
Prof. j. c. Rhodes, Of the same institution;
Francis Hanford, Principal Of Lockport
Union School; P. c. Royce, PrinI Chan
nahorn Co.; A. A. Manson, print Monse
do; Edward O'Connor. teacher. Troy; ].
Carpenter Esq, Frankfort. ]. B. Town.
principal Of Wilmington Union School, res
sponded by letter, regretting the necessity
Of absence and pledging hearty co-ope
ration 10 what action might be taken.
On motion A. A. Smith was called to
the eEair and S. o. Simouds chosen Sec
rotary. II vas resolved that We, trusting
In the beneficial results to follow, deem Il
highly proper and expedient to hold 4
Teachers Institute in this county this fall
On motion, James JOhonnet, Francis Han
ford and ]. E. Rhodes were appointed al
executive committee. By common con
sent the School Commissioner was adde
to the committee Ex offcio.
The time of holding the Institute wa
then taken up and generally discussed
After few expressions had been mad.
pro and con, the last week Of October mex
was selected as the most appropriate tin,
for holding it.
The body. after recommending an earl
sitting of the executive committe to detel
mine the place Of holding the lustitut
the presenting of programme. and sue
other business as might come before then
and that the proceedings of this meetin
be published in the county nswspape
adjourned Sine die.
5. o. SIxoNDs. Sec. A, A SHIT
Chairman.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
From Cairo.

Cairo, Aug. ..
That part Of the rebel territory west Of
the Mississippi is shortly to be cleared Of
every organized force. Gen. Davidson is
marching down through the centre of Ar
kansas, and. in several little affairs with
the enemy, has been entirely successful -
Already the people of Jacksonport are
said to be fleeing before Davidson's ap-
proach, There is also another expedition
just on the point Of starting into the ives
terri country, which will help to complete
the work of crushing rebellion. 1t is not
proper to speak of it in detail at present.
1t cannot be long till this entire sweep Of
territory will be under undiSPuted Federal
control
The Atlanta Appeal urges guerrilla op-
eratiOnS upon the Mississippi River. 1t
| Gays:
"A systematiEed plan Of operations on
it's banks will accomplish more than can
otherwise be devised to cripple Grant,
| II wants to see travellers on the Father oil
Waters bushwhscke ed from every canebrake
and bluff below Memphis.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
Col CarrOIIC. Marsh.

Col. C. C. Marsh, Of Fort Donelson fame
is now in Washington, and stopping at
the KirkWood House. He was the only
man called out 10 front Of the army and
complimerted. At Shiloh be won great
honor Washington Union.
Col. Marsh was in this city, saws the
Philadelphia Evening journal. a few days
ego. He has proved himself one of the
bravest men and best soldiers in the ser.
vice, and was several times urgently rec
commended by Gen. Grant for promotion;
but LoVejoy. over whom Col. Marsh was
elected as colonel of bis regiment, was bis
enemy at court, and Gen. Grants request
was not complied with: Col. Turchin,
who disgraced the American name by his
atrocities in Alabama, and Mcneil, who
shot ten innocent men 10 Missouri to atone
for the mere absence Of one alleged Union
man, were promoted brigadiers. He'd
Marsh proved himself Q negro and cotton
tbief, and murderer Of DoD-oombatan =
Including women and. T. children - be
might have hoped to BE- made major
general.
He is the only one of our originsl colon.
els who did not receive promotion, and
when he sntsred the service probably
knew more Of the military science than
any one Of them. His misfortune was
Lovejoy. And the country's misfortune is
Lovejoy and men like him.-State Rsqis-
ter.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
An Unhealthy Country

The cause of the falsifeation of Gov.
Andrews prediction that the Highways
and by-ways would swarm with armed
men" in case an emancipation proclamation
was issued, has just been discovered. The
young men of New England are extremely
Gickly. But ten out of hundred are we'll
enough to 60 to the war.
We hope this explanation will be salts
factory, for criPples and sick men should
not be compelled to fight.
However the boosted healthfulness of
New England has been destroyed. IL must
be regarded hereafter as an exceedingly
SICILY part of the country.
But Notwithstanding the extreme debil.
ity of the men Of New England, they are
almost to man "loyal" and in favor of q
vigorous prosecution Of the war;"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
Maine Democratic State Con.
VenIlOn.

Portland, Me, Aug. 6.
The democratic State convention met
to-day. 900 delegates being present.
Resolutions were passed, in substance as
follows:
l. All men. irrespective Of party, are
invited to unite for the termination Of the
calsmities which now depress our distrac-
ted and unhappy land.
2. The Union was framed in fraternity
and concession, end cannot exist 10 the ab
sence of that brotherly spirit. .'s-
3. We will earnestly support every con-
stitutional measure tendiog to preserve the
Union. We cannot, therefore, support the
present administration, whose co1rse lie
destructive of the Uoiun aud the govern
lnent.
T. The war is now being conducted, not
for the restoration Of the Union, but for the
abolition Of slavery and the destruction OF
the Republic.
5. Under our form of government, the
sovereign power is vested in the people, and
rests upon no other foundation than that
will. The people are the only lawful SOW.
ereigns, and public functionsries are theil
servants.
6 % the part Of the rebel States, if q
disposition is shown to return, they should
| be welcomed back with all their dignity
| equality, and rights unim paired.
Z. This resolution denounces arbitrar,
arrests.
8. Asserts freedom Of speech ard of th,
press.
9, Denounces the CONSUMPTION law a
unjust, but counsels obedience to it, unIes
the courts decide 1t unconstitutional.
10. Endorses the course Of Gov. Seymour
Of New York.
ii. Commeds our soldiers, and says the,
are worthy the nations gratitude.
Hon. Blon Bradbury, of Eastport, tn
candidate last year, was nominated 70
Governor with great unanimity.. .-s.r-
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11

VIcKssuRo. July %, via CAIRo, Aug. L.
In the late advance upon Jackson, let.
tiers were captured confirming the treason
Of James Buchanan. Letters from Davis
to Buchanan, in copy, and replies from the
old Public FunctiOnary, confirm Gen.
Scntt's accusation.
The rebel Major General, John s. Bow
en-, died of disentary q few days ago.
The Division under General Heron, at
Matches, has destroyed immense supplies
of Confederate stores. Cattle driven from
Texas, and salt from Louisiana, intended
for Lees army, in great numbers and
quantity, have been captured. The rebel.
lion west of the Mississippi is dead, except
in Arkansas, and Gen. Steele will manage
that presently.
VIcKsBURo, July 80. via CAIRO. Aug.5.
Gen. Steele, lately in the LIST division
Sherman's corps. has been transferred II
the command Of Helena, Arkansas. Gen.
Dennis is in command OF the division for,
merly commanded BY Gen. Steele.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
The Number Of Women Killed at Vickss
burg.

Capt. Harry Nc Dougal, who has spent
several days at Vicksburg since its sur:en.
der, writes the New Albany Ledger that
he has made the most careful inquiry as
20 actual nu mber of WI men killed in the
city during the bombsrdment of the town
by Gen. Grant. He learns that the NUM-
Der is twenty. Besides these, quite q
nuu. Der of children were also killed. Capt
Ne Dougal states that, duriRg the boms
bardment, it was not an uncommon sight
for the women to be seen, parasOl in hand,
promeuading the streets, and that the
number of them killed is attributable to
the braVado spirit with which they thus
exposed themselves. In one instance of
the death of children, eight or ten little
boys were playing together in front of one
of the caves dug into the hillside fer the
protection of the women and children; a
she'll exploded in their midst, killing sew.
en- of them. One little fellow, a most ms
teresting child, aud son of formerly prOms
inent merchant of the town, was literally
torn into fragments.
Gen. Pemberton refused to allow the
women aud children to leave the city, and
he is, therefore, responsible TOR the deaths
of the women and little innocents killed
during the bombardment.
These statements were obtained from
the principal bushes men of Vicksburg,
and are doubtless correct.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
From Charleston.
New Yo9K, August s,

A Charleston letter of the 3lst says:
The last day of July passes away with
every thing promising success, though per.
haps not as soon ss some may wish, All
things are working we'll. We know that
great anxiety is felt in Charleston fol- the
safety of the city.
Lsst week there was hanging from tbs
parapet of Fort Sumter, 90 protection TO
the walls, lines of cotton bales. 1t told Us
plainly that our l9ineh shot we're equal to
its destruction. But the cotton bales are
now gone. Set on Ere, as they were. by
their own guns. they were obliged to take
them down, aud are now piled in scorched
heaps behind the fort.
" Everything betokers fearfnlness on
the part of the rebels here, which is very
encouraging to u.s."
FoRTREss MONROE, August 8,
The Charleston Courier Of the 18th saws:
There were about tventYAseven vessels
inside the bar yesterday, including the
. Ironsidss and six Monitors also twenty.
6ve in Stone Inlet:
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
The Price Paid

General John A. Logan gratifed bis EN-
plOyers the other day by announcing the
somewhat remarkable doctrine that "the
Administration is the country" Thus
"castiDg bis bread upon the waters" it
has returned to him in Q few days nicely
buttered in this way:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-GeneraI Logan
istO be assigned 70 the command Of the
18th army corps,
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11

NOTICE 10 hereby given TO all Psrsons Intsrestsd.
IN that tie commissioner herstc9o1e epponisa ~
the common council Of the city Of Joliet 20 esaMats
the expenSe and recommend an assessment Tor the
purpose Of opening T.t Avse1: g ~ kSssrI Avenss
ti., ~ Tost IN sad city, have returned their
sai vhich l. ds in 2; oss Ct he city sisrk
"a - ~ er.t Wednesday Of September next unless
eSsesons are nsds ~ some person OF psrsons inter
ss'sA' VII. FARLEY, CITY Clark.
I'll. h,~uat IL 1858.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11

St. Johns, Aug. u.
The steamship Hibernian, from Liyer>
pool the 30th. Uia Greencastle the 3lst pas.
sed Cape Race at PM
1t was believed at Frankfort that the
Polish question would be settled by diplo-
macy. The war panic had subsidized in
Paris. La France SAYS that news from
St. Petersburg indicates q conciliatory dis
position.
ENoLAND.-The London Globe, in re
viewing the situation of American affairs,
contends that the rebels are far from be.
| ing conquered, and thinks that Lee. at
| Culpepper, is as safe as ever. Gen. Grants
campaign is the most brilliant, but will be
confined 10 it's fruits to the immediate
nsighborhooG of the river. The Globe
ssye:
"If the Federals are Wise, they will ex
ert themselves to secure what thew have
got for territorial arrangements, and aban-
don the impossible enterprise of suhjuGa-
tor"
St. Johns, N. F., Aug.s.
The steamship China. from Liverpool
August !, passed Cape Race at noon to-
day Saturday, en- route to New York
Her dates are two days later than those by
the Hibernian.
GREAT BRITAIN.-Tbe Times argues "a
show that the recent Federal successes are
not likely to provematerially advantageous
10 them.
The Army and Nary Gazette takes mos
gloomy view of the military prospects o.
the Confederates. 1t says:
The retreat of Gen. Bragg and th,
; fight Of Gen. Joe j ohnston before Genera
. Sherman's forces show sufficient signs o
exhaustion" 1t adds:
charleston is in real danger. and, if i
, falls, Savannah foilows."
Still 1t thinks that the Federal armie
caunot be filled without a CONSUMPTION
. which may be resisted by the North. an
the COnfederates yet wrest victories fror
her grasp.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11
ConnIssi onsrs HotIee.

NOTICE hereby given 10 all parties intsr..t.d
IN that the commissioDers heretofore apDointed ~
the common council the city Of Joliet 20 eanss ye
fersoa street to be graded, from the centre Of CHI
eago street to the Des PLANES River in aid div IN
conformity With an ordinance heretofore passed by
said council tor that purpose, will meet for the pu
pose Of entering upon their duties e such comns-~
sloner at the once Of ". ". Stevens in saij ely on
Tuesday the 18th day Of Aug7 1863 AZ 10 oeock A.
Hnen ana where all persons interested in aid matt
Ter are requested to be present.
WV. sTBVENe
VIC. TH0MPe0Hs
Aug IL, 1865. C. r. HIOOMBKR,
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-11

FINE SHowERs.-OD Saturday and Sum
day last We were visited by a series Of dne
showers, wettiug the ground thoroughly
The parched grass and dried up vegetation
generally has assumed different hue, and
everything now looks promising.