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Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
SAND FOR SALE.
NOTICE.
ESTATE OF DANIEL IJNERARCRR DECpD

DUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that on the Third
Il Monday Of December next (being the 2lst day OF
said month"; shall attend before the County couat of
Will County, at the Court House in the city Of Joliet
Tor the purpose Of settling and adjusting all claims
against the estate of Daniel Linebarger late Of said
county, deceased, when and where all claimants are
notified and requested to attend and present their
claims, in writing again said estate, for adjustment
All persons indebted to said estate are al s. reouest
ed to make payment TO the undersigned without DELAY
GEORGE LlNEBARGER, Administrator.
Dated Oct. ID 1858. n1S6,v
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STRAVEn

EROM the subscriber, on or about the 10th Of Julv
Il Medium Sized RED COW, white star in fore,
head, and white between forwaTd-legs. Whoever will
return said to the subscriber, living directly in
of Court House. or give information where she
may be found. shall be suitably rewarded.
P.L. BARKER.
Joliet, July 81, 1863
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INCORPORATED lsl9-cHARTER PERPETUAL.
CASH CAPITAL SI,5OO,OOO,
ABSOLUTE AND UNINPARED.
Net Surplus of S912, 1S1.59,
And the prestige of 40 YEARS and experience

UPWARDS OF sl2,OO0OO0
OF losses have been paid by the Etna Insurance CON-
pany in the past 40 years. The value OF
reliable Insurance will be apparent
frnun Ia fn
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SANF Or DIS
LIVER INVIGORATOR.
NEVER DEBILIPATING.


IT IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY PROM GINS
4 aud has become established fact STANDARD Med
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sac REWA ARD.


INROM the subscriber about the Goth of JuIy a
j. brown horse, white spot in his forehead and a
little white the tip Of his nose hind foot white
branded with the letter X, about often hands high
heavy set shOd his forward feet The above reward
will be paid by the delivery OF the horse to the sub
scTiber at ElWoOd III
CHARLES McCLUsKEY
August IL, 1858
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
s ANS DIN TMENT!

FOR Mninese, Safety, Certainty, Thoroughness,
Sions Ointment is rapidly supsrcedng all other Oint-
ments and Liniments for the Of the following
complaints Fresh Wounds, Calls Of all kinds, Crack
ed Heels, RnsbOne Polevil, WndgaIS cAIlus, spaVins
Sweeney, fistula, fOnndered feet, Sand Cracks,
Scratches Of Grease, Mango and Horse Distemper.
DISEASED HORSES AND CATTLE
Require restoration OfiDsensble perspratEon soAns
Fever Antidote, Condition Powder is certain Blood
Purifier IL fails loosen the skim cleanse the
waercTeate Appetite aud positive for Coughs
Colds stin Complaint, Founder Dstemper, and carries
of Bolts and Worms, may be given at any time and
under all circumstances with perfect safety
One Package Of the Powders and q box Of the Oipt.
ment vnl perfectly cure q recent Founder in M or
eight days without leaving the least effect the feet
In Horse DistemPeT, they viii alAy the fever and pro-
mote healthy termination Of the disease. One now
der and part Of box Of ointment, will. IN All :
cases, cure, tho Horn Distemper in q COW; two ara
sometimes required for an OK
WALTER B. SLOAN, the original discoVerer Of this
truly valuable medicine still has the sole supervision
OF Its manufacture, but orders should be sent 70 hia
son, Oscar Sloan, "a South Water Street, Chicago
III, who VIII promptly supply the demand for these
popular and truly great medicines
They are sold by all deai.rs in Medicine s,Jd
wholesale and retail at Manufacturers prices Al
yoils oL = H. BROWN, and RetAiiea ~ all the 9TH
June 10. 1850. nolIx,
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u,UReE or ror,n nSnntSu,

nfbE Ok -FOUR PEDLERS with teams, to Sc
Suu'uVators, for which good wages by the month
vi hDerAi commission on the sales will be allowed
=, applicants Should lie prepared to conmeco about
the Zith inst Apply Personally to the subscriber an
''"nnStan OF address by letter through Joliet p O.
Manhattan, Apr 1861 az 2w
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

JOLIET PLANK ROAD COMPANY
CToCK HOLDERS in the above are hereby Notified
- that at meeting OF the Directors December 30th
1862, the following action taken:
"Resolved, That dividend Of Five (5) Dollars per
share, be ard Is hereby declared the full paid shares
Of this company payable in cash. under direction of
the Treasurer at the Office Of the Superintendent in
Joliet, on aud after January 5th 1863
Attest, H0RATI0 HILL. Sec
NJ B. Unclaimed dividends of April 1861, will also
be paid above.
Joliet. Jan. 9th, 1863. VIC WOOD supt
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

A contemporary Gays: The administra.
ton understands handling large army
about o. we'll as email boy does stage,
whip. The blamed thing taDgles about his
legs.'
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FARM For SALE

VIE subscriber, residing miles from Joliet nm the
Il South Plank road offers his VALUABLE farm on mod.
crate terms The farm containsO acres of land under
goop c1luVation There Is good house and bearing
bargain A RA1EiW m" . IITH LIS
Joliet, Sept. s. 1865. -'-- N"'
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s A N FOR d.
FAMILY
CAT THAR TIC PILLS;
COMPOUNDED FROM


PURE VEGETBLE EXTRACTS, AND PUT Up IN
GLASS CAFES Air tight, and will keep in any climate
The FAMILY CAL iTHARTIC PILL is gen
tie but active Cathartic which the proprietor has
used in hispTactice more - than twenty years.
The constantly increas - ing demand from those
who have long used the Pills and the satisfaction
which all express in gard to their use, has
duced me to place them - within the reach Of all
The Profession well know the different Cath
artics act different - portions of the bowels.
The FAMILY CATHAR- nc Pill has, with due ref
erence this well estab -, .lished fact been COM
pOuned from variety of the pursst Vegetable
Extracts, which act a. - like on every part Of the
alimentary canal and are good and safe in all
where Cathartic is needed, such as De-
RANGEMTs OF the SToM- q iAcH, SLEEPISEss PAIN and
SORNEss over the whole body, from sudden cold
which frequently, If ne c neglected, end in a long
of Fever, Loss Of - APPETITE, CREEPING sEN-
sATION Of COLD the = body REsTLETsSEss HEAD
ACHE, or Weight in the z head, all INTLANNAToRY
DISEASES, worms iuiS Children or Adults RHEU-
MATsh, great PURIEI- C ER Of the BLOOD and many
diseases to which flesh 10 heir, too numerous 10
mention in this adver = tisement. DOSE, to3
Price 3 Dimes.
THE LIVER INVIG0RAT0R AND FAMILY Ca
THARTIC PILLS reiailed by Druggists generally
and sold Wholesale by the trade in all the are towns
ST. W SANFORD, II. D..
Manufacturer and Proprietor
S35 Broadway, New York
Sold In Joliet by J. II. Brown, K. NJ. Bray, Geo II
Wo"Prun and j. MeCann- (Sept 13-nl3ly
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WERE NEVER EQUALLED.
BARNUNI'S SELF-SEWER,
FOR ALL SEWING MACHINES, $50.

We attend to the Repairing of all kinds Of Machines.
Prices of Machines with Hemmer, Teller. Gauge.
Oil Can. extra needless full Directions &C., from SIS
to $40.
Terms to Agents, descriptive Circulars and speci-
Of work sent free by mail receipt of stamps,
or had of
L. CORNELL CO..
1873 Lake Street, Chicago
RS-Any persons wishing to obtain one of these
Machines may be supplied by c. & C. FARLEY,
June I. 1Sf3. n51-lNl Joliet.
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5 ON HING NEW i.

Patent Spring Bedgfeads.
kE subsc ibeT has just received large lot Of thoso
Il popular Delsteais They combine more Of luxury
economy and utility, dare venture to assert than any
other article OF furuature market set MP
with surprising allows constant and perfect Tentila.
ton and is acknowledged TO be cheaper and better than
feathers OF any other good bed All invited to CALI
and examine us l charge nothing for showing goods.
EUGENE DAILY.
Exchange st, between Canal and River Bridge
joliet, Jan. 20, 1867 n5
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
Illinois Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
WITH A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE OF OVER % YEARS.
Capital, $1,000, 900.
Losses Paid, 100000.

INSTEAD of the profits for simi-annuGl dividends In
i addition tn premiums, usually drawn from the In.
sured by stock Companies pay Eastern Stockhold.
ers, the rates in the ILLINOIS MUTUAL equably
arranged only to require from tn. Members suffi
cient money TO pay, with Certainty ell Losses aud
penses. The Premium Notes, amounting to over
One Million If DOli0TS. arc s. sed by a lien upon
the property insured. valued aver Ten Millions
This ample Fund affords = guarantee for the pay
ment Of every loss-the security being all located in
Illinois, and subject to laws. No policies are
issued out Of this State The Members subject TO
no losses being adjusted by agreed arbi-
tration. All losses cashed within ninety days. that
occur under Policies paid yearly in advance.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
b. X. Hart, LYMAN Trumbuil, Robers Smith,
Samuel Wade ELIAS Hibbard, Timothy Turner.
J.W. schwepple, b. Gilman HW billings.
BENZ =. Long. l. KellenbeTger, Henry Lea
y. A. Hoffman, John Atwood, MIG. Atwood,
OFF ERS g..
M. @. ATWOOD. President.
kELLENBERGER, Treasurer, aud Special A gent.
JOHN ATWOOD, Secretary
John Blasdell, GEL. Agt J. T. Howard, Asst Gen Art
A5-LOcaI Agents at every county town in the State
BISsELL g. HEATH, Agents, Joliet,
Sept. l, 1861. nl2
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STRAYFU

INR0M the subs, riber in Joliet, on the 18th April
Il dark bay mare, five years old. ANY person Riy
ing information where said may be found will be
paid for their trouble. JOSEPH JAIN
Joliet, April 20, 1868 &44 2w
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

Look to Your Lightsg
DURNING FLUID, CsnIphene, Lard Oil, pure Eel
ID plant Oil, Wax and Sperm Candles for sale low at
Sept. 9, 1856. DI2 J. Ii. BROWNS.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
FORNTTTJR-

Stock Of PnIei wishing to reduce his present Iarg,
is decidedly the soOus very cheap.
LARGEST STOCK MJoLIEI
SO AS,
Varying In price fran S12 to S2O:
From 81 so to &25,
CHAIRS,
ton. "Nnef goods in like propor
AllArs invited to calIAnd examine.
Esebauo, ,tr,,, h,. EUGENE DAILY
Joliet, January %, 1857. 1 A'oeT oTId1e:
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

A House and Lot on Richard ST., Also two Lots
n for sale. location good. Terms reasonable.
Apply 10 A. WILLIAMS. Agt
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asSVYSYSSVS
Eka1SS1!1 NIL
Ni9NN Ell lzSA
FOR CATTLE AN
HORSES.

1NHIS lie truly Great Remedy. Half Is cent bot
l. tie Of SlOan's Instant Relief. given In q plat Of
warm WateT seldom fails 20 a horse Of Collie In
lew minutes Ia extreme cases repeat the dOss IN y
miHuets.
For Bruises Strains, sptains and many other inJur
les on Horses Cattle, and other animals. soans In
slant Relief speedily effects = cure. Many persons
have been Astcnhed 70 witness the rapid effected
by the use Of this Wapderful medicine.
Aa-Get Circulars Of Agents.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
Fire and inland Navigation

Risks accepted at consistent with solvency and
fair profit
Especial attention given to Insurance of DWELLINGS,
and Contents. for terms Of to years.
The solid service long and successfully tried and the
many advantages the lEtna Insurance Company pos
its line should not be overlooked by those
ready insure and their best interests
During stringent times" the necessity for reliable
Insurance becomes imperative duty-the ability of
property sustain loss being then much less
encd.
Agencies in all the principal cities and towns through
the State. Policies issued without delay, by Of
the duly authorized Agents of the Company.
HeS Businhss attended with despatch and fidelity
BOWEN GROVER, Agents.
Joliet Sept. q. 1850. nl5-y
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FOR SAL

M THIN Three miles Of the city Of Joliet ons of
w the finest farms in VIII County, containinV
20 acres ing OF about 17V acres Of prairie and
the balance timber Ian d.. Said farm is well watered
or part will be sold might suit the purchaser~
Terms easy Enquire of Barber Macumber in the
Joliet, March II, 1868.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

STATE OF ILLINOIS, WILL COUNTY, }ss
Will County Circu il Court of the Dec Term 1853
Augustin Roy and Anna Mary, his wife,
Bill and
John Hamil, Iniunction
WE RlTS of Summons and Injunction were issued in
w the above entitled cause tested the 18th day of
May 1868, returnabe to che October term of said
court 1863 holden at the Court House in the city of
Joliet, in said county, the fret Monday Of October
1868 and were returned Mill and 1t said October term
said cause was continued by said court publication
Affidavit having been filed that said defendant has
departed from this State, that process cannot be
served upon him in this State. Notice II therefore
hereby given to the said defendant John Hamil of the
pendency of the above entitled suit in said court that
summons was issued and returnable therein of afore
said, and that unless yOu said defendant shall person
ally be and appear before said house. at said
December term Of said court TO be holden on the fret
Monday OF December next and plead said complain.
ants said bill Of complaint the matters charges and
allegations therein contained will be taken as con-
fessed by you the said Injunction will be made per
petual and decree entered accordingly
:, - ~ BIZ. RUSSELL, Clerk.
November 3, 1868. p224W
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FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE co

FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE Co.
Are DESTROYS of establishing efficient Local Agents
throughout the country. With a small investment Of
capital profitable business readily be established
For further particulars address the undersigned for cir
cular and sample OF work. W. C. MASON
Gen1 WeSt'n Agent, 124 Lake-st. Chicago.
Machines exhibition at the Store of S. W. Stone
Co. Call and examine.
Mrs Z. F. GIB rs, Agent
Jan 6. 1853 for Joliet and vicinity.
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THANKFULNESs.

LHESSs
Sweet bird, although thy pleasant music be
All for thy mate, and not at all for me,
I hear thy song as greatfully as she,
And love thee still.
F,i- Towers, that gaze on heaven as hye sfE
Into yourselves the brightness Of It's blue
My love has still quiet place that you
Acne may fill.
Great sun, thou does not think to cheer my way
By the warm leisure If thy light to day,
But k!ud!ei into gladness by thy ray,
bless the spell
Green earth, that with gentle mothers smile,
Thy weary child so sweetly cam beguilc.
Aud sOOthe ME still, needless of me the while,
love thee we'll.
Ocean and thou lone islet that see,
Ye shew what Time is to Eternity;
Aud teach me, all while ye heed not me,
Truth from above.
O E0,,li.h heart too low they praise iHil,
Iffor thy love unconscious things may call,
Dost thou not owe TO Him who pOrPoseda all,
FuIness of IOve1
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UNDERTARTNG

sizes and sie q ia; received and win kesp On hss
L.s LEI 70 sneh as may want them Tbs s-t;r,.,a~ =
NH cases are held for their beauty d1rsI
~ -, ~ powers fully attest their value he nj
- an 81, VI nan" 'ylss ofWood Cofins and att.na
- e as undertaken, in city or e0uD
i. DAILY Exrh.,. - T.yt..
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..C.DUNCAN.
D Chicago Etrea,

condT9y s. re Marrow e from Lubin Violet. p,,,,
SaVage's Ursina or nm. r"st
Barrys on Lyons wrshrae isUtGl ar.
Tion Bazins PhacOI hsir Gloss BoE.s H,D.
etc. A"nic, woods Hair Re~.eaLine
sept.s J. H. BROWN
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
Joliet Turning shop.

Joliet turning SHOP.
THE SUBSCRIBER would announce to Cabinet Ma
kers Stair Builders and others in want Of Turning
that he is carrying the
Turning Business
in all its various branches. Kings Single and Sash
Factory, near the Upper Bridge By strict attention to
business he hopes to receive share Of public patronage
Joliet Dec. 10. u26 JAMES BOYNE.
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IOney TO Loan

ten per cent interest, on good Real Estate secu-
"A rity. Farming property is preferred enquire Of
FeO IL, 1908. S. W. BOWEN
a T Les. than f1,ica.ro ,.,i..-- =.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
WILCOX & GIBBS
SEWING MACHIN Z

WILL STITCH, HEN, FELL, TUCK, CORD. BIND
w BRAN. QUILT aud EMBROIDEk beautifully. 1t
WILL with the finest needle and tLrcai. from per-
feet work the finest NainsoOn, the heaviest
beaver-cloth and cOWhde with no Change OF needle,
thread or tension.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
Strayed or S1oIo~

"a Tear re cry cry ofJOliet, in Feb. last.
oOt low back on. Sr IN the forehead one white bina
w two years old this spring. COLI enc black
they can be found M nation to the subscriber vb.,s
Hay "a. 1859. (n4asm, THOMAS oBRIAN,
~ Jolisf \
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

EIRsT class Stoves secO nd class Stoves Third class
L Stoves, vt
RARRETTs.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15

TO Rent.-A Carriage Shop on Chicago ST.. form
vs., W. STEVENS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-06-13

\ courier from }icksburg reports cheeTne-
". Dur n2er, are fatigUali, hni III good sp1r;ts.
Dur loss j. little over $40, Colonel Marks,
of Louisiana. is mortajy wounded. y addell' :
battery lost twelve killed and twenty Erea
wounded. Nine trains Of troops, helleved 70
he from Rosecran 3 army. arrived AZ Memphis
on Saturday. There is merely 8 garrison 2t
Memphis. G.
JACKSON. June 8.--A scout just in E.o11l
Vicksburg reporta ell working we'll. lne
men are in good spirits, but are somewhat
vearied from lying in the trenches and expo
sure 60 the sun Grant is slowly aovanelnG q
building parallels, which are four hundred
wards from the outar works, There mas noezl
no general assault for zen days past. Iner9 Il
plenty Of ammunition and provision at loks-
burg. and the soldiers and citizens are CONT
dent Of the result. Our entire loss during the
series Of assaults does not exceed SIX hundred
There was heavy firing with 1nus5etfy ana ar
tillery yesterday and artillery to day.
MOBILE June ga private tilspat!cch tr9m
Jackson, June 5, reports Nlckshnrg al H.. right
Kirby Smith Is ii possession Of h1ihseh
Bend. :,
The Dispatch has the following edltorIally:
"Our kilograms from the Southwest stu con
tinue 10 be Of the most cheering character. - :
The brave garrison at Vicksburg Is as conn
dent and determined as ever, and Kirby onlTh,
with ten thousand men; is said to occupy nA
hken's Bend, some twenty miles above !ck:-
burg, on the right bank Of the MISSISSIPPI;
and 10 have cut of Grant, supplies. 1t VIII
be noticed that ali the reports concur char me
Federal losses at Vickshrrg and Port hudson
have been enormous.
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ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

It IS asaertained that there was some shell
ing On the Rappahannock yesterday morning.
but al was soon quiet, excepting occasional
picket firing. Both lines remain the same as
yesterday. :.
It is positively known that Lees force Is
nearly double what it was at the battle OF Chan-
celIorsvilIe. His reinforcements have been
drawn from the BlackWater, and North and
South Carolina. 4 large portion OF them are
new troops. Some OF the new regiments
number each from eight TO eleven hundred
men. His command is divided into three
corps, averaging, according to report, thirty
thousand men each.
All civilians not connected with the army Of
the Potomac, are, it is said, 70 be sent away
forthwith. -,
There was evidently g. stir il the Contede-
rate camp foy q general movement.
The 'sBrotherhood Of ST. Patrick, Ire
land. have adopted an address 10 President
Lincoln expressing "the most earnest hopes
Of the Irish people Tor the maintenance OF the
Union.
The New York Express has letter tron
Havana stating that information has reached
there from the contraband colony On the South
side of St. Domingo, that fully one-half OF the
five hundred negroes sent there from Norfolk
have died among the malignant sWamps.--
The rest, it is feared, will soon follow the same
road.
Murfreesboro' dispatches now discredlt the
statement that some portion Of Bragg army
had left TO reinforce Johnston. The Chatta-
nooga Rebel denies that any have gone
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-06-13
PUBLISHED DAILY ~
EDGAR SNOW DEN, JA
~~~ ,qFrJCE-No. l04 King street, over
-. Iforr0oclv French:s) Book Store.
FROM yICKSBURGs

FROM yICKSBURG.
C1rpo. June l2.~-The steamer St. Cloud,
srom yicksburg, Monday morning, has arrived
ue2vv cannonading was heard up the Yazoo
raon The boat left, in a part which Was not
}oov7n Her officers say ii is believed IN the
,smnz that hattie IN our rear ia highly pro
tab1a No one believes Johnston able to raise
lbs siege.
IN the fight at Milliken's Bend, on Satur.
iay. the Federal force Was less than thousand,
aver six hundred Of whom were negroes. Ihe
(1oafaderates al first drove the Federal forces
saToe distance, nearly surrounding them.
The fght WAS conducted with energy and
DESPERATION by the forces, and the Confede-
ratos were held at bay until a gunboat came
% assist the Eederals.
Eve witnesses report that the Federal loss
n Killed was QUE hundred and thirty-four one
Hundred Of whom were negroes. The wound
II i about the same number The list Of
kijled ia verv large, in consequence OF many
wounded being killed under tie no quarter cry.
The Confoderates left one hundred dead on
The field, and took away several wagon loads
al wounded. The negroes fought better than
their white officers, many Of whom, it is said,
gkulked. About the time the battle was over,
column of C0nfederate2 made their appear
arca Al Y0une'a P0int-all the citizens and
transient persons having been put under arms.
No alta * had been made when out informant
left
MEMPHIS. June l2,-The steamer Fort
WAYNE arrived up to-day. There are no later
dates than the 8th No guerlillas were seen
On the way up. The fight st Milliken's Bend,
on Monday last, was q sangulnary affair, and
much larger than at first reported. The Com
iederates were under Mccullough, 2, 500
The Federal force was three negro regiments
and the TWenty~thlrd Iowa.
The Con{ederates made desperate charge
st daylight. The negroes broke in confusion,
but finding their captured companions slaugh~
lared, rallied with great desperation and drove
the Confederates back. The loss waa heavy
On both sides
The guerrilIas destroyed portions of the
railroad track near Germantown last night
Tho damage was slight and soon repaired.
The Confederate forces in Northern Mis-
slssippi have all been sent to Johnston.
The following extracts are taken from the
Richmond Dispatch Of the 10th inst, received
IN Washington
JACKSON, June 6.-General Pernberton has
ganc word that be can hold Vicksburg, and
t7eneral Johnston is to take his own tine to
organize and discipline his forces.
N0BILE, June "a special dispatch 70
tha Tribune, from Jackson, dated the 6th,
says there are many rumors, the most reliable
q which is that General Kirby Smith, instead
g being at Port Hudson, has taken Milliken's
Bend and cur of Grants supplies. 1t IS re-
ported that Jackson cavalry have cut their
8ay 70 Yicksburg. Jackson has evidently done
sornething Heavy firing is head from Vicks-
oQrg. Grierson Is believed to have been drls
zen five miles from Clinton, Louisiana.