Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-07-28

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q BIG MEN" AT DIRTY WORK.
JOLIET III, June 26, 1853.
Hon. E. NJ. STANTON:
Sec. of War,
Dear Sir:
am we'll aware that weighty sffairs
press 90 heavily upon you that minor mat.
tiers can claim but little Of your time, vet
things comparatively insignifcant ofier
exert very marked influence upon the
Gu trent Of events, such a subject sesms to
me to be the employment Of disloyal men
10 positions of influence given them nv
their position, is used to treak down and
distroy the power which 10 furnishing them
their daily bread. l propose to cali yonr
attention to one case, and give the facts
from my own knowledge as 5rieh7 as possi
Die. When the Tooth Reg't. Iii Infantry
was raised, young man By the name Of
Augustus A. Osgood, an idle ard dissoiute
specimen Of young America" assisted to
raise a company, and through influences,
the recital of which would have no bearing
elected and commissioned one et its LIEN
tenants. After the Presid 'nt's Emancipa.
ton proclamation, bis parents who at the
best had been but semi loyal became terri.
by incensed at the folly and iCickedness Of
tho AMI declared thai" An.
eustus" shouli 10, fight for the "Nigger"
They told him 20 resign and come home
IL he could not get his resignatin,l accepted
10 Ios,, L.. r l.
reason that the army would be none the
worse with him out Of it, his resignation
was accepted and for several months be has
been lOafing about Our streets, the mos,
blatant copperhead of the tribe "A few
days since be boosted in the public street in
my presence, that he wore "Ccpperhead
Badge" and carried the tools to defend it
And the very day after making this boast,
he left here for Munfordville KY, to lake a
clerkship IN the Quartermaster's Depart
meDt at salary it .is said, Of 500 per
month. Osgood was while here, no one 'hat
any doubt TX G. c." and now is in q
position to disseminate the baneful princi.
Piles of that Organization in the army under
Government Pay!
Chas. H Patrick, employed in the same
Office, was when he left here, q most nalig
naut copperhesd, but know nothing of biz
sentiments at this time. 1t may be thought
that THE communication should have beer
addressed toCapt. huntington A. @. NJ ;. in
whose employ they are, but dared not de-
shis, not knowing his sentiments as If be
should show it to them neither my person
or my property would be safe in the
present state OF feeling in this region. i
appears to me burning shame that loyal
men who have periled their lives for theil
country and been disabled in it's service
and others equally loyal, whose depepd dan,
families would not allo W their going int
the service on the pay of a private soldier
should be crowded aside, aud such men al
these put in positions where their facilities
tor doing mischief are vastly increased.
necessary could give you the names q
many Of our prominen! citizens who would
vouch for the facts as have stated them
Grateful for services you have rendered ou
imperiled country, and hoping those labor
may not be in vain. / remain most re
RpecttnIly, Yours for the Union,
Ii. N. MARSH.
Nj. Marsh, whose signature appears L
the foregoing paper. is an old and esteemed
friend and neighbor, and has been for NOR,
than twenty years. Every statement b.
makes Is entitled to the utmost coufid apoe
That young Osgood ought to be turned ou
Immediately and summariIy, / have NJ
manner Of doubt. Mr.. Marsh is an OLE
resident Of this place and one of our mos
prominent and loyal citizens. ! :
Very Respectfully.
JESSE o. NORTON.
(Endorsed)
Respectfully referred to the Quarter
master General, for investigation and re.
port.
By order of the SeC'y of war.
EDM. CAEBY,
Brig. Gen.
War Dept July 7, 1863,