, 1862-02-22

be b x1satsa in two yeaEs one in oF
years. to bs decided by lot: the judge having the
Longest time to serve shnl] he the sst chief jnstice
and afterwards the Judge holding the oldest CON-
slc,t.. 1he Supreme corrs shall hold 0 ,e t. rm
a9nraily tn .acE VI sal grand divisions, the 1iI=t
third; at Springfield i'll the fourth aud at Mount
vernon, In the ffth grand divisions.
Mr. Singleton offered a substitute, as fol-
lows:
snR snR5sRs Gs9t Co t. sas e Sa ans Or e9
LINE as may be prescribed by law"
:, Judge Purple moved to amend that "after
the year 1864 the seat Of Government shall be
removed to Peoria. where It shall be perma-
nent!y established" (Laughter] The amend
ment Was laid on the table.
A RETURNED OFFICER CONGRATULATED.
Ar: Rely offered q resolution compliment
ihg captain Morgan of Monroe county, who
lett the Convention to engage in the battle Of
Fort Donelson, and had just returned, after
participating in that glorious victory. The
resolution -was passed unanimously, and
Gapt Morgan returned thanks, after which the
convention adjourned without coming to 3
decision upon the 5th section.
THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM.
It looks as if there would be but one place
1or holding the Supreme Court, and that at
Springfield, although it is extremely hard to
say what this Convention tciD do. The report
OF the Committee ie evidently very unsatis-
factory to great many, aud the fight over it
quite animated. l expect the discussion upon
u II. VII last Tor some days yet. The taking away
OF TIE power to create inferior criminal courts
IN cities for all time to come is q distrust to
81 Inc Legislature and people, which the best
lawyers IN the Convention protested agninst.
N9 matter what the wants OF these citizens
WI be N the future, they must be content to
rsg rgrln and pear r." It Is the degree OF this
Conyent1on, which undertakes to legislate for
manner
TIRE ORDINANCE AppRoPR1Ar1SG $500, 900.
learn that The Treasurer is receiving letters
from New York already. inonirfna wRat con
possibly be meant by the ordin5pee @ts Of fhe fhe
Convention appropriating $780, 600 Of ten per
cent bonds. It Is fatal blow the credit Of
State. Some members who had voted for il.
few minutes afterwards in private, character
ICED it as "humbug," " nuisance &c. From
o 1 snd i1r theue On rne
bers arc the men Who have been the loudest
III thelr aeHunclatlohs OF the governor, be-
cause he expended money to enable our vol
untcerS to gain the victory which has done so
much towards ;hc sncressfnI fcrm;notinn If
Tho t-r+b 10 +ho
been nf t he ar xoaS 5a @ has
the the Aami9!strtion s 3 would fail under # and
that thus GoV- 4ates would be hurled from
power because lie expended so much money
useIessly in the defcnse Of the q oid flag' !,
Now tie picture is reversed, and your
1sb;n1 fana5 .gm I4n m ,stase oReer men are
iusaliig i tormarn 10 anlenm m tncr records: But
now 90 1hey succeed I9elr e conduct before
to our volunteers in the field. and m i1npefii-
mcut to lie proeress of the War. Their action
oI,- ~ nas,oS S{h; o.5; ~ ~ "
~ nv", ~ passus Gnts o1uinance, IS aln1ost m
~ " alu ana coinlort TO lne enemy. lt cer-
talnly IL such blow aimed at our State credit
as must tend to cripple resources, and prevent
Illinois from acting that part in the war which
her position and resources demand she ehonl5
nct. SS% 1'1>< >Aoi4A''1'0A ''4o 7Doo''1
What newt w;1d ,ct IF r,s,,rnat;o,, IF o,,t,,or
49, ;i ~: r ~iu ~ VI aeurPa.l9n VI autnor
1ty Will th1s convention attempt?
THE FORT DoSELsoS PRISONERS
oro ,,oss;,a- ~, - ,,;a1t ,,a..s .s1,ls. ..,.
alc p'lsslng up I0-nlsnt. ;c nave talheo VIII
some o1 them. They appear to have been well