, 1862-01-08

Democratic bodies ever got together in tais /
State, and there is nothing they may not do.
The moro radical members are for refusing to |
submit the Constitution to the people and for
turning out all the State officers either by or
dinancc or by ordering provisional election |
in May or June. Whether the old fossils who !
hure been dead and buried so long time, but |
now resnscitated, will agree to such reFo1u- |
tiona5y proceedings remains to be seeD. This |
thing seems certain, TINT the Convention will |
order provisional election at an carly dny, as
1telegraphcd you.
There is an expectation That the Convention
will sit no longer than tile first Of March. By
that time they will have expended the $4,000
appropriated for contingent expenses.
The organization will be J. strictly party
one, and if Sheahan for Secretary is beaten by
Springer or another, it will be on account Of
the course Of the Post in advocating tie Onion
The United Suites Circuit and District
Courts commenced their sessions to-day. The
Supreme Cou IT opens Tomorrow
4 good deal Of interest is manifested on the
subject Of cotton cultivation, but much appre-
hension is expressed for fear Of scarcity Of
seed. I see Secretaries Chase and Seward
| hare promised to procure seed from Port
| Royal / hope their efforts will be made in
| another direction. The seed to be used on our
prairies should be procured from the ex-
| tremest northern limits Of North Carolina and
Tennessee in which cotton is grown It would
prevent failure in acclinlation which is like
| ly to occur with Sea Island cotton, or that
grown in the extreme South.
l +o x3,~ y, ~, -,
ricultural Society's rooms, some admirable
specimens Of sorghum sugar. Ono parcel
from Mansfield, Ohio, is excellent, and equal
in every way to the coffee sugar Of the retiner.
les. Another from Quincy, from Mr. Smith
is a specimen Of Z ton made there. This
sugar is equal to common New Orleans brown
and can be made for four cents per pound
The product per acre was 900 pounds 0
sugar and ITO gallons Of syrup. Mr. Smith,
sugar is from the African cane and Imphec
which be says is richer than the Chinese sor
subjects Of qualification.
! learn that the Illinois Central Rai1roa
{ Company have not paid their June and DE-
; ccmbcr payments, which amount to ncarl
: $780, claiming an Offset Oh account {
: transportation obtained for the General Go,
eminent by the agents Of this State. Th
e creditors, I understand, threaten suits.
The Democratic headquarters are at til
= American, which is crowded. The othe
: | hotels arc not particularly full, nor is the1
!. | much Of Il lobby in attendance. The boardin
:, house keepers, following the mean example
i Washington, have put up their rates to fan1ir
c prices.
c The weather is cold and cloudy, and tt
# s]eIghing good.
C The pro-slayery Democrats, almost to nla
d applaud the course Of Mr.. Lincoln in this +
i bcllion; but it is evident they do so becau
i. they see that the legitimate conclusion
le such policy is the recognition, sooner
l. later, Of the Southern Confederacy. The R
Of pub1icansarc despondent or indignant, secin
u, perhaps, the same inevitable conclusion lis t
III result Of such policy.
y Wentworth's press and types arc here a
ch appear in the shape of the Union and Hera
IS, under the control Of one Lewis, late Of
Railroad Bank Of Decatur and formerly Of +
city. The Union and Herald IS said to be
organ in which Wentworth will say that VII;
,u- bc will not care to say in the Convention.
he Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc-1
ste SPRINGFIELD, January 7-12 .
s The Convention met this morning at
s,) o'clock. Gen. Singleton called 1t to ord
and Col. John Dement, Of Lee county was
tes pointed temporary chairman, and JAS.
Co Sheallan Of Cook county secretary.
It's 4 proposition was made that the de}egs
pc, come forward, show their credentials