, 1863-01-10

There was heaEy skirmishing In the Demo.
cratic caucus last evening. No votc was taken
on United States Senator. ALI Of the caudi-
dates have damaged themselves by their cx.
treme speeches. There Is good deal Of flut-
tering tlis morning among the friends Of the
several candidates. They arc feeling each
others position. :.
o'Brfen, Of Peoria, essays to lead the Dc
mocracy in the House, and for this purpose
has taken seat directly In front Of the
Speaker. lie has already talked himself out,
and will subside in day or two. There is \
scheme concocting to create three Commits
sioners, who are to have the control Of all
the Illinois troops to certain extent This
means perhaps more than appears on the sur
Adjntant General and the Governor, as far as
the constitution will permit. 1t s.a very
dangerous measure, and Is based on the plan
in vogue in the French revolution: :.
In amending your city chnrterit is proposed
to extend the city limits in various directions,
end to take n Bridgeport, Also to make the
Mayor Ex-ofiicio, q member of the Board Of
Public, Works aud Of the Board Of Police
Commissioners.
There arc fewer lobby members here this
session than ever remember to have seen,
and everything betokens IN early adjournment
unless much time Is consumed In amending
the Constitution of the United States, IA bill
for which has been introduced.) The getting
OF the African ont Of the fence may take some
time. as the young hunters are Keen on tie
a resolution was introduced this morning
referred to the Committee On Federal Rela.
tons. Tie resolution against military arrests
WAS introduced, proposing committee Of five
to investigate the charges and report to the
House. A special committee WIS ordered. 4
resolution for u vigorous prosecution of the
War vas referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations.
There appears to be a large amount Of seccs-
sion in as yet 4 mild form, Judging from its
outcropping, existing in this latitude. and it
is not unlikely that It will show itself under
the grise Of opposition to the Presidents
subject comes up. O'Bden made f,ir, open
issue on it, md bad 1t made the special order
for Tuesday; other members insisted On its
going to committee, and 1t was so referred.
Whether 1t will be sugar-coatcd before it is
reported back to the House remains to be
seen. -...
Il see Gov. Seymour In his message gives
New England the cold shoulder In the most |
approved Times style, and speaks of the great |
Central and Western States as being one in |
sentiment. II the Governor knew what the |
Of the Union, he would find that New York |
and Pennsylvania were not in the pro-
gramme Of the "Western Republic" t
The Heste,n secessionists are IN favor |
Of letting all the, old thirteen States |
with their accretions Of Vermont md |
Maine go By themselves-beginning the line !
on the east line of Ohio, and running It down |
to the Gull, taking Kentucky, Tennessee, Flo |
rida, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama. Mississippi,
Arkansas and Missouri into the Western EN- |
pire. They say TINT this is a natural division,
and that they do not want any thing to do with /
Pennsylvania tariffs, and New York politics.
IThey PIoposeR to TO- make st. Louis the capital
cago the northern outlet; the Northwest to /
furnish the Western Slave States with produce |
and manufactures, and the Slave States to sup
ply them with cotton and sugar. This Is the |
line Of Western disus,ionists, and the line they
say the Western Slave States will unite with |
them on. How Eastern disunionists like the |
line Is not known. ''' -.
After the anti:proclamation meeting here
Monday night, shouts Of hurTah for The North +
western Con1ederacy were made on the streets |
Of this city. 50 W.