, 1863-11-14
FROM MT. VERNON,
i GREAT PARTY MEASURK-TIE
SITUATION YESTERDAY.

(specisl Dispatch to tbs Chiesgo Trihune:J
Mt. VERNON, Jefferson Co., Nov. IL, 1858.
This little town is undergoing sensation.
Somebody ventures guess that the late lii.
nois Legislature adjourned to .'.set here, and
from observations made about town, must
ccnfees It looks like II. Tho came class ofms1
are operating hero that were bauiahsd BY
GOV. Yates from the State House fow
months sgo. Copperheads Of ail degrees,
and from all parts Of the State are here, the
rag sbag and bobtAil Of the late Democratic
party all eager aud intent upon the success Of
that great party measure Wabash (Horse)
Railroad.
The Supreme Court Is In session here.
Judge Cation Is III and absent. Judges
Breeze and Walker are On the bench. and the
coppe,head gathering is now intent upon un-
doing the ruin brought upon their schemes
by Gov. Yates. Four suits have been brought
In the Supreme Court, each bearing upon the
case. The first Is the case Of Wabash r. B.
Co. -. Guthrie, brought here On An appeal
from the Circuit Court In Cairo, which, BY
the way, is likely to be dismissed from any
hearing, as fictitious, and owned and cen
t1o1led on both sides by Wabaeh. Mean
Wills some lively underground work Is going
on among the smaller lawyers and agents,
and plenty Of eharp practice put forth h aud
around this man Guthrie.
1t the suit Of one Hairless, President Of
Wabash, writ OF mandamus Is prayed for
against Governor Yates, to compel him to
1ilc copy Of the Wabash charter witl tho
a. hF 2fn$n 3nv Rnf %t,a ~
hsa refustd to allow the alternative writ pray.
ed for BY Hairless On the ground Of the decis-
ion in 19 Illinois, page s29, the McAllister
and efebb1ns bo1d case. The language Of
Judge Breese, In that case, Is as follows:
"Tbis Court has no control over tho Goyereor
70 compel him to perform any public duty, In hts
sphere he - independent q tue court, we can. e
We might issue for that purpose could be available
should he persist in::mastsfs ol PUBLIC dntY: We
Esense s@ md + III eP pa ae seaa e. his
On the relation Of Mr. Hairless, an alter.
day last BY the Court, directed to 0.M Hatch,
Secretary Of State, commanding him to de-
liver to the re1ator as law q certified copy
Of the bill incorporating the Wabash Railroad
Company.
On the relation Of Keyes, The Court, On tho
eamc day, granted another writ Of the same
ijnd, directed to Jesse K. Dubois, State
Treasurer, commanding him to pay to the
relator the sum Of two dollars for his services
as member Of Legislature on the SD and
cath Of June, 1858. This was after Governor
Yates had prorogued the Legislature.
Hon. M ". Fuller has taken the Two writs
to Springfield to serre them upon the parties.
The w1its are returnable ut 5 p. m to dsy,
and the argument will not probably com.
mepce I'LL tomorrow, apd may not be com
pleted I'LL Monday or Tuesday. In consid.
Grafton Of the importance Of the question in
volred, counsel are to be allowed tine al
| li6itum by the Court.
Wabash Is represented by Messrs. AIRING
ton, Wabash Goudy, Wabash Fuller, ditto
Hacker, double ditto Green Of Massac, and q
dozen more copperhead attorneys. On the
otter side are ranged Messrs. Beckwith, Nc
A1lster, Logan Of Springfield, Hoyne, Skin
ner OF Quincy, and s. ". Fuller. The Gov
rnor's prorogation win be fully discussed
before these legal gentlemen and the courI
arc done with II,