, 1863-02-05
FROM SPRINGFIELD.


[Speeial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
S1'R1soTnLp, Feb. 4, 1863.
The hill appointing three commissioners OF
railroads, passed the Senate by 4 voto Of
fourteen to ten. It provides that all the rail-
roads in the State shall make returns to the
commissioners, and shall not earn over ten
per cent. On their capital. It provides that
the roads may be enjoined, and that the conf
missioncrs may suc before Justices Of the
Peace. and Police Justices It provides -
penalty Of 800 per day for five days, or one
year imprisonment in the peni;:ntiary, where
any railroad officer shall neglect to comply
with the orders Of tho commissioners.
Mr.. Ogden made the ablcst speech Of the
ersslon, in opposition to the bill. Messrs
Bushnell, Green, and Mason, spoke in fayor
Of the bill. The commissioners are to be ap-
pointed by the Government.
The Committees on Federal Relations in
both houses, introduced resolutions substan-
TALLY justifying secession. They declare that
the Union has no existence apart from the
Constitution that when the provisions Of
the Constitution are suspended in war or
peace, North or South, that is disuniou; that
the Constitution cannot be maintained, nor
union preserved in opposition to public feel
ing BY the coerciYc power Of the General Gov
erumcnt; that in case Of differences or con-
dcts between States and the Federal Govern
mcnt, too powerful for adjustment by civil
departments, the appeal Is not to tho world
hy the State or the General Government, but
to the people; they peacefully assemble in
convention, oppose arbitrary arrests, say the
soldiers huyc been deceived in the object Of
the war They say the Northwest shall never
be separated from tue Mississippi Valley.
They memorabilia Congress for IN arn,isticc !;
ask for convention at Louisville, Kentucky,
and to secure tho cooperation Of the States
and the General Government.
Stephen T. Logan, Samuel s. Marshall, II.
4. S. O'Melycny, VIM. c. Goudy, Anthony
| Thornton and John D. Cation are appointed
| commissioners to consult with Congress and
| the President Of the United States, aud with
the legislatures and executives Of the several
States, to urge the necessity of prompt
action to secure said a7mistcc, and the cleo.
tion OF delegates to, and early assembling oi
the said convention, and to arrange and agree
| with the General Government and the several
States upon the time anu place Of holding
said convention; and that they report theil
| action III the premises to the General Assem-
bly, Of tlis State.
The hill amending the writ Of ha6ta
corpus passed the House. 1t provides pains
and penalties to all shcrifIs and other officer
ncglcctingto comply with serving the wit
| It empowers them to call in the mid Of mill
tary to enforce the service Of wrlss. Sheriff
refusing compliance arc to bc punished il
the penitentiary, and be incapable Of after
wards holding Office. 1t virtually supcrsede
the Governor as Communicating Chief, nnt
will be source Of infinite trouble, and
great aid to traitors.
The amendments to the Chicago charter
introduced By Fuller, and voted on se'iatin
the Republicans will oppose Mt every step
They arc 1nu}tifarious. I should not won
der if they would eventually kill the bl1l
The Coppcrheads are very much cast dow
by an article in the st. Louis Rcp'n1liean or
posing the union Of tho Northwest and Sout1
weet, but Jolly over the Confederate victor
| at Charleston,