, 1863-06-07
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TribuneJ :
SrNSor1ELD, juno 0, 1850.
4 bill before the House provides that Clerks
Of Circuit Courts in counties having popu-
1ation of less Than 10000 Inhabitants, are to
have IN Increase of fees, together with an
amendment limiting the fees in counties Of
oyer *, 600 to maximum Of &, 500 year,
the overplus to be paid into the county
treasury.
Gus Harrington, Aaron Hazen, Utah Drum
mond, and others, nre here lighting the street
railway bill Of Hitchcock and Hurlbut.
The Democratic members held meeting to-
day to receive propositions from different
railroads interested in the transportation Of
citizens to attend the mass meeting Of the
Democracy TO be held hero on the 18th inst.
Preparations on great scale are being made
to receive the Coppcrheads who are ex-
pccted. :.
Two attempts have been made to firc'the
State House-one last night, BY setting fire to
q quantity Of old paper and lumberat the foot
Of the stairs in the basement, the other be-
tween the staircase and the wall, on the stairs
leading to tho cupola.. The motive for these
attempts cannot he imagined. - :
4 memorial to the President, asking Linn to
puy orer the two psr cent. on the sales Of
land due the State, amounting to over $780,
600, will be forwarded.
The bill appropriating s100,0 for tho re-
lief of soldiers, will probably pass the House
with IN amendment providing for different
distribution Of the money
There is disposition to adjourn SO soon as
the bills absolutely necessary shall have been
passed.
SPRINGFIELD, June Ga Senate bill to pre-
serve the purity Of the ballot box and secure
the Independence Of voters ut elections in the
State OF Illinois, was read twice thIs morning
In the House, and referred. One clau5e in this
bill prevents the marking or numbering Of
ballots ut elections.
4 bin to amend chaptera0 of the Revised
Statutes, entitled s'crimina1 Jurisprudence"
! hayiDg for It's object the application Of the law
to cover the cOunterfeitfng Of Treasury notes
and postal currency. WAS introduced aud Or
dered to third reading. The penalty for the
offense is punishment in the penitentiary not
exceeding fourteen years.
The present law IS supposed to be doubtful
on these points, rs Treasury notes may not be
| considered bank bills.
seyernl unimportant private bills we're in:
troduced and referred to appropriate commit
| tees.
A stupendous horse railway scheme for
| Chicago passed the Senate at its Inst session.
1t is called the Wabash Railway Company.
It may build horse railways without getting
| the consent Of the Common Council, or any
| Monroe street, Wabash avenue, Twelfth,
| Rush. Green Bay, Wells, Van Buren,, Halls ed
aud Hnrrison streets, Blue Island avenue,
| Desplaiaes street, Milwaukee avenue. md
I.nke, street. The corporators are Charles
Hitchcock ard Hairless Hurlbut, and the lead
interested do not appear. The title of the
bill cheated the Senators, aud 1t passed that
body without being read. Mr. Fuller Is try
ing to pass it in the House. ,Messrs. Cook
and Ward llave smoked out the infamous
thing. can't tell Who introduced the bill
into The Senate, as the journal Of that day Is
ponc from the files.