, 1865-02-07
The Governors Teto Ecssase--Di1l, Of Ne.
nerd--The National Watch Conpany-
The C.se Of Contempt.
IF1om our Own Correspondent
SrR1saF1nD, Ill, Friday, Feb. s, 1866.

This plea OF ignorance has excused our Rep
resentatires once, but 1t will not again. If
they again 60 for It they must look for the
plank which they yainly suppose muy. save
ther from going down the dark river Of
political oblivion. The friends of tho
measure have been very busy with the
members to day. to prevent break In their
ranks. Little Fuller and Wabash Goudy arc
very busy with the Copperhead members Of
the Senate md House, and it ID whispered in
The "market pfsce'' (the lobby where men
(not cattle) a1e bonght and sold, that they
have occurred every eopperhcad, with perhaps
one or two exceptions, in the latter house,
for the passage Of the bill over the Govern
oz's veto. To say nothing Of other influences
the single desire to defeat Gov. Og1esby, and
to iniure the Union party. By placing this
odlous measure upon their shoulders, is O
sufficient motive for the Copperhead party to
support the obnoxious bill. They well un-
desstand that the measure Is odious to the
best interest Of Chicago, and that any man
from that city who sustains 1t, will be po1itt-
cally snd morally condemned by the people.
This condemnation will open new and decl-
ded political advantage to the Copperheads,
and employ to The damage Of the Union party.
The friends Of the horse railway swindle arc
talking confidently of succeeding, and their
paid Attorneys boast thas sne thing is fixed be-
Yond doubt Perhaps they arc right, but I
hope not. The message will come up for final
action tomorrow morning Mt ten O'Clock, and
the result will probably reach you as soon
as this letter.
t.. HILL OF MEN4Rp,
Quite respectable young man, by the
name Of Hill, who comes TO this floor from
Meua1d county, from his seat in the House
yesterday, called the correspondent Of the
CHICAGO TRIBUNE come hard names, such "a
"hirel1ng scribbler, etc I am very sorry
that the lad feels hurt, because reported his
speech on the soldiers suffrage lii. It il
true ! did not employ as many words in my
report as he did In his speech but then I
think gave the pith Of the thing, and that,
considering that It went BY telegraph, ought
TO have satisfied him, cvcf, if he be an atnbi-
tious young man, which am informed BY lis
friends is the case. II made any mistake In
the speech my excuse Is this, that Master
Hill has the capacity Of employing larger
number Of words, to express smaller aEgre-
gate Of IDEAS. than any young m man Nv who 10
many years. If failed to trace his meaning
in the mtry and sinuous course Of his mouth.
inEs, find myself In acknowledged sympa-
thy With full two thirds Of the members of
the House. Go to, Master Hill, don't say
s'hireling" again, rs referring to soldiers OF
this correspondent, and I will never print one
Of your speeches again. Sag Its bargain.
NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY.
Among the bills now before thc,Gene1al AS
sem6iy to become law, Is one Incorporating
the " National Watch Company" The cor
porators arc Benjamin ". Raymond, Joseph
T: Rycrson, Phiio Carpenter, Thomas 9.
DlcleIson, Howard 2. Culver, George ~
Wheeler, and Benjamin F. lawrence The
factoEy Of this company is to be located at
Eigin, while the business headquarters will
be at Chicago. The company, BY the charter,
will have power to manufacture, purchase
and sell watches, clocks and jewelry. The
watches are to be manufactured By the same
, description Of machinery, material, ETC., as
! have been employed by The " National Watch
| Company" Of A1nssc causetts. In fact, some
| Of the best Worl1nen, intending s. c. Bartlett,
! whose name is on 1n:ny OF the best Waltha1n
| watches, were formerly employed In that con
cern, are eorneeted With this new company.
! The capital stock Of the company Is not to
! exceed $500, 900, and hear that about 500, ;.
| This will prove new and important interest,
| in the manufacturing economy of Chicago,
and viii, undoubtedly. prove:abundantly sue
cessful.
coS14rT."
/, Considerable interest WIS excited in both
/! Houses Of The General Assembly yesterday
| by the fact that resolution Was offered Ii
each, by the Chairman OF the Senate and
!; House Pcnttentiary Committees, to have
ney, brought before the General Assembly fo1
contempt in refusing to answer certain
questions proponnded BY the Pcniteutiary
Committees, touching tho corruption fund
used In the General Assembly two years ago
to ca1ry the present Pcnitentiary lease bill
through the Senate and House. An attempt
was first made to hare the alleged contempt
/ referred to the Judiciary Committee, but
that having failed, Mr.. Read was brought be.
fore the Senate, and the Clerk Of the Pcn1-
tentia1y Committee required to read ques-
lions propounded 10 NJ Read, and to which
t he refused an answer Mr.. Read was allowed
| to respond to the charge Of contempt. he
simply On the coufldential relations existing
holween client and counsel; that professional
honor and all pzeceoeat demanded that his
! lips Should he sealed, ana that no authority
eonid @ la,s compel him to devia'c from the univef
discussed ct great length BY Senator's Ward,
Mctcalf, Fandeveer, Mcconnell, Green, mud
| others, and on final vote on the question
being taken, 1t was decided by ono majority
that Mr. Reads answer Vac sufficient, and ls
and discharged. 3lr. Read has bcon summon
ed to appear before the House Of Representa-
tives this moEningat ten o'clock, to answer
to the same charge
There ts much feeling, and a divided senti-
| ment here, upon ttis question. The Peni-
tentiary Committee feel that If the decision
Of the Senate u to be sustained, that they
| might as well close their labors at once, and
let the sw1ndliug 20 on. If two men, while
engaged in swin5llng the State, swindle each
| other; and q suit follows, wherein one swim
dlcr Is the plaintiff, and the other defendant,
the counsel employed BY the plaintiG is de-
barred from diyulg1ng not only tho secrets OF
his client condded to him, but also the Sc
c1cts Of the defendant, who Is in no manner
his client, but simply comes before the coun-
eel at the counse1's request for settlement
and when the matter is arranged to prevent
On ugly exposition, makez the sa1ne exposi-
tion Of the matter as the plaintiff did. This
Is the law, us laid down by the Senate yester-
day. 1t has never been known to lawyers be-
fore that the secrets Of 4 defendant in q suit
arc to be held sacred by, counsel for .rlaintiH.
HIC Hoe.