, 1872-11-23

mems mouths, Cook being always supposed to
have candidate. Dan. Shepard is a candidate
TOR Clerk, and expects to be his own Buecessof
= the Civil Service theory is carried out he is
day for the party. He h.s IN opponent in Mr.
Allen, the hcpra'ic, or something equally
laborious, in = Glee Club, which enabled him to
Warble h!xiEe1f into notoriety around hero. An
Esth.atic Assembly will elect Allen. He will be
kandy. When ndebate grows dull and monotonous,
sing a hymn, or 3 Jolly air from Offenbsch
There are q score Ct other aspirants. Mr..
William A. Moore, of Kane, Door-keeper Of the
last House, will try again. Ee kept the doors
with ability.
Each member will come here accompanied by
pet candidates for every Office in the gift of the
House. The emoluments do not amount to
much In any case, but q vast number of patriots
tire out OF work since the close OF the campaign.
Members Of Glee Clubs, whose mercenary lay
brings now no return, and leaders Of Tanner
squads, whose occupations are gone, offer them
selves as sacrifices to their country, and are pre-
pared to accept anything and everything, froman
Office to cigar. In Springfield alone, there is
host Of candidates,-the prevalent idea in this
town being that Senators and Representatives
ton. Hundreds must be disappointed. The
boys want to be pages! Poor childrenl Heaven
help their innocence should they succeed!
TINE OF MEETING.
The General Assembly, in obedience to the
Constitution, will meet on the Wednesday next
after the first Monday in January which will
be the 9Th of that month. The new officers will
be inaugurated on the Monday follow
ing,-the House md Senate having, in
the meantime, canTassed the election re-
turns, and declared the new officers duly
elected. Governor Palmer will communicate
his parting message; and Governor Qglesby,
after his instnllment, will send in his inaugural
Tho amount OF work to be dene BY the Assembly
will probably occupy between three and four
months.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS.
There are rumors Of stacks Of new bills on all
possible and impossible subjects. There will be
large amount Of repairing attempted. Tenn
perance will probably come up in some shape;
the revision Of the statutes will be continued;
and al attempt will be made to abolish the Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission. Messrs.
Koerner and Hammond will resign their places
in January, go as to giyethe new Administration
q chance to appoint their successors.
TIE NEW sTATE-HoUsE
has made excellent progress since work Was re-
sumed last spring. The north and west wings
have been raised two stories, and are nearly
ready for the roof; while the south wing has
risen another story. Tho building is 360 feet
long and 240 vide. The wings spread out on
each side of the main building. The Hall Of
the north wing, and the Senate Chamber will be
in the corresponding part of the south wing.
The former viii measure sc By so feet, tho latter
81 By 60,-the height OF tho ceilings being 80
feet. The Supreme Court will be located on this
floor. The State Offices, libraries, historical,
geological, and other departments, will be on
the nain door.
The stairways will be Of granite. The great
hall Will be lined with marble, 80 that legislators
can temporarily dwell in marble halle. The
walls are Of Immense thickness and strength:
11. Picquenard, the architect; stated that, If it
was not destroyed by the hand Of man, the build
ing would be new twelve hundred years from
now. Whereof! where-wm We all be then 2
The dome will be quite curiosity in architec-
ture. Springing from the centre Of the building.
and resting on base 90 feet in diameter, it will
soar ekyward to 8 height Of 800 feet. Eight i'm
menso piers Of colored Missouri marble will stand
inside, and co1kscrew stairs will wind its
crooked way to the lantern at the apex.
Tho space between the piers will be bridged
By handsome arches; and on brackets near the
top.of the piers will stand statues Of Justice,
Peace, Science, Mechanics, Agriculture, Com
merce, Law, and Liberty. The figures are now
being fashioned by Julius Nico1ai, 3 FRENCH
building Justice, and will have its Companion
finished by the time they are. needed. he. has
also designed bas-relief sketches, giving an al1e-
goricl history of the State, On series Of
panels to be inserted above the cornice Of
tn the . rot'lnda, so feet from the base.
Will be~tYpiied by an early trader swapping
beaas and whiskey with an Indian for furs; the
Introduction Of religion is shown by 9 mis-
sionary blessing child held in the arms OF his
mother, outside stoclade; the pastoral period
the door Of q log hut, while the husband and
father drives a'plow hauled by pair Of oxen,
which would have brought good price in Chi
cago during the epizoozy. Then comes the sur
render Of the British OUTPOST At Peoria
ish are laying down their muskets,
and the victorious Americans riding into the
post on good-looking naga. The mission sent
By Governor Ninian Edwards, in 1911, to make
peace with the Indians, are pioneer-looking gen.
was unsuccessful, war broke ont in 1872, as may
be remembered by the oldest inhabitant, and
the episode is depicted in c1ay,-the Indians
firing their arTows, and the niGtia blazing away
The next panel will represent the Territorial
Convention held ut Kaskaskia, Dec. 81, 1875
an old gentleman sitting in chair, surrounded
by the polititians Of that generation. This is to
call to the mind OF the future nlinoisian |
The day when his grand State was evolved out |
IN old missionary,-intended to be Peter Cart
to crowd of devout wor-
.hipers seated on rude benches. The Black |
Hawk war, and the surrender Of BlackhaTk,
md Hiss Blackhawk, and all the urinebagos,
8 shown to the life. And then comes the de- |
oateB between Lincoln and Douglas; and last, |
out not least By long shot, the Chicago fire. |
Thus concludes strange, eVentfu history, |
written in inefaceab1e stone. |
The east or main entrance Will be surmount-
ID BY pediment 80 feet long, and u feet high !
n the middle. It will contain an allegorica1 |
representation Of the progress Of Civilization |
n the State, from the savage condition to the |
present day Of science art, cultivation, and pro-
yress.
There ia nothing e1se yerv new about the |