THE ILLINOIS FREE TRADER.
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message; bet he is not clothed by law
with the power to coerce reports from
those officers. Mr.. r. defended the
Governor at length in reply to Mr.. Gate
woodland remarked that his adminstra.
ton had been characterized by ability and
lntegrity-and had met the appreciation
of the people in his section of the State
so far as he had been able to learn it, il
1t had not in the gentleman's.


Election If Ua1ed States Senator.


A postscript in the State Register of the l7th
instant says; "Agroeably to a joint resolution
passed by the General Assembly on Saturday
last, the two houses met in joint meeting on
wednesday; and on the first ballot, elected the
Hon. SAMUEL McRoBEHTs Senator Of the Uni
ted States, to serve for six years from the 4th o.
March next The vote was strictly Il party ono
every Democratic member of the Legislature
being in his place and voting for the Senator
elect. Mr. Cullom, OF the Senate, and Messrs
Bennett and Francis, of the House, Wing mem
bers, being absent from indispositIon, as was sta
ted by their friends. The vote stood as follows


For Samuel McRoberts, II


" Cyrus Edwards, 50


" f. d. Baker,
Mr.. Edwards, of the House, voted for f. D
Baker


In the convention of the Democratic member,
of the Legislature, which met on Tuesday eve
ming previous to the election, the vote for Sena
tor stood as follows: