(Special to the Chicago Journal.) CAIRO, May 20. The steamer Platte Valley, from Pittsburg Landing Monday a. m., has just arrived, bu...

. . . is rather distressed that the GAZETTE should express an opinion on the Illinois Constitution.   As he concludes his jeremiade [sic] w...

The statement industriously circulated that a number of Illinois regiments have voted almost unanimously for the new constitution, is wholl...

Lansing, Alamakee county, was visited by an extensive conflagration on the night of the 28 th ult., burning about a dozen buildings, includ...

The Republicans, as a political organization, have a family resemblance to the old Whig party, so much so that we sometimes have wondered if...

THE EXPEDITION FROM CAIRO WITHIN FOUR MILES OF FORT HENRY. SHOTS EXCHANGED. The Enemy Numbers 15,000. A FIGHT EXPECTED TODAY. REPORTED C...

HOUSE. – Mr. Washburn, of Ill., presented a memorial from the Illinois constitutional convention, in favor of the early enlargement of the I...

The Convention occupied this afternoon in discussing the amendment of Mr. Wentworth to Judge Purple’s report, first section. Mr. Orme finis...