election in all the Yankee States met on Wednesday and cast their votes for President and Vice-President of the United States.
The place of meeting in each State was the capital thereof.
All the electors voted for Lincoln for President and Johnson for Vice-President, except those chosen in New Jersey, Kentucky and Delaware, who cast their ballots for General McClellan and Pendleton.
In the Yankee Senate, on Wednesday, a remonstrance from citizens of Louisiana against the admission of Cutler and Smith to the Senate from that State was presented.
Mr. Powell offered a resolution calling for the report of the proceedings of the court-martial appointed to investigate the conduct of General Payne while in command at Paducah, Kentucky, which was laid on the table till the announcement of the standing committee.
The Armstrong, going out of Wilmington, and the Susannah, near New Orleans (both blockade runners), have been captured.
The United States Navy Department has receive
