Latest from the North.
We have received the following summary of news from the Baltimore
Gazette, of the 8th inst.
The Yankee Congress.
The first session of the 38th Congress commenced in
Washington on Monday.
In the Senate the credentials of several newly-elected
Senators were presented.
Mr. Davis made an earnest opposition to the admission of
Senators from
West Virginia, contending that, constitutionally, there was no such State as
West Virginia, and therefore there could be no
Senators from such a State.
By a vote of thirty-six yeas to five nays the
Senators (
Messrs Willey and
Van Winkle) were admitted to their seats.
The House of Representatives was organized by the election of
Schuyler Colfax as Speaker on the first ballot.
He received 101 votes;
Cox, 42;
Dawson, 12;
Mallory, 10; all others, 17.
Necessary to a choice, 92.
The Speaker, on assuming the chair, declared himself in favor of "crushing out the rebellion" by all the means within the power of the
Government.
Lincoln's message was not delivered in either
House.
The telegrams from
East Tennessee are only confirmatory of
Gen. Longstreet's retreat.
A dispatch from
Gen. Foster, dated the 7th inst., 7 A. M., says that he had sent
Gen. Wilcox with his infantry and artillery towards the mountains to attack the enemy's flank at
Bean's Station.
A proclamation.
Lincoln has issued the following proclamation, dated at the
Executive Mansion,
Washington, 7th inst:
‘
Reliable information being received that the insurgent force is retreating from
East Tennessee, under circumstances rendering it probable that the
Union forces cannot hereafter be dislodged from that important position, and esteeming this to be of high national consequence I recommend that all loyal people, on the receipt of this, informally assemble at their places of worship and render special homage and gratitude to Almighty God for this great advancement of the national cause.
’
(Signed,) A.
Lincoln.
President of the
United States.
Miscellaneous.
The bogus "Legislature of
Virginia" failed to organize at
Alexandria on Monday for want of a quorum.
Lincoln has so far recovered that he was engaged in public business Tuesday night.
Gen. Meagher was captured by the enemy in citizen's dress near
Mine Run.
Gold in
New York Tuesday was quoted at 154.