Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-12-12


East TENNEssEE. Decisive news at last
from East TennesSee-The siege OF Knox
vile is at On end. The Rebel effort 10
regain East Tennessee is abandoned for.
ever. Longstreet is in full retreat toward
Virginia, our cavalry pursuing.
The country may breathe freer We can
hardly realize the tremendous perilw have
escaped East Tennessee was so long neg.
lec'ed that is value even now Is only half
understood, yet it is true beyond question
that the loss Of it is absolutely fatal t. the
Rebel Confedcracy
Nothing but despair could have driven
the Rebels 10 abando their effort, aud The
conviction that it can never be recovered
will be equally potent to paral,zc their
operations in other quarters.
1t does not seem clear whether Long.
street is likely 10 he overtaken, or his re.
treat seriously interrupted We are salts.
fed to learn that Sherman and Foster are
in persuit, and will do what is possible to
destroy The Bebe force which they have
helped to defeat There arrival doubtless
determined the raising of the SIEGE but the
credit Of the defense is General Burnside's
alone. His whole campaign has been
masterpiece, and his final stand at Knox
v lie is what saved uS the State and shor.
tened by many monh's the duration OF
the war.
ORGANIzArl OF THE lIousE.--The 3Sth
Congress convened at noon 1'h; the House
p 'oceeded TO he election OF Speaker, which
resulted in the snccess Of Hon. SCHUYLER
CoIFAx, the vote standing as followt;-
Whole number Of votes for Speaker, 1871
necessary to n choire, 80. Colfnx, lol !;
Cox, 43 King Mallory, 10; Sch.
bins 8; Dawson, IL; Blair. 2; Styles, /.
The announcement Of the election of Mr..
Colfax was greeted with vociferous ap-
pause.
The small rebellion which Mr.. Emerson
Ethridge undertook to innngnrate on his
own account was summnrily put under foot
by the House. 1t seems to have been
agreed that enough members should he ex.
cluded and enough interlopers admitted
TO control the election of Speaker; or, nt
least. euongh to make possible bargain
for the ClerkShip, to tie personal olu.
mrn'. in some way, of Mr. E'hridge, and
to the general benefit of the Copperhsad
| faction with whom he has chosen to ally
himself The plot had no other resnl, than
to increase Mr.. Cofax's majority, and to
cover Mr.. E'hridge with public contempt
The House voted by decisive majori'ies
10 admit all the members whom E,hridge
sought TO prescribe, aud Indicted un
mistaklbly its purpose to close its doors 10
the fraudulent dclega'ipn from Louisiana
The Border States did unrxpec' edly we'll
MessTs, Anderson, Clay, R niall and Smith
Of Kentucky, and Messrs. Webster ard
Thomas, as well no D.yis aud c eSvcll Of
Maryland voted for Mr. Cnif II is
certain that the Administration will have
no more hearty support in its Emancipation
measures than from some representatives Of
he Sts'es which it was not long ago deem
ed necessary 10 conciliate by battling il
Anti Slavery progress.
SENATE The Vico President called the
Senate TO order at noon Of Monday. Con.
ness, Of California, ond Henderson, of Mo-,
were qualified and took the oath of Office
prescribed by tie last Congress Messrs
Van Winkle and Wiley, of Western vir.
gina, drew for terms, the former drawing
the long and the latter the short term.