St. Mary's gazette., 1863-12-10

The News
The FIRST session of the Thirty. Eighth
Congress eemwsnesd- IA Washington
Yesterday. The Senate VAS called TO ar
der at noon ty the Vie. President. The
credentials af several p'swiv-elected Hcna-
tors were presented. MIR. Davis ror.end-
ID ,hs, the Senators frm wes, Viegiria
should uot he allowed shcir s-ais He
o o,n,ended ,ha, eonstitu,,'nsily a''d legally
there was no such State a. West firgiuia
sad ,hercf,rc ti. re could be No Senators
from. such State Tie b-iievcd thc old
eta,e to be ir:sc'. snd that the whole mai
Tar 10 reference TO Wesi yirgiuia was
Esgrant vinls,ion of tho Constitution By
a vote of 30 yeas to ) nays the Senators
sfessra. Whitley and vsa Wiakls wrre
ndmit,ed 20 their seais. Air Lane. of
ladiaHa. gave sntiee III the introduction Of
hills TO repeal 'hc three hundred dollar.
us,unlntaiisu feature of III. Enrolluent act.
and to increase the pay OF ncn-connis-
.i"ued officers aud riva,es III the army
ffry Per cent. After sou.u further al!m-
1,ertaut husiucse the S~ua.e aGj"urIej.
The House uf Representatives was
e~ifel 10 mi-r sy Mr. Eshsridg~. the
Clerk of the Law, House. lie then read
Ibs roll of u,eu.s,ers from al, the e,rtas ex-
eep, Maryians.. Virginia. Wvs. Virginia.
hissonri and Kansas. stating that h. had
caiy placed oa the roll the names Of .hose
whose certificates bore iulerna! evil, nee of
election ia accordance with tae law of
March last, The law vas then read; il
expressly deelsres that tho Clerk shall
'ulakr rol! II che Representatives elect
snd place thereon the narnas ef oil psrsans.
and of snch persons only, whose credentials
show that they we're regular ii et.d IT.
accordance 3i,a the laws Of .!isir States
yespeetively or the laws Of she United
ricu. names oaitiei frem ,ha roll we're di-
rccscd 20 be placed thereon hy simple rssa-
lgf;ons, although -irenaoas opposition
was made By the Oprosit'on meisbers
After the oath had heen administered to
the members. a ballet wac had f"r Srcs-
ker. resulting IL the chsire of Hon.
Schuyler Colfax. Of ineiana. who. on as
cunning the chair. made vigorous speech.
s!erlsring lim-slf 10 favur If crashing out
tue rebei!ios BY oil the means within the
pawer nf tho Government. After some
unimp4rtana business. the House adjourn-
Cd.
From the Army Of the Cumberland
shsre appears to be nothing definite. a
Cltattaneogs disIatch. dared 4sh instant.
states that the expeditions t'' rc'ieve Gener-
nj Burnside under General sherman j.
supposed to have reached knoxville. The
Nichmond papers publish q dispa'ch fr"n,
',auersl Brsgg tn General Cooper dated
Dalton. b, cea,hcr 2, which states that
the fe.lerals bad fallen back scrnss the
Chattanooga. destroying everything on
their route. including the railroad track
and b. b.idgss. He states that the Federal
las vas heavy In their attack on ,hc Con-
fe,lera,e rear guard. under General Clc-
burn. Another dispatch. dated Bristol.
9Th Instant. states that the siege of knox-
vile was progressing. and the csunouad-
ing Represented as being rcry heavy.
General Ransorp IL reported 70 have cap
surcd large s,nmunision train en- roma 10
Knoxville. Anrhcr dixpsich irsm bal.
ton. of the 4sh. says thai the latest &C
counts represen. that Longstrces. With q
part Of his comHsand. made 40 ansaccess.
iul attack on Knoxville; his loss wss very
email. He then raised the siege march
iaa towards Abiugdon, Vn. General
Dushrcd johnson hsd suceesdedsin esrcs.
ing Junction with I.ongssrsvt ~ithcut che
loss Of his supply train. - was previously
yeparscd. The los. ef thu Federal army
st the 6gh. at Ringgold il set dewn q,
$500 killed ssd wounded. 300 prisoners
and 4 Gags.
Tbe Washington Stsr Of y<Sserdsy after
nuol--shird ana fou,,h ediiiass--ass i-lc-
grams frons Taxweii. Tennessee. dated
Afh srd 7sh instant. which states that a
t'o,,frderass colnmn we're passing ali tue
night rf Saturday last frc,s Knoxville tc-
wards Hairs t'r,sa lsrads. THE men were
hesfd 10 say they were goinE toward Vlr-
giuis. that The Feaersls bsd thens SUR
rounded. and that they we're soing 20 6ghs
shxir way ost. 1'hs sum and substance of
she enrire dispsssk i that General LeDg-
stfssi i in full rassess towards yirginia.
The Richread psp~rs hsvs intelligence
from Cksvleston 20 the 4gh instant. but
tAxs u 70 eh-sge 10 tks ssfves u afsirs