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to the l7th of February. The House of Represen- tatiyes lad passed the bfl to admit FLORIDA and Iowa into the Union as STATES by vote of Al to 21. The yo.ing against the bill, judging from their names, and circumstance which took place during tue progress of the bill were influenced by the question of slavery. The Constitution of Flori- ad sent np to Congress as having been adopted by the people of the Territory in Convention, contains a clause prohibiting the Legislature from passing laws for the emancipation of slaves, either with or without the consent of their owners. A motion was made by Ehig member from Maine, to insert a provision n inc bill requiring the people of Florida to hold convention and strike that clause from their constitutions as q condition of their admission into the Union. This proposition was properly and very promptly, voted down, by almost the same majority that passed the bill Old John O. Adams an2 his crew are found in the negative the passage of the bill. They were in favor of the restriction above mentioned

 We have no account that the Senate have acted upon this bill. We fear they have not. We have no news of any action oa the part of the House on the bill of the Senate reducing the rates of postage, g.e. No news that the Senate have disposed of the Oregon bIll. They were discussing gthe Texas ques= ton might and main al onr latest dates, motion to postpone indefinitely the resolutions passed by the House.

 Col ASHLEY, in letter dated February the l6th, says: The Senate have the question of the an nexation of Texas still under debate Mir More head spoke Thursday, Buchanan Friday, and Rives to-day, on resolution 10 postpone, indefinitely, the resolutions of the House. The final results still as doubtful as ever. Mr. Benton, il is said, will press his pfoposition and f he does, the resolutions of tered by myself [sao them on another page of to- days paper] will be offered as a substitute, with what result, l anu unable to say

 We have received in the Globe of the l7th Feb raary nastcry speech by Mir. Woodbury in ia gor of annexation, which we will publish Congress have now adjourned, and We are waiting with the deepest anxiety to hear the fate of the great ques- tiens which were before the Senate.

 Col. ASHLEY says, ia the letter from which we q4ote the aboye-.'l send you printed copy of a bill establishing Land District in the southern DOT ton Of Arkansas. The bill passed the Senate some time since and has this day passed the House of Representatives, and only awaits the signature of the President to become law, Tine early passage Of tae bill through the House is wholly attributable 10 the great eXsrtions Of Judge GRoss, who had 1t taken up and passed out Of Is order. The deep n- tersst of the people of the southern parto the State. in this matter, will render t important to publish tie bill.

 Ne published the bill, on it's introduction by Col Ashley, but as it has since been modified and as i is now doubtless law. we will publish it again.

 BILL.

 To organize nov land district ie t.e southern part

 of the State of Arkansas.

 Be t enacted by tfe Senate dnd House of Representations of tBe Uaaed Sia5es af l. me5jca n Congress assembled, That the see iion of country in the southern part of the Safe of Arkansas, south of the base line. and east of the meridian, comprised within the following boundaries, 10 wit between the line dividing ranges five and six on the east, the line dividing ranges twenty and twenty oae on the west, the dividing line between townships ten and eleven on the north, and the state line on the south, be made 10 form a separate district, to be called the Cham pagnolIe district, the seat of the land office for which shall be Champnolle, and be sub- ieet b removal by the Pfesdentof the United States, whenever, in his judgment, it may be proper 10 do so.

 SEC }. And Dc I further enacted, That there shall be a register and receiver of pub- lie moneys appointed for said land district, who shall give security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose duties and authority, compensation and emoluments, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of in said district, as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands.

 SEC 9. find Dc t further enacted, That shall be the duty of the registers and receiy- CTS for the districts of land subject to sale at Little Rock and Washington, in the State aforesaid, under the direction of the Com- missioner of the General Land Office, to transfer to the register and receiver for the district hereby created all the proper evden- ees, documents, records, and township pIats, in relation to land heretofore sold or subject to sale at those offices, respectively, which fall within the limits of the district hereby created

 sae. i. .4nd be t further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the expiration of three calendar months from the date Of the passing hereof.

 

 REVISION or MAIL RoUrEs IN ARKANsAs-IM- IMPROVEMENT ruERRtN.-Col. Ashley informs that he has, after great effort succeeded in procuring revision of the Mail Routes from Memphis via Batesye, &c., to Fayetteville, which will prevent the long delay heretofore experienced on those routes and 10 some extent lessen the incon Yenleaees under which the people of Arkansas labor for want of proper mail facilities He has also for wardad to the following letter, on the subject. for publication:

 Posr OFFICE DETtBrurNr.

 Coatfaei Office.

 February 10, lsi5.

 SiR-0n examination of the schedules of the arrivals and departures leading from MeH- phis, Te.. via Batesyille, &c., 10 Fayetteville. Ark, the Department is surprised lo perceive considerable disconnexions al one or more points. This has been caused by efforts To 