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I bered population of 83,000, delegates had been chosen to a convention to form aeon stitution for State government, and to ask for admission into the Union of the States. He had the honor of presenting to the Sen ate the constitution formed by the conven- tion, which he asked 10 have printed and re- fered to the committee on the Judiclary.- Action was taken accordingly.

 POSTAGE REFoRM.-Mr. Mewick gave no- tice that he would tomorrow ask leave to introduce a bill to reduce the rates of post age and to abolish the franking privilege

 REMUNERATION OF TExAs-Mr. McDuf- fife gave notice that he would tomorrow ask leave to introduce a joint resolution for the remuneration of Texas to the United States.

 Mir. Rives submitted the following resolu ton, which, under the rule, lies one day on the table, viz:

 Rcs0iUed, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate, if not ineom- patible with the public interest to do so, any I further correspondence which may have ta ken place between the minister of the Uni ted States to Mexico, and the government of the republic, as well as any communication which may have been received from the mln- iser of later date than those transmitted with the message of the Sd instant

 On motion of Mir. Woodbury, it was

 Resotoed, That the Committee on Com merce be instructed to inquire into the expe diency of establishing more extensive says tenn of warehousing, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

 The bill for the continuation of the Cum berland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, was read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Ga nals.

 The bill granting certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable said State to complete the Wabash and Erie canal from Tere EIaute to the Ohio river, was read twice, and referred to the committee on pub lie lands

 In the House, Monday, Dec. 9th, the Speaker an- nounced the Standing Committees, which We will publish in our next.

 On motion of MT. DRoMGooLE, the House went into Comnittee-of-the- Whole.

 On motion of Mr. DUNCAN, the Committee tool, up his bill, which was read as follows:

 X bill to establish uniform time for hold- ing elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union.

 Be t enacted 5y fbe Senate aud House of Representatives of the United States of .4mcrjca ID Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, all regular stated elections for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, shall be held on the same day, and on one single day, in all the States of the Union.

 SEC. ,, .4ad 5e it further enacted, That the next regular stated election for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, shall be held in each State on the first Tuesday in the month of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; and on the first Tuesday in the month of No vember in every fourth year thereafter, reg ular stated election shall be held in each State for the choice of electors of President and Vice President for the then next regular Presidential election under the constitution of the United States. And i'll case any spe- cial election for the choice of President and Vice President by the people shall, ae- cordlng to the provisions of the constitution, intervene between the regular stated periods for the election of those officers, every such special election shall be held in each State on the first Tuesday in the month of Novem- Der of the year in which such special elec- tion of President snd Vice President is to be | made.

 SEC. 3. find De it further enacted, That the places and manner of holding the elee- tions mentioned in tic two preceding sections of this act, i'll the several States of the Union. together with the notifications that the same are to be held, and the returns of the votes taken at the same, shall be specified, regula- ted, and governed by the laws of the respec- tive States In force at the time of the holding of each such election; and all laws and parts ot laws heretofore passed by Congress, in- consistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. ai Mr' ELMER proposed an amendment, which was intended substitute for the whole bill, and in- [ tended, as MT. E. said, to attain the same object After good deal of discussion, Mir HAa1MFrT remarked that 1t was obvious that this bill was not to be disposed of in Conmittee-oi-the- Whole. at present at least, the Presidents message had not been referred, and that some of the committees il was known, had been summoned to meet tomorrow morning, moved that the bill be laid aside informally for the present. in order to take up for reference the Presidents message.

 The question was taken, and the motion was agreed to-

 So the bill was passed over informally.

 Mr. DRoMGooLE offered series of resolutions. referring various portions of the Presidents mes f sage to the. several standing committees; which were adopted.

 Mr. A. C. DODGE presented the constitution of the State of Iowa, and moved the printing of three thousand extra copies.

 AN ACT

 To change the time of holding the Probate and