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ANNEXATION 0f' TEX.1S.

 Tbi5 special order Of the day was taken up, and Mr Huntington resumed the thread of his argument al the point where il was broken off by yesterdays adjournment.

 Mr. II. spoke for nearly an hoHr, and in the course of his remarks stated the fact that he had received numerous letters from his constituents engaged in commerce. asking lis opinion of the safety of their business. cspa- cially if they could venture upon voyages into the Pacific, and what were the probabili- ties of a war, Sc.

 Mr Ashley of Arkansas, next addressed the Senate, and set out with an expression of surprise atthe mode which had been adopt cd of arguing this question in its constitn- tional aspect. He knew ol no mode of con stsning the constitution, save that which was applicable to statute, viz: the planest and most direct meaning of the terms employed.

 NIT. 4. labored under severe cold; and therefore curtaed his speech considerably, occupying but little more than an houf

 Mr. Dickinson, of N Y, followed on the same side, and made sing-song speech which was evidently committed to memory He said that Gov. Wright's opinion in regard to annexation had been ire iuentIy alluded to, and he had been represented as opposed to annexation, but 1t was not so, except a5 to the treaty against which he voted

 At the conclusion of Mr. D's remarks, Mr Dayton got the floor.

 Amotion was then made to adjourn, which gave rise to some discussion, and which was eventually carried by yeas and nays 24 to2I

 The Globe says that the final vote will be taken on Wednesday-its language is there is a tacit agreement to this effect. D