A4NDBIW JAJh5JN. Washington, Feb. sth, 1856.
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The adoption by the House of Representa- tlves on the sth inst, oftae following resou- tlon offered by Mir Pinekney, of South Caro- lima, settles for the present, the abolition question in the House. The main point in the controversy, however, evaded-the con stiutionat right of Congress to legisate on the subject of slavery within the District of Colunbia.

 Resoteeds That all the memorials which have been offered or may hereafter be pre- sented tothis House, praying for the aboli- ton of Slavery in the District of Columbia, and also the resolutions offered by an honora- ble member from Maine Mir Jarvis) with the amendment thereto, proposed,by an honorable member from Virginia, (Air Wise,1 and eve- " paper or proposition that may be submit ted in relation to that subject, be referred to a select committee, with instructions to re- port, that Congress possesses no costitution- al authority to interfere in any way with the institutions Of Slavery, ln any of the States of this contedefacy; and that, in the opinion of this House, Congress ought not to inter- fere in any way with slavery in the District of Columbia, because 1t would be violation of the public faith, unwise, impolitc and dangerous to the Union, assigning such req sons for these conclusions, as in the jadg- ment of the committee, may be best calcu-

 ted to enlighten the public mind, to repress agitation, to allay excitement, to sustain and

 preserve the just rights of the slave holding

 States, and of the people of this District, and

 to re-establish harmony and tranquility a.

 mongst the various sections of this Union.