There has been violent altercation in the House of Representa-
tives at Washington, on the subject of slavery. Mr. SLADE, of Vermont, presented a petition, on the 20th of December, for the abolition of the slave-trade and slavery in the District of Columbia. He persevered in making a violent speech, though urged by several members to desist. During his harangue, most of the members from the Southern States left the House. They met in one of the Committee-rooms, to " consider the propriety of dis- solving the Union ; " and, after long deliberation, determined that the following resolution should be proposed, and that if it were re- jected they would not return to their seats in Congress- " That all petitions and resolutions praying for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia, and all memorials or resointions in relation to slavery in the different States, should be laid upon the table—without reading, with- out reference, without printing, and without discussion I"
foThe resolution was carried in Congress by 135 to 60! So much r the progress of the Emancipation question in the United States
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