Washington telegraph., 1851-01-08

Rector Thought that 500 was mere house, and
that il y ,uld afford no protection to homestead
Mr.. Berry was called 10 the chair.
Mr. B0rrow said, on this subject he vas a red
republican. hat would vote for the exemption Of
100 acres Of 1ahd. was con6dent that his own no
tions upon the subject were rnpractcabl4, he was
willing however 10 compromise, he thou yht
that the landed homestead carried with il q great
erequafi'y than Homestead limited TO $5U0, The
bill has passed the other house. and il the friends
Of the homestead will pass the bill, the people
will be gratified AID the legislature will have
| achieved something.
Mr.. lizard called for the ayes and nays, on Mr.
McCiain's amendment. The amendment was
LOST, navs IL, ay~s 8.
Mr.. McKne-lv called for the ayes and nays on
Nc Hury' amendment.
Mr.. l1uey offered "A substitute for his amend
ment. substituting 100 acres for l6O. He thought
that 100 acres sufficient in all common sense
for the purposes intended 10 be effected by the bill
he hoped the friends Of the measure would meet
him on this ground, further than this he was hn-
W Iliing 10 go.
MIR. Rector opposed all valuation Of the home
stead ne thought that l60 acres little ~
possibly could be sufficient for permanent home.
stead, but he would rather have any fixed amount
OF land without valuation, than to have it limited
in value, only by this could the homestead
be rendered permanent and eff f.ctual.
the am-n'm-nt was adopted.
Mr. McKnreiy m"ved to lay the bill on the ta-
hle until April LET. aud called for The ayes aud
nays, the motion wasyost. ayes II. nays II.
Mr. McClan introduced the memorial OF VIM.
Field and Others, securities the official hond Of
Abn-r E. Thornton late financial receiver.
Ou motion OF Mr.. By-rs IT. was referred TO a
select committee. Messrs Byers, McCiain and
Rector. IL.
On motion Of Mr.. Huey, the homestead exemp
ton bill was taken up, and read u third time.
Mr. McCamy moved a call of the House.
The call was Withdrawn, and the bill laid over
till Monday morning
House bill to incorporate the town Of Washing
ton was passed.
On motion of Mr. Ellis the Senate adjourned.
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ANOTHER AND MosT REMARKABLE
LETTER.--The Charleston Mercury brings
us a most brilliant aud powerful letter
ITO the People of South Carolina" from
Gcneral James Hamilton. The Wash
imgton Uuiou gives the following synop-
sis OF it:
ut is full of wit. full of eloquence. of
pathos. and of patriotism-of the wisest
counsels. aud Of the strongest appeals
TO '.bide aud wait their time" He tells
Carolina to secede; that not a single
Southern State would join her in the
movement; that she would only DISCUS:
her Southern neighhors by her uuwise
precipitation, instead of commanding
their sympalhies aud their support; and
that it is peculiarly unwise at the very
moment when the public sentiment Of
the North. brough up 10y sheir most dis
tlnguished sous, is coming up 10 the sup
port OF Southern rights. He tells them
in a tone that cannot fail to have it's
effects in South Carollia, that the great
battle for the security "f slavery at the
South is to he fought at the North; that
if Governor Seward aud MIR. Van Buren,,
with the free-eOilers aud abolitioni>ts.
shGnid obtain victory over Messrs Fill
more, Clay, Webster, Cass and Bucha-
nan. aud elect their President, the crisis
will be upon us III two years, in the form
Of repeal of the fugitive slave bill, and
the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia; that this would make up an
issue on which the whole South would
he united; that Old Virginia must then
he in the lead or be eternalIy disgraced
aud di>honored, aud the Uuiou must then
he at au end" or "lt Oh the other hand,
the frieuds of the constitutional rights OF
the South should triumph. our rights aid
interests will he secure, and fresh lease
will be given 10 Union thrice renovated
aud blessed"
with a boldness aud eloquence not
TO he surpassed, he tells the people Of
South Caroliua tha: if John &. Calhouu
himself were now living, he would tell
them to forbear; that his sanguine calcula-
lious had been defeated; that South
Carolina must wait for the other States
10 act; aud that, III an interest common
to the South the whole South must move
in harmony aud resistance together; aud
that this time had not come:
Flax CoTroN-Au industrial inven-
tion which is regarded as possessing the
highest importance is spoken Of in some
ot the foreign journals. 1t is recently
discovered mode of preparing fax for the
manufacturer, "by which the dilatory.
costly aud wasteful process Of steepin g
Is altogether superseded The Paris cor
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