The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-19
THE IMPENDING CRISIS.
STATE OF THE UNION.
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Interesting Proceedings in Virginia and
North Carolina.
The John Brown Sympathy in New
England.
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STATE OF THE UNION.
OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE.

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OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 10, 1859.
Cbmmes on the Joint Resolution Of Mr.. Barbour the
Hapers FRY AEair-SpeciaI Term Of the Circui Court
Of Lfersow County TO Try Exclusion Of Northern
School Isachers-Ne9vo Testimony Against Northerners-
Military Schools, dc.
The Speaker OF the House Of Delegates announced
the following committee the part Of the House to
cider the joint resolution the Harpers Ferry invasion
offered few days ago by Mr. James Barbour, Of Culpep
per:-Messrs James Barbour Allen T. Caperton, of Mon
roe; George W. Hopkins Of Washington county James L.
Kemper of Madison J. s. Duckwall, Of Morgan; wynd-
ham Robertson, of Richmond city, Edwin Watson of Pa-
laski John Knote, Of Wheeling; John T. Anderson, Of
Boetourt John organ, Of Lunenburg; Robert L. Davis,
Of CAMPBELL William E. Arnold, OF Lewis, and Isaiah A.
WEIGH, of Kanawha. These gentlemen combine an amount
Of talent equal any similar number to be found in any
public body the country. They all lawyers Of emil
nence in the State distinguished alike for their moderation
and good Judgment We may therefore, look for class
Of measures at their hands which will meet the approba
ton Of the State and bear impress of the intellect udg
nent and moderation Of their trainers.
The Committee Of Courts Of Justice to-day reported
bill authorizing the holding of special ter OF the Circuit
Court Of jefferson county for the purpose ofyng Stevens
Mr. DAVIS of Campbell county, in the House Of Dele
gates today offered the following resolution which
adopted -
Resoved Committee of Schools and Colleges inquire
renee ad"ca TO provide lat The
to be paid teachers shall not be paid TO except such
who resident cizeas OF Virginia for years
o for y e Sos BE- pS
ushed in Virginia and used in the schools
Mr.. C. D. COLEMAN, Of Cumberland county offered the
following resolution, which was also adopted
Resolved That the Committee of Courts Of Justice INQUIRE
into The expediency revising the OF
penalties for ampering with slaves and Of passing laws
grants and Others Without visible occupation or snSssence
and % @ q IN gcs Sc
the states where testimony has been made admissible
by their laws.
is contemplated by the Legislature to establish two
additional Military Institutes Vrgina-one In north
and the other in the region of the
Commonwealth, This movement is made in view of the
future necessity for OF military skill to aid de-
Tending the Old Dominion against Northern aggression
Before any efficient materials for such purpose be
turned by these institutions in embryo the necessity
for them 1t is probable will have passed away. The
Union will be frmer basis by that time, or it will
have ceased to exist But then there is need the
latter event. of army of defence, and is in view OF
that that these military preparations are being made
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. IA, 1859
The Measures to Be Passed By the Virginia legislature and
their Effect Upon the Inertrdde Of North and South
IVctIg TIC LIsCusstOH VI COfyTeSS-fF0ccedtnJS OF the
Aestsngs on The Haypsr's Ferry Kncasion-Ne South De-
terained to Demand an Expression Of Opinion from, The
Charleston Correlation in Behalf Of Protecsion-Appro
FRICTION for Purchase Of arms By The VIyinia Legisla
tare-G Governor Wise's Opinion about the Unson-He
Condemns tic issue Raised in Congress upon the Hiper
Boos-The Northern States to be Asked to RepeA Their
Unconstitutional Ldps-Disunion to b. the Result of Re.
fusdI-Leter from the Hon. C. j. Flalkner to Governor
Fise Soliciting Rsli for 7co Men Wounded at Harpers
Ferry, dc.
From all can and ascertain from prominent mem
bers Of the Legislature, will be passed the
present session oil that body well by Southern
Legislatures Of character stringent as eectuay to
nuy the Union far regards the commercial inter-
Of the two sections In all but the Union will
have been virtually dissolved when the now
contemplation shall have been enforced No vestige Of
tho cubstantiaI bases which founded save its
bare political characteristics, will be left to
render its perpetuHy desirable. The structure
will be literally undermined, and nothing will have
been Jeff that the strongest Union man will desire to see
preserved. The imposs which it is intended levy upon
all goods imported from the North will as efactualy
check the trade between the two sections as would
civil war The popular sentiment upon this subject is
strong that even in the absence Of any legal resrc
tons, commercial intercourse between the North and
South must essentially diminish. The merchants here
will be compelled to resort TO some other than the
Northern markets for their supplies they expect any
patronage at home But them the facilities for import
ing from abroad do present in the South
there manufactures to produce what may be ne
cessary for home consumption. Time must be afforded
for providing substitutes for Northern products else how
they be obainedy Necessity, after ALL will be found
to supersede at least for longer period Of the plans
set foot for the commercial esangement Of the South
from the North. No doubt however, but that material
dminution will place importatons the North
and this dimnuton will continue Ia regular successive
ratio with the increasing facilities for importation and
nuacturing at the South. Many look upon the Harpers
Ferry instruction as benefit in much tends to
the results which have just indicated.
The discussions now going on III Congress producing
the very worst results in the South They embitter
ing the point rank and envenomed hostility the
mind Of every man, and stimulating in still stronger
degree the disunon feeling among southern
men Of all classes and parties. Hickman, Haskin and
their brother apostaes denounced with bitterness
which has parallel save in language usually applied
to Seward and Greeley The coincidence of these Douglas
democrats alone OF the whole body Of the democratic
party giving in their adherence to the black republicans
and the revelations by Kellogg of the interview between
Douglas and Greeley in the paror Of the former have pro-
duced an impression anything but complimentary the
integrity Of the :" Little Giant The people o. South
far / can ascertain regard him as utterly unre
LIABLE and look upon Hickman and Haskn az reaciinp
truly the ultimate design and ends of Douglas He viii
not receive the vote of Southern delegate in the
Charleston Convention, and it is generally doubted
whether in the event Of his nomination. he Could carry
one State in the South. He is obnoxious 10 the
South at this moment than any outside the ranks of
the a00lltl0nlStS.
No day has passed. since the meeting the Legislature
Of this State that the proceedings of meetings held all
over the country not presented for consideration 10
both houses The proceedings OF each meeting embo ~
suggestions to the Legislature Of very stringent chara
Ter all or which, doubt will be duly considered by tue
harper Ferry Committee, to which these documents
referred They exhibit very remarkable feel
ing which, echoed by the committee the series Of
measures which they contemplate recommending WIN
e4clIe WONDER ana regret the mind OF every man who
loves peace and harmony Your Union meetings az tn,
NORTH wegh as nothing in the scale against these scnt
menus Inc people OF the South doubted the ley
70 tner interests Oh the distinguished figure M
those meetings. They say that material eupugn tor
Union meeting could be found at time any part Of
tne Nortn put tnesc meetings give assurance t the
black republicans intend aba,ng one lot OF their nems
aggrcssons or warfare upon the South assure YOU 90
little are they regarded that not Of one hundred