The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-13
o'clock. In order to consider the subject OF

arming the State.
T. Mr.. BALL preferred the substitute to the
o'li-he doubted the expediency of re-estab-
lis hing the armory
Mr.. WATSON, of A.. offered an amendment TO
the substitute, providing for altering, remodel
ing repairing &c, the arms OF the State now
on hand. He gave his reasons. No necessity.
III his opinion, existed tor large expenditure
The arms would be found TO be useless when
wanted. II made.
Mr BENTLEY, of I.oudoun. would vote all
required 10 enable the State to preserve her
honor intact, but thought S:,UU, ,0G0 ex travagant
for an arnlory. He did not believe that the
days of the Union were numbered.
Mr.. kEMrEK thought tha; the time for
speech-makiug had passed. Gentlemen of all
shades OF opinion agreed that 4 necessity ex
is'ed for the State to arm by one mode or an D.
ther. He favored the making of our own
arms. No abnse OF them would be permitted
ihe Union was not So safe a. some supposed
lie looked upon the bill AS a Union Saving
measure.
MIR. PORTER, who represented - miles OF
border country proceeded TO say that
VI tne fourteen counties touchn, free States
but one had sent up resolutions To thus body and
thst enc deepi, interested in the Gown ton and
One Railroad The people of the Pan Handle
from the Neith or the >onth The, would Fl ;ht the
Houtn as wiiiinsiy as the North If they ramp.ed on
,he Constitutions The Brown raid h All been exag.
Latfd ifo" brit to last. The county he repre-
heid "tlF twenty slaves; $40 won'd insure their
{, f., Hiatn,ng IN the state the rest OF their lives
proved ihnt the slaves were true. There was no
danser from the slaves. But We mad ecu told that
was wonderfully eiicacious in el.vatln, candidates
Tor oiiice. lie did not believe tho Union h ,d ne N
s. safe since the day 1t was founded. He re. e.arded
me bil as principally ben, fc al the of Rich
uond. and deserving defeat on that account He
o'4ected 10 IL, also. because II proposed to torrow
the none, appropriated. II gentlemen wished to
act bravey, let them pay this mones down, ard ot
saedie tha debt on pos'erlty. IL the Legislat re
proceeded in this way. they would soon brins upon
al N ar
r"foTtn TAX or slaves. to he phi shed throu
an amendment to the Constitution"
MIR CoWAN said that while Mr PORTER had
endorsed his views, he must dissen from some
or the positions Of that gentleman. The peo-
pie oil the Northwest would never turn their
arms against the South. His vindication
brought some applause, which was suppress
ed.
The SPEAKER warned the House that such
manifestations We're ont of order, and resem-
bled Congress too much
Mr CoLLIER favored the committees bill
he amendment robbed it of all its virtues,
&c His people wished Virginia always to be
righi but, right or wrong, they were with
her
NJ PORTER said his people designed going
WIN slr gina when right; but would pro ba-
bly not do SO If she were wrong.
Inc substitute was los:-ayes - noes los
The original bill was then taken MP
Mr. KNOTT said that the border counties
would never fight against the South Let
Virginia take her stand, and they were with
her
The main question, on the passage Of the
th!, was then put and resulted in ayes l33
noes ,.
The noes were 1Iessrs Porter. of Brooke
and Hancock, and Richardson, of Ohio.
Adjourned.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INsT1rUTE-The an.
nnal report Of the Virginia Military Institute
for 1882 is published. The number of cadets
<,f,r :, 40
the whole number of graduates Of the insti-
tulioh Is 3oj, OF whom one-fifth professed
religion while at the Institute. The board
reports the organization Of 4 pro;essorship OF
Agriculture, based on the liberal donation OF
$4,000, by Philip St. George Cooke, Esq, and
a chair Of Natural History, based on the do
nation of sio,ooo, by DR.. Mercer, of Louisiana
Ihe total expenses of the school last year
were HH',sJ9. 1 he nIiinier OF cadets now in
the school is 800.
The Superintendent, Col Smith. in his re-
poTt' submits a project tor the organization
OF the institute rs ii general scientific school.
WIN three special schools of application,
agriculture. Engineering and Fiue Arts
HIS PROJECT comprehe nds the introduction Of
several other studies bes itles. In detail he
recommends the Organization Of Il depa rtmen
Of Scientific Agriculture with one professor
a department OF Human Physiology Astrou-
b.
tessor; department OF Fine Arts, with one
professor; department of iiistory Political
Economy and English studies with one pro-
lessor; ana the assignment Of the Spanish
ianEuage 10 the present department OF French
He recommends, also, the appon tment of an
additional professor OF Engineering the erec.
tion of hall for an Agricultural Museum
The purchase OF farm tor experimental and
pTactical Agriculture, the erection of hall
for Models and Drawing. in connection wi,h
the departments of Engineering and Fine
arts. He inlimatcS that certain liberal m ind.
eu gentlemen OF our own and another S'att
are contemplating donations TO the Institute
ha|lHS IN view The founding of two and
perhaps three, of the chairs designa ted aboyp
Ihis proposed expansion Of this Institu.
tion is not dlsproportIonate to the demands
tnat are, ana VIII be, probably, made upon it
RETURN OF THE 5 IPwRECKED JAPANESE
The Rev. J. D. Collins, writing to the Friend
OF Honolulu, from Hakodadi gives the follow.
ing account OF Toro, Joseph Hecko and 9th.
ers of the shipwrecked japanese formerly in
San Francisco:
About O'Clock the custom-house officer.
came on board, each man carrying two swo ord,
and dressed very neatly, according 10 Japan
ese IDEAS Alter dISpatching ali necessary bu
slness our Captain Informed the officials tha
he mad brought as passengers from san Fran
cisco, IOro, Japanese, who had been shin
wrecked some wears ago, in com pany with JG.
seph Hecko and others. All the way from Sal
Francisco Toro had been in dou BITS as 10 hi:
recepiion-Whethera sort of lion, having ira
yeied IN foreign parts, or to lose his head fol
having left his native land
When ordered To enter the cabin, he trem.
bled all over and pros trated himself before thu
officials nor did he dare 10 rise until told 70 it
30. After stating ms case, he was taken ashor,
under charge of officers, and all his clothing
American presents, curioSitieS, ETC. etc To-
gether with some SIX hundred dollars in sill
yer, were taken possession of by the Govern.
ment. l saw him a day or two afterwards a
the government office, when he entered The
panese ostume aud his hair turned up. read,
TO be dressed in the Nippon style. l have Of
ten inquired after TorO-as We became wei
acquainted on board the ship-but have never
learned his fate. A japanese official told me
however, that he had been sent south TO hi,
home according to request, aud think ii pro.
bable, but these officials not truthful
Joseph Hecko has arrived at kanagawa and i,
empioved by our minister, Mr.. Harris, in some
capacity.
WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH.-During the in
tense cold weather on Thursday night, Mrs
Isabella Craig, OF Colchester, N. V, became
bewildered in the woods, and was frozen Il
death. The Macomb Eagle says:
1t would seem that after starting home She
had accomplished the great ter part of the dis
lance aud that she became bewiIdered and
Incapable of rightly directing her steps. In
this condition She walked round ana round /;
small circle, not more than thirty feet iii di.
ameter. Her path was distinctly marked ia
the snow. AT several places there We're indi.
cations OF her having fallen, and thence strug.
siea or eiawled before regaining her feet