New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24
THE STATE OF FEELING IN VIRGINIA.

THE STATE OF FEELING IN VIRGINIA.
Co1esp6nasn nee Of The n. Y. Tribune.
RIcHMoND, Nov. 81, 1860.
Following the move inaugurated by the Farmers
Bank Yesterday all the banks in this city suspended
specie payment to-day and the consequence IL corr
paratvely easy condition of the money market, and
revival of confidence among the mercantile eomml-
nity. learn that the Exchange Bank discounted to-
day 70 the amount of about 100000 and that paper
amounting from $4,000 to $4,000 was severay, dis
eoupted bv the other banks. All branches OF business
are however greatly depressed, and must continue 30
while the present doubt and apprehension relative 10
political affairs agitate the public mind Enterprise
IL trammeled energy restricted Men hesitate to eli
gage in new enterprises and are apprehensive OF dan
ger in extending their present ones State stocks ana
all others are falling, and almost every species OF
property must experience the same fate
Day after day real estate is put up at auction, ana,
in two cases out of three withdrawn, the prices Dld
being ruinously low. How long are these thmgs 10
continue and bow far their consequences to go
Let the secessionss answer for they alone are re-
sponsibe for the present uncertainty and distress
There are now in this city from two TO three hundred
persons out of employment who are solely dependent
upon their labor for subsistence, many OF whom were
discharged last week. This is thing unparalleled IN
Virginia, where employment is usually TO be had Tor
the asking for IT. As consequence, much anxiety
exists among the working classes as the present state
of things is regarded only the torerunner OF lar
worse condition yet u come. What TO do during the
Winter now at handhow TO procure food, fuel, cloth
ing and shelter for themselves and their families Is the
momentous question with them Politics is ignored;
the Cotton States and the wOoden-nutmeg States are
alike mathematical and curses both loud and deep are
heaped upon the heads OF those interruptions men who
in the mad fury of defeated hopes anddsapponted am
btion have brought affairs 10 such a strait.
! see the telegraph is made the common liar of the
country TO keep up sectional strife, and not unfre-
quenty TO njure the reputation and perveIt the bus'
ness interests of worthy and useful citizens For
instance there is not the slightest foundation for the
following Especial dispatch TO The ". y. Herdld'
If it were true, it would be extensively commented on
by the papers of the entire State, whereas no mention
has ever been made of il here:
Gone of tie first acts OF the next Legislature will
be TO egaze a system of repTisal In reference 70 any
Northern State which shall refuse TO surrender to the
owner a fugitive slave seeking refuge therein. This
policy meets with universal approval IN tins secon.
In case no opportunity for replsa shall exist within
the authority OF the aggIleyed State, IL Is supposed tnd
the sanction Of such other Southern States AS snail
maintain commercial Intercourse with the Northern
States committing the wrong will be gwen Ia cover
full equivalent for the value Of the slave withheld 10y
a seizure OF the property of said State, whether that
be a vessel cargo This policy Is vigorously urged
by ALL and the Union men regard thls ana the pohcy
OF non-ntercOurse vigorously enforced, under tie
sanction Of law, much more injurious to Northern
interests than any effect that coud be produced by Sc
cession.
chants dealing in Northern gsds, while every avail
able influence social and POLITICAL will be exercised in
behalf Of the nOu-intercOurse policy. Such Is the de-
termination Of Virginia at least
IL. 49, r.n t7af.4N 4lfff
the business of other people than they do themselves
is telegraphine- actually teegaphi9g, the startling
pouncement could not 90 quickly enough by mal-to
The Times precious parcel OF twadde, not one word
OF which is true concerning merchants and other per-
sons of this city. When the Grand Jury appeared
in Judge Lyons Court, Monday, with the re-
suit of their deliberations, Thomas X. Price, esq.
I" A member of the body asked Judge Lyons In what
COURSE and in what way could newspaper correspond
sending slanderous statements TO Northern papers
concerning commercial firms here, be dealt with The
Judge REPLIED that felony cases only came under LIS
jurisdiction, and that IL such correspondence as Mr..
Price alluded to was Hbelous, the Circuit Court or the
Hastings lJustices) the place TO seek redress.
" In connection with this subject we are IN posi-
ton TO saw that there not one particle of truth in
srumOr sent TO THE NJ J. ItDieS and that Kent,
Paine g. Kent Clrkson Anderson, Thomas X Price
& Co., and Sumner Co., are not IN amy degree what
ever in any such positions as the correspondent z
rumor' represents. And further, that never
heard any such 'rumor on the street here; ana we
fancy We are Just likely TO hear of anything i'm
portant which may transpiie here any Richmond
correspondent OF any Northern paper.
cite communication OF such uutOunded statements
concerning some of best and most prosperous mer-
chants is a very serious business, ana thing winch
would be well Tor people not to indulge in unless they
wish 10 subject themselves TO the pains and penalties
which the law provides in such cases.
In these precariOus times it requires but little in
the way OF such rumOrs az we nave alluded TO 10 dam
age tie interests and reputation Of man OF business
people therefore, eager 10 create sensation ana earn
d1ar had better seek to do go in sosaesheg line Of