The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-05
Virginia Legislature.
WEDNESDAY, April 8.

WEDNESDAY, April 8.
Senate.
The Senate passed bur one bin to-day: An
act TO amend the 11th section Of chapter Isl |
OF the Code OF Virginia. Having previously
passed the House, il is now law.
The bill from the House, defining what pro- |
perty shall and shall not be assessed by the
Commissioners of The Revenue for taxation.
was considered in Committee Of the whole, and
made the order of the day for further conside-
ration ON Monday.
House of Delegates.
Amongst the bills reported to-day were the
following
A bill to authorize the Virginia Central Rail
Road TO construct branch of their road from
some point not East of Staun,on, to the Au
gnsta Anthracite Coal Mines
Bills 10 toincorporate the "Avon," "AlliaDce,'
and to re charter the "Morson'' aud the
.Scoit'' Gold Mining and Manufacturing Com
panes to mine, &C., in Louisa, Spottsy lvania
and adjacent counties.
blr. Flanary introduced a resolution Of en-
curry, in favor OF granting power to the Virgi.
MIA and Tennessee Railroad Comp any to con.
struct branch of their road from Abingdon to
Cumberland Gap, through the counties Of Rus
sell, Scott and Lee, in order to form connec-
ton between the tide-water of Virginia and
Louisville, Ky.
for Courts ofJustce were instructed to inquire
into the expediency of reporting bill to pro-
hlbit the execution OF sentences of death in pub
lie.
bill, authorizing the Petersburg Railroad
Company 10 sell or create stock to pay the
debts OF the Company, was under discussion
one and half hours, when the bill was laid
on The table to make way for the order of the
day, bill entitled IAN act providing for the
ffNtt rlaten BE- 4
| of the Revenue, the abolition of fmusters and
| reorganization otihe Volunteer Corps,r which
was then taken up for consideration. On this
| Dill discussion ensued, which continued
without reaching final action on it, up TO the
hour OF adjournment.
TRAGIC SCENES OF THE FRONTIER.
The National Intelligencer has letter from
respectable gentleman, living in New Mexi-
co, who gives the following sketch of ou,rages
committed in that far off region, for the two
months preceding the date OF the letter-Feb.
ruary 10th
La the month of December last thew stole
from under the very nose of Fort Conrad forty
mules from the troops, and, although hotly
pursued by our Dragons, escaped with their
| booty, owing TO the broken CONDITION of The
on the -score-of economy hali-fed dragoon hor.
ses. Shortly after this exploit they ran of
| with about the same number of animals, sen,
to a neig ghboring pinery for timber by the guar.
termaster OF Fort Fillmore, and not far distant
| from that place.
Within L few days of the above robbery they
attacked and killed MIR. Brent, the lamented
and distinguished member of the Legislature
from Santa Fe, and his servant.
Emboldened by their successful operations
| they apfpreh In tnCa ir,t ri.
valley of the Rio Grande, and after regular
battle they succeeded in carrying off all the
| stock they wanted, besides killing several New
Mexicans. With the inhabitants of Polvadera
a town not remote from La Joya. they behaved
in like manner, their success being even great.
| er than at the former place.
| About one week later, q small band of Ana.
ches surprised three citizens from the village
| OF Limitar, residence of ex-General Armiio.)
| and murdered them. On the Odd of January
| last they entered the suburbs of Ell Paso and
| killed four men.
| The mail from San Antonio due on the 18th
Of last month, has never reached its destina-
ton, and Capt. Skillman, the contractor, re-
| ceived letter from citizen of Guadalupe
stating that on his way up, near the Eagle
| Pass he saw remnants of a Sprng-wagon on
| destroyed by fire, with provisions strew ed
| around it. The Captain cntertains no doubt OF
| tIC utSHuCtOu VI Mo man poity thC "A puEit
| Indians.
A man, by name Constancia, from Donna
| Anna, on his way to the Ceppermines with an
ox-tran of goods, had, within the last for tnig hit
at Cooks Spring, all his oxen stampeded and
carried off; and finally, through fright, left
! them the train with all its contents.
| An escort of ten dragons and one United
| States wagon, returning TO Fort Conrad, on
the ''.iornada del Muerto," was attacked by
forty Apaches some of our men fought like
heroes, but the Apaches being strong in num-
Der, killed four Dragons, wounded several,
and took the wagon with the mules.
While write these lines TO you a dstn-
tinguished Captain OF Dragons, passing by on
a scout, brings the information that Major
R-n, commanding Fort Webster. at the
Coppermines, had had a fight with the pa
ches, and killed several. In two days the In
| dians returned, carried off one hundred head of
stock, and killed two commissioned Off
| GERS.
learn that Major Emory, chief astronomer
and surveyor of the boundary between the
| United States and Mexico, has applied, or
will shortly apply, for additional troops. TO be
| detailed ou escort duty 10 the Boundary Com
| mission, the present number being entirely IN
| adequate to protect the surveying parties scat
| tered far and wide, aud, as am told, betaeen
| the mouth of the Giia and The Eagle Pass, on
| the Rio Grande.
am, very respectfully,
Your ohedenf ser, ant, X.
1 nx AzTnR PIACE