Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-04
Inter finn Arizonu.

The AlcSllIa IluA OF august ~ IL
lishes the annexed i!:ercsting intelligence.
Capt. Walkers colnand captured Al, F.,
Stanton and in that vicinity tfty-one wss.
loads of quarLermastc and commissary s,ort
thirteen wagon loads scrc captured at Mar:,
no, within a day and. halls march of AZ
qncrqnc.
Gen. VIM. Pelham a prominent citizen Il,
New Mexico, and a irmcr Surveyor Gcnera
Of the Territory, has len placed under are,
1t Santa Fe, tur refnsiY to swear allegiance Z,
I.incoln's Government Several other ~ritiy,rs
have b,tn arrested.
The Arizona Mound Rangers, formed OF
citizens Of McSilla, h1e effected 4 cnmpary
organization. This c.apany has been on ai
tive dirty ever since th,commcnceruent Of war
operations il Arizona.
The Southern mail blgs the Sal intelligence
Of the massacre Of lhii:en persons near For,
Davis, hy The Indians. They were on 4 scou;
after the Mczcalaro AlchcS, and were sur-
rounded and ovcrpowed, and all slain lii. a
Mrxican guide. The Towing are the same :
Of Capt. Walkers moste,l rifle company
Sam Dcsprr, Tom Carrt, Fred Perkins, John
Walker, John II. Brow Sam Shelby. C,ti.
zrns-.Jn!m 4. Dapro>e John Woodland, Jas
Lambert, ". II. :Spenc, John Turne-, and (,
Mexican gIit".
Oar l.ew G"'rrntncn;yolkS with eXcecIiu.
s,4n"rhnes,, AID the Vley has not for YEAR,
hrcn 80 quiet, aud the iwn of Mesilla, cs.e.
prcially. 80 free from disrders rs nos. IT,.
citizens generally have II infested a dlsposi,lon
ti,at the laws shall be oeyed. The licenses
for six m"nil,s have bee promptly paid, an:
the officers, M. and all, ee,l to be ~enactir.
reforms in tlIci: RESPECTIVE departments. AMI
arrests are promptly md indiScrimina:e,y
lna!r. We noticed an arest on Wedncsi.,,
bv Sheriff Roberts, III rhiclI the Irls5E,r
showed fight with a rev"ver, and Soull 10,
lr taken. The Sheriff c.llri upon the cit
zcn.. who promptly c0nvlced the grntlcI;,a
If The rccrssily Of submitting to the law.
Ca the 23l inst. a skir1ish occurred tilven
miles iron, Fort Craig htween 4 detachm,u;
ni C"nirlrralcs, under Captain Coopwo~'
being abuut 10 men of Tcps Artillery. ar! :.
Of toOrwood'S company, nd about loo Rr,l.
lars, Rifles and Dragons under Lieut.. Lori
Thr Regulars came upon ne Confederate cami
about lhrec-fourtlIs Of n hour before DAY.
lishl, ard were fired upo by one Ct the pick
cts. They came with POO yards Of ne
Confederate cainp, but g7e no answc to the
challenges. 1t being supposed that they were
friends, they were not fird upon. The enrIny
moved to - position on aleighboring hilI ari
behind Il natural hrcastwrk, some 100 yards
from the C"nfedrrates, win Capt. COopwoous
command displayed tlel %colors, and gave
three cheers iUr the SGthern Confedtracy;
the reply Was Il voIlcy an'thrcc cheers lor Ir
Union. Shots were exchanged for three Ioln
and 4 half between the parties, and four d
the Federal troops were cen To fall dead i
morially wounh,d No Confcdcra!cs srFe
hurt.
Capt. C~o"pwood fcare! endorsements iron.
Craig, aS III express; hal cen dispatched b,
the Federal commander, tier firing the II;
vnllry. and challenged the egulars to IN opra
fight upon The plain, and loved his troops 10
the plan, and waited for sue time for All Al
tack. They refused an eve fight, ani CAPT
Coopwond Withdrew his mo in tho lirrcrinn
Of Mesilla. An hour afterw rds, We have bees
informed, the Fc'lcrnlists wre reinforced NJ
200 men. and started in Il vim pursuit q tie
Conlehcra;rs. Capt. Cooprood's colnpaa'
took prisoners 4 picket of ulc volunteers
They report that six Of their lumber ha! htrG
killed the day before, On tie Jolnaha. hyl
party Of tuen Ia them unknown, but .Gp
Inse'l 10 have been New Mcicans, secessrm,
lists. under Elird. who had bnn forced Ia IL,
from their homes bv Lincol's troops. TIE
volunteers are now prisoners t Fort Fillmore
Three companies arrived 5 Fort Fillmore
from Fort Bliss, on the Goth II, Capt. lIaIde
MATS, Capt. Stafinri's, and Cot. EIawlhorres
r"mpanirs--in oil $40 men, wich makes inr
effective force in Arizona, abot $50 lnrI.
AZ Fort Craig, there arc ME companies nj
u. 5. troops, seven Of regulrs, and 20 o!
volunteers. Large reinforceulnts arr expect
cd from Albuquerque and othr points. They
have, besides some light artery, three guns
Of heavy cilibre.