The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-25
General Assembly Of Virginia.
THURSDAY, March "a, 1870.
SENATE.

! nance, reporter OH LOT the payment OF
per diem, &c., due the commissioners 40.
pointed by the Governor in pursuance If
nm net passed February, 1870, for the adj
justment of the public debt.
M. PENDLEToS, from the Committee on
Public Institutions, reported back, with On
amendment, bill to incorporate the Hamp-
ton Normal and Agricultural College, which
was ordered to it's third reading.
Senate concurred in the report of the
special committee for conference in regard
to the bill dividing the State into town
ships.
On motion of Mr.. PENN, the Senate pro-
ceeded to the execution of the joint order,
and elected Mr.. J. A. WADDELL, of Au-
gusta, as President pro tenn. Of the Senate,
to serve in the absence of the Lieutenant.
Governor.
Mr.. COURTNEY presented, By leave, bill
for the relief of debtors.
Mr.. AUSTIN introduced resolution pro-
viding for the election of circuit and county
Judges by ballot. Laid on the table.
Bills to incorporate the Central Loudoun
Turnpike and Stony Run Turnpike Com
panies were ordered to their third reading.
Bill to prevent the sacrifice of personal
property at forced sales was passed by.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Mr.. SouTuALL, from the Committee on
Courts of Justice, reported bill providing
for courts for the city Of Richmond, and
defining the jurisdiction thereof. This bill
has been published in the main heretofore.
1t was ordered for printing.
The House agreed 10 the report OF the
committee of conference on the subject OF
q, w, Ia S1uta
into townships.
The resolutions of Mr.. BELL, of Au-
pusta, in relation to candidates for Office
among members came up under the head OF
unfinished busineas, and were voted down.
Colonel Owens, the Governors aid, pre-
scented the following communication from
the Governor:
COMMONWEALTH OF NIRGISLI
"EXECrTIvE DEPARTMENT.,
.'RrCHMOSD March q, 1907
:. Gentlemen Of the House Of Delegates:
In response to the resolution of your
honorable body, adopted on the 23d instant,
| that the Governor be requested to furnish
this House with the correspondence be-
tween himself and the commanding Cen
oral of the Department of Virginia
relative to the interference Of the Uni
ted States military forces in the civil
affairs of the city Of Richmond, and that
| I've he further requested to inform the House
whether or not there is or was any neces-
sity for calling tor assistance from the
United States forces in this or any other
CASE l have the honor to enclose here,
with copies of the correspondence referred
to, and to state that in my opinion there
not and was not 'any necessity for calling
| Nil nl Stotn
in this case The lawful -constitute1
municipal authorities Of the city Of Rich
monl were confident of their ability to pre-
serve the public peace aud enforce the law
without calling upon the State authorities
for assistance, and the result SHOWS that
such confidence was vel! founded.
Gas to whether there Is any necessity
for calling for assistance from the United
States forces in any other case l would
say that have information OF resistance
to the enforcement Of legal process froIn
the civil cou,ts in three nstances-vlz.,
One in Norfolk county, another in Eliza
beth CITY county, and third in York
county. Each of the cases had liz origin
in causes exciting prior to the organ'za-
ton of the present Safe Government, anu
ought to have been disposed of prior TO
that time, and each is alike in its history
ami present status. except that the one IN
York county, ain informed, is in process
of amicablc adjustment through the kindly
and i,idic;ous Offices Of Robert Norton
Esq. the delegate IRON that county.
During the late war, By authority OF
the Freedmen's Bureau. or other Federal
authority, colorcd people were settled, and
have ever since continued to reside, upon
plantation known as 'Taylor's Farm in
! Norfolk county, and upon plantation
known rs 'Cely Smiths Farm in Eliza
beth City county. When the functions OF
the Freedmcn's Bureau ceased, these peo-
pie were left in possession Of these proper
! ties. supposing, AZ they claim, and na
doubt honestly, in their ignorance Of right
and law, that they had q right to the same
because Of the authority by which they
had been put in possession; and they were
not disabused of this idea, az they ought 10
have been, by these authorities. Several
unsuccessful attempts were made 10
pcaceably remove these people and
restore the possession OF the pro
pcrty 10 the rightful owners. Finally eject
ment suits were instituted IN the civil
courts, and judgments recovered, prior 10
the restoration of the State TO representa-
ton in Congress, in January last, but, Tor
causes to me unknown, write OF possession
we're not executed. and an attempt lately
made to execute such writs by the sheriff
Of Elizabeth City count: was met with
armed resistance By the colcrcd people.
These occupants declare that they, were put
in possession OF this property by the Cn'ted
. States, and that they will yield possession
0nlg to the United States Government, or
by its authority.
: ~ am inclined to believe from inforua-
ton have received that any attempt 70 ell
force the writs Of the courts b. State forces
might result in bloolshel, but have 10
doubt that the officers of the law will nave
no difficulty in performing their duty, a'Sa
will avoid bloodshed, if n small force OF
United States troops be placed at their dis
posal. In view of these facts, it would APP
bear to me advisable that the General AS
sembly should, in the mode prescribed by
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, ask for such military tolce as will
enable the shcriffs OF the counties named to
) execute the legal process Of the courts N
,, these cases. respectfully,
"'GlLDERr C. WALKER
The House having postponed the next
special order Of the day, the bill authorizing
the sale of manufactured articles at the
, penitentiary was taken up and passed.
, Private RELIEF BIlS.-Bll TO- the relief
, of the sureties of George ". Buttz, late
5 sheriff of Prince George county, was called
, up and ordered for engrossment ; bill for
: the relief of John NJ. FAINT, Of fauqWer,