The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-10
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IHh CAHscHRs Usx OF ARMs.-In . priyat
account OF the recent battle between the forces o
Lieut.. Van Dorm aud the Camanches, We nod tn.
f,llowing:
Most OF the indians were armed with bows
ana spears The Csmsnches' arrow is q formida
pie weapon, "a foil cloth yard long" and barbed
| with iron; at one hundred yards it il almost a,
deadly ~ . rife ball, in fact making far worse
wound. The spears are frequently old Mexican
sWoIo blades ground sharp on both sides, and
ufmiy fastened into q light strong pole Of mes.
quite wood. In the use Of this weapon. az with
| the bow and arrow, they are very expert They
also carry scaiping knives but no tcmahawks-
| lney are generally we'll mounted, and ride with
marvellous skiiI, using either rifles or bows with
great dexterity while their horaes are on a fulI
gailop. In approaching an energy they manage 10
| snfeid themselves with the exception OF an arm
ana one leg. hanging on the side Of the hor.e, and
| 10 tnas position will discharge their arrows
from under the hon ses neck Said our puiAe
"Oid Ironsides," ia speaking of the Csmapcbes.
ITS mighty hard thing to hit Camanche suy.
now. % as to Kill him dead. Whom they are mount.
ed they rice all over horse. Fveseen'em Gre ar
rows from under bis belly, AMI kill fellows while
their horses were going likea fash. II you kill an
lpJuns horse be don't mind, IL but keeps jumping
around, letting ny arrows and whvoping like
mad devil Almost any Irjan will keep three ar
rows In the air at time, and some on'em four
tell you fellows got to keep cool and draw
certain bead when he fights Camanches." To this
proposition there being general assent, the old
~ was out on q scout about year ago. and one
day he came upon little party of Iniuns. The
CaPs men hred anc all the Injunsqw9tp but Que,
ne oanted aud commenced firing, aud 0akes says
II snt two minutes before he had shot two sole
disrs and badly wounded fve horses with his id
arrows"
"Aud did he escapel"
mo, they:sot him oakes, Orderly Sergeant, a
nFst rate fellow, after firing two or three times
shot him in ths head. But he was 9 mighty smart
Injun."
CHAsLE8rox RAcEs.-The February races at Char.
leston, s C., promise to be very exciting. The
Mercury gives the following list Of the stables now
occupied
Mr.: JOHN HuSrER-Nicholos /, ch. e, 5 years old,
BY Glencoe out of Mamie Rhodes, BY Wagner
Jim Hatson ch h., years ..old, by Glencoe :out of
Too'soon, by Sir Leslie. Aanhassett. b. c.,
oatula, ch. +, 2years old. Yorkshire out of Too
Soon. Maj. THOMAS DoswkLL-.Gas1er, h a years
old. by Chlde Harold out of Sarah Washington.
by Zingaree. Planet, ch. C years old by Reve,
nue. out of Nina, by Boston Ca beauty Funnis
Washington, ch. f., years cid, full sister to Sue
Washington, 2 year old FLY, by jeff Davis,
dam by imp. Priam. (dr. SroNY's) Col. JOHN
CAspBiLt-Sw Wshington. c. h., years old. by
D'a'a,--,by Wagner ont of Gioyanna. Gen HAR--
DON Gazeile, ch. f., years old by Albion out Of
Delta. by imp. Priam Tennessee b. c., years old
BY Epsilon ont of Kate King,by imp. Prism.
THH HEAD cr THE CATHOLIC CHUacH IN AMRRI.
cA-Some time ago, as our readers will remember
there was good deal of talk about the Pops
elevating some member Of the Catholic hierarchy
OF this country to the rank of Cardinal, and Arch
ofshop Hughes was very generally spoken of as
the most likely to be selected. Recently, howev-
er, We have heard nothing the subject but il
appears that the hierarchy of the United States
occupied some portion of the attention of the
Pope, for We ind that in July last he confirmed a
decree OF Propaganda, granting the prerogative
OF highest rank to the See Of Baltimore, 80 that
the Archbishop of that diocese henceforth takes
precedence in all meetings and councils above any
other Archbishop in the country.
NeW York Herald.
MONUMENT To GEN QUITMAS.-In the Mississippi
Senate, On Monday, resolution was unanimously
adopted appropristirg thirty thousand dollars
TO erect monument to the late General Quitman,
of Matches.
4 letter dated Mathew Town, Inagua, Nov. 18th,
says the price of salt &c, no export duty; about
400 600 bushels en hand.
VALUABLE PgoPERTY.-The aggregate value OF
the Salmon fisheries of Ireland is said to exceed
81 500 900 per annum.
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