The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-27
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SATURDAY MORNING. =. oCT'R ~. isct


,,hair rnaiess,es arrived at four O'Clock, ac-
con, naniea by the Bay OF runis. The arulierv
placed on the slope commanding iae niah
aved salute of twenty-one guns, 10 "hich
me whole of the Arabs, numbering moe tn a
;rn thousand, replied by tAree hurras. Aho
faafasSa then began. A great caravan, Soh-
pris,ns loaded eamels, o"at'ehs, a nedo Coz %
oxen, aud flock of saeer, preceaeo a.u Ioi-
lowed nv numerous horsemen from mclean,
nut itself in mo ZION, following hoNigo Foau.--
1t had proceeded but rev huhuIeo yaros
when a swarm of kabyles, rushing down
frnn, the hills and issuing from the woods, ut
fcrra .heir battie-cry and attacked the cara
van on seeing them, the ARAB escort gailop-
eli rapidly forward and checked the kaoyies -
Th. 0ran goain (eody OF Arabs, } encamped far
OF emerged at the sound of the firing from me
ravines in which their tents were pttcheo,
came TO the assistance OF the caravan, anu
charged the kasyles. These last, VahQu
nv numbers reIreated behind ditch, aho con-
Ginued 10 fire on the Oran and heuean soS".S'
Then came up the g9ap3S OF AlgieTs ''Io w w.
Stamina 10 support the htos res 80 - ma
attack on the caravan. During thls ,IiosI
mira hle military a1sse IL was mpoSsiole 30 set'
aud while ihs soaHaS OF Oran anu Ahe"e'+i W.
making head against the Atn"s, ,n'
the ne and atfaftChS returned 10 tue va
I.ys ~ witch they belonged. Ihe sun6g'F,
oon;inned tor a fe minutes, ceased ~ sis-
ma! given by the artillery Inc eheSt OF tals
sbam-Uchi was wonderfully lue. Inc hds-
,,I6reDt military panorama was spread out
for more than an hour before the eyes OF me
spec tators. The Europeans greatly ADMIRED
the altatirAS fail OF Moorish women, VINO ut-
tered cries of terror, and the yigor ana energy
of the Arab horses. Every man engaged,
whether on horseback or foot, having received
twenty blank cartridges, II follows tnal TWO
hundred thousand mu>het snots were Hteu
during the action.
Ostriches and gaZelles were afterwards Lex
loose ia the plain. The first We're pursued oy
the best horSemen, the second were hanted oy
African greyhounds. The ligntneSs ana Neio-
CITY OF the ga2elles We're greatly admired
When the hunt W. 5 over came the turn OF me
Tousrecs armed with long, straight sWoTus
Iances tayeuns slabs and a buckier OF hide
These Arabs innabst the desert which extends
rom the Fezzan to the Soudan. They are the
terror OF the peaceahle ana SedenWry tribes
that dwell upon the banks OF the DJoliba-
They live by plumber, and levy black mail on
ali caravans they meet IA the desert. They are
tall aud we'll made, courageous ana daring
They ride on nidharIs-talI cane!s OF eAtIaoT-
binary swiftness, and generally WHITE lhey
hope that our possessions Will one udy eAtehu
30 beyond TImbuctoo.
After the presentation of the Gaadl horses
10 the Emperor by the principal Indigenous
chiefs OF the three provinces Of A!siers, Inc
K4byles UOO IL number, all armed with long
guns, set up savage and terrible CRIES, bounced
with astonishing speed up the slope, Nergro"n
with bruShWood, on the summit OF which Inc
Imperial tent was pitched, and arrived before
Ihe Emperor. They came 10 offer him the
arms OF war. The Amins-eI-ouineha pre-
sen led him with a musketi Inc 1attafem OF
Iae Beni-Raten offered him cartridge box
The sight of all these men covered with rags,
altering piercing cries, and having faces eX-
preSsiye OF mingled saNageHesS ana cunning
was enough 10 strike terror into the Courage
Gus man. Several OF them Frustrated them
selves before the Emperor, who found him
self for moment isolated among them They
were never weary of admlrlng the beauty ana
grace OF the Empress. When they had gone
down again into the plain their MaJestIes pro-
ceeded 10 the other slope OF the nil, Waere
they found great GumDer of Arabs on foot,
bearing the dtga-that Is TO say, roas ted sheep
and large dishes of c0RSc0HSSoIU. Every sheep
was ruu through with Il long stick by way OF
SPIT, and wrapped up III a silk handkerchie.
The spectacle was curious. The presen tatlon
over, the diFG was carried of To the camp OF
the three provinces. Five hundred sheep were
conn teu-Leksr Lr0nl ~ sLsrS az La PdiTis.