Star. — London, England, 1807-10-22 00:00:00

FINIECTIVB WAR IN AFRICA We have already (Wed, that a very deitruilive war had broken out in Africa, which threatened, at one time, the deaf-01km of the Britifh eilablifaments an that coact. We have been favoured with the following inter tiling details of its cedes and effeds, which we lay before our Readers : 44 The Affin country borders on that tf Afhantee, and is divided into two dates ; the one governed by Ring Cheboo and Cloacae Apoutay, and the other by King Amon. Apoutay, although not elevated to the dignity of King, holds equal (way with Cheboo ; but there are all fubnrdinate to the King of Afhantee, a man of a capacious mind, and of uncommon bra very. It is the cuftom of the country, when an opulent mat: dies, to inter with him a confiderable part of his treafure, which occurred in the cafe of a rich man who died in Amoos toWn. On this occa Pion, one of the Cheboo people was prefent, taw what was done, watched an opportunity to rob the grave, and efcaped with the treafure. Amon, his heigh• hour, fought redrefs of Cheboo and Qoacoe Apou. tay, but without fuccefs. He then laid' the affair be fore the King of Afhantee, who fummoned all the parties before him, gave them an impartial hearing, and awarded in favour of Amon. Quacne Apoutay was detained as a holiage, till reftitotion fhould be made. The hoftage, in a short time, contrived to effect his efcape, and, when at liberty, refilled to accede to the award made by the King of Aihantee. On this, Amon attacked the town in which Cheboo and Qoacoe Apoutay refided, and routed his oppo. vents. After this, at the instigation of the King of .Afhantee, the parties met to fettle the difpute ;—but Quacne Apoutay, axing treacheroufly on the occa. tion, fent privately to Chebon for an armed force to lupport him, and a battle was the confequence, which ended in the death of the man who committed the theft, and the total defeat of Q 2 4COC Apoutay and his forces. At this crisis the King of Alhantee, willing to bring about a peace, again interfered. He fent two gold manillas, the one to Amon, and the other to his adverfary, directing them to ceafe all hotlilities, to which both parties agreed, and took the manillas.— Amon obeyed the King. but Qacoe Apoutay at tacked Amnn, and drove him in turn from his town. Amon, indignant at the repeated deceptions of Apoutay, obtained (uccours, and over threw his trea cherous opponent. The King of Alharoce, ftill anxious to reconcile his neighbours, and unwilling to draw his fword, prcfented Amon with two gold fv.ordS and an axe, and recommended him to cond. ]late Q'acne Apoutay, and terminate their quarrels. Amon contented to obey the King, but in the mean time was again attacked by his implacable foe, was totally defeated, and loft in the conte(t the golden fwords and hatchet. His opponent committed ra• wages wherever he came, killing =flingers, and every man that fell into his hand:4 not (paring even the King of Afhantee's meffengers. The confequence was, a war with the King of Afhantee Q2acoe Apoutay and Cheboo, dreading his vengeance, fled to the Fantee country, in confequence of which the Ring difpatched a 'mirage to Accosts, the Caboceer or Mayor, accompanied by a prefent of ac.) ounces of gold, dating the necelfity of his . purtning his enemies to the Fantee country, but giving affurances of his pacific difpofition to the Fantees, and that his only object was to get into his Paffeffion Cheboo and 41poutay. The Fantees would not interfere, nor allow the Milan* forces to come into the Fantee country. Upon this antwer, Appoy Dougua, the King of Afhantee's Captain, colleted, by the corn. mand of his mailer, a large force, and gave the enemy battle at Beinka, in Fantee. He difplayed great gallantry, and defeated the‘two King s , in cor.junc• lion with the Fantee forces who had joined them.— Ncxt day, Cheboo and Apoutay, having rallied their troops and formed a junaton with a befit Fantee force, gave the King of Athan'ce betle, but were totally - defeated, with the 1. fs of many killed and made prifoners ; among the !atter was Ann, the Cabeceer of Ahra, the principal town r f Fantee.— A large ranfom was offered ter him, bu: refufed;— and he was committed to the cafe of Accom, the Ca boceer of Affecomah, in whom the King had great ct.nfidence ; but this petfon betrayed his 'tuft and liberated the enemy. .6 Qnacre Apoutay, baffled at all points, font to the Kum of Aihantee to accept his conditions, pro. spieled he would difcharge his debts on his return home. To this proporal the King agreed, and, in token r t his frienr fhip, feet various presents to Chcboo and Apoutay, who, inftead of receiving them with gratitude, beheaded the meffengers. This wicked and unprovoked aft roofed the indignatif n of the King of Mhantee, and he vowed eternal war againli the aggreffors. Accom, the Cab. cecr, who had been forgi •en by the King for his treachery in tuffering Atio to crape, being i:t poffeffi , n of a large quantity of prottiftom, was applied to by the King of Alhantee for a fupply, which he with fceminz eheerfulnefs granted. Six times he delivered faithfully thole that were contraaed for, but the teventh tine he betrayed a thoufand men who had been fent for them, and either killed or fold them. Accom, of courfe, became involved in the war. Very thortly the King of Afhantee defeated him, and made rapid progrefs with his army to the part of the coati where the Britifh were in garrifon. The B'affnes, a let of defperate plunderers, ware nearly extirpated by the Mhantees on their way. Chebon and Apnotay were now the King's main obj.:et ; he was bent upon their capture or dellsuElion. Every town or place, where refuge had been af Ird. ed them, was dettroyed. At length , the fugitives were driven to the fca there. The Annamaboes, inftigated by the remaining Braffnes, were imprudent enough to rec.ive and prole& them. This proved fatal to them ; their property and their limns were piilaged and deftroyed. At this period, the Englith ‘eing under limn alarm, were defiruus to tend a Flag of Truce to the King of Afhantee, who was then at Abrah, to learn his motive for marching to the coaft, and alto to offer their mediation to fettle all differences between him and his enemies. The Annamaboes, who were cnnfulted on the bufinefs, objected to the meafure. After the battle of Anna rnaboe, the Affins fled to Cape Cattle, which was r.ccupied by an Englith garrifon, with the remains of their force, confiding of 500 defperate men. The principal men of the town proteded tbem against all the remennrinee of our people, who faw the danger of harbouring them. It• was in vain that they re prefented that the town would inevitably fall, and certain ruin would befall the inhabitants. As the conquerors approached, the town became alarmed. and soon women, for humani.y fake, were admitted into the garrifon. Again the people were called upon to avoid the pending danger, and feize the Aflins they w .re, in fait, afraid of there defperate men, and dared not make the attempt. All eyes ware now direiled to the Englifk, who were looked up to for proteCtion. Mr. I'orrate was refolved to attempt fomething, and he went into the town from the gar rifun, accompanied by furgeon Fitzgerald. They Shortly after mat Cheboo, with about eight or ten attendants, with loaded mu(kets. There was no time to be 1011. They ruffed upon him, and being oh ferved from the Cattle, a ferjeant and two mcn came eo their afliltance, and Cheboo was made prifoner.-a- By the boldness of this ad, Chebon's people appeared panie-ftruck, and offered but trifling refinance. " Mr Torrane now hoped to capture Qacoe Apoutay, and by prefenting him and his colleague as a peace-offering to the King of Afhantee, to be able lo conciliate all parties. As it was known he refided at the outlkirts of the town, and was attend ed by ab , ut fixty armed men, Mr. Torrane took with him :shout twenty fine fellows, on whom he had great reliance ; they fell in with the Chief's party, and charged them with the bayonet, and took half of them prifoners ; but, after all, unfortunately, they miffed their nbjc& ; for it turned out that Qacoe Apuutay had removed his gnat ters. Gaining intel liaence, however, that he was not far from the town, Mr. T. went in fearch of him, with his little band; fell in with him, accompanied by too men, who de fended him foutly, and the Britifh party were de feated. It is to be obferved, that half the party had been fent away with the prifoners. In this rencontre two men were killed. Qacoe Apoutay, dreading another attack front the Englith, thought proper to make his efcape. Learning that the King of Afh antee had arrived with his forces before Annamahoe, an Englifh flag of truce was fent to him, advifing the capture of Cheboo. This metTage changed the face of every thing. Thirteen hundred women, who had fought Security in Annantaboe fort, were fuffer ed to be removed to the Cape. " Mr. Torrane communicated to the icing. that provided he would caufe all the dead bodies, which he undertlood were undo- the walls c-f Annamabne fort, to be removed, he would immediately give him a treeing, for the put pole of acct mmodating all differences with the English, which had trnfortun::tely arifen cut cf the difputes of others. The King was highly pleated at the propofal, and more fo at the capture of Cheboo. Acent dingly, on the aed of June, Mr. Tot !zinc Set off, and on the following day he fent an efileer and a !lingua, with prefents and refrefh ments to the King, and thortly after met him in an open place, be being averfe to come into the fort, and Mr. I'. being unwilling to concede the point of etiquette by waiting upon him. The King fpoke much of the lots he had foillained by the fire kept up from the fort, and eapreffed in manly terms his for row for the lofe we had experienced. Mr. Torrane lamented, that after the notice he underflocd had been given from the fort, he Should have Suffered his troops to come within the range of the Shot. It was now arranged, that in future tl.e King Should avoid palling through any town where Englifh garriCans were, provided that the inhabitants cf Such towns were nut in arms against him. " At this time no regular treaty could he entered into with the King, as his pretence was wanted elle where. The Fanners had collefted again in great force to leeward of Car manty ne, avd the King went to give them battle. He met them, and the Englifh witneffed the conteft. The Afitantees were virtlo. rious. After the battle, the beach was (hewed with thoufands of dead bodies. Accom, who was the chief object of purfuit. was with the Fantee army.l It is candled, if the King gets him into his pullet'. lion, the war will ceafe. The King of Athantee has twelve Kings in his train. all men of power: they fight with mufkets, bows, and arrows. Had the meflenger not arrived with the flag of truce when he did, orders would have been given to (form the fort. A plan was formed for cutting the gales, and an enormous quantity of gunpowder was about to be put under the wall:. The King is II rid to his word, and in every fettle of the word an honourable M.lll : he padres the uttnoft coolnefs and intrepi• dity ; of middle fame, remarkably well built, and of a handfonie and open countenance. Indeed, all the Afhantees are Italia century at leaf advanced in civilization, compared with their neighbours or the furr minding nations. They have a great deal of the MoatiKs call in them. " Mr. Torrane received the following account of what happened at Annamabne Fort, whiff the Alhanrees were before it : it The King of Aihantee, whiff on his way to the coax. was apprifed, that if his forces moletted the town of Annarnaboe, they would be fired upon ; and it was endeavoured to impre: upon their minds, by ocular dent , nittatian, the terrible effects of the great guns. Notwithtlanding, they threatened the Fort ; and on the tsar of June it was carried into effee. The Afhantecs took the town, and then ruched under the very walls of the garrifon, fearching for Inch towns people as had taken Shelter there. The carnage was dreadful, beyond any thing ever witneffed; nearly zocto Afhantees fell by the fire from the Fort. This (laughter did not prevent them from attempting to force the gates. They fought with unexampled fury. The garrifon conliited of Mr. White, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Swanzy, Mr. Baines, Mr. Smith, and 24 Soldiers, Company's (laves, and boys. Mr. White received two Shots ; one in his mouth, and the other in his left arm. Me(frs. Meredith, Swar.zy, and Baines, were (lightly wounded. The garrifon was deprived for a time cf Mr. White's Services; of the rell, fome were wounded, and fome killed. Mr. Meredith fucceeded to the command during the ill nefs of Mr. White. The fire of the enemy at length became fo 'hot, that the men could no longer work their guns, the Alhantees picking off every man that appeared at an embrafure. The garrifon were obliged to refort to mufquetry, with which they did rutted execution. Fortunately, in this (late of things, a reinforcement was received from Cape Cagle, under the command of Captain Bold, who embarked on board the Colpoys, Captain Coley, who cheerfully vn. lunttered his Services, and deferves the higheft praife, from his judicious management in landing t/ie men. 0, The King of Atlantic, it. appeared afterwards, had fent a fig f.f truce to the fort, through the me dium of the Governor of Elmeria, and expreftd his with to come to an ace-m nodation ; but the Ditch Governor withheld the informati .n. Application I was alfo made to the Dutch Governor of Corman- I Ityne Fort to aid in fettling the difputes amongst the natives ; but the only ai'fwer he returned was, " that I he did not underhand Englilh." 4‘ The latefi advice' from Cape Cattle hates, that much good may be derived from the interview be tween Mr. Torrane and the King of Alhantee ; for his lag mefTage imports that as loon as he has avenged himfelf of his enernief, he will come to Annamaboe to arrange all points for the future welfare of the 1 country, and the regulation of trade. This inter courfe, if once fecurely eh iblifhed with the Afhantees, offers profpeas of the higheti advantage. This people have ivory and gold in abundance, and the ratites hitherto have thrown all pntlible impediments in the way of any intercourfe between them and us, which they forefaw mutt prove deGrable and beneficial to I both nations." AMERICA • QUEBEC, sErir. 3. it is flated in aPittfburg Paper, that the Bra!' merchants at Michillimakinack refute purchaling any articles of country produce from the Americsn., and are preparing to remove their dials from our territory. It is further flated, that the difficulties with the Indians on that frontier are fuch as to ren der it unfafe to travel horn Chicago t' Detroit by land. _ _ _ To the above intelligence we can add, from gond authority, that the whole of the Indian nations have cffered their feu vices to the Britifk Government in cafe of a war with the United States: MONTREAL, SEPT. 7. On Wednefday left, the Englifhmen in Montreal, who are qualified by law to ferve in the militia, at fembled on the Champs de Mars, for the pore of enrolling their names, and tendering their fervices to Government, either for offenfive or d:fenfive mea• lures. The objeet of erembling ; the orders of the Prefident of the Province ; and afforances of unbonn ded confidence in their zeal, fpirit, and loyalty.were l exprefied by Lieutenant Colonel the lion. James M'Gill, in an appropriate and energetic addrefc. The thanks of the Commanding Officer, Clone' Gray, were delivered to the detachment, ordered to hold itfelf in readinefs. If a murmur was heard, it flowed from that ardour which could fcarce be reprelfed by the command of Government, which limited the firli draft to one fifth of the whole number : every man i being defirous to (land foremoft in affecting the jail rights of his King and Country. RICHMOND, SEPT. n. The Prefident has made his return to the firlpena duct: tenon. It fully fupports the Attorney General in his argument againti the delivery of certain con fidential letters called for by Colonel Burr ; it is, however,accompanied by fuel) extra& as he deemed proper to ccmmunicate, and which, as he fays, can alone be confider-v:1 os having any hearing to the trial fora mildemeanor. _ _ _ The Jury being collated, the trial fur a mifde meanor was opened by the Attorney General on the 9th, and his witneffes brought up. After a (hot-tikes amination of one or two of the witneffes, a motion was made by the Counfel of Colonel Burr, that the intro cluaion of any further testimony be fufpended, on the ground that the accufed could only be charged as an acceffary in the at of felting on foot an cape ditiun again(t the Spaniflt provinces ; and as the law knows no acceffaries in mifdemeanor, it is unnecef fary to proceed any further with the witneffes. On this motion an argument WAS entered into, and coa ti:wed until lafi evening. It will be again sefumed thi. day, and probably not doled until to-morrow. BOSTON, SEVT. t 7. Accounts from Richmond to the 7th Rate, that the Court were proceeding, through the difficulties of empannelling a Jury, for the trial of Colonel Burr, on a charge of mifdemeanour. Almoft every one fummoned was challenged and excufed, as having already made up their minds on the fuhjed to he tried. A Colonel Wilkinfn.was :tilted by Colonel Burr, Have you imbibed any prejudices againft me ?—Anf. I have.—Q2ef. Strong ?—Anf. Very ilrone.—Qt_ief. And Rill retain them ?—Anf. Yes : and I am lorry we cannot have a touch at you for the treafon." SEPT. 24.—Accounts from Richmond are to the 14th, at which time the Court Rood adjourned, until copies of the opinion of the Chief Nike, on the ar. gument of the admiffihility of evidence could be pre pared for the Counfel on both fides. After quoting many learned law authorities, the opinion elutes with dick declations : " It is the opinion of the Court that the declarations of third prrfons not formin a part of the tranfadlion. and not made in the pretence of the accuted, cannot be received as evidence in this cafe. " That the adts of accomplices, except to far as they prove the charadter or ohjed of the expedition, cannot he given in evidence. "That the ads of the wilted in a different diftre, which eon- Sit ute in themfelves futhantive carte for a profecutien, cannot be given in evidence, wilds they go direffily to prove the charges laid in the indidtment. " That any kgal reftimony which thews the expedition to be military, or to have been &Sped again( the dominions of Spain, may be received "That any teitimony (hewing that the accufed performed within the diftrid any one of the ads charged In the indictment, may be received. Gentlemen will know how to apply tbefe principles. Should any difficulty occur in applying them, the particular cafe will be brought before the Court and decided." , Since the ab ,, ve, v. e have received the Richmond j Inquirer, which gives us the proceedings of the Court to the 15th. It Rites, that after fume further exa mination of witneffes, Mr. Hay declared himielf ! willing to fubmit the cafe to the Jut y, fince the opi nion of the Court had rendered it improper to pro ' ceed with the whole teftimony collefted. The Jury accordingly retired, and in about twenty minutes I returned with a verdiet of Nor GUILTY. Mr. Hay then informed the Court, that he was not done with the prifoner : that he tbould move for his commit ment to that place for trial, where the military expe dition is (aid to have been completed ; that he thould combine in the fame motion Meffrs. Smith and l3lannerhafTet, and probably Mr. Dayton ; and that I he should have no difficulty in entering a No/i Pro fiqui to their trials f i r a Alifdemeaneur. The Court then adjourned. FOREIGN IAnitLIGENCE. -- " .-. .111. BOURDE AUX, SEPT. 13. An extraordinary afFatlin, of the ua - me of Labeithe Pint, the terror of his Canton, has been executed at Thoulonfe. In order to fecute him, a brigade of Genfd'armes, and the inhabitants of an entire sit. lage, were obliged to affernble. He broke out of prifon feveral times. He was thrice condemned to death, and the fait fentence could not have b een executed without the precaution whieli had been taken of patting a rope about his neck, in order to weaken Lis ttren;th and powers of refinance. He threvi the executioner off the fcaffold ; and fo terri fied his allittant, that he dunk not venture to lay hands upon him. PARIS, OCTOBER to. Letter; from Bayonne, dated the zstli of Septem. ber, metition, that that city feels great benefit iron, the pretence and good conduit of the troops compo. fang the Army of Obfervation, and that the -polite nefs of their Commander, the Ex Governor of Parte, is entitled to particular praife. The enemy are continually before Rochelle. SI. (hips of the line and a Goop of war contlantly cruise at the entrance of the channel of Antioche; they are in fight from time to time. There are always three or four frigates under fail, or at anchor at the mouth of the Garonne, and two flqops of war, which 'levet qni: the fands of Ulonne, or the Whale. They keep the unfortunate co - afters, which venture to q•fi! the I ports, in a Date of continual alarm, and often dike them on Gore. , sccotto escENstort EY NIP HT 01• St. CARNEPAY. 66 My fecond aerial journey by night will t.ot affold an opportunity hir the btilliant narratives which I have had occailt.ti to make in the courfe of my forty preceding afcenlions. I (hall not have to defcribl the majeltic appeal ances which nature continually offers to the eyes of dR aeronaut who alceads in fa. 'Curable weather. I can only give. a narrative ri an act ial tempefl which was nigh terminating in fhipwreck. 6 1 The Gbflacles which the wind caufed to tht inflation of the balloon fnfficiently apprized me of the approach of the florm ; and to the difficulties of the weather was added the tut hulence f a party, by which I was prevented from placing the cord of the valve, fo as to regulate the tube, which, in cafe of eznanflon, was to conduit the gas into a direaiopt different from the lights which furrounded the bottom of the balloon. 66 I was to have been accompanied by M. De Chaffenton ; but the aerial norm, which continually increafed until the moment of my departure. gate me reafon to apprehend fuch a difaller as Mr. 114laa. chard, and another aeronaut, met with in Holland. M. De Chaflenton was a&ually in the boat.' I ma bear witnefs to his determination ; for I am convin ced that nothing could have made this yotmg man, remarkable for his merit, quit the boat, if the well grounded apprehcnfion which I entertained, of feeing him ezpofed to certain dentuftion, had not fuggefted to me the idea t.f declaring to him, that the balloon was not capable of carrying up two perfons. 66 It was thus in the moll adverce weather, and expofed to the greaten oppofition and the tumuli of a cabal, the head of which it is eafy to guefs at, that I afcended frem Tivoli, at half pall ten eclat on the night of the 210 of September. An unexampled rapidi:y of afcenlion, but extremely oteeflary to pre. vent me from corning in contaft with the adjoining boats, railed me above the clouds, and in a few minutes carried me to an immenfe height, the extent of which I cannot precifely afcertain, in account of the dangers and stobarraffments which Suddenly affeaed my imagination, and go evented me front obferving the declenfion of the mercury in the Imo. meter. Elevated in an instant to the frozen regions, the balloon became fubjell to a degree of expanfion which infpited me with the greaten apprehention.--- There was no alternative between certain death and giving an innant vent to the gas, and this at the rifle of feting the balloon take fire. I gradually opened with one hand an orifice of about two feet diameter, by which the gas efcaped in large volumes, while, with the other,4 I extinguifhed as many of the light; as I could. Doting this effort, I feveral times was near overbalancing myfelf, and falling out of the boat .1 Deprived of the opportunity of regulating the valve, my balloon, like a fhip without a rudder , floated in the air, obeying the influence of the tem• pet at u re, the winds,and the rain. Whenever the fora of thefe made me defcend, the norm, which kept increafing,obliged me to throw out ballast, for them pole of avoiding it, and efcaping firm imminent Ship. wreck. At length, at four o'clock in the morning, after having been almon continually enveloped in thick clouds. through which I could feldom fee the mooa, all my means of fupporting mylelf in the air were exhautied. Whatever (kill I poffeffed was no longer of ufe to me. My boat feveral times (truck againtt the ground and rebounded from thence. The tem• pelt often drove me against the fides and tops of mountains. Whenever my anchor caught in a tree, the balloon was fo violently agitated by the wind, that I experienced all the inconvenience of a violent fea-ficknefs. Plunged at one time to the bottom of a precipice, in an inflant after I attended, and EV quired a new elevation. The violence of the conctS lions exhaufled ury Itrength, and I lay for a hall-bout in the boat in a nate of infenlibility. During this tempell I recovered ; I perceived Mont Tonnerre, and it was in the midtk of crafhes of thunder, and at a moment which I fuppofed would be my last, that I planted upon this celebrated mountain the Eagle of NAPOLEON joined to that Of ALEXANDER. 66 I was carried away for fume time longer by guns of wind, but fortunately fume peafants came to my affinance at the moment that the anchor hooked in a tree. They took hold of the cords which bung from the balloon, and landed me in a fora upon the fide at a mountain, at half pail five in the morning! feven hours and . a half after my departure, and more than zoo leagues didant from Paris. They toil me to Cicufen, in the canton of Waidfifehbach, and de partment of Mont Tonnerre. M. Cefar, a mat ti information, and Mayor of the ne ighboring to.a• came and offered me every affidance in his p. wit and at my requelt drew up a narrative, of which Cc gave me a copy. " 1 was fplendidly entertained the next day at Deux Ponta by a Society of Friends c'f the AIN confining of public FutiCtionaries, the OfF, Cit '1 thn lath regiment of cuirallicrs, and the Mc: be" itt the Lodge of Free Mafons. • GANALLIA."