The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-17 00:00:00

THE ABHANTEE WAR.

The Ashantee war is over and the first ouriosity that
the Grand Gusher probably saw in Windier Outle
was Ma Royal State umbrella of the King of eshantee.
This!. part of the insignia of Asbantess royalty, and it
was captured by Sir Garnet Wolaeloy in the sack of
Coomeede, and bent over with the despatches announc-
ing the taking of tho city, •8 • trophy. All the tributery
Kings have thrown off their &Regime. to the ooncinering
tnbe, moat rf them seeking an &Manse with the
English, and King Koff's has sent envoys to the
English camp on the Adansi Mlle with 1,000 (moose of
geld as • peaoe.offering. The English demand is for
fifty thousand ounoes of gold, more perhaps than the
Aahantees can raise now they are kit to themselves,
and King K. lice seems to hav• been put to oonsi terabits
Inoonven.ene, even to make up the fint inatalment
of this 200.000, • large portion of gold consisting of
personal oroamente,trinkleta kindles, and odds and ends
of all sorts, apparently picked up at haphazard in the
Palaes when the Entrusts Kona were thundering at lam
gates. The Treaty which Sir Garnet hes sent
book to the King for signature stipulates for all that we
have • right to ask, that is, for the renunolation of all
claims to Adiumi, Assisi, Akio Denkera, and WI4IIIIIIW,
for the withdrawal of the Ashaute• foram from all
portituta taken up on the °oast, for an open road from
the Pal to Coomassie, for the protection of goods and
uteranaodise on that road, and for the prohibition of
human sacrifices

ASHANTI'S TRSACHM.
Abut the middle of the chy (11Isro1 2), jut after SO
ambuscade skirmish, thou in the front heard • loud
mustosl vole,, crying out " Mercy 0 ! Mercy 0 I " and
then saw two men running down the path towards
them. One carried • white dag lii his right hand and
• iarge letter in Lilo left ; the other wore a golden plate
upon his breast—the huge of • royal messenger. They
were detained while the letter was passed down the
column to Sir Gsruet. Just u they seet.d theasselyee
by the roadside Os latheutries again opened gre in front,
and the Envoys were valiantly apprebehaive for ante
beads. The letter requested ttat the General would
stop • few dui, to which the General replied be wail
going On to the Ordab, and that if the King wanted
peace be must send AB hostagee the Queen Mother and
Prince blemish, the heir to the throw.. On iirr.ving at
the ricer Lord afford', seout.iasoertained the eilsteme•
of • large army in and around the Village Ordabsu,
about • mile from this Ordah.

THE iNCIIT's LAST Flor
Colonel Wood's company of Bonny men led the
'drama up the hill, and the firing ap *day Issgan. The
order of march was in slog)* eolumn, the Rifle Brigade
being interspersed with the native troupe. After two
hour. fighting Ordashu was taken by the Rifle.. But
the Banks and rear were heavily attack...l; the baggage-
bearer, and ammunition-carriers, covered by the 42nd
and by the men of the 2 ird, were permed up to the
village, • movement that wart much admired Fhe
Naval Brigade formed the rear guard. Soon after the
arrival of Sir G. Wols•ley at the village, the enemy,
coming between it and C.ooolllllllill, endeavoured to
retake the position, and poured in • tremendous fire.
The 42nd, advancing under its own Colonel, hrlaod,
who oommanded in front all the day, dispersed the
enemy. The Ashantees now attacked the village from
the left, in which direction the King wail seated beneath
a silk and velvet canopy, encircled by his nobles. This
attack was still going on, when Colonel It'Lend received
orders to take his regiment to Coon:lassie. The distance
was about sir nailed, but the enemy, being out-
generalise, by this sudden advance, were not on the way
in any numbers. At 5.30 p.m.. on Fiabraary 4th, the
gallant 42ad Regiment entered this famous fifty, where
warmly • dem Europeans had been before, Brigadier.
General Sir Arohibald Alison rode in on • fine white
mule, with the offioers of his ittaff—Captain Russell,
12tb Luzern, and Captain itobinecn and Lieutenant
Fitzgerald, Rile Brigade; Colonel ll'lseod and the
°Scars of the 42nd Regiment; Major Home, ILL;
Capt. Buller, the bead of the Intelligenee Department,
Lleutmset Lord Gifford, and Staff-Surgeon Turton.
I had the honour (says the Timis correspondent) of
being the only oivillan present on this interesting
occasion.

'old to the whIM !Ban, to ask him for pose*, mad hoar
fa was paid opon the itectltera side of the Adand
00 the spot 'thigh the Ashanti's hod vainly tried to We
again, boom' they Undid that the white man was
not strong enough to fight near the ardah and at the
Adaiili buy upon the mine day,