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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 Q24COC 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 Kings, 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
lexprefied 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 fir a Alifdemeaneur. The Court
then adjourned.

FOREIGN IAnitLIGENCE.

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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 been
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.