Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-25

Many Of their principal men have fallen, among
Others their Oldest warrior, Apoko. The King,
who was wounded in three places, very mar
,owly escaped being taken prisoner Qnasnie
Amanoua. one Of our Chiefs, being MORALLY
wounded while in the ac, ofdragging him from
his basket His equi2age, camp, and seVera'
Of his wives, with very rich booty, estimated
at half million sterling, fell into our hands:
and it is with sincere pleasure | inform you,
that in his camp the head Of our late lamenteo
victim, Sir Charles Mccarthy, was found care
fully preserved in double folding o! paper, IN
which Arabic characters were written, covered
with blue silk handkerchief, and sewed up IN
tigers skin. An obla,ion OF tum had been
made TO /, by the King early on the morning OF
the battle, invoking it to call to him the heads
of all the English Chiefs, and to give him VIC
tory. He fled from the field with few follow
ers, and has since been reported dead OF his
wounds. The Ashantees fought very bravery,
as did the Atkins and Aecras on our side; but
the Fantees fed at the first FIRE, which was the
premature occasion of our line being broken.
1.-THE loss on our part is trivial, when COM
pared to theirs. Mr.. Richter is the only Eu-
ropean wounded: eight hundred killed, and a.
bout two thousand wounded. or the Asian
tees, five to six Thousand were killed on the
field, and 1000 have since been taken prisoners
by the Accras-Thc estimated force on our
side, from very correct authority, was on the
day Of battle, between 1000 and $4,000, that
of the Ashantees $4,000 to $4,000.
"Being the frs, time the Congreves have
been used, they spread terror and aismay a.
mong this superslitious race Of people, more
particularly by their king being wounded by
one Of the first. Many prisoners Of distinction
have been taken, but am not able at present TO
furnish your exceliency with the exact names,
and account; however am OF opinion, there is
very little chance Of their, for some time hence
troubling these parts again"
4 correspondent to The Royal Gazette adds.
"The Queen Of AKIN was very conspicuous,
with large and heavy suck in her hand, ur
ging and impelling her men forward. The
field of action was an extensive plain, with, oc.
casionally, clumps Of trees, resembling gen.
tleman's park; and the Ashantees, who are Ia
med foc bush fighting must have anticipated a
very different result to induce them TO ventuIe
into open ground. They fought like lions, and
had not the novelty, kissing noise, and fatal ef-
fects Of the rockets astonished and confounded
them, the day might have taken different
turn"
On the receipt Of this intelligence at Sierra
Leone, tine whole garrison was paraded aud a
feu de joie, fired in honor of the victory on the
Gold Coast which il was believed. would
prove beneficial On ~ score Of humanity and
civilization TO that portion OF africa over which
"the Despot Of Ash-a,es IS for so many years
exercised the most y. anr .c4l sway" clear
path (says a corresponasn. OF the Gazette) and
uninterrupted trade may now be confidently an
tioipated; as although the Ashan'ees may raise
another army, long period must eiapse be-
tore they can replace The many excellent and
experienced Chieitains they lost in this (to
them) fatal engagement. And further inform
alton has been received that the Buntokoos, ard
other nations in the interior, who have former
ly suffered from the ravages Of these maraud-
ers, have taken the opportunity Of the Kings
absence TO in, ade his territory On hearing Of
the serious loss he has now sustained, they will
no doubt eombinate and annihila,e the nation.
Several palavers have been already held in the
Caslle-hall by the Colonel, to devise the best
means of ensurng return ofthe very lucra-
tive trade the country offers.