The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-09
Som thing About Ashantee and Her War Win Ing
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,om stbiue About Ashantee and Her War with Eng
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Wa have long been familiar with the SABLE
republic of Liberia, its rapid progress; 70 the T
governments. e1 mshoggey. with ere
it's fierce black king, qaite unknown beyond 4SS 9
tho Confines of his Kingdom but it was re, I
to the and
rican fame to that dark potentate oven ont ton
kill. Hitherto but vague rumor mas reetSer for
midable but irretrievably savage nation wh az
it's boundaries aud extent are Is even n
enigma; it is only known taas aide IA .' and more p
than semi-civilized Liberia on the o e;, Cad
south of it is the famous Nest-Atrie .Nhontaa
canital stands, is only matter for copJec.u.S,
hut that Coomassie is much more tEah nne nSt
struggling collection o. dare we'll nigh GER
80 %v n French traveller, who adventuLous'y h
penetrated thither q few years ago. no 80 I'd a
scribes Coomasse large ana reai! ~ a,r"s
lacking CITY, with regular streets and sqnalesS
| and dwellings, which, though ruo9 co M 80 !
with Russell Square or the Rue DC ocssinnsily.
Of luxury. The royal palace oil non a"a door
rather imposing edihee, with WnaS ;M nf soIid
iran Cold. indeed is one of the NEST ordi,
a nary ornaments of the swarthy mT m E"nSiss |
o his courtiers The axe and nmorv enaasts are
are are fashionable trinket around the necks
J, Of the Ashantee lords aud ladies' nhe S susph
cion entertained by the English aud the Dn' en-
n both of whom have had settlements On tne
', coast that there are extensive goiuS LIZ t.Ia
,e the interior is seemingly conhrmeo ~ tells Of
% o. IF Slaves employed in the river on
Ia which the capital stands, collecting inc goos
"a and his stories of the nuggets NO 3D." "''
g. as%antse ia further described as billy and
49, well watered country, with vass io nf nrodnc
wild sugar.cane fields, and wealth OF proa aud
40 ton in tobacco corn, rice, gums ayes, ahu
u aromatic plants but it also contains an 49,
he inspiring variety Of wild pHa ams and ieopards
not to speak of the hppopotami anu s IN lat Of
gators. Moreover the climate OF ; ~ npst de-
on- tnno.;ve of European life, being strange
rs combination of unhealthy moisture ana the
ire, sve heat The herr oetx degrees The re-
year ohout the coast are besides, very swamPJ
M and full of miasmatic influence. Inc Sat Iss
Of Ashantee itself is said to be someWnas ieS
;u. fatal though in the rainy season. Just now ap
pts proaohing, the whole region is dange1r;1"st
ass. those accustomed to the tempe napable proc
the north on absptees are far from being the ut
600 teriv savage creatures which they naxe tHn
supposed to Se 1na of Warfare against th
III ;nyadine English of great shrewdness. q
has systematically avoided d,reS h %este,
aribes' With the triple object Of forcing the
pre- TITO an alliance with King Koffee, aeq 4irin
icing good base of supplies, and aei t 5sniete h
cteen until the rainy season arrives w
olicy Engiish ranks by sickness and deatn; a =
the The quarrel between the Easso ope
70 English have long held portion Of the
egs G @aess and the Dutch The latter
been n ny also been acquired by the English Wn
1869, settlements defended by Cape Coa i H~e
Ger and other forts stretch along the shor erd
under tween Liberia and Da hs sscefui and subn
ularly these possessions are tne Assns and Ahan
an5 Which are protected" by the brnt nsth are
{; from ,,ndefned dominions of Koffee kalkalit.
work Immediate cause of the war was a se,,e
work fierce incursions Of KING "a ho Cane Coast,
and 81 Fantees, whom he drove TO thpp Temote G:
morn whose villages he burned ouC we fIt NV this
ora ia alleged to be the resentment 1eit ny m
10 chill tentate u! NV danrivsd of tho annual stip
n air; hich nsed to be granted to him by the ~
ID VIII whatever the grounds Oh tne Sas entered
re- will 1a datsrmined war and intends to conquer
hat toll thoroughly punish the oost tp;nia on
forced Thus they have an9t nr,s to demolish.
len this hands, announcer ~ ha a very easy one
are the costs of it capaole o. et.'f Mac
when %When Sir Robert Napier set out ZOE plas
Q MOTTO " Los estimated that the war would cosI
ten by land four millions sterling for IT. Sfe "
tually 1ad at two millions it is not uni
r NJ 20 cost ave Kuffee has been making, !! !
had to nected, important alliances "itn many n.y. 81
d their tribes tna the ne have already betrayed
es every Enolish know nothing either OF the nu
intense, EuSS ~; armr the manner of their equipme
as dele of the Typographical features OF tpe ~
diseases; they are about to invade 1ney ao a. NJ
ny sicisu, the resistance of Ashaneefe Init Wild
rests af- ouly danger they nave climate u,
pro- fore they reae nd the CAP tai with its sus
which riy ,sen stores. they must probably en-
not al G Tearv and uncertain campaign IN
half t%eS can scarcely hope to do more tnan
fternoon, norarily pnt an end to Asnau'ee
ecessary ; coastward.
t be en- =,
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