The sun., 1873-09-30
WAR ON THE ASIIANTEES.
oOMMoDOR OHnERELL SHOT ny
THE FfTIGEs

1 The DCNdiy AmbuFh On inc KiYrr Ftnh Tic
| English torinnndcr Fails into the Trnp--
Dcfrat and Revenge OF the British Forces
| The Town of Chamah Harmed.
| Dispatches from Commodore Commercll
at Cape Coast Castle dated Aug IL, have been
| rccSived at the Admiralty urlcc Ia London. ON
| the morning of Aug. II Commodore Commcrcll,
with Capt. llclden and Commander LuxmOre
and I've boats manned and armed, started for
| Chemah to mold a palaver with the King and
| chiefs Of the Chamah people. The object sought
was TO obtain the assistance of this tribe against
| the hshanteca. The interview was very unsatis-
| factory, however, as the CLamah chiefs said
they would act neither for against the Ilrtish
| Government, and refused 10 send chiefs to nc-
! company the expedition into the river Prah
| The demeanor OF the Chamah men, notwith-
standing, was so peaceful that Commodore
| Commerell arrreheuded no danger from them,
| and decided to proceed IN the river, keeping
near the Chamah side OF the stream.
TIM CONMoDoRE's REPORT.
The Commodore says THE river ls about sew
! euty eighty yards broad, and We we're pro-
| ceeding satisfactorily until about a mile and u
| h1lf M the river, when. without any warning ur
| from the dense bush on the Chanlah side. and
found that we had passed an amJuscsdo Of the
| natives VINO were pouring heavy and MURDER
81 Immediately gave orders 10 opcn FIRE with
the SIN alarm men, but the rockets could not lc
nrod as ;he steam cutter WAs towing the boats.
"At tie Ur-t discharge wac shot down, severely
WhNntd III lle tktt SlNt Hil ~ the same
ulent comm udct IuNmorc and can't. heldch
were severely hit. then ordered tho boats 10
repair tu mid, trealn, and, finding number ut
our men woLudt u, gave orirrs for the CApc.
uitiun to return to the NatUcS make.
"Havins bccoinc pros traied with loss Of tpo z,
| C2mwahdcr IuNmootc carried cut W> oruer'
with readiness and attention, and cannot tucat
too highly OF the conduct Il this oai"cr, ior It
wah not until some time attcrWard IL Wa d.
| covered that he was wounded severely th,t
he nearly tainted vet ho continued Ia rctuain
at his post until the last moment, when the
/ heavy ire from our hOutF Iul driven the
| out of the bush, Tor they had 80 poiL ted their
, guns with accurate aim that, as my galley
/ turned, the officers were nearly all shot Ia the
back. while the boats crew feu from their
/ thwarts, four Of them wounded, besides two
| men who were shot down iu the whaler
| "Lcut. Edwards then received Instructions tQ
! tow tue boats out Of tue river, and We c"nyi
/ Wuunded were at once attended 10
"The Rattlesnake was cleared fnr ton, and
was a heap II burning ruins. aud ~, ~ cNcrton
had been made to av,nre reacherN 49, iogl.
II II not possibic inanN natives were Killed hY
these measures, but the lesson will be- severe.
| felt, and those who have gone to the hush vlli
! spread f,T aud wide the punishment their dis
| loyalty and treachery have 70 deeply merited.
LIST oF mn KILLED AND wouNpEp.
! Nv. Woodcock. ordinary seaman, one Of the
/ cutters crew, murdered on the beach; Dixie
! Land. kTooman, ordinary seaman one OF the
/ cutters crew, murdered on the beach Sydney
Herbert and Andrew Skcih Fantec police. TO-
| tai Killed 4. Total wounded RtttlesuaLe, IL;
ArgH-, I t,nt'e poli,e.2. lIous "a force. In
| tervreter civil CommdndLnt. 80 Jwounded.'
ANOTHER ACCoUSr.
4 naval officer stationed or C,pc Coast Castle
/ writes To- a relative concerning the AFFAIR
"Nhile the boats were aWay up fhis riVcr tho
llttiesnske tried To- land twenty native police
! men A boat unfortunately CdpSizrl ia the
surt. The natives then opened u,c upon them
/ IN tne water. some OF the police got ashore.
aud tn-t1nuy had thcir heads Gao ppci on. Ons
! blue j1ck"t' to"' got w'shcd ashore, aud thcy
( cut 'u his head ANA stuck 70 on poir, and ran
54GIE 51ut G1' W ' ic Y, ac acy dd o s "a e mG'i
saved on the hrnd. Tie people ia the wat,r
! were about thirty wards on trying TO right thcIr
! boat AMI hear hi- rties. Tut r"Hld no d. agy-
I thing. lheL the ship c1me nearer and -n,Lci
! them. kililUg any al.u.u'. This affair VIII do a
| great deal Il harm "a Englaud. fear, aud has
! done no good here.
"fveryhody is surprised at C.p,. Commcr,n
! going up the river lkc th.t and getting caught.
hear be- Is rather badly hit in the .totr SCH AMI
som, of tie .th-fs a.c net expected o. ave. Be-
| yuud this which huipeucd l,-tcrlay. th.u-s are
! qu d. ana We were L. 90 uinc in ten DAYS tinle
/ wa A'c'u~i"n' ,nt nov ih're is "a" -alint what
! came, eighty are down w.th fever.
ANtHiERnUs Tt't~
Another naval onlrer gives th,- account q tie
| "At the Arst discharge. which appeared tote
/ principally dIttc.od against fte talle,. t.ti-
mauder LnNWore, Govt ll,ld'u. and fuu, out
/ of the crew worc wounded. 1Le Commodore
/ Immediately stood up Ia tn' stern sheets ant
sang "ut t. the cox vain i.r his rih' at the
/ same tim" tclllus thc lieutenant ina command f
! the piuulntc not t. turu uutl uc ordetcd him,
/ also shouting to tho boats 90 return tie tire.
! Ihe bush was So dense ou roth sides that there
! was nothing To te sen except pufs OF white
! smoke. Hardly riuUte coUl have elapsed
! before the tumuoo ore was Struck and fell uH,k
/ in the Boat. aud shortly aiterW.t gave the or
| der to turn and tow tie boats ont Of the river
| The firing continue fpr about FIVE minutes, and
| WAS perfect hail u bullets. Commander Lux
| more was struck IN five places, capt Holdcn in
| four, aud the Commodore had three slugs
| through his helmet. one must have passed ristt
through ~, rs when IL was taken ont IL had some
| Of his hair stickiugto II.
| How u is any one escaped with Lila life s
| wonder 70 me, for the first yuey could not have
! been fired at less than fifteen yards. out of nine
ZEE pie In the galley seven Ncro wounded, several
| in four or hVe places and out Of seven In tie
| whuicr our were wounded, They were a little
! luml'r irons afforded them some protection.
! All the boats were more or less rddlcd. Out II
on" side Of the galley alone thCN took p slur-.
| The hrine continued for about I'VE ulirttes and
| ceased Llmos. is suddenly a. IL had commenced
with the sound Of tuele.
THE COMMoDOUr's CONDIT,oN.
| ~ grieve very much 10 say That our dear OLD
| he bullet has entered his right Eide httle
| below the ulih rlD, and hils passed downward
| and backward, IA n fired from "a tree or from
| some higher elevation than what the COmmo-
! ball | am sorry to say, cannot be found, though
! eVery EFFORT has been made.
Tue doctors seem To IN NIX thpt II las glanced
| on tho rib into the muscles Of the back, or an
| Itself out VITA the exeGtion Of moving about IN
! the boat. lie II very much better, am glad 10
say, than he was Yesterday, and !, not suffering
| nearly 50 much vain. | have seen him thls
| and do not think ne Is very much altered In he
| lace, though, OF course, he II terribly pulled
/ down and cannot move Ia the water bed that he
| Is on without some one to help INN. The doc
| hope Of lis recovery, II he does not have n re-
! lhpe. sincerely hope he may get over IL. tor