The New York herald., 1873-10-13
OFF FOR THE GOLD COAST.
Sailing of the Steamship Bonny for the
Scene OF the Ashantee War-Unhappy
Experience OF Sir Garnet Wolseley and
His staff.
From the London Daily News, Oct. q.

Experience of Sir Garnet Wolseley and
His staff.
From the London Daily News, Oct. 81
Yesterday morning, at seven O'Clock, the steam
ship Bonny, having completed her ladng at the
Magazine moorings, Off the Royal Arsenal, weighed
anchor and set sail with valuable cargo OF pro-
visions, ammunition and other stores for the Gold
Coast expedition. Her commander. Captain Ham,
iton, expressed his intention OF making all haste
to his destination, as he Is anxious to preserve the
character OF his ship, especially now that she has
become famous, and he expected to reach Cape
Coast Castle on the 18th inst. The Bonny and all
the other vessels engaged in this work have been
chartered by the government for one month,
period which IS about sufficient for the lading the
voyage and the debarkation at the journeys end
They Will then be at liberty to proceed down the
coast for trading purposes, the nature of which is
Ket but 1t is understood that they are all available
for the use OF Sir Garnet Woseey. il he should re-
quire them, and they may be sent home at once
THE PROJECTED RAILWAY.
After the hustle which has prevailed at the Royal
Arsenal for some weeks past in ladng the shps
which have gone, the place appears in state OF
queude, but not inactivity for stores con tinue to
not unlikely that great part or the railway by
which 1t Is proposed TO carry the troops away from
the unhealthy region about the coast into more
Royal Arsenal, where there are vast resources for
such a purpose. The quantity OF railway iron de-
livered will not suffice for line of more than two
miles long, and the War Office has been making in
qurles as to what amount of it the arsenal can
furnish in given time. Fifty OF the new pattern
the Royal Gun Factories. They are little longer
and forty-flve pounds heavier than the mountain
Napier in Abyssinia, and they are probably in
tended Tor boat service, in which little extra
weight ana bulk are not q @ much consequence. %
BILE carriages are being prepared for them IN the
Royal Carriage department
The Director General Of the Army Medical De.
partment has under his consideration a proposal
to utilize some OF the China hand carts by convert
ing them into travelling filters. These carts, or
barrows as they are sometimes called, are feet
10 inches long BY loot 81 inches wide, and 101s
inches deep It Is proposed to fit sufficient Of them
with tanks about IA inches Deep which will con-
tain 80 gallons Of water, the whole OF the carriage
when fitted as contemplated with Atkins charcoal
filter and tlled with water, weighing about 3ai
cwt which two men could draw with ease Filters
on this plan are supplied TO the troops in India
and are OF great service The pocket filters,
already described, ale in great request among the
troops who are expecting to be engaged in the ex-
pedtlon, and IL may be interesting to know that
one Of precisely similar character has been the
constant companion OF DR.. Livingstone jim his
African travels. AS something has been said aoout
their cost to the go yernment, 1t should be known
that the prices at which they are sold to the public
are 5s, rs. 3d. and los 3D., but that 25 per cent is
taken of in government contracts. Messrs.
Atkins have just been ordered by the war ONCE to
supply 1000 OF them in addition to those already
received.
POISONED.
The Daily Ne,cs has published letter from it's
special correspondent on board the vessel which
was carrying Sir Garnet Wolseley and his stan out
to Ashantee which, 1t says, will be read with pain
and something like Indignation. The vessel had
been so hastily got ready that she was poisonous
with new paint and with bilge water accumulated
during previous voyages. she was low in the
water that wave alter wave went over her when
ever the breeze was stronger than usual, and she
was badly calked that the moisture on the
deck drained through the boards and dripped in
the berths The result was that some OF the
cabins were absolutely poisonous Nearly every
one on board suffered from painters cohc, and Sir
Garnet Wolseley, though good sailor, was laid up
for several days. IL Is computed that Sir Garnet
and his stan may be looked for at Cape Coast
Castle next Friday.
The Times special correspondent saws that Sir
Garnet Wolseley and the officers are all well and
by the time they reached Madeira they were so
perfectly accmatzed to the bad food and evil
Odors that even the West Coast OF Africa will hardly