The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-16
Beauty and Diversity Of the Scenery
as Seen from the Ocean.
THE PROCESS Of lAND-MAkINo.
Method of Christianizing
the Gold Coast.
a &C r. A A ND a DID a

news waiting the arrival OF the red coats from
England, expecting day after day to see the pale
faced heroes OF Her Majesty the Queen, who are
said to be coming to destroy Coomassie, the capital
OF the ierocious King Of Ashantee. Inactivity and
eaaui were rapidly sappin2 every ounce Of energy
and vitality. Correspondents like myself accus-
toned TO the display OF human powers, OF deadly
pyrotechnics, to hearing much noise and fanfaro-
made, found 1t hard work to live week after week
IN Fantee tent situated In q malarious valley,
doing nothing but smelling the denominations
around us or counting the minutes which must
eIapse before being Frustrated by another attack
,ot lever, listening to the tweedle-dee and tweede-
DUN OF Fantee music, staring in kind Of lack.
Iustre eyed way at the antics OF sireess little mig
gers, who seem to have been born God knows
how. Ii one went in desperate strait to head
quarters seeking news it was ever the same surly
answer,
"NoTHNa NEw.n
II one met an officer. and. judging by his face
that he would be likely to lmpart something, one
would say, Good morning, good morning; how do
you do' Glad to see you look so well. Anything
new this morning ~ the answer would inevitably
be, Good morning, good morning; quite well,
yhanks. NO, nothing new. Ta-ta, old feIlah."
The question Anything new ?" as soon as ut
tered seemed to annihilate all courtesy cordially
and good feeling. Mind you, not that there was
really anything to impart; not that the o1cer was
IN possession Of State secrets and regarded the
man who had the audacity to ask him for any with
Cstrust, but because General Wolseley has so thor
ougbly imbued mis- subs with his own peculiar no.
tions OF special news gaJherers, and stamped his
own (0 idiosyncraces and eccentricites on almost
every member Of his staff Socially, them there is
not q disagreeable man here, at least have not
met any. Meet any OF them without the lace of
IN md tha M pVvg un III
erer and the eye OF an itinerant newspaper
man, and you Will nnd them as genial souls as
any who called themselves English gentle
men. The General himself Is chiefest and best Of
them, as hospitable and as kindly hammered as he
can be; but on the matter or furnishing news to
newspapers he entertains most peculiar ideas,
which by this time patent to all the world.
In the meantime 1t was dull drearT waiting for
the arrival OF the troops. Ones eye became 1aun-
diced looking at the same objects, ones ear be-
came tired with the meaningless hum and babbe
OF people on the verge OF inanity. Even the STIR
ring items OF "Ashantee in retreat" Two
Houssa's killed. four OF the allies woauded,n failed
TO attract, and news such as Another oflcer down
with fever" zone OF the stat has a dysenterlc
Affection" "a marine has had a sunsroke,"
though they might be full OF interest TO a British
penny -a-liner, began to pail on me- for mad al
yeady written several columns upon such subjects
NO ACTIVITY.
II letters had TO be written upon such themes as
these feared that the Anglo Ashantee war, with
its tedious small, unnteresting details, would soon
be placed on par with the ever-enduring Carlist
war the most undressing campaign ever
planned. or course the fault is not with the coun-
Try or with the campaign; it lies with the news
papers for sending their commissioners two
months too soon.
WaH aaia II mil arna I'm
troops. 1t was becoming positively sickeDing; for
already about nifty per cent oil the officers who had
been attached to the prospective expedition were
down with fever. Mostly all the correspondents
had been Ill some were Ill others expected 10 be
IL.
CRUISE OF THE pAUNTLEss.
proposed one evening that we should proceed
down the coast TO Accra in the HERALD steamer,
hhe Dauntless, and find out how things were pro-
crossing to leeward with Glover's expedition.
The time was after dinner; stomachs were
more than usually full of good din
ner; eyes were little brighter and
faces were little more animated
with the good wine that was drank. There we're
-FOUR OF US; one was the agent OF a great London
house; one was special correspondent OF Lon
don daily, man of some Importance; the third
was partner Of the agent Aforesaid; the fourth
was your obedient servant.
said the London special, with eyes lit up with
5ervor kindled by wine, and the picture OF what
good fortune was in store for US II went, which
4 drew for him,
my dear fellow, this is really very kind OF YOU.
should have thought you would have considered
me rival, but then the HERALD always does gen.
serous things"
Answered l. 1.-THE HERALD Is never selfish. II
Dust happens to have little steamer here and you
like myself want to go down the coast to gather
news. Permit me, then, in the name OF the HERALD
40 o6er you . passage II l considered YOU as
rival I would not do it."
Then spoke the agent ooh, we can manage 4
easily enough. will only take us ten hours to II
80 Accra, thence SIX hours more Will take US Il
AIDA at the mouth of the Volta. IL will be impos
eiole to cross the bar with the steam launch, bu
we can hail surf boat and 60 ashore. II Glove
Us there our journey Is at end. II be is not Their
we shau have to manage somehow to enter tn
river to 60 after him. One day will be enough FOL
fbat.n
His partner chimed in all the agent said, and tn,
special was extravagautly anticipative OF pleasure
assure you we all felt uncommonly brave I'm
usually energetic, youthfuly sanguine. What WI
were going TO DO and what we were not going &C
do. we're themes which were fertile and taxable
1t was left for me to provision and coal the Daunt
less, they we're simply to consider themselves Of
guests. II was finally resolved that we should se
out on our adventurous cruise at evening O; the
next day.
The morning OF the day dawned, noon came and
che afternoon was rapidly drawing toward even.
Ang when the gentlemen who were to be my pas
sengers were seen advancing toward my house
When they had come In and been greeted. / said
81 suppose you are all ready TO startf'
"No-o-o," drawled the agent, with not one tween
/sieth of the assurance or the auaacious fire whic
hignted his face the night before. ''You see. hav
ioesn reckoning up my time pretty closely and
donr see how can spare eight days, for 1t will tax
eight days and no less. this trip OF yours and 10