The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11

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LISBON, March 8, 1874.
The negotiations for peace between King
Koffee and the English government have been
completed.
WHAT KING KoFFEE STIMULATES TO PERFORM
The Ashantee King agrees to pay fifty thou
sand ounces of gold renounces all claim to
Adansi and Assim, Denkera, Akin and Was
saw, and will withdraw from Appoloma and
the points near the coast under the protec-
torate of Great Britain; engages to keep the
road free through the bush from Coomassie to
the Prah River, promises to protect commerce.
to prevent human sacrifice and to keep peace
for ever.
MAKING READY FOB SIGNATURE.
Sir Garnet Wolseley has settled the points
Of thsAjoint stipulation as far as existing
circumstances permit.
BRITISH OCCUPATION.
An English garrison is to be kept at Prahsu.
ECONOMICAL CALCULATIONS.
General Wolseley does not expect that the
entire amount of the indemnity will ever be
paid, but regards the other stipulations of
vastly greater importance, and more likely to
be adhered to.
General Wolselcy's Report OF the Nego-
tiatfons.
LONDON, March TO- 1874.
A despatch received at the Colonial Office
last night from General Sir Garnet Wolseley,
dated February 16, says:-
ssThe King has sent me 1000 ounces Of gold,
as the first instalment of the indemnity, with
8 request for peace.
TREATY MAKING.
81 received his envoy at Fommanah, and
sent the treaty to Coomassie for the Kings
signature.
QUIET IN THE CAPITAL.
s:An officer from Captain Glover's force
passed through Coomassie on the 10th inst.
unmolested, though his escort consisted of
only twenty men.
HOME AND HEALTH.
s'The last detachment of white troops will
embark for home on the 22d inst.
s'The sick and wounded are doing WE'LL
Three Kings Submit to the COnquerors-
Konee's Kingdom Supposed To Have
Passed Away.
LONDON, March 10-Midnight.
Additional dispatches from the Gold Coast
report that General Wolseley recrossed the
River Prah on the 18th of February.
Three of the six kings tributary to King
Koffee have given in their submission to the
British.
The supremacy Of the Ashantee throne is
considered at an end and the kingdom hope
.lessly disrupted.
The Battle OF observation-disclosures
GaIlantry of the Native Warriors-
Severe Suffering OF the English Sol-
oilers.
mail despatch, dated at Cape Coast Castle on
the 9th of February, supplies the following inter-
,esting details of severe fighting between the
Ashantee warriors and the English troops at
Aboyentum:-
DESPERATE FIGUTING.
At AbOyentum, in front OF wide, shallow
stream, strong party of Ashantees attempted to
dispute the further passage Of the troops, not,
outstanding the severe chastlsement they nad
received at Amoaful. They were posted on rls-
ing ground covered with an impenetrable jungle
OF underwood and for a long time the posltlon OF
the bulk OF the detachment could not be made
out. As the troops advanced The enemy betrayed
himself by delivering heavy volley, and hre was
Immediately opened upon him with enect. before
half dozen rockets had been pitched the under
wood took fire, and the Ashantees could be seen
scampertng OF through the smoke.
HARASSING FIRE.
During the whole advance the enemy's tactics
consisted IN persistent harassing OF our forces.
Tney mOveu ABOUT with astonishing rapldlty over
ground which would have been impossible for any
other than natives or the place. At one period
they were firing all along q semicircuar line ex
tending IN 'front.' from points parallel with that oc
force. Had their aim been more accurate the
losses TO .ne troops must have been lrghtful TO
contemplate. The number OF men engaged on the
side OF the enemy must have been at least ten
times as great as that OF our army to Judge by the
variety OF positions occupied by them and by the
weight OF their fire. Every knoll and thicket
swarmed with them, all provided with firearms of
one Kind or another and not a few with breech-
leaders. -
About half q dozen miles from Coomassie, in a
southeasterly direction, very large force OF
rear OF the marcn, and they would probably have
succeeded In doing so had q space OF open ground
which they must have traversed not been effect
lively covered by the fire OF the troops. ON being
discovered they delivered scattering fire and re-
treated In tho direction from which they had come
Their object as became clear little later on, was
70 take our Little army IN the rear, with wide