"FOR GOD, _A.~ND GOOD TO AFRICA A~ND HER PEOPLE."

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1 eg~s~red for] (Transmsson Abroal. "FOR GOD, _A.~ND GOOD TO AFRICA A~ND HER PEOPLE." "Talk o me anywhere o/ Power, mv: I ll ee you o! Proeeon. JIenlo~ a 31aff~ra~, awl ~e ~ea fo!lows of Propery. Show me any Governmen, and you are o see "he proposed n~re~ of lws governed. Power onslued oherwl ~ s a v,onser mpo~.~le n every sgsera where here s any nolon of he. ju.,ffce of Oo.d or ~ good of ma~d~l~u]. --EDdy. o BORK E. fi/ an/ Colons su.fferg from nj~ffce, rha~rer may be Ms cla~.,, I~L~ wndlon, or h@ o~or, /~e ha~ a rlqm o redre.~e a ~ hmuls o he Coonla~ Mn~s~r n h~s couniry."--exrl Or CARNARVOY, SECRI.- TARY or STATE FOR THE COLO.NIF.~ Avovsr 2, I866. "! : k I I" VoL XIII.--No. 152.] LONDON, THURSDAY, FF, B. 26, ~#PVsmaZD aoszalv.s=~ruo=. ~:.r -r Z~=. o ow CONTE~TS. P&G pace Wes~ Co~ MMI $~amers The New Parlamen au~l New Mnsry... IS Wes Afrcaa News... =" 14 The Ashan War Pas~, Pre~en, and Fuure. o[he Ashan V/aT A~rval per Seamer Eho.p~a... Arrval per Seamer Loanda The Lae Dr. L~.vngsone A~h~m War Operaons The Deah el Dr. Lvsgsono Capan Glover s Invason of Ashan Afrcan Cusoms... el Exr~S from he "Saudard" Correspondence A Malara-D~royng Tree Iuvalds from he C-old Co~s Expedon A New Wesleyan Ohspel a Wnseb~... ~ 2 pecueares of he Caps Co,s people Sr Samuel BAker and Ess Afrca....., ~2 Lverpool Markes... : The I.~s Kafr Tro~ble n NaM ~ Laer News from Ashan... ;... :...:... : Mssonares a Freeo~ Oapars of Kum~s...: AFRICAN AGENCY For Tr~saong Busness England for Nave au~l oher Traders on he Wes Coas of Afrca. N consequence of wshes expressed from all pars of he Wes Coas, Ms. :FrzGzz&r~ has made arrangemens for sellng I produce consgned o hm by shps o London or Lverpool; and purchasng, and. shppngoods ordered agans he proceeds of consgnmens or oher effecve remances only, from eher of he above pors, on s sysem by whch he greaes posfblo advana~ of he m~rkes wll be secured ohe Azac~x TR_~DZR; and, as me s very mporan o smar capalss reurn goods wll be sen off n all cases whou any delay beyond such as may somemes be caused by manufacurers. All leers and.blls of ladng, wheher he shpmens be o or from London or Lverpool, o be addressed F. :FITZOERALD, Es~., 121, Flee-sree, London, E.C. N.B,--Open Polces on Insurance for Produce from he Coas by he Mal Seamers; bu nended Shpmen should.e adv.~cl f po~ble. 187d:. BRITISH AND AFRICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY The Seamers of lh~s Company now leave Lverpool every alernae Saurday. Cargo s receved a he Loadng Berh (Norh Sde Cob ur g Dock u ) o P 6 r ~ " on." he day pror o salng, unless " prevously hed from full. LIVERPOOL on he 14h 51ARCH, for Madera, The Royal Mal Seamsh p LOANDA ~s nended o be d~spac Tenerffe, Serra.I.~one, Monrova, Cape Panas, Half Jack, Cape Coas Casle, Acorn, gellah Coffee, Lagos, Benn,. Bonny, l~ernando Pc, Cameroons, and Old CMabsr. Ths Sea~ner wll"also ake Cargo for ~New C~labar, Bra~, Benn, and Opovo., s Bonny and forwarded by Branch Seamer a Shpper s rsk. "vern nsde he Bar~, he same o be ran-~h pped.. " wl leave LIVERPOOL drec on he (dehthe gollowng depa.~uro,s ~.uend~.o beh_o Seam sh~p~%qu:asll~a p:~ch Casle, Accre, Jelah 28h MARCH, for Maue~rs, "xenerme, ~anurs~, o~erra.~uv~ r- Coffee, Lagos, ]Jemn, Bonny, Fernando Pc, and Old Cslabar. pa.~engers wll embark by Seam Tender from Prnce s Laudng Sage a 2 r.~. on he day of salng. (}coda for Serra :Leone wll be landed hem a Shp s expense, bu Shpper s rsk. All {}ozds whle ou board he Company s hulks a Bonny, o be a Shpper s orconsgnee s.rsk:. ~... a ~ - I B achanan.sree, Glasgow ; and Blh of Ladng of he Company s Form ~.u be o~al~ed from ".~o,~.~s.,,~o~:~.,,~ ~-~, 9, Lr~ 50s Lord-srse~, Lverpool. All lee~mus ps~ hrough _no ~o~:~,~.~ c,,~sbv souarc : n Glasgow o TA~o~, D.%?: fu rher nformaon apply n Londou o.~fesars.]~[a~r~z,~,]~u~. _.:. an~"cf~/~sfc~ le:,ree.., I,~,von~v, and Co., 24, Oswald-sree; and n ~dverpool, ~o ~.nz~,_. ~~,, - ~" DEpARIURE~. WEST COAST -~[AIL 8TEAX[ER$. ~. :-:- Com~sn= s Sesmer _Monrova~ Fehrnary 7. ARRIVAI.,~, Afrcan ~eamsmp ~. ~.., Brsh and Afrcan Seam Navgaon Coml3any s Seamer Brsh and Afrcan S.l~. Compsny s Seamer Senegal, Feb. "2. Afrcan Seamshp Company s Se~mer Ehops, February 10. Senegal, Afrcan February Seamshp 14. -,,.v" an) s Ehopa, February 21. I~rsh sad Afrcan S.N. Company s Seamer Lo~ads, Feb. 20.

2 ? J 14 THE AFRICAN TIMES. [Fr.s. 6, ] he men bare no." ~he Sandard corresponden ~1.,o make~ WEST AFRICAN ~ EWS. saemens showng hahe faul s no cnlrdy o~ he Fanlee sde, LIVEIPOOL, February 9.~The Afrcan Royal Mal seamer FZBSV~R]r 6.-- he War-, ffce ssued he followng yeserday: Ehopa arrved n he Mersey hs afernoon, wh daes from " (From Sr O. Wolseey o he Secreary of Slae for War.) Cape Coas Casle o he 16h o J auuary. Her news has alreadyadans Hll, J anuary 21, All.he whe prsonersare now been elegraphed from Lsbon. She brngs 155 ounces of gold n ny camp. The Krg acaeps he erms I.offer, and says he dus, and 1,682L n spece. The Coas generally was healhy, wll pay heudemny. I demanded 200, hal o-morrow for a few days a Foomsnah (? Tommanah), 80 mles from bu rade dull. ~No case of sckness occurred on board he Ehopa durng her ouward or homeward voyage. Coomasse. All gong rgh." Ths news s supposed o haw LxvEsroon, February ;0.~The Brsh and Afrcan Seam reached Madera on he 3rd, by he Ehopa. Sr Garne ha~ Navgaon Company s seamer Loandarrved n he Mersey hs made a bold mare : we hope a a safe one. If be, s que mornng wh daes from Cape Coas Casle o he 29h. Her clear he Ashan Power has been rdculously overraed. mporan news has already been elegraphed from Lsbon. Capan 0oldsworhy was repored o be msrchlng hrough he dae menoned Sr Garne was only hreen mles beyond he Fzeawaz 10.--Furher elegrams recfy he above. On he- Awoonah counry wh 10,000 Accrue and meeng no opposon. Prah. The followng s he elegram receved o.day : " Prabsu,. Her Majesy s eeamer Amehys lef Qua on Le 27h of January 15.~The Kng of 3 shan sen fresh leers o Sr Garner. January, and proceeded o Elmna Chcs o awa Capan Golds-Wolseleworhy s arrval. The healh a Bonny was mueb mpr.ov.ed, provded he could ge off cheaply and he Englsh would, cea~ o~ on he 12h, n whche expressed hs desre for peace, and a all he oher rvers was very good. The crew of he advance on Coomssse. Sr Garne "Wolseley declared ha he Loanda have been perfecly healhy snce leavng England. could only rea wh he Kng hm~lf, and mus carry ou hsplan of marchng o he capa], as he consdered no resul could ARRIVALS PER STEAMER ETHIOPIA. le obaned from apeace sgned el~where. Lord Gfford, wh Mr. G. Huchnson, Mr. T. Crowher, Mr. T. Hood, and scous, s o occupy he cres of he Adans Hlls ; Russell s regmen s o be a he foo of he hlls ; Wood s Aecrowfooma.. Capan Whngon, from Lagos; Major Doorly and Mr. J. Joseph% Serra Leone ; Mr. B. Blandy aud Mr. Dr~ury~ Madera. The whe roops were o sar from Prahsu on he 23rd. Only 100 men of he 23rd Regmen are o land, he res o reman on. ARRIVALS PER STEAMER LOANDA. board. Capan Glover has obaned more men han were expeced, bu has experenced grea dffculy as o ranspor. Mr. and Mrs. Saker, aud Rev. Saker, from Cameroon ; Mr. A. Henderson, Old Calabar; Capan Foser and Mr. W. R. Capan Buler s o cross he Pr=h o.day, a Berenasse, wenyfve mles eas of Prahsu ; Capan Glover, a Ammsanoom Was-- Keyon, Bonny; Mr. F. Wednesday, Monseur Tobelo, and Mr. Gbson, Lagos; Mr. T. ]L Wood, Poro egarre; Mrs. Forbes, sen. Hs force s movng upou he lef. The healh of he ~Ionrova ; E. R. Moylan, Serra Leone. Good lo of ol from roops, boh afloa and ashore, s excellen. Absoluely clean Bonny ; good lo of eoon and kernels from Lagos ; good lo of blls of healh have been reurned from several saons." FXBaCARY 17.~The followng elegrams were publshed hsmornog by he Dal~ ~rews:--" Dompass, January 25.~Yoa gnger frum ~erra Leone. ASHANTI WAR OPERATIO ~*S. wll doubless have already learn, long before you receve hs, of he safey cf he Europeans so long held capve n Kng Koffee Kalcalh s capal. The day before yeserday, Mr. Bonuer and- On Feb~nary 2 we were n recep of he deams of uews of whch he chef pons had been prevously reusmed by Mr. and Mrs. Ramsager arrved a Money Camp, where every elegraph. The ranspor dffculy seemed o be he only real one; couresy ~as shown o hem. The offcers Wood s regmen. bu hs was so serous, ha he 23rd were sll deaned ou boardurned ou of her leafy hu for Mrs. Ramsager and he chldren, her shp nsead of beng ren on o he fron. The Daly l Vew# and he Saff ook care ha every aenou was pad o her corresponden parally accouns for he dffculy as follows : "I comfor. Ther long deenon does no appear o have affeced may be as well o requre a lle more closely no he cauls of her healh, and wo more healhy-lookng chldren would be hese grave defecons he par of he naves, for on ha dffeuk o fnd anywhere. Mr. Ramsager and hs famly proceed queson of suffcen ranspor hangs now he success or falureo he coas~ whle Mr. Bonner wll spend some days wh Sr o he exped:op. Men are deserng rgh and lef; a few days Garne Wolseley, who yeserday moved hs bead-quarers ~ ego, a hundred dsappeared a once. I surely canno be haherfommanab~ a clean, weu-bul own for hs counry, where- chef offcer he Addowe dsrc has hs resdence. pay s nsuffcen, alhough hs s sad o be a reason, for heyusually were never Pos.~:l of so much money as hey ere now. ThereI seems ha he grea feshes a Coomasse fell ou he day % unforunaely, an nnpleasan aspec of he ques!or, and hasr Garne Wolseley s fores erossed he Prah. Ths has grealy s when s vewed from he sandpon of he black man. The perurbed he Ashanee% and s herefore no a all surprsng. carrers declare hey are badly fed and cruelly reaed. Ths wll ha hey are anxous o make peace. I s mpo:sble o ell, doubless form he subjec of much correspondence hereafer; wha hey wll do a hs momen. As I wre, here are some meanwhle hs s wha Quashre avers, and, resenng, deserls 1,500 Ashanees wo mles from us on he banks of he sream ;. Durng he greaer poron of hs pas lfe hs exsence has beenbu we are no lkely o c~me o blows wh hem, a leas l easy, no o say slohful. Hs wfe has oled fur hm, and aup-hpl:ed hm wh means o oban food and rum, whls he has Elmna chefs aached o Wood s regmen say ha Kpg Kof- messenger who lef las evenng has reached Coomasse. The o he full enjoyed he dole, far ncne. Suddenly ealied uponfee Kalcal wll never beleve ha we wsh o sgn a pcaca o work or fgh, hs fears of he dreaded Ashsuee promp hm o Coomasse, bu wll hnk ha our only reason for gong hem become a carrer. Bu hea brough no conae wh a hard a o bombard heown. Nohng would su us beer han ha~ askmaser. An E~glsh of]cer~vgoroa% unrng, sern, hs If ~e Ashanees should ake up a poson and aemp o hold,. very aubeda n characer--recelves orders o nee ceran sores any loss we are lkely o suffer n fghng hem wll probably be aken o a ceran pon whn a gven me, and for hs pureesconsderably less han our Io~ from he effecs of he clmae. he s allowed a fxed ncmb~r of bearers, each Of whom receres The 42nd had o send down au offcer and hry-wo men Iem, hs proporon of he whole, and carry he mus. If here s Prahsu, and he :Rfle Brgade sen down ffy men n en days. any dsposon on hs par, as mea probably here s, o grumbleths was souh of he Prah, where a every saon Major Home n he wegh of he load, he offcer canno afford he me o had consruced excellen hu barracks, Now ha ha men am hear complan% and very lkely wll ouc hm up wh a bg lyng on he ground n en# a~rs, we expeco hard sckens.*, sck. If he complan of dckne~s, he s old he s shammng, he momen cur advance s checked."cape Coas Casle, whch s no a all mprobable, sod s agan ouched up. If he January 25.--A11 he roops have now landed, and he nvald~ wsh o lnger over hs raons s a halng place, he s roused up as soon as he las second of he me allowed has expred, and have been sen o Gbralar by he Hmalayand Sarmaae. Two hundred of he nvalds are sad o be of he 23rd Fuslers. " s a~an perhaps necessary o nred, uce he sck. And ~,en "Madera, February 13.--The Loanda has arrved wh new~, neher can properly undersana was lae omer says. xne Englhman, because he nave does no a once comprehend an from Cape Co~ Casle o ~ anuary 25. Capan Blake, of be~ Drud, s repored o have ded from dysenery." order gven, may be hurredly, consders hm a supd, hckheaded fellow. The offcer may plead necessy f he use srong FZBIVARV 19.~The followng appeared hs mornng : "Mons~ means o have hs orders carred ou, bu loukng a Quashee s January 23.--Mr. Bouner, lae prsoner a Cooma-se, saes ha mmedaely he Ashanee army was allowed o dsperse, he former lfe~ s r, o very surprsng ha he shnuld ake he frs opporuny ha presens self o escape from a servce whch people were n such error a our ancpaed pursu, long before hey had heard we had cros.~d he Prab, ha hey packe~ up a he fuds n he las degree rksome and noler, ble. The queson hey could carry wh hem, and wen n flocks o he neror, of procurng ran.,por s daly becomng more mporan, as no an hour evn can be wased now. Bulloka ha~e been pressedleavng he chefs almos alone n Coomasa~e. Mr. B0uner descrbes meeng a~er meeng as akng plae n he Kng s no he carryng servce, bu 500 mules would be nvaluable now, palace, a whch chefs and kngsared up n a volen sae of even f hey only lved o carry cue Mad. The conngen of excemen, an4 professed o bs able and wllng o kll everybody who oppo,.ed hem, and hen sunk do~n agan, conscous women have behaved admrably, and very ofeh hey have do=o he bulk of he carryng. They have been used o hard work, FzB. 26, 1874;] THE AFRICAN TIMES. 15 ha hey coul do nohng. Mr. Bonner esmaes ha heronally cruel, bu l,ey were more hau half sarved upou her,o.ses~ ~ from all causes n he campagn were wo-hrds of herwreched food, whch was generally a sor of sou? made of snals, whole army. Ths was beleved among he Ashanee% and corresponded wh he number of chefs who had ded. Mr. Boenerhs m~onsry n queson, says ha he wealh of he Kng has or a mlxuro of snals, Iudan corn, and planan. M. Kuhne, s convnced.ha, hough he Kng may now be only ryng o b~en. greal, y exazzeraed.~, and ha. f he Engl.~h ge from hm gan me, ye~ ne canno, f he wshes, oppose our enry serously. a mflhon serlng, s as much as hey can expec. The Kng :Mr. Bonner represens, oo, he whole Peopleas uerly sck of all was abouo nflc a heavy fne upon hs chefs for he rerca~ he barbares of Ashan rule, and behoves ha f we ener Coo-afemasse, and leave any mark of our havng been here, hs effcewol~ley had creased he Prah, and was advancng on Coomasse, he bale of Abrakampra when he heard ha Sr Garne would oe an exodus of vas numbers no he Proecorae ; whle, news whch nduced hm o forego he nended punshmen, and on he oher hand, he prde of he chefs s such, ha f we do come o an undersandng wh hs head men. The Ashauecs no ener, hey wll no acknowledge her defea, end may even dees comng owards he coas. They say, "If I go near coas, aemp an nvason agan when hey have had ma o recover. I ge sck." I seems probable hahe fesh press are alarmed, and are mos anxous for peace. Omen succeed omens n a mos suspcous manner. Mr. Bonner confrms he reporha he grea fesh CAPTAIN 0LOYER S INVASION OF ASHANTI. ree fell on he day Sr Garne Wol~le/a frs answer o he Kng B TrLE O~ 0BaG~3,~IWO ni:ndeed ~ILLED AND WOUNDED, lef Fahsu. To es he prospecs of he nvason, wo men had Oa~uoo, As~r.~.x rl, Jan My ]a~ wan daed from Cheb, knves run hrough her cheeks, and were ed up n he woodshe capal of Easern Akm. Capan Glorer s head-quarers o de. The press sad ha f he men ded soon, would be lef ha place on he llh, aud afer a journey of four days well for Ashan; f hey ook long o de, all would go ll. hrough a counry compared o whch ha from he Vola o They lved or were kep alve, one for fve days, he oher for Cheb was a plan park-lke dsrc, he reached he Rver Prah. nne. Capan Glover, wh 900 men, s supposed o have crossedi shall no wase valuable me u van aemps o descrbe ha he Prah hgher up, on January 15, aud Capan Buler lowerdffcules whch man aud beas had o encouner he road down, wh abou 500 Akms, on he 19h or 20h. "Fommanah, January 24.--Immedaely afer he las mal lef, he hs we have found nex o mpossble o obau carders from Cheb o he Prah. I now cease,o feel he leas dffculy abou he carrers came o an end. Thanksamongs he Akms for our guns, ammunon, and sores up o almos enrely o he vgorous seps aken by Colonel Colley and hs pon. I was wh he exremes dffculy ha, wh o he admrable managemen of ha offcer, eghhousand car-nohcvers are now workng seadly upon he road. The operaons up he seep mounans and down he ravnes whch nerposed bu my sck n my rgh hand, I could conrve o crawl wll, n fac, no have been delayed a all, because had he roopsour march from he capal ef Easern Akm o he Ashan concenraed he Prah been oblged o drve back he Ashanees froner ; and I am a a ons o conceve how he Akm carrers sep by sep, and move forward only afer he ground had beenhave succeeded n reachng here wh ha 7-pnuuder guns and horoughly examned, he road made, and provsons colleced, oher heavy bade, whch hey carred on her heads, over such hey could no have moved more han a abou four mles a.day. an abomnable counry, for four days connuously, for hosum Now we hold Queens and Fommsnab, he one half a mle, he of 6s. o 9s. per man for he journey. If I am spared o reurn oher a mle and a-half on he furher sde of he Adans Hl!s o he Coas I rus may be by some oheroue han hrough Hero he concenraon of he roops wll ake place. ~he ro~psf -ern Aldm. We reached he banks of he Prah a abou nne move by hree sages, each abou eleven mles long, from Prahsu~.x. ou he 15h, and a ea a force of 180 Houssas, under Capan o Mone a he souhern foo of he Adans HlLs. Frs, fromsarorus (6h Bengal Cavalry) an Leuenan Baroar~ (19h ~rahsu o :Essaman; second, from Essamau o Acrowfumu; Foo), cro~.~d over and pushed on n wo drecous for a dsance hrd, Acrowfumu o ~Ions. The head-quarer% wh he Navalof hree mles whou encounerng ho enemy. On he 16h Brgade and he le Baalon of he Rfle Brgade, reached(yeserday), a nne x.v., Leu. Baroard, wh 100 House,s, agan ~ons on he 20h. The oher baalons follow n successon. pushed ou n advance, Capan Sarorus followng a egh ~.~. The road has been admrably made, and every sream brdgedwh anoher hundred, suppored by 400 more under Capau compleely o Fommanah by he Engneers. The road, wh he Glover n person, wh a rear-guard of 100. A en x.m Leu- Barnard, w hs advauced guard, was overakeo, aud he excepon of he hree mles neares he Prah, a beer han haeusn beween Cape Coas and.he Prah,.along whch he GeneraFswhole force proceeded ogeher. There were some 100 Akms alsa carrage, drawn by naves, moved he whole dsance. Even joned o he force, besdes varous camp followers. A noon we he Poron for hree mles h sde of he Pra has been well reached a small ~llage, he nhabans of whchad no he covered wh a sor of basard bu very bad corduroy. I was remoes dea ha any aggressve movemen was nended agaus errbl) swampy all along he lne."fommanah, January 25, hem from he Easern Akm dsrc ; neverheless, hey cleared mdngh.~tbe ouposs are pushed on as far aa he Bahrmou wh such speed ha we only succeeded n makcg prsoners :Rver. The Kng of Adans, whosa palace s now occuped by of wo, from whom we exraced much valuable nformaon. Sr Garne Wohelcy and he saff, s known o be lurkng abou, Fndng nohng o deaus here, we [crocaeded on whou bu he canno be n very grea force and we shall probably look molesaon unl hree P.~., when har-a-dozen shos were fred from he bush on our rgh hand, and he Akm gude n fron of hm up n a day or wo. If any mporan fghakes place, Leuenan Barnard was wounded n hs rgh arm. Iu spe of wll probably be abou welve mles/r0m Coomasse. They can hardly ge her roops ogeher nearer, and hey would no have h, ha offcer connued hs march, sray shos beog fred here nod here unl abou four P.~., wher~ a heavy fadlads from boh a bad poson abouhere. We ougho be here n abou f~e sdes of he pah wasopened upon hm. He had hen almos days or sooner. Ths saon and he whole counry ca h sdereached hs vllage, Obogoo. Upon hearng he heavy frng he cf he Adans Hlls are mos healhy." Dupach from Sr Garm~ FFds,dy. snecal commssoner hurn ed up wh Capan Serorus and ho The followng elegram has been receved a he War-offce rema;nder of hs force o he asssance of Leuenau Baroa~d, from 8v Garne Wolseley, rd Lsbon, daed " Camp, Fommanah, January 26, 1874.~All s progressng favourably. rered from he eld, bu no unl hey found ha Capan Sar- whereupon a sharp cones ook place, whch lased for one hour and hry mnues, a he ermnaon of whch he Ashanees ~y ouposs are on Babrm Rver, abouweny-seven mles from orous had enrely possessed hmelf of her vllage, Obogoo. Coomasse. 2he Kng has sen all he whe capves, and says Tha enemy s loss, of couree, s mpossble o sas wh any he acceps erms ~ offered, and wl pay ndemny I demand. I degree of eerany, as hey coerced hemselves chefly o he hal here for a few days o collec sores." bush; neverheless, hey lef sufl]ceu evdence behnd hem o Some neresng ems of nellgence no ye publshed are allow ha he Houssas had no enrely hrown away her ammunon, alhough hey dd fre wh more han her usual wld- suppled by prvae leers from he Gold Coas, jus receved. Sr Garne Wolseley had seno Cape Coas Casle for an assayer, or gold eser, o examne and value he gold whch wll form he ness and wan of purpose. Our casuales amouned o egh wouuded, no l~-.~ hau four beng sergeans of Hoass~s All he ndemny o be pad by Kng Koffee. The German mss~na,ry wounds were cau~d by sones, ~howng ha he opuna expressed by me n mylas o he wan of proper ammunon u who aced as he Kng s amb:~ssador, arrved a Uape ucas ua~ue en January 24 a a ~recbed condon, havog scarcely any he Ashan camp was uo rashly pu forh, and, moreover, he pd- aken declared ha here was very lie ammunon n clohng. He had served ou o hm wo sus of he Fmlcosoners clohng, wh helme and puggasee complee; He was very dommuncave, and gave a err:ble accoun ~ox A.~han, aud Ass sal I calculae he loss of he enemy on hs occason o have been a leas 200 kll~ sad wounded, and hnk I am he capvy n Coomassa of hmsell and hs European companons. They wer.owhn he rrark. ~eher oar rockes nor our 7-pounder guns compelled o wness he mos revoldug crueles--human ~acn-wcrrces, ofen o he number of flly, nod somemes many more, que sasfed ha ha Snder s more han sa2cen for he called no r~qusou on hs occason. Ind~ol, I sm akng.place daly. The whe prsoners were consanly undera.:h~nees, end ha we mgh well dspensa wh olher weapons. he hrea of deah, and ofen prayed for o releve hem from The rockes aud 7-ponnder guns were of eesmable s-~rvee on her sufferngs. They dd no~ objeco he clmae, whch was he Vola, bu consderog he labour enaled n havog hem very far, nor even o her.mprsonmen, ~hch was no eea- ~ ;)

3 ~Y I 16 conveye d o he Prsh from Amedeks, on he Vola, I hnk hey bour norh of he hlls ; bu so grndng was ~e yranny, ~c, mgh as well have been ler a one of our depos on he Yells--cr~hng he e~eons of he laer, h, a lss he A~us gave he gunp, a all evens; he rockeroughs and rockes, no bengup he sruggle for sub,sance n her nave lacd n despar, so heaw, are mo9 easly conveyed. We purpose halng here and mgraed n a body a~mss he Prab. Ths was hry or for hree or four days, unl a suffcen supply of ammunon foryearsnce, and, wh he excepon of he vlljgo of Monsee, and of a few houses a he places whch we have made our andprovhons reach us o enable us o push on for Juabn, one of he prncpal owns on he roue o Ccomasse. All kndssaon% hen are no sgns ha human bengs ever dwel n hs~ of rumunrare afloa as o K~lcall s nenons. Some hnkforea beween he Prah and he A~ns Hlls. Beyond h~ be merely desres o blnd Sr Garne, eo as o gan me o Prah, alhough he vllages h~ sde of Dunquahave been complee hls preparaons for defence. I am no of ha opnon. oally desroyed, ye one Bees, by he cl~vgs every wo~r I sncerely beleve ha hs game s enrely played ou, and hahree mles, ha a consderable populaon have reeenlydwe here;. he would "gladly accep any ermp, provded he whe man wouldand upon hsde of he Prah a wde and apparenly vrgn fore, - no so far dsgrace hm as o ener hs eap~al ] Bu fhls capal exends, broken only by wo or hree dumps of mserable hus, were o be aken, I do no hnk he Kng and hs chefs would~hoso populaon, no doub, lved by mnserng o he wane o on hs oceasnn resoro he old pracce of blowng he.mselves he passng roops of raders beween Ashan and he sea. I breakoff abruply, for I hear ha a messenger s jus gong off, and ha. up. They would rus o he well-known generosy end lenency of he whe man. The prsoners glen a mee deplorable s possble hahe pos of o-morrow mornng may no cach h~ accoun of he sae of affars n he Ashan kngdom. I ner-marogaed one, who nformed ha he was a slave of he ehlef of on of Coomasae. When we haveburued Coomssse we mayreum....our objec wll be obaned nhe ~spura and de, rac- Obogoo, who was klled n one of he recen bales near Abra-homkrsmpa. Ths man saes ha]ou of 12,000 men furnshed by he whch she wll never orge. We shall have answered nvason. wh he confdence ha ws hare augh Ashan a lesson- Kng of Juabu as hs conngen o he army whch nvadedby nvason ; we shall have comuleely desroyed he predg~ by Fan under Amanquash, no more han 3,000 reurned, and whch she had overawed all her neghbonr% and hero wl belle fear of her d~ng more hanhold her own for half a cenury ha he chef who commanded hem was wounded n he aack on Elmra, and was rampled o deah hy fugveso come. Wh hs we mus be conen, for o aemp o follow runnng over hm. I asked hm f any human sacrfceshe Ashaneea as hey rerea would be o cour dsaser. Per~onally, he Ashanees have already padearly for he nvaslon of he- were made on he occason of Amsnquaah s reurn o Coomssse, and he repled ha ha General reurned home n proecorae--bu half he nvadng army reurned home. The n- of he proecorae, ndeed, offeramany pons of resembh.noo- such hase ha here was no me o aend o any core-vasomonab, bu ha he Kng had recenly ssued e proclamaon o he nvason of Rus,a by he French. Upon her advance hey hroughou he kngdom ha n weny days ageneral "cusom" fough pched bales, and were vcorous; hey ganed he hear- he counry nvaded, and sa down o enjoy her ease. Bu~ was o be made for all hose who had fallen n he lae war, andof he weny days expred on he very day we aacked hem. By he weaher, dreadful rans, emall-pox, dysenery, and famne hs he consdered hs lfe was saved, as, beng a slave, he woulddd her work upon he Ashanees, as he ber cold dd s have been assuredly Sacrfced before he ermnaon of he work upon hd French. Boh were harassed n he rerea, and cusom. Boh prsoners agree n sayng haf he kshanees haveboh sood a bay whenever pressed, and as he warrors, worn no he means of fghng wo pched b:,lles n he neghbourhood of Coomasse, and ha he oulyng provnces could offer no feelngs of he greaness of he dsaser could no have been, ou, dshearened, sarvng, crossed he bound.sy rver, her ressance a all, so denuded are hey of munons of war. Thewdely dssmlar. The parallel mll be complee when we wanofsal alone, hey say, wll compel he Kng o choose beween rebellon end I~eace a any prce. Kng Aah s hourlyshould bo me by messengers offerng o subm, and o gve ener Coomasse. If, upon our approach o Coomsa~e, we expeced a he head of hs army, and whou hs force I doubpromse for good behavour, he cy would no be desroyed. f would be que wse o advance furher na he hear of he.. Quessa, he rade own of Ashanl, s a place o[ some sze, enemy s counry; bu wh hm and he force he has engaged o and mus have conaned wo or hree housand nhabans. The provde we c:~uld advance n safey and wh cerany of sucoese, houses are all bul upon a smlar plan, varyng only n he num- of chambers hey conan. Each chamber s, ndeed, a sepa- especally as he enemy s aenon a enrely engaged by heber force marchng egane hm on he man road from Cape Coas andrae buldng, a hree-sded box, wh a seadly slopng roof of Prahsu. I canno help agan repeang ha he specal comms-hckly-lasoner and hs subordnae Offcers deserve he umos prase for fee above he ground, and he chambers vary n sze from fve palm-leave~. The floor of hs chamber s rased hree he manner n ~hch hey have succeeded u brngng up herfee long and four deep o ea fee long by sx deep; hslas s, however, que an unusual sze. A dwellng consss of force of d~plned roops from he oher sde of be Vola, hrough Crvbo, Aquapm, and Akm, across he Prah no from one o en of here habaons, grouped ogeher so as oform a cour or yard, one leadng ou of he oher. The house.* Ashan errory. Our ahole force a presen under arms n camp does no exceed 900 men. The nave leves are exced-arlaxly slow n hr movemens, and ake her own me n ell whewashed, and s generally ornamened by rough mouldngs. bah of waldo covered wh a succof clay, whch s kep. IMngs. I have no doub ha f Capan Glover were o waand pannelngs. The lower par of he walls and he fl~ors of long enough, or unl peace was declared, ho mgh have a he chambers are colanred wh an cohreous earh, whch gves hundred housand men under hs ommand. One housand good a once a red calour and a sor of glazng, and grealy mproves men jus s hs momen would suffce for our purpo~, provded he appearance of he house. The chefs house, a prosen~ hey be lke he Akms--bush-fghera, wh an nmae know-majoledge Of he counry,~sandard Correspundenl[. oher houses, excepha he chambers very lofy and he Russell s head.quarers, s merely an exaggeraon of he fron of each s suppored by pllars. These, wh hered pan, F, XTBACTS :FROM THE "STANDARD" CORRE- her arabesque adornmens, and her quan characer, gve he~ SPONDEN CE. cour-yard he exac appearance of an Egypan emple. The- s, ndeed, far oo srkng o be accdenal, and ~ Qcs~s~, As,,A~zb Jan. 22.~Wo have accomplshed anoherresemblance sage of our journey, and are half-way beween he Prah and may g~e rse o some curouspeculaon as o how A~han Coomasse. The scous have been ar on ahead, and fu~.everyganed her archecure from ancen Egyp... Grea cred sduo o Ma~or Russell and he offcers servng under hm for he own and vllage desered by her nhabans, and apparenly nohng o preven our pa.,sago pleasanly and easly on o he capal sae no whch hey have go heregmen, and for he- wh whch hey have mproved her men. The laer are~ capal, now bu hry mles away from us. I s bu four daysspr snce I wroe a few lnes b~fore leavng he Prah, and e hameeager now for a fgh, and here can bean doubha, f we havo~ a brush, hey wll gve a good accoun of hemselves. Themanner n whch hey wen up he hll, belevng ha hen was Pheace en he was feelng looked has upon gradually by mos changed; people as and all here, bu a ceran. he fron Snce a lcae, we look upon aa a seled maer ha we are o h~ve a a force double her own awang hem a he op, shows hespr wh whch hey are anmaed. Ths own was a ha- fgh for ye...the P.ngneers have, ndeed, done marvels ; hey have cu he road, corduroyed all ee swampy places, and me acually occuped by upwards of 1,000 men, whoso drama brdged every sream, broad and narrow, from he Prah o he were o be heard beang all ngh. In ~o mornng, however, Adans H.lls; and, owng, no doub, o he drer and ~erhey fell back, and ~,,cc lheu have alwaya rered a lle furl~r weaher, hs poron of he road s now ceranly beer hanand furher as Lord Off,rd hs pres-~ forward w hs ~cou~_ was he road beween Msmsu and he Prah when I rave~eed Fo~sss, January 28 (Evenng).--As I ancpaod, move has. hree weeksnce. The r~ad s, hroughou he whole daance, been made on o hs place, and scarcely had we arrved who an o~aded by rees ha one can march whou any feelng el oppressve hea even n he mddle of he day... Mons~e s evenook pece wh,..h has agan changed he prospecs of h~ campagn. Ths s no le.~ han he reaoraon of he remanng he las awn n wha was fo/merly he Assa kngdom. Fromwhe preachers, wh a number of Faneos, and he arrwl of ~. he hlls o he Pr~h he counry was once hck wh he Assnleer frown he Kng... Ṫhe Kng h profane n hs ss~urances. vllages sad owns; now s a aeser. Once whollyndepeodeu,! of hs de~re for peace, and n hs no &,ub he s sncere. H~ he A~dns gradually became.rbuary o her formdable negh-i doee no, howevex, say ha he wll hm~lf ~ay he ndemny ~F~s. 26, 1574.] THE AFRICAN TIME=. 17 ~emanded, bu s good enough o sae ha he wll make Amman hcrocghly dsablng for he me. The Army Hospal Cor;s,Quaer pay. Ths s no bad : he ndemny s unquesou. has 40 per cen. of s srenzh on he sck ls. ably a large one, so large hahe reasure of A,ha~ wll hardly ~uli]ce o ~sfy hem-, and ye he Kng shfs he burden on o PECULIAIIIIIE~ OF THB CAPE COAST PEOPLE. h~ unforunae generals, and magnes ha we shall be ~asfed. TheDd/y Newf corresponden% wrng of ;h~. Cape Coas peeple, :Bu hs s no all The ~Kng wll onl~ exercse h~ nfluence nays: " They are curous people, however. A remark u one of n our favour f we agree no o advance farher. T~ereford n he Englsh papers we have laelreceved suggess au explanaon ha one may gve you of wha mu-q bsve sruck many a,he leer here s nohng whaever whch would gve uxr~a.~oa o ezpec a favourable soluon. The news, however, brough by home as mos curo~% and whch ceranly a he me s~rsly he capves s conclusve as o he fac ha he Kng cannopuzzled u.~. You wll h~ve ob~rved ha n her orgnal speech :fgh. No only hen he army dspersed o s vllages, bu a largeo ar Garne~ WclseIey on hs arrval here he naves compared number of he men packed up her belongngs as soon as hey h:m o Sr C. Mararcey, To ho~ of us who heard, he expresson was he mose sarrng, because had been prvaely re go~ home, and lef agan for he nor hem dsr~e, where he -gng s anhory s only nomnal, order o avod he possbly pored beforehand hahey were n he greaes delgh wh wha. of beng mpressed agan o ress our advance. There s anoher Sr G~rne had ~ad o hem, and by way of d.,ng hm he dl~euly n he way of ressance, and hs s he shorness of hghes honcur hey could, n gvng hm, accordng o her powder, here beng an nsul~cen supply even for he small forcecusom, some nsma ou of her pas.hsory, had ~ele~ed "whch could be colleced. Hence, alhough he grea chefs are ha cf Governor Maclsan. ~ow Maelean was avowedly he brl- Governor here who kep order a small cos. and u~der whom =all n favour of ressance raher han of surrenderng he capalan "whou a blow, s no possble for hem o make more han a he colony mos flourshed. Of Macsrney all hs could be sad ~mere semblance of a fgh. In anoher en d~ys, a he verylaes, was ha hs fough mos bravely, bu pershed wh hs army. ~)r~bably by hs day week, we shall be n Coomasse. We hough a he momenha mus have been sad by a men Fo~a~, J anuary 26.~The news of he day s ha a housandslp, and many au a~ or~s~ pas ~:l our lps. Ba srangely.carrers wll arrve b~foro ngh. Ths wll perm of, a leas, a euough, wo heard aferwards ha a he grea meeng e Accra paral move beng made. The Naval Brgade wll, herefore, under Capan GIover he one oah by whch all he grea chefs.advance ; Ru~ell and Wood sarng from Dompb~s before hey swore allegance o Her Majesy was by "Sr C. Macaruey s reach ha place, and he whole gong on some egh or more day," or Sr C. Macarney s coa. An explanaon sll more ~mles beyond hs place...in Cooms~do he Queen srange was, however, added, "Because hs who swears hs ceh :Moher s a he head of he peace pary, and, ssad, hreaens and breaks says ha Sr C. Macarney ded n van for hs o desroy herself f war s perssed n. Our experence of Counry) Clearly no he brllanly succe~ful mau. bu he man,queesa and of hs own enables us o undereand he erdbldwho sruggled o he umos for hem and faled s he cue who -courge ef dysenery from whch he A~snees suffered durnghas mpressed he msg;nson of he~e l~,eople. One would be ~he rany season n her camp a Mampon. ~hev am ceranly half nclned o suspec some m:-sona~y nfluence a work. Bu, -cvlzecl far beyond any Afrcan race. Ther houseshow a hghn he frs place, he oah s avowedly a knd of heahen one. <]e re of fulsh and comfor~ and are as far superor ~o he mud I s jes where he mssonares have leas peneraed hahe hus, whch are all he Fauees, afer wo hundred years conac oah s n full force, k[oreover, s curous hahe Ashaneca wh he whe man a C~po Coas can accomplsh, ha every one hemselves are sad o carry abou wh hem SrC. Macanefs "~s sruck whwonder and admralon a he conras. Peoplebones, as one of he sronges feshes hey have. I s he whom.accusomed lve a comparavely cvlzed lfo, mus, ~deed, hey, oo. mo~ admre. There s anoher curous fac of hu have suffered errbly from her prvaons n he bush durngsame knd. I am no sure wheher has no already been re- bu s worh recordng e hs connecon. When he,ropcal rans of unexampled severy. ~No wonder hahe awfulpored, e~ourge of small-pox was supplemened by an epdemc of dyem. womeu of Cape Co,s wer engaged n drvng ou ho~e men who ~T, and ha beween hem half he army was swep away had endeavoured o skulk away and hde. o e~ ape beng sen o ad we had any concepon a home of he sufferngs of h( he feld, he words hey used, accompaned of course wh varous -enemy, and of he enormons loss of lfe, we need never have ephes of abuse, were, " Whe men dyng n he fron for your dspached Sr Garne Wolseley, an o~cer, or a wh~ solder o counry, and you sop here behnd. A~ Jeau~ Cfr~ dm for uh he Coas. The survvors of he nvadng army would have been so whe man s dyng for you and you deser hm," &c. I w~ only oo glad o crawl back o her own counry, and he ale of he ngh afer Wlmo s deah, whch of course a he me added ~he sufferngs hey had undergone, and- he losses hey had grealy o he pon. [ forbear commen, because I hnk he suffered, would have sufllced o secure he proecorae from an facs are n many wayso curous hahey are beer lefo your /evason for many a long day. I am no, of course, sayng hareaders own consderaon." he lesson would haw been so severe, or he moral effec one zvd.--mgh no somehng good have been m~de of such a he as crushng as has bee~, bu I do say ha he ro~aem-peoplebrance of ho~e errhe sx monhs would have lased n he ~ysem been pursued?~en. A. T. durng foryears" admnsrave occupaon, had aproper ~memory of all who reurned o ell he ale n her comforable, LIVERPOOL MARKETS. well-hur vllages for he res of her lves. As was, he nvason was by no means generally popular. Thechefs were, we J~su~mv 31 re Faaawsr 7. now know, assembled nearly hree monhs before her followers P~x~ KaR.~X~s.~350 begs ~fonrovs, 14/. 5s. per on..~oned hem, and f such was he relucance when hey expeced PALM OXL.~Sa[eS, 900 ons, chefly arrval, he prce of whch vcory and plunder, would have been hard ndeed o nduces no repored ; he prces on he spo~ beng, Irregular a 26/. o hem o rene~ he aemp whle he memory of hose 20,000 34/., Bonny a 33/. 10s. o 33/. 5s., Old Cshbar a 34/. 10s. o ~graves n Fanee land r~maued n her mnds. 34l., Benn a 34/. 10s., New Calsbar a 36/ 10s., sad Brass a 36/. 15~. per on. INVALIDS, ETC., FRO~[ TIlE GOLD COAST Corrox.--~Iarke connues depraved, a~d prces generally EXPEDITION. show a furher declne. Sales of he week, 72,700 bales. Prnce, I~s~ox, February T.--The mal seamer Boyne arrved o-day, Afrcan, 5~J. o 8 I. F~ssvxa v 7 ~ro FzSS~AR~ 14.,havng lef S. Yncen on hs eveaog of he 3rd m. She C~wOOD.--30 ons a~ 15/. per on. ~rngs he foliowngnvalded ofl~cer~ cud several m~n, who ha4 comeup from Cape Coas Casle n he Dromedary : Leuenae Bs.~x Sssn.~40 b~g% a 57s. per quarer. l ~u~ Kea.~e~s.~10 ~ns Grand Basra, a 14/. per om Allan, Marne Arllery ; As~san.C.unm~-ary Gore; Leuenan P~L~ O,u--M~rke seady, and 500 oes sell; Irresular a Tr~, 2nd Wes Inda Regmen; WarranrO~cer Vncen. The 32/. o 3 L/., Bonny a 33/. o 33/. 5~., O.d Cs]absr a 34/. o ~ollowng of~cers and several men had goue br he Norhern, exl>ecng o reach 8ouhampoaon he 14h :C~p Bre. 2ad Wes 31~. 2~. 61., Banu and Lagos] a s., and Hew Cslabar a ]nda Regmen ; Capan flampson, le Wes Inda Regmen; 36/. 10s. per on. Corrox.--Marke le.~ oppre:~ed, some ae~dy, and ocea~oual.a~d Surgeon-~ ajor Gore, who had been raher serously wounded. advance n prces. Sales of he week, 90,000 balsa. ~eohers had been nvamed hrough f~ver or dysenery, and Prces of Afrca~, 5d. o 6]4. are all well now. F~a~sz 14 zo F~a~Tev 21. Fg~sw~ 14.~Capaln Wn. B]ake, H.~[.8. Drud, ded from C~wooo,--20 on~ a 27/. 10s. o 28/. per on. d~-senery on he 27h January, and was bured sama day s C,po P~s~ Ksa~s.~274 bags, s 14/., 14/. 2s. 6:1. per on. Coas. Gaonxn ~rs.~170 ons, a 13L o 18/. 10s. per on. F~*x~ 19.--Capaln Tho~npson, of he " Buffs." hen ded Pa~.~ O~--450 on sold ; Bonny a 331. ou he sp~ and o of fever. Capan IIuysehe, nre B,-gade, ded of f~er end arr,e ; Bra~s a 36/. 13s. on he spo, N~w Cslab~r a 36/. 10s., dysenery, January 19, a E,~aman, and was bured hem Old C~Isbar a ~. 6[. o s., Benn a fll. 10~., and on he 2ah dem. Lago~ a 3~I. 7s, 61. o s. per on. Cs~ Co~sv, January 29.~The Hmalaya h~ gone fore cruse Corro~r.~Io demand, bu prces agan raher lower. Sale~ of "wh nvald~ sad he Tama~ wl shorly follow, here a sll he week, 76,000 bale~. Pdc. e, froan,.5~d. o 6 d. a. grea de~ of ~ckness, no of a very dangerous ype, bu

4 18 THE AI, RIOAN TI:MYES. [FEB. 6, 187~. NOTICE, and Rawson wounded; 42nd Regmen, ~sjor Bard -klled;. TeE EDed begs o expre~ he hope ha any errors or omssons hs monh wll be kndly excused on he ground of hs Capans ~acpherson and Crag wounded; also Leuenans Sevenson and Rerwck; Capan Rmkle, R.E., klled; als~ Capan Ncoll and Colonel Wood wounded. The bale was severe llness, whch prevened he presen numberecevng hafough a Acromboo. The General ffeen mles from Kumas. degree of aenon whche oherwse nvarably besows on he In wan of roops." Afrcan I,ae. Beng now (n.y.) convalescen, he wll endedyour o make he March number compensae for any defe ~enees offcer a Cape Coas confrmng hs news, have been receved ag No elegrams from Sr Garne Wolsdey or he senor naval n he February one. he War.offlce or he Admraly. Smms. CAPTURE OF KUMASI. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. PRICE 5d. STAMPED. FIVE DAYS WARD FIGHTING. You are earnesly requesed o allow ~ our name o be added o he lser yearly subscrbers. Prce ~s. per annum for each copy, payable THE KLNG TO SIGN A TREATY OF PEACE. n advauce. DESPATCK FROM SIR GARNET WOLSELEY. ~N Aa-orreg, Feb. 2% The followng elegram from Sr Garne Wdse!ey, sen o. Gbralar from Cape Coas Casle by he seam ranspor ELzabeh T21URSDA IT, FEBRUARY 26, Marn, has been receved hs mornng by he Secreary of Sae for War :-- " KVMAsI, February $. LATER, NEws FRO~I ASHANTI. "Reached hs place yeserday afer fve days hard fghng. I.,o.wDo., Feb. 26. Troops behaved admrably. The Sandard of hs (Thursday) mornng publshes he followng mporan uellgence from s specal corresponden :~ "Ofllcers Xlled.~Capan B/lckle, R.E.; Capan Nc011 HauLs Mla ; Leuenan Eyre, loh Poe. LsBox, Feb. 25.~Tho Enchanress has arrved, dud brngs,, All oher casuales under 300. he followng news, per he Afrcan seamer Auoquelle, whch "The Kng has lef he own, bu s close by, nnd says he wll lef Cape Coas Casle on he 5h of :February :~ pay me a vso-day sgn he Treay of Peace. "I hope o commence my march o he Coas o-morrow. A severengagemen ook place on he 31s of January, on he Kumas sde of he Adans Hlls, lasng welve hours. A "All woundedong well. one me our army was que surrounded, bu he Ashanees "Healh generally good. were defeaed wh grea loss. "Despaches follow by specal fas seamer." The casuales ea our sde were also severe--39 and men of he ~aval Brgade were "klled and wounded ; 9 offcersthe NEW PARLIAMENT AND NEW MINISTRY. and 105 men of he 42nd Regmen ; 56 offcers and men of he THE Elec,~on of ~d?embers for he Eouse of Commons was 23rd; ar, d 23 offcers and men of he Rfle Brgade. Of he concluded he 18h ns., by he Wexford couny elecon.the reurns show casuales of nave roops here are no reurns. The followng are he:[names of he offcers klled and 349 Conservaves, wounded : Lberals. :Klled.--Msjor Bard, 42nd Regmen; Capan Buckle, On he 17h,/fr. Gladsone endered hs resgnaon and :Royal Engneers ; Capan N oll, voluneer of~eer. ha of hs colleag-ues, whch Her /6ajesv gracously acceped. On he 18h, n he mornng, Mr." Dsrael was Capan Grubbe, Sub-Leuenans ~unday and Rawson, of sen for byh er 3.[ajesy and commanded o form a new he Royal Navy, were woanded,:he laer severely; also were Admnsraon. On he 20h, Mr. Dsrael waed on Her wounded, Capan Creagh, Leuenans Sevenson and Beswck, Majesy, and presened he followng ls as members of of he 42nd Regmen. he new 0abne, whch EVer Majesy was gracously Th.e General and saff were exposed o much fre. Majorpleased o approve: Bard was only wounded a frs badly n he ches, and was Frs Lord of he Treasury... X[r. Dsrael. beng carred o he rear by four men, when hey were aacked. Lord Chancellor... Lord Carns. One of he four was klled, he oher hree rarmng away, when Lord Presden of he Councl Duke of Rchmond. he Ashanees decapaed her unforunae vcm. Lord Prvy Seal...Lord Malmesbury. Amaqua, Commander-n-Chef of he Ashanee army, s sad Foregn Offce...Lord Derby. o be klled; and her Kng s n he feld commandng hs roopsinda Offce...:...Lord Salsbury. n person. Colonal Offce...Lord Carnarvon. On he 1s of February, an mporan vllage Was capured, W ar Offce...Ṁr. Oahdrne lq ardy. wh he loss of one seaman klled. Home Offce...ZIr. R. A. Cross. Anoher bale s mmnen, and he General s sad o be n Admraly Mr. Ward Hun. Chancellor ofgxeh~uer " ::: wan of more roops. Sr Safford Norhcoe. Posmaser.General... Lord John Manners. The 2nd Wes Inda Regmen had been ordered o he rear, as here was a rnmour of he enemy aackng ha pon. THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TI]~ The akng of Kumas s named for he 5h Pebruary, and COLONIES. he whole of he roops wll receve wo days provsons, o Wa mus confess o have fel consderable anxey when enable he aack o be carred on whou delay. he elecons showed he fall of he Gladsone Admnsraon o be nevable. I was well known ha~ Sr Charles /?he followng elegram has been receved a he Admraly AdderIey had preensons o he offce of Secreary of Sae from Lsbon, from he e~cer n command of Her Majesy s shp for he Colones whenever a Conservave 3Insry shoulci Enchanress :-- replace he Lberal one; and nohng could have been L1sBo.% Feb. 25.~"Enchanre~ arrved; fory.one hours more averse o Wes Afrcan neress and progress. I from Madera. No elegrams or passengers by mal seamer. Repor saes ha a bale was fough on January 3 I, wh grea lo~ Dsrael had recognzed he ncompably of Sr Charles was an ncalculable relef, herefore, o fnd ha Mr. o he enemy, on he Ashan sde of Adausl Hlls; lasedadderley s pecular and perncous noons abou colones welve hours; ou-r loss was large. Klled and wounded: Navaland her governmen wh hose prncples by whch sound Brgade, 89; 42nd Regmen, 128 ; Rfles, 23 ; 23rd Regmen, Conservasm has ever been guded. Iu he Earl of Car- our readers wll recognze a name made famllaro 53. All roops landed n good healh. Naval Brgade~Nonarvon off, cars klled ; Capan Grubbo and ~ub.-lenenans Mundsyhem by a quoaon from a speech of hs Lordshp n "F - FZB. 26, 1874.] THE AFRIOAN TIMES , whch has from ha me appeared regularly n hs done nobh, ;he seems o have brough hs lle dvson Journal ; and we can only express he hope ha we shallacross he" Prah upon he very day fxed by Sr Garne fnd n hm a Mnser whoreeognzes he clams and capa-wol~elbles of he Wes Afrcan selemens, and wll ended-,._-. [Y for. hs so dean g, nowhsand ng he enormous ml~cuies an hs way; and we canno refran from exp r~sn_g he hope ha he wll receve some sgnal mark your o promoe measures whch may lead o a beer developmen of her grea naonal resources. or he Royal favour. I has been, n me pas, bu oo ofen our duy o wre n hs dsprase ; and s, herefore, he more grafyng o us o call aenon o hose THE ASHANTI WAR. Ix our las number we announced, he arrval of Sr Garnehgh quales of whch be has gven such conspcuous proof -Wolselev a ~e Camp a Prahsu, and expressed he hope n hs A=han campagn. From he poson of hs lle ha n our ]~ebrnarv number wn mgh have o publsh a corps d armde, as ndcaed by he laes nellgence, here despach from Sr Garne daed from Kumasl. Whe seems o be no doub ha Capan (}lover wll have been wrng hs, he laes news we have receved sa despachwh Sr Garne Wolseley n Kumas when he reay of fromsr Garne daed from "Camp, Fommanah, Jan. 26/ peace shall have been sgned here. We hope he erms o he effecha he mssonares, so long held capve a of ha reay wll be ~uc as we have ndcaed, anoher :Kumas, had arrved a hs camp; and ha he s halngleader. here a few days o collec sores, when he would resume hs onward march o Kumas, bls ouposs beng, a ha PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE dae, a he Bahrlm Rver, only weny-seven mles from ASHANTI WAR. he Ashan capal. The Loanda, whch brough hs Twxgvz monhsnce, we were deplorng he delusons and news as far as Madera, whence was conveyed by fas 6~erla of he Cape Coas Execuve, n s seemng deer- no o beleve n he o us well-known ac of a seamer o Lsbon; o be sen hence by elegraph, has sncemnaon arrved n he ~$ersey (on he 20h), and we have full serous Ashannvason of he Proecorae. Tha warnngs of he Chef of Akm had been dsregarded and re- deals of wha had occurred up o he 26h of January. The same seamer brough descrpve accouns of he buked; hs enreaes for he neeeszxary arms, ammunon, neresng march of Capan ~lover wh hs Houssas and and permsson o aack he nvaders, had been me by a few ohers (n all, nne hundred men), from he Vola, menaces of Brsh chassemen, should he presume o ac hrough Easern Aklm, across he Prah, and so far as he agans hem. Now we are recordng he presence of a Ashan vllage of Obogoo. Ths place was no reachedbrsh commander, wh Brsh roops, n he Ashan whou some fghng, n whch he loss of he enemy s errory--whn weny o hry mles of Kumas--u supposed o ha~ e been abou wo hundred men. From suffcen srengh, hough few n number, o make boh expedons he clmae of Ashan s favourablympossble for Kng Coffee o offer any effecual opposon spoken of. We have always poned-ouha hs would o her enry nohs capal. Twelve monhsnce, he be he case, he neror generally beng so much less Ashan hordes were pourng down no hefanee counres, unhealhy han he swampy Coas dsrcs. The man spreadng murder, desolaon, and run a her rack. Now expedon, advancng from Prahsu, found all he owns a mserable remnan 0nly of hose nvaders have succeeded and vllages ~esered by her usual nhabans. When n reganng he counres whence hey came; hose near he hghes pon of he Adans Hlls, a Fesh man from he owns and vllages near he hereofore supposed confroned hem, callng on hem o sop on pan Of nsanmpassable and sacred froner, he Rver Prah, fudug no desrucon, whch, of course, only smulaed hem o reshere for he soles of her weary fee ; only oo happy press forward wlh ncreased rapdy. Fesh charms o escape from hem furher no he neror, o avod cenao wh he dreaded whe men, whose formdable and were dscovered n grea number durng he advance, such nsa wooden gun, wh daggers, all ponng oward he desrucve weapons besow on each one of hem Prah ; he dead body of a slave hung up on he road; power o annhlae a whole hos of naked savage. slaughered kds n calabashes, perced hrough and All repors from he fron of he Brsh advance hrough wh sakes; lnes of worsed and coon srechedpon o an unconesed occupaon of Kumas by Sr across he road; dud rags and oher rumperes aached o Garne Wolseley early n hs monh of February. he branches of rees. To Englshman, seems almos oo Unconesed, undspued or no, we regard he occupaon as a hs me,m fz~ a~eom2l. The absurd ha any human bengs could for one momen suppose ha he march of roops should be delayed by change whch such an even mus necec<,.arly produce, no such absurd devces. Fommanah, whence Sr Garne only u he Gold Coas errores and n Ashan, bu n Wolselev daed hs despach, s a own usually conanng all he neghbourng counres, s one he magnude and abou s x housand nhabans. The counry hrough mporance of whch canno bea preseaesmaed. Alen whch he roops had passed was all fores, more or less denseo all he horrors aendng an Ashannvason of he or open ; and hs seems lkely o be s characer all he Proecorae; havng whn menal vew he. depopu- and run--he slaugher, msery, and. woe way o Kumas. The advance hus far has fly jusfedlaon all our expecaons. Calculang he effec lkely o be fcodne over he Fanee couures,~we were loud n our produced on such warrors as he Ashanees, frng for ndgos condemnaon of ha selfsh gnorance on he he mos par small sones ou of her common rade par of he Execuve whch prevened s affordng o he muskes, by conac w _ h hose dreadful engnes of desruc- ] Fauee people hen massed o oppose he nvaders ha~ on I whch any force sen agans hem by he Brlshsuppor and asssance n drecon and supply whch we Governmen Would employ, we fores.aw ha: he srengh I sll affrm was all ha was hen requred o urn back he of I Ashan mus mel away and become as nohng. I de of run. Vrually abandoned by he Brsh Execuve (for he rdculously nadequae asssance grudgngly has 1 meled away; and we doub ha here remans any power ha could aemp for a momen o dspue he gven does no deserve he name of suppor), he Fanees enry no Kumas. As he Ashanees do no ~em o] were compelled o rerea upon he Coas owns ; and he have had any dea of he nvason from Easern Akm, as nvaders ndulged a all hosexcesses whch aend savage now made bv Capan Glover s dvson, hs dvson may n~-asons. Our hear bled whn us a he depopulaon have o fgh s way unl effecs a juncon wh he caused by wan, nfecous dsease, and he murderous man army under Sr Garne Wolselcy. Bu we hope sword of he mplacable Ashanees. We esmaed hen. may no be so. Even o hose who age fond of wha s and we esmae now, ha he loss of Fauee lfe mus ealicd glor,, here s no glory o be obaned by he amoun o a leas ffy housand. Wha compensaon massacre of naked savages, armed wh rade muskes and could here be for such a calamy? And ve an overfrng pebbles. I s mpossble o gve oo much prase rulng Provdence, whch s workng ou a grea fuure for o Capan Glover and he offcers under h,s command, for ha hhero debased and dezpsed poron of he world, wha hey have accomplshed n ha dffcul march from was slenly preparng a grea~ good, o ~roceed from ha he Vola hrough EasernAkm, whou any prelmnary seemngly unmgaed evl. The Brsh Governmen preparaons made for hem (as n he case of he march awoke a las o he dre dsgrace of abandonng o exerrom Cape Coas vb~ Prahsu). Capan Glorer has, ndeed, runaon a people nomnally under her proecon. Effec.

5 2O THE AFRICA~r TIMES [FEB re hough ardy measures were aken o eay he furherby he mpenerable bush ; ha, on he conrary, mus progress of nvason. The resuls produced by a fm and wll be made a sold and permanen hlghwa~ o he lesson as o he danger of approachng Brsh roops neror for rade and commerce o pas, over? We hops armed wh he awfuuy effecve weapons whch scence s no oo much o say hs ; and herefore, hera agan~ has now devsed for muual desrucon amoun cvlzedhe presen s full of promse. Agan, admng ha he naons, were moroved so soon as an unuo_ually proraced Ashan Power was n self a formdable one. here can be we season would perm, by offensve movemens agans no doub ha much of s presge, much of he dread wh he Ashan enemy, whch evenuaed n he abandonmenwhch was regarded, was owng o he lle real nformaon ha could be obaned respecng. From he of he Proecorae by a mserable remnan of he hos whch, bu a few shor monhs before, had overrun n ruhless prde. The elemens had fough aga]n.~be nvaders, cvlzed power, lke ha of Grea Bran, would dspel a ouse we expressed he convcon ha he hosle ouch of ns well as aganshe homeless masses whose habaons grea lluson, or desroy even a grea fac. In one of he and food supples hey had desroyed. Small.pox of a exracs from correspondence, whch we nser elsewhere, mos nfecous ype, dysenery, and lever hod caused he an opnon wll be found expre"~ed, ha oven hough w* deahs of above wenv housand Ashanees. And now had no followed up he Ashanee~ no her own errory, he whe men, whose look was deah, were upon hem ; hey would have been deerred by her grea losses from and all who had srengh o reach he :Prah aud cross, any furher nvason for a leaz some ffy years. Bu we dd so. Ths delverance of he Proecorae was hus do no feel ceran of hs ; and even had been so, he accomplshed whou he Ashanee~ beng really broughdesrucve presge of her superor prowess would have no hosle couac wh more hen some fve or sx huudred Europeans. Bu hs delverance was accompanedfor ever a an en?1. The presen advance on Kumasl s no by been heavly weghng on he Coas dsrcs. Ths s now also by oher agences vale!slaed o produce fuure good resuls. Publc aenon n England was n some small he Akm conlngen--he Heavens, Yorubas, and oher Earopean roopsonly. Wood and Ru~sel s nave regmens, degree dreced o hose counres, he mere name of whch Afrcans under Capan Glover, are among be nvaders~ was ell ha wae generally known abou hem. A small wll be among he emporary occupers of ha cy of bu effecve Brsh force was o be sen ou from England ; blood, ha human shambles--he capal of Ashan. The a force eonslsnz of some o our mos renowned regmens. nave conngens, acng wh he 28rd, he Raos, and The daly and he pcoral press mus necessarly be represened n he expedon by men of red ably, who he 42nd, wl have seen ha fesh charms are Powerless agans brave men wh good weal~ns n her hands, should furnsh o he Brsh publc dealed-accouns of wheher hose men be Europeans or Afrcans ; no ms of all hey should see and hear. By her ad, he Gold Coasgnorance wll res any more over he Ashan counres ; counres have had whdrawn from hem ha vel of ague-uvance whch had hhero concealed hem aud her peopleand her capal. The Ashan prde wll also be humbled. presge of nvulnerably wll defend he Ashau{eea from he knowledge of he cvlzed world. True, he repors have no been such as o creae any mpressons Ashan kngs wll recognze ha hey have nohug o gan on he sde of he sea.coas errorlres, save hose favourable o he Fau people. I s no our nenon supples whch hey may be able o purchase here from a here o show (as we nend sooner or laer o do)ha frendly people All hs promses well for he fuure. many of he conclusone of an unfavourable naure, eemnglyjusfed by daly evens, were no alogeher correc. Bu we look for more hau hs nfluence of aecompllshed evens. We look also for he nfluence of posve spulalons-----uf condons mposed by he cvlz.d, conqueror ca.[he change laely recorded n her favour, as regards he vanqushed barbaran. We look for consan free he Transpor Servce, snce ha servce has been properly organzed, and he men have been looked upon as huuan acces~ from he sea.coas o Kumas, and o all pars of he bengs, aud no as mere beass of burden, has n par removed he odum. Bu whaeser he opnon eneraned Ashan errory. We look for permsson for mssonares o preach he everlasng Gospel of peace here. We look for an respecng hem, hey canno any more be releg-aed o he enre dsconnuance of hose horrble human sacrfces ndffereuce hhero eueraaed. Ther delverance from whch have made Kumasl a name of loahng and abhor. he Ashaneo enemy wll have cos Grea Bran, may rence. We look for he lbery of exploraon, by whch, be, one mllon serlng. The Brsh naou knows as a drecly or ndrecly, sooner "or laer, hose grea gold naon he condon of people n sea.coasowns where deposs whch he ]~ong Mounans undoubedly eonaln, he Brsh flag has waved n supremacy for half a shall be ulzed for he conveneneand benef of cenury; and he Brsh commerce wll no any longer he cvlzed world. Yes ; he pas, he presen, and he Perm ~ople and counry over whch ha flag hus fuure of hs Ashan War mus all combao for grea and lcas, o reman n ha sae of barbaran flh and aa - permanen resuls, among whch wll, undoubedly, be he elevaon of he Fan~.~, aud oher coas rbes, rom ha donmen whch has up o he presen me prevaled. ~ow, condon of flhy bjrbarsm whch makes hem a hs hs s a good and a grea good, whch would no have been effeced had he Kng el Akm been so suppored n me a reproach o he cvlzed proecng power. I has becom evden ha, f lef o her own devces, hey he frz nsance, and he uned Fanee rbes laer, as o have enabled hem o clear he counry of he nvader, would reman from cenury o cenury n h dsgusng condon whch has so horrfed he numerou~ Luropeans whou he nervenon of a real Brsh force.. The Brsh Governmen wll be compelled o one of wo whom hs war has forced o become emporary resdens a Cape Coas and Acera. For her own good, as well aa for courses. Eher mus abandon hose counr!es, whch he good of ohers, hey mus be forced ou of, by nroducng--compusorlly, f necessary--hoso sanary laws wll be he sgnal for her beng oken Pos:esson o oy some oher European power, o our grea and ndelbl: and ~egulaons, and ha publc Order hrough he brdlng dsgrace ; or he Brsh rule mus be made effecve, and of prvae lcence, whch ara among he frs essenals of he agences of cvlzaon be brougho bear effecually progress. The Ashan nvason has been a errble on hem and on her people, From he fr., momen of scourge--he Ashan war has been a mghy awakenlng; expressed nenon o roll back he de of nvason by and he drec and udrec regenerang nfluences of bok Brsh roops, an5 o punsh he wanon aggressor n hs wll be such as wll make boh he uvason and he war own land, was admed ha he quozon ef supply was mos memorable n he hsory of Wesern Afrca. he grea queson o be solved. On hs he healh and effleeney of he roops mus manly depeud. And here he neglec of so many ).ears--nec, o lec a,,ans.o., whch. THE LATE DR. LIVINGSTONE. we had so ofen proesed n yam--rose up an ]uogmen~ Tns elegraphc news, publ,hed n our las, of he lamened ng~ans he Brsh Execuve. Tha queson has been ~olved; wh dffcul), a roue has been opened o he deah of our grea and beloved Afrcan raveller, Dr. Ashan froner, over whch supples can be carred wh Lvegsone, has bzen unhapply confrmed, wh deals ha leave no room for even he shado~r of a hope ha he sll no oherdfllculv han ha of her conveyance for so mauy survves. He s dead, alas! uadercrcumsances ha only mles on he heads of human bengs. Ie oo much o say, ha ha roue canno be allowed ever agan o be closedup cause us o wonder he could have so long resze he :FxB. 26, 1874.] THE AI~RICAN TIMES, 21 wearng nfluence of exposure and prlvalom. For hree days precedng hs deah he had been we~ng hrough AFRICAN CUSTO~I8. deep, marshy waer, snfl er~ng a he same me from ha The followng appeared n he Daly N~r~ of he 21s n~ :-- grea Afrcan enemy oflfe---dysenery ; and he persevered " Acorn ~ now desered by ~ male populaon; has ~n unl deah pu an efd o hls labours n he dffcul 6edhe formldablo number of 4,000 men o jon Capan Glover s expedon, and wh grea anxey were he women wang n of A.frean exploraon, ow far he has solved he gsogra. phleal problems whch moved hs lae Perzsen effors, he own for news. On Chrsmas-day Capan Glover crossed we, as ye., know no ; bu wheher he has solved hem or he Vola wh 17,000 men, ong only one man anal geng no, we canno refran from expressng our sorrow ha he bu fve wounded n he passage. The news of hs commencemen of hosles was announce] on he 28h, and followed a _ccomplsh~ or aemped soluon should have cos so by en days fesves and fesh observances. A davbreak valuable a hfe..for our own par,- we had raher hoseeach momlng he women paraded he own for a couple of proolemshould have remaned nnsolved for anoher cenury or wo, han ha he, who had already done so much for and howled for her husbands. The shou was anyhng ba hours, wh hree sreaks of whe pan down her foreheads, Eas Afrca, should have hus mserably pershed here, muscal. They hen refml for a few hours, and came ou n and been robbed by deah of hose honours anddslnclons full uumbers abou en a.~. Then ndeed was here a sgh and ha publc eseem whch would have surrounded he worh ~eeng. Each absen warror had a repre~nave a resdue of hs llfe wh an aureole of glory. Lvngsone, he person of hs wfe, or of a femaie slave dressed s male alas [ s deed; bu he grea work ha he nauguraed--war are The cenoe2an s wfe came ou wh a paddle ; he bushmen s wh a long knfe, he carpener s wh a saw, and he o he deah agans he arocous Eas Afrcan foregn chefan s wh a brch broom o denoe auhory. A dreadfullookng woman, wh a paper cocked ha on her head, and a care slave Lrade--wl no persh. All ha has of lae been done by he Brlsh Governmen for s oal suppresson, o -nne als n her hand, was poned ou o me as Causlr owes s orgn o he good Docor s fearless and unrngglover; anoher, slghly less dreadful, as Mr, Gold~w0r hy." exposure of he enormousn and crme beng daly perpe-leuenanraed n hose counres. If he hear of he Brlshappeared amongshe number. I was nformed by Mrs. Addo, Lsrcom and Moor. Capan Ssrorusand Mr. BUsse, people has been a all srred whn hem agans he he hoel-keeper, ha ber slaves were dressed o dance for he monser nquy perperaed by Arabs and Poruguese n offcers he expedon, as was unlucky no o have som~ hose vas regons whch hey were depopulang by s person specally apponed o appeal o he fesh for you. The praelce, was he voce and pen of Lvngsone ha sr ed enormous array danced for hours hrough he :.wn, shoung songs of war and prayers for he defea of he Aoonss and all. ~Ihe E fluence he hus welded for gooh wl no have ded her oher eneme-% gong hrough he moon, of ramplng wh hm. The emancpaon of Easern Afrca, and s down he foe and cung her hroa~, a~d fnally supplcang deba~d veoole, from he horrors ha have held sway over he fesh for he reurn of her husbands and masers. S~ and among -- hem - for many long cenures, wll, soonerexced were hey, hahe perspraon poare,l off hem ; 1hu or laer, be fully accomplshed by he developmen of hosehey neveronce ~easedancng and shoung; her enhusasm agences now a work wh ha obee, and oher ac, enceslendng a wld melody o her noes of war or prayer. They ha wll neces~rlv follow hem; and when /~asernkep excellen me whal wh he war drums beaen by oi~i Afrcaans o cvlzaon and Chrlslany, one of he women and youngrls. Some of he cres hey uered are hog mos honoured names--he cenral neme on s monumeue whn he compass of a whe man s voce, and bore more re. semblance o hose of wld boass. Woe bede he unforunae o hose who have nauguraed and aded n he mghy mau found lurkng he own when hs processon comes work, wll be---lvngsone. roued; hs shoulders would soon feel he wegh of he ca, and he paddles, aud oher wcai~ous. The women drv every man THE DEATH OF Dl, LIVINGSTONE. 9 hu war, aud are moreffecual han say polce n clearng he ~o furher absolue news of Dr. Lvngs,~ne was eommnnlcaed ~wn of any loafer~. Afer her day s work was over, hey rered o Mrs. Addo s hoel and dspo~d of wo puncheons of o"he meeng of he Royal Geographcal Socey, bu before he readng of papers commenced, he Presden, Sr Barle Frere. rum by way of refreshmen, and hen home o her hus. sad hahe Councl ~sd consdered he varous leers and nel-folgene whc had come o han durng he pas forngh, and repeaed, sad nohng ha I have ye beheld n Afrca has gven ea days h scene, so exraordnary o Europeau eyes, was had come o he concluson ha as all ee saemens were n heme so srong an dea of he phyecal, le alone hu mor~l, power same erms, would ~em ha he nformaon had been dervedof he women of he counry; as I very much doub f many from one source, and ha here was no evdence of any examnaon of he auhor of ; here mgh, herefore, be he fanes raydays runnng." professed dancers would be able o susan such exerons wo of h0pe. Mr. lq uchn~n, he Secreary of he Church Mss navy Socey, however, subsequenly exngushed hs ray by he A MALARIA-DESTROYING TREE. slacemen ha Jacob Wanwrgh, referred o n Leuenan M. Omber,-who has been long engaged s coiiecog evdence Murphy s leer as he wrer of he leer dealng he mannerconcernng he Ausralan ree, -Eucalypus globnlas," he,ff he grearareller s deah, was one of he Nassck boys; hagrowh of whch s surprsngly rapd, aanng besdes gganc he w~s well educaed, and bore a ha college nn exc~i/en cmensous--has addres-~d an neezng communcaon o he characer aa sn ames, well-conduced, good youh. He had Academy of Scence.~. Ths plan, now appears, posses,ms an conferred wh Dr. Krk, and boh sgreed ha esmony from exlraordnary power of desroyng masmac uflaence a feversrcken dsrcs. I has he sngula~ propery of ab.~ocbng en hsource would he ruhful. Sr Bale :Frere also announced ha amongs he las ol~cal mes s wegh cf waer from he sol, and of emng ansepc acs of Mr. Gladsone was he award of a penson of per eamphoroas effluva. When sown n ~arshy grouud wll dry annum o Dr. Lvogslcne s ehldn. up n a very sho~me. The Eoglsh were he frso ry Anzs, February 23.--A dvces receved here o-day from Za-aglbar announce ha Mr. Murphy, wh he body of he lae Dr. changed he clmac condon cf he unhealhy par~ of he he Cape, and whn wo or hree year, hey compleely Lvngsone, was expeced a ha place on he 20h ns. Dr. colony. A few years laer, s plaaaou was underaken on a Dllon hod sho hmself. Leuenan Cameron had gone on wh largo ~csle n varous pars of Algera. A Pard~xk, weny he expedon o Ujj o recover some documens whch he he mles from Algers, a farm suaed ca he banks of ha Hamyzo Dr. Lvngspne w~s r, pored o have lef hem. was uoed for s exremely pesleual ar. Iu he sprog of 1867 abou 1,300 of he euoalypus were planed here. In July Orl~:C/~L.~IIer M~jesy has been gracously pleased o appon Davd Hopku~ E~., o be Cousul n he dsrcs corn- of he same year~l.e me when he fever season used o ~ n--no a sngle ease occurred, ye he rees were no more hsa prsed beween he norhern lms of he provnce of Angoland n~e fee hgh. Sn. e hen complee mmuny from fever has :Black Pon, ncludng he Rver Congo ; o resde a Loanda. b -en maoane,. lr ha neghbourhood of Ooosanne he farm A~- raallx.~ Mo.~-olra.--As one re, alo[ he recen explo~aons of Mr. Go~se and hs pary n Wesern Avsrals, we wh mar~he~ b~.h n wuer and summer. Iu fve ~ears he cf Ben Machydln was equally n bad repue. I w~s oovered whole ground was drel up hy 14,000 of hese ree*, an d farmer* learn ha hey havedsoovered a hvge monolh, 1,100 fee hgh, and sx or seres mles n grh a a ba~ ; and he u:eres n he and chldren enjoy.xcellcn healh. A he facory of he Gee do Cor, ssnve, n hree years a planaon of eue.alypus h~a dlrcovery s heghned by he fac ha a sream of waer, f~a ransformed welve acres of m~x~hy ol no a magnfoea F, rk, by n s~~g n he cenre of he conglomerae, flows from he whence fezer has eompledy dnppesmd. In hu alaud of Cubs, rock. Tho~e who ake an neres geologcal sudos wll awa lhs and all oher pmuddseases are fas dsappearng from all ~h mpaence soma lurher parculars regardng hs mmensehe unhemhy dse~ where hs ree has beu orodneed. A pyramd, whch s desned o become famous as one of l~e moselaon-house one of he ends f a ralway vaduc n he. sngular and mor promnen of Ausralan landmxr "1~.

6 o2 THE AFRICAN TIMES. [ Fzm 26, FZB. 26, 1874.] THE AFRICAN TIMES. o 3 [ Deparmen of he Yar was~so peslenal ha he o~cals could no srangers. Culvaon was reduced o he smalles scale, as he be kep here longer han a year. Pary of hese rees were naves feared o sow where hey mgh no reap. I mus be planed, and s now as healhy as any oher place ou he lne dsncly undersood ha he "dave rade" s a msnomer. We have no nformaeu as o wheher hs benefcen ree wll There s no such hng as rade ; bu he slaves were kdnapped grow n oher bu be clmaes We hope ha expermens wll by ngh aacks upon unsu.qx- ng vllages, n whch he men be made o deermne hs pon. I would be a good hng o and. old women were massacred and he youngrls and chldren nroduce on he Wes Coas of Afrca.~.llomecard 3fal capured. The Vceroy of Egyp deermned o suppre~ hs cryng evl In hs deermnaon. he was euppored by. he,, A NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL AT WINNEBAH. Prnce of Wales, whu uck a hrely neres m slavemanelpacn, Wnnebah, Ocober 6, &e.,&e. The foundaon-sone of a new Wedeyan Chapel was lad n THE LATE :KAFIR TROUBLE IN NATAL. he Marke-place near Kng Henry-sree, on Wednesday, he le The followng paper, ssued by he Peace Socey, has been ns., n he presence of 800 or more persons. The P, ev. Frederck France hen read a suable poron of Scrpure. The sen o us for publcaon. We wllngly gve nseron. The Peace Socey s dongrea publc servce n callng aenon o such operaons upon a :Kafr locaeu as would seem o 1Rev. Mr. Peo, who was o have lad he comer-sone, could no do so, beng a he mounans o recru hs healh, and :Kng Gharey had he honour of layng. The sone has a have been ordered sanconed by he auhores n Naal. cavy, aud wo documens drawn up on parchmen were read, Some eu years ago we endeavoured, by he publcaon of oms placed u a bole, and dope.rled n he cavy aud sealed. very revolng Ksfr proceedngs--he orure and murder of Ths s nor he frs chapel bul n Wnnebsh ; we had a chapelkafr grls by old Kafr polygamss-- e open up he whole queson of Kae regulaons n he xnaal Colony ; and s one ha measurng 35 fee by 25~ fee, wh a gallery, bul n 1838, bu he aendance has ncreased so much, ha numbers reurned mus sooner or lae receve aenon by he Governmen aud home every Sabbah-day for wan of seas. The old chapel had Parlamen of Grea Brlan.~En. Afrcan 1 lnes. become so "dlapdaed durng he lae rany season, ha was PArZR ISSUEO BY IHE VEn SOCEY. a danger of fallng, and could no be use; as such, he Socey Arr~oCXZlr.S Ix NAr.AL--The Brsh pub!o (who~ aenon has deermned o buld a new and larger place of worshp upon he been of lae much dreced o he Ashan muddle) appear o be old se. To mee hs heavy expense, all Chrsan frends n no generally aware ha u anoher par of Afrca proceedngs England and especally hose neresed Afrcan rade, are have recenly aken place whch, f he facs be as saed n he solced o conrbue. paral accouns receved, canno be oherwse descrbed han as Wnnebah s well known as one of he pure heahen dsrcs a seres of cruel and dasardly ourages, perperaed on a hos of Wesern Afrca, and l e erecou of a sancuary for he worshp of women and chldren Several monhs ago some Kafrs, of God, o hold 70[} (and when galleres are added, 1,000) people, araced o he "Damond-felds" by he rush hher of many may well encoura~e hose neresed mssonary work, aud he persona from all pars of Souh Afrca, ook occasoa e supply advance of he :Kngdom Of Chls ; as also.an a~urauce ha he hemselves wh rfl~.s a he dggngs. Ths proceedng comng mssonares n ha dsrc have laboured well and successfully. o he ears of he Naal auhores, who havn (and properly Asssance o hs good work wll be gladly receved a he enough) forbdden he naves o have n her possesson anregsered or concealed arms, au order was forhwh ssued ha We~eyan Msson House, Bshopsgae-sree, London, o be forwarded o he Charman of he Buldng Commee a Wnzebah. appears ha here was eher a delay or a refusal o ac on hs he offendug Kafrshould a once regser he rfles. I order, and ~aeasures were aken o enforce complance. Three SIR SAMUEL BAKER AND EkST AFRICA. young colonss losher lves n aempng o arres he Kafrs. Sr Samuel Baker was eneraned a Brghon, ~lauuary 20, Hereunon a large pary of solders aud ealouss se ou n pursu~ of he offendng naves, who fled across he mounans, a a banque gven a hs honour by he Mayor aud he munc-eavepaly. In he course of hs observaons on reurnng hanks, aemp o seze he males, he colonss mada a wholesale sweep her wves, chldren, and cale behnd. Falngn her when hs healhad been drauk, he hus explaned wha led o of all he female relaves end propery of he fugves, and, hs lae mporan expedon. I s wel worhy aenon. would eeem, wh lle dscrmnaon as o wheher hey were "On my reurn o England, n 1867, he summary of repors by akng he amles of he nnocen or he guly. No conen Spoke, Gran, and myself amouned o hs: Insead of he wh sealng from 8,000 o 9,000 head of cale, and large serle deser hhero shown upon he maps, Cenral Afrca was numbers of sheep, goas, and horses, he Colanal auhores a magnfcen counry, rsng o a menu level of nearly.5,000 kdnapped (accordng o successve Reuer a elegrams) ffeen fee above he sea; from hs elevaed plaeau mounans rose o hundred of he helpless Kufr women, he wres, ssers, and varous aludes; he clmae was healhy, he sol exremely chldren of he fugves and ohers. And now comes he wors ferle, he landscape resembled a beauful Englsh park. he ranfall exeuded over nne or en monhs of he year, he c~unry par- of hs dsgraceful busne~, s saed n he laes despaches ha he wreched c feaures hus orn away by wholesale from her homes, are o be "dsrbued," aud" apprenced was well waered by numerous sreams, he populaon was n many dsrcs large, and where he slavers had no peneraed ou a a dsanca from her former homes."applcaons he naves were well-dsposed. There were all he desderaa for a grea~ forward movemen. The Ne was navgable for large have been receved for 5,{300 of hem, f procurable, from perseas wllng o employ hem." Now wha does hs mean? All ve~els as far as Gondokoro, mles by rver from Kharoum The foress on he banks of he sream would supply fuel whou expense for he seamers requred. The supply of vory who are acquaned wh he relaons of colonss aud naves (especally as llusraed by he bruales of he Q.leensland colonss owards her enslaved and kdnapped Polynesan appeared, o be nexhausble. Valuable fbres exsed, and herslanders--elaves under he guse r,f" apprenceshp ") wlikuow preparaon was undersood by he naves. The hghlands were well ha hs apporonmen of Ksfr women and chldren mus specally adaped for coffee culvaon, whle he lowlauds were naurally resul n he gro.~s crueles and abuses. Thee and pecularly suable for coon, whch s now culvaed by he Shllock rbe n consderable quanes. There are porons of oher evls and crmea have as ye passed whou proes from he moher counry: especally as he mmedae danger of a Afrca (especally Fako, N. la. 3 dog. 0.1 ran.) ha would Kafr war has passed away. Bu he scandal s so serous--he form a erresral p radse. Unforunaely, hs beauful counry dsgrace, whch such proceedngs are calculaed eas on he was subjec o a blghha had sprung from he Egypau ds-brscovery of hs land of promse. Under he preence of radng name, one of so dark a dye, ha s needful ha he n vory, mmense numbers of elace-huners from he Soudan had.parlamen and people of Grea Bran should nss upon full nqury, and f hese facs be esabl.,hed, emphacally express organzed hemselves as pracal bands, o pllage he naves and her abhorrence o! such enormes, perperaed by men assumng o kdnap he women and chldren, o be sold n Kharoum as slaves. I do no hnk I exaggerae n esmang ha ffy he name and characer of Englshmen n Naal. hou~nd slaves were carredown he Nle annualy~ closely packed n small vessels of abou fory or ffy ons o he number Sours Aralcx.,- GoLD Exerns.~Laer accouns (February 4) say of 250 or more on each shp. These mserable creaures were numbers are leavng he damond felds for he Leydenburg gold frequenly aacked by severepdemcs, such as small-pox or felds, of whch more favourablo repors have recenly came o yphus, whch mgh kl haf before her arrval s :Kharoum. haud. Thn Vol l~sef~ saes ha Messrs. Osmond and Barrngon In ease of an oubreak of d~case, he nck were generally hrownhad found a large quauy of gold, among whch were nugges Overboard or landed on he peslenal marshes o sarve. The weghng up o 41be. A Mr. Spangue found a pound of gold dran upon he populaon wan frghful. Counres ha were n wo hours. Nearly all he dggers are dong well, and a once flourshng were depopulaed. Worse han he physcalcomplee sampede from he damond felds s akng place. The sufferng was he moral effec upon he naves. All confdeoee gold fever has reached Por Elzabeh, and several Poes are was desroyed by he repeaed acs of reachery by he slavepreparng o sar for he,,new Eldorad~ as soon as he weaher raders. Thus he naves became hosle and suspcous of all.becomes cooler...! 1 LAIM:P L OUGH S PYI= ETIC SALINE, THE REAL PREVENTIVE OF AFRICAN FEVER, Is found avre-emnemlg b~nefcal n prevenng and curng SMALL-POX, by PaAj yng, Invgorabg, and Valhny he Blood. Any person who has alreadff hs eomiman she,rd ake awl be kep n a cool and darkened room, o preven s leavng aug race on he feaures. Imporan o all, more especally hose who have charge of oher.~, o TR.kVELLER~. ENGLISI MINISTERS, BRITISK CONSUI,8, aud EUROPEANS, seekng o resde u safey n TROPICAL awl FOREIGN CLIMATES. Invgorang and valsng he blood, allevaea hrs u a mos~ agreeable manner, and furnshes he sysem wh hose Salne prncples ha are essenal o healh, SICKNESS, HEADACHE, and NAUSEA are n mos eases mmedaely releved by akng a easpoonful n a umbler.of cold waer. SEA VOYAOES.--I s a very ~ aluable aecomp~nmen. I allays he sckness. For BILIOUS CONSTITUTIONS, gvng r~ o vaed Secreon~, Indgeson, aud Erupons he Skn, a oss.an2 ful should be aken daly wh ha dnner, a a umbler of waer.!+rowel, Pndee, Punjab, l;ld~a, 2Sh Mar~, "On ha recommendaon of several o~cers, who bad ~mo of your Pyree Sahne m ha Wes lud/~s, all of whom speak u m hghes erms of, we were uduced o ry for he frs me n hs Provnce, from he asceraned mers of your preparaon. Afer use n he fever-srckeu dsrcs by ~heh we are surrounded, we frmly beleve hahe u~e of ) our Pyrelc Salne wl do more o vazvzx~ fever ha, all he Qunne ever mpored cau cure. We ~re husrongly, because, boh from erson sl ~xperence and observaon, we beleve we h~e a lengh found ~ REMEDY aga~s he e~er-~reseo fevers of he.z~ par.% whch coshe Br,h n~ons hundreds of valuable lves u Pesha~ ur alone. "We are now wllng o ener no specal ~rms for large nod connued supple%" &,:., Have always n your possesson, o secure hese benefs." May be obaned of all Chemss, and of he Propreor, H. LAWrPLOUGH, CONSULTING CKEwrIST MISSIONARIES AT FREE OWN. much mproved n hese da~s. he mea~s of cohveyauce n The followng leer appeared u he Daly News :~ former days was he hammock, whch needed wo cr hree men Sr,~Wll you kndly allow space fern remark or wo respec. as bearers. I s no new hng for mssonares no o walk lug a ~euence n one of he leadng arcles of your ssae of he when hey judged more l~ruden Is be carred; and, ndeed. 15h, a senence whch, n s preeen form and surroundnzs, may why should ma-onares be debarred he exercse of common ell somewhaagans a body of men who~ lfe and labours are sense and prudence n usng he mproved mode of conveyauce oherwse suffcenly deprecaed? In he arcle on he Wes Afrcan Selemens s sad : "Add o hs he sgh,can fac by. Lyng charged wh wan of z(al? In usng hese Bah chars, mssonanes are only dong as he well-o-d~ among her flocks ha n Freeown our mssonsr/e~, or ca so full of zeal, may be do, aud as he w~ amoog he raders and merchen~ do. Of seen dragged abouhe srees n carrages by negro boyd" &e. course wll be sad does no look very self-denyng hem, The erm carrages may sugges a vehcle wh shafs, needng a gong abou n hs fashon. Ife, rlessly asser hahe mssonares as a body en be self.denyng enough where s really number of boys o draw --n shor, a raher grand affar. The sad "carrages" are smply small Bah chars, whch one no very needed Ṡhould you nser hs, you wll oblge bg bey can draw or push easly. I hnk mssonares n Freeown may, wh a ceran wy prelae now on he bomb, who I Coxsr~.wr Rmoz o~ Yova P~r~a. was rebuked for rdng n ear, agea--a hng so eonrary o wha The handsome gf of 1.000L has been anonymously sen o he aposles dd or woul do--hank Cod ha hngs are so he Bdsh Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females, Lower Clapon. 113, HOLBORN, E.O. (Second Door from Haoa Garden), LONDON. BRITISH AND AFRICAN ICE TO AFRIOA. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. B L00KS of ICE we oh here from 2 o 4 owls.; shppng onsof blocks n bulk s heonly way ha Ice cau be delvered n Afrca, SHIPPERS are respecfully nformed ha hs Company despach a STEAMER from LIVERPOOL o he WES now and s beleved hs such blocks wll hea wegh 801bs. Resdens on he Wes and Souh-wes Coass wllng o ake s block by each seamer, a 8<1. per lb., weghed on board, are requesed COAST of AFRICA every alernae Saurday. o send her names, for, f a sa~cen number agree o ake lee, The Royal M:al Seamers srrsngemens can be made wh he seamers o delver same, and ~ BONNY... LIBERIA e~c".en safes can be made o keep Ice for ~ble usa for a week I0QUELLE... VOLTA. afer delvery. Whford s Freezng Mxure, o cool beer, wnes, &., Ss. CONGO... LOANDA per cw.; n cams for shpmen, 4s. each. And SENEGAL Address--WlllTFORD and CO., Ice Herchan~, Lverpool. Wll SAIL beween LIVERPOOL and he undermeuloned Pors on he Wes Coas cf Afrca (callng a Manzl-~ and / ~OT fon, WOOL, cud oher Maeral, PRESSED and Tz~mrrz)--vz., SIERRA LEONF., CAPE PALMAd, CA~E ~.I PACKED by WALKER S PATENT ROTATIN@ COAST. ACCRA, "$ELLAII COFFEE, LAGOS, BENIN, PRESS, u HALF he USUAL TIHE. Sugar Mlls /or BONNY, FERNANDO PO, and OLD CALABAR. One Seamer Splng he Cane, Palm Nu Assorers, Nu Crackers, aa~ a monh also calla s Bahun. every knd of Machne for Afrca or Inda. For furher nformaon apply n London o M AcoI, M, 12, flames.stree, CITY-ROAD, LONDON. lq m~se.~, and Co., 5, Crosby-~uare; u 01asgow, o TaYLoa, Inner, amp, and CO., 24, Oswald-sree; and n Lverpool o Ia he Peess, crown 8no., prce 12s. 6d. ELDER. DEMPSTER, & CO., 48, Casle-sree, DISEASES OF TROPICAL CLISfATES, AND THEIR TREATMENT; Wnnebab, January 24, WIH H~rs fox ~as pass~awrox of HEILTH IN YnE TRoPIcS. public NOTICE s hereby gveu ha I, THOMAS B. By ~. A. B. HORTON, ILD., Eda., F.R.G.$., ACQUAH, sm Owner and Propreor of ha Messuage, Tenemen, Dwellng-house, Ouhouses, and Prem~,~, sandng Saff Asssan-Surgeon of he Army ~ledcal Deparmu ; Assocale of Kng s College, London; Fo~efgu Fellow cf he on a pece or parcel of land, beng suaed beween a house be. longng o he lae Henry Barnes, E~l., a cuo end hereof, and Boancal Socey of Ednburgh, CorrespoMng ~ember of he by a soek-ysrd belongng o he lae flames Francs Parker, Esq.. ~edcal Socey of Kngs College; lae Pre.deu of he em lrv o~hr end hexof, and are /renng he sea, n he own Pahologcal Socey of Elnbarsh; Mem~r of ~he Ins2uo nf Anamsbce, on he Gold Coas, cn he Wes Coas of Afrca. d Afr qae, of PurL,, &e. " Leaden : J. & A. Csv~cm~ New Barllegon.sre. TH0~AS B. ACQUA~.

7 24 THE AFRICAN TII~IES. [F~m 26, AFRICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. INCO.RPOR~TED.BY" I~OYAL C1T.~IRT.ER. NOTICE. Ths Company ~ Seamers wll leave LIVERPOOL EVERY ALTERNATE SATURDAY. The aenon of Shppers s respecfully e~eed o he revsed scale of raes of fregh whch wll be charged by hs and aucceed,g Packes. THE COMPANY B FAST AND CO~I~[ODIOU8 ROYAL ZIAIL STEA~ERS, Afrca... 1,650 Tons,.. Capan Boaden. Ambrz... 1,98I,...,, Smonds: Benn... 1,500,s "",, Crook.- Bafra... 1,300,,..., Addson. Ehopa... 1, /50,,...,, Davs. Elmna... 1,260,,...,, Raray. Eboe ,,...,, Bell. Monrova... 1,260,,...,, Cleaver. Soudan...!,550,,...,, Haram. ARE INTENDED LEAVE LIVERPOOL AS ABOVE. The fee ~nd powerful Seamshp ELMINA s n~udecl o sal on Saurday, 7h ~IARCH, a 1.30 P.m, for ~adera, Tenerffe, Serra Leone, Monrove, Cape Palrnas, Cape Coas Casle, Acorn, 3ellah Coffee, Lagos, Bonny, Feraando Po, and 01d Calabar ; also delve,ng and shppng Cargo nsde he Bars a Brass, Benn, Opobo, and New Calabsr. Passengers embark a he Norh Landng Sage a I P ~., same darns salng. L~dug Berh, Norh Sde Coburg Dock. The followvg deparure wll be he Seam~hp SOUDAN, oa l~e 21s ~.[ARCH, for-madera, Serra Leone, C-~pe Palmns, Cape Coa.~ C~le. Acorn, 3ellah Coffee, Lago.% B~nny. Fercando Po, Gaboon, Black Pon, Landane, Congo, Ambrzee, Knsembo, Ambrz, S. Paul de Loando. P,]ssengers embark a P.~. For furher nformaon apply n London a he COHPANY S OFFICES, 14, LEADENHALL STREET, and n Lverpool o :FLETCHER & PARR, ~Slh February, , DALE STREET. SYDENHAM HOUSE, 50j LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, SAb UEL BROTHERS, ~IERCHANT TAILORS AND 0 UTFITTERS. On he Sysem of Chargng he Lowes Prce poss~le for Ready Money..LONDON CLOTHING.~Perfecdon n Syle and F s supplea by he ad of he new Self-meesure Rdes, as gven below- Durng wenly:fve years her Clohng has been celebraed for sound economy, perfec fng, and he mos genlemanlke syle. THE WORLD- AMED SYI)ENHA~ SUITS AT 59s, Are manufacured n suable syles for all occasons, and n he varous subsances Cloh for all Clmaes. MORNING AND BUSINEss SUITS... ~S. 0(~. o ~S. Od. TROUSERS... 14S. Od.,, 26s. 0d. - Dazes AnD PR0~EXAnE Sus... 59s. 0d.,, 114q. 0d. TROUSERS... 17s. 6d.,, 30s. 0d. STATE, LAW, AND CLERICAL ROBES SUPPLIED AT VERY ADVANTAGEOUS PRICES. THE NEW BOOK ON GENTLEMEN S ATTIRE Conans Fory-hree Evgravngs o refreeen he Fashlouablo Syles. PHce le.,deduced from a purchase (pos-free). TO o SYDEN HAM ~mec Pary The of sdvan wll B Sde Tene~ Pon Fernl ~ aud Any garmen can be suppled by sendng he followng measures : Gve, TX,.~csEJ. whole hegh of person. FOR A CoAx : Round he breas, round he was, from cenre of back o he wrs; for lengh of steeve, arm ben. Fo~ WAISCOA : Round breas was. FOR TRO;SERS, Lengh ousme seam from op o boom, lengh nsde TROLISERS. seam from fork ~.o boom, rouud he wa ;.s, round he sea. PATTERNS a:~n Ls OF PRICES Po~ FSER. rene hu k~ ~AMUEL BROTHERS GUARANTEE TO SUPPLY, IN EVERY CLASS, PERMANENT COLOURS, GENTLEMANLY STYLE SOUND WORKMANSHIP, AND PERFECT FIT. Messrs. Samuel Brohers fnd necessary {o sae ha he Posage of Leers mus be Prepad, er hey wll no be recevm. SAMUEL BROTHERS, 50, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, ENGLAND Lb~,