Richmond Enquirer

AFRICA.

By advices received from the Gold Coast, it appears that Gen. Daendels, Governor in Chief of the Dutch Forts in that country, has been surveying the river Ancobar, and has reported to his Government the expediency and practicability of acquiring land by purchase of the natives, at a very low price, and has therefore recommended that extensive purchases should be made, with a view to convert the same into plantations of cotton and coffee, and that he has already made considerable progress in clearing the land of wood, &c. The General further states, that the river Ancobar is navigable as far as the centre of the Dinkira country, the first province of the King of Ashantee; and he adds, that it is certain this River was navigable in the time of Bosman. The General then refers to ancient Dutch maps, copied from the Portuguese, to show that formerly, the Portuguese had several establishments on the Ancobar, at which were Convents of Monks and Christian Churches, above 40 leagues in the interior of the country. The General suggests that were the British and Dutch to agree to establish Forts on each side of the river, with the consent of the King of Ashantee, not only might the whole commerce of that country be attracted, but also that of the country on this side of the Long Mountains. The expense of such a project to the two Governments, the General thinks would not exceed 10,000l. sterling, as he conceives the King of Ashantee would supply a number of workmen to carry wood, stones and lime, of which there is an abundance in the neighborhood.