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Summaiy 0f the Pmcaedingsfi OTIAWA, April 21. A motion was carried that. Mr. Taylor might be examined with reference to the amounts paid to members of the Senate as indemnity end mileege. Sir Francis Hihcks moved‘ concur- rence iu the report of the Committee of Supply, and the several clauses down to 27 were carried. On the item of 810,600 for the Do‘ miniou 933cc, Nova Scotia, Hon. Mrl Holton moved that the amount. be re. dneed to $6,500. Carried. Mr. Mackenzie moved that this House regrets that. Government should have deemed it necessary to increase the salaries of public oficers. M'r. Mackenzie called attentidn to the cucrmonaincrease of salaries. Sir John A. Macdonald said that Government exercised all due economy, and they would look upon this motion as a. vote of want of confidence. After some discussion, the motion was put and lost. Ygas 53; nays 92._ Sir Francis Hincks said a great por« tion of the increase was caused by the temoval of the charges for necessary clerks from the contingencies charged to the regular staff, and that the de- crease in Othe contingencies had been 847, 000. On. the item of $1,300,000 for Open- ing up the NorthWest Territory, Mr. Nassau (Soulanges) moved that no part .of this sum should be expended in Xako jug possession, by force of arms, cf the territory. The. mmittee then rose and report. ed, and! items were concurred in. Sir John A. Maedenald moved that when the House rises on Friday, it stands adjourned till 7 o’clock on Satur- day, when it filial} sit till 12 o‘clock. April 22. Sir Francis Hine‘ks meved concur- rence on the report of the Committee of Supply and the various items were passed. The Bill to amend the Act respect- ing the Department of Finance was read a third time and passed. Sir Geo. E. Cartier maintained the economic workings of government, and contended that that was not a decrease in receipts. ‘Mr. Young argued that there was a fleficit. Sir John A. Macdonaid said the mo- tion was too serious to be considered at :tbat late period of the night, and he ,proposed an tdjournment. After some discussion, the subject was dropped, A h .i .0 O A. On the; motion for Penitentiaries, Sir John A. Macdonald said he would not press for the increased salar y for War den of Kingston, as he regretted to an nouncc thatc Mr. Ferres, to whom he was pledged on the matter of salary had died to-day. Sir Geo. E. Cartier said the item was not. for military' purposes. The Gov- ernment wou1d bring down next week a measure for this purpose: _ The other items were then passed, win) the exception of the printing ex- pendit'nre, which is to be brought. down as a separate item. - 9 The imecest Bi 1] was Opposed by Mr. E Mackenzie, who moved a. six month’s; hoist, which was lost on division. Yeasp 65 , Nays, 80. The bill was then read! a second time. i After some further discussion, the item papsegl. AAA AAA AAA 4. The House then went into Commit- tee on the Bill, whenthe several clauses were debated, after which the Commit- ¢cc rose and reported the Bill without amendment, and the third reading was fixed for tomorrow. [38353333 {333. 333 Mr. Abbott’s motion that the Cana-[ (19. Central Railroad Bill be read a thirdi time gave rise to a curious scene in the‘ House. Mr. Ferguson was speaking on ‘ the measure, when Sir George E. Car- tier rose to order. M r. Ferguson asked the Minister of Militia to repeat his objections, which he did in French.â€" 'l‘he llon. John Sandficld Macdonald immediately addressed the House in Gaelic, Sir George E. Cartier replied in Latin, and Mr. Levisconte spoke in Spanish, and Sir John A. Macdonald .said it was all Greek to him. The time for Private Bills expired without any action on the motion having been taken. Sir John A. Maednnald introduced a Bill to continue certain acts respecting the Police Force in the parish of Port- land County, St. John’s. It was read a secend time, and the House went into Committee and reported the Bill with- out amendments. Sir John A. Macd‘ouaâ€"Id also intro- duceda Bill to empower the Poiice Court. of Halifax to sentence juvenile offenders to be detained in the Halifax Industrial Schooi. It. was read a se- cond time and the House went into Committee, and the Bill was reported without amendmentm M Mr. Mackenzie ehquired when the report on the Northwest would be ready. ‘A A AA A- Sir John A. Maedanald said the re-‘ port had been printed and placed in the hands of the Government to-day, but they had not. time to examine it; but that. he would lay before the House snch portions of it as he could, compati- bly with the public interests,'to-morrow. The House then adjourned at 10:50. OTTAWA, April 25th. Nothing of importance was transact- ed in the Senate. In the House of Commons, after the! usual routine business, Mr. Abbott mov- l ed the third reading of the Canadal Central Railway line to which M. Chauveau had proposed an amendment which has already appeared in our; l columns. After considerable discussion the House divided on the question and i the amendment was losto-yeas 46 ; nays 61. A debate then ensued upon the report of the committee to enquire into1 the nature of the tenders for reporting and publishing the debates of the House. Mr. Mills then moved the House into committee of the whole to consider cer- tain resolutions relative to the admission of Rupert’s Land into Confederation. Sir George Cartier asked the hon. gen- tleman to allow his motion to stand over until the NorthoWest question was brought before ' the House, but Mr. Mills refused, and proceeded to deliver vâ€" a lengthy speech amid the whistlings and hammings of the House. After the eoncinsion of this speech, which was inaudible in the gaiiery, M r. Mackenzie stated that he had no objection to ad- journing the debate provided the Gov- ernment wenid appoint a day for the consideration of the question. Mr. Mac- II OUSE OF CO 3-1 MOSS. rims-a 5.5541". '."' LUV“ ‘A'luuu- , - vv Hugs if this settlement is to he‘s'success, it Aft should now be prosperous and self-sup- er porting. Such folks forget that thario 3 was was aided at its settlement by a generous ° 'Governmeut for three consecutive years eozxei . . . ’ : and 18 it not now a success 7 The Virtues ’ ad- iand advantages of s eolon ore not so Gov- easily tested and establish as _are the b ‘3 noderiable curative propsrties’ of the great 1' t e ‘ Shosbenm Remedy, for the respiratory MAC- '. and digestive organs. For sale by Druggiats. I nuns DESIGSB-fllll REWARDS- YENIANSâ€"Tlll BRIGANDSâ€" CITY OF BOSTON. Lonnox, April 24.--The Observer says that the Fenitns here mean mis- ‘ chief. The government is authentically ; warned of their intention to destroy the oflices of the T mm and Pall Mall Gazette, and other projects equally violent; but 3the publication of the particulars is lwithheld. . â€"â€"< -._-,.‘..... kenzie enquired if Ibe Government in. tended to repeal the act snepending the Imbeae Corpus act. Sir George Carlier said the action of the Government. had prevented an invasion; but all the vol unteere were not yq withdrawn from the frontier, as it lid been intimated to the Government that danger might. still be expected from the Fenians, who were now being organized into a war party under the. command of General O'Neill. The House then adjourned. Loxnoy, April 25.-â€"Mr. Otway, Under-Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons that the Government had received despatehes from Athens confirming the fate of the captives in the hands of the'brigands. The Greek government made every efl'ort to save them, but in vain.) .Negetiations having been exhausted the troupe moved against the robbers and drove them to a tower on the coast near OrOpo, where they were surrounded on Friday afternoon. Offers were once more made to the brigands, but were rejected, and at ten o’clock next morning an attack was made on their position. As soon as the troops commenced to more, Mr. Herbert and the secretary of the Italian legation were taken out by their captors and butchered, and subsequently, when the brigands found themselves hard press- ed, Messrs. Wyner and Lloyd were kill- ed. The tr00ps finally carried the tower, and the hrigands, two of whose leaders had been mortally wounded, fled, closely pursued by the soldiers.â€" There are strong hepes that most of the band will be captured, in which case they will be summarily dealt with by the Greek authorities. The British press elamors for the punishment of these murderers, and demand indemnity for the stain from the Greek government. LONDON, April 25 -The story of the projected Fenian insurrection in London is believed to bea hoax, but a large extra force of police is on duty. News has been received that the Greek brigaods, closely pressed by the troops have cruelty massacred their Eng- lish prisoners, and that the Italian secre. tary of leéation at Athens was recently captured. Loxnox, April 25.-â€"â€"A telegram states that a piece of painted wood was drifted ashore on the north west coast. of Corn- wall, containing an inscription in large ketters, “City of Boston sinking Febru- ary nth.” It is fanned it is a heartless hoax. Loxnox, April 2?..-â€"-The Queen and the Princess Aiexandra to-day haci a narrow escape while driving near Byde Their carriage was pursueci by a run- away team with a heavy waggon attach- ed. The driver of the royal carriage, by skilfu! management of the horses, avoid-ed a collision. Q” We received the following iot- tcr from the Warden, for publication : Toronto, Grey Bruce Railway Company, Tonox'ro, 2lst April, 1870. S. J. LANE, ESQ, Owen Sound. DEAR. Sunâ€"The Board met to-day, and had under consideration the offer made by yourself, Dr. McGregor and Mr. Hopkins, on behalf of the Reeves, and Deputy-Reeves of the County of Grey, to obtain for this Companya County bonus from Grey of $300,000, provided this Company would under- take at once to extend their line from Arthur or Mount Forest to Owen Sound. public spit-it on the part of the repre- sentatives of the County which led to: the odor being made, and while admit. ting the importance and necessity of ul- timately extending the line through Grey, as originally intended, feel that it is difficult, if not impossible for them as at present constitutedâ€"the President and two leading Directors being absent ;in England on the business of the Com. E pany, and a bare quorum of the Board l only availableâ€"to come to any definite decision on the matter. They feel that.“ the ofl'er is one requiring serious con- sideration, and think it would be desi rable, if possible, to let the matter re~ : main in aheyanee, at any rate until the return of the absent members of the' Board from England. They feel thei more‘cneour-aged to ask this, as in no; case could the work of constructroni through the County he proceeded with at once; and therefore no time would , be lost by a short delay. It is felt that l in such an important matter as the pres- 1: lent, without the sanction of the whole l Board, it would not be advisable to do. 1 part from the terms of the understand- i ing arrived at some time ago on the subject, and which was communicated ,by the President of this Company to i the representatives of the County, at . the meeting held in Durham in Decem- i ber last, during the sitting of the 00. 3 Council there. The Board hopes that you and the other gentlemen of your county inter- ested 1n the extension ofour line through Grey will understand that it is the earnest desire of the Board to carry out the original intention of the Company, and at the earliest possible moment run their line through to Owen Sound, to accomplish which, no efl'ort will be spared on their part GREAT BRITAIN. I am, Dear Sir. Yours truiy, A. W. McMAs'rn, Vice President. l . The mists and fogs which have gath- Tered round the situation of affairs at 3 Red River, have not been entirely dia- tpersed. The end is approaching, but ,each step in the progress is not yet ; PEER-AM CHRONICLB- 3 clearly discernable. \Ve are quite safe ,an saying that the authority of the W : Queen will, in a short time, he re-estahv ' , lished, and the majesty of the law vin- Canada Central Railroad. ldicated. The chief instigate“ of the _. lrehellion may be able to shield them- both inisclves behind a profession of sanctity, Our legislators, at Ottawa, . . Railway Committee and in the House 2 and the puppets only may be aulautut- ed. as offerings to justice. ' lnf nnmntnnn have had livelv dismm-l Our legislators, at Ottawa, both in; Railway Committee and in the House g of Commons, have had lively discus- sions in reference to an application for renewing the charter of the Canada; Central Railway, which will expire onl the 18th Sept. next, and to permit thei said Company to amalgamate, or enter into arrangement with the Northern: Colonization Road from Montreal to the line separating Ontario and Quebec, which last mentioned road was author- ized by the Assembly of Quebec at its last session, and . to which the latter Province guarantees interest for a num- ber of years. The Canada Central was projected on a line running from Mon- treal up the valley of the Ottawa by Arnprior and Pembroke to Lake Huron. The original «charter, passed by the legislature of the-late'Province of Cana- da, provided that a land grant of 12,009 acres per miie should be given to the Company on the completion of each 20 i miles of the road. Up to this time no , portion of the road has been made, but i 28 miles thereof, extending from Ottawa to Carlton Place, is in course of con- struction, and will be completed before the present Act expires, so that, as will . be obvious, if any claim, for land, can _ be enforced, it must be under the exist- ? ing Statutes, and not under any Act ' which'may be sanctioned by the Legis. ‘ lature of the Dominion. The opposition to the Bill proceeds chiefly from the prospective Premiers of Ontario and Quebec. The ground 0! opposition is not conceded. There is on the part of these Opponents an indefinite expectation that a refusal to renew the charter will, in some way or other, 0pc- rate against the completion of these 28 miles and so save the land in the valley of the 01tawa, to which they would otherwise be entitled to. Now it must be admitted, providing we have correct- ly stated the case, that to refuse the re- ' newal of the charter would still entitle the Company to the land, and would also absolve them from any obligations to perfect the whole project. We gather further from the debate, as well as from a perusal of the proposed Bill, that the land grant for the 28 miles which we take for granted they can justly claim, if made within the duration of the pres- ent Act, will form part of the capital of the Company, and will he added to ithe one million of dollars which the icor‘poration of Montreal proposes to give to the Quebec subsidy already re- ferred to, and to the bonuses which the several Counties through which it is proposed to run the road, are known to be ready to contribute. With such a leapital asa foundation it is believed lthat- the Company can command sufli- i cient capital to build a continuous line. ”of Railway from Montreal to Lake Huron, or by the Ottawa and French tRive routes, to the Georgian Bay.â€" l This, and the cognate scheme of con- luecting the Georgian Bay with Mon- Itreal. by means of water communica- tion, is of paramount importance to the CountyY of Grey. In view of one or i other of these enterprises being under- h taken and completed, all other projects grow small by degrees. We are not about to institute comparisons. All the projects are relativelyimportant. l One of the many amendments against the Bill now before Parliament, moved by Mr. John Sandfield Macdonald was in these words, " that the said Bill be not new read a third timegbut that it be re-committed to a Committee of the whole to provide that any power or privileges contained in the Bill to an- thorize the construction of the fluid Canada Central Railway shall 110‘ 0X tend towards Lake Huron beyond the village of Pembroke, in the County of Renfrew,” which was negatived, Mr. Snider, the member for North Grey, i voting for the amendment. It. is painful to not-ice that this gen. :leman is disposed to act factiously too wards the Ministry. He lately moved 9. resolution in the House which con- demned the Government. for Rs biaceed- ings in the Intereolonial matter. This was evidently intended to he received as a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry. It met with but little sup- port, and was lost by a large majority. This attempt to upset the Ministry at this present extraordinary - juncture of our afi'airs, was most unwise. Patriot- l ism and ordinary prudence should teach 3 all statesmen to avoid the calamity of a , change of Ministry just at the time that i a military expedition is being fitted out I for active and immediate service, even if it were in the power of the Opposi- | tion (which it is not) to drive the Min istry from their seats. To ensure suc- cess just now, we must avoid any great political excitement and changes in our Parliament. - , 35? Mr. James Mair Fortes, War- den of the Kingston Penitentiary, died on Thursday last at that place. He was for many years an active politician and journalist in Canada. The Spring Assizes for this county will be held at. the Court. House, Oweh Sound, commencing on Tuesday, the 10th of May. ' .Richot and Scott, Biel’s delegatpi, have been discharged, at. Ottawa. Sir A. T. Gait. Since the murder of Scott no unpreo' judiced mind, for a moment, entertain-t ed a doubt of the necessity of dealing, with {iel as with an outlaw. True it is that many of his co-religioniats of French origin have shown just what' was to be expected of them, viz., that adherence to the Pope subordinates every other sentiment, and also that Protestant zeal often waits for the ep- portunity of trensgressing the rules of prudence. \Ve venture to say that the peculiarities of race and ereed have been, in an equal degree conducive to ythe existing embarrassments by which {the question has been encumbered.â€" iThe privilege of dispensing fire and brimstone has been claimed by the clergy. Judging from reports at indig- nation meetings with which, the local press has so abundantly fare’red us, show with unquestioning clearness thh‘t Ro- manism does not hold an individual monOpoly of trade in these articles. 'I‘I ’ _' The duties of the hour appear to be fully comprehended by Her Majesty’s Ministers. The expeditionary force to be first sent to Red River, it is under- stood, will consist of 1:000 volunteers, 500 regulars and 200. members of a mounted constabulary force. Sir John Young will, for the present, assume the Governership of the territory. A41- thorit} will be temporarily. conceded to Celene]. Wolsey. The expenses-will} he borne-by the Imperial Government: and that o£ the Dominion: in the proportion of the fierce or contingent which each respectively furnishes». 0h bhe estab- iishmenb of law and sedan. flanad'a. will be expected, and‘ no: doubt will lie needy to discharge the obligatiods which, by a series of. adverse circumstances,. it: was prevented from. completing" The attempt which has been made to supersede the Hudson‘s Bay Company by the dominanoy ofi'ona: race and of one creed, has certainly onenreached itself, for an impetus has been. gistem in the way of settling the country by a much more energetic race, which. cannot be arrested. Theimpatiencetm volun- teer is not alone indicative of a desire to put down a nebellionnbut of a. deter- mination to colonize, tllenefcre we dis- . cern, in what has been called the Red : liver difliculty, an illustration of the venerable adage that,» “ whom: the gods intend to destroy tbeyfirst i'ant-uate.” Reifl'cnstei‘n has at. Iongtiii received his reward. He was sentenced by Judge Gait, on Thursday Fast, to four years’ imprisonment with hard labor, one month of which is to be spoof in the‘common jail (without the labor) and: to be devoted to arranging his affairs which'are doubt; less somewhat mixed.- The by-Iaw granting. a bonus of $20,- 000 to the Toronto; Simcoe and Muskoko Junction Railway, was voted on in Cm, on Monday, 19th inst, and was defeated by a majority of thirty- five. It; is said that. another electl'on’ Will have to be held in Normanby, for Deputy-Reeve in conseqflence of the one recently elected not. being able to qualify. Sir’ A. I“. Gait has recently had a snubbi‘ng. administered to him in the Imperial Parliament by Mr. Monsell, Under-Secretary of State for the Colo- nies, for his utterances on theIndcp‘en- dence question. Sir A. T. Galt stated that ‘the policy of independence had been arranged by the Imperial Govern- meat, ’ bu. Mr. Monsell says he ‘has no authority for pun}: g such a construction on the views and intentiOuS 0" the GOV ernment,’ and virtually tells "Him to mind his own business. The verdict of the country will be ‘Serves him right.’ ACCIDENT 'ro ALD. MEDCALF.â€"On Friday afternoon, about {our o’clock, Mr. Alderman Medcalf, of Toronto,l while attending to some work in his shop at the Don, had the 6:36 joints of the first two fingers of the left hand completely severed from the hand. Be very nonehalantly and characteristically tied up the wounded hand in a piece of of linen and, declining to send for a medical man, is attending to the wound himself. SILVER {lawmanâ€"Read \Villiam Ashdown’a advertisement in another column. The Minister of Militia has received some 200 applications from volunteer oifieers tendering their services for the suppression of the insurrection at Red River. 53’ Opening out. Spring Stock at M. F raser’s. A citizen of Ottawa has invented,nnd is now fitting up a machine for pedal locomotion, with which he threatens to outstrip a lightning expresstrain. BAD N st ron WASHEBWOMEN.â€" Paper collars and cufl's have been fashion- able for a long while, and they are now making handkerchief: of paper a In Japanese. They are very strong, and can hardly be told irom fine silk hand- her-chief This will he hadefl for the washervromen. RED RIVER. Reifi‘enstein. We are permitted to publish, for the i information of our readers on the Indian Peninsula, the following letter from the Department of State, received by Geo. Jackson, Esq., M. P. As will be seen, , the intelligence it contains is the great- est importance to the settlers. We have also received similar informationl from A. Sproat, Esq. ., BI. P. :-- l Department of the Secretary of State, } ‘ Indian Blanch, Ottawa, April 13th, 1870. Sir, â€"With referance to your appli- cation on behalf of the Saugeen Settlers, dated the 24th of February last, I have the honor to inform you that an order in Council was passed on the 12th inst, directing that in the cases of those per- ’sons who are according to the Assess- jment Roll of 1869, actual occupants of the lands purchased by them in the Saugeen Peninsula, and who have made improvements thereon of not less than five acres cleared, a remission of the in- terest upon the unpaid principal shall be allowed up to the 3lst Deeembar last, provided that by the 15th Fehuary next one third of the balance due on each purchase with intereét thereon. from the Slst of December last shall have been paid, and that the remainder with interest, as above, shall he paid by three annual instalments. I have the honor to be Sir, 'Your obedient Servat, JeSEPH How's, Secretary of State. Gem-gr: Jackson; Esq“ M. P. New Castle, Ind., Thursday April 7. Our town was this morning the scene of a most heart-rending homicide. The wife of Mr. William Bedding has beenl insane for some two years, with occa- sional lucid: intervals. She has at mm | l erous times attempted to take her own life, well nigh succeeding once by hang- 1 ing, and once by cutting her throat} But never until this morning has she] made any serious attempt to take thel life of any one else, although her hus- band had lived in continued fear for the safety of his three children. _ Seldom .has he ventured to leave them for any time in her care. She- has seemed rat. iorial‘ enough now for some time ; has been attending to the duties of her house,.and it'w-as hoped she was in a :fair way to entirely recover. This imorning about To’clock’while iier 51-38- baud was working just outside the house, at' the yard -fence, she was dress- ing the children. The baby, nine months old, was in her lap. She spoke to the eldest boy (some ten years old,) and asked: him, “ What if I should burn the baby ?” The-boy answered that he? would go and tell pa if she did, ‘ and immediately started out Where he l was. No sooner was she left alone than she deliberately put the baby in the stove, and shirt this stove door, and then went out’ and told her husband what she had done.' He- immediately rushed in and- took it out. “ Lts-face and arms, and all the front part of its body were burned into a crisp. Death came to the relief of the little sufferer at 10 o’clock,.after three hours of the most - intense suffering. The mother seems {frantic with grief fer-a »moment, and then relapses into an utter want of re- alisation of the situation. An Insane Woman Roasts her Child. (Front the Washington (0M0) Herald.) l ‘ A colored man is at present stopping in this place who attracts here, as he has in other places where he has been, a great deal- of attention by the singular power he possesses of disarranging certain portions of his body. By some inward muscular action he seems to possess the power ot ' changing the location of his heart at “ pleasure. Placrng cur hand on his breast, at the prOper place, We could‘ feel it heat- ing distinctly. He then commenced a , series of contortions with his abdomen, rolling it over and over several times. At the conclusion of this striking exhibition, we placed our hand upon a lump in his side below his waist, and there was the heart thumping away as if nothing e'nnsual was the matter. A few more contortions, and the frisky organ passed across the abdomen, and on the right side kept up its work of I throwing the blood through the system as regularly as if in its natural position. More contortions, and it traveled back home, its course being easily traced under the skin till it passed under the ribs. The man then commenced a sort of rotary motion of the bowels, apparently turning them several times, when we felt a complete set of ribs covering the abdomen, the regular set be- ing in their usual place. Turning the bowels in the Opposite direction, the false ribs disappeared. ' On being asked if his mother had any more-children like him, he ' replied that he had a brother 81X feet high, who could reduce his stature to something less than three feet. We believe him readily ' after having witnessed the above perform. ances. Another curious fearure about him is that he cannot be choked. He allows any one to grasp him by the throat, and use his utmost endeavors to st0p his breath. ing ; but in spite of all the strength one can exert he continues to talk as if nothing A WOnderftrl Negro‘ in' Ohio. The “ Frances Smith” has contracted with the goverement to carry 600 tons of freight, 40 boats and 30 horses to Fort William, for the Red River expe- dition. The “Chieora” is huisily load ing at Collingwood. Amongst her car- go will he 30 of the government boats, which have been built for the campaign, 1,500 barrels of pork, 9. large quantity . of flour, and other government stores, which have arrived at Collingwood. â€"‘ OHSComet. We are informed that Prince Arthur has ordered two of Stephens’ rifles- Col. Elphinstone and another of the Prince’ 3 suite have also, we understand, ordered one eachâ€"lb. Horace Cook, of Leavenworth, ate three pounds of raisins on a bet? The bet. «as paid to his heirs. - (From the 0. S. Times.) Indian Lands. Baltimore, April ‘22. â€"-â€"Yesterday after; noon Mrs. Cathriue Marsh, who with her, four children lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer, at No. 99 Canal street,i brutally murdered her children and then assulted her mo her. Mrs. Dwyer, in the? postmortem eitamiuation last night, stated that about four o’clock this afternoon her- self and daughter andthree children of the ; latter were in the house. Mrs. Marsh asked l her if she had ten cents, and on her ausv. er 1 ing no, Mrs. Marsh said she had ten‘ cents. 1 She then put on her bonnet and left the ! house; she went a few doors and borrowed a butcher’ a knife. She then proceeded to ‘ the district school No. 13, and calling t‘n her son James, aged eight years, out his throat from ear to ear, nearly severing his ;head fromhis body. Alittle boy named , Barret came out of school with James and ? witnessed the murder. Mrs. Marsh also 1 attempted to murder the boy Barret, but l he ran and escaped. She then returned to her home, and went in the back yard where 1 another son William, aged seven years“, I was swinging his little sister Mary Jane, 1 E aged four. She seized William and cut his ; Ethroat, causing instant death, and imme diately grasped the little girl and applying the weapon cut off her head. She then went into the house, and cut the throat of her youngest child George, aged two years iand five months , the head was nearly sever ed from the body. She next assaulted her mother, aged 54 and very feeble, cutting her throat so terribly that she cannot sur- vive. The reputation and character “is." Marsh is said to have been very good. She was undoubtedly temporarily insane. The faces of the murdered children as they lay side by side are as placid and calm as if they were composed in sleep. The mother, who is confined at the eastern police station, , is conscious of her terrible deeds. The Boston Advertiser is sensible. It says :â€"-“ If the Canadian Government asks “ permission for its troops to cross our Ter- “ ritory on their way to Red River we can “ have no justification for refusing. So “ long as our Government does not recog- Horrible Murder by a Woman. “ nize the belligerency of the Winnipegers 3 “it has no right; to enquire into the destina- “ tion of the Canadian troops, except so. “far as our own safety may require. and “ the granting to these troops permis- “sion to cross our territory on their way “ to astation in their own country would “be an exercise of international comity “such as...eve:y nation has a right to ex- “ pact of every other nation with. which it “ is at peacsl’ We are. glad to find even one Americanspaper take this sensible and prOper view of the matter. But we have not asked the authorities at Washington to send our troops through= their territory ; nor is it at all likely that we shall ever seek such permission. Fortunately our forces can proceed to the Northwest without set- ting foot on Yankee soil. There is nothing new in relation to the proceedings of the Fenians in the United States. Its spirit appears, how- even, to be fierce and rampant. again in England. Seizures of 34':th have taken place at Manchester and other places, and the ofice of the Pall Mall Gazettef has to be protected‘ by an extra force of . police, to prevent the execution of threats against that establishment, be- cause of its bold‘advocacy of. Mr. Glad- stone’s Irish Coercion Bill. The New York Convention was, at the latest ac- counts, stili in session, but its members were by no means working tOgether harmoniously. We should not be surâ€" prised if the whole thing ended in a grand' quarrel and a complete fizzle. ; O’Neil will get the Senate deposed if he can, and the Senate will, if” possible, depose O’Neil. Meantime, nobody is likely to be much hurt, and Canada will, in all human probability, remain unmolested for another year at least, Three Regiments to be Retained in Canada. A recent number of the Army and Navy Gazette intimates fli‘at, at least, three regiments will be retained under the new arrangements, in Canada, but that they will be severally reduced to a service establishment of 500 men. One of the regiments at Halifax will? be' re- lieved in the course of the summer by the lat Batalion of the 60th Rifles now ; quartered in Ottawa. The Rifle Brio gade and the Arlillary her’e are also Hmder orders for home, and the force {stationed in the country will consist of the 6911? at Quebec, and the 78th and the let Battalion of the 60th at Hali fax. The reliefs will probably be de- layed until fall, as it is now all but o'er. tale that the; headquarters are not to be transferred from Montreal to Quebec until September or October. The Red River troubles will probably imme- diately lead to reinforcement rather than diminution. Chicago April 25. A person just arrived at St. Paul from Red River says that when he left Winnipeg the people were wholly ignor- antof the excitement in Canada, least of all that preparations for war were going on. Everybody was looking for- ward to pacific arrangements, expecting the acceptance of the bill of rights and a *the peaceable admission of the North- West territory as a province and the advent of the same governor acceptable to the people. People look for troops to be sent to Fort Garry, but their pre- sence there, they imagine, simply to protect the settlement from Indians, represented to be in a very excitable state and likely to begin war at an early moment. A sad event is reported from Devizes. A young woman, who had been dis- appointed m lovemas walking with her mother by the side of the canal, when she suddenly jumped into the water. The mother, hOping to rescue her, sprang in after her, but the girl grasped her mother so firmly tht both were Ldrowned together Latest from Red River. Fenianism.. UNITED STATES VICE CON - ‘ SUL ARRESTED. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 22.â€"Mr. Hill says that on the 10th, when the Red River farmers commenced their spring ploughing, on returning 'he found the interior valley of the Red River flooded. He took the northern route over the high lands ; but to reach Georgetown and Abercrombie he waded miles through water two or three feet deep.- The water is rapidly receding. GENERAL PEACE IN THE SETTLE- MENT. The inhabitants were eXpecting the ac ceptance Of the Bill of Rights, and the peaceful admission of the Northwest as a Province, and the peaceful advent of some Governor acceptable to the peeple. Ric-l had “(rendered the McKenzie River furs, fifty thousand dollars worth on pay- ment of $3,000 ransom by Gov. McTavish and $2,000 moro when needed. Riel' had arrested and imprisoned the United Ststes vice -,Consnl Major Robinson and Captain Donaldson for a few hours, be cause they refused to take the oath of a1 legiance. Mr. Bit! brought down des- patches from Major Robinson to the United States Government protesting against this imprisonment of American citizens. The Pioneer ridicules the report from New York that the Fenians are operating in Red River matters, and says that the idea that a formidable military expedition of Fenians will be permitted to muster and rendezvous in St. Paul and proceed across the State in military array to make war, is preposterous. The only troops prepar- ing to go in that direction are squads at United States swldiers, who will go to Pembina as soon as quarters are built for them, tor the purpose of preserving peace on the American side of the border, The Pioneer this morning publishes the A' follOwing .â€"We received yesterday by pri- C] vate handsa number of letters from Red River, from which we glean the latest in- telligence concerning the condition of af- C: fairs since the departure of the Commis- sioners. Matters at Fort Garry have quiet- th ed down completely, and all the inhabi- . tants,.with probably. the exception of. Riel and a few. fellow conspirators, are expect M ing a speedy settlement of all matters of difference between the insurgents and ‘the Canadian Government. The people expect F and desire to become subject to the Cana- a! dian Government on the basis of the so J; called Bill of Rights, which was adopted by J -the Conncil,.aud.they.. have been led to be- tl lteve that Canada. will accept; these terms, r and thus arrive at an amicable adjustment of affairs, and that all matters will go for. ward as usual. The Hudson Bay Company resumed business on the 9th inst. by permis- sion of Riel, and things now wear their ordinary appearance, aside from the gen- , eral prostration of all businesss. There is t no excitement, and haulittle is said in re- gardtetthe events of the last few months. i 1 Life and preperty are safe, and 3191 has l 3 only forty or fifty men under arms. Thev l ' 6’ look for troops to-be sent to Fort Garry. l but their presence there, they imagine, is simply to protect the settlement from the Indians, who are represented in a very ex- citable state, and are likely to make war on 1 the whites at any moment. They had heard ! nothing of the storm of indignation sweep- ing over Canada, consequent upon receiv- ing the news ofScott’s execution, but from .‘the tenor of our adeices they had settled . down into the conviction that the Commis- fsioner-s would be joyfully received by Can- ada, and the matters-of difference speedily settled. Riel is still. nominally head of affairs, but his Government is practically at an end. He still' retains the title of Presi. dent, and is located with the outward show of respect, but all look for his speedy re- tirement. What the result will be when l the news of the arrest of two of their Com- l missioners and preparations being made for ‘ sending a large force of men to Fort Garry to punish Riel. for the murder of? Scott, reaches the Settlement it is difiicult to " conjecture.- Should Riel be convinced that 3 the Canadian Government will not treatl with them, he may become reckless and by l l 1 iing the advance of- the Canadian trumps.â€" ZThis, of course, isa mere conjecture, as nothing is known of the state of feeling in Canada at the Fort at the date of. our advices. FLOODS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. NOE-WEST. Riel has just issued a most patronizing kind of praclamation desiring peace, and it is said that he has given up all the goods of the Hudson Bay company that were not used. ' The following is the “President’s” pro clamation 3.... Let the assembly of 28 representatives 1 which met on the fish of March, be dear to , the people of Red River.- f‘l‘hat assembly t has shown itself worthy of confidence; it ; has wcrked in union ; the members devoted l themselves to the public interests and yield. . ed only to sentiments of good-will, duty and generosity. Thanks to that noble conduct, public authority is now strong; that strength will be employed to sustain ; and protect the people of the country. TO' day the government pardons all those whom political differences led astray only for a time. An amnesty will be generally no corded to all those who will submit to the government, who will discountenance or inform against dangerous gatherings.â€" From this day forth the public highways are Open, and the Hudson’s Bay Company can new resume business themselves, con tributing t9 the public good ; they circulate their money as of old, they pledge them- selves to that course. The attention of the government is also directed very especially to the northern part of the country, in order that trade may not receive any check, and that peace in the Indian districts may there. by be all the more securely maintained.â€" The disastrous war which was at one time threateneed has left among us foes and . various deplorable results, but the peOple 1 . feel reassured ; and elected by the Grace of Providence and the sufi‘rages of my fel- low citizens to the highest paition in the Government of my country, I proclaim that peace reigns in our'midst this day. The Government will take every precaution to prevent this peace from being disturbed.â€" To Ike Pcapfe oflhc North West A PROCLAMATION ! ! REEL SUES FOR PEACE. We internally 311 '8 thus returning to ordér, externally, also; matters are looking favorable. Canada invites the Red R people to an amicable arrangement, Sh offers to guarantee us our right, and tug: . - , . 5 us a place m the Confederation eqml 9.» that of any other Province. As defined b the Provincial government, our nation: will, based upon justice, shall be respemd‘ Oh, happy country i to have escaped man, misfortunes that were prepared for her, in seeing her children on the point of in,“ She recommends that old friendship; 111,, used to bind us, and by the ties of the“ same patriotism, she has ranewed them again tcr the sake of preserving their lives. their liberty, and their happiness. Let u; remain united and we Shall he happy ; with strength of unity we shall retain prosperity. Oh my fellow countrymen, without distinc- tion of language, or without distinction of creed, lr'eep thy-words in your hearts. If ever the time should unfortunately come when another division should unfortunately take place amongst us, as foreigners here- tofore sought to create, that will be the signal for all the disasters which we have had the happiness to avoid. In order to prevent similar calamities the Government will treat with all the severity of the laws those who dare again to compromise the public safety. It is ready to act against the disorder of parties as well as ageing: jthat of individuals, but let us hope, how. iever, that extreme measures will be un. known, and that the lessons of the past will guide us in the future. iVE! Proton Council met in the house of thg Clerk, at Ronaldsay, on Tuesday, 12th of April 1870, at 10 o’clock 3am. 'All the council present. The Reeve in the chair. Minutes of last' meeting read‘ and adopted. A petition was received from Mr. John Agnew and 13- others, asking the. council to have‘thc fiences removed ofi‘ fife road allowance throughout the 'hnvnship. Moveti by Mr. Agnew, seconded by Mr. AbBott, That' the petition of John Agnew, of the 15th con., and 13 others. praying that the fences be removed to mg. limits of the several roads in the mum. cipalilty, and that. the clerk notify each. pathmaeter and point out their duty in thiv respect on their Schedule. Carried. Moved by Er. Agnew, seconded by Sir. Abbott, That the Reeve employ John Creasor; Esq., Co. Attorney, to defend this Corporation in the suit of Thos. Campbell,â€" in 5th Division Court, on the 23rd inst.â€" Carried. The Council then proceeded to examine the books and accounts of Mr. J ohn Vent, late Treasurer; Moved by Mr. thstou. secondéd: by Mo. McDonald, That the Reeve issue hlfi order to pay the councillors up to date- Carried.. Moved by Mr. A‘gnew, seconded by Mr.. anston, Tibet-this council adjourn to meet.â€" as a court of Revision in the house of Mr.. James Bryce, on the list Wednesday in, June, A. D. 11870, and that the Clerk give the proper and necessary. notice. Carried. The council then-ndjimmed. Josarn MCARDLE, Clerk. The following; i a description of the route the expedition will be compelled to take to reach Red River. LEAVING T0 3023139 ' the troops will proceed by the Northern Railroad tro Collingwood, onzGeorgian bay; whence they will be conveyed in steamers to Font. William, and here the trOOps will rendezvous, provisions will be stored. scouts collected, doc. The air line to Fort Garry from Thunder Bay is 377 miles, and the real dismnce to be marched over is 45;“ miles. Of this about 170 miles are to be traversed or followed on foot, and the re maining 280 miles by water, including twenty-four portages or places where the boats must be unladen and carried over the lands at rapids. for this purpose are flat. bottomed, square at the bow and stern, with an overlay runn ing along the sides. They will be propel- led ‘by oars, and each will contain about twenty men. So that the force will require at least. 120 beats for the transportation of its members and followers, without reckon- ing those required for stores, horses, artifi- lery, 8m. there is a march of sixty miles over an. r- able country, sandy and wooded, to Dog Lake, near the Kaministiqni river. Hex». the bateaux are' called into' requisition and the troota» must. proceed by Dog Lake and Dog River, the country rising gradually.â€" This lake is 718 feet above the level of Lake Superior. At the JOUl'dam rapid and portage the height of land, 893 feet, is. reached. Through a chain of small lakes the S‘avanne river is reached. the pot-tage being swampy, the only one on the route. .Here the level is 834. feet. Passing through i, Lac des Mille the Baril River, French Lake and over nuuerons portages, the strikes Lake Kadgasikoi. thence by Sturgeon Lake into Lac La Croix, 547 feet abovethe level, Here in latitude 48 ° 30. it strikes the American line, passes the Vermillion River into Lake Nameukan and into the Great Rainy Lake, 445- feet. There have been gold discoveries here. The old: canoe route follows the Americanxbound‘ary line along Rainy River into Lake of the Woods, where the line rises to forty-eight degrees. I am, however, informed that there is an» other practicable route although one not generally known. proceeding up Rainy Lake by the river and chain of lakes to the northward, entering Lake of the Woods by Lac au Pin Croche. Crossing the Great Lake to the north-west angle, south of he Plat, the boats must he left, and there is a march of about 100 miles. The first forty miles is through a swampy country, thvnly wooded, width few ravines and deti‘xs other than what in the open parairies would be called coules or gnlches. The wood will have to be cleared and the morasses fascin- ed in places. Near White Mouth river the colonization road (which was bring opened by Mr. Snow and his party when the troubles broke out) is reached and the troubles are over. It winds past swamps m d an occa- sional patch of woods. At Oak Point the first settlements are reached. The last thirty miles are over the Open prairie {and crossing the river at St. Boniface lofi , Garry is reached. The march will he 3 l toilsome one and slow. The boats must be dragged over the various portages by 019“ or horses. No large expedition has traversed the country since 1821, the British troops were sent forward to quiet‘ the S Settlement troubles. The portages W consequently overgrown with timber and will have to be cleared. Some few of them are, I believe, on American soil, but: miles! I am in error, the treaty of 181'2 grants l0 both countries the common use. The Paris police say that at the pre- sent time there are in that city not“ penniless Americans and American deed-heats than there were even during the exposition of 1867. The following letter, which. to,sensationtlists, “speaks volumcfiy Picked up in the streets the other (1‘5 1 “Dearest C. :-â€"Your boots are inside me garden fence, :9; the southeast cornfi' ” «‘6 under a piece of old carpet. Don" come any more, for Heaven’s sake- Th; ”1‘1 man swears he’ll blow the WP; 15°“? 11°35 '05- Your aficctionute B. The Route to Red- River. ‘ ‘(Signetb Proton Council. LEAVING F38? WiLIJAM THE BOATS Lona 8.131..” un- CB mwrcx- Durham: Full Wheatv Spring Whel Pork ----- ' ‘ Anne, 38“ William A14 (55a, mm H;y. i 'b ‘ 0 . P0“t0¢80 O Thursdaj PRO‘ All par will take according Wem ’holdefl Thilwa} pany' s ' ‘W E ‘ m 'for the poses. 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