Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 22, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba Acl toss t1ie continent. General Selby Smyth s tour. Accounts of the Progress made by Gen Selby Smyth on his tour of inspection of the military forces in the Western part of the Dominion have from time to time been placed before our readers. A few weeks ago we announced the general s Safe arrival at Victoria British Columbia and his subsequent return to Ottawa via san Francisco. The following letter from a correspondent of the Toronto supplies the account of the trip from fort Tui Toni to the Pacific after settling everything satisfactorily at fort Carlton where it will be remembered there were some apprehensions of Trou ble Gen. Smyth sent the mounted police Back to fort Polly leaving however twelve men and six horses at Carlton to keep the peace. Leaving fort Carlton on 6th August the general proceeded to fort Pitt where he arrived on the 12th, passing through a very rough and broken country and intersected by several rapid on the 13th Victoria was reached. This was a settlement of half Breeds and old Hudson Bav officials in All about thirty Humilius. The party left on the same Day for Edmonton and passed through a country intersected by deep and very dangerous swamps thro which the waggons were dragged with the greatest difficulty. At Sturgeon Creek a delay of a Day s duration occurred. This Creek was deep and rapid and found to be so that Trees had to to felled for the purpose of constructing a raft on which to Cross Over. On the same morning As this Creek was crossed the passage of the North Branch of t lie Saskatchewan was also most Friendly manner with the pie ans Gen Smyth advanced As rapidly As possibly and passed through the Kootenay pass to save great expense to the Dominion government and As he had also to Confer with Gen. Hop per Gen. Smyth proceeded to Walla Walla Washington territory and after settling matters regarding the preservation of the peace along the Border he proceeded to port Townsend and thence crossed to Vic l Toria. Effected at a new police Post about 18 Miles i family. As May easily be supposed this horrors of the insurrection. Sissoko correspondence Manchester guardian. There was a Stalwart Burly priest from a neighbouring Village who was a native of bos Nia where he had been in charge of a Parish but obliged to flee for his life. His Story throws much Light on the Savage nature of the life led in Bosnia both by mos lems and christians. One Day during the Harvest when he was employing some Twenty men to get it in and he was just about getting his dinner a moslem appeared in the Yard Ai med to the Teeth and asked for one of the workmen. The cure enquired what he wanted him for. To shoot was the reply to has Stolon an Apple and cursed my the cure told him to to Oft and seek his remedy in a Law court. Thereupon the moslem quietly cocked Liis gun and fired at the cure who Only just escaped by a Quick movement behind the window took Down his gun in turn and shot the aggressor dead. So far Good. But now the cure s blood was up and calling his men bade them build a Bon lire. Then stripping the moslem he rub bed him All Over with greatest possible indignity for a pitched the body into the fire. Of course he had to Fly for his life and the Parish was obliged to pay a Fine of ducats to the Man s tie Bank paid the value making a Deduc Tion for the deficiency of weight which is generally about 3d or 4d per Light Sovereign it was stated to the committee that boxes of correctly weighed Gold sent by the Bank of England to Scotland frequently came Back having , Palm there is then some reduction for Light weight. He explained this by adding that the Mere shaking of the sovereigns on the journey will make a slight Dif Ference. There is a Point at which every Sovereign becomes Many sovereigns turn that Point on the journey. Or Hodg son m. P., a Bank director stated that in a Box of sovereigns the number which would be found to have turn the Point would generally be about eight if they had not been disturbed and he added Are aware that the Sovereign which is in your pocket at 8 o clock in the morning is not the same Sovereign at 12 o clock at after this rather alarming announcement it is satisfactory to find or Hodgson stating also that the charge for Light weight on the eight deficient sovereigns would be about 2d per Coin making Only id on the Box of so that says he it really amounts to North of Edmonton. There was no Timber to to seen except along along the Banks of of the rebellion now and i shall not be sin Sturgeon Crook to within 40 Miles of Edmonton but the country was very Rich in pasture in fact the grass was rank. The country too was covered with wild Vetches suitable for cattle. There Woro a Groat Many swamps. These Are very injurious to horses producing Hoof disease in fact they suffer terribly from it in this Vicinity. Edmonton was reached on the the general did not visit the Post As he had All the inform cure is one of the most energetic supporters Tion he required in to it but Havins procured the necessary proceeded due South to Buffalo Lake Over the Vil est roads and Ozir swamps. At ked Deer Kiver the general found a troop of mounted police awaiting his arrival. This Force had Corrie Here to await orders in Case they were required at fort Carlton where As before remarked some disturbance of the peace was expected. After inspecting the Force the general ordered Thorn to Swift Creek on Bow Iziver where a new Post has been established. From red doer Kiver to Bat the and Bow Livors tiie country is Beautiful Rich and exceedingly Well adapted for settlement More especially along both Banks of Battle Kiver. On the Way to Bow Olivcr the general s party fell in with 200 Black feet indians under the command of old who has attained an unenviable prised to near that he has become one of the leaders. In the Early Gray of morning the insurgents who had descended from the chief Range towards the save were joined by seventy five men from the austrian All set off together to fall upon the turkish Block houses along the save and All the turkish houses and posts in the Eastern Angle formed by those two Rivers. The turks were surprised nearly All Mas sacred and their Block houses and dwell s burned. The insurgents had one killed and seven wounded Tho turks Twenty seven killed some Burnt in the houses and Many Many they could not Tell to. I expressed Surprise that so Many turks should be killed and so few insurgents. Thereupon one of the insurgents got fetched a bag and out of it took a ghastly head and Laid it on the table. Lie said and Twenty six Are on the other Side. To Morrow we shall have a this was a startling Way of verifying an assertion and j must confess that i had to seek Refuge in a cup of Coffee till i had regained my equanimity. Meanwhile the head glared at me and seemed to Pio teat against the company. I said do you think that this ferocity will Ain. A j j. Vij w mix ii Ivi Fujiu i Viv Evvi Iii Liivi u vilify Ivel us reputation for murder robbery and Vii Liany you any More sympathy Quito the contrary. And four other chiefs what May have to in revolving in old Crowfoot s mind As to the value of Tho general s Scalp will Likely never be known but to appeared to be very much pleased and All the chiefs were very urgent in their request that the general would Camp with them but Tho request was politely but firmly the journey Onci More resumed for Bow i Mouth. About ten Miles from Bow River they overtaken by Crowfoot who. With All the rest was dressed in paint leathers and blankets. Five of the chiefs spent the nig with the party and had a talk round the Council fire. They professed great Admira Tion for the mounted said they were Fine Fellows. Gen. Smyth Speaks Verv highly of those Blaek for and says that old Crowfoot said that he was sorry that the roads were in such bad order that next year they would to attended to. indians were off to Hunt the Buffalo. Contrary to the general opinion they were Verv civil and polite and few would believe that Crowfoot s disposition was so soon changed the indians departed professing Friendship for the general. Bow River was crossed with difficulty on account of the rapidity of the current. The River was i oulds wide and very deep. Two men were nearly drowned from the swamping of a raft. Along was a Beautiful Prairie country and there was nothing to be seen to correspond with Tho great a Humboldt Plain of Tho u s Indence they Rode to the South Point of the Lori Irmo Hills where col. Mcleod established his Post in old Man s settlement. I a latest maps of the country even that of were found very inaccurate Linese maps Are those published under the authority of the Dominion government this remark is applicable to the position of Lorvi clod and whoop up or Hamilton. At 1-Ort Mcleod the Post and the mounted Lolice Force stationed there were inspected and found satisfactory. Leaving his staff at a Mcleod Gen Smyth proceeded 240 Miles due South to fort Shuw. La is to to remarked that the people at Ottawa speak of fort Baa As something like across the pm mtg. I you know m this country at fort Shaw Gen Smyth met an general officer in compliance with and had a very satisfactory in to Rem of ism the disturbances we Are not accustomed to wage War like that or mutilate the cried one of the men suddenly Crimson with Pas Sion no. You English do not wage War like that against a civilized nation. Have had your blood roused like than we have had you shatter your prisoners to pieces before Tho Cannon s Mouth. When your wives and children i tortured and massacred you had no pity for the sepoy. You must remember that this is a personal War. There is not one of us who has not suffered worse from the turks than Ever you did from these toys and that As Long As we remember. My Mother was Burnt to death in 1802. My wife was impaled eight weeks ago. And my two children one six months acid the other two years Bayon eted and thrown to the pigs. How dare you reproach us with Fero City How can you reproach a wild beast with ferocity say i with something sticking in my Throat i did not half like the turn matters were Takii. Yon Are not to thundered my opponent. We arc beasts and you and Tho rest of Europe have made us so. You handed us Over to infidels to turks and what they left us was devoured by the jews. You were either fools or rascals. You jumbled turks and arabs together you thought the Alhambra was built by turks and that Arab science was turkish but you did not know that the turks Are an accursed cursed that where they once set foot the grass will never grow again. Or knowing this you still supported them. No sum is too to procure them the filth they revel in no Concession too Small for us. Would you like to have your daughter sent for by a Bev stripped examined and sent Back to you with an order to keep her another six into a beast for a Pasha s lust that happened last year to that Man there. It was for that you Lent the turks say Are you not fools or rascals still we thank you. The lurks have fattened on us you have fat toned on them. They have ruined us you have ruined them and now that they arc . Brantford expositor nov 5. From late advices received from Santiago Chilli South America from our townsman or Waterous of the Waterous engine works company dated sept 20th, we learn that he has got his Patent saw Mill in operation on the exhibition it runs like a harm and attracts very much at Tention. He says last wednesday was the grand opening Day. The president of Chili officiated and after the ceremonies Mado a general Survey walking around with his officers of state just looking at the Prin Cipal things on exhibition. To had every thing timed exactly says or water Ous steam up on and All started sawing just As the president stopped to Sec Tho. Mill. Instead of passing along As he had done with All the other cur Iosi stopped until the log was sawn up. He then enquired whore it was from was handed one of our lithograph cards in Spanish opened it looked at the cuts inside sex pics cd his satisfaction at having seen the Mill refolded the circular and went Specia mention was made of the Mill in the nex Day s papers and it was the Only piece o machinery mentioned. Have had Mam congratulations of our continue the letter. There Are a great Many engines Here seven or eight from England some from France some from Belguim one from the states one from Peru one from Chili and one from Canada and it is a fact conceded by All who speak of one of the machinery judges a German founder doing a Good business in that the Canada engine is the Best of the it gives is great pleasure to record triumphs of this sort being made by our Cit vixens in Distant lands and the achievement is certainly very flattering to the enterprising company that had the dash to make so costly a venture. To Hope they will reap great gains from sales they shall be Able to effect in the Southern hemisphere through the popularity their machinery will win by the display made at this Santiago exhibition. Be Dae Fence rails and posts for Sale. Enquire of no sir r. Patterson. Of you want first class work go to Hill the Champion hair Cutter and Barber of the i Orth Wost. You will find him at the Salon sign of the Diamond Polo main Street. Or Purchase of Sale of half Breed claims apply to Lynn o Leilly land agents main Street next merchants Bank mat Creek with 170 of i Genera s View of the now that they were unable to Fiti 1-.oj, their horses were no longer sold for that abominable strife Raiser but inst d of they hunted the Buffalo and Oki he Jow they were better off before the arrival of the mounted with them and also to protect them from tie Ruf Hans who infest the Plains they Are More Friendly and less regards i r majesty s subjects. After parting in the sucked dry and bankrupt you have suddenly discovered that you sympathize with us. Sympathy i we want More than sympathy we want Justice. You Ami the turks arc the sorcerers who have changed us into Weh wolves. Release us. Give us Back our souls give us Back our human forms. Till then we must obey our instincts. And thus thou infernal atom go j oin thy body that is Seething in so saying he seized the head dashed it into a Corner and stalked out of the room. For some moments there was Complete silence and the aspect of the faces around me was something fearful. I could say nothing. I Felt As if i was guilty of All this and could Only smoke in silence. At last one of them broke the spell and begged me to excuse what had been said and make no mention of it. But it was said and never had they been so badly treated As since the crimean War. Sovereigns. I rom the London times. The Bank of England clips every Light Sov reign that comes into the classes. An evening class in Book keeping by single or double entry business arithmetic business Weiting Etc. Will be commenced on wednesday 25th at 3 o clock by e. C. Con Kurt Lute of British american College Toronto and Hamilton. Made foe freighting. Ereign weighing of every Sovereign is accomplished quickly they weigh in an hour with one machine. Or Palmer the Deputy governor informed the House of commons select committee of last session on Banks of Issue that last year the Bank of England weighed Coin to the amount of ind rejected or about 30 per cent is being Light Gold. For this last amount the undersigned will receive tenders up to november the 27th for the teaming of government supplies consisting of Grain and hour As follows about pounds from Moorhead Minn Nesotas to the government buildings it a Dufferin. About 220.000 pounds from Steamboat Alpha now lying at Bickerstaff a some 30 Miles South of to the government buildings at due about pounds from Steamboat Cne Venne Sheds at Winnipeg. American teams Are privileged to Cross the Boundary line near West Lynn As far As Duffer in in Bond reasonable time proven for the delivery of and portion of the supplies. Security for Tea liniment of contract required. Tenders will be accepted for the whole or the separate lots. To be addressed to or lne 5cnl8.20 we. Hespeler Dom. Gov. Agent. Pro to aedes. For Board and a or table Board comfortable and v Lotrn b first House East 01 the Selkirk House. Nlc-22 City lots on and near graduate of. Toronto veterinary and stable Market Square references w principal d. Itce Orchen Montreal a. O. V. S. To . U like pull Cream cheese get the Hal Dimaid . Foundry. of car wheels building material portable engines patterns and models Box and cylinder1 stoves for burning Wood and Coal Iron brass castings of every description. Codar Street St. Port Sain attention go to w. Chambers for the celebrated Rei Vincton Portage ave me at a few lots to breach loading shot guns of which lie Hus lust received a Large Stock also a Large assortment of telescopes Field a2fd opera glasses and general sporting goods. Repairing promptly attended to. Opposite of Ace Church main Street Winnipeg. Simm apes. Hall s Standard safes. A full line of fire burglar proof safes and vault doors always in Stock. Bigford Passmore agents. V office and War rooms -16 Jackson Street St Paul Jcs-9in. On said lots to be sold o s o a 1-3 5 3 p is very Low of i o Fol 3 o u s o v m z o of o h m co for Cash apply to a. W. Burrows. C. 6 a o 3- Post office news depot. O c Bryant dealer in All the principal newspapers and periodicals published in the United states and great Britain. A Choice Stock of tobaccos goods y stationery always on hand and the cheapest in to City. Gall and see Bryant old Post office Block ;