Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba She gaily 4 k to tuesday a Phi 26, 1877. Tuk absence of All mention As to having no ulterior object in Tho Way of annexing now territory from Iho Kussian circular issued on the declaration of War seems to have aroused the gravest he spi Ionn in King land that some dark scheme is underlying Tho muscovite policy. The danger is that Russia will not to Content with scoring us the Only results of her present military in. Temprise the improved condition and gratitude of Tho Christian subjects of Tho Sultan. A i while War Ami rumours of wars arc disturbing the continent of Jim Ope Tho West Ern hemisphere with the single exception of Paraguay enjoys present train Mility accompanied by a Prospect of Trade continuing to improve. Tho political uncertainties in the United slates have been removed by Tho judicious policy towards the South adopted by thu newly Timu grated presi Dent j and with Tho revival of commercial Prosperity throughout the Republic Canada is already experiencing the beneficial collects of the Welcome re action. In common with Tho rest of Tho Dominion Manitoba has every reason to feel Confidence in the future for Tho obstacles which have hitherto impeded her Onward March towards Tho goal of permanent Prosperity Are being Ono by one removed from her path. The land lock is already broken and before Many weeks Are Over a still further Advance will have been made towards Tho Complete throwing open of Tho reserves. Tho whole of the scrip donated by Tho Jov ornament to Tho half Breed Heads of families and old settlers was distributed last summer and n Good Deal is still to Boob trained at reasonable prices by men who wish to make payment for their farms so soon As they have selected a ideation Tho announcement of allotments and is sue of patents to the grantees entitled to participate in the acres reserved for the children of half Brood Heads of Faini lies Are to commence forthwith. Each of those pants entitles the recipient to a farm of 1240acres, will have a Market value according to situation but Many them will to purchasable at moderate prices during the next twelve months. There is also no doubt that seriously contemplate taking some Steps with reference to th.3 colonization reserves which will have the Oil get of replacing in the Market or making available for Home trading tracts of land that have been set apart for the carrying out of certain Irmi Gration schemes which have not Tho expectations of their too sanguine promo tors. This expectation we base not without reason on the declaration of Tho minister of Tho Interior in his annual report. Or. Mills says very plainly As the Locking up of Tho lands so set apart has in the mean Tito proved a source of to Many people coking lands in the pro Vince and has tended to Barrass settlement generally i propose to withdraw the hero before extended in Tho several cases except in Tho a in Sii Tisl a toy Are furnished that Tho lands the Corning Wero told what y in govern Surrem Lerein Lio Nixson april the 14lh inst., Tho Village of Sioux previously mentioned As coming in with spotted Tail sur rendered to general Crook at the spotted Tail Agency. The Village numbered about a thousand persons mainly sans arcs and Minnecu Josih under roman nose and other chiefs. The indians asked permission to approach Iho Agency in Tho style commonly used by them in approaching a Friendly Vil Lage which was granted them. About ten o clock the warriors to Tho number of per haps three Hundred made a regular charge on the Agency from several directions yell ing and firing their pieces in the air. At i i o clock Iho main Village filed past the Post and wont into Camp at inc spot designated by Tho agent. On Tho a Council was held in which Tho indians would be required of them intent. They said that their professions of peace were sincere and this is fully credited by All who saw them. They turned Over to the agent upwards of ponies and horses also. Tho exact number of Wea Pons could not be ascertained but the col Lection embraced Many carbines taken in Tho Custer massacre. They Are believed to have brought in Many relics of that will air and general Crook has Given orders to spare no pains in the recovery of such things. As the Village approached about thirty Princi pal chiefs and head men Rode in Lino into the fort advancing slowly up the Parade to the commanding Allicer s quarters where they wheeled to the left to face Crook to whom they were presented by spotted Tail. The son of Lone Horn firs t Rode Forward and laying his gun on the ground said 1 Lay Down this gun As a to Ken of submission to general Rook to whom i wish to the chiefs All Shook hands with general Crook and Rode away to put their people in Camp. Guarantee will be settled durin i Jiji or Fawole As Cameron usually Stylos it is on the Eastern Shore of Lake Tanganyika about a Quarter of Tho distance from Tho Northern end of the Lako. It is very nearly in latitude f s., Longitude 10., about Liol Miles a Little North of West about Joo Miles irom the West coast. The Teine or head chief of Tho country of i Jiji lives in u Village at some i Tance irom the Lake but every District is ruled Over by a Mutale or elder. Tho natives Are line looking Good Smiths and porters and of pert i Shormon. But their reputation for honesty and sobriety is More than dubious. Their dross is usually a single1 piece of bark cloth two Corners of which Are tied in a knot Over Ono shoulder and passed under the opposite armpit. The chiefs usually Wear coloured from Tho trader instead of bark cloth but worn in the same manner. There Are a number of Arab Trad ers settled Here of whom slide must be mentioned As exer Enod a considerable influence Over Tho Lor lines of Cameron and his party. There were Moham med Ibn Salib a line old portly Hall Casto who had not been eat of i Jiji since Imu and a though i had no official author Ity irom Tho Sultan of Wuh looked upon by the traders As then head Syde Memn also a bal caste a kind of a great braggart and As at Terai is proved n Groat Rascal and Muni i i Tassani a slave trader. Cameron was assured that it would Boim pos ibo to travel wot of Tho Lake for at icat three months until the Rainy sea on was Over. About the Only thing that could to done during Tho period of waiting was to make a the Lake. Stanley Ami Liv Ingston had around the Nori Hoin Piu t i Jiji but the Southern and much larger portion was unknown to Lou rope a although a we now know Filoiii Livingston had made almost the entire circuit of its Shore. Tho Lite Dill ii ill to was to procure a boat. Tho Only one 1 Largo i soul h for Tho purpose belonged to Syde Ibn a Lahihi and this was hired at an Levoi Bitant Price and after much Dilli cult in contriving then do of payment. Syde yet Ono other subject of land grievance wanted Ory but amm on had none Ibn remains supposing Tho other.-, above Rol or Salib had Ory but would sell it Only for Rod to completed do posed of As they Norloch Ime Roii destitute i ii i i i i i i in Sharib had cloth and wanted doubt soon will in and to arc Happy to to Able to nor Oivo that there is something like a Prospect of this matter being also satisfactorily cloak with. This Hope is chiefly founded on the following extract from the Cihac s parliamentary report Rekau i1 in m or. Whether it was the in tuntion of the act of Parlia ment or order in Council to allow of Home Stead settlement in what is known As the Kail Way it civic in the province omani Toba. Or. Mackenzie said that it is not the in Tention of the to have any act passed during this session for regular Settle ment on the Reserve but As to the precise Mode of permitting settlement on the re serve the a government have certain Powers. The matter has been under their consideration and it will continue to receive the at Tention it of course the question asked by Tho Mem Ber for Lisgar was one purest Bun Kum complexion for no Jiing could to More ridiculous than to expect Tho i overment to give for to homesteaders or any one else lands set apart by parliament to assist in pay Imp for the construction of Tho Pacific railway in which Groat undertaking Manitoba has a greater interest than any other province except Columbia. All that in. Common sense can be asked of Tho government is to fix an upset Price at which such lands May be purchased instead of keeping them locked up from settlement for an indefinite period and we Hope that Tho condition will be enforced that such sales shall be to bonafide settlers Only. The Premier s sensible reply to a very foolish question encourages us to Hope that some thing will shortly be done in this direction. But cloth and wanted wine Winch . So Iho wine was sold for the cloth the cloth for Tho Ivory and the Ivory for Tho boat. The principle sight at i Jiji is the Market held every morning and cry afternoon in an open space near the Shoie. It is attended by All the tribes bordering on Tho Lake bring Lour Corn Sweet potatoes ams ban ana.-, tobacco Cucumber to Mac Palm Oil Palm wine sugar Cane Salt Lish Moats baskets nets Spears bows bark cloth pot tory Iron work and so Forth. Many of the i vendors build Small arbours to shelter them from Tho Sun. There Are also who come from a distance to i Poso of their Ivory arid slaves. All bargaining is carried on at the top of the and the Din is deafening the pm Reney of Trade Here is a Hoff a kind of beads looking like broken pieces of pipe stems All prices being Esti mated in this but they Are not actually current a Money. In the morning Hook is go around with Soli which they sell Lor other beads and in Tho evening they buy up the Soli making a handsome percentage on both Cameron s journey across by a. Ii. Iti Onsoy in the St. Paul Pioneer press says a late visitor to Tho Black Hills reports there Are thousands of people in the Black Hills who would like to return to the states but have not the Means to get for themselves the necessary provisions to last them on the tramp much less to pay stage and Railroad fares Jund consequently waiting for something to turn up. Micawber Liko they Are fully convinced that there Are no Placer diggings go Rich As the they left behind them. The Pacific Tui Lowny. From the Hobo. Or. Ici crying s Progress report which has just been issued gives a Complete re Nunn of All the work done during Tho past six years. The amount spent on surveys alone in that Uii Rie was nor is Tho line even yet located in Jiri Tish Columbia or to the North of the lakes. From fort William to the Rocky mountains the route is fixed much of the accompanying Telegraph line has been constructed and a considerable portion of the railway has been placed under contract. West or the Rocky mountains no less than twelve different routes through the Cascade mountains have been examined five of which have been shown by an instrumental Survey to be practicable while it is hoped that further explorations will place three More in the same category. The first Point of divergence is at fort George on Tho upper i razor the objective Points being Burard Inlet near the Mouth of the River if owe Inlet a Short distance to Tho West Bute Inlet at the Mouth of the Ilo Hathco liver Dean Inlet and North Bentinck Inlet on Tho Pacific coast and Gar diner s Channel and port Rossington still fur ther North. Two practicable routes have been examined to Jurrard Inlet two to Bute Inlet and one to each of the other Points. The real Choice will to All appear Ance lie Between Bute Inlet and Jurrard Inlet each of Winch has some advantages in its favor f the railway is Over to to constructed to Esquimalt along Vancouver Island it a matter of necessity to adopt Bute Inlet As Tho present terminus. As a military Road this line would be Tho most serviceable since a Lino along Tho Fra scr would to for a considerable distance in close proximity to the Canadian Frontier. But the latter 1ms Tho advantage in respect both of distance and Tho Harbor at its Ter minus. The two Hurral Inlet lines arc to pee timely and Miles while to Bute Inlet Are and the Cost of the most favourable of die former is placed at and of Tho two latter at and respectively. The chief Long Ineer Alli ims in unmistakable terms that if the object is simply to reach the navigable aters of the Pacific by Tho most eligible line loading to a Good Termi Nal Harbor then one of those by the Valley of Tho is the Best to . Tho Lino across the country from fort i i Ortro to the Ilo Hathco and Down it to wadding on Harbor has been very thoroughly explored and its fully made Appal ent. The Hist Survey shows two Miles of tunnelling thirteen and a Quarter Miles of gradient rising feet per mile and three Miles rising from ill to is feet per mile. The Lino to Dean Channel is of Miles Shorter than the one to Bute Inlet but there arc sonic very heavy gradients. One of these is eight Miles Long and rises at flu rate of ii feet per mile another one mile i Innig f loot and a third a Miles ranging from to feet per mile. On this Lino also there would to about two Miles of tunnelling required. The Survey of the route be tween Vale and Lytton establishes Tho in Tiro practicability of the line Between those Points but notwithstanding Tho lightness of the gradients the work of construction will be heavy. On thu Whol cil appears that a Good Deal of work has yet to be done he lore a filial decision is arrived at and that when the line has been located the Cost of construction will be the Timu Long. B Hick he ick kick leased tin Hili a Yard i 1 in i m Hviid u e Lin 11 i d 11 my i be Iii Icli ill lie or. Ini had a i u a Curli Sci in Kirkland lie Kasai in i Iunisi lir Llesh Cilin Inmei mid the i Lii a states. Also i-iiini1 in i i As a .11-1 Lent incl maker Hymi Sims. Hii Lux i a sin Jih Clil la i Fesl in Lek til Ikei s in a n u a. 1 Rares pet 1 Liviu sind All i mind. Pressed Luji a an 11 a Quality Lor limits. Orders it a re. All Boxley Disbrowe. Ii ill i lie i it i in i i it i i of at tin ii. Dis Al a i 11 Llan left Fie Hoy m. M every saturday St from Quebec in Londonderry and Liverpool. Iii v i s i i kid m i n l . Is i i k u i i through Ikras link my i has i or Mol to Winnipeg to Sec Csaji Wiur cd Mil s mails on i n i ii n unil Jin i do i The it Iii slips of line i Lull ii y in Ilir in it Nii of Thi lilt no up All i in pics. Its Lull i i in Ami Lutill in w i Piip lit a m i i i ire Chi inns. I Ell i a i i to 1l off. I i very Ildi a inn h. , Ajith Allan 18 0. W. Ludic kit Diu Imi of i Kiis spirits cigars. Main St., As All Gui wines and spirits Are Pur Cha soil in Europe clip Cully from producers we can guarantee to the Trade and the Public generally the very Best article sold in the Market. N2l d Ai hats hats hats hats first i arrival of men a youth and Hoys Buffalo Sto Sofi Felt hats All shades. E hard Felt hats. Black silk hats new styles. Drab Shell hats Etc. I pm Clivi de in Canada Eliout one Hundred Case m men s clothing and furnishing men s and boys boots and shoes Many of will Down he lir to . After which time even limn required in lie Ilove line be it flip Bull Alo. And at prices that doff Competition. J. V5lliers. F. L. Johnson co., Naii fac Der of hand Post Hahn lors Stair hailing mantles kids my ugh finish us All kinds of Plain and ornamental building mentorial. Ca-xlija.5531330 i ice lists moulding Hook lost Malos. Oi1 any information in our Lino furnished on application. Cor. 3d St. And 3rd Avenue South. Minneapolis. Minn. A j-7ni2 a. G. B. Bannatyne wholesale and retail grocer has on hand a stint k of teas tobacco general groceries provisions and flour wines and liquors. On the opening of navigation will receive larger stocks than Ever heretofore imported by him and which lie will he in a position to Oil both wholesale and retail at lower prices than Ever. Give me a Call. Town lots and farm prop hey Lor Sale in desirable parts of the province. Newspaper ;