The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-07 00:00:00

THE RED RIVER AFFAIR.

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The Toronto Globe publishes the following
despatch from St. Paul, dated 18th of December :
" A letter received, dated Pembina, December 6,
says that Governor M'Dougall had succeeded in
raising a body of Indians, who were marching to
the Stone Fort under Colonel Dennis. A letter of
the same date, from Governor M'Dougall, says
that on December 1 the GoverntLent of the Queen
was announced through its Canadian representa-
tive. On the same day a force of loyal men occu-
-1 ied the Stone Fort, and the loyal white and half-
breeds began rapidly to rally and organise. The
insurgents were beginning to disperse, and had
withdrawn their forces frcm the printing-office and
other places in the town of Winnepeg. Louis Riel,
the chief of the insurgents, still remained in posses-
sion
of Fort Garry, with 400 of his followers.
Another letter says :—The mail just in from Fort
Garry brings the news that Colonel Dennis has a
force of 300 men, consisting of Swamp Indians and
their half-breed relations. They have garrisoned the
Stone Fort, and are expected to form a junction with
the Canadians and the Sioux Indians of Portage La
Prairie, and march against the insurgents of Fort
Garry. Riel, the insurgent, had called out his re-
serve, who were temporarily absent, and 300 men
reported at his headquarters in a few hours after
issuing his call. A collision was soon looked for.
The reportcurrent that Governor M'Tavis had been
taken by the insurgents from his bed, and together
with his subordinates had been confined in prison,
and that the insurgents had helped themselves to
the property of the Hudson Bay Company, was
not generally believed. The St. Paul Press of this
morning, editorially on the Red River trouble,
says :—" Governor M'Dougall has assumed a fear-
ful responsibility in thus subjecting the settlement
to the terrible risks involved in Indian war. It is
but just to say that as our correspondents at Pem-
bina evince a natural sympathy with the insurgents,
and obtain their information doubtless from the in-
surgents
side, it is possible they may be to some
extent misled by parties and representations." To-
day's Press says further that there is the possibility
of an Indian war on the North-west frontier, and
believes it the protective duty of the United States
Government to send troops to Pembina for the pro-
tection of her citizens. Another Pembina letter
says the English-speaking inhabitants prefer the
continuation of the old Government of the Gover-
nor and Council of Assinaboia. On the contrary,
the French say the old Government originally esta-
blished for the administration of the affairs of the
Hudson Bay Company is inadequate to the wants •
of the present extensive community and for the
administration of the laws in strict justice. The
editor of the St. Paul Press received a letter from a
Canadian gentleman, dated Pembina, the 6th
instant, in which he says Governor M'Dougall has
not called on Canada for troops, but relies on the
people of the Territory themselves, when appealed
to quell the outbreak, and believes they will do it
without bloodshed. The letter contistues as fol-
lows :----‘ On the 12th of December [qy. 2d] a force
equal to the malcontents occupied the Stone Fort,
and their numbers were rapidly increasing by acces-
sions of loyal inhabitants, of English, Scotch,
Canadian, and French origin, with a large band of
our Indians, rea ly to defend the flag of their Sove-
reign and restore the reign of law.' The insurents
under Statsman had made tracks for Pembina, ,
while Riel holds Fort Garry with about 40 men." I
The New York Times publishes information received
from Chicago on the 21st of December that accord-
ing to a despatch from St. Paul "news had just
been received that a company of mounted insur-
gents appeared at the Hudson Bay Company's fort
near Pembina on the night of the 9th instant, and
took possession. The greater part of Governor
M'Dougall's agents and emissaries, including
Schultz, Cowan, and Hatch, had been captured.
Colonel Dennis was skulking about until he can
reach the American territory. Governor M,Dou- r
gall is absolutely without even a faction, save
some fifty Swamp Indians. The balance have de-
serted
him."

RAILWAY _INTELLIGENCE.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The traffic receipts on this company's lines for
the week ending the 18th of December amounted
for the conveyance of 25,089 passengers to £7,632
for mails, &c., to £1,233 ; and for live stock and
the carriage of 23,189 tons of freight to £21,227—"
total, £30,092; and for the corresponding week in
1868 to £27,958, showing au increase of £2,134.
The total receipts from the Ist of July to date
amounted to £758,441, and for the same period
last year to £728,015, showing an increase of
£30,425.