The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-26
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, JULY 2e ls7o-TRIpLE SHEET

Fort Smelling and executed The Sioux are st up at
npes in day or two rey hsSe the cheerful prac
ue OF delivering prisoner to the squaws for their
amusement which consists IN stalking the man
down nat upon the ground and kind ny small IRE
upon his person with hits OF dried grass and Sticks
While the handful OF fire slowly burns into the man
the squaws dance about him with yells OF uellgh!
occasionally suspending their "walk around" TO all
minister some new and kcener torture. Win whose
variations long practice has made them peculiarly
familiar. The HERALD correspondent has no amb-
ton 10 experiment upon the ingenuity OF tne sauaws
In this particular, ana does no! propose 70
the settlement In which case the correspondents
after obtaining an accident insurance policy upon
his scalp, will nterr0gate the Sioux as To his Amer-
can sentiments
There are about 160c Creek and other Indians twen-
ty-fve miles down Red river, where they have been
assembling for several weeks. They profess 10 be
peacefully inclined, ana although they vii. not per-
nit anv Of the settlers to enter their camps no fears
are entertained OF any trouble These Indians, It Is
well known, are collecting near the mouth OF Red
river Tor the purpose OF receiving promised pre-
sents IRON the Canadian government ami VIII pro-
badly dispense as soon as they gee their money
blankets, trinRets, &c.
THE FOURTH OF JULY
was celebrated here IN the most approved style.
Emmerling s Hotel was gayly trimmed with ever
green's the American dag was hoisted on the stan
over the roof, ana at noon banquet was served In
ma nihcent arched pavilion OF evergreens The
day was lshered In vita an artillery salute OF thlr-
teen guns, and at twelve O'Clock salute OF thirty
seven guns was fired. The greatest harity pre-
vailed throughout The day, and ut night the
hotel and the American saloon OF Captain Bob
O'COne, Of the gallant old New York Sixty ninth,
and now the member from Winnipeg IN The Red
River Legislative Assembly, were magndcently
illuminated with transparencles ana fireworks.
Many New York readers OF the HERALD. acquainted
with Henry Eek, j. G.. Kennedy, Billy Cosgrove,
John Lennon, robert McLaughlln aud William
PATTERSON, Will be RIatihed at knowing that Their
friends have med Li,eir former reputation. ana
Tor luil twenty-four hou 'made Rome howl"
year surrept tioasiy hoisted and "jammedn a Fe.
man nag upon the Eng ISL settlers Flagstaff in VIM
nipeg, and when the British winni gesgers arose
In the morning to shake their lmpOtent fists at
the artillery firing squad great and unspeakabie
was their rage at beho,ding the hateful green en-
blem waving proudly from their own particular
pole. Long and frantIc at empts were made in VAN
10 get the Fenian banner down, and about
OF the pole to cut the nag loose;
but at last the enra2ed Brltishers cut their pole
down and 1t now sports the Ge,T dc US and sham
rock above the walls OF Fort Garry whittier the r.
G's conveyed 1t after tie rout and capture o. DR..
Schultz's party.
Another Fenian incident transpired here a short
ume ago, AID winch haS been Kept quite secret until
day or two since. simultaneously with the return
OF rather Rlehot IRON Canada there arrived Fenian
head centre from Minnesota, evidently for the pur-
pose OF Spying out the and.n Tile provisional gov.
eminent had obtained two large and beautiful hdgs
the Union Jack and Canadian nag, WIN winch they
had draped the Assembly chamber on The occasion
OF accepting the Manitoba act, ana which they in
tended TO moist as soon as the SUB ect should be dis
posed of. The Assembly acied upon the de egates,
report on Friday evening, ana the flags
were to be hosted next morning; but the mys-
by the reconstructed WinnipeggeIs, got into the
assembly room by some means, captured the flags,
concealed them under MS linen duster. slipped out
OF the Tort ana struck bee line for United States
soil The loss was not discovered until next morn
aud 1t was too late to recover the banners now
adjoining the walls OF q Minnesota Fenian circle.
Nobody mas mad courage enough TO ask President
that not soul In the Tort knows yet what became
OF them.
FENIAN DIPLOMACY
icin noI
government ever since the troubles first commenced
here, and frequent Overtures have been made to
Rel by the Fenlan leaders, who offered TO put men
and arms into the Northwest Territory to resist
the Canadian rule and "clean out" the expe-
enlargement was given 70 '' the s fenians e by
the Red River people, and during the winter and
spring preparations were made by the Fenians for
putting large body OF armed men into Fort Garry
Arms were sent into Minnesota, some of which ca me
TO points near the boundary line, where they still re-
main and when the late raid was made into Canada
q large number OF Fenians were dispersed through
Minnesota In readiness TO assemble at Fort Garry or
to attack the Canadian expedition on ITS march. as
circumstances might direct. All Fenian operations
IN this direction. however have now come TO an
end. The provisional government officials, who
once energeucaly favored inviting the Fenians into
the Territory to mako common cause, now dIsclaim
all sympathy with the Brotherhood and deny ever
spondent endeavored on several occasions to draw
out Pre dent Rel upon the subject. but without sue
cess the President IN all cases declining to discuss
the matter.
ANNEXATION
has also been treated IN the same manner. When
the Red River difficulty first opened Rie!, O'Don-
oshue the Catholic clergy and large majority OF the
settlers talked annexation to the United States; but.
for some reason, the President and the clergy sud-
denly turned against 1t, and parties who advocated
u TOO strongly were arrested. The assigned
for this cnange Of policy Is that the provisional
government feared the Sioux would turn
against them If they proposed to transfer
the Northwest Territory (the SOux'S asylum)
to the United States, and that to avert In
dian troubles and possible Indian war throughout
the Northwest annexation was. discountenanced.
President Rel Is bedly in favor OF annexation
personally, put In his Official capacity he sur
rounded by circumstances WHICH rendered the
utmost prudence necessary AS l have before indi-
Gated IN my correspondence the annexation OF this
country TO the United States is but a question OF
tline ana few years WILL In all probability, the
American nag waving over Winnipeg.
No news has been received from the Canadian ex.
petition. 1t is not expected to arrive here before
The middle OF August and may not get here before
the Isl of September