The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-02

negotiate with the Provisional Government All
of these agents had rough time of IL, aud one
of them, Scott by name, suffered death rs a
reward for his temerty in rushing into
the very den of the lion. The Dominion Gov
ernment, finding it impossible to suppress the
insurrection by force of arms, gave up the no
tion for the time, and in March last several dele
gates from the insurgents visited the capital TO
settle upon terms of peace. A bill was finally
introduced in the Dominion Parliament, early
in May, providing for the admission of the Red
River country into the confederation as
The Province Of Manitoba.
This act finally passed about the middle Of
May, and its provisions seemed to give entire
satisfaction to the mass of the people affected
by it. The boundaries of the new province
were fixed from point on the United States
frontier 90 degrees west from Greenwich, to %
degrees and 10 minutes west the southern limit
being the 49th parallel, and the northern limit
so degrees and 80 minutes. The province con-
tains II, 900 square miles, and includes all the
settlements on the banks of the Red and Assini-
boin rivers, from the circumference near Fort
Garry to the lake aforementioned. The unor-
ganized tract was to be governed by the Lieu
tenant Governor of Manitoba under q seperata
commission, and its affairs regulated by orders
in council. The province was to have at present
two members in the Senate; when its
population amounts to $4,000 three senator's;
and when $4,000 four senators. It was to be
divided into four electoral districts, each of
which is to return one member to the House
of Commons. The Lieutenant Governor was to
have an Executive Council of seven persons.
The local legislature was to consist Of two
chambers, q council, and an assembly; the for
mer to have in the first instance, seveu to be
IN ultimately IN twa p,ap ,baro
latter to have twenty-four members, elected by
as many districts, which are to be defined BY
the Lieutenant Governor, their qualifications TO
be the possession of house and one years resi-
dence. subsidy was granted at so cents per
head, and the further sum of $500, 600 for spe-
cial purposes. All public lands not specially
allotted were held to belong to the Dominion of
Canada, and for the purpose of extinguishing
the Indian title within the province, /, 200, 600
acres were to be reserved for the Indians aud
balf-breeds.
These propositions were accepted by the dele
gates of the insurgents, and late in June the
Legislative Assembly of the Provisional Govern
ment, having been convened by President Riel
to consider them, assented to the Manitoba
scheme with the approval of Riel himself. To
complete the new arrangement, the Dominion
bought up the claims of the Hudson Bay Con-
pany to the territory, which was formally trans
ferred to the Dominion in June. Anxious to
wind up the difficulty at once, the British Gov
ernment supplemented the action of tho Do
minion Government by granting in July o
general amnesty to all persons implicated in the
difficulty.
In Peaceful Possession.
Meanwhile, the expedition under the COM
maDd of Colonel Woolsley was organized to
proceed to the Red River country and take
peaceful possession. The English Government
consented to the employment of regular British
troops i'll this expedition, on the condition that
the Government of the Dominion defray two
thirds of the expenses. The expedition cou-
sisted of 600 regular troops and 400 volunteers,
the latter selected from the Dominion militia.
The expedition started on it's weary march In
May, and such were the obstacles encountered
that it did not reach Fort Garry until the gath
of August. An attempt was made to transport
supplies for the expedition through the SauIt
Ste. Marie Canal, but to this the Government of
the United States objected, despite the ass urance
that the expedition was entirely peaceful In it's
character. This rendered the transportation of
the supplies by land necessary, and greatly i'm
pededs-the movements of Colonel Woolsley's
grand army of 1000 men. -.
The obstacles presented by an unsettled coun-
try were finally overcome, however, and Colo
mel Woolsley reached Fort Garry on the 24th of
| August, to encounter no show of resistance In
| taking formal possession OF the recently rebel
| lious district in the name of the Government of
| the Dominion. 1t is said that Riel intended to
| offer resistance, but was persuaded that
| it would be useless; also that, previous
to the arrival of Colonel Woolsley, he piundered
Fort Garry, and with his more devoted follow
ers took to flight Notwithstanding the general
amnesty which included all their high-hauded
proceedings. For the truth or falsity of these
reports we must await later advices; but, In the
meanwhile we can congratulate our readers on
the fact that the Winnipeg War is at an end