New-York tribune., 1870-05-30
THE NEW DOMINION.
CANADIAN NEwS-THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION

CANADIAN NEwS-THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION
GOSSIP.
OTTAWA, May 27.-Red River matters still
claim not little attention. Prophecies as to the i'll
success Of the expedition beginning 10 be realized II
a very unpopular crusade with the Catholics whose
priests accordingly opposed enlistment in Quebec with
such that in French Catholic distrctThree
Ryers-from counties with population OF 100000
only volunteer obtained. While ontario had
than filed her quota in three days, Quebec only
produced after all efforts had been exhausted
that she had TO procure 80 by outside enlistment
Then between the French and English bataiOns bitter
and illcOncealed hatred prevails. Ontario volunteers
taunted Quebecers with treason cowardice, completely
the Quebecers retorted by singing that poem by Lemay
laudatoy of Rel and by assautng any stray Ontario
volunteers they upon. Several pitched battles
thus brought about and finally frsky Quebecer
fired revolver into the ontario messroOm Discipline
does not to be maintained when officer rushed
in to part the cOmbatants he got knocked down, and
nothing serious resulted TO the assailant
The force has been very badly ocered all the grades
being filled by political friends and relatives of minis
ters The job of getting to Fort william turns out rather
more difficult than first believed. The expedition
which to have been at Fort Garry the Queens
birthday may count itself thrice fortunate IT, in its
trety, it celebrates the Fourth of July at Fort William
What with delays, bad roads, and miSmanagenen they
not likely TO trouble el before October That illus
trOus pOtentae does not seem 10 trouble himself much
about matters, but goes on, cOnscang, egSlang ana
appointing as II he had litc-lcaSe OF Manitoba, Your
readers may quake to hear that President Rel has dis
covered by an atlas-which with some household furn
ture bed nen and damask curtains he conscated from
Gov. McDougal-that the United states boundary me
cuts of some Canadian territory ~ Lake OF The woods
The President of Manitoba has therefore declared that
justice must be done in the premises else he viii mus
ter his standing army of 80 men and march upon Wash
ingOn. BY the way, the Northwest viii be formally
annexed to Canada on the 30h of June, by royal procla
nation
John A. Macdonald He still lies at his office very weak
and though the public bulletins announce his improving
GfQ ate ha lV
minister solid food for fear of inducing return of the
Inflammation, ana the neat teS sTEereS rye upon l, @
would be TO be followed by fatal results, and, prac
tically hope has been abandoned of his recovery In
event of his death an alliance would probably be formed
between the Quebec conservatives led by Cartier and the
Ontario opposition under Mackenzie.
war, although for few days delayed by the raid goes
steadily on and by the lst of August there will not he
Tedcoa in Canada. Prince Arthur and his regiment
to have left 31st. The Tory press is intensely
disgusted and alarmed and whines that cannot de-
fend ourselves and should not be expected 10 defend
ourselves and that well be ID before we defend our
selves and know not what Nevertheless the exodus of
the troops continues.
with Mr. " f. Walker the celebrated gentleman cricket
player of London TO bring over an eleven of amateur
players to America in September The expenses will be
about $500 for each match.
Near Pembroke, the Upper ottawa has been discov
cred very Interesting relic III the shape or an aSroaDc
believed TO have belonged to the great navigator Cham
plain IL Is believed TO he his because IN ms account oi
become utterly untrustworthy after leaving Pembroke.
PROGRESS OF THE RED RIVER MILITARY EXPE-
DITION-DEsTRUCTIvE FIRE.
FORT WILLIAM, May 2S.-The steamer
Chicora which left the Sault ST. Marie Canal Tuesday,
arrived here to-day after the shortest passage on record
No word received about the Fenians at Fort
william. The troops which arrived by the Chcora went
under canvass at once The in excellent health
and spirits tremendous fire prevailed IN the vicinity OF
Fort William, which has devastated the country Tor 80
miles around The Inhabitants took shelter III the mines
THE FIRE on THE sAGUESAY RIvER-NEARLY
SEVEN HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS-SUF-
FERINGS-SEEKING SAFETY IN SWAMPS.
The Quebec Chronicle of the 9th has an ac-
count OF the great fire which has beeh raging on the
ON the afternoon of the 18th inst tremendous CON
Mstassine to ST Aphonse the greatest part OF the habl
WSoS shelter and deprived Of everything Six lives
lost The total number OF families VINO are desti
wide by hirtysx in length, and extended from Lake
ST. John 10 ChicOutim All the buildings were destroyed
by fire between o'clock in the afternoon ana O'CLOCK
in the evening of the day. We learn through Mr.
Tremblay, NJ y. for ChcOutimi who has Just returned
from the burned district that tle nIe III ts raSases
swept everything before it, and has left the number OF
families above quoted in absolute poverty ana rum:
The fire travelled III clrcultOus drecu1D, covering
1900 miles in super1ceS, ana 100 les rom one
extreme point to the otnef, ms d'Ggi n G%d which
changed three or four times while the G WS gong on
The poor people who were 50 unexpectedly dllNeA from
their happy and comfortable homes had to seek sheer
in the swamps and underground places as every phuhe
standing within the march OF the hre was leNeed 10 te
ground. some OF the suHcrlheo Whcn .lr pi pt W Io
itants had 10 endure are painful 70 contemplate One
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birth hut hours before the fire had reached her
domice was removed with the newborn infant, by the
husband TO swamp where she passed the nlght alone,
az the husband had returned TO the house TO save some
of his wearing apparel but found III the mean time hat
the fire had cut of the communication with the swamp
where his wife sought shelter Another man, nlulI5
escaI impOss BILE, jumped into his We'll where ne passed
the whole night and part Of the following day, WINE ie
fire swept his head Even here the heat al ne ne
came so intense that he compelled PROFESSIONALLY 10 sP
below the surface the water to avoid being scoced
number of families sought shelter on the lake shOe'
hut were compelled wade into II over the waist s e
fire in its ravages had burnt up everything down 70 INC
very edge of the water. .,.-,, 4. ..;,i.,- 90
The origin Of this fire is attributable TO the suay OF
certain farmers who had set fire to the woods III deet
nIaces TO make cearances and burn up the unutrDus
Had these people only thought seriously OF the result
which might follow their rash act they would not nave
sci fire 10 the woods when they know, after the dr sea-
son through which have just passed, tlat the trees
would be like much punk II Is not only the gIeat
danger the people residing in these isolated ulslct
incur by setting the fire. but, as the mcmpeT Ior Gpe
noinfed ont al the session of the Local Parliament
The whole country suffers through this reckless deruc
tion of our forests. law passed 10 prevent tnc
s,tting fire TO the woods during certain seasons nu
mis- law like great many others, VIII be either ao"eu
to remain in allowance or be altogether dsregarded.
THE BOSTON, HARTFORD & ERIE RAILROAD.