Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-07
THE REV REBELLION IN NEW
AMERICA.
UPER1'S LIND.
ESCAlE or N'IOUGkLl.S PARrT,
SANS n'DoUGAIL HOPEL ESS AMI
sRO,yr 10 LEAVE .


p CHlcAoc, H.. Dar. IA special dis
patch 10 IN, Tribune from s.. Paul, Of this
DAYS dste, ,ays LEVERS have been r,,,veD
| FROM +. mb,bs 10 the l6,hI inst The dis
con a u'e ar t>nur. 81 CO... Oannis 81 Nc
| DnugaII's Nsff Ia Snli.t snd srm The lnd'-
sn,. saved the lives o N. Doussii and hi'
| srite.
| H.d a 81, gle half breed b.sr llsd, tvsry
oua Jt III canadian par WON'T nave hreh
murdered. IL SEINE that Col. Dehiis so'
| bsek to the g v.rnor's bnuso on the even
ing at thu 10 h. The in u gents we're att
er hun, but y got safely .~sy. A letter
say, that death tad beer dsereed Col. Den
mis- Il espiu, ed. Tnis 10 10 revenge FOR
1 Dennis's .ffT to B. dame Lts iudtsn
IT, s.n,~ lslter ,sysa IewspsPr !" to
be nj lis ell in he interest ct the iusnTEen'
cause, aud will "a aKO ta appearance On lhe
aO,b lust. .rr. .f.
MoD.ug.ll and suite, having given up all
ho,es v,r SEEN he ~ iniAed land,
are lrspsTing get away Their n'EgAsr
would leave nu tbe l1'h, aud the party be-
tween tu. II h ard 20th. The insuIg n's
will then ba IF in peaceful aud quot pos
session al iheir country. a4
f LEApING CHARACTIRS OF The RED
RIVER Wharf.-The HALF-BREED
PEoPLr DESCRIBED --G0V. A'DoU-
CALLS STATEMENT--- POPULAR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. luIA
Previous to The adoption Of the Dsclarsl
A tion OF Independence, tho Red River peo-
pie held number OF meetings, from which
a nlseaty to gather their continent and spirit
O AT one of these, he'd scne Time back, bot b
classes OF opinions on the question Of form
I ing a Provisional Government we're heard
e Que OF the Qaeen's soldiers opposed the
proposition, abiding to the fact that the
Z country was 10 q state OF armed r. bellior
u and that a gentlemen had been stopped or
the highway and Erieyously annoyed, b,
cause he was the bearer OF commission
10 from the Queen. Louis Riel, the most 40
tive spirit OF gsurd But the speech of tn
J. eyeniI appears to have been made by
81 n pemsker, named N P1erson, WHO j. c
ted TO forming a Prov, s'onAl G ,yernmen
because he hsd already been made the vic
As tim OF q similsr organs Ation established Il
his noghborhood IIms years ago. Fror
a, ibis il would appear that tho.reppblican ide
Ia Is not an entirely new experiment in Win
nipeg quarters.
: THE REPUBLIC OF MANITOBA.
q To provisional republican goverDmer
~ referred to At tho Red yer meeting WI
Of called the Republic of Manitoha, the sea
OF Which was at Portage IL Prairie, on IN
10 A siniboine RIVER, about 65 miles west fr
he Fort Garry, tho Republic itself embracir
a vast tract OF prairie country westffom u
ut Portage. Mr.. Thomas Spence, rom Cam
he do, had been made its President At tho tin
Mr.. M Pherson complained II being ou
lie ragged in his rights as settler. Early
ma 1868 tho Republic demanded OF Its iphAh
r. tAot, an oath Of allegiance, aud aiterwA
eel attsmpted 10 levy taxes Gu imports OF TO-
ON ! per cent, al udl0rUpa, the same levied
The aensiitnted authorities Of the settle
nd az A.siulboine. Hrnes arose mi suudt
,,d standing between President Spence aud d
~" Hudson Bay CIV, rnor, 10 virtue Of who
on advice Mr., M Pherson refused to pay
IA tax, moreover accusing the PRESIDE Mt
hsv w missppr praied hsl acrown ARA
tile levied on account Of customs by expcnd'
II Tor whisky for private consumption At
house Of call In the republic. MePH'
ier, sor. I'll hang you" said the PRESIDE
a.. About tso days afterWard two conslab
1"y called on the compl iinant, bearing q vi
and rant from the Cove rnmt n, for his apprsh'
n sion, on q charge e "treAsor." The
" suit was an atts implied n ght on the part
irst Nc Pherspn q spirited aud prstracl
chose in cArroles, Q horseback aud on 70
'"'' n the track ard out on the plaiur, d
Dns. prrats struggle IN the snow and hnaily
"a o,pyeyanee OF McPhsrson, hnund, bsf'
''su tie {" Governnr and OouI ell" The D
title ms had been stripped Of his clothes In
.truggle, aud, after long drive, appeal
vas beisrs his judges, atltrsd, he assured
~ audience, only In his shirt. hePheFson
%, lated TO his Red River auditors how
- friends appeared on tho scene, and al
!. abusing him for not using a pistol, hrou
.boot lis rescue, Tsh0rtly SfiqwArd,
Rspnbllc Of Manitoba dlssipAted itA b
II nGe- ...H aH.. F.