Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

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Poundmaker, the chief, sent an Indian priest with all his prisoners to Battleford asking for terms upon which to surrender, and was referred to General Middleton. The prisoners say thev were well treated. The Indians are reported as washing - Off their war paint and concealing their rifles. A special from Winnipeg to the Chicago Inter Ocean says: Your correspondent interviewed Attorney General Hamilton to-day as to how Riel’s alleged American citizenship would affect hjs trial amt punishment. He says: Riel can be tried by military court-martial just the same as if he ■were a British subject. No right of citizenship gives protection in case of such offense. Riel could also be tried in the civil courts and condemned, and in either case the sentence could be executed with perfect safety, even it he were an American citizen. He forfeits all protection by violating the laws of the country in which the act providing for punishment in such cases was passed. A military court-martial is likely to be adopted in Riel s case, and doubtless in any event the sentence will be executed. F. X. Lemiend, M. P.. and Charles Fitzpatrick, distinguished advocates, of (Quebec, havq been retained to defend Riel! ... The bark Brilliant brought to Quebec the crews of the bark Bayard and the steamer Mary Louise, which Vessels had been crushed by ice on the Newfoundland banks. The crew of the Bayard were on a berg three days and nights and suffered great hardships, and had barely been rescued by the Mary Louise when that craft was crushed, both crews then taking to boats, and being finally picked up by the Brilliant. Guatemala has again invaded San Salvador. This movement is likely to reopen the Central American question Riel, the half-breed rebel loader in the Northwest, is in the custody of the police at Regina, the capital of the Territory. Gen. Middleton deposed Beardy and Okamassis; chiefs of the Duck Lake Reserve, for participation in the rebellion... .Off the banks of Newfoundland the steamship City of Berlin came in collision with an immense ieaberg, which carried away the jib-boom, bowsprit, figurehead, and all gear attached; stove in the bow, breaking the iron plates, deck planking, iron railing, etc. Many tons of ice fell upon the forecastle deck, breaking it through and going down into the hold. The two men on the lookout had a very narrow escape with their lives, the fog being so thick at the tme that- they could not see' the iceberg until it came fumbling on the forward deck, where tliey were standing, which caused them to run for their lives. The consternation on board at the time among the passengers can be better imagined than described, as they were asleep' in their berths when the shock camel They ran helter-skelter, to and fro, screaming and praying, not knowing but that they would go down with the ship in a few minutes.