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Leader (1850-1860), 29th November 1851, Edition Town of 1, Page 1132

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      GREAT COUNCIL OF INDIANS . ( From the New York Herald . ) A correspondent of the St . Louts Republican , writing from the treaty ground , near Fort Laramie , and giving a description , of the proceedings of the council , says : — " When order had been restored , all the Indians being seated after their own peculiar notions about rank and precedence among themselves , Colonel Mitchell addressed them through the interpreter , after which the ceremony of smoking commenced , A large , red stone pipe , with a stem about three feet long , coloured and ornamented with hairbeads&cafter the most approved style of

      , , , the Indians , was filled with tobacco and kmne kinnick . When lighted , it was passed by the interpreter of the Sioux to Colonel Mitchell , and then to Major Fitzpatrick . After they had smoked , it was passed successively round to each Sioux , commencing in the east . Many of the principal menon taking the pipe point it to the four points of the compass , then up to the Great Spirit and down to the bad . Another ceremony was observed by nearly every one . When an Indian took the pipe , the interpreter taking the other end , he would extend his right hand to the bowl , and draw it back along the stem to his breast . Some of them would repeat this action several times . It is understood to be the most solemn and sacred attestation of truth they can give .

      " When it had gone the round of the Sioux , the pipe was refilled , and , in like manner , handed first to the Commissioners , and then to each tribe successively , by the interpreter of the tribe . This ceremony occupied considerable time , but seemed to be regarded throughout with deep interest by the Indians . Until the explanation given by Colonel Mitchell of the interrst and force of this ceremony I had not regarded it in its proper aspect , nor given to it its due influence . " During the process of smoking , Mrs . Elliott , the lady

      of Lieutenant W . L . Elliott , of the Mounted Rifles came in , and was received by the commissioners , and assigned a seat within the arbour . Mrs . Elliott was the only white lady in the encampment , and her presence created an agreeable sensation throughout the assemblage . Colonel Mitchell , on receiving her , remarked to the Indians , ' That in her presence the white men gave them an evidence of their peaceful intentions , and thus confidence in their power to punish any wrongs . Her presence , too , was also an evidence of the confidence that was reposed in their honesty and good intentions . '

      " Shortly after this , another little incident occurred that for a moment created a thrill of feeling among the crowd , at least the white portion of it not familiar with such scenes . A Cheyenne squaw , leading a horse , with a boy of about ten or twelve years old mounted upon him , made her way into the entrance of the council arbour , and commenced her chant . The interruption was sudden , and for a few minutes not understood , but soon stopped by the Cheyenne chiefs . The purpose was this : —Some years previously , one of the Shoshonies , a Snake chief , who was then in the council , had killed her

      husband , leaving this boy , then an infant , fatherless . She now came to present the boy and horse to the Shoshonie , by which , according to their customs , the boy becomes the adopted son of the Shoshonie , and entitled to all the rights and privileges of that tribe . The Snake chief had no right by their customs to refuse receiving the gift , and upon its reception , became bound to treat the boy in every respect as his own child . Those laws of custom , which prevail among themselves , are most faithfull y observed . The time and occasion were not appropriate for the squaw ' s purpose , and she had to defer her presentation until another time .

      " When the smoking had been gone through , Colonel Mitchell addressed the Indiana . His expressions were short , in simple language , such as they could readily understand , in many cases adopting various forms , and employing their own hyperbolical mode of thought . Between sentences lie paused to see that the interpreters understood him correctly , and to allow time for them to communicate it to their respective tribes . As many of the Indians understand the dialect of other tribes , the interpreters announced their interpretation in a loud voicef that all might hear , and mistakes in conveying the correct meaning be corrected . Whenever the Indian understands , or thinks he understands , what has been Buid to him , he signifies it by a guttural exclamation ' how . '

      "At the . conclusion , Tera Blue , n Sioux chief , an old and venerable man , dressed in a blue blanket coat , name up , shook hands with the commissioners anil all others , selected his interpreter , ami then addressed Colonel Mitchell as follows : —• " Grand Father , I am very glad I liavo seen you ; I have heard you were corning ever since the grass began to grow , and now you are here . I have not two hearts — my ears have been open to iill you lold uh . It seems to me good . I believe our (» reat . le ather is good , but . 1 will go home ami talk to my people about it—wo will think of it . " " Wuhata-Uh , an Arrickaree chief , after slinking hands all around—a universal custom—and Holert . ing his interpreter , addressed Colonel Mitchell : —

      " ' Orand Father , your talk is vory good . My ears and the ears of my people have not been on the ground , they have been open , and we feel good in our hearts at , what you have told us . The ground is not now as it used to be . We come here a long way oIF from the Missouri river . We come hungry , for wo are very poor und could ilnd no buffalo ; but wo found friends , and tliey gave uh something to e ; U . This made our heartH glad . We are poor and live fur away , but we will do the best we can to sutisfy our ( irrut Father . We hope he will send us more buffalo . ' " Wash-ah wee-ha , a HhoHhonie , next spoke : — " Grand Knther , 1 have come , a great distance to nee you and hear you . I threw my family , too , away to oorne nnd Union ; and 1 am glad and my pooplo are glad that f ^^^^ Kh ^ N fct V

      we have come . Our hearts are full ; all our hearts are full of your words . We will talk them over again . " Here the council broke up . "

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      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . The Queen , Prince Albert , and the children are at Osborne ¦ The Duke of Northumberland has given orders for the construction of a thousand new and comfortable dwellings for the labourers on his estates in Northumberland . The Marchioness of Conyngham narrowly escaped death in the smash at Weedon . She is severely cut about the face and head . Among the grand jurors not in attendance when called at the Central Criminal Court , on Monday , was GK F . Young , Esq ., M . P ., who was fined £ 20 for nonattendance . The senior officers of the Eastern Counties Railway presented their esteemed late secretary , Mr . C . P . Roney , with hia portrait , on Tuesday .

      Father Mathew still remains at Greenbank , near this town , says the Liverpool Mercury , the residence of William Itathbone , Esq . ; and although considerably recruited , the state of his health prevents him from appearing in public at this time . It appears that the Earl of Carlisle , after a full consideration of all the circumstances connected with the recent inquiry into the conduct of Mr . Ramshay , the judge of the county court at Liverpool , has given his decision , removing that gentleman from his office . Notice of trial by special jury has been served in the case of Chubb v . Salomons , but it is not anticipated that the trial can take place until the sittings after term . The action has been brought to recover three separate penalties of £ 500 each . It is understood that another action , " friendly , " has been brought against the defendant , but of course both cannot be tried .

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      The Earl of Lanesborough married , on Monday , Frederica Emma , relict of the late Sir Richard Hunter , of Dulany-house , Sussex , at St . George ' s Church , Hanoversquare . Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar was married to Lady Augusta Gordon Lennox , on Thursday , at St . George's Church , Hanover-square . The crowd was so great that the Prince , followed by a train of aristocratic bridesmaids , had good humouredly to force his way into the Church . Many soldiers were present , Prince Edward being an officer in the Grenadier Guards .

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      General Narvaez gave a grand reception on the evening of the 20 th . On the same evening lie was received at a private audience by the Queen . The Grand Duke Constantine paid a visit to Marshal Radetzky , at Verona , on the 18 th . The Chevalier d'Azeglio , President of the Council of Ministers at Turin , is very unwell , according to the Opinione , the wound he received in 1848 , at Vicenza , having opened again . It is anticipated that he will retire from public business .

      ¦ A letter from Pesth of the lGih , says : — " Field Marshal Haynau , who is at present residing on the estate he possesses in Hungary , is accustomed to sleep in a little room on the ground-floor , in a detached building in the garden of his chateau . In the night of Monday last he was awaked by a thick smoke , which filled the chamber . He immediately jumped out of bed , and leaped out of the window into the garden . Some moments after all the building was in flames . " It is evident that some one tried to burn the Marshal in his bed .

      On Tuesday , M . Granier de Cassagnac sent M . Penguelly-Laridoux , a naval gentleman , and friend of M . Veron , and M . Berard , representative , and late secretary of the Assembl y , to call out M . Creton for the insulting epithets which he applied in his speech on Monday to the writer in the (¦ oii&titutiotmcl . M . Creton call , d ( Jassagnae " a miserable pamphleteer , a slanderer , whom he permitted to shield himself under the disdain which lie inspired , and to take refuge in the . ignominy of his whole past life . " M . Creton said that he could not fight with such a man . It may be mentioned here that M . Lacrosse , the present Minister o / Public Works , still limps somewhat from a wound received in a duel with M . Granier de Cassagnac . KAILWAY COLLISION AT WKKOON .

      A collision of a fatal character took place on Saturday evening , on the line of the London and North-Western It . iilway , lit . Weedon , by which neaily all the | iass < ngers in the four o ' clock uptiain fi out Rugby were more or less injured , and a great destruction of properly caused . It appears that , the four o ' clock train fnnn Rugby , dne in London ut twill past , seven , started from Rugby at its proper time , an iving in due course at the Weedon station ; tt . twenty-live minutes punt lour . At . this time it was Blill daylight , and nil the piopi r flopping nigiialn were on ul . the station . At . the Weedon Million there ; are no Mdings , and the passenger train , in which were Chptaiu lluisli , the i ; eneral manager , and Mr . liruyeres , the chief superintendent , both of whom hud been down for the

      purpose ol milking arrangements for the opening of the iSiour Valley Line , finding n coal train ut the station , had to wait on the m . in tip line until the coal tram hud shunted on to the down line , to allow the p «« senger tiain to ieach the plut . fouu of the Weedon million , and then puss on . The passenger train had readied the platform , and wan transacting it . n hiiHiiiens of letting out . and receiving puNHengeiH , mid the co * l train was mill nhuntiug acioNH , Juki up above , on to the down line , when an engine and cattle train of thiiteen heavil y laden w » ggonH ditHhed into the passenger train with great violence , smashing neveral of tho nearest carriiigen , and ulso di iving the pan » enger train forward into the coal train , vrhich hud not yet entirely got noroHH on to the down line , with Buoh violence as to knock several of the coal

      trucks completely over . The are&tZt ~ Zr ~ ^ "" - prevailed , and the screams and cries oTthen ™*" are described as truly frightful . P as senger 8 As soon as the alarm occasioned by the first . i , , the collision had in some measure subsided thl = v ! of of the officials was directed to the pWsehtf entioi » medical men from the town and barrack * in Ph » and diate vicinity of the station were speedilv on tl lmme-A gentleman named Currie , of WarrinRton « n ! i 8 pOtt nected with the firm of RidgWay and Co S ,, ? t COaof King William-s . reet , wal taken out of a eSt carnage apparentl y lifeless , and was reportedUs . ft having sustained some frightful lacerations ami • • » on the head , from which he has since died A lnj ' in almost as bad a condition , was taken from rh ' carriage , and turned out to be the servant of OoloUT ? ° £ , ? _ « S ° a passenger . A third «« . £ . ? * iuoieaiou

      . r . , or upper Barnsbury-street , Islington » ' also taken out insensible , with several severe cut . i ^ the head and face ; and a Mrs Gower , of Oxford st 5 was also very much injured . Most of the other pas 8 eri ' gers suffered from wounds and contusions more or lilt Captain Huish was himself severely injured about th head and face , as was also Mr . Bruyeres , whose esVa from death was truly miraculous . It appears that nnth Rugby train reaching the platform , Mr Bruverea Jh was in the same carriage with Captain Huish Kot J ^" . £ T"J _ ° _ _^ C 0 l H 8 J ™ w * " * . « d «« with hi hand the door

      on carriage , while Captain Huish wh « had not left his seat , had his head out of window con versing with him . The shock caused the captain ' s head * to be driven violently from one side of the opening of the window to the other , while a portion of another car riage , lifted completely off the rails , struck Mr . Bruyeres on the shoulder , knocking him down , and he in turn knocked others down who were standing near him . Mr " Bruyeres rolled towards the carriages still in motion and , but for the providential circumsUnce of a gentle- ' man seizing him by the coat , he must have fallen under the wheels and have been cut to pieces . His coat was

      much torn . The causes of the catastrophe are thus explained : — There was no fog at the time , and , in addition to the proper signals being on , there was a policeman stationed half a mile down the line to signal to any up-coming train that they must not run into the station . The driver of the cattle-engine , it is understood , not only received the signal from this policeman , but observed the signal at the station , and immediately reversed his engine , but in doing so the engine got out of gear , and before he had discovered it in sufficient time to shut off his steam , the collision took place . An inquest on the body of Mr . Currie is proceeding .

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      LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW MECHANICS' INSTITUTION , BURNLEY . Popular education , whatever character it takes , is regarded more and more as a matter in which all classes have an interest . On the occasion of laying : the foundation stone of a new Mechanics' Hall in the town of Burnley , on Tuesday , the 25 th instant , there was an unprecedented gathering , not only of the people , but of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood , with some visitors from distant places . The Earl of Carlisle , as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Sefton , as Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Colonel the Honourable J . Yorke Scarlett , Mr . Charles Towneley , the President of the Institution , Sir J . P K . Shuttleworth , Baronet ; Mr . J . Wilson Patten , M P . ; Mr . James Hey wood , M . P ., F . U . S . ; Mr . Lawrence Hey worth , M . P . ; Mr . James Pilkington , M P . ; Mr . George Stansfeld , Mr . Spencer T . Hall , Mr . Robert Hurley , & « . &c , being among the invited guests , who took a part in the proceedings . There was a general holiday in the town , all the factories and shops being closed . About midday , a procession was formed from Towncley-h ' -ill , ac ~ companicd by bandsof music , and including the principal guests , the officers of the institution , all the Masonic and other lodges , and being joined at the park-gates and round the site of the proposed building by about 20 , 000 of the inhabitants . Mr . Towneley performed the ceremony of laying the stone , amid the gratulations of the multitude , who occupied a species of amp hitheatre , and presented a most interesting appearance . The giientHand principal inhabitants then dined at the Hall Inn , and a soiree followed in one of the largest chapels in the town , where speeches were delivered by most of the above noblemen and gentlemen , : uid others . Mr . Towneley ban munificently presented £ 600 towards the cost . of the building , of winch Mr . James ( ireen is the architect . Messrs . Spencer and Moore , munulacturei-H , have aluo given £ 300 ; Alcocks , Birkbecks and Co ., bankers , £ . ' { 00 ; and about £ 1000 more has already been Huhscribed by other parties . The estimated cost ol Unbuilding is £ 4 / 500 .

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      TIIK TRAFALGAR IAVK ASSlJItAMCK ASSOCIATION- ^ The first annual general meeiing of th .- III ( 'in , " ' this association took place , at the oflices of the coin » in Pall-mall , on Monday , ] tev . J 11 . ^ " ^ iX the chair . The manager road the repoii , stated that "the date ot complete I' ^^ Zee that company was the 19 th of November , IH / iO- U « -t * ( period and the 16 , 1 , of June , 18 / il , «""¦ •/; « / »« " «' . """ ,. t l the whole ,.... » Iht of share * ., being 2 fi , <) 0 <> , ""« ' H '' ing a capital of JC'ifiO . OOO . were subscribed lor , * " , . „ ., ! prietary of no less than 000 perHons w «« created , « t ^ chiefly from the more influential claHHCH of ' ; ,. ;„ . muni . y , U ... * establishing the « P «»»«»^ . ^ j ., rap id tion on ii 1 ) uhib at once nohd < md Y * " ** *^ . dem *'"' absorption of the sharca and tho null UK . " a * 'K , for them , the influential character of thi « ' )| i 0 whi . h they were now forming , the respeotat ) . 1 iijr ^ ^^ ,.,,,.,, io „„ , ! tii » hikcchh hitherto alteiKiH " i i

      eiiortH , were drcuinstanc « . which » P " , " ^' . ence ot the popularity , ultimate extension , « i . < j l >«™ mon its principle Up to thin date , being twelve «

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1851, page 1132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1911/page/8/