Show 1 A Brush with the HalfBreeds 1 I OTTAWA March 27In the Commons d tonight the following telegram from lieutenantColonel Irvine to Sir John MacDonald dated Fort Carleton via ii M Winnipeg 27th March 1885 was read h by the Premier The party nder t my command has just arrived When near Fort Carleton I found I that Major Crozier with a party of 100 c 1 had gone to Duck Lake to secure a 1 large quantity of supplies there stored k They Were met hv snmo hnnr1r 4 > aKaTo who held an advantageous position at Beardys reserve and endeavored to surround Major Croziers force of ii police and civilians The rebels fired r first when the firing became rJ general Major Crozier owing to the disadvantage at which he was r taken retreated in good order f arriving at the fort the same time as j my party Ten civilians of Prince f Albert and two policemen were killed and four civilians and seven constables con-stables were wounded The number of rebels killed is not known The police and civilians acted with the greatest bravery under the f I heavy fire The killed are Constables T J Gibson and G P Arnold Civil ians Captain John Meriton W Napier James Bakely S Elliott Robert 1 Middleton D MacKenzie D Mac 1 Phael Charles Newett Joseph Ander il son and Alex Fisher The wounded are Civilians Cap ain Moore leg broken A McNabb iV R Marklev and Alex Stewart if Northwest Mounted Police Inspector J I Howe Corporal Gilchrist and Jon stables Garrett S F Gordon A M I 2 1 I Smith J J Moore and Miller 1 The reading of the dispatch caused in tense excitement Detachments of the t A and B batteries of Kingston and Quebec the Queens Own and the Tenth f I toyals of Toronto and the Infantry b Illfanirr school under command of Colonel f 1 J Otter have received marching orders Ji and will proceed via the Canadian fitldy tk 1r i i |