The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-04-12
.THE OREGON INDIAN W.p

LIE OREGON INDIAN WAR;
speaking Of the call for an appropriation Of
100000 to suppress Indian disturbance, j,
Oregon, the Washington correspondent Of
the New York Evening Post remarks:
III am informed, on what NAV BE- consider
ed sufficient authority. that a perusal of tn,
documents upon which the rerom,nendat;o,
Is founded, will lead to the belief that thps,
Indian disturbances are got ny not by tn.
red men, but by some gentlemen who ar,
deslrous of obtaining further military pro
motion, and of having a good time general
~, at the expense OF Uncle Sam. Ar
s"ld. IN fact, that there is no need wbateve,
OF expeditions like llarney's, but that all tina,
Is wanted Is merely little common sense
and humanity on the part of our officials
who have charge of the Indians, to Out down
the most formidable hostiIties which have. AZ
Yet. teen brought to the notice of the GOV.
eminent"
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFrAIRs.-The
CabInet on Monday had a Ion. and protract.
ed session, in which the position of Central
American affairs was discussed. The Her.
AIDS correspondent understands that the
French and English ministers declare that
troops will be- landed from their respc,.tiv.
>quadrons off Central America 10 aid Costa
Rlca against Walker.
Tie ERUPTION OF MANIA LoA.-
Accounts from the Sandwich Island, stat.
that the volcaric lava had flowed 10 within
hive miles Of the town Of llllo. the destruc-
ton OF which was certain. Fasting and
prayer were observed by the inhabirants
hu; most OF them would soon leave the To-
'aIifv. their >uPPlIcations having proved of
no avail against the volcano The lava had
penetrated an arm OF the Waikiki river.
ana rendered the water so hot that q man
was >ca'dcd to death by plun.ins into it.
An exciting negro chase came of at
lndePedence, Mo, the 9TH ult. The me-
-ro had been sold to 90 south and attemp
ted :" csrapr; half the population turned
"1t III rnrsnI.; great many shots were
hrrd at HIM. and he returned some of them.
having procured pistol before starting
Tie was at length brought down hv a pistol
shot, hnt died fighting desperately to the
last. The Independence Dispatch hopes
his tate will be a timely warnin. To- 9TH
rrs who incline to rebel.
-fo uniAIn Lewis, free colorcd barber
OF CmcnEarI. went over to Co,incton, Kv.
I" G't a cheek ca>hcd al a bank there WAS
>riz''i and thrown into Jail on su>pl.ion tba,
ne did Lot own himself. ana was only l,,
out "y proving his freedom and paving So
TO the chlNarlc state Of ken,uskv.
ahornia is As large As fifv-.evcn states
Of the size OF Massachusetts.
The Erie Canal will no, probably D..
op med before tn" l>t OF Nav, and po,,jbl,
not until the 10Th.
The fare from st. Louis to Kansa, Civ
h.v the boats up the Missouri river. j. hu, $40
I" those who 20 Out under the aus, ices Of m,
New England Emirrant AID Compap, or
- less than the or!inar. charge, whatever
that may be.
-Fi>ke 6 Rrynol';s. publishers of the
Worcester Transcript have gwen it up :;
but the paper still appears with Mr.. Pans-
born as editor.
"A cal! has been issued bv Lawrence
bra'n"rd and other st. Adams people who
do not sccmto be very much pleased
with the discussion of the directors
OF the state agricultural sorietv whereby
the hex, fair is TO be held at Burlington, for
meeting OF farmers and manufac turrrs for
The purpose OF orGanizirga new Vermont
state agricultural society, whose annual meet
ms aud center OF operations shall be at
VI ntI~iicr.
\ CHI>AMA>'> IDEA OF LAVA Chi
naiian IN California was arreste 4 for MUIR
der. friend hearing the opinion express
ed that All Chung would he han ,cd. dclv-
cred his opinion of California Justice thu.
Him no hang; him all same one Mclean
(Amrriran) man him got tuo Mou<and dol-
loS: You sabc no l,ab money, him hang
hau nltntv mnupv M k,u.,