The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-12
Washington Mattora.

The following is from the correspondence
Of the New York Commercial;
"Senator Seward has dispatch from New
York, stating that the Lieutenant command
ing the British war steamer Styx, has been
put under arrest by the British Admiral on
the West India station, and been sent TO
Halifax, Another rumor prevails that the
British Government will explain. aud make
amends for the acts Of her cruisers In the
Gulf
Another rumor from Augusta, which the
Union gave credit TO, that one vessel had
been fred into and a man killed, off Pensacola
is not confirmed.
The general belief is that the furry Will
soon be over. Tomorrow the Senate will
take up the report and resolutions concern
ing British nggressions, and also the Mexican
and Central American tlibuslcrs bill, and
buncombc bill for giving the President pow
CT 10 go TO war with England upon the right
Of visit and search question.
These subjects are TO have precedence over
all other business ill disposed Of
The Senate has agreed to the House
amendment 10 their resolution prOlonging the
session. So the day of adjournment will be
Thursday.
Some Senators eSpress.the opinion that the
Senate would not be better able 10 adjourn on
nothing more can be done than to pass the
'"N9pSaiiea @tiS ,un, guugc Dougias Is en-
tirely rcnstated in the ranks of the Admits
tration Democracy. This may mean moth
ing more thun the fact thut he Is cdmpciirtl
10 90 with his political friends in Illinois, and
they manifest determination 20 adhere 10
the Administration.
WASHINGTON, June 4. The Secretary Of
The Interior has asked Congress for an appro-
printion o. 100000 to enable him TO take
measures 20 preserve the peace in the north.
crn superintendency, now threatened by in.
yasion by large bodies Of hostile Nanriaal.aiaA
Sioux. II is within the knowledge of the
department that great dissati, faction has cx-
lstcd for somcycaJs past among the turbulent
bands Of Sioux, or Daeotah Indians, whose
range is also the Missouri river, and is now
about to manifest itself in the Inauguration
Of hestilitics on scale OF alarming mngni.
tudc. The regular troops having been with
drawn, the frontier settlements are left en-
urely unprotected, and great alarm exists
among the settlers, who have appealed to the
Department for protection. The Secretary,
therefore, earnestly appeals 10 Congress TO
act promptly in this emergency. He trans
mits letter from Agent Vaughn. in which il
is stated that the Sioux are in a bcllgerent
and refractory condition, particularly the
Menecingress aud Uncpapa bands. During
the past year they have been robbing indis-
criminately every white man passing through
their country, and in many cases threatening
their lives. The Withdrawal of the troops
from Fort Pierre has caused the Indians 10
believe that government is afraid Of them;
and, from their conduct and threats, Mr..
Vaughn is satisfied that no agents life is safe
in distributing annuitics without a suitable
force TO protect him. The Secretary asks for
100000 TO redeem the promise made by
Gen. Harvey to the nine bands Of the Sioux
in 1906. These bands are among the widest
and most dangerous within our limits. Good
faith aid sound policy demand the fulfllment
of these supulations and il is said, that unless
measures are promptly taken serious disturb
ances will be likely TO result.
The President to-day communicated to the
Senate the correspondence between DE Osma,
the Peruvian minister, and Secretary Cass,
relative TO the forcible and violent seizures
of American vessels Georgiana, and Lizzie
Thompson, while engaged in taking in guano,
under the charge of being in contraband
trade, and the Imprisonment of tho persons
found on board. Our government has claim
ed full satisfaction both for this and the
boarding and detention ofthe Dorcns G. Yea.
ton by Pcruvianarmed steamer. De Osma
enters into long argument in defense of
Peru, and expresses hope that fIhthiug will
occur to interrupt friendly relations. Y
Secretary Cass,in reply reminds De Osma that
the case presented is one for our very gravest
and says tina: the cutting out
Of these vessels resembles a pirntical enter
prise, rather than an exercise of legitimate
power. He incluscs un opinion of Attorney
General Black, who maintains that die whole
proceeding Of the Peruvian Governments
contrary to the law Of Nations, and repug-
nant to the principles of mutual justice; and
transmits copy of his recent letter to Lord
Napier, anderscoring the strongest sentences,
for De Osma's information concerning the
position of the United States relative 10 the
search or seizure Of American vessels by
those of foreign Powers.