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Show "CAROLINE WAR" WAS SHORT H Border Trouble Between United States. HH and Canada Threatened for Time, HH However, to Be Serious. HE The "Caroline war" wns n border HB trouble between tho United States and. HB Canada, In which n few persons were- HB killed, but tho trouble did not last HB long. In 1830-7 thero was a strong re- BBJ publican spirit rlfo In purls of lower ABB Camuln which culmlnnted In Decern- BBJ bcr, 1837, In nn unsuccessful Insurrcc- tlon ln Toronto. Tlio lenders of the- Hj insurrection fled to tho United States. nnd one of tl m, n newspaper man Bj nnmed Mnckenic, with 25 or 30 men. BBJ Including n few from tho American side who hnd Joined him, seized nn Is- Bj loud In tho Nlagnrn river nnd set up- BBJ n provisional government. Their nnvy- BBJ consisted ot n stcumbont called the Hf Caroline, and ono dnrk night whllo sho- BBJ was lying on tho American sldo n pnrty HH of Canadians crossed tho river nnd HH burned tho boat, killing several n.vn. BH ou board of her. H! The affair caused great Indlgnntlon. K President Vnn Huron Issued proclnmn- HK tlons demanding observance of tho neu- K trnllty laws. Tho New York militia was tailed out und placed under com- H mnnd of Gen. Win field Scott Prcsl- HB dent Van Huren characterized the HJj burning of the Caroline In American Bj waters ns "an outrage of n most nggru- Hj vated character" and concluded by ask- n lug congress for "such npproprlntlona HJ us the circumstances In which our HJ country Is thus unexpectedly plnccd re- HJ quire." Tho nffalr drugged along a mi few years, but was finally settled with- HJ out further bloodshed. H |