The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-31
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| THE j ECUMSEft NDORBACh."
! correspondent remarks, that "ihe general prsc-
tice of the wing presses deception and hum
bug. This is the case with the recent hoax about
Col r. M. Johnson and the (fctitious) Maj. Fgg.
1t bears humbug on its face, for COL johnson never
signs his R., appears in the late hoax, but
Rh." 1t is again very charming hoax in other re-
spects. Major Figg's name is never mentioned in
Gen. Harrisons official account of the battle Of the
Thames There is no such volume as the one pre-
tended TO be referred to as vol. 10 of Public Docu-
mens, page 1872 But in the 5th volume of Niles's
Register page 1870, is Gen. Harrlson's official re-
port; and we find no Major Fgg among the actors
of that day, But it is giving too much Importance
to wing jokes to notice them in this (serious) way,
were it not that in war, sometimes, pretended
tack, or fent, is converted into real one, If the
enemy be found unprepared for it,"
| And yet some Of the wing presses, and among
them the "New York Courier and Enquirer" re-
publish the quiz, as if it were matter worthy Of
the attention of their readers. The character and
from a ridiculous quiz, which is thus exposed by
the "New York Morning News"
"We observe that quite large number OF publc
Journals are ABUSING HOl OnlystUclT TthutTS, Out
their own columns, by the publication Of set of
very ridiculous letters, purporting to have passed
between Col. r. M. johnson and II certain Major
Lewis Figg relative to the killing of Tecumseh.
The character of this fabulous correspondence is SO
broadly stamped upon its face, that certainly no edi-
tor could have been deceived into even first inn
preston of its genuineness and ts PRONUNCIATION,
through their respective journals as an episode OF
the history of an American war, must have raised
upon their brows blush which even partisan ran
cor could not wholly suppress.
"Amongst people so intelligent is the great
mass of the newspaper readers in the United States,
tits, perhaps, work of supererogation to give to
! this miserable fabrication the consequence which a
declaration of its alsy might seem to attach to ii.
Such at least, has been the consideration which has
induced US to refrain from noticing II. Nor would
we now have referred to it, but for the purpose OF
introducing from the Kentucky Woman Of the Gath
i inst, the following remarks, which, while they
brand the whole composition forgery, bestow upon
its propogators a castigation much more just then
severe. The following is the correspondence, so
absurd on its very face, which respectable wing
journals have not been ashamed to spread before
their readers containing at last the true revelation
of'Who killed Tecumsehr We copy it as an IL
ustration of what they can swallow, and what at
tempt to make their readers swallow:
"BosroS, Ky, June !, 1916.
"DE CoLoSsL In the Of human events, II has be
come necessary present before the people
for office. opne that shall stand in need Of all tho
terna mid get therefore, compelled 10 ask
your permission make public the of the
death Of Tecumseh and the slayer therefore, hope this
l will put you to public Inconvenience
| al am, as ever, your old friend and messmate
| LEWIS FIGG.
"To this letter received the following prompt re
Iply
"GREAT CaossiScs, June 8, 1916.
Mr DEAR Free: Your the LIST instant receive,
by me this morning hasten to reply After declaring
In all sincerity my delight In hearing more from my
old friend and messmste will say, well remember ut
OF eventful day which Tecumsel
was slain Now that am no longer candidate or puont
Office and having retired the shades Of private life hav,
no cause regret your making known to the public IN,
real Teoumseh killer surely ought to rest satisfied will
what the reputation OF has done for me- and am now WI
ling that should reap all the advantages IRON yot
can. The girl begs be remembered TO you, and We
would be pleased TO you at the Great Crossings
IN H. JOHNSON.
"And the following paragraph, in which the Ken
lucky Yeoman kills this silIiest of the Roorback
family as dead IA Tecumseh himself:
"vaar NrArl-Is possible the Bardstown Whie
seneless hoax or barefaced neutrality-suspicious. unde
the signature OF Lewis figgabou Colonel Johnsonf Al
the names TO this curious publication must either be nett
tous the whole affair broad hoax land should so con
slider H. but for the endorsement ofthe Senne the per
sons interested have been grossly imposed upon by some
practical joker or u Is wicked fraud and forgery Tt
expose the whole affair Is only necessary to say tina
Colonel johnson does not live the Crossings that
at the date OF the first letter from him his way
Washington city; that Gen Aee has not been
county this years and that days after the date ohe las
letter purportng TO be from Colonel Johnson then at tn,
Great Crossings he dined with editor Of this paper
Frankfort his way home from below, and authorized
then 10 say that he did not know such man as Mai. Levi
figghad never written such letter that published
over his in Fgg's handful that Il was All hoa,
forgery We hope the Sentinel, in justice Colopc