The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-14
MINOR TOPICS.


sequence WnelneF IL ID answered or not.
Gen. Sanderson, an ancient warrior, who
died recently at Lancaster, Ohio, and
who participated in those old wars, has
eitcertain "reminiscences. He was in the
battle in which the celebrated Indian was
demolished, and he says he don't know
whether Col. johnson Killed Tecumsch or
not, so great was the smoke, noise, and
confusion. Ono thing, however, he states
decidedly-the Kentucky troops skinned
Tecumseh Il they didn't kill him. He
saw them In the very act Of flaylng the
defunct chief His cuticle came off "in
strips OF about hall foot In length and
an inch and half in width"-the said
skin stretching like India.rubber, after II
had been dried, which Is additional eYi.
dence that TecumSeh was tough custo.
mer. While the 1aying was going on,
the Indian prisoners stood by and howled
with alEectiOnate anguish. The body, n
the opinion OF Gen. Richardson, was
eaten by wolves. What was done with
the dried strips of skin the General did
not state-perhsps they were converted
into belts or powder.pouches for the hun
tiers Of Kentucky. Possibly the Kentucki.
ans will not be particularly grateful for
this contribution to the military history
Of the country, skinning dead enemy
having rather gone out Of fashion. pa
The London dispatch reporting the
conduct ofMr. Scudamore, who has charge
of the British Postal Telegraphs, in delay
ing news dispatches, deserves the atten-
ton OF members Of Congress, who are
asked to adopt o similar system here.
Mr.. Scudamore took the responsibility Of
keeping back accounts Of a strike by
workingmen, in order oprotect the public
and prevent characterization from spread
ing. He publicly admits the fact, and
offers to accept the penalty provided by
the law. Shall all photographic cores
pondence and news OF the American PEG.
pie also be made dependent on a public
officer, who may undertake, whenever he
chooses to think dispatch improper, to
delay or suppress it2 Men who bear the
responsibilities Of government ought to
have nothing to do with the peoples bust
ness. Thetemptation to interference will
sometimes DO irresistible; and a precedent
once set, there is no.principle TO limit the
interference short Of personal govern
ment-the regulation of all our affairs at
the discretion of our rulers. ii (.
ALETTER from one Kruger, who has
been represented as a friend of young
Loring who was killed in Arizona last
fall, has been extensively published, and
has led to the belief that there was no
doubt that the Wickenburg massacre was
the work Of Apache Indians from a Gov.
eminent reservation. Kruger was a fel.
low passenger with Mr.. Loring in the
coach which was attacked; but it Is not
probable that he had any previous &C.
quaintance with that gentleman. Ills
letter, which has acquired so wide a cir.
culation, is pronounced by Capt. 0'Belrnc,
Of the Date Creek reservation, 10 be full
OF falsehOods; and the assertion that
citizens tracked Indians from the place Of
the outrage to the military post, and that
two Indians died on the reservation
shortly after the massacre from gunshot
wounds, are fatty coGIradicted. AS yet
there has been no creditable evidence
whatever produced to show that any Of
the Indians under Government protection
had anything 10 do with the attack in
which Mr., Loring was killed. va %
JOHN ALBERT, eldest son Of the Right
Hon. John Bright, NJ. P, is in New York.
He is described by the World as a young
man Of considerable presence, tall, slen-
der, wearing full beard, and is a typical
Englishman. Mr.. Bright said his father
was still in very poor health. although
said he, "as long as he keeps himself in
his retirement, and aloof from any excite
ment he suffers scarcely at all. He writes
his letters and receives his friends as he
has always DONE" In answer to the
question as to when his father would be
able to resume his Parliamentary duties
Mr.. Bright remarked: "That is now and
must be for some time very doubtful.
His physicians will not permit him to
engage actively in politics, and for the
present he has withdrawn his attention
from national affairs completely" Mr..
Bright and his friend Mr.. Richard Heaps,
are prospecting an extended tour through
out the United States and Canada.
Our prisons punish crime severely
enough, but they reform criminals but in
differently well. Men and women grad.
uate from penitentiary in state Of mind
the reverse OF penitent; are free for o few
days or weeks, and then go back to their
old quarters under sentence for new
crimes, One great reason for this, out
side the defects in Jail management, Is
the difficulty in obtaining employment,
with which every discharged prisoner
meets. Often he is forced back into dis
honesty. A firm OF philanthropists, at
Bridgewater, Conn, is doing a good work
in counteracting this evil. The firm en-
ploys the State convicts, under contract,
in some mechanical employment, and, if
faithfully served, keeps them after their
discharge. The plan has only been tried
for short time, but so far 1t works well.
The example is worthy of imitation.
Mr.. PINcHBAcK, the colored Lieutenant
Governor Of Louisiana, seems to be plain
spoken individual. After the final ad.
journmont Of the Senate last week, in re.
ply TO the usual soft words from his politi.
cal friends, he returned the compliment