National Republican., 1873-04-30
THE LAVA REDS,

THE LAVA BEDS.
The kilograms from the lava beds, printed
in our news columns this morning, unfortu-
nately show still another defeat Of our brave
troops by the ambuscaded savagcs. To say
the least, the results Of their dlminutlve war
against Captain Jack arc not lattering TO the
pride Of the white man, for In every engage
mcnt, except the one which Immediately fol-
lowed the assassination Of Candy and Thomas
our forces have been whipped and
compelled to retreat. This Ia not oncour-
aging, especially In view Of the determined
tone Of the orders recently Issued from the
War Department, which very properly d.
rcctod the Immediate and utter extermlna-
ton Of the Modocs. When news rs calam-
itous as that Just received reaches US, Il seems
the least bit foolish to talk Of the adyan-
tagcs Of the Modocian posltion to tell that IL Is
district made up Of basins, boulders, creyices
and caves, and that our brave boys can
be surprised and shot down almost with
impunity. They should not, because Of
spirit Of revenge, be required to face such
an enemy, Us II he were an honorable one In
side regular fertilization, and governed by
the rules Of honorable warfare Now comes
the question, cannot this continued killing Of
our troops DO stopped, and tho oxtermina-
tion Of the Modocs be made q reality7
We think II can. More Of our soldiers
will have to fall, no matter what
plan be pursued, but II seems probable that
the number may materially DO reduced BY
the adoption Of a proposition received at the
War Department q few days since. In the
auFFnnnItpfr lac Ia hal
several hundred young braves who manifest
agrcat anxiety to fight, and arc particularly
anxious to fight the Modocs, between whom
and themselves there has long been some
difference. The Governor Of Oregon fayors
the employment Of these Indians to fight
Capt. Jacks party, and the idea Of their pay
mcnt by scalp bounty. They doubtless are
acquainted with the topography Of their
peculiar country, and II their hatred Of the
Modocs Is not pretended they would make
the very best force to clean them out. II Is
TO be expected that the peace men will
object to the manner Of their payment, but
to these over nice gentlemen we would say,
stand back! the life Of one United States
soldier is worth more than the whole
Of Captain Jacks tribe" Tho peace
policy, 80 far Us the Modocs art
concerned, ended with the assassination
Of Candy, and II now becomes the duty Of th,
Government to adopt the best and most avail
able means to punish the savagcs. It shoul,
not consult the notions Of those who, thou
sands Of miles from the Indian country, tall
peace when there Is or can be none exccp
such us Is made with the Modoc down an,
the white man above him, with well
hxed bayOnet pointed at his breast
An additional argument In favor o
the further enlistment Of Indians Z
found In our kilograms, which show tha
the Warm Spring Indians are supposed Il
have killed all who were lost to the Modocs
The hatred Of an Indian can be bette
counted on than his friendship, and for tn,
saving Of our gallant troops we earnestl,
hope that redskins may be arraycd agains
redskins In this Modoc war.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT IMPORTATION
That exceedingly able and brilliant journal
the New York Times, In a late issue gives u
some very interesting and valuable informa
ton concerning Itself. As all our reader
know, the Times was founded by the lat
Henry J. Raymond, and Is published in Ne,
York. It Is edited by q distinguished for
cignor, who represented the London Time
In this country during the war Of tho rebe
lion, and who wrote book a couple Of year
ago to prove that popular government in tn
United States was failure. Since tho dc
fection OF the Tribune, tho Times, II shoul
bc known, has assumed to be the leader an
organ Of the Republican party. Any infor
nation concerning journal Of this charac
ter Is, Of course, Of great and general publ
interest.
First Of all the Times informs us that "th
mechanical department Of Its office Is In pro
cess Of thorough renewal and very consld
erable extension" This Is exceedingly graft
flying. We have thought for long time tina
there was something wrong In or about tn
Times, but we did not know exactly what
was. From the above announcement we or
led to believe that the difficulty Is In tho 'me
chanical" department, and when we come +
think the entire thing over we wonder tina
we did not sec II before. The mechsnisI
Of the Times Is the most astonishing thin
about IL, except possibly the mechanics, VIII
arc truly remarkable creatures, daily aston
ishing the reading public by the exhibition Q
what they do not rather than OF what the,
do know. We had an idea that O couple Q
good editors would be about the most yalua
BILE investment that the Times could possibi
make, but If 1t Is merely presses and typ
that 1t requires the sooner they arc supple
the better.
But this Is not the only n0ws vouchsafc
us by the Times IN regard to itself. II ii
sures US that 1t has made wonderful arrange
ments for the Vienna exposition, and to tina
end has engaged the services OF Mr.. Williar
II. Russell, LII. D. The name Of William II
Russell Is not unknown In the United Statet
About the year 1851 he came to this country
duly commissioned by the London Times I
write the history Of the decline and Fall
Of the American Republic, and in pursuit Q
that end won immortal and unfadlng Laurel
at the nrst battle Of Bull Run. Mr.. Russell
correspondence will be read with interes
lie Is 60 ardent an admirer Of America an
American institutions that his contributor
from Vienna viii no doubt greatly increai
the circulation Of the Times.
by WAY OF CORRECTION.
Just as was predicted, II has boon tel
graphcd from this city that the election
the Hou. Peter Campbell to bo Speaker of Il
House was defeat Of tho Board Of Publ
Works. We arc not surprised at reading II
statement In the Washington column OF q
Tribune for the reason that the gentlom,