Show editorials edit ACCORDING to our dispatches the ore have the beginning of a nice little little indian war on their hanos hands and as in many other wars ot 0 the kind it does appear that the proceedings gura tive tivo were not of the most judicious character they rire are briefly put thus a baud or tribe of indiana refused to go and stay upon the klamath reservation in accordance with treaty or arance mont ment or desire of the federal authora au authorities thorl the civil authority falling failing the military were called upon A with 85 35 85 35 men went to the indian camp and requested that the indiana indians go to the reservation telling them that the soldiers were not come to fight the refusal of the rc request quest and an aggressive shot by an indian chief brought on a general melee in which one soldier and a number of and children were killed and the main body of the indians escaped to the hille hills with defiance and fight in their temper the situation leaves the military unable to en force their demand calling on the citizens to rally and assist them against the indians this is an unfortunate affair and pay may have still more serious results it is a very unpleasant thing to kill bill women and children under any circumstances 1 and it does not improve the reputation of any officer or bold boid holdier bol boi dier dior ler lor though the slain belong to an inferior race the indians indiana may have been wrong in their refusal to go upon the reservation but it was known that they were awkward and consequently liable to become lluu uncertain ugly and quarrelsome the mistake appears to have been first in going on an expedition to enforce a demand without sufficient assistance to make the demand and its enforcement respected hence the expedition was an ignominious failure entailing consequences which may be still more serious and may cause much expense ani and the shedding of much blood on both sides bides tire THE death of horace greeley Is another ine Inq instance tance tanco of the imprudence of intemperate mental application so great and continuous bouk had bad been the conceded demands upon him arising from the tho ex eite cite ments of the campaign and the ill lii PS bill anil aurl deni dent dt ai alt ait ai of il iii will p that baturo i uni bill 1 tet aoi at ur nire hire hirt turf it f e P fl thakill tail rail liuo allt lit t fiuk ave wal waa isid isad is 11 vigorous iu in it ht let iet K a t rip rik v rm ut ci institution became came is v ic overthrown and broken dov do L ij tatt lint recovery was oat of the question it is related that sleeplessness had bad almost become chronic with the great editor deceased in consequence of excessive mental activity and excitement always a most unpleasant and dangerous condition again he appears to have devoted himself most moat closely to the wearying and melancholy pleasure of watching by his sick and dying wife however affection may incite to buch such incessant watching it is very unwise to indulge in it seldom lathero is thero necessity for such indulgence bumm buff sufficient lelent rest and sleep to the watcher should by some means be secured relays in watching are seldom difficult to obtain and it is a duty which the watcher owes owea to himself to take reasonable advantage of them in may way be an evidence of affection but it is not an evidence of prudence to wear orle orie oneself self seif dut dui by incessant attendance bit tit t wr whick b lek iek bed what mr greeley rt ally mily needed was wab us an almost if not quite total respite from mental excitement and exertion and during that respite frequent physical exercise in the open air to the extent of a comfortable bodily tiredness A vacation of this thib kind combined with his hla characteristic temperance in eating and drinking and the enjoyment of cheerful society would have enabled his excellent constitution and powerful mind to completely recover and he might have continued his useful and honorable life one obe or two decades longer bronger the pursuit of a course of this kind was a duty he be owed to himself and to the public it la Is folly for a public man to say that he cannot be spared for purposes of needful recreation for while he thinks and acts so death comes and the self deluded sufferer must be spared the grim harvester will take no nay |