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Show Cautious Telegraph ino. The San Francisco papers of Monday morning morn-ing publish this telegram from Salt Lake city, dated the 9th : "Mnj. W. P. OfBey, Deputy Postmaster, has been arrested for alleged assault upon E. L. Sloan, one of the editors of the Herald." Her-ald." Now, there's something so carefully cautious in that dispatch, as it appears, that we reverence the sage genius whieli so penned it. Had he said ' for assault" he mizht have been interviewed over a srx-shooter ; had he said ''for assault with intent to kill" he did not know but an indictment for libel might be presented against him. and sustained on the legal position l:the greater the truth the greater the libel." Verily, he is a wise man who can be so cautiously careful in these startling times. ! |