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Show In a 13ad Fix. At the call of the U. S. Mar-hal, through one of hi-deputie, hi-deputie, the editorial corps of the Herald attended the sittings !u-t Fall, on several occasion-, of that au-a;t body known as the grand jury. For this we duly expected to receive our modicum, in the current funds of thc country. But, ala-, fur the stability, of human expectatious ! Ti.e prospect pros-pect for our being so blessed It fading iuto airy nothingness. Government is not propitious. The rumor reached us ou Friday, but we doubted it. The flattering unction was spread thickly on, that Government would hand over the dimes to the .Marshal; and it was not until we set our own telegraih line underground to Work, that the pain ful fact became apparent. There i-no i-no chance of it now. 2S"ot only we, but the jury whose sittings we attended, attend-ed, and that "sat on" us, with the other juries, and the willing and attentive at-tentive deputies, that hundred and all others concerned, are in the same-predicament. same-predicament. A bill to the amount of neaily five thuusaaa doLars seat in to Washington to cover tlie.se and other little incidentals connected with the proceedings of curt, and the an swer retumed "Nary a red!" And more bills not yet sent in I Government Govern-ment is wrling to pay for its own courts doing its own business, but not for Territorial courts doing Territorial business. busi-ness. How could out Judiciary blunder so, after all the pains we took to keep them straight? Here they have been overturning the legal decisions of years, kicking well established precedents out into the cold, stripping Territorial officers offi-cers of all power and choosing other.-in other.-in their places; and running up a bill of expenses for Government to pay which Government refuses to pay. It's a deuced bad fix to be in, and all because be-cause they ignored the law and neglected ne-glected the advice of the Herald. ,It is to be hoped they will soou get into a penitent frame of mind and prepare pre-pare themselves to act wisely. Then we will have some more good advise to offer them. And, in the meantime, we would recommend them to accept the situation, and try to undo a number num-ber of very silly things they h ive done, or somebody may get financially broke. |