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Show His Hunt). "Ami u. iw lu-'n ijoiui," as Mr. Uoiuyliiin a.wa in tho comedy. Ye ttMliiy thai i'u. .l guillotine at Wimh iugton descend id ami loppid ntfllio ollicial put .! another of tlui Ulih ring nml an t'peoial hat or of tlui 1 Lkiui.d. Mr, Socrotary Hlaek has j;ono tho way of all oilicial th-sli, ami heivatu r will gaihor pap from an other than tho govornnii'iil uKltM . Mr. Khvk has in his poekist an oilwul Uuvo-of-aWaenoo for sixty day, and was prepared to lalto hid departurt' lor the east un tho return ot Governur Kiihtv. NowGoorgo need not unpack un-pack tho carpet bag, and he is at liberty to extend his absence for an many timed tuxty days na ho and nature can agree upon. Thorn are none hero to miss him. A few yearn ago bad he gone he would havo K-ft behind a herd of kindred penni mers on tho government, to mourn. But ho is one of tho last links in thr broken chaiu. Tho remaining links are rusty and weak. Mr. Bhu-k has hold his plaon much longer than tho average Utah otViei.il, and has ahvayi bceu recognized us a leading member of tho ft-nlera! ring. His labors with the nowdefunet eom-bination eom-bination woro in earnest, and his ellorts were etjual to his ability, but they amou nt td to little; and hia greatest feats -were in making of him-sell him-sell a very cheap laughing stock and burlesoue. lie has ever been a sort of "play officer" in Utah, whose chief delight was to seize upon the absence of tho governor to air him self yro tern ayd issue executive proclamations. pro-clamations. During tho early years of his secretaryship ho fairly ran wild on the "I; George A. Black, acting governor," business, and though le wapu't the author of the " grasshopper proclamation," ho put forth others of the same character, and abolished the Fourth of July, checked the fire cracker trade, and prohibited the display of wooden guns, "brass conts and blue buttons." During hia official existence here the IIkrald has had frequent occasion occa-sion to speak of Secretary Black and his doings; our last pleasantry nith him may have had something to do with h:s removal, though if so meant not that it should have that effect. We saw that he was doing wrong and merely wiohed to put him right, and wo have the best of reaioiu for believ-ing'that believ-ing'that our object was accomplished. But it U past now; George is one of i the people, and a pretty good fellow 'after all. His great fault when secretary sec-retary as we have told him I "talking too much with his mouth." Hereafter, that tslk "won't go," an J . he can let it ruu a-l lib. He will go to the Cincinnti convention con-vention as delegate from Utah, and afterwards return to Utah, where 1:3 hat acquired some mining and other interests. As a private citizen, long may he wave. The president has nominated Moses M. Bne of Illinois, as Mr. Black's successor. I |