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Show Sava Him. 1 It Mr. Secretary Black wishes tn fAvo hi. otl'i.-ial hed, ho hud better choke olVhn lv.ttUnly defender of the '.n7 M, A, (in. Yesterday tho Kun-nan, Kun-nan, in trying to how that tho secretary secre-tary was rihi in his extortions fairly convicted tho down-hearted scribe of otl'ioial robbery. Tho lUiui.n haj dropped this matter for the present, having accomplished tho object for which it set out. You who are entitled en-titled lo commissions can now obtain them from the secietary, and he will not tax yon $T a piece; and unless we are Really mistaken ho will write no more letters asking you to "eon-tribute." "eon-tribute." Wo understand how h ird it is (or the secretary to oeaao the practice, and lot so many dollars .slip through his lingers; but ho has eotno round "like a little man," und wo commend him for it. The iUkai.d has not desired or sought tho removal of tho secretary. Our only purpoao was to put a stop to his lleecing ot the people. Wo have nt least temporarily checked it, and are '.herfforo content. If Mr. Black performs on'y his duty and is satisfied satis-fied with his pay for tho same, we would be sorry were In removed. If there arc other olHceis of the territory who are guilty of what Mr. Black was, tho Hkkai.d only waits for proof, when it will eipiwe them as it did him. The .1VAV.ii editor tried to shield the secretary by charging official extor-, tiou and illegal fee taking to uumer-1 ous pentlemeu. It is no defense for John D-v, accused of horse-stealing, to prove that Richard Roo is a hors thief. Rut tLio foreigner, in his eagerness to befriend tho secretary, made indiscriminate charges without a shadow of avidence. The surveyor general's otliee was accused. Gen. Kimball makes the Kansan "eat dirt." The fellow gulps down tho base libel in this style: "It is but' candid to admit that we shall have to j hunt up our tacts before wo can j fasten wrong-doing upon the surveyor' j general's otfice." We havo no doubt J that if others whom he has assailed were to go alter him as did the sturdy 1 surveyor-genera!, the border-ruihnn would turn "state's evidence" and. convict hiniselfof maliciously falsifying- |