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Show Till. tOltltlCT WUItllS. Those who refer to the arsault on Mr, Maokay at an "attempted aataMlna. Hon" not only elejurt from Rio l.ngllsh (ami therefore "good form") but make mo of on cxprml n lacklm iniuphony onl grace. Mr. Msckay u at assassinated, hut Ihuaisissluatlou did not retult fatally, Thealttrart noun without a prefix convey the full meaning. A slmllsr asse appears In the news-pa news-pa era and olsewhtro every now an I then. Home reader or other crion want to know If the proceedings agalntt l'rrsldent Andrew Johnson Mould not he referred U a a trial or some such thing, and not, In view ol Iho fact that he waa acquitted, as an lmp aehmeut The I'rtaideut wat lm leached, Iho commencement of the proceeding agalntt him by the Home of ltepretentntlve being an Impeachment. Impeach-ment. Wo thought some of taking up "electrolyala" while tugagrd III this kind of thine; but perhapa the fori. going aro all that ought to bo expected of u In Ihu line of lexlciu woik for one day. |