Show THE GRAND JURY tha grand jury acra in no particular hurry to the bubines bu sines which their would bo directors and fl dver aid out for th emyt th indictment of there may bo beveral for abi for alic race or man aro not disposed M a general thing to put off thi work for the lait if they intend to do it at nil hut we prefer to accept ono which appears more rational and probable than others tant might bo and charge or credit ahn delay to alie fact that grand juries though and utter crime have not on that account their conned tion ecith their kind and entertain feelings of magnanimity and liberality in common with their brethren in tho outer it sf wo look t it too much to expect of men sworn duty it is to present no one through malic revenge or the hope of reward that hey commit them ellve to a pell mell scramble having in biow the wholesale persecution of their follows who believe and practice a different faith from that of the in qui stor and it would be a dark gloomy outlook indeed if different state prevailed cewill is guina that tho present grand jury of tho third district court are men of at least average ability and intelligence that they are representative burine men ami thus depend upon the body of the community for tupi orl anil that they arc no more and no ies i prejudiced than men who can and do read usually are against those whose views are at variance nce with their own and we still fail to discover any good reason i why it should be expected that indictments for opinion sake will be ground out by them like grist from a mill whereas tho oth they have taken give us every reason to look for the very reverse of such proceedings to take place grand jurors could gain nothing by such action even if they were so lost to honor and so far given over to mercenary motives as to desire to gat money other than their fees from their official proceedings it could only benefit lawyers and tho small army of deputy marshals any of whom are always ready for a fee without stopping to ask question so it will be een there aro many reasons by which the grand jury delay can be accounted for and their future re ual to act as desired by a coterie of mischief makers is at least among the po we may be altogether mistaken in our calculations the body of men referred to may be more malicious malic ioui and unscrupulous than those who constantly remind them ot what is expected at their hands they may be so bitter and irrational as to lose sight of the fact that they are called upon to deal with human beings like themselves in all respects except religious faith and consequently indict right and left striking at every head that appears like a native at a donnybrook fair we may we repeat be mistaken in our opinion of the grand jurys motives nd principles but until takes place to show that such is the case we prefer to believe that wo are not |