The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-25
Anather Ten Thousand Dollar Case.


The operate public is all agog at the brilliant
prospect Of another ten thousand dollar verdict,
to be rendered in the case which Signor Salvi
cannot fail to bring against our contemporary
the Times. Several pettifoggers, we under
stand have already offered to take the case, and
pay counsels' fees, for a mere fifty per cent on
the amount Of damages; but we trust Signor
Salvi will not consent to any bargain Of the
kind He has beautiful case and one which
viii 20 long way towards supporting his fac
tory OH Staten Island. The Times has accused
him of shamming sck Of entertaining hostile
feeling to his manager; Of being unpopular; of
resembling Shy lock the Jew; Of being impert-
nent; of having suffered from public dis
pleasure; of caring for no one but himself; of be-
ing mercenary; Of being passf as singer; and
of variety Of other faults Of omission and COM
mission. Here is full twice as much as we said
Of Signor Fry, at a cost of ten thousand dol
lars, An intelligent jury, such as the one be-
fore which our case was tried, could not fail to
levy fifteen or twenty thousand dollars on the
Times for this abuse of Signor Salvi. The in
jury done to him in his professional capacity
would not be compensated by either of these
SUMS and when we reflect that the Times
from motives best known to it's editor, has pur-
sued a course of uniform hostility to Salvi, we
cannot anticipate the slightest hesitation on
the part of the jury in bringing in a substantial
verdict
In advising them before they are empanelled
as it is our province to do, we might have
experienced some difficulty had the occur
renee taken place month ago. The prece-
dent established by the Fry case, fortunately,
removes all embarrassment from our mind
The twelve men, therefore, who shall be called
upon to assess the damages to be paid to Siguor
Salvi by the proprietors Of the Times, will be
careful to take into calm consideration the an
tecedents ofthe editor Of that paper. They will
pay particular attention to every story which
has been circulated respecting his character If
any one, no matter from what motives or with
what design, has accused him of crime they
will give due weight to the charge. They will
especially bear in mind that some years ago he
falsely slandered two respectable hotel keepers
in this city. This being, according to the Fry
precedent, particularly pertinent and material
to the Salvi suit, they will allow it all the
influence it deserves. They will. moreover, take
into account the course of the Times with re
spect to this paper. They will remember how
it fawned on us and abused the Tribune
until its circulation exceeded that of
it's Seward rival how it then turned all it's ener-
gies to soliciting an advertisement from us in
the shape of a reply to its silly twaddle; how
il writhed under our contemptuous silence, and
surpassed itself in the invention of incredible
stories respecting our character; how, finally,
when we did consent to notice it, and branded
it with the true sneak stamp, it mantled itself
in its upstart dignity and prated of propriety
and selfrespect." All these matters are now
shown to be material to the issue Of any future
libel suit in which it may be concerned. Nor
can the twelve men forget that it libelled an
absent man, an attache Of this journal, by sup
pressing portion of the evidence in trial in
which his character was impu gned and, when
the dastardly meanness was cast In it's teeth.
how it tried to eflace it by calling our
other attaches "curs" Such things may be
of very small moment but, as establishing
be character and tone of the Times newspaper,
they have an important bearing on Mr.. Salvi's
case. They show that the Tribune is not the
only journal in this city which is stranger to
the usages Of polite society; and according to
the Fry precedent, they establish ground for
severe punishn ent whenever the Times shall
come before the courts of law.
In real truth, we are sorry for the Times.
1t has done it's best; and it will be hard thing
for its proprietors to see the bantling they
have nurtured with go much care, and fostered
at such an expense of principle. character and
money choked off at this early stage of its
career. We beg them to rank us among those
who sympathize with their misfortunes. The
delight the Times has evinced at the Fry YER
diet would, perhaps, justify us in rejoicing at
the prospect Of similar misbap occurring to
that journal But we have no such feelings.
Time will cure the little folles of the editor OF
the Times; and few such exposures in the
pllory as he has had at our hands will prob
ably convince him that policy-we look to no
higher motive-dictates at least semblance
Of manliness and fairness in public Journal
THE TRIBUNE's LIBELs.-Mr. Carson's acquit
tai by the Board of Aldermen will doubtless
induce the Chief Engineer to prosecute his libel
suit against Horace Greeley with renewed
vigor. 1t will be recollected that the Tribune
made itself the mouthpiece Of Mr.. Carson's
enemies, and charged him with specializing, for
his private benefit, on the engineering works
which he was called upon to perform in dis
charge of the duties of his office. For this un-
founded SANDER, Mr.. Carson very naturally in
stituted an action Of libel. If we are condemned
to pay $4,000 for criticising ruined opera
manager, much larger amount would be mad
equate to compensate Mr.. Carson for the injury
he has sustained He will bear in mind, too, that,
according to the precedent established in the Fry
case, he is quite at liberty to adduce evidence of
all the misdemeanors and crimes OF which the edi-