The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-16
From the New York Tribune, Dec. I4.l
JUDGMENT ON TIE SATANIC PRKss.

When We gave, few months since, appropos to some.
ventures Of its editor, James Gordon bennett We mon.
toned that among other marks of public distinction
which he had received were seven pub
Hc not counting sundry "ous," cuttings and kokings
and having his jaws forced open and his throat spit into
We are reminded BY good authority that we have done
marks Of public distinction receive by him; It WAS mot
simply seven horsswhppngs which he received bat nine
We cheerfully make this correction the present
about to give o. another marx Of Distinction a.
corced to him bodily horse whipping but
an uneau.lisd moral and pecuniary asgs!lAtOn which
quies Ms to mention. In doing shall conane our
selves q rsdy % possible to the circumstances Of the
deei,ion and, ths soss f anp4riss vsds And hieSsf
drecten toa country Vh'th aSumss to BE- governed by
authoritative connection. TO the dstas Of the matter
then
Our readers must have been apprised by our legal 70
been pending in the Superior Court case Of libel Ed
ward p Fry against James Gordon Benastt. We have
chosen, in Difference to the defendant make no re-
Earls on the NATTER lest should in tho least preu
dice his cause for We hold that ssin-even
moral assassinhas under such circumstances the i'm.
might prejudice the jury On the other han It Is true
that during the trial Mr. Bennett made use of his ne vs
paper both In lis editorial and reporting departments
to Frsudioe the public and the jury He desguedly held
back from his edition of yesterday morning the argument
of the plaintiffs coune Mr. Jordan giving instead the
concluding rem a.ss Of his own counsel Mr. ss.diord
verdict to day. and each member would probably read
over such speeches and refresh his mory not as
they happened to be published We will not dwell on the
desperate iciery Of this circumstance, but MENTION
under the same head, that even Sunday last when no
daily paper published but his own he RECALLED the city
with an elaborate congsries Of attacks the plaintiff
and 50 every cay OF the week. Yesterday gmornng he
attacked the argument Of the plaintiffs counsel whom
the Satanic has full sweep and other journal Of the
daily press our knowledge, inerfsred Certainly we
did net but let the trial proceed As IT ought without
sny attempt on our Pait to influence the jury directly
The longest road must have an end and 40 the longest
must come to concIa aston "A suffering doth cease
this legal en- which has bssn before the courts dive
thousand dollars damages with costs to the plaintiff
30 James Gordon Bennett at last af long interval
convicted Of the grossest and most infamous bes and
sentenced to pay exemplary damages His lawyers have
owing to the facilities Of delay, long prevented the trial
fron coming to an issue but the plaintiff with what We
held back for instant but in proportion to the inter
his end. :.
Immense and INN easurabe as are the blsckrusrdism
and infamy Of the Satanic Press-nfamous 1t Is to
proverbts conduct toward kr E. p Fry has been more
than ordinarily ntempsrats indecent foul damna Se
We own to exhaustion Of rhetoric In any attempt
paint the Satanic and its ector In such verbal ns rs
would make their pictures life Ike. We feel the paupsr
such efforts to describe Them We csn understand the
starving wretch, with tear withered eyes, with wted
cheek with shrunken vtas and almost pulseess heart
driven to the last Of crimes ~ get the to save life
We undestan Thug under certain circuui
stances Burke; both belong to Pancernoniu, but still
they are comprehensive But the creature who directs
the Satanic who reve in wealth and Hbes-who amass.
es and stabs and ftabs and Amasses-whose whols life
seems made OF ths refa,e of dspravity Is mystery
nature stands aehas 1T very Colossus OF pervers on
Boosting that his legs rest each hsmis aad
spread over vast ocean.
The case in qustiea we may briefly describe II seems
that Mr. E. r. Fry gsntsniln Of dslphia-acoonl
Pishtd according to the history given in than col
ac matters in this city by taking the the Opera
House, Under his hands the opera received new life
The te.t Of musical conductors yet known among u.s. and
steady favorite TO this day. was specially imported
from the Queens theatre, London. BssdAs ths thsrs
was an Increased orche srs full greater than
the public had hitherto heard Ths chorus also aug
nented to the same extent the best old AMI newly come
artss engaged the bars for the sale Of liquor excluded
from the house, and in word every effort made to
hal 81 art
in other words he was determined not to keep company
with backguards directly indirectly: consequently he
Ing done at tina. office. Considering the worse than
dirty puhanimity Of some Of our public men-oonsder.
ing that the Satanic boasts Of intimaces and inau.
ences In the highest quGrtsrs and went far
70 contrive the appointment OF flanagan to foreign
mission by prftrrins Ito own EDITOR to one-consdsrDg
That scores Of men in this city have meany duck and
coogeo 70 us attacks and soms sven ldeaksd On this
,hs qnnssnon, fesrr Appear Is Witnesses against
must repeat the common conviction Of
aecent man in the community, that the plaintiff
bout the first manout Of the editorial profession-to
defy and spit upon Mr.. Bennett and finally, after Ave
years uninterrupted prosecution Of his suit to legally
blast him to lower deep OF infsmy than ever his Tar
tarus groupings had yet reached. As We have already
published In greater or less detail the evidence and
speeches 81 this trial. shall give now any synop-
sis Of It, Sufficient to sAy, that while the opera,
appeared BY the evidence was morally and technically
reformed, the Satanic left miro Of bsaststy undis
urbsd, no possibility Of oblequy unsounded acdity
Of veKem unspsnt, TO wreak libel htel, and lie on
lie, the head Of the plaintiff. Sworn to do him all
the evil that bloated power and unchecked villany
could compass, it iIethed, steamed and rocked with
nauseeus infamiss. 1t led to this course because
1t had supposed that out Of the editorial profession
Sc iety TO ain ost cowed before t. The feeling
had got abr oad and remained rife up to the decision
Of III rial that justice b, individual could not be
obtained sipst the sstaDc that witnesses you'd slut
u u t.r t,iCsLos Ll..ik Litl4J ClA giy.Lg deci
I've uutb hal uIors Would cot e0tyiet, End e0unsel