Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-01-29
(vVEKOA4E NO. Ga.


ter Knockings. In our tremor We asked
the sheriff many foolish questions. aad
among them elf he knew which Greeley
had brought the suii?" We had faint
recollection that during the late campaign,
not only two Fremonts had been discover
ed, but also two Greeleys, and we were
anxious to know which of the latter had
sued us. He answered ''Old Drab." We
knew by that remark 1t was the editor Of
the n. 7. Tribune. formerly Fourieri.e,
and the founder of Community" in
Pennsylvania. where the people live in COM
mon, had baby factory attached TO their
establishment, where it was said Horace
himself, in pair of feathered breeches,
used TO hatch out the chickens, while the
other old hens did the laying and scratch
ins.
To ascertain tie foundation Of this strange
procedure, we went 10 the Clerks Office,
and found on file the following cstensible
cause for Sir Horace's complaint:
PETITION.
Horace GREELEY P'f, Court Commor
Josrrn W. GnAr Diff. County, lsni OF Ohio, &0S'
First cause Of action:
The plaintiff, Horace Greeley. editor Of
| a newspaper printed in the city Of New
Ycrk, called the New York Tribune. says
that the defendant being the proprietor and
publisher of a newspaper published in
Cuyahoga county, Ohio, called the Daily
Plaindealer, the following on the 99ih day
Of December, 1856. was published therein
concerning tie plaintiff, that is 10 say:
"oLD DRAB IN LIMBO"
Horace Greely is getting 70 be about as
well known BY lis friends as By his enc
I mics. Bennett used to be charged with re-
ceiving all the black mail of the New York
press, but lately it las been ascer;ained
that Sir Horace is as fond of ''hush mon
ey" as the "0id Satanic" He owned up
last fall to receiving four tho onsand dollars
from the Liquor dealers in New York city
\ for tie use Of two columns Of his paper To-
advocate the claims of that ncfarious traffic.
! He was no Goabt bought ar high figure
to 60 for Fremont. And now correspon-
dent of the Chicago Press. free soil pa
per, writing from Iowa city, where the
! Legislature is in session, boldly charges
him with receiving bribe from that local.
ity. He says the committee TO investigate
the affairs Of the Des Mcincs River I'M
provemeEt Company have strnck some Itch
''leads." 1t is said that .'Old White Coat"
of the New York Tribune, has received a
thousand dollars from the company, for aid
and comfort rendered them, and that this
fact has been brought out by the commit
!; tee. Wonder what The priests, who have
been actingas missionaries for said Horace,
think of ali these things. A person is
known by the company be keeps"
Second cause of action:
And the Plaintiff further says that the
Defendant, being the proprietor and pub
Usher of said paper, as aforesaid, a certain
other libel was, on the 24ih day of July,
1855, published therein concerning the
4 Plaintiff, that is to SAY:
"How is it that Horace Greeley, who was
a Seward man, Bennett, who was a George
Law man, and Webb. who was anything
but an aboliliouist, should jump Jim Crow
and eo for Fremont9 How is it tha, Beech
er, the divine. should suddenly see, as did
Saul &C Tarsus, l. sht fsom Heaven shin
ing upon him, and directing him to re-
verse the preachings and PRACTICES If
religious life, and go for rifles and revolu-
ton. These bubblers are all bought
] bought with price, and here is no doubt
4the consideration-Ma Mariposa claim, repre-
sented by stock<es;imae1 a, SIosooo,uOc;
one-half reserved for Fremonts& s& Co., 3d.
t0c0 0)0; Beecher. for enlis'ing his paper
and churches, se59 Gee; Bennett. in con-
sideraiion of the Hcrald's support, $685.
600; Webb. who once sold himself Tor
1859, 600; Greeley. for dropping Seward,
the influence of his immenses circulation,
and lying without Stat, S50O.Oeo; Ray
mond, n Y Times, going it blind. $780,
Evening Post, ditto. Sl59,Oo0; National
Era, ditto, $4,000. Other papers in 9th
er cities came in for their share pro rata
All of which is TO the damage of the
plaintiff in the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollas Wherefore he asks Judgment
against the Defendant for Ten Thousand
CARTER q THATEa,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
There reader, is the case before you as
I it appears on record. TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS in money ohly," is wanted
to make good the damaged reputation of
political editor. What ieariag big hole
in an incredible short space of time. our
pen did make in the 'pheelinks' Of this
feathered philosopher. We plead ''anaze-
-ment," and "go to the country on that
issue Thatwe possess such powers Of
mischief with our unpracticed uupfetend
ing pen. is amazing indeed. That Ho-
n L. II
1.-TWO Fremonts. should presume to have
ten th,usand dollars worth of character
left, is still more amazing" That he
should, with his overshadowing circulation,
abandon. tie quill, the legitimate weapon of
warfare in his profession. and take up the
cudgels of the law, to finish campaign