New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-28

We learn from those indsputsble suthorties, tie
small evening papers, tht Mr. RICHARD BUSTED.
who is Corporation Counsel and Attorney. seLsW.
considers that THE TRIBUNE has damaged him to
the tune Of innumerable thousands Of dollars, and
the same eompendiums Of public intelligence alless
that be has sent US polite little summons 10 core
into Court and have tie al sir adj udcated by the
reverend Judicial authorities OF this ilk. Now We
did not think ths. j. was in the power Of any jour
nal Whatever to damage Richard 10 bis Official char
acter 20 the extent Of lonesome copper; but W
never know what we can do until We have done il.
and even now We are in bother 10 know jast how
we have accomplished 80 much mischief Whn
we get Busteed's Declaration or Bill Of Particular.
or whatever lawyers msy call the COMPOUNDED tAics
we shall know in what tender part of his coasttl-
ton be is most hurt and what particular branch q
his reputation has been Dedicated BY The TRIBUNE.
He says that we have hbeled him; but il would puz-
gle one hundred and fifty Phll,delphis lawyers (ast
Of the Busted species) to find the libel. We did
publish report Of the proceedings in the French
extraditon case, in which report Basteed cut
very sorry figure. But that, we would suggest
is his fault, and not ours. Ifhe will do such thng'
be must expect to see them in the newspaPeu-
All we said in commenting upon the case was that
we hoped that those who helped to elect Richard
Busted Corporation Council would read with caro-
the whole report and Judge for themselves in what
manner the honor and dignity Of the State were
likely to be maintained BY such man. Now TIN
We thought to be a mild 90 milk, and exceedingly
fair toward the virtuous aud distinguished Busted.
p r1a1 in THE
world. The man "up" and sues US, within very
few hours, for libel. We have had our share q
these d.Yer;rg little affairs, but this does beat Il
our exper. nee.
The people know what we have done. Nov
what lawyer Richard (he always goes into Court
as la,tsr Richard, and not as gentleman Ricbard)
did wss this: His opponents in case offered pa
psr to witness for identification. Very properly
Busted asked to zee il before the witness should
speak TO it; but then il was discovered that tho
wrong paper had been rendered. "Ne'er mind
said Richard; ~ have got it, and should like 70
",ee you get it back again Now ninety
gentlemen of the profession out OF one hundred
would call this dishon-no, unprofes-ns.
scand-well, not to put our foot into il again.
the ninety nine people aforesaid would cay that
this was not the thing. We, being modest, only
asked our readers TO judge for themselves Whercat
Richard sues rs, and waits not only TO keep Mr..
McKeOn's paper, bu. to take our dollars out Of oar
pocket. Wewish he may get EN-. Let him pray
erfully read how Farns Hecker marched dolefully
out Of the Court Of Common Pleas with six cents
damages and long bill of costs in his pOcke.. II
should be warning to Busted
Hitherto, it has been the wont Of experts
to divide the fools into two great clssses-the nat
ural fools and the smart fools. The nov Corpora
ton Counsel seems to US 10 combine the chArns
and beauties Of them both.