New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-21

Considering the very proper degree of sensitive
ness on the subject of bic personal and professional
| character which Mr. Richard Busted, Corporation
Counsel land late attorney also for the French
railway sxindlers), exhibited in the letter which
We published yesterday Ut tue close of the cor
respondeIce between him aGd Judge Whiting on
the subject Of the legal step, taken BY Judge
Whiting to prevent the sale of the city's pictures
end ether property on Lowbers executon-con-
siderng, We say, the highly proper degree Of per-
sonal and professional sensitveness exhibited by
Mr.. Busted in that letter and for that matter as
we have reason to know, on some other occasions,
We certainly trust that Mr.. Busted will not con.
cent, without attempting some explanation. to
stand before the public for any length of time in the
singular position which he now occupies.
Mr.. Busted must consider that as to this Low
Der affair be does not cold the position Of mere
private attorney engaged by thief or swindier to
help carry out fraud. Mr.. Busted made mani.
fest in the French swin6ler's case, N the famous
business of The papersnatchng, that he entertaius
pretty liberal ideas Of the lengths which attorneys
and counsel justified in going on behalf of their
clients. 1t in not for US to cay that Dir. LOwber,
personally considered or considered 10 the character
in which be presents himselfin this case Ofatte.apt
ing to put sOme two hundred thousand dollars of
the city money into the pockets Of himself aud his
cOIfederates, is not altogether as well worthy Ct
Mr.. Bus,ctds sympatiies ard utmost professional
exertons even to the extent of a little paper
sDatchng, if necessary, as the Frenchman Carpen-
tier and his swindling compatriots; but then Mr..
Busted must remember to recoIect-a point as to
which he appears TO be la5oring under little con.
fusion Of ideas-tLat in this case he 10 not
counsel for Lowber, not attorney for the party
charged with the attempt to swinde, but counsel
for the city, attorney for the Corporation which
it is attempted to victmize.
We are well aware Of the force Of habit, aud our
legal column largely testifes, or has in times past
testified, that the professional occupation Of Mr..
Busted has largely been that Of defending and act
ing for parties Of the Carpenter and the Lowber
school. We can, therefore, imagine little confu-
sion of ideas on the part Of Mr.. Busted at finding
| himself in the unaccustomed position Of being on
the honest side of case. We are not in the least
surprised that his frat impulse at finding himself in
this unusual predicamen is TO 90 to the other
side seize the rogue by tie hard, and to enter with
zeal and even with love into the business Of helping
him first to judgment, aud then to on execution,
and then to levy. AL this perfectly natural on
| the part of Mr.. Busted considered mefely as Mr..
Busted, attorDey-atlsw. But Mr.. Busted is no
longer simply Mr.. Busted the private legal prac-
ttioner, who so long be actually escapes an in.
dictment for petty larceny, may seem 70 be doing
well enough. He is no longer simple Mr.. Busteed.
He has position TO maintain He has been trans.
lated and glorifed.
AS Titania, queen of the fairies, through the
force Of spells and entertainments, fell in love with
bully Bottom, spite Of his ASS head and long ears
so the good people of New-York, having had their
eyes touched by certain artful and busy contr7ers
| with We know cot what little western flower, "
Though We imagine il must be called "grog and
dltDess" or by some such nsme, have fallen in love
with Mr.. Busted, and have made lin their Corpo-
| ration Attorney. Nov We beg and pray Of Mr.
Busted to emulate, az far as in bin lee, the de-
cent and appropriate behavior Of his predecessor,
the masnanimous Bottom. lie. tim remember liz
position. Let him preserve at least the appear.
snce of being for the city, and not against It.
If Mr.. Busted wishes 70 keep up that appear
ance, certainly he cannO: delay fo- moment to
come out with an explanation Of The charges urged
against him by Controller Flsge, il the affidavit
upon which Judge Peabody has granted stay d
proceedings On Lowbers execution That affida.
Wit goes to show something that looks very much
like collision between Low Der and the Attorney
for the city. Mr. Flagg swears, IL relation 20 tie
proceedings before NJ. Sickles SIS referee, tn.
The Counsel of the Corporation, to 1it Richard
Busted, esq, did not .ntorm E;m Ute Coatroller)
at whose suggestion and urgency tie defense of the
suit bad been made, nor Tier of toe two Boards
| Of the Common Council that the referee had made
report, or tha: judgraeat had beer entered
| thereon. As 10 informing tie Mayor. we should
| not wonder at Mr.. Busteec's emitting that. Mr..
Busted sevidenty zee his ie.ier 70 Judge Wtitrg,
above referred to- s-est sticker Cor decorun. He
bas great horro. of an: hing personally offensive.
Now, al writers on good manners sgree that it is
ip6elicate TO speak abouta rope 20 man one 0.
whose relations has been hanged; and DOUBTLESS
! ppca TIE SAL p;-o.pis i; would be tstl! inden'