, 1864-06-22
TRUSSEL IN COURT,
Nol1on to Postpone Trlal-nls Opinion Of the
Chicago Press.

A motion was made yesterday In the Recorders
Court, by the notorious Tfussel, through his At
torney-George G. B1teH-fof continuance OF the
cases pending against him. The application was
made On precious p.oteace, viz: that he c.unot
h.,st hsxs 1 s % 20 Of The excited
ieet, anc join with him in wishing that be may
have q fhtr trial. We hnve no Wish that any bur
re most exact justiee shon1d be me;ed ont him;
but perhaps thht Il what he is most afraid Of:
George Truesell, defendant In sad eauses (ln-
cictnent dor 1iotous assault and do. for assault
.lta deadly 1nst1ument), being awol9, saith th,t
believes, and this deponent saith that. from the
veFy moment OF his a1Test On the charges con-
slmoft the entfro press of Chicago has teemed
with the most exaggerated statements Of the said
assaqlts-ssasements discolor,a, perverted and un-
Piny e nif he ss I sa r.
jpeice throughout the city against The defendant,
and hare done 20; that by said artces IN the said
ssye51a esha, pape1s {af he has Rssn DENOUNCED a
vengeance hsve thereby been made against
him and auy ore Who should dare. 10 80
bis bs ~ md shat ths machinery and eo
daily at work to poison the publc mind. to pre,1-
dice and prejudge the Defendants cause, to ope-
~ sn te o. ,hs hs ds9
HIM % IRON having fair, calm and dispas.ionste
tih as be is entitled to; tina. hY reason OF such
cheaso 70 u ths
mnnity& the passions ofthe mob, aud the feelings
ofnll Who read the papers, have become SO warped
iiesee lave eaD @ eapdid and just Till r. Is Il be Is
entitled to; and that the whole city, who have
read these papers and believe these statements.
have come to recatd defendant as already convict
ed, On newspaper evidence, as a gambler, q thlef.
an assassin-and that . tf1al at present, uuder
these circumstances, and in community so ex-
cry and parody on Justice and Law.
sand deponcut eaith that be has an abiding conf
fairness Of the citizens Of Chicago; and has no
desire to nsk change Of venue TO ths rnrat dis
tricts because OF the present animosity or pretu-
ess s M nsas pig
until the excited passions Of the community ara
cooled. until the Press has ceased Its efforts to
he land. md learned editors M % aud wise iaymen N
have come once more to realize and understand
that, under government or lnWs, even gaU-
impartial and diepsseiouate trial aud hearing. be-
fore nm unbiased and unprejudiced jury, and an
upright just and honest, thoush talllble, judge"
vel give It simply ss matter OF history. pre-
eume the plees Of Chicago has done no more than
its 69t, In holding up to public reprob,sion the
stands charged-an assault on woman In the
etreets, and subsequent hseau]t on ono who WAS
supposed to have been concerned In setting forth
.
tr1al aa far az the TRIBUNE is concerned-in fact,
We should hare been quite conteuted II he had had
It long ago. We may add that the application Was
granted 6y the Recorder.
SALE or PA1STNas-Thers was sale Of paint
inss, principally by local artists last evening at
tie esle roous Of Messrs. Gilbert & Sampson, on
Dearborn street. Tho works Of art, II they may
be dienfaed with that nppellatiou, were generally
Of mediocre and Insignificant charActer-tho
frames In fact were the more valuable and realized
appropriate prices. Msny OF the better paintings
whirh formed portion Of those offered for sale at
Jcvnl d A1mlnfs toomR. and which It was sup
posed would have constituted part Of the cata-
logre last evening, Ind been removed by the
artists, much to the disappointment Of the apprc-
ciatiye audience assenb ed. There were, how.
ever, some half dozen specimens Of finely a1ecu-
ted landscape paintings hanging On the walls
which WGre called tor and pat up, They
realized fair prices. s'Kiliugton Peak an autumn
scene, by Reed, renlized $110; "SnsQuehanna
Scenery" BY the same artist sold for $1a0 Va,-
ley Of the Tennessee BY Ford, fetched 800 !;
"Coast Of the Baltic" by senderberg, went for
$6e. New Hampshire Scenery BY Reed, for
$55; "Juniata Scenery" BY tho same artist, for
80; mount Aorzid, Vt, By the same, for $50;
and" Alpine Glow on the Jungfrau," Switzerland,
by Ford, sold fof SIS. These may be chasaeteri-
sed as gems in tbelr way, aud the spirited nature
Of the biddiDgs clearly Indicated that the people
Of Chicago are disposed 10 patrop1ze real art
Two small patntin2s after Hall b7 Cameron,
.sstzawhe11ies" and "Raspbesnes," wsre excel.
lent and sold, the former for $2550 and the latter
for IS.