, 1866-03-16

The following Is tho declaration fonittiusr
repctttlons), In the celebrated libel case OF
Gerrlt Smith vs.. The Chicago TRIBUNE Com
pany:.
THE declaration sets forth that whereas
plaant!d Is good. true. honest, just ind faith
M 5al citizen Of The United States, and as such.
and until the committing Of the several grieY.
ances BY the said defendants hereinafter men
1 TONED, was always rcputed, esteemed aud ae-
copied by and among all bis neighbors and
other good and worthy citizens OF the United
States, to whom be was IN anywiss known, to
be person OF good name, fame and credit.
to Wit, at the city Of Chicago. ID said district.
and whereas, also, the said plaintiff hath NOT
ever been gni!ty, or. until the time of thu
committing o. the said several grievances by
kne salo deicnoantss as hereinafter mentioned,
been suspected to have been guilty OF t4o
offences and misconduct hereinafter mentioned
10 mare been charged and imputed to th. said
piatnttu, or Of any othe r such offences or mis-
conduct, yet the said defendants, couttiy-
ing and Wickedfy and mal1cloualy In
tending to injue the said plaintiff in his rood
name, fame, md credit, and to bring him into
public scandal, fntanly, and Disgrace, with
aud amons all his neIghbors mud other GOOD
and worthy citizens Of the United States and
70 cause It to be suspected and believed BY
! These netShb0rs aud citizens TINT be. the said
] plaintiff, had been aud was guiIty OF he
offences md misconduct hereinafter mention
ed to have been imputed to him, and to *
Pose nim TO public hatred, contempt, and
a1aaenla a1eIsa among au those said neighbors and
citizens, the said defendants heretofore, To-
VIII, on the thirteenth day Of June, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight tuudred
and si1ty.dye, at the city of Chicago, In safl
district, falseiy. wickedly, aud malsciouyly
otd compose and publish, md cause and pro
said plaintiff, in q newspaper known as ths:
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, certain false, scandal
ous, malicious, and defamatorY libel as ri.
lows, that Is to say:
''aKnn1r szn1u.
nGernt Smith stands indebted 10 hin sire for A
iecoIe hte!lect anu large fortune. Dy d1nt of !,
liberal expenditure OF his 1a11c fortune in na11n1
and sdEertirns The ptpduc.lo1s Of hs ieeb,s inrej
wbe bsez ns1 g,'a saae%eS ff r W.
telleci and no fortune. Ge1zlt Smiths sitencin IL
perfected IN big weakness. His forte i in hs lax
made whe % his C sae sda at n'ea nn4a
hled foF the sufess Of The slare be stu deciareI
a shas Mere be slavs himself be would servs as such
81 his hie sooner than uta force or ehed drop ar
u. and yet when IN Cou:rets would not Sit up
tha senS h buar tan, s 81 ~.
H.; money sent john Bro~a% ITO to 4 Ransas nsu
an4 helped him llassally while tnese pethsps aiso
proven, yet on the arrest Of Brown, bis tender
hearted financial patron became insane, lied rom
The wrath Of Buchanan and thc slayehoide.s when
1eytum, and rstnained there mill Lincoln vas In
augIrated. &c then eanne forth cIo.hed, bui not
publishing, at bis own espenpe. md c1sru1asa1
among the press which never PRINT them, and the
people Wig nstsr tead ne% Pesodea bulletins
tsnde1ne.s tor the negroes, and The cessalon OF
me var out Of mercy TO the 1hi,es."
Now that tue WEE u ended BY the laho:s OF mon
or medle. this Mnn Of milk IL again erwin, EoudIy
lesi my ofthe authors Of the rebellion shal he pun
1shed: IhereIpon chas. o'conor, $. l. VI. barlow
n1hcssa a1d IL ~n nse & of thf sanss.. Cop
sud one Or Two other cratic and uuseaectinc cef-
soDs tn giving Mr. Smith for once srte sIlVe-tise.
to speak in Cooper 1nstifute. It Is not al ali n
markahle that this chicken. hearted person. who
sg1taies cou1ayeoue!y doctrines BY maay deemed
= sas Seeaa.a lns,s PSRGissa pSsitseat s s0x, ID
eou, ~1 thaa b1nf sna =, qa condemns al re
should intercede ios The life OF the greatest cumi
nai Of me age. We have only to rs Tint men Of
AFFAIR." Of, life Of war, md OF government. hat
a-t e5.st cline must Do pun.shed and. IN
were not punished becauxe their treason led to M
bioocehed. hf. smith a.ka that Davis shall moi
hloodshed as to amount 10 STATE Of var Shunld
such nonstrous folly prevail. 1t would teach al
!utnte traitors that there ace tSo csses IN which
othes where It fails; one where 1t Ia bloody, the
oher wEert 1t Is hloadless; one where Il Is njtaesi
roots. 0~
'To enact that those citizens who levy war on The
nited states shall tuder delsh for treason, Is
merely 10 call that act erlme and to promise p.o-
eeuon rom Il To hang Jeferron DAVIS a. \
%a aVs 10 a1e s1me md to give the pro'ee
: And the said plaintiff saith that the words.
= became insane," IN said libel above contain
ID, we're used ironically by the said deiend-
snts, the said defendants then and there
meaning and intending to be understood by
he saia nelghbors and citizens among whom
he said libel WAS published US alleging that
aid plaintiff felgned insanity, and the said
'eehbors and citizens then and there under
words.
And the said plaintiff avera that the said
efendants Intended In and by the said Libel
o tnainuate and to be understood, and were
hen and there understood BY the said neigh.
'ors and citizens, among whom the said libel
Eas published, as charging, amoDE otheF
hEg8, that the said plaintH aided and aoes-
ed the said John BEoWn N 1,n!t sae ,cts son =,
Dlssjon OF wrongful and criminal acts -
Iarper's Ferry, and that on tha arrest OF the
nia Hrnwn. The said plaintM. Ii order to
void arrest and punishm ene ieiSned insanity
nd ned 10 and took refuge In q luuatic asylum.
By menns Of ths premises nhHsa t1o fo aa,p p,ant
,"o IN he district aforesaid, to the damage
= w. n1aintia' of fIty thousand dollara aud
,ercIore he brings suit, &c.
DeBop's Reri<tr. for March, good Southern
sha1ity, IT. editor having just completed tour
rough the Cotton States, estimates the next cot
n crop Ut no more than Gee million fvo hundred
uusaud bales. He adds: "Tnese figures a,e nos
.slY 10 b tne4eased by anything that Is row to
MNnIu ~ r.. Al.