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Tioga Eagle (Newspaper) - October 20, 1841, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania1 Isth mat Harrisburg the Tioga. Eagle. Eone Day october the growing strength of the democratic it gives on Grant pleasure for president in 1344. Of Lipri of the Wiig party among which the United states Graz Cue have proclaimed Henry Clay it Wir Choice. Either the one or the other it is thought will be the candidate of that party. Who will be the candidate of the democratic party is a ques Tion we believe cannot be answered at the present time Wilh any degree of certain col. Benton has declined Commodore Stew Art has Buchanan has also his Adin if prs and advocates and a bold push will doubtless be made in Pennsylvania to secure him the nomination Gen Cass of whom but Little has been heard of late will command a very Strong Pany probably Pennsylvania election. Acquittal of in Cleod. The news continues to come in attorney Genera Jenkins Cinelu Ter and better. Never was there a Mote his for Ine prosecution on overwhelming did t tuesday morning. The court then slate More gloriously redeemed adjourned to a Quarter before 2 p. M. Than has Pennsylvania. By the in the afternoon the court room was joined returns it will be seen that the More crowded than on any previous the route of Federal whig Gery is every occasion a great number of ladies be thing Complete lion beyond All majorities. A r to longest of any inasmuch As he has friends the Browing strength of the parly at this time. Now past pc Deral a b Cimpl Lely need in every state and county in the Union. Maryland election. The election in Man nol raise its head again or some land for governor and Mem Fra of the stale time. Tho rim r in paty of the democracy legislature took place on wednesday last of Crunley has bran visible for Limo and the returns a Hill have been received Back an ii by the recent elections in show the democratic ticket been Suc of of the Strong Hutla of Fixl realism. Total cd Irful. Thomas dem beats Johnson pm nip Phi Tenily i governor by a Nia Jerily ranging us to make bet irom 500 to goo. The House of delegates Ter and the dishonest a Lions and will stand probably nit 42 democrats to 37 Profili Jap course which has been pursued Ity whig. The Senate still retains its whig a Ihn Universal pipe Dorily Oslo which will give that parly a Lamg Clay and Tyler too party fince they Jonly on joint ballot. In the last legislature Camp into Power. A hero Are the Good limps the whig majority was very heavy. Tie new ask that Werr premised that gov i nor g is into office on the Firat january que potion is easily answered. Next and serves for three years. Was Only a full Imp and limping that it took i to Well with the Drar people they Laid it on editing a newspaper. Spread it the Union by Well the following sensible and Correct re Prid scallions and live consequence was a ire Marks Are from the new York Sun read rep Noim Victory. Tent what1 editing a newspaper is no task Many did they Dol wag Promise Ful fillo j Tlle ability of a newspaper a Lei sen what was done. six the and Larnt of its editor by thou Aind Good Man it in pm cod office variety of editorial latter it and the san Nim her of rav nmn wolves in contains. be snort Alucious were put in their p Acos la compar Lively an easy task for a Wriler Eiger to clutch the 8poiu, and ready to com to daily columns of words upon any Mil anything that the Tipp laying came de and All subjects ins ideas May flow freely what then Harrison was Lul Tod find has command of language May enable by the harassing of office sekors and to i in to string them together like a Bunch of or too succeeded to the vacancy. And then j onions and yet his May be meagre poor con Whall an session of Congress was Cei after Buta Jau Icilus Well informed held. For what object 1 to the country who exercises his vocation with a full certainly not it was to make a president for conviction and consciousness of the response How it ended is known ble lie Lias to Wirt Eun duct his having broken up in Row and in pop tie Saule cab alld Porter Philadelphia do Noi t Jin Porter s majority in the above coun ties in 1s38, was 5660 Voles uralic gain Over demo time split mass called c Ever bestows upon a suit or a he time bin played in selecting is More in i t ih8 tact of a Good editor a shown mane physician upon a patient. Inject d tie Tea whig party and wound up with a f Osi to j i i irm c Fri inn part of edit nor n paper is but a Man try of upwards of if a million of i Small Norm of the work. The Industry even Dollath. Such Are tie no itch tunes Praia imbed is nut shown Here. Tho care the taste the by Fedora whigs and such will Ever be i j the promises of that Promise making party. Moment Victory perched upon their ban forgot promises and the a Rcd More Lua Lofia confided to them by the people in the half the Battle. But As before observed Gro eral in Aroble for the pots of editor ought Tobe estimated and Hia labor Only he old Osage appreciated by the general conduct of this a one Lake Caro of knowing its temper us manners res uni Well that now or never was their Only form con819tem a principles its Aims Chance some succeeded partially manliness its Courtney its its pro not Loo anxious but the Foremost one of to preserve All As they should overthrow which be pr89erved. Is enough occupy the be got and Well deserved. Harry of the we8t time and of any Man but we too ambitious and in his at Tomato. Too the general supervision of the Stab to Homo to anything. He imagine Ime Ould ride rough shod Over tie repro of tha people no he had formerly of the people them Solcs but he Hud mistaken bit Cue in Pinott of a smooth and easy path found in thorny and fan Groua yet he legislature. A far As heard from. . Demon rots. Old members 9 Philadelphia cily do Iii inv 9 Adams Franklin Cumberland 2 dry Riphin Alleghany and Butler 1 Ura Furd 1 15 iiou3k of kepbe8ehtarrves. I Philadelphia City 1 ext session no the evening has never been equalled before diff Eulious will spread throughout the Union be City. The whig Nii Jori in the More honest of the Lyle proper of 3000, has been will adhere to i Yler too while la. Reduced this year to 500. That being Chang to the l be the Council ticket. John Banks a Torii 1500. Pointed sad denial us More out of j j to Mamion Linn any Good they intend. In the county has Given au.rr.1. Among like the breaking a Majo to us about 3800 Llic and ticket of of a in Mart i. He time to see who he we Haye i. Vrho i. Not Wonky. And who most of a in to depended on. The out the ranks and he on5 of this in a measure did impeach his be meeting him and Riding rarity upon a principle of Law that no the Rrex Day and one of confessions Oul of court contrary loan ing him was strongly stated oath made in court did in a manner ence to the evidence As impeach the Lesli Mony of a was he of the Tesi the next witness for the prosecution and if the Alloney general h i up is Isaac p. Coursen a native of this Vinced the jury thai or state who testifies that he saw me 27th, prisoner was no Leod or the head and shoulders of ent at Morrison then t pres pres him and heard mcleod1 boast that he to ease and if the evident had killed one a 1 Yankee Good also Hal he was absent upon the it came an end to the Case also. Out Hal he had Lalk etl to Caswel contrary in was Alejj Saloci or another witness and that he said it. Of satisfied that these people Are an cured to him for the first time upon taken then the fact in be ded the stand upon if examination that so much from their state Merit of i-0 " Caswell was present at the exam you Are to consider All i nation. How far this Cross exam Ina say from All lion was to impeach the evidence of the people is made up of i witness the jury must deter a great mistake or thax mine. The next witness was Charles Park who was a bar keeper at Davis s. He testifies that he saw Mcleod and heard him make his boats. The Cross exam Iners think his testimony should be received Wilh Many gains of allowance the nature of those answers you s was not present and has made sence. But Chi is not All. To mane Law of this Lund th.1tf have a reasonable Douht of or s gush then he is not to be conv de. If convicted it is to be upon fragile evidence. The Law Man s life in gives him the a cedi lit i. Al -. N try will judge of. F upon his evidence i a Donal and the prisoner has a have no Pink it to Are to demand of you and the con the judges sole arbiters of thai a right to expect of you a verdict question. Cording to Law. The next witness is Cavell who my duly is now performed. testifies that he saw Mcleoid on a j High duty is about to cd vis s Sloop. The next is Quimby of i you Are to Lake Tir s Case Petin who says he saw Mcleod come Alion. You Are to weigh All out of Davis at 9 o clock on the Nigil which have been presented to of the 29rlt dee., and the next Day in you Are to look at final the morning and heard him say Star of truth and Justice Logu de j. He had the blood of a Yankee up in his in your deliberations and in your in sleeve. The impeachment of ibis .tes-1 you Are to pronounce f lir Nony was also commended to the 1 diet in the honest exercise of your consideration of the jury who were to judgment and when this is clone 1 be the arbiters of the cast. K Hal those who have witnessed the Al. Who have seen your patience v i have seen and heard the off orig of co fit with respect to the evidence j 9fe, to have of the commission and t will Lisl s. New proverb goes he Mailer. 1 of of the United states into h for to 1 lie sweep of the whigs carrying the he prisoner was present Annj Perl Ioian Uon Seol would Ted ,.he act burning cur seem to prove the truth of the proverb Oline. And thai r the act itself has been by by our Laws and Fon arc to Pread decide upon the evidence. This ques Moi a Tion was to be stripped of All other considerations and before you the bar Giuily of that murder. The i i people have presented Many to prove the act and j of to give that were elected by the them weight As the Inith of their the Leslie on of own e Nion g Earell show Elu Democrat would have Josve in their solemn and Lima the do parly cot Down in the midst of All alas How i lie mighty have Rrt to support the Nomin lion but As Oon As lie his in con , he the democrats to in i Rfer-1 nil ii run on his from their prot Talion hib democratic k honk and run he Duj Gnu Ile parly will Eatn Rise As of Yore in ,1 y r j l sealed the by spling the the Rani half of in Stren Irth and i Ike the p irl Tlle Ifie election of the Caius Wilsie Morris. The now done Wilh him. Ana he will be looked upon Herc of he Bear Down All Aryouth unruffled course. Testimony or tue prosecution is of two classes n first was other than that the legislature having been whig sessions and the second was for some years past has busied to i Elf sessions themselves i car veg out new counties with a View two to retain a majority in both branches up election but one member Mon h r t l Nai apply by the on v person on i yet All scheming that Par Censed he Eabon of Tlle by has Only succeeded in obtaining a tie on the night of f Hrat t i i Inrush at him by one w inn from 63 of a new of the state show a Democrat hat Bela Only Laid one fool of of 2, 761. Tha Wilg this time and thai he gave to the in the mom Countie. Lut january when the whig in candidate for Hal majority in the state we about 4000 was Thwe were no pipe laying and yarn cratic gain of spinning a evil int of fam. majority of legs Latore Cleot etl thu. For demo but that i of the work 08. Term editors of the j for extra., containing the proceedings Ial Itu Rcv n. In. Good no one Wiuf question who knows the material they Are made of. ,5-e. Orr most of any. Of the upper Benneh Whethe a it be a i or a Large county. In the Council. As to the Whir boost that the Broad Seal pal by is whig governor loan incorrect return he says of the election for Congress a sustain not now swear it de by the recent Vole the fact is direct was of Jyh at by the the people the num commended itself o Bers have decided against the Whites i second c i of. And in favor of the veto and Democrat c inn n k drown i Hicks he j recognized Mcleod at the Beacon Light and again he thinks he saw him at night and in the Ino ining. Says be is As sure he mall Earl As Hal he saw the prisoner before him to this Lesli Mony and in thing to he. Of there u Iii reference to the i verdict be it what it May i t Oral Leali Mony which makes out an this great question to i us by. With your country Utown i a on to Alimony is to received i calling for the be i inti cd of Wilh loss Llian Oral Lestini Uny for i ills ii Altol reasons which had been slated by Conn in sting of Jehu i for Sel. The objections of to this j upon is Oiler. M y Lesli Mony was then commented upon. It was complained by counsel that the clerk of the commission As one u to had of Lainell witness and Hal in an Swers Wei e not put Clown in one in stance As the witness had it was Caid too thit these men not to he believed because they were accomplices. In an Ordinary Case in was True an cd most potent was the of Many believed the expedition a Public Euler i ise sanctioned and commanded by a and there fore though g i to of murder by oar Laws the3 were not morally Giuily of that act. The attorney general and criticised this testimony with great minuteness and Wilh great ingenuity and ability. So far As their statements were contrary they were to be received with a diminished Confidence by the jury. If Alexander Mcleod who sued out this commission was presented in the boats then he was a bold Man in deed to sue Oul a commission to sub slant ale his absence but this was not were one or More on Board of each boat who knew Mcleod before and since who say Hal he nol present. As he understood tie j mass of people who wished fur 3 ions they answered that they knew by of course Are . The prisoner was riot present. The judge commented upon Iho negative testimony As distinguished from he no Good of comply unt Abe testimony and he illustrated the result. The evidence was no Case by supposing himself and u juror Riding to one Day and one of them on the next. The juror could Sec spa strongly both Aslo the negative As to the afas to the presence As absence of the second person. The testimony of press was commented upon and he jury were i n w u per a trucked to remember that it was in. Mcleod will me Rolica r part ant to be sure that the time alleged Canada and the Hie i in which he carried the prisoner to in obedience Wilh Inspru Citow Stamford was the True Lime As Dales state executive Tsvili were the difficult thing in the conduct to the line m world to remember but the witness Canada from the United my Hal he made a memoranda of the Leod has been about one year m acl of. Carrying in passengers on the on his first night of the from Chippewa to Niagara he the from november is 40-just r the burning of ithe Caroline m stocking b testimony in connection with presses considered also As most important As it confirmed the Riding with press on the Day of the de 1 the truth Natl u incl of in 1 liberation. The prisoner acquit Ltd the july were absent from room Bill 30 minutes and fir cd appearing in i heir places in Cicik. Dressed them As of the jury a agree upon a verdict. Have of the g in not the prisoner was ged from the jurisdiction of the and is now Only so far in of of the Public Olheis Aslo Iccino. Their hands a Safe deliverance n the Borders of Canada. The new York verdict to Are most Happ to it was announced in court Illi i musings of disapprobation and improper signs of approval. Very few set upon to do r chief Nils Chivous men luu1 in their Power to a Vii Bavon i court there a Xvi it acquit or in the vet did of a acquit e c the part of even the greatest of the innocence of Mcle Oti e to convict this prison tick. And lie i quilted. We again e country upon the pleasant i my. The writer of this left the Tulic Aat 9 Oclock tuesday in. Upon tuesday evening he wan Public table Sun untied by de friends most of whom were ii the prior to his acquittal. The Nur Cabinet is now Complete and is As Daniel Webster of Massachusetts -3 sue my l y. 886 run but one Day and that the Day Treasury of her destruction. Abel p. Upshor of va., Secretary the difficulty in reference to 1 horse allege it to be hitched to the Joh spenceer of n. Y. Waggon or press was also comme Ivl Dupon. Press could not remember Hugh Legate of s. C., a Itoney g the fact of the horse and it might be a Clia Ilei s. Wickliffe of ky., secondary incident which might be general. Gene 3 in spa Peri is paper

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