Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-09-27

ably addressed by several journeymen shoe
makers and employers. each speaker, by sound
practical argument, maintaining the doctrines
laid down in the address and resolutions.
j From the PeransylraniGn.
Important Trial----ConVictiOn and sentence
of Great Criminal.
! AT THE DEMocRArIc MASS MEETING AT WEST
cREsTER.
On the 5th of September, That same Old
i Coon,'' of whom the people of the United
States have heard so much, was arraigned be-
fore National Jury for his crimes and INSIDE
meanors-and after patient hearing was f.
nally convicted and sentenced. The following
details Of the trial will not, We think prove I'M
interesting 10 the community at large. and
most particularly to his numerous personal
friends who stood by him and cheered him du-
ring the last trying scenes.
The Hon. John NJ. Clayton of Delaware,
prevented from attending owing to an impru-
dent overdose of s. Brolrn's'' mirture, taken
lately to overcome pulmonary affection pre-
valent with his party Mr.. Tommy Temple
acted as friend and counsel, assisted by seye
raj distinguished wings.
The Jury being empannelled, the trial was
about to commence, when his counsel submit
ted an argument upon the pleadings, which
they wished settled by the Judges Sin Bank.
But the motion was overruled.
| We are sorry to say that the cul prt display
ed very little feeling, indulging himself in
wild and grotesqne actions, indicative of great
natural levty of disposition. His fayorte at
titude was that so graphically depicted at the
Wing Club Rooms, to wit: with his hind paw
or claw touching the end of his long nose in a
very effective, crafty and imposing manner
AS he sat in the dock in this his favorite posi-
ton, you saw at once that it was :" that same
old COON" the conclusion was irresistible.
AS ''Solitude' Ewing said, ''there was no
argument in the poor beast,'' to deny the fact,
he therefore, though repeatedly questioned,
stood mute, now ogling aid coqueting with
an aboitionist, then winkng to Native, and
occasionally when the evidence bore hard up
on him, crying out for a tariff for protection.
The first witness called was the editor OF
the p, to prove the identity Of the pri-
soner.
The witness appeared very sullenand some
whag subdued. Witness-Knows that same
; old coon, knew him in 1910; was intimate with
him; thought him endowed with great princi-
Pile; worshipped him; have drank cider with
him; considered him therefore the fit emblem
of the wing party; have smoked pipes with him
and spun long yarns with him; but don't know
if that is the same old coon or not.
Some sharp questions were then put to the
! witness, which were replied to very equivo-
cally, whereupon the Judge said the witness
must answer, but at the same time he was not
to be Badgered. Upon the last word being ut
ttered, prisoner cried ont in the most pathetic
manner, ''Don't you know me? Look at me.
Oh give me some cider and pipeof Clay!"
The effect was irresistible, the Judge told the
witness he might sit down. "But STOP" said
he, "1'll put one question to you before you go.
Were you intimate with shat same old coon be
fore the Bank of the U. States burstup? Wit
ness-"No, we had money enough then from
the Bank, it was only after Old Hickory burst
up the Bank that We began to worship the
coon.''
Here the prisoner began to sing in wild
and melancholy strain, "Hurra for Tip and
Tyler too"
Some of his friends clapped their hands up
on his nozzle to stop the song; loud and sup
pressed sounds were uttered as if hummlng
the air, and when the fingers were relaxed to
give him breath, Zip and Tyler too-oo,''
burst forth with great energy, in spite of all
; their efforts to choke off the tyler too
Many other witnesses were called, who all
corroborated the fact of the prisoner being that
same old coon;' others had seen him in COM
pany with Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Clay, Jos. r.
Ingersoll, Doleful Billy and Joy Morris.
The counsel for the prisoner now opened
the defence by eulogizing his client. Said
that by his aid they (the whigs) had carried
on the war of 40. Said that he had several
letters from Henry Clay which he wanted to
read, but upon exhibiting theuI, they all, one
after the other denied the preceding assertions
so that no one could tell what was meant by
any of them. One time out and out coon,-
then for hanging him; now for protection, then
abandoning the principle. at one time offering
to fight any man that talked of Texas. then
"very glad" there was such place, and con-
cluded with round assertion that if they did
= execute that same old coon, he'd go to Texas
himself, and raise hi there with a fifty
million fiscal agent, backed by his friends
Featherstonehaugh and Lord Ashburton.-
Finally the orator concluded with magni6-
cent per-oraton, and bet of ten dollars to five
that they could carry Markle by majority OF
: 327 votes over Skunk. There was general
roar at this. oflaughter, by some ten thousand
democratic spectators.
Upon silence being restored, the Judge pro.
ceeded to pronounce the sentence of the
court
: "Prisoner. stand upon your hind legs. Pri.
soner, you are humbug. The voice of the
: people from good old Maine to reclaimed and
3 penitent Louisiana, has pronounced you so.-
= 1t would be our duty to order your immediate
2 execution, but in consideration of the compa
. ny you have kept and the benefit the exposure
: of your tricks has been to the great Democrat
: ic party, we mitigate your punishment from
: death to Imprisonment, for life, and that afte1
. your natural death, which will be in Novem
her next. vonr moor defnnct bodv shall BIZ