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IHURLow WEED AND HIS LIBEL SUIrs.-A ra-
therinteresting libel case inwhch our ancient friend
and pistol, Thurow Weed, figures as the defendant,
has Just been tried before the Circuit Court of the
Third Circuit of this State II was instituted by
M. Costigan formerly Superintendent of the Mo
hawk and Hudson Railroad Company for the pur-
pose of recovering damages for an alleged libel
which appeared in the Erening Journal in the spring
of l843 charging the plaintiff with despatching over
the railroad number of illegal locofoco voters for
the purpose Of influencing local election in the city
of Albany. The trial is reported at length in the
Journal, and is really rather amusing. That the IL
legal voters were conveyed on the railroad was very
satisfactorily proved, and the details given in evil
dence as 10 their treatment in Albany are quite
funny. One fellow swore that they were put three
IN bed" and that there "was not much money
given them." although they had plenty to drink


The Jury gave verdict for Weed, that is to say
they found that the statements published by him
were true. We are rejoced to find that Thurlow
has spoken the ruth-for once, and has exposed the
knavery of trading politicians 1t is true he den-
Quents are locofocos but that will make no difference
with peaceable men of that party. If Thurlow can
only make out as good case in the famous Roor
back business, ne will be more fortunate than is
universally anticipated. The fact is. if he could
drop that ridiculous effort to sustain himself in his
Roorback case, he would be securing the freedom
Of the press much more efiectuay than bv perse
verng in such ridiculous suit