The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-18
The District Attorney said he had no
objection to granting reasonable time
and In the meantime moved that the

The District Attorney said he had n,
objection to granting reasonable time
and in the meantime moved that tb,
prisoner be committed. The cour
granted an order Of commitment, whicl
when made out was found to direct tn,
Sheriff to commit Tweed to city priso,
without bail. Objection was made b,
counsel for the defense to the word
without bail but the court overrulec
the objection, and Tweed was delivered
to Sheriff Brennan to be taken to tn,
Tombs. This closed the proceeding,
and Tweed was conducted to the
private room to enable the officers t.
disperse the crowd which still fingered
In the court room and halls through
out the entire proceedings.
Great excitement was manifested by
the spectators, and force of police was
required to preserve it.
Tweed Admitted to Bail.
At the conclusion of the hearing ap
plication was made at once to Judge
Barnard for writ of habeas corpus, he
happening to be in special session OF the
Supreme Court, and it was granted
The habeas corpus was made returna
bic forthwith, and at twelve o'clock Mr..
Tweed and counsel with the District
Attorney and his associates, appeared
in the Supervisors room, where the
Supreme Court special term was being
held Soon after, the crowd surged in
and filled the court.
Judge Barnard was on the bench.
Mr.. Graham opened tie proceedings,
claiming that the act under which Mr..
Tweed was committed did not cover
the case.
Mr.. OConnor replied, at length going
over the whole ground of the complaint
and urging the enormity Of Tweeds
crimes.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. OConnor's 8
argument, Judge Barnard said that he
should treat this case like any other
criminal case; that he knew Tweed
now only as criminal, and would ad-
NIT him to bail in $4,000. Upon the
announcement of this decision, loud
applause broke out in the court.
Tweed Immediately gave bail, Alfred
B. Sands, of l36 East Twenty.sixth
street, being bondsman.
At the termination the proceedings,
Tweed lett the court, surrounded by a
large numbr Of his friends.
ConnoIIy's Bail Reduced.
ALBANY, December l6-Judge Leon
ard granted an order this morning to
reduce Connolly's bail S500,00O.
The International Parade.
NEM YORK, December l6-The
Various committees of Internationals
were briskly at work yesterday com.
pleting the preparations for the funeral
procession in memory of Rossel. The
committee of arrangements held a
meeting, at a late hour last evening,
when the order of procession was
determined upon. Communist refugees
will be furnished with red sashes for
the occasion. An immense attendance
is expected.
Fisk.MansReId Suit Adjourned for
Three Weeks.
The long delayed case of JAS. Fisk,
Jr., under criminal prosecutions will
come up again to-day at Yorkville be-
fore Judge Bailey. No more postpone
ments will be admitted. Miss Mans
fields examination will be resumed
to-day.
New Year will probably witness con-
siderable changes in the Erie manage
ments. A powerful CONT ination Of the
Atlantic and Great Western railway
company and the English stockholders
of the Erie road has been formed, and
the war for the possession of the road
in the courts and the new election OF
directors, which the Legislature Will be
asked to order will be sharpand decisive.
James McHenry now repsents the
Atlantic & Great Western road.
Gen. Daniel Sickles, our representa-.
tive in Spain, will return to the United
States as authorized agent oflhe English
stockholders, and will at once take
share in litigation.
The Fisk-Mansfeld suit came up
before Judge Bixby, Yorkville Police
court, to-day, and it was agreed by
counsel on day three weeks hence.
Judge Bixby, therefore, adjourned the
hearing till this day three weeks.
Minister Catacazy to return Home
Minister Sehenck's Recall Denied.
A Washington special to the Times
saws that Mr.. Catacazy, late Russian
Minister, is preparing to return to st
Petersburg. His property, household
effects, ETC., are for sale.
The same special says that the reports
that Minister Schenck has asked to be
recalled, or that the Government has
determined to recall him, are incorrect.
The treasury department has recov
cred between ten and eleven thousand
dollars OF Seth Johnson's embezzled
funds in the Bank of Washington.
Catacazy.
The following is from the Times
Washington special: Official advlces
from Minister Curtin, at Petersburg,
received to-day, are to the effect that
Prince Gortschakoff has ordered Cata'
cav to leave America when he has ac'
com nanied tue Grand Duke as far as
St Louis, and that the Russian Lega'
ton will be placed in charge Of Baron
Dantzas, Secretary and Attacbe, until
- ~ . (iboroe n Affairs, who