The New York herald., 1871-12-18
CONNOLLY AND TWEED.
The Arrest and Arraignment
OF sstlle BOss.''
Closeted with His Family Yesterday-Probab,s
Rearrest 70 Day Connolly Still In JaI
and Severely Indispossd.

Saturday last was day big with the fate OF
Tweed and Of New York. The cty's treasury had
been depleted. Its wealth squandered, the people
taxed aud tried and troddcn Oh by tyranny unpar-
alieed In the history OF the civilized world; the sus
pocted ones had been grasped by the strong arm
\ OF the law In civil process. and he who lowered
abovo his fellows, whose master hand was seen
IN every move whose weight felt In every circle.
whose mower secmcd almost omniporent for good or
evn-he whose tpse diCit could make and unmako
the tribuncs and the "leaders' OF the people--had
aien before the peoples wrath and stood before tne
bar OF justice as q feon and fraud.
by this time, 1t Is sale to presume. tho extra0rdk
nary events which traLspired IN this city on Satur-
day last are familiar 70 every person throughout tho
length anu~breadth OF the land. Tweed, the great
director and dictator, whose every touch seemed 70
voice was heard In every enterprise. whose power
was elt IN every puIsation OF the business ana
ARRESTED ON CRIMINAL PROCEss,
dragged before the courts, charged ~ common
felon, with basest crime, stood iorth as . mighty
and wonderful example 10 the peOple OF Tho world.
the lightning to all parts OF the world aud
how ue great "Doss" was indicted by
the Grand jury, arrested by the snerlG q she
presence OF q gaping, cheering anu leering popu-
lace; how he was ordered to the common
FOR his appearance Which would insure HIM
temporary liberty; now, by legal process, ne
for consideration and the charges or criminal con
duct and colluson publicly detailed and the sought
for boon Of temporary ,reedom granted and now
the entire CITY WAS excited by these matters, must
be now familiar 10 the readers or the HERALD.
inc Proceeangs r under ~ the arrest! the contest o.
Ing or the habeds corpus from the Supreme Court
the arra!gnment therein ana i.,t the second derce
forensic light between the batrers OF the bar are,
by THIS time, almost household words.
TEE PUBLIC MIND
,,of hn nv.
pectcd 10 setMe entirely In one day, and despite the
counter exctemens OF various kinds which pre-
occupied large share OF public attention and
discusslon. Tne subject was commented on
n ne eyeTy owest pacs and as the n' adsson
MIR. Mr. Tweed to bail in the insignificant amount Of
the public mnd alter the ordlnarY-or rather extra
ordnary-na,erial and posl-pranulal discussions.
enough interest abroad to warcn for any urther de-
THE EXTRA INDICTMENTS
some fifteen IN number. were surinlseu upon, but,
OF course, no conclusion could be arrived at further
han that they would terminate temporarily as the
and and 'a unexpected ,e ted move movements rhat Tweea Is
disheartened cannot be doubted; that hc felt
one point 10 another under guard by extra dctach-
ments OF shcriils and police, aud followed BY 2
showed on saturday that lie was affected much
more than he mad ever been before. and
serlnp ni s Nun Yesterday he reaed closesed win
his family and could see nobody. To-day he may
ment similar 10 tnat argued on Saturday last, and
again aud again, from day to day, indicted ana ar.
raigned for felony against the people.
COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY
still remains captive In Ludlow Street jail. the
amount OF pail in the civil suit has been reduced
$500. .0OO and TO day lie may be liberated on that,
but only TO be again arrested, as his former Coz.
league Tweed, on charge or felony and fraud. lls
close confinement and change OF living have
brought on a severe, but not serious, indls-
position. although, beyond the ordinary
ACCOMMODATING symptoms OF such tnds-
position lie seemed last evening to be cheerful and
contented Should his bondsmen justify to-day
In the civil suit he may leave the county Jail, but Il
Ia not probaoo that he Will do SO until no has made
arrangements to secure the requisite bonds on ina
criminal indictments found against ntm