Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-25

GOTHAM.
RELEASE OF "ROS3" TWEED
TROUBLE IN TAMMANY HALL.

New YORK, June % Noon I'm
NJ Tweed's friends say he Is to be re-
lensed from tie penitentiary this
morning. IT is expected that he will
be taken to the District Attorneys
Office, thence to the Court of oyer and
terminer, where the bail IN the Grim
inal action, under which the bench
warrant was recently issued, will hs
gXed. If he gives the required bail
he will probably be arrested by the
Sheriff on an order of arrest granted
in civil suit for So, O00, 900. Dir.
Tweed's counsel may move in the
Supreme Court Cham bers to day fOr a
release OF their client, or for Il reduc-
tiop of $4,000, 900 bail, named in the
order of arrest
Yesterday and last night meetings
were held IN Hihernian Hall and the
Cooper Union by the labOrers on cor
pora'lon work to protest against the
recent reduction OF wages Speeches
were made and resolutions were
adopted and letters read from Fernan-
| do Wood. sayi g that, as tax payer.
be did not approve of the reduction of
| wages.
New York, June -Night-John
| M0rrIsey, who had been dire cted to
appear before the Iammany Hail
| Committee on disci pin ID answer
the charge of treason and conspiracy
against the peace aud welfare of the
| party, attended last night and answer
| ed series of Questions concerning his
| political course during the Wntor. -
| The Committee refused to acccde to
| Mr.. MOrrisey's request for the admlS-
| sion of members of the press. The
| investigation was conducted il secret
but the proceedings are published in
full this morning. Mr.. Morrisey de-
Tended himself against the impeactl-
ment and claimed his cause in OppOs-
ing the Costigan Bill and Civil Justice
| bill was more in the interest of the
| Tammany Hall than the opposite con
| duct of its managers. In conclusion
he told the Committee they might as
we'll make up report for his expui-
sion as he was not going to resign IN
til he Was ready. MOrrissey then re-
| tired and Augustus Scheu and all the
members of The Eleventh Assembly
| District GeHerals Committee, except
| three, were stveraly examined. Mr.
| Schell and the rest stated in answer to
questions asked that there was no dis
satisfaction i'll the Distaict Committee.
The Herald says the dissatisfaction
which has of late been manifestiGg it.
self against TammaDv Hall, is gradu-
ally assuming shape. Last hight there
assembled i'll one OF the upper parlors
of DelmOnlcOs S, a large number Of IN
| fiuentlal Democrats. whose object was
| to form an organization which 1t Is
hoped will supersede the TammanY.
To this end it was last night decided
to get a representative delegation from
each of the city wards with a view to
| arranging preiiminarieS for the cleo
| ton IF a General Committee The
first object of organization will be 10
institute systematic campaign against
| the Tnmmany. 1t l. not intended that
the General Committee snail be pro
visiOnal but permanent. On Monday
next another meeting Will oe held at
VIII ca about i've representatives. from
each ward will be present and it is
then expected that important work
will be done.
VIM. NJ Tweed this morning APP
peared in the Court House in custody
Of Deputy Sheriff McGonigle. All the
city newspapers have been represented
on BlackwelIs Island for week past,
and the representatives had many
DIO4IiIcCo L1dNtC ~ bIlCLLi tiltiS Il "O6il
would leave the penitentiary with their
f1il knowledge. Notwii hstanding this
he was smuggled off the Island at 10
o'clock last night and brought to the
city, where according to Deputy Sber-
if, he WAS drove round III a carriage.
1t was generally expected he would be
brought to Court to-day, and conse-
quentiy large numbers of people gath
cred in the immediate vicinity of tie
Court House for the purpose of get
ting sight of him. This morning he
went to his Office in Duane street and
spent some time in consultation with
his counsel, after which he proceeded
to the District Attorneys office. accom-
panied by his sou, VIM. NJ. Tweed,
Jr-, and his private Secretary, Foster
Sewey In the Supreme Court Cham
beers, one of his counsel, Mr. Willard
Bartlett, presented to Judge Davis the
following order, which was signed by
him at special term Of the Supreme
Court of the State of New YORK, held
at the Court House in the city of New
York, on the 22nd day of June, 1875,
present, Hon. Noah Davis, justice of
the people OF the State OF New York,
in relation Of Vim. NJ. Tweed, plain
tiff, in error against Jas. L. Liscomb,
Warden of the Penitentiary of the city
of New York, defendant, in error the
relator, VIM. NJ. Tweed, having pros
ecuted his writ of error to the Court
of Appeals from the order or judg-
ment of this Court, bearing date,
the day of March, 1875, which
order or judment was dul " en-
tered by the clerk of this Court
and Court Of Appeals having
measured said order or iudg-
nent of this Court, and having direct
ed the discharge of the relator, nov
on reading, and filing the remitteture
from the said Court of Appeals, and
on motion OF Mr.. Willard Bartlett, At
torney for the relator. 1t is ordered
that the order and judgment of the
Court of Appeals herein be, and the
same which made the order and judg-
ment Of this Court; and it is further
ordered, that the said relator, VIM.
NJ. Tweed, be and is b. reby discharged
from the custody of the Warden of the
Penitentiary of the city of New York
VIM. Walsh, Clerk in the Court Cf
Oyer and Terminer, before Judge
Brady.
Mr.. Foster Jewey was at the first
Que of the Tweed party to enter. He
had hardly taken his seat, when Tweed
entered, in charge of the Deputy
Sheriff. He walked rapidly atross the
room and took his seat beside his couu-
sci. IN a very short time the Court |
room was packed with people, and i'm
mense numbers were clamoring for ad |
mittance. After the order had been |
restated, District Attorney Philips |
arose, and addressing the Court,
craved that the defendant, VIM. NJ. |
Tweed, be arraigned to plead TO an IN
dictment found against him in 1875.
Mr.. David Dudley Field, arose, and |
on behalf of Mr.. Tweed, stated that |
they were not ready to plead OF make |
motion to quash; that they hid only
received notice of this indictment a
few days since, and therefore time
ought to be allowed them to examine