The New York herald., 1876-11-25

.Yes he was very pleasant in his conversation.
We frequently went TO soc him, and spent many an
hour with him. We never, o course alluded TO his
troubles, nor did he In act don't think the subject
was spoken OF during the entire passage We found
him very Intelligent gentleman, with fund oil IN
formation, and, when opportunity offered, We ire
queully chatted on various interesting topics"
II presume his conversation was confined 10 the
oncersf"
.Yes. Mr.. Tweed was forbidden TO converse with
the men. But Tor that matter he never made any at
.,Dd he walk alone decky"
mo. ne generally accompanied by an ofhcer.
and afer couple dozen OF turns he went 70 DIS
"as did no. give expression to any feeling Of unhap-
mot a. all think Mr.. Tweed will no, have much
complain OF treatment of him."
"Dd the voyage seem to revive himr"
"He seemed TO have pretty good health all the way
until a week ago when The continued rolling OF
the ship seemed to affect him. The doctor saw hin
several times"
This ana much NOR. took place In the course OF con-
versation, all tending 10 show that Tweed was not
bereI Of friends, evcn on the bosom OF the deep The
in the immediate vicinity OF the Franklin were
exciting and characteristic OF the arrival OF rigate
alter ieng.henee cruise She win probably proceed
TO Norfolk IN lew days. where, IL Is understood. she
viii be the receiving ship
rnx LEGAL PROSPECTS OF TWEED
II is the legal aspect OF rwced's that now be-
comes OF interest II is wofully mixed, TO say the
least. The lawyers at variance as to what tho up
shot may be- One INGENIOUS hight Of the Bar sug
gested yesterday that Tweed should plead voluntary
bankruptcy and have his transferred 10 the United
States Court where unable 10 save execution against
properly from the rapacious hands ol the lawyers.
Whatever benefit ihs might bring 10 Tweed,
ms counsel are no. mneg 70 oo.s ooun'enahce ant ~
and there Is some plucklng LETT ON him stiiL
Tho lawyers who have had anything to do with this
case pro have been among the favored ones Of
the earth He robbed royalty in the heyday OF his
glory ana in turn he was rchiy necced when adversely
set in upon him aud he sought Tor peace, safety and
comfort at the hands Of lawyers. His property has
beeL transferred and transused until truce Of the
greater part mas been Mortgages presents OF
nts nd hon n foeR IA
largely once great accumulation OF -goten gains hui
IL Tweed FREQ any body else and could
snap his fingers at the lawyers ne might be able TO
scrape together half million OF dollars, Tree OF
cumbranccs, and live the rest OF his days in cond
ton Of indepcn ndepce and even luxury Some OF tsc
lawyers whom the HERALD reporters yesterday
a cali wero sverse to expressing any opinion on
the pnasos OF Tweeds case District Attorney Phelps
could not be scen he was reported III. aud AS he IS
the most important Official in the premises, no concu
sion be gwen TO what the next steps will be in
regard to the returned fugitive. From what
could be learned there Is rather DISPOSE
ton to let Tweed down easy s
sistent with a decent regard appearances Should
the District Attorney take active steps he may
main indefinitely in Ludlow Street jail or until such
time AS the armed hand OF retrbulve Justice drops
nerveless and pity takes the place OF vengeance.
WAVING THE CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS
and looking at The OF the prisoner in Ludlow Street
there appears a possibility OF his ultimate restoration
to freedom In this connection the Inter half OF the
following quotation from the Code OF Procedure
ton 302 has some sgnihcancc:-
any person. party witness disobcy order of the
judge referee duly served sach party witness
be punished by the judge tor contempt And in Mi
commitment under this chapter The abolish
Of inability perform the required endure the
prsonment be DISCHARGED from mprisonmen the
ment rendered on such terms may be just.
II Tweed be committed for a debt or q compensation
due the people OF New York, and that II be shown
is unable 10 endure the imprisonment to which he is
subjected the court that originally committed be
asked discharge HIM from said Imprisonment, and If
are they empowered on appeal TO do soY
LAWYERS KETIcENr AND RELUCTANT OF SPEECH.
Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham was indsposed 10 say
much In regard to the situation as there was really not
great deal to be said The only civil action pend
Ing against Tweed is the peoples suit TOR ST. 100000
In which there is IN appeal now under consider
alton in the General Term tho Supreme
Court The first suit against Tweed was
begun M ooo o h @ O1 laws the nor recovery
parry conspiracy held liable Tor the acts oi the
others Everybody remembers the theory Mr.. Charles
OConor, who conducted the prosecution, put foith.
that the State and not the county OF New York
the true plaintiff TO the action, and the arguments
noS,,ou resulting IN Mr. 1conor aeieat the Court
holding in the case OF lngersoll like to that Of
Tweed, that the State coula not maintain such
suits Subsequently the Legislature passed act
OF peculiar character, IN which State and
county were jointly impeaded In suits against the
ring. Alter this the first suit was dropped aud
one framed which Tweed held by OF arrest
the OF his flight and tins WAS followed up till
Judgment was secured, but Tar there is nothing TO
SHOW for II except Twecds body, execution against
which will now be issued and under he will be held,
except he fails to awe new bail on the Grim nal indict
him after his summary fight. Mr. Pockham
SAID he did not know of any legal
proceedings against Tweed to be Immediately under
taken. lie NIL 1ht change his mind al any time, but he
did not intend TO bring Tweed 10 trial any Of
the pending indictments; rhs prisoner was as IN jail,
Tor some time 10 obtain his liberty under this
process would be necessary Tor him 70 furnish bail
In So 00o, 00O He could then be Immediately rear
rested and required 10 give bail in QUO O0O with
eureties justying IN Sl4000, 900 in consequences of
the Judgment ob,aned against him In the civil sui.
r. q.
II Iweed could have procured u lawyer at
vIgo, in Spain, 20 get OUT Tor him awri. OF habcas
corpus. the authorities there, under the clrcum.
stances that extradion treaty exists between spain
America, might have been restrained from deliver
ing HIM up TO the captain OF the Frankiin
Mr.. Cunning, Of the firm of vauderpoel, Green Il
Cunning while admitting that fugitive from spanish
stances 20 Twecd's landing IN vigo, coul have
been saved by writ OF habcas corpus; that
tho practices OF the two nations are entirely at
auce, and tnat tho forms oil law are never allowed to
In the OF any caprcious exercise oil author
Ity Spaniards may choose to undertake. Spanards
have no precise Comprehension OF what the writ Of
habeas corpus means. though they may have some
process slightly analogous thereto yet whatever they
may have OF that nature is held in no such
among Anglo-Saxons, who prize II as the corner
stone oil ,helr liberties. Mr. Cunning did not think
Tweed could avail himself Of the bankrupt law, because
he had only creditor, and BESIDES his case
entered tho purvew OF such Law, and was without pre-
cedenI
Assistant District Attorney Lyons In tho absence OF
Mr. Pnolps, said that he could add nothing TO that al
ready given the HERALD by his superior The conduct
OF the was cnrcyn the hands OF the latter, and
he alone wou.d be able to furnish details when tho
time arrives TO act
Mr. David Dudley Field said in effect that the intia-
tive with the prosecution, and that. therefore,
until tho prosecution had developed their line oil
lion II would be improper presumption to publicly
assume wnat u might be- and sun more improper, in
the present stage Of the case, declare publicly what
the line OF ueence would bc. he would say, only,
that the defence would be fully prepared Tor the later
processes. they had been Tor those which had pre-
oeded Mr. Tweed's temporary retirement from the
Jurisdiction OF tho courts.
sHERIFP's LIABILITY
Considerable discussion was INDUCED In yesterday
by prominent lawyers OF this city 10 the liability OF
Sheriff Conner IN allow Ing Tweed to escape from his
custody the 4th OF December as IL was contended
by many that sheriff Conner is liable TO people for
the full amount OF Twced's bail In the civil suits,
which fixed nj 50 900 0Ou The law OF escapes and
the liability OF the sheriff quite plain. Sections 80
and 81 of article of title OF chapter OF the Rc-
yscd Statutes the State Of New York OF 1916 page
533) reads as iollows:-
SECTION II any prisoner committed to any jail by vr-
oi i resp0nendn or other mesne process,