New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-16
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ST. THOMAS, Nov. 5.-The United States frigate
Franklin. Capt. :. II. Franklin commanding, as
signed, upon completing her cruise flagship Of the
European squadron. to the duty of bringing Mr..
Tweed from Vigo, put in mere this morning for
coal and provisions. She reports having had a very
tedious passage Of IS days, cncounterng for the first
week head winds, after which light Winds va
rabies and Gains characterized the trip, even
through The greater part Of her run through the
northeast trades" Mr.. Tweed is aboard and all
are well. The Franklin left Villa Franco, the head
quarters of the European Station, on the 18th Of
September with her homeward-bound pcnnant
streaming from her main-truck and floating 352
feet in the air her officers and crew all jubant in
view of the prospect of a speedy return to their
native land for neither the fragrance of the
geW de lis the yoluptuous atmosphere Of
sunny Italy can bcguile an American sailor into.
even a temporary forge funess of home. After q
pleasant and speedy run to Gibraltar she put in
there the 18th to fill up with coal, expecting TO
take final leave of Europe within a day OF
two. Imagine the surprise of all on board at
finding telegraphic orders from Washington 10
report ARRIVAL aud await further Orders.' The
speculation which this occasoncd as to the signif.
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another telegram, directing her captain to proceed
to Vgo, SPAN. and receive on board one William
NJ. Tweed alias 'Secor,' convey him 10 New-York,
report arrival, and allow no communication with the
shore until the department be heard ROM
Accordingly, on Sept %, this hitherto proudest Of
American frigatcs started upon her mission as " con-
Wet ship no longer huoyant of spirit and "reioc-
ing a strong man to run a race" but one sad Of
heart and broken in spirit in view Of the base TO
which size had come at last Her splendid gun-deck
cabin 50 recently vacated by the hero admiral of
"Monitor' fame, and which had been the official
! home of Farmgut, Radford, and Case, closed in hui
initiation it, wooden eyelids. and began to assume
TN, gloomy aspect becoming its new office Of prison.
ward.
Scarcely had she passed the Straits VIXEN the
weather became murky and faggy, and the entire
ship gloomy mody, and damp in harmony with
/ the conventional idea of a prison. Day after day
/ the log grew more dense. and day and night at
/ bricf.st intervals her steam fog-gong booted ITS
doclul warning. Beautiful Cinta, which hitherto
had smiled upon the Franklin when She passed,
now vailed in seeming sympathy Of shame her
lovely face Without, within, q dismal gloom pre-
vailed, until the evening of tie 2jtn, when bright
fog bow spanned the Galican shore.
TIE Pilots Story TOLD ~ HIS OWN WAY
Next mornings rising sun revealed the Bay Of
Ni.o, than which loylcr had not been iurowed
hy tine Franllm's keel since she left Boston nearly
three years before, if possibly We may exert
/ t't over whose lovely waters Nesu'iGs keeps
watch. ~ ,he Franklin came to anchor in this bay
-.c ..uud herself beside little bark which flew the
u.r.laut lag Of Spain, but showed 40 name on
quarter. stern, or bow, but evidences Of her namo
| having been painted out. This" said the Frank
l.i's harbor pilot, us the Cannon the ship that
! fetched them two Americans what calls themselves
| '~ecor' and Hunt from Santiago de- Cuba This
! isn't their names at all TIE big fellow name with
/ white hair and beard is Boss Tweed, but they
/ don't know the name of the little man with
/ black hair, but they think 1t isn't Hunt.
! They WAS rested for beatin' little Mcrcan girl.
Thcy',c both in jail in The castle now; not the ono
in thc town there, but the big one you see way mp
there on cop of the hill, the town. Nobody Is
! ct peak 20 en- and nobody can see 'em but one Old
! woman that takes up to em from the hotel
! what they gets to eat, and they lives mighty good
too Cor the hotel buys all the good things III town
for em. That ship, the Cannon, was put in quaran-
tine as soon as She in, not cause she had sick
moss. bat cause she had them two Mericans on
board Up yondcr you see, way in the upper bag,
where ;hcIn ships it, up towards Poncredra, that's
the quarautue and she was kept there a long time,
till them two men was took out of her. The Cow
cguor his,cli with his secretary and guard, went
aboard of her there in the quarantine. lie
had picture of the biz man that called
hi,scIf 'SccJr,' and though the old fellow
had no coat on nor any shoe, stockings and had
hi, trousers and is sleeves rolled mp and was scrub
bin the deck of the Cannon he lluowed him right
away; and lie took the little picture ont Of his
pocket and looked at it and then looked at the old
man, and said, Mister Tweed put on your coat
and shoes, we want you TO go with us, We going
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him, and he went to talk a lie with
the captain, and he and the secretary got
the luggage of both OF 'cm and sealed it
up aud give it to the sa1crs. aud they took the two
men and t1c luggage all ashore, and then the Car
mon was let out Of quarantine aud coined down here.
The IS two more men in town, one Of 'em Meri-
cam that tried to speak 10 the when the soldiers
was taken EN- up to the Castle but they lot
let. Them two men has been tryin ever since to
see 'cm in the Castle; but though they offers the
soldiers plenty of money they can't git no chance
for the Governor hSsclt give orders TO let nobody
sec 'cm or speak to em without written pernit
hayn' his seal
"The old man. continued the pilot, evidently
enjoying this rare opportunity Of airing his knOwl-
edge Of the English language, Offered the captain
plenty Of money If he would let 'em go ashore at
night for he sad he aeard of them other ships
thai had fcyers and sich like but the skipper wouldn't
let EN- 90. That captain must be mighty honest
for he says this old man offered him a big pile of
gold ii he would run to some other port instead of
coming to Nigo, but you can't tell if that isn't only
a story made up by the captain make believe he's
very honest. Them two men on shore tried TO bribe
the quarantine officers to let EN- go aboard the Car
mon but they was afearcd jest the soldiers at tho
Castle is afcarcd, they would be shot dead aud
they would, too, III a minute If anybody was TO
speak 10 them men,"