The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-24
TWELD AGAIN IN jill.
Surrendered 10 The Sheriff On hG
Bar at Sandy Hook.
THE WRECK OF HIS FORMER SELF
The Incidents Of His Voyage from
VigO TO New York.

VI Wttl W iho futIu VI NtW lNihs
who lodged hs prisoner In the Ludlow street
isil. The arrival OF Tweed had been expected
for several weeks, but the franklin Is heavy
and slow vessel. and coming from vlgo. sp,in,
under sail against adverse winds, she occupied
% days In reaching st. Thomas, where she ar
rived on the 9th inst. Then, having coalcd, she
sailed for New York on the sth. II was expected
that she would reach this port in eight or nine
days, but continued stormy weather kept her
baoh until, in some quarters, fears were felt for
her srfsty. On Saturday last tho Gov.
crnmcnt signal officer a. Barnesat n.
j.. forty miles south Of sandy Hook,
deserted tho Franklin stsaming slowly
up tho - st, nnl 1t was thought that -he would
roach Quarantine eariy On saturday night. But
the elements still seemed t. conspirc against
her. heavy northeaster sprang up on Satur-
day aft rnOon, Increasing to hurricane, ana
the weather became so thick that 1t was unsafe
for lArio steamships to approach the bar The
Franklin accordingly. after running up toward
the lghtshp put about and ran OF before tho
wind. The heavy weather continued until
Tuesday, and during ali this time the frisate,
with hcr famous prisoner on board, experienced
the fury Of a November gale OF shore.
On vucsiiy morning, after the clouds Ind
cleared away. the Franklin wes spoken Of
Absccoin light, eighty miles south Of Sandy
Hook. by the steamer Guf Stream, whose clp-
tain read tho name Franklin on the frgito's
stern and answered the cfic RS inquiries con-
cernns the Presidential election. The franklin
was no; under steam She was creeping along
very slowly with a few sails sot. Tho steamer
Gulf Stream rapidly left the frisatc astern md
arriving IN port on "Wednesday, brought the nrst
authcutic news Of the Frlukln's whereabouts
nfter her departure from st. Thomas.
Al 7.i5 yesterday morning the Franklin was
sighted Oh Ocean Grove, y. J. An hour later
she was seen from the Highlands Of Navesink,
and n HE SUNS stoamboats, with reporters.
started to rioet her in the lower bay, whero
Tive ed was to be delivered hy tho officers Ot the
Franklin to sheriff Conner. The Uaitei States
bteam tug Nina, which had been wing in tho
lower b y ior several weeks with instructions
Tor the Franklin. also atart cd TO meet the frsaie,
md the latter, after leaving the Sandy Hook
lghtshp two miles astern lay to Just outside
the bar. Her draft being twenty-five feet. she
had To wait for high tide before crossing into
the upper channel. The Nina began to signal
the Franklin Mt II o'clock slowly apprO ca
ing, aud I'm lily se1ming around the frgate,
and dropping as;ern Of her. Ihe two ves-
Bels continued to communicate by means Of
blgnll ,ss for over half au nour. he officers
nmidship. and wnen TIE SUNS steamboats,
ran alongside, they eagerly asked for the
moiuing nrwspa1oT,. \ cory OF IHE ~UN Wa
seni up 20 them on the cni - a rope ana shoIt-
ly aiter.ard "A bundle Uf daily o. -w-i apes was
hoistet ou oAri aud rapidly -is.fl'h. At among
the nicsrs. No o,ner COMMUNICATION ~as eld
with tht fn cu4 soon ( eI,saiu tlc iIi-ttc ie id-
ed 10 tic uYlth aug steamed uu -rG tHe bar,
which followed IN her wake. = lilj The u."r
yard tus g.; ,!ua. bearing sueiiH Conner. C,..-
n
United Ntt'cs Dfccr,. Was de-crrd stc.utus
down from tne Nnrrows, Lnyn. . opp q st ms
hosrtad ship - Ike ON boari ID p. ARMY,
ON o! tie health oiii err iLc tat .lu'. ana inc
Franklin Immediately began T. eScnrn-, sl-"-if
as tncy n-Hrod ach Other. lhe TO! lions we've
taken rom the fri-rc's guns, aia tho $50 %
Ste lmeI5 rospcctf,ny h,uird oI nnd li-rp'I
mouthvd cannon pointing at th.fn. a, Ire
Catalpa, heaiiuE the tou'Npd p-nnauf
the irixats brrd a salute of ci:'. gun. ana "a
ohorcd Just on the poiat OF sandy Hook oppo-
The franklin rose and fell niojestically with
the long swells that chased eaOn Utner over tho
bar: iior thirty nine heavy guns were thre,ten-
inciy visiulo from the open 1T holes, ana the
pennani, equil In length 10 the length u the
elln 3ij feet, foa'ed from her main peak, dip.
piDs its siendsr ~ y the water Z nnndred rect
Zoe a-iern. Capt FrAnhlil, with soms OF ms
ofncer5 and the Liiot. who wa- taken on board
bridge, and the slllols and IN ,rincs eaLed with
Interest througn the port holes al the C-talpa
an d the O,her steamers.
A. 5pon rs the iTg.ic dropped her anchorthe
Cat alp ran NJ on her sthiDo IA side under tIo
centre InEwdY WniCh was lowered ip readinn-t
one OF me guns having ben hauled Ia tO make
room. sheriff Conner. CuAhnl ldOre Nicholson,
DR.. Mac. rluey, District AtturA-ys blis, aad
Phclps. surveyor sharpe, .ni G. L. hiunY "a "a
appe1'ed IN tho stern OF tno Catalpa rcacY t.
board. a. DE. Macartnry Va, " the hrst to
90 up the iii.n c'5 sG0, reached TIC toO Of tie
ladder the was inoiht tiiiaFy roliih< ~ dr'4mA
In tho ship and thon ali We sin. The eheriW
and bis cOMpAnions were net uy sOiue OF lhe
Frankiin's Offices as tney Reached the GecA, uni
the party Immediately w"lNod ait, p.ssiug the
Hgl Cd a h4.nr ~
In witch Tweed WAS confined. Ihey dislp-
pearod into ths room at o'clock, ana for u long
time all was still on the decks ci tho fsig tie ex
Oept The mOnOtOnous vutte Of III, inln e tnc
lead, calling the fGthutns - the frtnkln slowly
swung round Oh the Il @. , he ideutid, utiou 81
the pIi>oHtr aud tue iornslilie' ~ transferring
him from tho hand VI tho unitei states 70 the
clty authorities occupied about quarter oi an
hour.
At laat there w7s a stir on tho upper d'ck, and
tho anxious watchers on he decks Of ;he l,,ie
ste uiet7 that la al 1n-siusput their fingers eh
thor Il. - and lst nod.
lhsy are coming VITA him." said somobody.
" II nuat bc tne Od n ~"
Walhins slowli along the frigates deck,
Btonpil., and vita some appearance 4 feeDlc-
ness, LEANING up1n d cane, was az old man,
with beat ho. d, p.Ie chd s.ueWh b glnrl fe,-
tutes ana 70 fun RIAy b 'aTj. HIS clothing ooAed
almost seedr lie woie a bla,k lsl hat, q
at tue Hneea. a PAR q pial' eit-i!t'es hnns
to 60 down the -tcps over tHp slip's silr no iclt
confl-e:iy before him with his sick, Ike de-
ciepit man, and ~ pale face looked troubled
It's weed" i'd man Oh tho deck VI one Of
IHR -UH'S steamers.
After descending slowly to the deck OF Tic
Catalpi fwsed stood iOs Il minute, seemingly
not krDyinz what 10 do, anf then Lut Ais hand
TO hi, nr0W enc looked irtently across tho water,
glancins Il tho !. tie stelmeTs lowering around
the frni"lin. Ills bi-gAse cunslstlus oi arY0 al
small e ch. .ges, wa passed down bJ Two ~
three iipi-, and then AhrTu Conner touched
his prisoner Ou he shoulder ana led hlul into
the pliut house II III Ca'alpa. AS Tweed
stepped from the irieats's q. ck, where he shoot.
hands with thr shlp'o ohiccrs and bRIO tEeiu
farewell, a lDu Wfs hcat on tut lruWb.
The irnua'tr having b.rn COAipl ted, the Ca
tapa cast loose from iht Irnklia and steamed
toward the \ lrrOws. iha Nina then ran long
sido tha CataiDa, and tho two tucs were lA-n q
together. They steamed In tlis way Tor two
miles Millo buckets Of cod Wcro bciuL trins-
IerroG NON tn Cataipa - IA Nina. Just Out-
sido tho NAH DWa they vlr.t q, tho Nintdrop-
ping q sen, and the tatdph pushing Oh toward
Inc C.ty with toe prisoner.
Tweci sat by the side of Sheriff CoIntr In the
Eheelu0 Ise of the Catuipa, ana kept ms eyes
downc ~ most ol the tins, solemn ana
almost ,poochiess. Upon entering the NaTrONs
the Catalpa lowered her h3P and pepnani.
and bOro OH toward the Long Island shor,.
Then sno ran IN TO tho foot e West Houston
strset whore Under SherI Cummings, Major
Ouincey, and several other Of 1woed's old ac-
Guaini aoces, and a rapidly increasing multitude
on Disr 10, awaited hor. There WAS d large heap
Of stove noaJ m tha end OF the pier, aud this