The New York herald., 1876-11-05
LOOKING FOR TWEED.

NO NEWS OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF =
MERCHANT VESSEL ERoM LONDON BIZ THE
soUTHEELY RoUTE-A LONG VOYAGE WITH
HEAD WINDS AND cALMs-TwEED's FRAUDU-
LENT PASSPORT.
QUARANTINE, 8. l., Nov. g. 1870
The Norwegian bark Saga, Alisen master, sixty-twQ
days from London and eleven days since shc made The
Bermudas, has arrived here to-day and reports ghs
northwest winds and Gains nearly all the way. The
Sagas route was southery, and the same that would
be taken by the Franklin bringing Tweed
The Franklin having very little coal ana
loaded with guns and about 600 r.en, would prob
ably her coal she arrives the Amor
lean coast and might probably stop at Faysl. Ber-
muda or ST. Thomas on her way up II so her pas.
would be quicker than that OF the Saga, pos
s!bly which was not very heavily laden.
The Gamma mail steamer from Bermuda will be in
Tomorrow or Monday and will be able to inform ua
whether the Franklin had put either OF the West
India ports.
TwEEDs PASSPORT UNDER THE NAME OF sEcoE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. 1876.
Not the least interesting Of tho Tweed mates
is the mystery attending the procurement OF the pass.
port by which, under the name oi John Secor, ths
fugitive made his appearance upon the island of Cuba
waited upon Secretary Ssh to ascertain what furthes
developments there might concerning The pass.
port and what further steps had been taken toward
the detection OF the parties concerned IN the scheme oy
which the passport was procured from The State De-
partment IN the name OF sccor and transferred or
passed TO the possession OF Tweed
la answer TO the nrst portion OF my inquiry MI.
I'VE haven't tho passport We presume Mr. Tweed
sti!l has It. Al least 1t has not come into our possess
sion"
..Ba. the application is still on alo; may it be
soeny''
Tho application is In regular form; thcre nothing
I about Il TO Indicate anything wrong
Might know the name OF the notary or commits
sioner who aitested II -
you will perceive that the publication OF tho
at this time would only serve to defeat the
ends OF justice presumng, OF that wrong has
been Intentionally done. But II may DO that the no.
OF the name OF Jonn Sccor go, The passport properly
and gave II TO Mr. Tweed. may have lost II upon the
street aud Mr.. Tweed havc picked up, and Mr. Fish
leuncd back and smiled al The countless hypothesis
which roso up before his mnd's eye.
Under such circumstances" he went on TO say.
''wc might do great injustice to the notary Hc may
possibly be a very innocent man."
but, Mr.. Secretary, Is It not extraordinary that
John Secor supposing the man really 10 exist should
DE closely the counterpart Of Mr.. tweed
Tor him IN tho description or personnel OF the applicant
and in Abe passport issued upon bis appcatonr'
.Such likencsscs are rare, no doubt; but they are
ssble"
.Is the description applicant required by tho
'oh, these passports follow usual formula.
whcn Is ordinarily sufficient But there is q latitude
in them or less remember having to get
passport myself years ago, aud when II Was brought
to me ourd lry eyes were described as blue see
here sad to my lawyer. they have put my eyes in
here as blue, whereas they gray. oh, that's all
right. sir, was the assurance Of The lawyer; diplo
maticay, you know. gray eyes are blue +"
The anecio.e told as much II Mr. Fish had spoken
. whole volume to show INTO what mere iormaty
the passport system has drfted The applicant goes
before notary, the description In the application Is
filled in the ooscst and most careless manner, at
tcs.ed by tho notary and hurried OIL by the hrs mail
Washington. AL this point II is the simple duty OF
tho State Department furnish the passport its Off
cals going behind tho notary attest OF the apple
cant's citizenship aud prcsumabe good lathe