Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-10-05
Oct, End 1876.

Oh board. He will not be deliver.
ed the Authorities Of the State Of
New York as has been supposed
but will handed to u. s. Officials
as it was the government and not
the State Of New York that made
the arrangement with the Spanish
government for his arrest. 1t
seems that the Spanish authorities
had a purpose to serve in making
the arrest Of Tweed. A certain
contractor who some time since alb
seconded from Cuba with o large
amount Of money belonging to the
Spanish government is in New
York closely watched by detectives
aud as soon as Tweed is delivered
to the proper officials he will be
arrested and turned over to the
Spanish authorities. To make the
thing exactly fair Spain ought to
send one Of her national vessels
for Der robber 80 We sent one for
ours. 1t looks to me as though in
the absence Of any extradition
treaty some New York lawyer
ought to be sharp enough under
t. writ of habsas corpus. to show
the authorities that they have no
legal right to send the Spaniard
home even if Spain chose to use
the high hand with Tweed.
General BraxtonT. Bragg drop.
ped dead in front of the Postofi ,e
in Galveston, Texas, the other day
He was sixty>one years old aud
was in his usual health up to the
moment Of the attack. The cause
Of his death was syncope caused
by orgsnic disease Of the heart.
He was q graduate Of West Point
aud was several times brevetted
for gallant services in the field.
rising to the rank of Major Of
Cavalry. In 1856 he resigned his
commission and retired to his plan
tatiou in Thibodeans, La. 1t was
to him that ''Old Rough and
Ready gave the command al
Buena Vista, and which for q long
time was used as q slang phrase.
ga little more grape Capt. Bragg
From every section Of the couu-
try we have the most cheering
news of the condition Of the can
yass. This is the peoples battle
for true reform and they are eve>
rywbere making favorable pre- gress
against the corruptionists. They
have not forgotten and never can
forget, the graet crimes perpetrat,
ed by che men. in power; nor the
andisguised manner in which their
retainers p~lundered the public
Treasury, Belknap, Harrington,
Babc,ck. Fisher, Shepherd and
hundreds of others Of the Repubc
lican organization who have made
merchandise of official stations and
filed their purses through the GEN.
trail despotism here and still re-
memhered with excavations by the
swindled masses. From every
nook and corner Of the nation the
cry has gone up from the suffer- 6
and sorely tried taxpayer for im-
mediate reform in every branch Of
the government. This cry will be
echoed at the polls by such a vote
as will astound the Republican
leaders and show them that they
mistook The calm good sense Of the
American people when thew enter
ed the canvass against Tlldea and
reform. Even the English press
sre out with letters and sarcastic
comments on the wholesale abuse
Of Mr.. Tildsn INDUCED in by the
Republican press and pithily re-
marks that should Mr.. I'ilden be-
come the next President the men
who are now most violent in their
abuse will be ashamed to admit
that their chief officer is a cheat
and a purjurer.
A dispatch from Albany Of yes.
terday says Comptroller Robinson
is preparing to send up to counties
the usual notice Of the portion Of
State and school tax required Of
them under the 8 11>24th mills
levy Of the last Legislature. The
total Of taxes as thus called for is
officially at 49, 29, 174.8H,
an actual reduction Of last year o
$5,687, 506,29. This eviusvs Coz.
Tilden's style Of administration in
state affairs and be will observe
the same rule in national expenses
this fact should be spread before
the people aad it will do more god
than all the political speeches that