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A REMARKABLE STORY.
Hew.Boss Tweed Arrived In Cuba.

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A Herald reporter, ascertaining that
merchant of New York city, vel
known in the Cuban trade, had re-
ceived letters from William n. Tweed,
paid him q visit. When questioned the
merchant admitted that he had received
letter from John Secor, that Seco1
was Tweed, and that the letter had
been written in Cuba under promise
that his name would not be divulged.
The gentleman gave the following in.
teresting and graphic details of Tweed's e
movements in Cuba:
Tweed was landed on rocky promon-
tory about ten miles from Santiago de
Cuba, by boat which took him ashore
from an American yacht. I have also
heard that the vessel which landed him
on the Cuban coast was bound for Ja-
maica. This, however, is immaterial.
Here, much fatigued and exhausted,
Tweed was discovered by fisherman,
who volunteered to conduct him to
Santiago de Cuba, and they marched
along over the rocky paths leading to
the city. Tweed was accompanied by a
man named Hunt, who, if I mistake
not, was coachman for long time in
the service of Tweed, and was noted for
his fidelity and honesty. Well, Tweed,
owing to his heavy weight, had much
difficulty in walking to the city of San
tisgo. He was terribly sunburnt, his
face being as brown as a berry and
very much blistered, The fisherman
who accompanied them received q gold
"ounce for his trouble, and led the
wandering pair, not to q hotel, but to
police headquarters. Had Tweed and
his follower been discovered by the
Spanish troops on the beach they would
undoubtedly have been shot, after a
drumhead court martial, as American
fiibusters just landed from Jamaica en-
route for "Ouba Libre."
I cannot tell you what date this was,
as my letter does not give it. The po-
lice authorities not being satisfied with
the fsherman's explanation, or Tweed's
statement, naturally made in English,
that he was an American citizen, sent
him and Hunt on board the Spanish
man of-war stationed in the harbor as
prisoners. Tweed and Hunt were &C.
cordingly marched off to the vessel and
there detained. While on board Tweed
sent for the United States consul at
Santiago de Cuba, Mr.. Young, and de-
manded the protection due to an Ameri-
can citizen. Mr.. Young, who is q very
fine fellow, instantly interested himself
in the case, and took into his counsel
Mr.. Ramsden, the British consul.
Tweed's passport was found to be in Or
der as "John Secor," likewise that Of
his companion in exile, "Hunt." Their
release was formally demanded and
granted, and Tweed took up his resi-
dence at the Hotel de Shy, kept by
Madame Adelia, under police surveil-
lance. Here he lived very quietly.
Meanwhile Consul General Hall enter
tanned a suspicion that there was some
thing wrong about " Secor," in spite of
his passport being en- regle. kilograms
passed frequently between him and
United States Consul General Hall at
Havana. Tweed feeling that he was
looked upon with suspicion was restless
to be off, and engaged a passage in the
bark Carmen, bound for Vigo and Bar
celona.
Tweed, through not having his pass
port yised by the Spanish authorities on
the twenty-second of July, caused the
Carmen to be detained till the twenty
sixth, he paying demurrage for the de-
lay. The night before his departure
Mr.. Young telegraphed to Consul Gen
eral Hall at Havana that it was William
NJ. Tweed who was using the name of
"Secor," but the dispatch arrived too
late at Havana. Mr.. Hall Immediately
took carriage and went out of town
for a distance Of eight miles to find
Captain General Jovellar to ask him to
send an order to detain Tweed, alias
Secor. The dispatch was sent but ar.
rived too late, the Carmen having sail
ed. The authorities, however, both at
Santiago de Cuba and Havana wero
made acquainted with the facts in the
case and the news was consequently
telegraphed over to Madrid. The rest
you know.