New-York tribune., 1877-06-23

vo,rs now this popping and bursting has been
going on ut intervals of great er or less dhratioh'
and all this time the field of politics has pre-
scnted the singular spectacle OF leihing IN"
intiuenti ii persons tiptoeilg about with myers
on their hps. saying Hush W-when oeiorc
the same performers were executing war uaiceS'
whooping vigorou ", anl hOwllng " hat are
" Won going to do about 1t 2" CaGdOr c0mpeis
us TO saw that the public seemed entertained
with the exhibition, and the newspapers enjoyed
If with unusual relish Mr. Olkey Hall was
tbc last person who rose up, and the startling
mystery of his abrupt ascent for consider
able time was what it was that burst under
Lin and who touched it OF.
Since the return of Mr. Tweed from VIgo
some months ago. the impression has oceh gen
eral that that Statesman held fuse IN his hlhu
which connected with perfect Hell Gate OF
dynamite. and that he only waited favora-
bic opportunity to touch it Off The retuih OF
Sweeny incrca Sed the interest anu intehs' leu
the expectancy. Everybody said " stand from
"under!' and everybody waited ana wltcheu.
But # now appears that Mr.. Tweed does not
bod the fuse, nor does Mr.. Sweeny nor hn
Kelly, nor Mr. john ID. Townsend nor Attorney
General FaircLild, nor any OF the conspicuous
ncrsons who have been figuring IN connection
with the forthcoming explosion. IL IS Mr.
Carolan O'Bren Bryant who knows IL all ana
who proposes presently to tell all ab0nt Ito
any newspaper publisher who will pay Tor the
information. He has sigDliied his readiness 10
"rip up the puzzle" and the ripping up
il liabe to break out at any moment MI
Carolan O'Brien Bryant is a wholesale wilter
Of and dealer IN autobiographies. 1t is to h'm
that we owe the account OF Mr. Tweeds
escape and travels plblsned not long ago.
That was narrative that Mr.. Tweed himself
read with the greatest interest. great part %
it beng entirely new to him. 1t not only
showed the authors remlrkaOle capacity as
writer OF autobiography, but 1t convinced .hr'
Tweed that Mr. Bryant knew more about MN
and his adventures than he knew hliiSel''
Since that publication Mr.. Bryant has Deeh
making himself acquainted with tremendous
lot of things that moody ever knew. lie has
herp in communication with everybody con-
nectcd with the Tweed bi Iess, ani has
enioved everybody's confidence to an unlimt 81
degree. And it is impossible NJ" Without
raising an Issue of veracty to deny that lc
knows it all and more too.
The careful reader of Mr.. TOwnsends recent
statement must have observed that Mr. Z.
O'Bien Bryant has been magma pnrS OF al the
nrootiati9ns therein described. He Is c0ntln-
urly coming TO the surface III the part OF
Eyerybody's Friend. But there is also read
ing between the lines of Mr.. TownsenPs state
ment and MIR. Fairchilds remarhs on the sub
iect which bints gently ut the flct that tow Ird
the end of the ,ate negotiations Mr.. Bryant
beg n to be suspected on all sides OF not be-
ing on such colndental terms with everybody
rs he represented himself to be, and OF not
knowing SO much as he thought he did. 1t Is
this hint we tlke it, TINT has evoked from
Mr.. BRYANT the decIrlt on tht " hitherto he
"bas left all the breaches Of confidence to be
"made by the lawyers, but that he now feels
"called upon by duty to himself and al persons
concerned to rip mp the puzzle" so now we
have something positive and definite in pros
pcct. Mr.. Carolan O'Brirn Bryant lays aside the
character of Eve ybody's Friend and appears
as the Great Am rican Puzzle Ripper 1t Is
not announced what he proposes to RIP 1t
NJ with. Probably hatch t. His erorm-
ances indicate tnlt he carries one witt the gen
nine G.. Washington stamp. Then when the
Genus of Anericl inquiries " VINO ripped up
"this puzzle ~ he can step forward ana reply,
Il cannot tell he | ripped it up with my
little hatchct" The country now waits for
tine rDoiny to begin. Enter Carolaa. One!
Two! Three! Let her rip