The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-19

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noticeable they reached tho lngoons.
on the coast of Florida. At one of
tho lighthouse stations thoy mado
a definite stoppago, Tweed taking
board with tho kocpor of tho light
0S
JOHN SECoR, AN INVALID GENTLEMAN
Seeking q restoration of health and
the recreations of fishing and hunt,
ing Here, too, he parted with bis
guldos from Now York, closing his
contract with them at that place.
Here Tweed was joined by tho per-
son who is known as Hunt in tho
reports Of his subsequent arrest.
This man was Florida guido, and
with him Tweed sponta long timo
in tho interior, camping out, hunt-
ing and fishing. Subsequently, no
returned to st. Augustine, which
place he loft in fishing smack for
Cuba, and he and his companion
Hunt landed ten miles outside the
harbor of Santiago dc Cuba. .....
Entering tho city, they were
arrested by the officials, but wore
released. Afterromaining somo time
in Cuba he was permitted to embark
for Spain, paying $54S passage
money for himself and Hunt. The
voyage was not pleasant, as the fol-
lowing extracts from Twoed's diary
show: ... ..... -.
II still keep on the cloth (summer)
pants, a pair mado for mo in Juno,
1873, rs tho mark tolls mo. They
arc about ton inches too large
around the waist, so I think must
have decreased some in size there
since that time"
Of his living he says:-
"No appetite. Bowl Of soup for
breakfast. Soup made of few
hard sailor biscuit boiled in hot
water and seasoned with thyme, and
then II quantity of oil poured into.
and boiled with it, making u cracker.
or biscuit soup no othcr seasoning
than the oil, which seems to be the
prevailing mixture in all the cooking
On board"
This diet, with little sherry, ho
partook Of merely in quantities to-
prevent the pangs of IN empty
stomach. Approaching Vigo> he
expresses his longing for fresh, meat
at last, or little fruit. He says:--
81 do try to oat what is provided
but I can not do it my stomach in
stantly turns when I get taste. Of
garlic, and rs that is tho only flavor
ing they use in cooking I am, sure to-
get it in the first mouthftl. 7 hove
not eaten more than two, plates. of ,
soup and few soda biscuits ilh two
days, and 7 begin to. feel the neces>
sity for food"
The two landed Mt Vigo, in
Spain, and Tweed was arrested
as Secretary Belknap. Here
Hunt, who had been kept igno>
rant of his identity, discoy-
cred accidentally that. John Secor
was no other than Tweed. He
became indignant al this, and in
formed upon the fugitive, in conse-.
quenco ofwhich Tweed was: delivered
up to Justice by the Spanish govern
ment as an act Of aoiHtesy TO- the
United States. - :,
Tweeds identity WAS verified by,
copies of Xa,per's TVeehlw contain.
ing carieaturos Of the Boss by Mast,
and this led to curious mistake.
The particular cartoon in question
represented Tweed in the acbr of
mnltreating q small urchin, which
typefied tho public schools Of New
York or some other charity There.
upon che Spanish reporters tele-
graphed that 'sTwid Antlelme the
lkidnapper of Charley Ross" had
been arrested at Vigo. .:... .u...
After somo delay, Tweed waa
brought to New York by tho frigate
Franklin, and he is now in JAIL He
is much changed The roverses of
fortune have borne heavily upon him.
md his spirits soem crushed. In
him as no appears now can scarcely
be recognized the remains of the
once most powerful autocrat in
American politics. g.. ~. m-
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Tho German Government has
rendered to Minister Washburne
tho decoration of one ofv the high
orders of German kpighthooa On ,.
account of his distinguished services
to suffering Germans il Paris pond.
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