The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-20
WILLIAM NJ. TWEED.
Il SKETCH Of TIE DEAD moss or
I-lMM.1NI.

T-lMM.1NT.
An Appropriate Sequel to n Career Of
Crime--Serving the World In Poverty,
Prison and Disgraco.-A Solemn
Warming.
The death oe VIM. NJ. Tweed in
prison Oh the 22l instant furnished
text for many religious discoursos
on the following day. His re-
maIkablc career and it's fitting con-
clusion wi II long be pointed out as
m example Of virtue being it's own
reward. Tweed suffered from q
complication Of diseases, but his
death resulted immediately from
disease of the heart. Only few
friends were around his bedside.
Wm. Marcy Tweed was born on
the 81 Of April, 1923, and might
still have been called young man.
He rose from low beginnings, his
father being a chairmaker William
was taken into the shop, but having
dullcd the tools, destroyed a few
chairs and cut his fingers, he WAS
put out us GRAND boy in a hard
ware store. There he turned his
attention to the alphabet, and first
learned to read. AS he grew up
his character developed itself. At
the age Of twenty six, he WAS fore
man Of the Americus fire company,
famiiiarly known as Big Six. :"
This company rapidly reached the
first place in the Now York fire
department; and Tweed took it on
a round of visits to Philadelphia,
Washington, and other places, being
lionizcd and ,teted wherever he
went. The fire department. was a
stepping stone in politics, and in
1851 Tweed became alderman from
the Seventh ward. In 1853 he
represented the Democrats in Con-
grcss. But that body being honest
in those days, he wearied Of service
in it. In 1856 he was made school
commissioner in his ward, and then
supervisor, in which office his
talents for plundoring the public
manifested itself. This was The
beginning Of rings. In 1867 he be-
came State Senator. At ALBANY
he controlled legislation, buying
Republicans whenever the DEMO-
Gratis were in q minority.
IN TIE STATE SENATE.
If there ever was q man not q
king who was awarded kingly
donors that man was Tweed, when
he was u member of the upper
house Of tho State Legislature. Ho
lived in princely style at tho Dalai
van while he was Senator, and his
princely ways of travelling to and
from the capitol was the admiration
of the "b'hoys." In tho winter of
1871 the Legislature always ad-
journcd over from Friday afternoon
till the following Monday evening,
and the "Boss' always had large
compartment to himself in ono of
the Wagner cars, the only occupant
besides Limsolf being, as a general
rule, either Clancy OF Corncille
Corson, one Of his pets. In 1871
the Albany trains left Now York
from the Thirticth street depot,
and it was the "ten~thirty" train
which the city members Of tho
Legislature patronized. It was
composed entirely of drawing room
cals, for not one Of the twenty-ono
could in those days bear the sight
Of an ordinary car. "rhcm cars, !"
as one of the shining lights of tho
Lower House used to say, was "only
good 'nough fur them hAyrak ers
from the country" Tweeds COM
partmcnt was always tho best in
tho finest car on tho train. Though
Sweony, and even the dainty Con>
molly, always put in an appearance
at the depot, carpet~bag in hand,
and got aboard with the general
crowd, it was not so with the
"Boss." When his carriage hove
in sight in Thirticth street, near
Ninth avenue, tho gates of the yard
of the depot were swung open and
the carriage was allowed to drive
in and deposit it's precious freight
at the very door of tho palace car
in which Tweed's compartment was