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Show DEATH OF TWEED. The death of Boss Tweed wiil not surprise people so much aa it will Bhock them. His passing away has been expected for tome wceka, if not months; but it waa hoped by more than a few ot his former eue niies that he would not die in jail. The horror of eucu a death will be deeply felt all over the country, and Iho viridiclivenesa of New York justice, jus-tice, that prosecuted and persecuted tho old man into hia very grave, will not be higli'y commended commend-ed by any one. Tweed was a bad man ; but a truly repentant and " thoroughly" reformed re-formed one, so far as it was possible for him to repent and reform under the circumstances. He had been Btripped ol his ill-gotten gain?, had become a lelou and served his couu try aa such, and had made what restitution resti-tution and recompense ho ciu'.d for hia misdeeds; and waa, therefore, long since entitled lo be freed from the persecution towaich hewaa constantly and unrelentingly Bulj'icted. Nj one can forgivj hia aim or justily his crimes; but we believe pop ular sentiment long ago accepted his reparation and repsutance, and would have relieved him from further punishment. How. ver, hia pursuers were relentless, and lo their shame be I it said, tht-y hastened hia death, and ' forced htui to die in a prison. William Mircy T.veed was oue of the n".OMl remarkable men of the ate. His life and advetvurea nre so well known that we wiil only briefly refer to them. He was a unlive of New Yirk city, having been born there April 3d, iS'SS. A poor boy, ha was apprenticed lo a vham uiauer, and bcran'u a ii rot c'.nsd w.jrkmu:. Early h: lilt he bt-g ui thti h'uily of die law, a d wis auiniittd 10 the bar at the a,;H ut nineteen. Ho immediately adopted politics us a profession, and ipiitkly roe to pr-injinpriee. He was elecitd an aideruin of New York in 'oil serving till oo. Iu '50 l,e w-s elected to congress- From '56 to '71 he held diflereni oflicea cupeivisor of tha city and chairman of the board, school cjmmissinr, deputy Btreet commissioner and state senator. On the ltith of April laTU he was appointed ap-pointed coram saioner ot public works, and in that position commuted the public rubbei iea which afterwards made bis name notorious and in famous throughout tbo civilizvd world. He surroundtd himself by a ring of political thieveo and sharpers whw pluudertd and robbtid tha city treasury and enriched themselves, until in the autum of 1S71, when these things being discoveied, legal pro ceediugB were instituted lo compel them 10 disgoige. CharleB O'Cooor, in behalf I the people, brought suit against Tweed, for fraud, and in Oc tobar of '71, ike great ring boss was am tiled and required to give $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 bail. Tweed was kind and liberal to the poor, ai.d was popular and liked bytverybedy. In the November after hia arrest he was re elected to the state tenate, but did not take hie seat. In Decimber, 1S71, the first criminal suit lor fraud was coui-nifi.ced coui-nifi.ced against him. Not until January, 173, did his trial occu', the iurv disnvroeinc. In Novem ber of lS7o he was fjund guilty on twelve counts and aen leuctd to twelve years' penal servitude servi-tude and to pay a fine ol $12,5.30. In accordance with this sentence, he was placed in the penitentiary on Blackwell's island, where he remained until June, '75, when the court of ap peals ordered his disci arge, holding thai, trm court below had exceeded it powers in tbe cumulat.Te sentence, ia toe meantime a civil suit bad beeo instituted lor ihe recovery ol $6,000,-IAI0 $6,000,-IAI0 alleged to have been sloien from the city, and upon his release from the Denitntiary he was committed to Ludlow S reel iail in default of 000 OtJ bail. The puWequeut winter, i while visiting at his house with a couple of his keepers, he escaped and was recaptured about a year ago in Spam. The almost rumanuc story ol his exploit wmie a fugitive is fauiihar to all, btving been published in nearly every newspaper of the country. Since bis recapture he has been an inmate of Ludluw street jail, where hi; ha Ltmi piayid cpju and preytd upon by the l.tw othcers aed Uwyeru, who dtUulid, deceivtd auJ ubueed toe od man up till tne Tery week ol his death. He was promised his liberty in return tor certain in furuiatiou, and alter liilhliing bis parUf tne bargain Hie slate playeo mm fiie, and oo ne dinl, the victim cf uimsf-li, ut politico, of justice and nil uuianity. |