11 DECEMBER 1875, Page 3

W. B. Tweed,- the " Boas " of Tammany Hall,

recently dictator and plunderer-general of New York, has been allowed to escape from custody. He had been condemned to a term of imprison-

ment for peculation, but was allowed by his jailors to take an airing, visit his own house, and proceed upstairs. There he dis- appeared, and is probably at this moment on his way to some other spotā€”Paris most probably, where good Americans go when they dieā€”there to enjoy his wealth, which is still very great, in such peace as extradition treaties will allow. As his party is again in power, no one is likely to put them in force. There seems to be no doubt that he bought his liberty.