Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-18
Our New York Dispatches.
Concerning Members Of the Ring-The
Defence in the stokes Case-That Franks
lin Statue-NOrit of The Congressional
Retrenchment Committee, etc.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia branch of the at
torney generals office in this city, of which
Charles O'COnor has had control, has been dis
continued in view of the fact that the present
attorney general has an Office of his own here
MIR. OCOnor, however, continues his voluntary
and in the prosecution Of the ring suits. This
announcement has given rise to the unfounded
report that OCOnor contemplated Withdrawing
the prosecutions.
Tweeds name does not appear in any COM
mittee appointed in the senate at Albany
Mayor Hall has not yet resumed his duties
though bis week is up. The controller will have
the appointment of mayor if Hall does not re-
turn by Friday.
The principal defence which will be set up in
Stokes trial will be that as a bitter enmitv ex-
lsted between Stokes and Fisk, and as there
were circumstances tending to establish a con-
spIracy to take the life of Stokes, the latter
therefore, committed the shooting in selEde.
fence Stokes friends claim that few days
before the shooting men were discovered to be
on the track of Stokes, and had been following
nm week previous. An attempt will he made
to prove at the trial that Fisk was armed when
shot; that loaded revolver was subsequently
taken from his person; also that the wounds
from the bullets were insufficient to kill Fisk
Every effort is to be made by Stokes counsel to
have the trial deferred as long as possible.
The Franklin statue was unveiled and pre-
scented to the printers of New York this noon
in Printing House square The statue was ac-
cepted by President Savage of the Franklin ty-
geographical society, who thanked Mr.. Degroot
in behalf Of the printers for the gift. Rev. DIR.
Prime, Ptof Morse and VIM. c. Bryant also
made addresses.
The retrenchment committee now hold ses-
sions IN the vacant store under the Fifth avenue
hotel Communication was received from
agents of all steamship lines complaining of the
loss OF Goods from packages which had been
examined at the appraisers office.
The committee held n session in the pvanino
Chas. q. Franklyn, local agent of the Cunard
line, gave his opinion that the present system of
general order business is much more expensive
than 1t used to be. He said that the chief rea-
son why merchants import now by way of Bos-
ton and Baltimore is that delays here in passing
goods were frequent, and charges were veIy
high. He subsequently admitted that merchants
can get goods quicker via Boston than by bring
inc them here, and that fact was really the rea.
son why the Boston route is preferred. The
freight charged between Liverpool and Boston is
rather more than between Liverpool and New
York. Frank YIN said it had sometimes occu-
pied three weeks to pass an entry here, whereas
in Boston three days is the outside time
The exports of the week were four million six
thousand and fifteen dollars.
President Cochrane had his wallet stolen in
the board of aldermen chamber Monday, while
delivering an address on REFORM The room was
full of discharged clerks and other roughs.
The banking office of Kennedy & Co., on Ce-
dar street, yesterday was robbed of 1888 900 worth
OF bonds of the Appleton and New LonIon rail
road, and promissory note for $4,000. No ar.
rests.
The World states that Stokes friends say that
the Fisk and Mansfield letters will establish the
connection OF Fisk with a murderous assault
upon Dorman b. Eaton.
Michael Gilleck was arrested last night for
driving his wife and two children into the street
and then setting fire to his room, in tenement
house occupied by over twenty families.
j. Reilly, for many years assistant supern-
tendent OF the foreign department Of the post
office, was arrested last night charged with pur-
Joining from money letters,
Charles A. Meigs, at the desire Of the clearing
house, has been appointed national bank exam
liner, vice Collendar.
The receiver Of the Ocean bank pays a twenty
five cent dividend to depositors on the 25th
inst.
Eliza Logan Wood was buried at Greenwood
to-day.
The banquet this evening in celebration of The
birth of franklin was fine affair. Rev. DR..
Prune presided, and among the speakers were:
Horace Greeley, Henry Wilson, Henry Ward
Beecher, Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, Erastus Brooks and
others,