The Portland daily press., 1873-10-24
NEW YORK.
The Tribune and the Brooklyn Ring.

The Tribune and the Brooklyn Ring.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-The Tribune says, ed
itorially, that the Imprisonment of Shanks is
due to its exposures of the Brooklyn ring, and
now the defeated ring takes its revenge. One
of the political managers causes subordinate
attached to the Tribune to be Summarily COM
mtted to Jail for contempt in refusing to an
swer question as to the authorship of certain
articles. 1t was question which the grand
jury had no right to ask, and witnesses acted
under chivalrous regard for the rights of his
profession when he declined to reply to it. 1t
is evident to everybody who has watched the
case and knows the circumstances which led to
it that the imprisoned witness is punished, not
for contempt of court, but because he is sus-
pected Of telling the truth about the Brooklyn
ring ''For all that" it says, ''the Tribute
holds itself responsible. We believe in libel
suits. We are quite ready to meet them when
they come in our way; to make reparation
when we are wrong; to fight it out to the Bit
ter end when we are right. But we give fair
notice to the beaten, disgraced and angered
ring of Brooklyn that it can never restore the
damaged characters and ruined prospects by
malicious prosecution of newspaper employees
and that in an assault upon the independence
of the press it can only cover itself with new
Disaster
The Duty on Wool
1t is stated that the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry has acquiesced in the decision recently given
by the United States Circuit Court at Boston,
which held that wool produced east of the Cape
of Good Hope and imported from places west
of there was not subject to discriminating duty
under section six of the act of March q 1867
a later act than that of March 8, 1865, impos-
ing certain rates of duty on wool in lieu of all
other duties.
Stokes Case.
A quantity of testimony has been taken to
prove that Fisk's hrelings constantly logged
and threatened Stokes. Stokes himself took the
stand and testified in his own behalf. There is
nothing new reported in the testimony.
More about MIR. shanks.
Shanks, city editor of the Tribune, commit
ted n Kings county on writ issued in Brook
lyn, for contempt in refusing to answer ques-
tions in the libel suit instituted by Judge Nc
Cue of Brooklyn, is witness in the Stokes
case this morning being taken over on habeas
corpus issued by the Oyer and Termiuer, be
was taken before Judge Fancher this afternoon
and discharge was applied for on the ground
that the commitment for contempt was void of
being commitment till he answers, and that
he was not arrested in Brooklyn but in this
city, and being here under the jurisdiction of
the Oyer and Terminer. could not be legally
held by the sheriff of another county. The
merits of the case weresnot gone into, but the
relator was discharged on his own recognizance
to appear tomorrow that the district attorney
of Kings county may have notice to appear.
Various Matters.
The Times reports that the Union Trust
Company received 81, 600 worth of Lake
Shore stock in February last to negotiate; that
recently the Union Trust Company paid over
ON account of this stock $4,000, and that
there is deficiency of $500, 900 to be account
ed for
The Pacific Mail Company and ex.President
Stockwell have come to an understanding by
which the latter retires, apparently heavily in
debt. The $S40,6c0 mortgage on the Howe
Sewing Machine Company, accepted as colla-
reral, he could not meft. He guarantees, how
ever, to pay to the company ten thousand shares
of Pacific Mail in monthly installments as the
Last evening Bridget Thompson was assault
ed by her husband David, and kicked SO severe
ly that she died within three quarters OF an
hour The husband acknowledges that he
beat his wife, whom he found drunk and that
he threw a bucket of water over her.
A board of officers of the Turkish army ar
rived in this city yesterday to inspect lot OF
fire arms manufactured for the Turkish Gov
eminent
John Mclaughlin, aged 3S years, was found
in the basement of an unoccupied building in
Monroe street with his skull fractured. A
ward Mclaughlin, James Cody and James
Murray have been arrested on suspicion.
The Board of Aldermen to-day rejected the
nominations by the Mayor for city judges.
A rumor is current in Brooklyn that ex-As-
semblyman Toner was murdered, three bullets
being found in his head,
A Mrs Stein recently arrived from Georgia.
is sick with the yellow fever in Brooklyn.
The steam canal boat City of New York, is
reported to have performed the trip in the canal
to the satisfaction of the State Commissioners.
Gan. Cadawalada of New Jersey, is dead
aged eghty-six years.
Simpson, Hull & Co., of Boston, have peti-
toned the United States Court in Trenton that
the New Brunswick Company be declared
bankrupt.
Shoenwolf, who killed a man recently In
Newark by striking him one blow with his fist,
is to be tried for simple assault.
Tt is reported that the grand jury at Brook
lyn have found indictments against Sheriff
Williams, ex-Sheriff Walters, Judge Delmar
and other police justices of that city.
Twelve hundred dollars worth of laces were
stolen from a silk store on Fulton street,
Brooklyn. this morning.
A letter was received from the grand jury
asking for list of all the gambling houses in
this city. The Superintendent was ordered to
furnish the information.