The Portland daily press., 1873-11-27
NEW YORK.
The Ring Trials

The Ring Trials.
New YORK, Nov. 26.-In the Ingersoll and
Harrington case to-day, Harrington was put on
the stand and acknowledged that IN marking
out bills against the court house, he had ADDED
fifty per cent. there. Considerable testimony
was taken, and the counsel summed up for the
defence.
Insersoil Convicted.
Judge Davis delivered lengthy charge &C.
cupying over two hours The jury retired at
AS p. M, and returned in half an hour with
verdict of guilty" Sentence was deferred to
lerton.
The regular monthly sale of Scranton coal
was held to-day. the attendance being large
and the bidding spirited. The following prices
were realized on 5000 tons:-Steamboat, 5000
tons, at S4S5 to $3.50; CRATE, $4,000 tons, at
$4.97b to $500; egg, 5000 tons, at $3.50; stove,
$50 900 tons, at SIS 424 to $3.50; chestnut, 5000
tons, at $4.52a to $4.57a.
Tweed Still i'm the Tombs.
Tweed is still to be kept in the tombs several
days to allow him to settle private business.
VIM. Evarts is reported to have been added to
his counsel and he will apply for stay of pro-
ceedings.
Attempt to Blow UP the Comptroller.
An internal machine filled with powder and
balls and lucfer matches was sent to Comp
troller Green by mail to-day. The outside was
covered over with glazed paper and the edges
around were covered with postage stams On
tearing off the paper it was seen that the box
opened like a drawer This, together with the
fact that the address on the box was made up
of letters cut out of a newspaper or some print
ed document, created suspicion. A hole was
cut cautiously in the top and the contents were
then discovered. In the back part of the
drawer were arranged rows of matches, over
which was slip of sandpaper against which
the matches would rub in drawing out the
do hav spax- .toh1 af Sra 20,
the contents of the machine. The box was
about six by four inches. The affair created
great excitement in the Comptroller's Office and
around the city.
The New York Banks.
The result of the action of the clearing house
yesterday is considered tantamout to leaving
each bank in the city to manage its own affairs
and take the consequences ct any management
Of its business During the panic they stood
by each other, but hereafter will be obliged to
sustain ITSELF
Heavy Robbery os ySswelry-Arrest Of the
For some time back Messrs. Tiffany & Co.,
the Union Square jewellers, have missed large
quantities of jewelry of great value from their
show cases and were not able to discover the
thief till Tuesday, when they caused the arrest
of Harry E. Murray, one of their clerks who
to-day confessed the theft of upwards of $4,000
in diamond and pearl jewelry. About one-half
of the stolen jewelry was found by the police
THO evening in possession of j. H. Barringer
Jr, 743 Broadway, j. B. Lewis, No. 1243
Broadway and Mrs Bridget alias Tresea Lynch,
who keeps jewelry store under the New York
Hotel.
The Case of Irving.
John H. Irving, the self accused of compiled:
ty in the Nathan murder, was arraigned to-day
and committed for trial on old charges of bur
glary:
A naatipo Of ho plvp,ontb Ghurob oouura
cation was held this evening for the purpose of
considering communication which had been
received from the committee of the church of
Pilgrims. Brooklyn. The communication in
evidently intended to refer to the expulsion on
the 3lst of October, of Theodore Tilton from
membership of the Plymouth church.
The meeting was crowded to excess, only
members Of the congregation and representa-
tivss of the press being admitted,
Rev. R. VI. Holiday, clerk of the church
stated the purpose Of the meeting aud submit
ted the communication from the Church of the
Pilgrims, charging tax discipline in Mr.
Beecher's church. He urged the appointment
of conference committee between the two
churches.
Mr., Gilbert proposed 9s an amendment to the
preamble and resolution, to the effect that the
communication charging the Plymouth church
with unscriptural action ought not to receive
any consideration whatever, and that the latter
church, being an Independent organization, de-
clined TO take notice of any protest from Gin
ton avenue or any other church. These resolu-
tons were passed.
Mr.. Reecher made some remarks, in which,
without referring directly to Mr.. Tilton, he
deprecated the idea of such strict church disci-
pline by WHICH member can be expelled with
out grave reesons
Various Matters.
DR.. G. P. Steer, Deputy Register of Bremen,
is believed to have fled to this city, He is
charged with Tweedism and forgery, and
heavy reward is offered for his capture.
The Havana bank robbers we're to-day SEN
fenced to two years in the penltentiary.
A wholesale dry goods house on Church
street, w9s robbed of several thousand dollars
worth Of goods the other evening, the police in
the vicinity not discovering the thieves, though
they passed by them several Times during the
robbng
No more hands are to be employed In the
Broo slyn navy yard Admiral Porter goes to
Boston Tomorrow,
The Spanish frigate will be foated out of the
dry dock tomorrow.
The superinl endent of the Produce Exchange
received a telegram to-day from the canal col
ector at Utica, stat ng that canal navigation is
closed at that point and five hundred canal
boats are frozen up in the vicinity of that city.
The Phelps Case.
ALBANY, Nov. 26.-~Ehe Phelps case has been
removed to the Oyer and Termner and will not
be reached before the first of January.