The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
NEW YORK..

NEW YORK, March 31.-In the Sanborn case
at Brooklyn to-day Judge Benedict decided the
point taken yesterday. He says that under the
contract given Sanborn by the Secretary of the
Treasury, he (SanbOrn) acquired the right to
receive upon the collection of certain taxes,
however and by whomsoever collected, his stip-
ulated portion of said taxes, the contract by
the express terms comforting such rights upon
Sanborn. The decision is favorable to San
born.
On rendering the decision for Sanborn, the
Judge instructed the jury to bring in verdict
in favor of Sanborn, Hawley and Vanderwer-
ken, and the court took recess till o'clock
this afternoon. The large crowd in attendance
of Sanborn's friends greeted him with hearty
congratulations.
After his decision Judge Benedict said, "Gen
tlemen of the jury, point of law has been
raised which dispOses of this case, and no other
evidence being put in by the prosecution, you
have right to find the prisoners not guilty Of
dict of not guilty and the defendants were dis
charged.
Authorization.
AT an anti-hation meeting CT citizens of the
9TH Congressional District this evening, resou-
tions were adopted requesting Congress to in-
crease taxation on property sufficient to grad
ually diminish our public debt, favoring the
substitution of national treasury notes or green
backs for national bank notes, favoring tax
on national bonds, taxation upon public lands,
GnaC the SdleUy ana well Delng OF our country
depends upon return to the constitutional cur
rency and system of finance and to more zeal
Gus adherance to the constitution of the Union.
A memorial embodying the spirit of the reso-
lutions was also adopted and ordered to be for
warded to the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives.
The Eric Strike.
A Sun special from Susquehanna, Pa, says
the event of the day was a grand procession of
machinists in the afternoon. Twelve hundred
InI a. 4
ed by band Vice President Clark to day
pleaded with 200 strikers to bury the past and
return to work Tomorrow. He declared that if
a sufficient number could not be obtained the
shops would be removed to Elmra. The strike
has doomed Susquehanna and the action of the
Erie management is Unauthorized by the in
nabitants. The company completed paying the
strikers to-day. The men were escorted outside
tie lines by the militia as soon as they receiv-
ed their wages. No violence or disturbance is
reported and everything is quiet. The men
who have been employed by the Co. go to work
in the morning.
Various Matters.
1t appears that Calender, the bank examin-
er, borrowed over half million dollars of va
rious banks on bogus securities.
Two men were arrested in Harlem this morn
ing charged with throwing vitriol in the face of
Editor Gibson, of the Harlem paper.
Mont Clair Railroad, connected with the Mid
land road, has been discontinued under legal
action
The Security Bank of New York organized
in 1870 with capital of half a millior dollars,
has decided to close business having sunk half
the capital.
1t is said Rev. DIR. Chaplin has retired from
the editorship of the Christian Leader.
DIR. Giles M. Boardman, noted chemist,
died this morning.
A firm in Brooklyn having discharged all the
society men of the cooper's organization yes
terday, some hundred gathered around theil
works and trouble was only prevented by the
presence of large number of police.