New-York tribune., 1879-02-24
OF tho Ring, was 'ceverly stopped" IL Is to he re-
gretted that the judge before whom the puglists

OF tho Ring, was "ceverly stopped" II Is to he re-
gretted that the Judge before whom tho pugilisB
and spectators were brought felt 1t to be his duty to
let everybody 90 SCOT free; but we are Will
ing to believe that ho had choice. All
the same, the affair WAS disreputable one,
and was evidently felt to DO so by the
spectators aforesaid-eso why, upon being brought
into court did they refuse TO aiye their real names
When man takes refuge IN an alias 1t IL q pretty
sign that ho is not proud OF tho business III
which he has been engaged. Glove fights may be
legal; but they a branch of moro serious pugh-
istic contests aud such ought to be discouraged
One way Of discouraQn them IL for those who pro-
fess TO be gentlemen to rpuSe TO have anything 10
do with them. Inc Sergeant who con
Quoted tho OokerS-on TO tho Station
Uouea daclarad that they were 'the
most respectable looking body Of men he ever saw
in that business The Ring has prolonged ITS oN-
iscnce in spite of legislation and tho general feel
Ing of society against it, both in England and THIS
country through the patronage which 1t has re-
celyed from those vino found IN II an exception TO
their otherwise decent tastes. II pugilism con'd
be abandoned to the thieves and ruiians who
figure az principals in It's aiiaTs, or a. bottle
holders and betters il would soon enough become
obsolete. But il is every day growing less and less
reputable. and tho noble art Of seli-deichce
doesn't mean much even now. 4 profession oi
which the leading members are usually ~ danger
of the police can hardly be made oven moderately
reputable. One of its most distinguished members
is now in Sing Sing and life in this city is safer for
his absence 1t would be safer still If all lis fcl-
lows were nth him.
melancholy accident threw chill over the
celebration Of Washngtou's Birthday at San Fran
bo noU fgb nVIUQ
gayly were suddenly lowered to half mast Six
teen persons were, not to mince the matter, mur-
dered by the almost incredible recklessness of an
engineer, who, because his steam gauge refused to
work, actually screwed down the safety valve. Ihs
most culpaby careless man has paid with ms
life for this pece of wholesale manslaughter hree
or four victims are in danger also of death; and
twenty-tw0 are severely wounded. If the lndigna-
ton of the general public could be aroused possibly
We might have fewer fatal explosions in fuiuro 10
record. Wheneyera single murder, cold blooded
and helnOu5 is committed. We find society shocked
ana Indignant; and IN Western regions the lndgna-
ton Is apt to takethe undesirable form OF lynch
ing; but after our collisions and explosions we
never hear of the extra-iudciai execution
of those whose careessness has caused the NOR
tality We seem to take it for granted that these
things must happen, ana content if we can keep
down their average. The legal representatives. of
tie deceased bring actions against tho railway
companl-s-that is all. IT oar morality were less
matter Of money there would be an expression OF
horror at such daughters, likely to act a preyen-
tive Of their repetition. "a 1t is, there Is a nne
DAYS talk and then as good as oblivion. We can
not b leye that this unsatisfactory state OF things
viii last forever.
A. there has been some misunderstanding about
the first discovery in connection with the cipner
telegrams 1t may be worth while to say that for
the earliest glimpse of the secrets of the Oregon
spondence the public is indebted to Mr. a. W.
Shaw, of Detroit, who deciphered Governor Gro
ver's famous Gabblc" dispatch. Mr. Shaw was
connected with a business firm. largely Interested
in Utah mining property, and Mr.. j. y. ii rat
rick, of Omaha, had at one time extensive
dealings with this house. using in his TRANSACTIONS
cipher code based on the " Household Dlctionary.'
When a few Of the Oregon ciphers were published,
without translatiOns about the beginning of 1871
Mr. shaw was struck with their resemblance 70 his
old commercial code, and tried the Dictionary on
them. The key which he had formerly used with
Patrick did not unlock them, but by few trials he
found the key that did. and his discovery with
translation OF the "Gabble Dispatch placed at
the disposal of the editors of the two Detroit papers
now consolidated under the name Of The Post and
Tribune. AftcrwaId a copy Of the Dictionary WAS
obtained in New-YOrk, and the translation Of the
Oregon dispatches was completed in this olhce ac
cordiug 10 the key furnished by Mr.. Shaw. 1t was
the remarkable result Of the Oregon inquiry which
led The TRIBUNE to undertake the far more serious
work of the Florida AID South Carolina dispatches.
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