The New York Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1873, Page 4

——-. AZAINE’S TRIAL. Imposing Display of Military and Civie Notabilities. OPENING DAY. Terms ot the Articles of Accusation. THE MILITARY CODE. YFrom the London Daily ‘News, Oct. 7%] Paris, Oct, 6, 1873, The St. Lazare station this morning presented ‘an animated scene-of an unprecedented character. ‘The waiting-room and its approaches were ‘thronged with generals,, colonels, majors, captains and subalterns in all the blaze of full uniform. ‘These were the judges and military witnesses sum- ™moned to play-their respective parts in the great Bazaine trias, The half-past nine train whirled ‘them off to Wersaiiles in company with a numerous throng of civilians. Versailles, never ready for even a fore seen emergency, had not provided any- ‘thing like ‘abs or omnibuses enough to meet the demand, And the consequence was that many oMcers, ¥ yho would gladly have ridden, marched along “ie Boulevard de Ja Reine towards the Trianon , to the great delight of the population, which ;azed from the windows at the uniforms, most ¢ { them new, that shone in the light of as fine an OY icb>r morning as was ever seen. I saw Mar- ebal ( Janrobert sharing a cab with General Chan- gary ier, who was in multi, TRIANON. T? ie precincts of the Grand Trianon ‘had all the 8SP ects of a sete, and as such, it must be said, most Pe opie look upon the solemn trial of a Marshal of Fe ance for his life. In conversation no interest is ©) qpressed in the result of the trial; but its unpar- @ Neled character.as a spectacle is the theme of J many exclamations. The gay chateau and sur- rounding grounas, built and laid out for holiday urposes, €ncou) this feeling. The Grand Tri- Enon is no more ike @ court of justice than the neighboring Villa Trianon aux Bois, where Marshal Bazaine Jodees, is like @ prison, The Plastered marbie hall which connects the two ‘Wings of the Trianon, enlarged and fitted up by athe architect of the Assembly, at an expense ap- pecoching nearer 40,000 francs than the 15,000 cg Of the estimate, shows, in my opinion, that the man who thought of the Trianon had a Happy idea. I know of no available place better adapted for the purpose. The oblong form re- inintis one of the lugubrious riding school of Ver- Sailies, where so many Communists were sentenced to th; but, instead of darkness, draughts and ‘the stifling emanations of damp sawdust, you have shhere universal light, good ventilation, @ noiseless Moor and very fair acoustic conditions, considering ‘that the hali was not bullt for its present uses. The tickets for the Press Tribune bear the ungal- lant postscnptum, “Ladies not admisted,” a re- Striction which certain members of the fair sex ‘who wield a very effective pen in the Assembly ‘tribunes will probably resent in their own way. 4m the part open to the public by tickets there were some ladies, but not many. “Is Mme. Bazaine there?” is a frequent inquiry; but I do mot think she was. The real public—that is, those ag@dmitted to a small railed-off space at the end of the hall without tickets—was numerous, OPENING OF THE COURT. ‘The entirely formal character of the proceedings to-day excluding any possibility of an incident Were favorable to the study of the principal actors dn the great scene. Ata few minutes past twelve the members of the court martial took their seats, aand were regarded with intense curiosity. Such a Meeting of eminent general officers nobody present had ever seen before. The court, including three judges in waiting, consisted of ten general officers, who sat at a green baize horseshoe table. As they walked in, covered, to take their seats, one ‘Was struck with the studied gravity of the counte- mance of every one of them, contrastin; remark- ably with the smiles and almost joyous demeanor of the audience. The General President, who drops hhis princely title for the nonce, came last, and, ‘when he declared the court open, the gold em- broidered cocked hats fell with military precision upon the table in front of the owners. DEMEANOR OF BAZAINE. ‘The first business was to call in the Marshal prisoner. He came duly guarded, and took a seat vided for him at a table on the left of the Court the side of nis tae Lachaud, father and son. ‘ne Marshal is totally bald, and looks depressed. He wears 8 slight mustache and_tutt on his chin, but is otherwise closely shaven. I should not have Tecognized him from the photographs taken before ‘his misfortunes. During nearly the whole day he nursed lus right arm in the elbow hollow of the leit, covering his chin with his left hand, and frequently ing his forefinger on his lips. is dingy epau- which have seen service, contrasted curi- @usly with the bright new ones of his judges, and @re perhaps worn purposely to furnish Lachaud ‘with a theme for a telling phrase, Of the many crosses and decorations he has received he wore merely the grand cordon and Figs) of the Legion of Honor and the military medal which Napoleon gave only to generals and private soldiers. THE PROCESSION OF WITNESSES answering to their names lasted an hour and a half. Count Palikao,.Canrobert, Changarnier, Julies Favre, Gambetta, Kératry, Regnier, were at with much curiosity. Marshal Bazaine’s ountenance betrayed no emotion as they passed, An inaudible reading of documents occupied the remainder of the day. The Duc d’Aumale presides ‘with much dignity and perrect self-possession, ‘though he never sat on a court-martiat beiore, and gives orders to witnesses and ushers ina decided Tone. His comparative youth among so many old men does not appear so marked as was anticipated. ‘Two of his coadjutors, Generals Martineau Des- chenenez and Lallemand, are scarcely older than himself, The others, though well stricken in years, evidently wear well. On his right hand sits La 5 rae ig ie tap Made ae sugge! » and greatly resembling many 0 United Service bncks. He is a fine Sao) and made a reputation at the Malakoff, which was Maintained at Magenta. On his leit is Chabaua Latour, an engineer, who made the fortifications of Paris, tempore Thers; General Tripler, a fire- eater in his time; and General Guiod, sixty-six * hor old, twice as big round the waist as any of ae who is an example of the falsity of a recently broached theory that iat men are dull. He is renowned for wit and humor. Bessayre, a dashing cavalry officer, appointed at the last m ment to replace Martinprey, indisposed, was Placed hors de combat by a shell wound at Coul- Mier. A judicious innovation is that the space be- tween the Court and the witness bar is not blocked up by sentries, who prevent hearing and seeing. ere are but two, and they stand soasto get in RO one’s way. The Surrender. [Grom Galignani’s Messenger, Oct. 17.) ‘The event was announced at Berlin bya tri- mmphant telegram from King William to Queen Augusta :— The capitulation, it saia, i have taken prisoucrs 10 Soldiere 's Suatsnany move soldiers, $ marshal ‘Man G00 officers, * * * “GS eagles, with thelt Hage; % * * 540 picoes of fleld artillery, the material fur more than 85 batteries, about 800 fortress cannon, 66 mitrail- Jeuses, about 300,000 muskets, an enormous quantity cuirasses, swords, &c.; nearly 2,000 military ( wag. ons, immense stores of wood, lead, unworked bronze and @ very valuable powder mill. THE MILITARY CODE 4s thus worded :— Aaticie 209.—Is punishable with death, with military Gegradation, every governor or commander who, sent Jor rial atlor a council of inquiry, is found gmity of cay ton yt epitalated and surrendered the fortress conflded ar Bia—Levery geveral and every commander of t, 210,—E e ler of an Fmqt troop who capitulates in the open field is pun- ed — Fire—With death with military degradation if his act hae had for result to thake his troops jay down their arms, or if, before treating verbally or by writing, he has done everything required by duty and honor; diemissal m every other case. Digest of the Case. {From the Longon Daily Telegraph, Oct. 7.) PsRis, Oct. 4, 1873, I.must endeavor to assist your readers by sketch- ing, a6 distinctly as possible, the main features of the bill which has bees made out agatnet the pris, oner. The first broad question to be formulated is whether Marshal Bazaine has deen gailty of Sreachery and incapacity—the two veing nearly synonymous in the present instance—or whether he has only been the victim of events. In other words, did he strain every nerve in the defence of his country as Marsnai of France, or did he subor- dipate hia duty to his own ambition and his - glance to the Emperor? Three distinct ; canes @rise out of this general statément. The firat is whether the Marshal was Canenen in biocking up army under the walls of Metz, and thus isola’ ing if from Marshal McMahon, notwithstanding the latter’s efforts dissuade him from a oer wich led to the disaster of Sedan. The sec. ia whether, instead of doing his utmost to break through the German lines which paralyzea he had not purposely discon made to that effect, in the hope of in the govern. WEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1873—TRIPLE the first t, the one rel “to the faflure which atte: Bagaine’s march assistance Mahon, 18 complicated by historical ae ch which the latter sent to tq colicague towards the end of August. It was ‘hus worded ;— Received your despate'a of the 19th. T am at Rheims, and marching in the (‘rection of Monteedy ; to-morrow T shall be on the Aisu’,’ where 1 will @ssisi you according to circumstances The date of fais aespatch was for a long time a mystery. but tue duplicate of the document has been found, ‘snd leaves no doubt as to the fact that it was Wri'.ten on the 19th of August. It was sent off by th'e messengers, each of whom had a copy carefully concealed on his person, aud who, 1D order to cross the wiole breadth of the Prussian line#, started at separate intervals by different Tov tes, When did this despatch reach Bazaine ? D'ai_ he receive it before or alter the council of war ‘aetd at the Chateau de Grimont on uh of August, when he impressed upon his generals the necessity of remaining under the walls of Metz, giving as his reason that the army under his com- mand was compietely abandoned by MacMahon ? It 18 sutlicient to say at present that there are witnesses ready to swear that this despatch was given to the Marshal on the 23d of August, REGNLER’S MISSION. It was @ month after tnis date, on the 23d of September, when the army had almost ceased to | g's any signs of even wishing to leave Metz, that | . Regnier, better Known as “M,N,” arrived at | Metz, and, after a private conversation with the | Marshal, was authorized to take the gallant Geu- | eral Bourbaki out of the fort ior the avowed pu pose of learning whether the Empress was pared to sign a peace with the enemy, Means by which M. Regnier obtained an interv: with Count Bismarck at Versailles, the confidence | with which he inspired the astute diplomat, and his account of the interview with the Marshal, are all very remarkable in themselves, and in the present trial will iorm one o! the principal points of interest, The importance of his testumony may be estimated when it is considered that on his statements will turn all the ACCUSATIONS OF POLITICAI® INTRIGUE and treasonable communication with the enemy which have been lavished on Marsal Bazaine. Then, finally, the nature of the capitulation, which to so many people has appeared so un- necessarily and incomprehensibly disastrous, will form the subject of the most searching examina- tion. In the text of the capitulation the third ar- ticle has been severely criticised. Itruns thu! ‘The arms, ag well as the army material, consisting of flags, eagles, cannon, mitraillouses, horses, iilitary equipment, ammunition, &c., shall be lett at Metz and in the forts, under the charge of special military commis sions instituted by Marshal Bazaine, so that they may be inade over immediately to the Prussian commission- ers, The troops without their arms shall be brought out, ranged according to their regiments or corps, and in mil- itary order, in the plages assigned jor each corps The officers will then return at hberty into the entrenched camp, on the condition they give their word of honor not to leave the fort without the consent of the Prussian com- mander. The surrender of trophies, arms and ammuni- tion, when these might have been destroyed be- fore the fort was surrendered, has also to be ex- plained. The Indictment, The following are the principal charges embod- ied in the report:— Marshal Bazaine has deceived the confidence of the Emperor, who had ordered a retreat, 1, By delaying the deparwure of the army, until, August 14. In sailing’ to destroy the bridges which the enemy might use, % In failing to avail himself atthe sortie trom Metz of more than one route for the march of the army, when there yere four available roads. 4. In g1ving ordes to discharge the auxiliary corps which carried the provisions of the army. 5. In not continuing his march on August 17, Marshal Bazaine allowed to be crushed, in the battle of August Is, one of his lieutenants—Marshal Canrebert—in spite of the pressing appeals of the latter, when he (Ba- zaine) kept inactive almost the whole of his reserves. Marshal Bazaine has deceived the Emperor and the Min- ister of War until the month of August regarding the state of affairs, as well us regarding his plans, in talsely announcing to the Minister, on August 24, when he knew the march of the Army of Chalons, that it was impossible to force the lines of the enemy, while he wrote to Mar- shal MacMahon that he could pierce them whenever he wanted todo so, Marshal Bazaine has made no serious effort to come to the aid of Marshal MacMahon after hav- ing instigated the march of the latter, which in leaving his lieutenant to bear the whole weight of the struggle has brought about the disaster of Sedan. Marshal Bazaine has abused the confidence of his Heurenants in the conference held at Grinort, on Au gust 2 1, In concealing from them the march of the Army of Chalons. 2. In not communicating to them the despatches sent te the Emperor, the Minister of War and Marshal Mac- Jahon. 3. In‘stating that the army had only ammunitions for one battle when he knew that, since August 22, new sup- plies had been obtained. Marshal Bazaine has propagated the intelligence given by the enemy to M. Debains, which was of a nature to destroy the spirit of the army, and part of which was false. Marshal Bazaine has, atter recognizing the new gov- ernment, lent ear to the propositions brought from France by one Regnier and to the plans of restoration form that agent. Marshal Bazaine has informed Regnier of the date when his provisions would give out, surrendering thus a State sceret to an individnal whose identity was only established by @ passport {rom M. Bismarck. Marshal Bazaine has instructed M. Regnier to declare that he was ready to capitulate with his army, on condi- tion of obtaining the honors of war, when he had yet food for more than a month and ammunitions even beyond his need. AN ANDY JOHNSON OVER THE RIVER. The Impeachment Fizzle in Long Isijand City—The Charges Against the Officials Stick in the Aldermanic Throat—Mayor Debevoise in the Role of Andy John- son—“Millions for Defence, but Not a Cent for Tribute” Even though yesterday was Sunday—perhaps it was rather in consequence of that fact—the lively subject of the contemplated “impeachment” of Mayor Debevoise found agreater number of gos- siping groups to discuss it in and around Long Island City than on any day since the movement was first inaugurated. On Saturday the anti- Debevoise ring in the Board of Aldermen succeeded in convening @ special meeting of the Board and made a final attempt to introduce: and adopt articles of “impeachment” against the Mayor, Corporation Counsel and City Judge, so as to be able to go into Court with them to-day, when the Oyer and Terminer’ for Queens county opens. The meeting was called for ten o’clock A. M,; but at that hour only six of the Aldermen had arrivea, They sat together in a private room, closeted with their impeaching counsel and the City Clerk, who, by the way, enjoys the credit, such as it is, of originating THE IMPEACHMENT FARCE, and whose reputation in Queens county is not that of an extreme political purist exactly. Une by one three other members of the Board dropped in, and at twelve o’clock the tenth member entered. He completed the quorum aud fall number of votes required to pass the charges; but when the Board entered the meeting room a few minutes afterwards the only motion made was a motion to adjourn, which was promptly carried. In a subse- quent conversation with some of the members the reporter was informed that about four of the Alder- men were “red hot” for impeachment, including Mr. Hunter, who would be Mayor in that event. Thess were vigorousty lobbied for by the City Clerk. One of the four was heard to say that Mayor Debevoise refused to put twenty-five of his men on the public works at last election time, and he “was bound to get square for that.’’ The five Aldermen who are absent denounce the whole business as a political JOB OF THE MEANEST KIND, and refused even to be present at any meeting where the question of impeachment should be dis- cussed. The remaining six, it is said, are respect- able business men who have no personal object to ie by the impeachment of their officials, but ave avery great deal to lose in case it snould turn out that they acted unjustly. They at first lent a willing ear to the ring’s story, but have grown more doubtiul every day since, 80 much so that Saturday’s was the sixth meeting convened to pass the charges at which no charges were passed. Even the counsel having charge of the prosecution has, on further investigation, dis- covered tnat no corrupt motives influenced the ac- tion of the Mayor and the Water Board, and that ir- regularity alone was all they could be charged with. Under such circumstances he feels very unwillin; to take any part in the impeachment of honest an honorable men upon charges so contemptibly friv- olous, Even ir. Hunter, who so intensely hungers and thirsts after the honor of being tem- perary Mayor of Long Island City, has some REASON TO FEAR THE CONSEQUENCES of ais yee of the impeachment work. As Chair man of the Investigating Committee he reported that the Mayor altered the resolution to issue the Water Bonds, after it had passed the Board, while he is now forced 0 confess that he saw the alteration being made with his own eyes, before the resolution was passed at all; all of which, of course, renders him liable to discipline. Commissioner Moran was originally set down in the list of officials to be impeached; but the Ring concluded yesterday to leave him out of the scrape, for the excelient reason thag bis hate on is required to a large pile of bills in whose early liquidation the ring Aldermen are interested. They were rather disa pointed, how- ever, a few minutes subsequently, when City ‘Treasurer Horan stated point blank’ that the only signature he would recognize on a warrant is that of Mayor Debevoise, who, it must be confessed, still retains the confidence of every man in the county ‘who is not personally interested in ms aed aeoubiea DEAL” as 9 gentleman of undoubted integrity. The en- fire. population of Long Island City itzert rejoice loudfy over this farcical ending oi the tmpeach- ment ,bugbear, and not without good reason. Had it gone on the elty would have to pay from $20,000 10 $30,000 for “divvies,” In the shape of counsel fees and other expenses; the cessation of public improvements would have continued to a ruinous length of tiae, and the Rabe a of the city Would soon be in a8 lamentable @ state of on- merited power’y a8 Comptroller Green’s untortu- Date scrub-women. It is well known to the ini- Hated that had th. Mayor yieltled at any time to the hungry di 3 for pap aud patron: of 1 Ntte cligte of politi ne who first s' the im poechment is troubl’s Would at once be over; L aA re bravely ciatek” ss ig Lend Maciel § sama acale. ne Cree HUMAN SHARKS IN NEW YORK, How Men Are Kidnapped for the Sea. Slave Trade of American Ports—How the Ship Baltic Got Her Crew in New York—Story of a Boy Kidnapped in Broad Day- light in a New York Street. ‘The HERALD has already published some details of the “Shanghaeing” at this port of sailors for the ship Baltic, recently arrived at San Francisco, but the following deposition, made before Mr. Marrow, Assistant United States District Attorney, and published in the San Francisco Evening Post of the 10th, exposes such a case of outrage on the streets of New York that it is given nearly in full, the immaterial parts only being expunged. George F. Staple, the lad who makes the charges, is a native of Rome, N. Y., and naving worked as a carpenver in New York city some time ago, after spending a few weeks with his mother in Rome in May, 1872, he returned here to get work on the Brooklyn bridge. Failing in that he worked for Hugh O'Neill, stair builder, corner of Columbia and Con- gress streets, Brooklyn, and W. F. Furey, on Van Brunt street, Brooklyn. About last Christmas his work gave out. He again went home, taking his aged mother $300, In May he returned here and his experiences are thus recorded :— For some days he walked around from one carpenter shop to anothér without finding anything to do, when, on the 9h of May, between four and five o'clock in thé afiernoon, he found himselt on Water street, having been inguiring for work at the shops on the t River side of the oly le bout determined to give up his search tor the day, when, as he walked dressed man came up briskly behind him and familiarly on the shoulders. “Wouldn't you thing to do ?”” said the stranger. “Yes, sir,” replied the lad, “that is just what I have been looking for.” ‘ “Well, I think you will suit me. I have just been look- ing for some one to put in the way of a goud job. How would you like to go to San Francisco ? Ihave just made a big contract to put up advertising for a patent medicine out there, and Iwant to getasmaft young fellow to go, with me ?” “I should like to go, sir, if the wages are good; work seems pretty hard to get here this spring. What would you pay me, sir !”’ “I will give you $25 per month and pay all of your ex- Denses, so that you can save all your wages, The pay will bein gold, too, and you can’ have a nice little sum when we get through, ‘and perhaps strike something even better out there, for there is plenty of money to be ¢ by asmart man. Will you go?” + when do you wish me to start ?” Monday at furthest (it was to-morrow night, for the m I in a great hurry.” “Well, sir, I can pe ready, though I should like to have time to go home and bi ee goodby. But it I can’t do thatI can go over Brooklyn, where 1 have been living, and get my clothes and meet you to- morrow.’ can right, but you had better come andiget supper with me, asitis pretty near supper time, and we can talk it all over.” They, were by this time near the corner of Cherry street, into which they turned, and the kind stranger who Had the big advertising contract for California ted along, & well Speed him like some- the way to a house opposite the Sailor's Home. It looked like a sailor boarding house, and o1 mall sign bore the wor “CHARLES GLEASON, BOARDING AND LODGING.” Two or three men were lounging about the door, who looked somewhat peculiarly at the lad as he passed in. ‘The stranger, who proved to be Charles Gleason himself, led way to a sinall washroom, which opened off a dining room, where a table was set. “Now, my boy, I suppone 308 feel a little dirty, as you en tramping around all day; take off your things and give yourself a good wash.” ‘The lad took off his hat, his overcoat and vest; hung them up, and rolling up his sleeves began to wash. ae he had concluded he turned around for his clothes. “Never mind,” said Gleason, “I sent them to the bag- gage room, where they will be brushed and be safe. Put ‘on this till’ after we get supper,” he added, producing an old monkey Jacket, The boy, though somewhat wondering, put it on, and Gleason led the way into the dining room. one was there except a man who reminded Staple of a lunatic, and who seemed afraid to say a word, though he com: menced grinning in a very significant way. They sat down and had supper, Gleason tay kindly to the boy all the while about what they would do in California, When their supper had been finished he said :— “Now, 1 guess we had better go down ana see the Cap- tain, and you must tell him that you are lor and have been going to sea for four years, and then you will get $50 advance.” “But I can’t tell him that, for I ain’ta sailor. Ihave neyer been to sea in my lite.” “Damn your soul, }’il make til a sailor,” said Gleason, with a threatening air, clinching his fists and advancing on the boy, Who retreated toward the washroom. “You — —, you come down to my house and eat my supper, and then tell me you have never been to sea. it is true, sir; I never have been to sea.” ‘Hear me!” thundered the man. ‘You've been to sea four years.” “But I can't—” “D'ye hear me?” shouted he again, hitting the boy a heavy blow with his right hand on one side of his heaa. “You've been to sea four years, when the Captain asks Foul” striking him another heavy, blow with his leit and. ‘Now, you remember when the Captain asks you, fereh or I will knock the off of you; do you . , t ear?! ‘es, sir,” said the ‘boy, thoroughly frightened, and feeling that he could have ho chance for escape until he got out of the house, Aiter some more threatening fang nage sailor's cap was placed on his head, and with the landlord on one side and a stalwart runner on the other, he was marched into the street, The boy's hope revived ag be got into the air, and he told them that if they did not let him go he ‘would call a policeman and have them arrested. “You say a word to anybody, and I’ll knock the teeth down your throat,” said Gleason, wnile the runner, with @ menacing gesture, swore he would kick him to pieces if he opened his head. ‘‘And hear ye,” added the land: lord, “the best thing that you can do isto keep as quiet as you can. All the policemen down here are my iriends, and if you call to one I'll give him a couple of jollars FF that you have been to sea tour ae ay, =] 10 CLUB H—L OUT OF you.” The boy made no reply. but looked as keenly as he could at those they passed ; but at that time (it was now after dark) in that section of the city there was no one to be seen to whom he dared appeal. ‘hey approached a policeman who was standing on the corner, boy, in spile of threats, made up his mind to but his resolve was checked when his captors oliceman nodded pleasantly to each other, hought his safest plan was to see the captain, his innocence, he supposed would certainly refuse 10 him when he jound he was no sailor. When they came to the shipping office—not the office of the United States Commissioner, but an “outside” or private office—the captain, who was present, without asking any questions. told Gleason that the boy would not do, he was not heavy enough, and he might as well take him right back and bring him a heavier man or none atall The boy attempted to speak, BUT WAS SILENCED BY A THREAT and marched out of the office again. On the way back the runner proposed to take him to another office and ship him for Tavera but Gleason retused, saying he was going to send him on a voyage where he would not come back soon and would ship him for China on Mon- day. Arrived at the house again, be was taken to a small room at one end, where there was a little cot, and ordered to go to bed, being admonished that it he dare to try to escape during the night it would be at the peril of his life, IN THE DARKNE! Lert -KNESS, the "boy cautiously felt the floor and the bed, for he had heard that there were places in New York wnere they dropped men through ie and then, finding nothin; that seemed like a trap, he sat down’ on the bed an abandoned himself to his'thoughts. As he thought of his position—a prisoner right in the heart of the great city, And held by men who he was convinced would not hes. tateto murder him, and threatened with being sent to China without even having a chance of letting his mother know where he was, and as he thought of her agony over his disappenrance—bitter tears came to his relief, and he resolved to make an attempt to get out. It must have been about four or five o'clock in. the morning when he succeeded in picking the lock on. his door (there Was no window) and cautiously opened it, only to see that he was guarded by a sentinel whose vigilanee there was no hope of eluding. There was a faint light in the larger room into which his opened, and by it he saw an IMMENSE BLOODHOUND raise himself from the floor, and, with white teeth and low, savage growl, gather himself to spring on the in- truder. The boy drew back, for he was very much airald of dogé, having been badiy’torn by one in his childiood, nd feeling ere Was NO possi! ity of escape com- mended himself to God, . x) The long mght passed and morning came, and he was ore to get some breakfast; but during the whole lay Was kept a secure prisoner, either Gleason himself or one of his runners being always on hand to check any attempt to escape, In the evening the captain of the Baltic sent up word that it Gleason could not do better he Mould take the man who had been refused the mght be- 0 A SEA ovTrTT. Thereupon the considerate landiord fitted out the boy for sea. @ pea-jacket he had been wearing was of tle use, so from @ box of old clothes a jong, swal- low-tailed coat, or what was left of what had once been the property of some shanghwd bummer, was selected, and he was made toexchange. This, with an old quilt, two flimsy check shirts, three clay pipes, und of plug tobacco and a sheath knife and belt constituted the outfi with which he was to be sent to round ©; Horn in the dead of the southern winter. Making the boy carry his bundle, he was again taken down to the shipping office, as on the night before, the landlord on one side and the runner on the other, Two or three men were in the little room, but no one was paying any attention to him, He was marched to a desk and ordered to sign hi ame, when the cler! polnted to a piece of paper. “sign, you ————,"" whis- pered the runner. “SIGN, OR T WILL KILL You,’? said the landlord, wuiting the action to the word. and striking hit eavily under the jaw The boy wrote his name and was hurried out and down to the wharf with a drunken man whom he had noticed in tne shipping office. On the way he ventured to ask when he was to et the $60 advance which had been promised him the day betore. Vou will get that on board,” was the gruff reply. At the wharf a boatman was hailed, the drunken man was bundled down and, unaer the threat of being knocked down it he did not move quickly, he was bur- Tied into the boat, which pulled off to the Baltic, ON BOARD. “Tate your dunnage into the starboard forecastle,” said a man whom he afterwards found was the mate, The boy started off towards the cabin, “Where are you going?” shouted a nian, somewhat in he who, ‘ake liquor, who confronted him, and who proved to be the boatewain, es just going back there, sir. Are yon the cap. uahed, ni “Going back there, you damned fool!” half 1 If roared the hoatswain, hauling off and knocking wn with a blow of his fist. “You're a pretty to come aboard a ship. Go forward there, or ou torwi % Thei 8 no help for it; the boy tound the forecastle, and found there a namber of men just like bienselt, who all bees He approached the mate, who. seemed. e ‘kindly. soan, bot who told him he could do nothing for him. Men wi » and the ship must go sea, and had Been 4 for him. Late at night the srgrenmean, fount if on the topaal lant forecastie, heard his a to take s letter from him to be when the. onptaia and pllet chnae on boa Boats caine nb 80g pulled Whe ahip Warough the Natt SHEET. sais SANG SUE and out 49 84a, and the Titic's white wings were spread for ami 18,08 mile voyai It is needless 10 say that Staples did not get his ad- vanee, and When he spoke of it the sailors only laughed at him, and Advised him Ke & cow-hiteh in the ex- fr-mites of hs swallowtail: though they. soon relieved him ot these by cutting off first oue and then tue other, make blackba/leaps. But they treated him well. e crew of the Baltic was largely inade up in the same way, and there was arnong them & barber, a tailor, a shoe maker, a soldier, a anand a carpenter, who hardl: knew one end of the ship from the other, and who bi no more Kea of shipping as seamen to go round Cape Horn than they lad of filling Henry Ward Beectier’s pulpit. whe officers treated him well. ‘The first mate took him int) nig own watch, and he was not even sent aloft until h ness, The treatment of the here was very little bullying and ain Taylor did ‘not add to his sin of crew was excelle beating, and Oa no kidnapping men the sin of torturing and ki ling them, though the steward charged exorbitant prices for the few articles which the slopehest contained, Arriviny here he was to to Sanders’ boarding house, the thir mate having given him the abundant clothes in which he made his appearance to Mr. Morrow. We have given, in a connected shape, the substance of the boy’s story, Without color or embellighment of any | kind, There is nothing improbable tn it to auy one who knows anything abont the manuer in whieh ships are manned in American ports; and the boy exiibis every mark of truthfuiness and sincerity. He appears to be just what he says he is—a good, hard-working boy, le as a member of the Episcopal Church, having beea con- firmed in Rome. ani while in Brooklyn attended the church of the Key. Dr. Bancroft, He fears that his mother never got the letter sont ashore by the watch- man, as he asked her to write to san Francisco, but found no letter waiting him here. THE PARK AND THE AVNUE. A Brilliant Day—Autamn Splendors of the Foliage—Gorgeous Panorama on the Avenue, The never-failing attractiveness of the Central Park shows how potent and lasting is the charm of nature in her best dress. It 1s possible jor the mind to grow indifferent to the beauties of art— to the lovely symmetries of architecture, the graceful outlines of sculpture or the cunningly applied tints of painting; but the fresh and per- fumed face of nature never cloys the vision. Over youth and age she casts the same magic spell, brightening and vivifying the fancy of the one and bringing @ sense of sweet repose, a foretaste of the serene quietude of heaven, to the other, Nature was in her gala dress yesterday in the beautiful Central Park. The day was one of those rare visitations that come like angels’ visits. It was bright and warm and breezy, and brought gladness to every heart not wholly in- sensible to the common though precious boun- ties of the Creator, There were MULTITUDES ABROAD, but the Park monopolized the lion’s share of patron- age. Its prominent walks and drives were thronged, and everywhere a path led were people in holiday garb sitting contentedly on the rustic benches or sauntering carelessly along. The pronounced turn of the follage from the tints of summer to the mellow shades of autumn had come; and here was the dazzling gold that erstwhile was light pale green, and there was the warm russet, fushing in the suntight like the stroked surface of rich crim- son velvet, and yonder was the blood-red beech, altered from its summer shade of deep sea green, and all around were a hundred autumn tints lighted up and burnished by the bright sunshine. Spread over acres upon acres of dazzling green as ona canvas were all these vivid tints, from the sombre laurel to the gay saffron, and who could be insensible to the striking beauty of the picture PAINTED BY THE HAND OF NATURE and set in the frame of art ? The crowds of people present evidently felt the influence of the scene, and the cheerful faces one met at every turn were ample testimony to the happy effects produced py the loveliness of the day and the scenery, By the luke seemed a favorite ramble with the hundreds of young men and maidens who love to do the Park afoot. That calm sheet of water, glassing, as Claude Melnotte says, ‘softest foliage’ above, fascinates the eye and the fancy, and it is little wonder the romantic youths of both sexes linger by its margin and think of the Lake of Como and a thousand tender fancies besides. The children who crowded the zoological depart- Ment filled the gladsome air with merry shouts and laughter, Under the bridges, where the echoes catch up a passing sounds and turn them intoa protractes AGONY OF MELODY, ‘were numerous erouys seated, in the process of cooling themselves off, for in the broad open air the sunbeams had a touch of summer, and peo) le grew overheated before they were aware of it. Through- out the day there was an unceasing roll of car- Tiages, wagons and all kinds of conveyances from end to end of the Park, and all sorts of ople, except the sil ‘ristocrats, who think it unbecoming to enjoy the gifts of nature on the Sabbath, were the occupants. Money could not pany Measure the amount of happiness which yesterday, inthe Park, spread throughout the souls of the 250,000 people who went out to en- Joy the oe All the artificial stimulants ever de- vised by the brain of man would fail to give to the spirits and to the mind the TRANQUIL DELIGHT, the cheerful anticipations, the contentment and elevation of ail that is be: and gentle in human nature that yesterday’s aulet experience of the Park, the fresh air and the balmy sunshine con- ferred, ON THE AVENUE, Very brilliant, after church service was over, ap- peared the avenue. Looking up the long, easy mone of the sidewalks from, Madison square to Thirty-fourth street the scene presented by the slow moving throngs of splendidly dressed women ‘was extremely enlivening. Fashion was abroad in most potent array. Summer styles are pleasant totheeye. They are bright and airy, and carry the imagination of to green fields and smiling flower beds, to the dancing waves and the spark- ling sands of the seashore; but the fall styles, sub- dued in tone, but rich in texture, speak of urban grandeur—of brown atone fronts, of gilded carriages and ballroom splendors, THE RICH AND THE GREAT of the metropolis put in an imposing appearance on the avenue. No seedy dresses mingled with the faultless and exquisite suits of costly raiment that ve the avenue its brilliant coup Wet, The Lod nows if half the gorgeous dresses that swept along the pavement were paid for, but nobody stops to inquire about that nowadays. Beautiful women with fairy hands and feet were there in abundance, and the picture ag a moving panorama of loveli- ness and fashionable clothes was all the heart of an artist or a milliner could desire. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Edwin Booth begins an engagement at his own theatre on the 3d of November, appearing in “Ham- let.” Miss Emma Howson is to make her début in Italian opera during the coming winter season in Milan. The Fifth Avenue Theatre company drew large houses to Mrs. Conway’s Brooklyn Theatre during the past week. “Divorce” and “Frou Frou” were performed. The company remains in Brooklyn another week and then goes to Albany. Mr. R. M. Field, of the Boston Museum, has bought the right to produce “The Geneva Cross” at his theatre, and has paid a very large sum for the privilege. The play still draws large houses to the Union Square Theatre and is likely to hold the stage there for some time yet. The new Filth Avenue Theatre cannot be com- pleted before the 24th of November. It will, how- ever, positively be opened on that date. Signor Garibaldi has already begun the work of frescoing the theatre ina manner that is expected to excel anything in this country. An operatic concert will be given under the aus- pices of the School Teachers’ Association on Satur- day evening next at the Academy of Music. The artists are to be:—M, Capoul, Signor del Puente and Miles. Maresi and Drasdil, Signor Muzio’s en- tire orchestra will be present. The programme is made up of selections from “La Favorita,” “Mar- tha,” “Lucretia Borgia,” “Massaniello,” “Faust and “Ballo in Maschera."’ The present is Salvini’s last week in this city. Two evening performances are to be given at the Academy of Music—“David Garrick" being on the bills for Tuesday and “vthello” for Thursday. Two matinées will also be had, “David Garrick” being given for the last time at the Union Square Theatre on Wednesday afternoon, and a farewell Performance taking place at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday, at which he is to play “‘Hamlet.’” A theatre, called the New Olympic, will be opened in Philadelphia this evening. It is situated on Market street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Though of unpretentious exterior, inside itis very handsome and spacious, being capable of seating 4,000 people. The stage is large and Well appointed, The New Olympic is to be mod- elled somewhat after Niblo’s Gardei The spec- tacular drama is there to have its home, though the managers say the effort will be made to have it chastened from what they think 1s the ruder kind performed in this city. The opening piece this evening is intended to aelineate American history from the Revolution. eae Teena CAPSIZING OF A LIGHTER The lighter Wave, belonging to New Jersey, and lying at the end of pier No, 45 East River, turned Hon of her cargo, valued at soon ut St & DOF A DARING ROBBERY. A Gang of Thieves “Operating” Along the Hudson—A Whole Family Hand- cuffed aud the House Robbed—Evil Re- sult of Permitting Gamblers at State Fairs. PoucuKEEPsix, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1973, A telegram from Albany has only briefly told of the daring burglary near the village of Catskill, on the Hudson. During the past week Hudson River towns have been infested by daring thieves. One fource of attraction was the Catskill races and an- other the Firemen’s Tournament at Poughkeepsie, In this city, on the last day of the firemen’s gather- | ing, it was known that @ gang of certainly twenty thieves were present, and, though three of them were arrested, sufficient evidence could not be produced to hold them. At the Catskill races gamblers and thieves were present in toree. The affair of which I am about to | write occurred on Friday, and for daring and con- summate cheek ectipses the noted Waterford Bank robbery. Nearly four miles below the village of Oatskill, On the west bank of the Hudson, resides Abraham Post, @ worthy, well-to-do farmer. At about half-past six P. M., Mr. Post, his wife and daughter (the latter about twenty-two years of age). bia son, Edward, and their hired man, an Irishman, were quietly eating their supper, when the door leading from the main hall to the dining room was abruptly shoved open, and SIX MEN CROWDED THROUGH THE OPENING. and rushed to the table. Each one of the scoun- drels drew a revolver, and, placing the weapons at the head of each member of the family, warned all to keep quiet or they would biow their braing out. While five of the robbers thus held the five inmates of the house in abeyance, the sixth one drew four pair of mew handcuffs trom underneath his coat, and, in regular order, snapped the bracelets upon every person at the table except the daughter. The latter showed no tear whatever, but while the handcufing was progressing gave the thieves such a “taiking” that they will never rorget it. Finally, becoming exasperated at her coolness, one of the robbers stepped up to her and said, “Well, you are 80 sassy I guess we'll handcuff you too;”” and then the scoundrels handcuffed the whole family toge- ther, including a colored girl, who entered the dining room at the time. Not feeling perfectly sale even then, the thieves procured a bed cord and firmiy tied that around the entire family, and then one of them stood guard over the captured group while the others com- menced to ransack the house. They entered every room in the building but one, tore open bureaus drawers, broke open trunks and burst locks on closets. The room which escaped them belonged vo the son, Edward Post, andin that was a gold watch anda large sum of money which they did not get, THE PLUNDER. They did, however, get twelve silver teaspoons, marked “s, E. P.’’; six silver teaspoons, marked “J. H.”’; twenty knives and forks, $285 in currency, $0 in gold coin, a lady’s gold watch and chain, marked “$s, E. P.”; $50 worth of other jewelry, two Greene county bonds of the denomination of $500 each, one check for $1,000 on the Farmers’ National Bank of Catskill, signed by Mrs, Massino and pay- able to the order of R. H. King and endorsed by her to Abraham Post ; one check of $200 on the same bank, signed by Jacob Burget and made payable to Abraham Post or bearer. For over one hour the thieves remained in the house, stealing whatever they could lay their hands onin the way of valua- bles. They even approached their bound victims laughingly and took rings from their fingers and put them on their own. They also sat aown to the supper table before their victims and ate all they wished to, While they were eating Edward Post vainly endeavored to free himself. He told them he had seen two of them the day previous at the Catskill Fair, and one of them replied, ‘Well, what of ity’ When they got all they wanted THEY BADE THE FAMILY “GOOD NIGHT”? and departed. For one hour afterward the im- prisoned men and women tried to free themselves, and finaily the son did get loose, when he started for Catskill village and told his story, The Sheri and others then repaired to the scene as quickly a8 possible, and with the proper keys succeeded in Teleasing all. Immediately the services of the tele- graph wires were impressed, and a statement of the case was sent to all prominent points, together with an offer by Mr. Abraham Post of $1,000 re- ward for the arrest of the rascals. Near the house @ paper was found, similar to those sold on the Catskill Fair grounds by the gamblers and thieves who pretended to give greenbacks with every cake of soap sold. It is thought that the same gang robbed the Post House. Perhaps no fair in the State hadsuch an impudent lot of scoundrels at it as the Catskill Fair. They located their games at night right on the main street, and hundreds were victimized. One “wheel of fortune’ was fastened against a tree by the Presbyterian church, and the congrega- tion had to go around the crowd of roughs to get into the church. None of Mr. Post’s family were seriously injured, though the gang handled all roughly. Part of the same gang operated at the American Fair last week. A year ago at the latter fair the receipts of the thieves who tended the “wheel of fortune,” or who gave rand greenbacks, were larger than the receipts of the fair. Tne greatest efforts are being made to bring the perpe- trators of the Catskill outrage to justice, and Prominent men who know the facts favor the making an appeal to Governor Dix to offer a large — in behalf of the State for their apprehen- on. THE BROOKLYN BRID GE. The New York Tower Completed—W ork on the Brooklyn Tower and Approaches— Cable Anchor Plates in Position—Ex- periments on Steel Wire. The New York tower of the Brooklyn Bridge has just been completed, and the work of removing from the top the large derricks and booms which were capable of reaching all parts of the structure has been going on during the week. These are to be replaced by two balance derricks and travelling cranes suited to the erection of the three columns similar to those on the Brooklyn side. The business of lowering these heavy pieces of woodwork and hoisting others to such a great height, though per- formed almost entirely by steam will occupy several weeks. Both towers are now finished to the roadway—that is, up 119 feet avove mean high water mark—but in the centre of the main there will be a rise of 16 feet, making the height 135 feet above high water mark. ON THE BROOKLYN SIDE the three columns standing on the tower are com plete up to the point of turning the arches, and several courses of masonry have been latd above this point. These columns run 48 feet upward. The two corner ones are 24 feet wide; the centre one is 16 feet 6 inches wide. The two open spaces on a line with the roadway are each 33 feet 9 inches wide, while the entire width of the bridge is 85 feet, The arches now in progress will measure 35 feet from apex to top of column, and above this will be an additional structure, through which the cables-are to pass, including an elevation of 12 feet to form cornices and balustrades, making the total height above high water 280 feet. The excavations for the ae approach have been going on for some time. courses of masonry are already laid, bringing the work up to the surface ground. The heavy anchor plates and one set of bars for attaching the cables are already in position on James street, at a point 971 feet from the tower. THE NEW YORK APPROACH. The New York approach, like the Brooklyn one, Will be 100 feet wide. It will begin near tae City Hall and be continued to Franklin square, where one end of the cable is to be anchored. From the City Hall to the tower is 1,562 feet, or three-tenths ofamile, The ascent and descent will be gradual and easy to pedestrians on both sides, It is under- stood, that when a person starts for a trip to Brooklyn, the matter of mounting 119 feet over buildings and above the mast of ships will hardly be felt, while the descent will be equally gentle— hardly perceptible. No work has yet been com- menced in connection with the cables on this side. Delay in this matter has been occasioned by diff- culties in obtaining the right of way and securing the necessary property in both cities. There has also been delays in Fo peda the work, caused by failure of supply of stone. These impediments, it is'understood, have been removed. THE WORK TO BE VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTED, Colonel Paine, the engineer m charge, states that operations will be vigorously prosecuted to the latest moment of the season. The stone arrives regularly from the quarries in Maine, and ts stored in large quantities at the company’s yard at Red Hook, from whence it is conveyed in lighters to the foot ot Roosevelt street as required. When the surveys were commenced in 1869 it was gen- erally supposed that the bridge would be com- pleted and open for travel in five years, The en- verprise is a gigantic one and the time required to finish it could not be fixed with any degree of certainty. The caissons presented some serious engineering diMficulties. The submarine operations at the bed of the river commenced in January, 1870, and by persevering labor the foundations of the tower on the New York side were laid seventy- eight feet below high water mark. This in itself ‘Was @ great engineering triumph and settled all doubts as to the success of the bridge. It is prob- able that 1876 will be upon us before it will be in full operation, RE SPAN, by Experiments are now being made on steel wire to be used for the construction of the suspension bridge. The material can be obtained in ek 4 the car track, which will & fine view of the shipping their feet. The le of 1,696 feet the CUBA. Exciting News from the Fields of War to the Capital. Press Acknowledgment of Spanish Defeat—In« surrectionist Activity and a Solid Reward— Patriotism Triumphant Over Martial Law—£poils to the Victors—The Movement on and in the Streets of Santa Cruz. Havana, Oct. 8, 1873, For some time past it has been admittea on all. sides here that there was a lull in the insurrection- ary districts of this island, owing partly to with- drawal of the Spanish forces to their fortified places on the seaboard and elsewhere in those districts, and partly to inability of the Cubans, from want of sufficient war materials, to attack them at such places, But suddenly it is whispered all around that stirring news has been received from the seat of war, Curiosity gets on tiptoes. Rumor fies in every direction, Cuban sympathizers look anx- fous and the Spaniards downcast. The Diario de la Marina, which never fails to whitewash Spanish defeats or exaggerate Cuban reverses, hastens to give out, through an extra, under date of the 6th inst., the followin; According to oficial reports the enemy, in the Eastern Departinent, mustering a force of more ‘than 1,000 men, surprised thé column which, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dieguez, was garrisoning the fleids under culti- vation in Holguin, 1fsadvantage, both in strength and position, caused the losses which we have to lament in conseauence of the capture of that officer wounded, to- gether with some other officers, and 125 men killed, Wounded and prisoners. The remainder of the column, which consisted of 400 men, opportunely reinforced, and in combination with aaother column, under the command of Colonel Esponda, has started pursuit of the enemy. Two days atterwards the Colonel, at the head of his forces, overtook all the bands of the enemy con- centrated at Chaparra, where the former boldly attacked r, causing them heavy losses and uursuing thelr remaining forces the whole day. | Our losses at this engagement have been cleven killed and some wound but the Coane. sustaining much heavier losses and | ing in the fleld more than double that number Aa found himself constrained to bri uw e of T D camp. ind in the Central Department under command of Maximo Gomez attacked Santa Cruz del Sur, but was repulsed by the small garrison at that place, where the enemy left thirteen dead, while our losses were only one officer and five men killed and another man wounded. FOR HOME AND COUNTRY. In the face of the foregoing statement every one concluded that a great deal more than therein acknowledged must have befallen the Spaniards atthe seat of war. Among such as came to this conclusion was your correspondent, who, deem- > ing it worth while to get at the facts in the premises, took the necessary steps to ascertain. and succeeded in ascertaining them fully from @ reliable source in high quarters, Here they are:—~ On or about the 26th ult. General Calixto Garcia Ti guez, at the head of a strong Cuban force, surprised ane gobbled up a column ofsome 400 Spanish troops, unde$ the command of Colonel Gomez Dieguez. Then General Ifiguez proceeded to disarm every one of his prisoners. Upon disarming them he told the rank and file that thew were at liberty to return into the Spanish lines or to re~ main with him as soldiers of the Republic of Cuba, Mostly, if not entirely all of them, chose to remain were at once detailed for duty in the ranks of the liberating army. Shortly thereafter ‘A BRISK ENGAGEMENT took place between the forces commanded by General Iniguez and the Spanish. Boos under the leadership of Colonel Esponda, who had beat @ retreat, leaving sixty-one of his men killed, Atearly dawn on the 2th ult.a Cubam force, led by General Maximo Gomez, attacked and carried, after a feeble resistance, the fortified village of Santa Cruz del Sur, om the seaboard of the Central Department. There they gathered @ large booty and withdrew later on in the morning of that day, leaving about one-third of the village in flames, and one captain, two sub-lieutenanta, one sergeant, two cee injantry and three artil lery officers of the-Spanish regular army d in streets, To-day’s Voz de Cuba, mourning over this Santa. Cruz affair, acknowledges that the insurgents sacked not only the stores at that place, but also carried away all the arms, ammunition and arm: clothing which the Spanish government had store there. CONFLICTING STATEMENTS, According to the Diario 400 Spanish troops were severely defeated at a bloody engagement with ,000 Cubans; at the remainder of those troops: being reinforced shortly thereaiter started in pur- suit of the victorious Cubans, who, together with other Cuban forces, were concentrated at Chapar- ral, where the Spaniards routed and scattered them. But how covld the remnants of a severely whipped spanish column, swelled up at most to 700 men by the reinforcements of another column, defeat at ieast 1,300 Cubans, which must have been the numbers on both sides at that place, accord- ing to the very showing of the Diario? indeed, more than even the answer, as the respective strength of the opposing forces was proportionately the same at tue two engagements a'luded to, and, therefore, the physical ey that secured victory to the Cubans against the Spaniards at the first must have e! abled the former to be also victorious over the lat- ter at the second engagement. It follows, then, that the whitewashing of the Diario hasbeen too thin this time. On the other hand the facts above pointed out, as gathered irom a reliable source, show beyond doubt that the patriots have been en- tirely successful in the engagements and at betore mentioned. SPOILS OF WAR. But the most important feature of the subject is. the victory of General Iniguez over Colonel Dieguez, inasmuch as it placed in the hands of the patriots @ large quantity of arms and ammunition; and such war materials, in sufficient supply, is all that they want to finally succeed in their struggle ior freedom and self-government. Let them, there- fore, be abundantly supplied with the same, and another American country will soon emerge from European domination. + Command and Strength of the Attack=- ing Party on Santa Cruz—Cavairy Charge in the Streets and the Casual- ties. La Voz deCuba of October 9 reprints the follows ing from the Diario de Cienfuegos:— On the 28th of September, at 5 o’clock A. M., the town of Santa Cruz was assaulted by insurgent forces numbering, probably, more than 1,000 cavalry and infantry, under the command of the so-called General Maximo Gomez, ‘The assault was simultaneously made by three different poin nameiy—the cemetery, the avenue (Cabzava) an the Military square (Plaza de Armas.) The bulk of the force doing garrison duty there was posted b; the cemetery, so as to protect the arsenal an government warehouse at that point, which the assaulting party carried and sacked, taking away arms, ammunition and military clothing in spite of the resistance made by the company of troops posed: there, who, frem the outset, kept a stea re upon them from one of the cannon in posi- tion at that point. The enemy not only rifled and set fire to all within his reach, but also murdered every Spaniard found in the streets, The cavalry trotted through the streets firing upon every one at windows and doors, while the infan- try advanced by the Square. Aware of this, the volunteers entrenched themselves, placinga heavy rifled gun in position, and succeeded in mortally wounding the cavalry chief, named Garcia, and by so doing sent a thrill of panic into the ranks of the enemy, who then retreated, leaving one-third of the town in ruins, Our losses in this affair, according to oficial re- port, are twenty-three killed and wounded, among the former one captain and two sub-lieutenants, Of the losses of the enemy all that can be said 1 that notwithstanding the many wounded carrie off by him and the dead that were seen, new vic- tims are found out every day under the ruins, At the time of the assault there was no war vessel in port at that place. MARYLAND JOOKEY OLUB, The Fall Running Meeting at Pimlico Course=Grand Sport Anticipated—In- creased Facilities for Reaching the Track, BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 19, 1873. The regular fall meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club, Pimlico Course, commences on Tuesday next, ist inst., and will be continued Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, the 22d, 23d and 24th, With the exception of Thursday, when the great four mile heat race will take place, four races occuT on each” day, and as some of the most famous racers are al~ ready at Pimlico, the ensuing meeting will, no doubt, excel any previous one in interest. ‘ For the Dixie stakes, for three-year-olds, two miles, to be run for on the first day, the subseri tion closed with sixty-three nominations, and itis probable there will mee i eight or nine rs, including Tom . arate iMirdie race takes place on the same day, Blind Tom and other famous hurdiers are alr here and entered for the contest, ‘The track was never in s0 fine condition, and should the weather prove favorable the attendance ‘will undoubtedly be large. The facilities for reach- ing the course, which have heretofore been so limited, are now made ample by the completion of the Remtertown Passenger way, which passes within @ few rods of the course, and alse the Western Maryland Railroad, the trains of which Bellevue Hospital, pass about half a mile from the track, ‘STABBING APFRAY, CorneMus Tubbs, of No, 127 Bleecker street, and Henry Barclay, of No. 15 Kast Fifteenth street, Peder yesterday by Captain Walsh, of the vel ag a station ‘wounded ‘men conve veved to