The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1874, Page 5

DOCKRAY DOOMED. An American Tried by a Council of War. Condemned to Death as an Insurgent. oo cade FULL PROCEEDINGS AT PUERTO PRINCIPE. ete Dockray’s Clear, Calm and Con- clusive Defence. —-—_—_—— THE COURT REFUSE IT The Consular Secretary Not Permitted To See the Accusation. IMPORTANT COMPLICATIONS, ES EE Alleged To Be a Secret Agent of Our Government, Havana, July 9, 1874. The Spanish stomach has become dry and hot again for want of blood, Since the butchery of the ‘Varginius prisoners a sort of torpidity has existed here, as with wolves overfed with a choice flock of young lambs. Another victim, it see: is now ‘wanted to humanize and “pacify’’ the insurgents, Dockray, the American, is to be made a martyr, 1 have just received the proceedings in his case, Which was hastijy rushed through a “council of | ‘War’! (consijo de guerra) at Puerto Principe, on ‘the 2d inst. Dockray is accused of infidencia, ‘which means an active insurgent. He has been eondemned to the death penalty, and the papers hhave been sent on here to ihe Captain General for (ais final action. Thus another great help to the cause of the revolution, THE ROYAL PRISON {m which Mr. Dockray has been incarcerated for ‘the last two months, at Puerto Principe, is some- ‘What more cowfortable than the casemates and ‘dungeons of the Cabafias, As you land at the rall- Toad station on the “Plaza dei Vapor” you see a quadrangular structure, yellow washed, with gentry boxes at each corner and guards at the great iron gateway. immense walls, twenty feet high and tour feet tntok, with an inner wall three feet thick. Be- tween the outside and inside walis the distance ts about eighteen or twenty feet and over this is a Mat tile roof, ‘these wails. ’» 8. courtyard, 100 feet square, smoothly paved with brick. In front of the quarters 8 gallery runs around all four sides and on a level ‘with the courtyard, The gallery into which the quarters open is also paved with brick, and the tile roof projects over it and is supported by strong and rather tasteful columns, twelve on a side, ground the courtyard. ‘The prison is airy, full of sunshine and moderately clean. On one side are the presidio, or chain gang quarters, taking up the whole side of the prison, Here 150 men are chained together, some by the ankle and waist, thers double locked, with manacies on both gnkles and chains running up to the middle, and | there jointed with another about the waist. The eternal clanking of those chains is the music of ‘the prison, Morning and night gangs of these peor fellows—nearly three-fourths political prison- ‘ere—are led out under guard to repair the strects— perform the work of scavengers—at nignt toclean the prives of the town. Here men are eoudemned for twenty years, for ten, for five; some die in their chains, The hammering of riv- ets and the groans of the sick and wounded fn the military hospital near by oiten mingle with the brazen music of the military band in the plaza fronting the prison. On another side of the court- yard is the gai¢ra tor poor Cubans who can’t pay tne Alcalde fifty cents a day.for more comfortable quarters, Here they have to sleep gn rongh boards, B pillow, perhaps, made up of the only clothing the @ampé sinos wear—pantaloons and shirt, They meep in one long line, like a row of dead men in the trench of @ battle fleld, They keep up a vigor- ous fight with the vermin which breed in the eommon filth, On another side by them. pelves are the privileged quarters, which means that a prisoner who has stamps can have one of these sumptuous apartments by pay- ing the Alcalde from fifty cents to $1 per day, one- half in Spanish gold, which delights the eyes of the Alcalde as much as it does some American pMiciais. Here some poor negro slave—bimsel! a | prisoner of the galéra—waits upon you for a fee of two or three reals per week, teen or twenty feet square. High up under the edge of the roof a doubly grated hole in the wall deta in light and air, These rooms are the luxuries ofthe prison. They are only moderately supplied with body vermin, spiders and cockroaches; now and then a few small frogs, wasps and millions of red ants, all of them well fatted and, what is more eommendable, more aristocratic in their manners than the vermin of the galéra, All the quarters have great huge wooden doors, about ten mehes thick, studded with Ddig-headed iron Fivets, like Kidd's treasure chest. In one corner of he yard is an immense tron cage, which incloses } the entrance to two rooms. This is the female de- partment for black and white alike. The court- yard is filled with political prisoners—sospéchos, mostly—some will go to the Isie of Pines, others §mto the chaingang. Guaras are at&tioned inside | @nd outside the two immense gateways of the prison, facing each other. On each corner out- aide, at every visidie passage, is a sentinel, might an officer goes the rounds of the quarters and examines the tron grating, a sentinel parades She gallery and peeps through a small hole in each oor to see if any prisoner has posaibiy kicked Gown a four foot wall and escaped. Men often pass weeks, months and yeara here without accn- Gatton and trial. TRIAL IS A MOCKERY, Ifthe government conclude to condemn a man they try him. 1/ they desire to liberate him they 40 80 without trial, A very little money opens the prison doors. Woe to him who, without a peséta tm his pocket, has offended the dignity of Spain. in another corner of ths prison is the council room—the Inquisition, A long table, with balf a dozen ancient, bigh-back chatrs, behind it, Seats all around the room and @ wooden bench. The criminal cannot sit ina chair, it must be alow, rough, wooden bench, In acorner of the room ts a dirty closet, with a large wooden cross over the portais, where tho pricats’ gowns are kept, the altar cioth and all the symbols of the mass which 4s held in the prison every Sunday and saint's day, It was here that the council of war was convened ‘on the 2d instant to go through the farce of con- @emaing young Dockray. THE COUNCIL OF WAR, ‘wnder Spanish laws, 1s only a formal means of ex- ecuting what the authorities have previously de- termined upon. The procedure verbal 1s a hasty affair—everytuing is done orally; nothing writ ten. The other mode is by written testimony, and a Opportunity ia afforded to cross-examine the ‘witnesses. Dockray was tried by a mixed pro- eons, The whole case was written, but none of those who made declarations were present. A Spanish colonel was President of the council and #ix captains made up the court, Spanish law re- Quires the council first to attend mass on the day ofa trial, and, in that very forgiving frame of mind in which they find themselves at mass, Shey must proceed at once to tho trial. Ateight o'clock the council marched into the Brison, The enardpreventes. and for a moment The prison is stmply four | ‘The quarters are arranged between | In the centre of the prison there | The rooms are fif | at ' NEW YOKK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 1! the music of the ¢haln gang was nusnea. The President took his seat in the middie of the long table—on his right the “Fiscal,” on hia left the “auditor General.” Before him tn two lines, fac- ing inwards, the six captains seated themselves, All stood with their hatson, The President an- nounced the object of the council. They removed their hats and sat down. The Fiscal read the @eclaration of the Governor of Nuevitas, his Secre- tary and aSpanish soldier, who said that Mr, Dockray presented himsel! April 3 to the Governor of Nuevitas in company with the British Consulor agent, He said he bad just come out of the msur- rection, aud als presented to the Governor a package of papers which he had im his hand, Alter an hour's conversation Dockray was put under arrest, the Secretary and the soldier searched him and found a package of letters irom insurgents in the fleld to Insurgents in New York. The declaration of Mr. Sancuer, the British Consu- lar Agent, was read. He sald Dockray presented himself to him just at dark on the evening of the 3a of April, at his house; said he had just arrived from the insurgent camps, was very hungry and tired, desired to know what the Spanish laws re- quired of him under the circumstances, presented his passport 28 an American citizen and showed him his papers. Mr. Sancher said the American Consular Agent, his father, was in ‘Havana, He told bim it was hisduty to report at once to the | Governor, and he would accompany him, which he did, He said he had no secrets and came into Nuevitas to observe in good faith the regniations of the authorities, Dockray’s declaration was then read, and sil the papers which Dockray had brought with him and the letters were hurriedly read through, At this Stage, the “Auditor,”’ an old man, who sat on the right of the President, began to nod and in a tew minutes was asleep. A guard also appeared with @ huge black bottle, containing about a quart of “gin, and deliberately sat it down on the table in front of the President, DOCKRAY’S ADVENTURES, Now the Fiscal began to read Dockray’s declara- tion, which was in the form of replies to questions | asked bim by the Fiscal when he was first ar- rested. The Court devoted its attention to the black bottle, evidentiy forgetting that serious frame of mind enjoined by the morning mass and by Jasting. Frequent interruptions were made while the Fiscal read Dockray’s declaration in order to examine the contents of the bottle. Dockray deciared that he left Havana on the 19th of January last in the regular coast steamer for | Santiago de Cuba, intending to continue around the island and return to Havana by the north coast, He came for the benefit of bis health, Ralph the New York Tribune, was an especial friend of his, and ag he had always tmagined that he had gone into insurrection as an adventure, Dockray proposed to stop at Manzanillo ana make some inquiries into Keeler’s case. Dockray’s cedula to travel on the isiand was procured jor him at the American Consulate in Havana and would be forwarded to him at Manzanillo by the following steamer. He was told at the Consulate that he could go on and it could follow hiin, An in- dorsement was made on his American passport to that effect. He had an introductory ‘etter to the Consular Agent at Manzanillo and at Santiago. The Consul at the former place toid him that he knew nothing more of Keeler’s case than what the newspapers contained, and if he had gone into the insurrection the fact could best be ascer- tained by going to their camps, which were less than & mile irom the town. minutes, but it was @ risky piece of business. | Dockray said ne did not propose to be made a tar- get tor the bullets of either side, but he thought | he could communicate and ascertain about Keeler without meking animportant matter ofit. Dockray says he went out the next morning witha negro | servant of the Consul’s, expecting to return at once, 1t was warm weather in Cuba, and he left of his coat, and, a8 the early morn- ing air was chilly before the sun got up, he took the precaution to throw a blanket about his shoulders, This was all disguise there was about it. At the insurgent camp he asked about Keeler, but they knew nothing. An adjutant, named Lafit, spoke good English. He sald he would return alter he had breakiasted on jutea»(opossum) and sweet pota- toes, The insurgent commandant told him he would be obliged first to communicate with the General, twenty leagues away. Dockray: didn’t relish this, had leit all his baggage behind nim, and this delay would take four or five days, Dockray remonstrated, but the insurgent chief said it was his duty. Dockray conciuded to go on to the General himeelf instead of waiting, for he might learn something of Keeler there. He went on to St. Ana and found Garcia, Gomez, Diaz, and the government, Cisnéros and the Delegates of the Cuban Congress, Alter the usual prelimi- nary remarks and remaining a couple of hours Dockray says he asked to return early next day and was told that he could bave a guide back ina day or two. The time elapsed, and he again asked jor a guide. The authorities said “very soon," and meanwhile he was compeiled to march with the force into Camagtley, a8 far as Naranjo. He satd he began to feel alarmed, as the officials evi- dently believed that he had some ulterior purpose in coming there of which they were not informed, and they proposed to have him remain until they knew what it was, He frankly criticised ali mat- ters and things ashe sawand heard them, and some displeasure was occastoned thereby. HOW HE LEFT THE INSURGENTS. Two months passed in this way, until, ne says, he feit obliged to resort to stratagem to get away, and with the advice of one or two persons he did | so, It was necessary todo away with any suspi- cion regarding hts purposes before he could possi- bly get a guide and a permit to leave. He wroto an account of the battle of Naranjo, he wrote Gomez a letter on a plan for pi ing the Western Trocha, he offered Cisnéros his services and com- promised himself throngh necessity. The letters to Gomez and Cisnéros, however, he never used, aud bad them in his papers, aiso the account of the Naranjo battle. He succeeded in getting an order from the Secretary of War and an escort of five men to Nuevitas, Already in poor health, he had suffered terrible exposures, was half starved and bis clothing worn out. He was asked to take letters from the insurgent authorities to the United States, He refused, but said he wouid be willing to take any letters of a purely personal and family chara ter. He received a number on thatcondition. He reached Nuevitas, presented himself to the Gover- nor and stated these facts. Dockray denied, em- phatically, that anything whatever was found on his person on being searched, and indignantly scouted such small, contemptible business, belong- ing, he said, to a different class of peopie. When asked by the Governor's secretary to deliver all he had about him, he did so, handing him the letters, & pocket revolver and several other things, for he had sense enough to know that he was going to be searched, He declares that the whole matter about the search was a “put up job’? to accuse bim without his having any evidence to reiute it, THE MISERABLE DEFENCK MADR, The Fiscal then paused—a little more gin was necessary—and he began to read the tetters Dock- Tay had wiitten to Gomez and Cisneros as well aa other papers. The Fiscal was @ Spanish comman- dante (major), having a goodly supply of native suave, and, withal, a ponderous duty; gray mus- tache, which, together with his hair, were well dyed; bis head set up stimy by a high coat collar, and the cout ensemble altogether much like a scene in the “Dodge Club.” At the conclusion the Court drew & long breath; the “auditor,” who had slept ftfully for an hour, shrugged his shoulders; @ official called the “defensor’’ of Dockray, ® Diear-eyed young Spanish Meutenant, was called up by the President and asked what the delence was, Thisomicer, who was appointed by the Fiscal himself, timidly approached and begged the compassion of tne Court on the accused ; that the circumstances of the case were open to @ great deal of question, and hoped the Court would not give ® more severe sentence than the chain gang, DOCKRAY IN CouRT. Then Dockray was sent for, who came into the court with a New York paper in one hand, a bright countenance, cleanly dressed in white linen, and on his right the secretary of the United States Con- a) General aa interpreter, ‘ Keeler, the missing correspondent of | ‘the sure process of my own conviction, He could go in ten | | of my intentions, the | ‘THE COLONEL PRESIDENT—What have you tosay? | Anytuing more ? ' Dockray (turning to the interpreter)—Iam not | aware that I have said anything yet. THE COLONEL PRESIOENT—Have you anything to | add to your defence ? Docgray—I do not recognize the fact that any defence bas been made. ‘The officer whom you ap- pointed to deiend me has never consulted me in regara to my defence, detence, and he bas reiused to accept it. I am | accused. Iask to defend myself, the right which | the savages would conceae refused. You fay tm effect my defence must be such a8 you choose to dictate, Ideny the jurisdio | tion of this Court over me as an American cliizen, under the treaty between Spain and the United States. 1 submit my own delence as I have writ- ten it. df it is not made a@ part o/ the record of this Court, it will appear on the record of a higher trinunal—tbe opinion of mankind, | have nothing further to gay, The following 18 Dockray’s defence, which was translated into Spanish by the Consular Secretary | and refused by his own defender and by the Council of War:— DOCKRAY’S DEF The accused is an American citizen, ignorant of the language, laws, hants and customs of this country, an eutire stranger in all respects to the government and people of this island. The‘case is one of extreme delicacy and involves serious ques- tions of international relations. ‘There is no exact precedent and so much the more reason why the deiermined, Ihave written out my own | to @ brute, I am) The cases of O'Kelly and Millen are nearly stwi- lar. ‘The first was released alter three months’ confinement, the latter arrested aud released at once, I deny the jurisdiction of this tribunal or of any council of war to adjudge this case, As a citi- treaty obligations, aud under the treaty oetween | Spain and my own country I deny the authority of this mode ol judging of my alleged offences against the laws and dignity of Spain. I declare, and am | ready, When you give me the opportunity, to show that this Court 18 acting in direct vivlation of the reaty. I have nothing to add or to take away from my declarations. [have given you @ plain, simple, straightiorward statement oi facts. They accuse me o1injidencia, Why? Because | unlawiuliy com- muucated with the insurgents at Manzanillo— wrote a letter to Maximo Gomer, another to the Marquis ol Santa Lucia, Cisnéros, President of the Cuban Republic, wrote an account of the battle of Naranjo, brougut out some letters from the insur- rection, i grant these facts. Ihave never | sought to deny them. My defence 13 my motives and imtention 2 did what any sensible man would do under itl circumstances. Murder itself may be committed in the broad daylight, but when If is shown thab the murderer defended his lite from the attack of another he is justifiably acquitt and divine laws. In all civiliz the motive which is the body of the crime, told you what those motives were. It was self- ed by both human d countries it 1s deience—the law of necessity—always imperious, | 1 compro- | extreme and exacting in its demands. mised myself to save myself. ‘Through weeks of exposure, of danger and half starvation J was lela ainst My own will within the insurgent lines. ‘ould you not have adopted 8 like course? Have you disproved my motives and design? Has the Fiscal procured a particle of evidence to weaken or retute my declaration in this respect? None whatever, You are bound to consider all the circumstances which in such a pecniar case ag this go to explain my motives aud purposes. Are there any circumstances which i the Jeast controvert my motives as stated? Not any. You do not allege any. The civilizea world holds you to a decent respect ior its opinions, and im all civ- Nized nations it 18 the motive Which makes the crime itself. I presented myself in Nuevitas in good faith, 1 gave you all my papers ior your inspection, You Took the benefit of them. “Iwas your spy, so to speak, In the insurrection. y you w: to exe. cute me for affording you so much valuable intor- mation, If Lsupposed I had in my own possession ould L have voluntarily presented it to the nor of Nuevitas? Why did I not conceal ¢ troy ali these papers before L presented myseli on the Sd Apriy i& bad plenty of opportunity, Be- cause L was not conscious of any’ wroug motive or inteution in respect to them, This very | tact 1s testimony of the recutude—the good faith Were J an active insurgent agaist your authority and laws, would I have come to you and said, “Here are papers which will convict me ot injidencia, Take them, make up your case, and shoot me?’ Is that reasonable y Would any man, except he be crazy or an idiot, do sucha thing? If lam crazy or idtoitec, thee Tam not a responsible person and not to be judged as such. Lask for no favors; I beg no concessions beyond what simple justice demands, lofty sentiment of honor lives im the breasts of all men Of one civilized husnan family. I ask you to do a8 you would be done by, and nothing more. Accustomed to liberty, to irce institutions and to Just goveroment, I may have been guilty of gross | errors and even violations Power, but not of evil di and dignity. stating them to you as the foundation of my «e- tence I have obeyed and shall always try to abide by the highest of all attributes of manuood in any country, Which is the truth. THE VERDICT OF DEATH. oi the laWS of a friendly gens against its pei ‘The Fiscal asked the Council to find a sentence | of death against Dockray for having unlawfully | communicated with the insurgents, having ad- vised Maximo Gomez about plans of battie, having | identified himselr with the insurrection by his let. ter to Clsnéros and having brought ont corre- spondence between the insurgents, The Council ordered everybody out of the room exc Fiscal and Auditor and themselves. They found the death penalty, took some more gin, and the | Whitestone yesterday, cruising eastward, council was over. The red, blue and gold, yeliow and silver uniforms yanished; the guards again presented arms, The papers were ordered to Ha- vana for review by the Captain General, “Inasmuch,” said the Fiscal, “that we bave no garrote iu this department, If ask that the sen- tence of death be executed by cuatro tiros” (four | shots through the body). For six weeks the Secretary of the United Statee Consulate in Havana has been in Puerto Principe | ag interpreter for Mr. Dockray, also to report on his situation and the proceedings of the authori- ties in bis case. The day before the council of war he was informed that the accused wonld have twenty-four hours to prepare a defence. The Sec- retary informed the Fiscal that Mr. Dockray was | ag yet ignorant of what he was accused. He had never been informed, and how could he defend himself from charges of which ne was ignorant? | The Secretary asked permission to see the papers and the accusation, which was refused him. “AN AGENT OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT." The Fiscal has declared that he has evidence to show that Mr. Dockray was sent to Cnba by the | American government in the interest of the recog- nition of the belligerent rights of tne insurgents | and that a declaration has been made by one 1m what Way the correspondence of the insurgents was carried on, sald it was through the Consulate General of ine United States ut Havana. Varona | farther declares, says the Fiscal, that he learned at the American Consui’s house in Manzanillo that | Dockray was ordered bere by the government of | the United States, This declaration was made known to Dockray in Puerto Principe, who expressly denied the fact and said he kuew nothing of Varona; that Varona was very much mistaken if Le really made any such statements. But Dockray says he don’t believe any such de- claration is genuine; that the Spanish authorities are exerting themselves hard to complicate bis case, and resorting to every species of intrigue. He says he could nave been released in Nuevitas by paying $600, but he would not pay a cent to save his ueck from a garrote. If the Spanish gov- ernment want to make a hero out of him for the benefit of the insurrection they are taking the beat course to do it, Whatever may be his fate, he | says, he shall not swerve from the duty he owes to truth, honor and manly courage. FRIENDS JN PUERTO PRINCIPE. When Mr. Dockray was taken to Puerto Principe there was, apparently, not a single individual to | belriend him, A reign of terror exists in Principe. Men are afraid of their shadows. There was io American Cousul nearer than Remedios, and he retused by letter to have anything to do with his case, because he was only a consular agent of the United States and had large sugar interests, which | might be compromised, His name {ts Bishop, The British Consul at Nuevitas, a Cuban, was friendly enongh to acknowledge the demands of humanity. Dockray was put in close confinement in the royal prison, and was suffered to see no body and to communicate with nobody ex- cept the Alcalde. In this emergency Providenco provided @ true friend, whose nobie heart Ignored ail fear and responded to the claims both of coun- try and humanity. Patrick MocCarvill, an Irish- American, who receives only barely enough of the depreciated paper currency of Havana to meet hia expenses, at once provided Dockray with food, bed, clean linen apd money, and for two montns nag continued to supply him with every comtort poasible, When the amount of his expenses Wag | j ven of \he United States I claim the protection of | | | Ibave | { their respective pitchers for any runs, ear | weakened Atiantics, the I believe that @ | | Remsen made several the cw , Allison played Mnely. e My motives have been right, and in } t the | 1874.—TRIPLE asked for, Patrick indignantly refused to be r munerated, saying, “It is my daty to my country Patrick McCarvill is the chief mechanic of the rail- road works at Puerto Principe and Jearned his trade with Henry Esler & Co., oi New York, Such noble bearted men are rare in (iis country. Mr. Dockray’s case is certainly one which may yet cause a ripple on the waters. Dockray himself is a.young man of no ordinary capacity, culture and strength of will, Those who knew him in Florida say that he would always cnt his way through every obstacie, and where wany would fali he would steer clear of entanglements, He was District Attorney of the United States and Collector of Customs, also Adjutant General on the staff of the late Governor Hart, of that Stace, and President of a local railroad at Jacksonviile, which was just about to be constructed when the Anancial pressure of last winter intervened. He ja thirty-three years of age, of positive convictions and fearless expression, yet quiet, unobtrusive and firm to obstinacy. He is managing his own case, and says there is no precedent tor it in our Spantah relations, We shall see what Mr, Fish will do about it, THE NATIONAL GAME i @kaajmmimien eras eaiahis\ teeta nings—Mutual Vs. Atlantic. Despite the heat of yesterday afternoon between \ r 2,000 and 3,000 Y he} charges should not be hastily considered and | POR ie Were. Remuezod In ane aroma the Union Ball Ground, the attraction being the anticipation of another close contest between the old rival clubs of New York and Brooklyn, the Mutuals and Atlantica, the three previous games they bad played together this season naying beew marked by scores of 200,38 to 2and 5 to 2, the last game requiring ten innings to be played befors the question of victory couid be decided, From some unaccountable reason or other the now faiuous pitcher of the Atlantic nine, young Bond, dia not “put im an appearance,” and so the Atlantics had to go tothe fleld with Ferguson, thetr captain and third baseman, as the occupant of the important position, a» condition of things which materially lessened the interest taken in the maten, as it was regarded asa foregone con- ‘clusion that ‘the Mutuals would, under the reumstances, win wit ease and probably their weakened opponents. ‘the too, in which the or runs by some fielders, seemed to tainty; but after by some excellent batting, had first Innings’ play, is Were given coupl rrors by the Atlanti make tis expected result a the Aulantics, closed the innings with @ lead of 3 to 2 in their favor, the game began to be watched with more interest. In the second innings, however, the Mutuals handied the ash with better effect, and by starp Uelding afterwards they closed the third innings with # score of 4 to 8 In their favor, and adding two More runs to the Atiantic’s one in the fourth innings, they ugain took a winning lead in the contest. In the turee following innings neither nine we le to) “punisi’ re or seored, though the Atlancies had the best of it in base Nits, the seventn inning closing with the totals a6 6 to 4, the Van. This was doing a great deai better than the crowd had anticipated. and, siding with the S a to Brooklyn nine on to greater exertions, aud in the seventh inning, aiter the Mutuals had got in an earned run, the Atlantics by some excellent nit- we closed the gap between them and left tue ore @ tie—-7 to amid considerable ex- clement, the spectators now watching the game with addedinterest. With the same good play as before the Atiantics would probably have disposed ol their adversaries for a blapk yn the ninth in- ping, but now came @& Simealar turn in tle state of affairs, for Ferguson began yo toss balls in very wide, aad on which two men had their bases given them; and when Nelson had made a base hit, Ferguson allowed a ball irom Burdock to go close by bun without aby apparent effort to stop it, and betore the innings had closed three unearned runs had , the tirst striker, struck out, although te had previously hit Mathews jor base hits without dumticulty, Ofcourse ali this led to some ments by the vetting men, who the Atiantics after the seventh innings, Though Clack railed for a base hit, the final result was the Success of the Mutuals ‘in a game which the majority thought should bave certainly been another ten-mnings game. Base ball is Very un- certain, however, and this contest illustrated this | peculiar characteristic very plainiy. The note- worthy features of the contest were the remarkably fine stops made by Kessler at third base, and the excellent out-flelding of Booth, On the other side hes and Hart and ‘The score is as lollows: Players, BAB, PO.AB. — Plas Oe ep po.a.k. | Tahgy stride, and, with care, Must make @ grand Higham. rt... 1 8 1 0 L Pearces.s....1 2 4 5 1 | racehorse, 0 8 11 Booth, )f.....2 2.5.00] There were thirty-one nominations for she Pseiic nane.f.1 2 3 0 2 | Robins Stakes, but only sour of them came to the ee ey +9225 | post ‘these 'were—K. W. Sears’ chesinnt colt 1110 Fergus [O20 45 | Acrobat, by Lexington; H. P. MeGratt’s bay colt 22.8 9 Dehin om 0 0; Aaron nuington, by Tipperary; D. D, Withers’ 40 ? Clack, 0 22 0 1/| chestnut colt Macaroon, by Macaronl, and W. Cot- Carey, 8 0.2 0 Knowdell, 6//)1 0 2 0 0 | trill’s bay mere Bauuerette, by Lexington. Aaron ‘ porter =>—>==—s | Peuningion was the favorite, Acrobat second Totals... S06 718 7 16 13 | the other two selling as a ileld, Acrobat - A. wo capital race in good style, Penumgion mutual 7 o% MA. 4K | second, Macaroon third. Adantic Die Bic dy iO: aie 3 7 ‘The third race bad three starte These were tC Umpire—Mr, Patterson, of the Mutual Olub. Ine hour, thirty minutes. inal,# times; Atlantic, 1 tune. ; Atlantic, 4. Matthows, ides pitched + YAOQHTING NOTE. Yacht Rambler, N.Y,Y.C., Mr, Thomas, passed 3 by Ferguson, 16. ART NOTES. pase Ree ci A statue of Cromwell is about to be erected at Manchester, Engiand. The likeness of the un- crowned King Is the result of the iptor’s study of the well known mask, Lord de Grey’s miniature, and the bust at the Reform Club, and is strikiogly Melike and characteristic. Cromwell is dressed in @ sleeveless buff coat, jack boots and leather gloves, his arms and legs being protected by chain mail, and his chest by a steel breastplate. His head fs hare, aud nts hair blown slightly back ward by the wind, on his sword, and his left stretched out in a down- ward direction, he appears to be surveying the movements in the plain below and issuing a com- mand. ‘The attitude and expression are Intensely energetic, Without, Lowever, m the slightest de- gree overstepping the limitations of sculpture. it 1s the representation of the hero in a heroic mood, | and is equally satisfactory in conception and exe- cution. There can be no doubt that, both irom an artistic and historic point of view, Mrs. Alderman Hey wood’s weill-copsidered gift will be highiy prized by the inhabitants of Mauchester. An “Exposition Rétrospective d’Art Religienx,” containing upwards of 3,000 items, has been opened in the Town Hall at Lille, Twenty-tive | rooms are filled with luminated missals and man- Verona, at Manzanillo, that, on being interrogated | uscripts, tapestry, embroidery, priest! richest families and communities in the North of France have lent articles in ivory, wood or marbie, in pottery and terra cotta. e tomb oi Abelard And HéloTse, in Pere la Chaise, is to be restored. The present tomb was constructed avout flity years ago by a M. Lenoir; but it has fallen inte a deplorabdie state of dilapida- tion, These celebrated lovers have not been allowed to rest in peace even iu death. Six times have their remains been removed irom place to place, and now, 48 & laat persecution, they must, | forsooth, be ‘“restored.’’—Academy. ‘The town of St. Malo is about to erect a bronze Statue to Chateaubriand, The statue of Dr. Priestiey, intended to be erected near the Birmingham Town Hall, ts nearly ready, and arrangements for the ben aces ecremony are now being made, Professor Huxley has consented, on beaalf of the subscribers, to resent the statue to the Mayor, as represent:ng he town, and other persons of eminence are ex. pected to attend. Professor Barzaghi has been commissioned by | the city of Milan to superintend the erection of the monament to the ¢x-Kmperor Napoieon IJ. which is to be raised by the city in grateial mem- ory of the services rendered by him in bringing about the freedom of the Milanese from Austrian aomination, There is on private view at Schau’s gailery a splendid example of Schreyer. The subject 18 a “Rnasian Post.” The composition of the picture is remarkably bold and spirited, the seraggy horses especially being in Schreyer’s best mapner. VENEZUELA, President Blanco’s Anxiety for Friendly Settlement with America— The United States Minister Presented. CARACAS, July 6, 1874. Yesterday Mr. Thomas Russell, lately appointed Minister resident from the Unitea States, and who had arrived in Caracas about a week be- fore, presented his letter of credentials (rom Presi- dent Grant to General Guzman Bianco, President of Venezuela. ‘The conan? took place in the oMcial palace ot the President, and Mr. Russell, on handing General Blanco his commission, ad- dressed His Hxcellepcy in @ short but eloquent Speech, to which General Blance replied in suitable terms, expressing a ho) that ‘‘all matters in dis- pute between the United States and Venezuela should be speedily and amicably settied.” Mr. Russell was afterwards introduced to the various Ministers of state and made a series of oficial calls on his colleagues of the Diplomatic Corps. To-day the representatives of the various Powers returned Mr. Russell’s cail, 80 thet he is Jairly ingtalled ny wus new omleg, W? | phaetons and the irrepressible hacks and ‘d | wagons were jumblea together in apparently in- with the Mutuals in | cheer the | On the Atlantic side at the bat, too, | With his right hand resting firmly | orna- | | ments in gold, silver and enaroels, The oldest and | SHEET, MONMOUTH PARK RACES, Last Day of the Second Summer Meeting. - ° ~ A BRILLIANT SCEN ——— FIVE EXCITING RACES. paces ai Chesapeake the Winner of the August Stak Acrobat of the Kobins Stakes, Steckwood of the Consolation Handicap, Shylock of the Two Mile Match and George West of the Steeplechas Bright skles ushered in the last day of the second Park Association yesterday. The beat at times was intense in the early part of the forenoon, but by the time the bel! was rung for the first race a cool, refreshing breeze trom the sca shore sprung up and continued all the afternoon, The boats trom the city were literally packed with passengers In every part, hundreds being unable to find even spare room on the guards as an apology for a seat, aud, strange to say, a large proportion of them were ladies, which cannot be set down as a com- pliment to the gentlemen who appropriated most of the camp stools. About eleven o'clock the car- riuges and hacks from the Kranch began to arrive in quick succession one aiter another, each with its load of fashion and beality to add to THE BRILLIANCY OF THE SOBNE. Besiges, the country folks, who make a comfort- able living during the summer by “keeping” , boarders, came flocking in in their big wagons and | carts, bringing all the family and servants and all \ the boarders and the boarders’ children and ser ‘ants. Indeed, the course and its immediat: | fellow and Bassett were another, presented a more ance. first ‘e had arrived and repassing {rom one pool stand to the other, the fleid allotted for vehicles, hundreds of turn- onts, our-in-bands, dog carts, tandems, coupes, farm | extricabie contusion. THE RACING. | ‘The track was deep with dust, yet in very fair | condition for time, ‘Five events were to be de- | cided and an immense crowd was there to see | the sport. The first race onthe card was the | August Stakes for two-year-olds, a dash of a mile; | the second race the Robins Stakes for three-year olds, two miles; the third the Consolation Handi- | cap for beaten Norses, all ages, a mile and a tall; the fourth race being a match for two miles, and | the fiith a steeplechase handicap. | In the first race out of twenty nominations seven came to the post. These w HP. McGrath’s bay colt Uhesapeake, by Lexington; J. py Aster; F. | F. Chamberlin’s gray filly Lizzie &., | Morris’ bay mare Sweet Lips, by Eclipse; J. W. Aunt Reynolds’ chestnne tilly Aniella, by Austra- lan; -P. Lortiiard’s bay filly Vernango, by Vandal; ¥. M, Hall's gray filly Silvius, by Buyene, and A. B. Lewis & Co,’s bay colt Victo- rious, Chesapeake was @ great favorite, Sweet Lips second choice, though the latter was pen- | alized with tive pounds extra for winning the | Thespian Stakes, Chesapeake won the race, | Lizzie R, second, Sweet Lips thjrd. The stakes | amounted to $1,500. | bay colt, ver: | Dugald J, Baunatyne’s chestnut horse Stock wou by Asteroid; John Coffee’s brown colt B. F. | ver, by Lightning, and HL. Gattnes’ boo, Stockwood won the race, B. Or ‘The next event was a mateh between Lawrence & G, Lorillard’s bay horse Shylock and P, Lortl- Jard's chestnut filly Vaultress, two miles, for $1,000 aside, Shylock won after a close struggle with the The betiing was pearly even belore the rt. Phe last race of the day and of the second meet- ing was a steeplechase handicap, with five starters. These were Jo. Donahue’s chestnut horse George West, by Asteroid; M. A. Litteil’s bay mare Hen- rietta, by Jerome Edgar; Hugh Gaffney’s brown | gelding Wizard, by Concord; John Grifin’s bay | gelding Vesuvias, by Vandyke and Dr. Cattnach’s | bay gelding Impecunious, by Tipperary. Georga West was a great favorite over the field and he | won the race quite easily. Impecunious fell at the first jamp and injared bis jockey very severely, The following are the details of the sport:— The First Race. Avaust STAKES, value $500, added toa sweep- stakes of $50 each, play or pay; tor two-year-olds | the winner of the Thespian Stakes to carry $ Ib he second to feceive $100 amd the third | vius third, Lizzie Re fourth, Vernango filth, Sweet | Lips sixth, Victorious seventh, he being left at the | post until the others were around the Upper turn, 6 then started and ran the mile for time, Going | around the upper turn Vernango ran to the iront | and at the quarter-pole was leading hal( a leacth, | Chesapeake second, one length in front of Stivius, | Lizzie R. foarth, Anielia ith, Sweet Lips sixth, | Victorious notin the race. Vernango showed the | way down the backstretch, and at the | hali-mile pole Jed one length, Chesapeake second, | haifa length in front of Siivius, who was hali a | length ahead of Lizzie Aniella fiith and Sweet | Lips sixth, Vernango youngsters ran around the lower tarn, and ut the three-quarter pole was one length ahead of One: | peake, the latter one lengt! im front of Lizzle R | who was twolengths tn advance of Stivius; Anielia | fifth, Sweet Lips close a and just beginning to make strong running. hen the youngsters got into straight work the best came to the front. Near the furiong poie the race looked in doubt, as | four of then were running abreast; but when in- | side the drawgate Chesapeake came to the front, and galloped ip a winner py a short length, Lizaie R. secon neck ahead of Kassel Lipa, Aniella a | good rourth, Vernango fifth ana Silvius sixth, Vic- torious came tn about a minute afterwards. Time of the mile, 1:47 )5. The Second Race. | Rosins Stakes, value $1,000, added toa sweep. | stakes of $50 eact, play or pay, tor colts and fillies, foals of 1871; the second to receive $200 and the third ehorse $100 out of the stakes, Two miles, Closed with thirty-one nominations, The foliow- ing were the STARTERS, K. W. Sears’ ch. ¢. Acrobat, by Lexington, dam | Sully Lewis (Sparling). Pubs beanies’ H. P. McGrath's b, 6. Aar nington, by Tip- perary, dam Lucy Fowier (Swim). D. D. Withers’ imp. ch. ¢. Macaroon, Toni, dam Songstress (Holloway)... W. Cottrill’s b. f, Bannerette, by Lexingto: dam Banner (W. fig week of the suminer meeting of the Monmouth } | vicinity never, perhaps, since the day when Long- pitted against oue animated appear- Fuily an bour beiore the time fixed tor tfe the quarter stretch was black with the crowds, which amused themselves while waiting for the “events’’ of the day passing While to the leit o/ the stand, outside the railing in | The winner is a handsome y large for his age, with an easy, | 40 out of the stakes; one mile, Ulosed with nominations. STARTERS. | BLP. McGrath's b. c. Chesapeake, by Lexington, | dam Roxana (Swim). 1 | a. Chamberiin’s gr. f Li | dam Fairy (Hughes) ...... 2 !'T. Morria’ b, f. Sweet Lips, by Eclipse, Prophetess, 102 1D8, (SPATliN®)....secerreeseee B 3. W. runt Reynolds’ ch. £ Aniella, by Austra- lian, dam La ude Duchesse (Scott)... 4 P, Lorillard’s bf Vernango, by Vandal, Woodbine (Fisher)... 5 | FM. Hall’s gr. & Su " Faith (Pontin Ssecevece scee 6 A. B, Lewis & b. c. Victorions, by Vandal, | dam by Brown Dick (Cofin) ak ‘Time, 1:47} THE BETTI McGrath's, 50 80h 215 100205200 Mornis’.. + 6 105 8310100 | Chamberlin’s. 40 0 9 a 8 5 | Lorillard’: wb 8° 40 20 35 30 Field, 40 100 100 0 85 55 THE RACK Chesapeake was first away, Antella second, Sil- till Kept the lead as the | 750 1,060 1,000 370 626 610 206 250 305 6 1s Mo THE RACE Acrobat had the best of the send-off, Macaroon second, Bannerette third, Pennington tourth, ‘Acrobat was a length in front at the quarter pole, | died shortly aiterwards, Bannerette second, two lengths im advance of | a ver: Macaroon, who wad one length in advance of Pen- | dwelt in and was a native of Germany. 5 —) | pington, the latter making @ watting race of it, ) Going down the backstretch Banverette went te the tront and was one jength jn advance of Acro- hat at the half-mile pole, the Jatter four lengths ahead of Macaroon, WhO Was twWo lengihs in ad- vance of Aaron Pennington. Bacnerette ran away jrom the others on the lower turn, and was ave Jengths in front of Acrobat, the latver two lengths in advance of Aaron Pennington, who was two lengths ahead of Macaroon, ‘ne colts closed on the filly a8 tuev ran up the bomestrerch, and as Bannerette passed the stand she was leading thre lengths, Acrobat second, two Jengths ahead o} Penntogton, wuo was two lengths in advance of Macaroon. ‘Going around tne upper turn Banner. ette made anotner spurt and opened a gap of six lengths to the guarter pole, Acrobat second, one length in front of Pennington, woo was hall & Jength abead 0} Macaroon, All tne colts then burst away, and Were soon ia Iront ot the filly, and a8 ~~" f [snag the halt-mile poié Aaron Pennington na 18 head in tront, Acrobat second, hall @ 4 of Macaroon, who was three lengthe who vad performed her ing. Around the lower turn Pennington and Acrobat raced head and head, and as they passed rhe three-quayter pole they Were nearly parallel, two lengths in advance of Macaroon, Banuerette six lengths behind. The race up the homestretch was very fine, Side and j side Pennington and Acrobat had it antil at the drawgate 3 had to draw bis whip under the colt; but, notwithstand- jug the quick response of the coit, Acrobat beat him under the wire a length, Pennington was ten lengths in trout of Macaroon, the tatler | about the same distance ahead of Bannerette. | Time of the two miles, 3:42, Complaint was made | against Acrobat for foul riding, and, notwith- | standing that Aaron Pennington’s foreleg bore ua | mistakable evicence of having been struck, the judges were under the impression that Penning» | fon bad hit himself, and they dismissed the com» | plain aud awarded the race to Acrobat. The frst | mile Was run in 1:53% and the second in 1:48%. ‘he winner 18 & Very Stout chestnut colt, avout 15.2, with white half way to the knee on the near foreleg aud a small star in his forehead. his head is not handsome and joins badly a rather large neck; but otherwise he ig a noble looking horse, aud as @ racer has proved bimself a good one. Mr. Sears bought hum ot D, Swigert, of Kentucky, for 2,250, and Gaariey Lloyd traived him. The value ol the shakes won yesterday Was $2,550, Which was more than the price of the colt, PKEVIOUS WINNERS OF THB ROBINS STAKES. Year, Winner, Weight, Subs. Starters. Siok 1810—Engineer........ 100 25 8} BibANG 4:00 18TL—Saltna....- wm 2 66 f{ oe no 29 6 vee LO 37 4 2 0A) Bee | The Third Race, | CONSOLATION HANbIcar.—Parse, $400, for | beaten horses, all ages (wianers excluded). One and a half miles. STARTERS. Dugald J. Bannatyno’s ch, ¢, Stockwood, by As- teroid, dam Alsbama, 6 years Old, 105 lbs, (Hughes) vi pea eh 1 Join Coffee's br. c. B. F. Carver, by Lightning, dam La Victine, 4 years od, 105 los, (Lewis). 2 Hugh Gaffney’s b. ¢. Cariboo, by Lexington, dam Alice Jones, 4 years old, 100 ibs, (Salmon) 3 ‘Time, 2:42. THB BETTING, blo: 500 210 2000210 THE RACK. Stockwood was first away, Cariboo second, B. F. Carver third. Gog around the lower turn—the | horses being started from the hali-mile pole— | Cariboo ran to the tront and Was six jengths clear of Stockwood at the three-yuarter poie, B, F. | Carver being about the same distance behind. | Cariboo kept up the racing clip up the home. | stretch and was two lengths in front at the stand, Stockwood second, three lengths ahead of Carver. joing around the upper turn stockwood aud larver oved along faster than before, and began osing the daylight between Cariboo and them- selves, ‘The latter, however, was six lengths | away at the quarter pole; Stockwood second, | hal€ a length abead of Carver. Going down | the backstretch Stockwood and Carver raced together after Cariboo, and at the hal(-mile pole | the latier only led one length, Stock wood a length | in advance of Carver, Cariboo was passed at the | three-quarter pole by the others, and taey raced up the homestretcn, Stockwood winning the race | by a lithe over alengtn., Cariboo was ten lengths | pehind, Time of the mile and a hall, 234244. | The Kourth Race. | | Marce $2,000; a dash of vwo miles. | Lawrenee & G. Loriiard’s b. bh. lock, by Lex- | iugton, damgbaith, 5 years old, 114 Ibs, (Pon | Stock wood .. .$440 560 405 | Field ,........ 200 20 170 tin)...» tenses : 1 P. Lorritiat f = au dam by Childe Harold, 3 years old, 87 (Fisher) . deecccseccersecee 3 | | Vanitress, 270, 240 295 suylock 240 200 300 THE RACE, | The horses had a very good start, and ran head | and bead around the upper turn, voth under a pull, | Atthe quarter pole Vaultress was hall a length ym iront, She kept in that way down the back- | stretohy jeading half a length past the half-mile | pole. At the stand the Mily had the best of it by | alength aud a half, aud she then took the inside | position, Shylock ran up to her on the upper turn, and, a8 they passed the quarter pole, Vaul- tress had the best of it ay hall a length, anda iittie further on was clear of Suylock, At the hati-miie | pole she led one length, and at the three-quarcer pole had &® neck the best of it; but, aiter « whip and spur couatest up the homestretch, Shyiock won | the race by halt aienugth., ‘Time ol the two miles, | S364. The Fifth Race. STERPLE CHASE Hanpicap, for all ages, about | three miles, over a fair hunting course ; purse $700; $600 to the first, $75 to tne second and $26 to the third horse, STARTERS. Joseph Donahue’s ch. nh. George West, by Aste- | rotd, dam Kate Hayes, 5 years old, 161 Ibs; | . Gatney... RES M. A. Littell’s b, m. Henrietta, by Jerome dam Minnie Minor, 6 years old, | Hugh ao ard, by ord, | _ Dolly Morgan, 4 years old, 140 Ibs; Sutitfe..... | Dr. Cattrack’s b, g. Impecuntous, by Tipperary, | dam Lucy Fowler, 6 years old, 130 Ibs, ; Metcalt 0 John Gritin’s b, g. Vesuvius, by Vandyke, dum | Lizdie Berry, aged, 140 Ibs. | ‘time, 8:05 14. \ THE BETTING. igar, 130 Ibs. ; Slat: hind the timers’ sta! orge West leading, rietta second, Vesuvius third, lpecunious tourta, Wizard flith. The first jump was over a wall in front of the club house, George West showing the | Way, Vesuvius second, Henrietta third, Wizard | fourth, impecuntous filth, who, striking the top, | Jel over, throwing his jockey over frst, and the | horse fell on the man, injuring him severely, He | Was picked up and carried away. Impecanious | followed the other horses fora suort time. The next jump was over a fence near the quarter pole, | and then two walls on the tar side ofthe field, near the backstretch fence. George West was hrst | over the first two, but at the last wall Vesuvius | led, Henrietta third, Wizard tourth. The. t* jump was over @ fence in the field, ar the lower turn, Vesuvius leading six length over It, George West second, eight lengths ahead of Henrietta, Wizard close up. They next jumped a wail near tae furiong pole, and, coming up in | front of the stand, jumped the wall and water, | George West going over first, one Jength in front | of Vesuvius, the latter about the same distance | ahead of Wizard, who was a length in front of | Henrietta, The horses then ran over-the same ate again, Geo! West leading all the way, yesuvins second, Henrietta and Wizard close together. When they came to the water in front / of the stand the second time George West was | first over, Wizard second, Henrietta third, | Vesuvius ‘ronning alongside and not mak- | ing the jump, which threw mis chances e! | Urely out, fhere was no change ot place: | during the next turn, the horses peninor same | Jamps as belore quite successiully. ey then, ‘a(ter jumping the wall in front of ihe club house | for the fourth time, ran around towards the quar- fo and then jumped into the regular track, | At this time George West had a commanding lea | and only having two easy hurdies to jamp—one at | the haif-mile pole and the other below the furlong pole, on the homestretch—he galioped on gamely and came home a winner, twenty lengths ip tront | of Vesuvius, who was not tn tne race, and | yards in_ front of Henrietta, who won second | money, Wizard third. Time of the chase, 8:0554. } and thus ended the second summer meeting at | Monmouth Park, ‘The toliowing were the amounts paid by the Paris Matual on the several races ran yesterday :—First race, $11 36; second race, $14 Mi third race, $6 62; | fourth race, $11 57; fifth race, $12 1, OUR INOREASING TRADE WITH MBXI00, The Mexican government have jnst concluded a contract with Messrs. F, Alexandre & Sons, of New York, the owners of the Mexican Steamship Company, by which their vessels will cali at tha | following ports in the Mexican Repubditc, aiter jeaving New York and havana—viz,, Progreso, Campeachy, Vera Cruz, Tuxpan and Tampico, and | then to Tay Orieans. The first ‘eperrare’ irom | New York will take piace in the early part of Sep- tember, and the tmp round to New Orleans will oc- cupy about twenty-tive days, A Mexican mail agent is to travel on all the vessels ru! in wis trade. The government of Mexico is re; 1d to be paying @ very handsome subsidy for this branch ol service, The trade with Mexico and the My States, owing in no small measure to the Vera Cruz and City of Mexico Rauroad, is largely in- creasing, SHOCKING RUM SUIOIDE IN NEWARK In Newark, yesterday, George P. Schmidt, acom- fortably situated machinist, residing at No. 9@ Tichenor street, and having @ wife aud four chil~ dren, became incensed because bis wife retused to give him $4 to continue @ spree which cost him $50, and swallowed a satal dose of poison—cyamde of potassium, which be used in his business, Ha Schmidt has lately led He owned the house he intemperate life.