The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1868, Page 11

Be ———— SANDWICH Ist ANDS. eee Treaty—Liection—The “eopulation— ¢ Amnexation Speculatious—Marine Dian- re~Arrival of a French Ship-of-War. Honouvte, Jan. 22, 1868, , The government organ acknowledzos that the past ear bas been a poor one, but affects to believe that the poe which we have now entered wil! be one of , After a careful perusal of their New Year's Tem at a loss to fing upon what they base their a ‘The whole article ie a poor attempt at whistling Ro keep up courage, The Ministry, in summing ap the @ources to which they look for an increase of . bual- mene, make an acknowledgm nt of the utter helplessness +f the kingdom to care for itself, and point to the amert- ‘an whaling flect, an American lino of steamers and a ‘treaty of reciprocity with the United States of America 98 a basis for an increase of business, * The whaling fect to recruit at the islands this year ‘will be smaller by a number of vesse's than the ono ‘wbich recruited here in 1867. The certainty that the Mne of steamers will continue to run is more they have aright to look for, a8 tho receipts for ‘the voyages already made are growing smaller and beau. Sifully tess with each succeeding trip. Tho Reciprocity fireaty, after the news which has lately cometo band @oncerning it, seems about ready éo slip their grasp, 1 As the hopes for th» passage of the treaty expire the Dugbear of annexation forces itself upon their attention, @ind thus alternating botweon hope and fear thoir posi- ‘ion is anything bus comfortabie, The subject of annex- -@tion ts openty canvassed by many prominent citizens, and it ts certainly popular. Later news changes the tone of the Ministry, and hopes aro enttertarnod for the ‘treaty, consequently the Ministers are jubilant, 4 Little did the bonorable gentlomnan from Illinois, ‘who {e anderatood to be the mouthpiece of General Grant,’” ‘now bow eagerly his motion that the United States ould not speculate in real estate would be selzod upon Dy the Ministry of our island kingtom. It would not ‘be surprising after this to have the government organ Place tho name of General Grant at the hoad of its odi- forlal columns, acd do him servico in the coming Presi- Gentia: campaign. + } © Your readers may not be aWaro that wo, too, are about to have an election of representatives to the Logisia- ‘ture, and that the subject is attracting no tittle atten- ‘tion among both foreisnera and natives. Tho olection will be held on tho firs: Monday in February, and Promises to be an exciting ove, Tue goverument have mot named their cantida esas yet, In the district of "Honolulu the opposition have named James W. Austin, A. Francis Judd and two promineat natives as their choice of candidates, » The Ministers havo published their first arfiole on the -@ubdject of eiections, ant 1 oxcites considerable com- mont, I quote as foliows—the italics are mino:— » “Phere seem to bo some extraordinary ideas prova- ‘Zent tn this country rezarding the election of Represen- tatives, not so much among the Hawaiians as among those who claim to bo the exponents of political opinions ‘and leaders of the public mind. According to these ; Persons it wou'd appear to be an unusual and unboard of thing that a government. should have or seok to have a party in the country ora majority io the legisla- tive chamber to support their policy and to seoond their views, Yet in every government carried on through constitutional forms, whore thore is a reproson- ‘tation of tho third estate in the logisiative Lranoh, 16 is ner that the Executive stouid havo at least a working majority in order to carry on the government, In England, when the great leaders differ ou the pulitical Questions of the day, if is no wnicard of thing t7 dissolve @ Parliam:nt whic does not agree with the governm nt nd tendor the decision of the vexed pojnt t» the votes the electors; and during such an election both the xisting government, throug!) party organizations, and Sher opponents enter heartily into the contast, to be gust or deteated, as the voice of the nation is cast for the one or the vt! ie The {talicized porit is looked upon ds foreshadowing ‘the policy of the Ministry. The delezates to the Con- ‘vention which was called t) consider proposed « be Constitution were summa: \iy dismissed for daring ‘to oppose tho Ministry aod @ constitution was forced ‘upon the Witn nt betore us, what Otber interpretation can be made toaa that if the oppo- @ition representatives di:tastefai to the Ministry ey +4 be as summarily disposed of as were the delo- ‘The Mintsters are trying to quiet *the Of the voters by leading them to bel:eve tha por: ‘tant issues will come before the Legisiaturey but to presen freee =) ae Vaid word representatives: we wing inflata matory appeals toappear in thelr ‘organ conducied iu the vermacular languages And tlus [would observe, 1{ the foreiguers have Jaoored for ‘the government and for this peopia (bey bavo been liberal. repaid, In whose hands are the rich green valleys of this“land—tne fine, comfortable houses? Their nu- merous flocks Sveep bicat by streams avd thelr hundreds and caitle range on the plains aud mountain sides of Hawaii wet, They are fed with the heroago, and they drink also the cool falling waters of Hawaii nei. They devour to satiety, and usclecsiy dovastate the woalth of my mother land, Have not the foreigaers been superadun- dantiy recompensed? It is said tnat the evil of my ‘words endauger *‘the exciting of jealousy,"”’ by my say- fog that “the desire of the foreigners is to render this people whoily destitute of property and distinction, ‘with the thought to forcibly drive the eboriging natives ack into the mountains, like the Indians of the United Btates,”” . e ro tho enemies of tho peoplo, and their desire is to deprive us entirely of property and distinction i. * Unite en ‘sate (the prayer of Hak: together from Hawaii to Mit and elect tuose of ‘our own Diood; let us stand erect, and stow ours:ives chat we are a ple who understaud the preserving ‘Of our own rights; lest possibiy the thought of these f be to obtain entrsucs into the Legislature ed seek occasion of offeuce for tue object of getting our government into trouvio, Tnen they will laugh at the sccompisbment of th ires—the thing wo now tainuy hear rumorod of the trausfer of our goverament. ‘Then, if wo are not bound togeher by treaties, and ro on ize the truth i ly terms—thon of the dream iu the indiscriminate rob! country by the persons aliuded io. * ‘The Hac fie Commercial Advertiser, in commenting on ‘the above, remarks as fo.lows:— Croate toubie be must Cause distrust not easliy be cheoked. on the part of tho goverpmeat, foreigners will be com- Perled to prepare for the worst—to defend thelr pro- perty, theirowg lives and those of their families, No Pplonter will be safe without providing an armed parol to rely On in case of outbreak, which must surely follow such appeals as tbo: bavo es appeared. each toregn Power will be compel to lation a war vessel to tect the interests of its sotjeets, who will eure to apy to it for protection, Indeed, what has sirondy Poared {sa auilicient justiica'1on for Fravce, England cor America (o statiou 8 War vessel here permanently, ‘Those articles are mischiovous mainly because written ‘by a well Keown governmen employs, and, we ander- @land, at the instance and the full knowledge of Sis superiors, We will not now name the who ed in thom, but may yy be continued No Ministry that resorts to 1h & eeditious Course can long remain in public favor. yeapon It uses Must Fevotl on itself sooner or later wi jisastrons effect, net merely to the ind! viduais com- Prising tt, bat to tne chiets wi ‘warn Ministers ag point beyond which forvens ie, & crime, Bo troud'e, the foreigners jh no trouble, wit matives; but the pri \F course of the government pross = a regult in trouvie as the magnet points to 19 pol Next to the American element in our foreign popula tion the German takes rank in ai! that tends towards do- ‘Veloping the resources ot this kingdom. One of the ereaatile establishments on tho islan poset entirely of Germans, woo, by ahappy com: ‘vuntion of thrift and enterprise and the rare virtue, patience, bave succeede in parsing many of the —competiiors in the race for wealth. During the lave feboilion the Germans, with ove or excepions, Openly expressed their aympathy for cause of the North, and to all questions of government policy thoy aide with the Americans, The Germans have long sux tajaed a club, where all who speak German receive @ hearty wolcctne, On New Year's Day this club raised the now Oig.of the German confederation with becom. fog pomp and ceromoay. Germans only were invited, dat the editors of the Cummercial Advertiser and Garette must have been exceptions, a8 thay both publithed @ glowing account of the feauvitios aud both responded to toasts, Tho topic of annexation seems to bave been a subject of comment and discussion for British statesmen, if wumorcan be believed, Karl Russell seems to have ome fears as to the intent of the American government concerning these isiands, end (he British goverom Bave thought i necossary to mation @ship of wacin Tawaiian wators to watch the course of events aud to Dack up the British represeniative at this court, The Chameleon is still in our harbor and 1 am told will re. ‘man until relieved by anotverenip. The conduct of Bor crew on shore Is wnexoeptionavie aad comment, offoring such # marked contrast to row of tho Chanticleer, itis eaid that tho Bishop of Honoiula, after tryl @vory means, some rather questionabie, to gain for church the ascendancy in the managemant of the royal family and through them @rying here and has to Briuish government—of what nature it 19 hard to sur. 190, Ons cause of complaint which bi ere fs ‘that the Americans domiucer handful of British residents, and thus pple @hoir endeavors to found ® church and conduct @thor enterprises.’ Wore it not rave charge One woald inclined to laugh the op to Tidiowe, ‘Watil the advent of the Bishop and bis ry tlon as to ove’s nationality never troubled the mosidents; but I am free to confess that divi Giasensions took and ores of the foreign resi nine. Seaton ot ihe bri uid ote bar fo The of the reciproo.ty treat NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 3 1868,—TRIPLE SHEET. a off annexation, but because they Coind en bop or the verte eolrprne woh thoy Dat atvate from tie Guano Is'ands Oe Seetnntee ant 7s SR i ry 5 Captain Ba f 1d bee: total feerivrenicee is mets 3a te. On the dth Deoemberthe ship Washin; Berry, loading at weaterly gale, and taille favorai The § oared.oF bY the United States Co Captain yean’s Island, went ashore in a ine ® total toss, captain end crew boats, and lying off the isiand portunity offered for besa 3 @ Several aoips have beon landed bere, maul. Under- learn what bas long been kaown Tet il neight of folly to iusure abips to load. at the sands ia the mouths of December, Junuary and . The risk duriag thé other gine moaths very trifing. ‘ne French war steamer Cootlogon, Commander Didot, arrived here on the 17th inst, from Tabitl, The French Admiral is looked for daily. England and France will take care that the Yanxees don’t get too much of a start in the race for empire, THE ST. THOMAS TREATY, The following is the English toxt of the treaty made with Denmark for the purchase of tho islands of St. Thomas and St, John, At the moeiing of the upper house of the Rigadag in Copenhagen, on the 29th of January, the treaty with the United States for the transfer of those islands was duly ratified, thereby com- Dleting the action of Denmark in the matter:— His Majesty the King of Donmark and the United States of America being desirous of coafrmmg the good understanding Which exists betweenthem, bave for that purpose apoointed as plenipotentiaries his Majesty the Kinggof De(mark, Couns Coristian Emil Juet Vind Frijs, Prosident of the Gouncit of the Ministers and Minisier for Forsign Affairs, Grand (1 brog and decorated with the Cro: Order, and the President of tue United States, H. Yeaman, their Minister Resident to his auld M: ty, and the said plenipotentiartes having exchaneed thotr fult powers, whict: were found to bo in duo form, bave agreed upon and signed tho following artici Axmioie 1, His Majesty the King of Denmark agrees to cede to the United States by this convention, imme- diately upon the exchange oi the ratifications shereo!, tho islands of St, Thoiwas and St, John, in tue West In- dies, with the adjacent isiands and rocks, situated uorth of the eighteouti: degree of north latitude, Hs Yajesty the King of Denmark will, however, not exercise any constraint over the people and willthere- fore, a3 so0n as practicable, give them ao opportupty 4 freely expressing their wishes in regard to this ces- sion, Ant, 2. In the cession of territory and dominion made by the procodiag articie is included the richt ot prop. a ty. § Bidorstood dhat the Lutheran congro- jon3 shall remain in possession of the chiurcnes which aro now used by them, and that sums duo the Dan sh treasury by individuals ‘are reserved and do not pass by this cession. Any government archives, papers and documents rela- live to the territory and dominion aforesaid which may bo now existing there shail be leit In the possession of the agent of the United Staves appointed in accordance with article five, but aa aushenticated copy of such of thom as may be required wil! be at all times given b tho United tates to the Danish government or to suc! Danish officers or subjacts as may apply for them. Arr. 8, Tho tphabitants of the sad isands shall be protec their liberty, thew religion, their property and private rights, and they suail be free to remain where they now reside or to remove at any time, re- taming the property which thoy poses in the said isiands or disposing thereof and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their beiag subjected on this account to any contribution, tax or charge whai- ever, Those who sball prefer to romain in the said islands may either retain the titie and the — of ther patural allegiance. or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall make their ‘election within two years from the da’e of tae exchange of ratid- cations of this convention; aud those who suall remain iu tho said isluud® after the expiration of that term without paving declased their intensiona to retain their Datural atiogiance shall be considered to have eiected to become citizens of the United States. Arr, 4 Immediately afver ihe payment by the United States of the sum of money stipiiated for im the fifth article of this Conveution his Majesty the King of Den- mark will eppcint an agout or acents for the purpose of formally delivering to a similor egont or agents ap- pointed on behalf of the Unied States tho territory, islands, property and appurtenances which are ceded as above, including any fortifications or military poste which may be iu the coded territory, and for doing any other act which may be neces.ary in regard whereto. But tho cession with the right of immedia’e possession is nevertheless to be deemed complete aud absolute on the exchange of ratitications, without waiting for such formal delivery. Any Danish troops which may be in the torritory or islands a’oresaid shail ve withdrawn as s000 as may bo reasonably and convenienity pracit- cabie, Art. 6, In consideration of the cession aforesaid the United States agree to pay at the Treasury in Washing- ton, within threo months after the oxchauge of tho rati- fications of this convention, to the diplomatic reprossu- tative or other agent of his Mujosty the King of Don- ae duly authorized to receive the same, $7,500,000 in a. tho eossion conveys to the United Siates tho said islands and appurtenances in full aad entire sovervigniy, with ali the dominion, rights avd powers which Deo- Mark*now possesses aud can exerc'se in thom, ny anencimbered by any granta, conditions, priviloges or franchises in avy way afeciing or iimiting the oxercise of such soversignty. Art. 6, When this convention shall have beoa duly Tatitied by bis Majesty the King of Deumark, by aod with the conseut of the Rig-dag oa tho one part. and On tho other by the President of the United states, by and with the advive and consent of the Senate, the ratifications shall be excuanged at Washington within four months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. To faith whereof the respective ipotentiaries have signed this convention aud thereto aflixed the seals of their arms. Done a Copenhagen the 24h October, the year of our Lord one thousand eight buadred and sixty-seven K. JUEL VIND ERIS3, GEO. H. YEAMAN, CENTRAL ASIA. merce in the Empire={ts Draw- backs and the Competition. eee the Caleutta Evening Mail.) The expulsion of the Chinese from Turkisian bas n- expectediy thrown open to ua the trade of Coniral Agia. To render successful competition om the part of Russia impoasibie, we bave only to put anend to the rapacity of @ worthless and insignificant feudatory, Tne Maha- rajap of Casbmere mast be made /to abandon duties which operate to protect Russian traders, Even tho Viceroy ts convinced of this, aad Is determined that, if not territorially British, Cashmere shall at least bo British im policy. The appointmont of Dr. Cayloy, and the announcement made to the tradera at tio Palimpar fair, that the Mabarajab has boon called upon to reduce his duties to per cont, afford the first indi- f @ departure from tho policy of ‘‘masterly inac- which will bene Agen tmportrat results. requistiion mn mado three months sooner, the Palimpur fair woald bave afforded amplo evidonce that the most convenient commercial route Desween Central Asia aud Evrope is throagh Hindeswan. Aa its, we bave proof that tho fact is accepted by the merchants of Yarkeand and the neighboring 5 inces, and the itmportaneo alike of the fair and the policy initiated 1 thus placed beyood doubt. An up country contemporary eurd.es us to give ome account ap event which may aimost be said to constitute an epoch in the history of Asia, some ffiy or sixty Buro- sand ae bauve magnates were any Otel es mado a very pretiy hy, an fireworks ieut aunusorment to the he trade transacted docs nut appear to have doen large, owing the movelty of the fair and tho latenses of the season. Still ihere were shops from Cashmere aud Umriteur, from Nadaon, Jutlunder, Nur- urand Puttivla, and traders from Laaul, Kula and piti, while some Yarkandi merchants were on their British way down. Mr, Forsyth, the Commlesioner, read a letter from Dr. Cayley, in which he stated that + year the merchants from Kashgur, Aksa, ad all ti Tyr cities in those regions will come this way to the Punjab in preference tw going anywhere laa, and there is lly avy limit to the trade if transit duties are red. After describing the productions of the Rangra Valley, and ibe ol 0 trade whion bad he following terme to hithervo oxisted, he referre uw xertions of the government of India to re- mo’ three Open oyt trade, First, n territory, Second, to Guties on goods passing through the torritory of the Maberajah of Cashmore, Included in that also was stop for Pet oe oa? anes uest, thoug! iF was dropped ab i as to appoint a British agont at Tadakhe to open out some friendly rela. tions with the souutrios of Yarkand, Kbotae yond the frontier, All these m happy (to say, Dave now been has bes been done ja our terrivory of accomplishment, Cortala passes had to be smoothed down aud some riverg 10 be crossed, Tam happy to potice that the Rajat of Mand! has given s iarge acm for the purposes of constructing & new road, wnich ‘will ehortoa the distance to Kulu by some sixteen miles, and Las abolished all transit duties tm hie territory, for whieh I am to-day to deliver to him letter of tnanks from government.” of Rarsian competition be eald:—1 Novogorod that the Russians v8 Were aware that if we close to send abode we could eat thom, 1 went to Novogorod with an idea that the Russians were pee ae id almost gend Sgeodn to" hay & ‘om taaking inquiries L oo fer from confident that thes Yeing driven out. of the mariet: were lage 5 uw even Constas! ie route through the ik Ben eer when {varia Labou! {haar te sag THE HORSES OF NEW YORK, Where Our Horses Come From aud Where They Go To-Scenes Iu and Abdit the Bull’ Head Horse Market—A Chupter on Fast Horses. While our rapidly growing city and its expand. ing wealth and taste for pleasure have greatly increased within the past few years, the number of our private stables, enabling us to boast of studs, the property of private gentlemen, unsur- passed by any in the world for value of the horses and records of speed, as set forth in last Sunday's Herato in an article en this subject, the general demand for horses of all kinds has in tho same period more than kept pace with the progress of our population, Fast horses to train for the turf have been more sedulously sought each year, till from few contestant rivals for the rewards of the race course their numbor has become incredibly large. Ono hundred drive their own carriages now to one in former days, for which the Park and that natural ambition for display 60 sovereign in most of human bosoms are to be thanked. Saddle horses are also a growth of our good Park, and on bright afternoons of plea- sant days, while the drives are resplendent and animated with splendid eqnipages and fine horses, the bridle paths present a brilliant display of equestrians. Hack proprietors have likewise in- creased in number, as they Wave increased in impudence and extortion. Our large express companies and breweries and iron safe manufac: tories are comparatively of recent growth, and sg are the huge but magnificent draught horses they employ. A product of the past few years is the network of railways almost girdling our city and bisecting it in every possible direction, and so the new and enor- mous demand for horses created from this source. For our omnibus lines the demand has increased each year, aud thero hasbeen a like increasing supply needed “to meet the growing wants of our butchers’ carta, milk wagons, drays and all the minor kinds of minor business requiring minor vehicles and horses of minor value. It takes, ac- cording to the best accredited statements, fifty thousand horses to supply the preseat yearly de- mand of the New York market, and in the business an employment of millions of capital. To indicate where this vast supply comes from, how the horses are cared for on their arrival, and how and to whom they aresold, and what is paid for them and the prices they bring, together with some descrip- tion of a few of our more prominent fast horses, principally preparing to put in an appearance on our race tracks the coming season, is the object of the present article. BULL'S HEAD MORSE MARKET. Bull’s Head is the great central headquarters for the horse market of New York. A congregation of horse stables between Second and Lexington avenues constitutes these headqnarters. The Tat- tersal's of the earlier time, on the formor site of the old Assembly Rooms oa Broadway, in the up- town march of improvement, quietly moved and setiled itself down here. This moving-took place some twenty years ago, when the Red House and the race track near it were established and thriving institutions, and whea, instead of city cars crowded to the coufines of suffucation by overwhelming loads of passen- gers, wearying pull to the horse drudges com- pelled to draw them, Third avenue was the grand out of town drive for our most showy turnouts— the Harlem lane of the present day. But though a new Tattersalls haa sprung up in the upper part of Broadway, and an auxiliary depot for the dis-, position of horses has been established in Fifty- seventh street, and for all the immense changes that have occurred in the vicinity of the present Bull’s Head, its headquarters as tho great city horse market have remained steadfast and im- movable. Messrs. Post & Nichols, the Whitsons, Mr. Burnett, Mr. McRoberts, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Dohiman, Mr. Straus, Mr. Mehrbach and others, the leading horse dealers of the city whan it was a score of years younger than it is now, still hold the same position to-day as twenty years ago, supplying New York with the horses it re- quires for its multitudinous uses. Every kind of horse for which there is a demand in the market is supplied here—fast horses, carriage horses, sad- dle horses, draught horses, and, in fact, horses of every imaginable character and use. Most of the horses are brought from the upper and western art of this State, and from Maine, Vermont, nada, Obio, Indiana and Kentucky. Bull's Head constantly keeps agents busily employed, in the purchase of stock. Of course these equine emissaries are knowing ones in this depirtment of trade and drive the sharpest of bargains. That Shakspearian acme of stupidity, inability to tell a hawk from a handsaw, is in no wise tpplicable to these horse hunters. Their practised eye quickly detects “the points’ of a horse; they real, a4 if written on a scroll before them, every prophetic mark of capacity and en- durance ; they ld the latent indications of speed or sure signs of extraordinary strength awaiting future development. Take, for instance, Monntain Boy, owned by Commodore Vanderbilt. He was bought in Orange couaty, this State, of @ farmer for @ who thought, no doubt, he getting an extraordinary ‘price for him. ‘he horse buyer detected his value. Mr. Vander- hilt came into possession of the horse civhteen months ago, and to-day would not take $25,000 for him. Last fall a green horse was bought at the plough for $200, in Illinois, brought én here with other horses and in less than a month was sold for $5,008. This horse, now culled Young Daniel, is said by his owner to have trotted mile im 2:26, and he believes he is capable of doing much better than this, and money will be bet on it during the coming period of races. He looks like a thor- tly 1; a fue, soft, silken coat, small and bean- tifully sloped head, arched neck, and legs which, for size and proportion, it is difficult to beat. Hoe stands fifteen bands three inches high and has a magoificent fowing mane and tail. But to return to our place of digression. “How many horses, ec asked Mr. Post, of the firm of Post & Nichols, ‘are sold at Bull's Head annually?’ ‘ “Pally fifty thousand,” he replied. tes fe! much capital is employed?’ we further inquired. vA power of capital, I tell you,” was his re- sponse, and which, on account of its expressive- ness, We give in his own words. It may be safely set down that between two aud three millions of capital is pay absorbed in the business. ‘ow Of course a borse found to be endowed with un- ugual capacity for speed commands a fancy price ; but ste: uniform rates are the general rule, and, radoxically inappropriate to horse dealers as the statement may seom, itis a@ rule very feligiously ob- served among them. Fair, open dealing, and in acs cordance with prevalent prices, is the guiding prin- ciple of trade. Whatever @ horse is represented as being he will turn ont to be. At the present time the nvenage price of the beat coach horses is about $1,500. Teavy draught horses, weighing from fifteen to sixteen liundred pounds, command from $700 to $1,000 each. Suaddie horses bring from $200 to $600, according te gait and style. Horses to drive singly sell for about $360—that is, those that get over the ground at a sufficiently lively rate to please the majority of people; but for each second shortened on a mile the prices increase in geometrical ratio. Railroad and omnibus horses rate now ‘rom $150 to $165 each. Cart horses at ‘a little lower and livery horses considerably highe Some of the dealers have specialti Mr. Charle: Hill, for instane es his attention exclusively to fast trotten bays principally in Maine, and his stables are uever without a goodly array of 2:40 horses. Mr. James Erb confines his operations entirely to saddle hors He buys altogether in atucky. In his etable aro beantifal specimens of single footed rackers, lopers and all the desir arieties of saddle h Altogether ¢ depression in business does not seem to ve affected inuch the horse market. While there is little stir of business elsewhere it is perpetually lively here. The horses wre brought in droves of oue and two hundred each. Seeing them ayehe: come in is to witness ap animated spectacle, an to one who has any fondness for horses ® aapece tacle as pleasing as it is animated, That descrip- ton of the troop of wild horses doscried by Ma- gopps pnrsuing the steed om whose back, hound by thongs, he was being borne along with the fleetneas of the wind, wildly wells up in memory:— Wide nostrils, never strotched bY pain, oathe bioodieas to tue bit or rota, And feet that iron never thod, And flanks unsecarred by spur or rod— A thousand hore, the wild, the free, Like Wavos that follow o'er tho esa, Came thickly thundering on. Of course thor ts some difference bet wild horses ona wild prairie partially tam horses on o tame oiiy steuue; but the desoription ' is partly applicable, and co we let it remain, The horses certainly look finely as they come in the city—something vastly different from herds of duinb driven cattle anda flocks of sheep doomed to aangbier. ‘They seem wide awake to the dvstiny awaiting them, to the change from a dull eountry life to the busy whirl and nar of life in the eity. Safely arrived at Buli’s Head the horses are sure’ of the best attention. The stables here are of the plain and substantial order; but for convenience, comfort and health of the horaes the best that can be devised. The grooms are those whose lives have been devoted to horses, whose ouly shang is horse, whose sole talk is horse, and when our has reached the same high stage of de- velopment, that now prevails in the gay French capital, and is getting a foothold in the more staid British metropolis, whose probable exclusive food will be horse. We might prolong to indefinite length @ description of the trial of horses brought here, who reliminary discipline before juire they can satay be trusted to @ wagon or upder a saddle, ‘and tell how Rese, and start and snuff the alr, 8 moment here and thero, oach, retire, wheol round aod roun See foie’ oluees eck with sudden bow And then tell how in the end they not unfre- quently leave not a mark belffnd of the wagons, or else leave their rider picking lumself up in the dim” distance in a condition of most startling bewilder- ment, All this and much more that might be de- seribed we leave for the reader to imagine or go und see for himself, : SOME OF OUR FAST HORSES. The fast horse market of New York—that is, fast horses being cuitivated for sale and awaiting purchase—ig rapidly developing itself into large proportions, ere more sale stables here now, where fast horses are to be found, than has ever been known before. Asa general thing, horses whose repuiations have become establ’shed on the race course, such as belong in this city, are kept during the winter at stables on Long Island, mostly those near the race tracks, where they can be kept in the cure of experienced trainers. The horses we find in the city ure those principally for whom their owners entertain high expectations in the future, and hope on thes tations either tosell to advantage now or make the fortunes our horses of fastest speed bring their owners— that ae ignis fatuus enticing so many to in- dulgence in fast stock, ) Dan Mace, whoze stables are corner of Brond- way and Forty-eighth street, and who is now asso- ciated in business with Dunn Walton, has a long time been noted for his fast stock. He has cer- tainly drawn reius as one of the earliest owners on some of our most famous racing nags. Empire State, who made such unprecedented trotting time—although unfortunately eventuating in his death a few days since—from Brighton to Worces- ter,’ Mass., was first brought out at his stables. Apeaking of this Gestation trot Dan says :—"'It’s no more than was to be expected; that horse has always been just ugly enough to kill himself if you gave him a chance.” But of Dan’s present horses, some of which are as likely to turn out as brilliant in our future turf annals as Empire State or any horses he has had the pleasure and honor of introducing to public He has now about tiirty horses in his notice. stables, Rosa Livingston stands first in his estimation. She was ‘sired by Etian Allen and out of the famous trotting mare Lady Sutton, She has already trotted her mile in 2:30, and it is believed she is capable of shortening this several seconds. Last summer sie went to California, and by her exploits on the turf there became a great favorite of turfmen. She is a dark brown, stands 15 hands Linch high, and hasa beautitully shaped head, pas body and limbs and magnificent mane and tail. Louise, a light sorrel, 15 hands high, has trotted in 2:40. She is a stout, blocky made animal and shows in her physique great powers of endurance, She looks every inch of her like a thoroughbred. “Little Dan,” so called from his size, tor he stands but 14 hands nigh, is only five years old. He was sired by Daniel Lambert aud out of the trotting mare Lady Litchfield. He has a run- ning look in him, and it is evident old sporis are afraid of him, for already two forfeits have been received for him. He is a light sorrel, his head delicately formed, dis tail long and flowing, and altogether is a perfect little beau y. ji A young, green mare is represented as very promising. She his no name as yet; but it is vophesied that before the coming racing season is over she will win a name for herself worth having. She is a beautiful dark bay, stands 154% hands high, and in every respect is most finely gow up. In the same category with this mare is a four year old black horse, 15 hands 3 inches high, just brought on from Keutucky, where he was raived. He is superbly stylish, every inch of him; and if his performances come up to his looks he will fill an important niche one of these duys in turf annals, A pair of Ethan Allen chestnuts, 15% hinds, who have made 2:50 together, Dan takes ucarly as much pride in showing as he does in driving, They are splendidly matched in color, size, form and style. He has also two gray mares who have trotted their mile in 2:40, single and double. Thoy are the same size ax the clestnuts, aud us fiuely aod Re matched. Jno. W. Briggs, No. 166 West Forty-eighth street, has only six horses in his stables, but they are ail very ee and fast. A spun of muatced mares, Lady Kate and Lucy, are his special pride. Both are dark bay and each 15 hands 3 inches high, Kate was sired by the thoroughbred Wil- liam Logan, and out of the trotting mare Soto, and was formerly owned by Mr. J. B. Monnott. Lucy was got by Pilot, Jr., out of the Elmore mare raised by F. P. Hard, Fayetteville; Ky. The two were trotted together to a road wagon in in 2:40, Both are deep chested, with good length of barrel, heavy stifled, broad flat legs, long arched necks, small tapering ears, and well cut out in the throttles. Their tails reach their ankles, and maves are proportionately heavy. A finer and more beautiful matched team is rarely to be Ne They are seven years old, The pair are hoi, al $6,000. Graybeard, a Bashaw got by Saladin, formerly owned by the late Mr, McDonald, of Baltimore, is now the property of Br. Griggs,’ He is 15 hands 3 inches high, has particularly large full eyes, ver slim in the jaw,with long arched neck, beautiful full chest, large forearm, short back, which is a little couchied—considered by many & good mark for trotting horses--with good depth of barrel, good length between the hoof and postern, anda long, full, flowing tail. Ho tias trotied in 2:35 and is #0 gentie that any woman can drive him. He is twelve years old, but as good and sound as he ever was, Mr. McDonald paid $6,000 for him, and held hint as one of his especial favorites. Billy is ten years old, is 16 hands 1 inch high and has jiist been brought here from Cincinnati. He has trotted in 2:49. Hoe is a dark bay, with star in the forchead and two white hind hoofs, is deep chested and altogether firmly made. " Grand Duchess is a dark seven year old bay, 15% hands high. She is.a Patchen, by Pilot, and is looked upon as ost. promising cand for the honors of the turf. She was raised in Ken- tucky, and bears a strong resemblance to Lady Thorn, so much 60 that it would be difficult to teil thom apart. Young Fillingham, a jet black stallion, comes lust, but not least important, in Mr. Brigga’ list. He is proportioned very much like his sire, the celebrated stallion George Wilkes. His dam isthe well known trotting mare Soto. He has never trotted in public, but is looked upon by those knowing Lim as one of the most promising descend- ants of his grandfather, Hambletonian. Jac! Mingo, of Flushing, L. 1., the breaker of Dexte and other celebrated trotters, has bad him under training, and says he is one of the best horses he has ever handled for his age. He is an uamistak- able beauty to look at, and stands for the poet's degcriptiou:— One black mighty steod, Who roemed the patriarch oF Lig breed, Without a single speck or har O white npon bis suaggy bide, For this horse $8,500 was refused a yonr ago, 000 ia the price now asked for bin. (ue San Francisco stables, kept by Mr. Forga- son, in Porty-sixth strect, between Bixth and Seventh avenues, show a large variety of fast horses, There are one handred horses in these stables. Very many aro horses boarded here and conspicuously kuown on our leading drives. Aiuoug the ‘namber are Mr. Dalson’s celebrated gray team Carlotta and Galiant Tom, who have made their mile in » Sam Lockwood's fine :40 horse ls also here. Mr. Ferguson has a rottor he calla Needle Gun, who bas goue in He is a dafk bay, 15% ide high, and ix being trained for the turf hext season. He also has a very slight and handsome horse named Spotty, so called from being het seh maere colt, that lias gone in 2:30, and is likewise under train- ing for the turf. fir. Leadbeater, at his etal nue, between Forty-sixth and streets, has now some wixty hors Queen, a beautiful 15 hand green b longing to Mr, Runkles, is kept here has made ber mile in 2:5, and made many @ pleasant sensation in Central Park. She ts very stylish. Jobu Allem, another famous roadster, who mea- aurea the ground at # 2:40 mit ie aiso in these stabiea, Ho is a dark bay, 15 ‘hands 1 {ach in heig! ith a glossy coat, fine limbs, head and altogether is got up in model sty! horsé, samo fa @ize and ovlor 6 in Seventh ave- Porty-seventh stern be- splendid A nd oun} a fal i oa ity nas ee ba hed win he fed the tero look super’ in together, w' their lng, Sasa tri mi Carr keopa here hia fimous team—one ® aorre! the other binck. Their gait is 2:40, Mr, Stevenson, whee stables are tn Twonty- eighth i y Madison and Fifth syeaues, bag just to bia atock tea fast horece, brought on by Mr. Copp. Knowing ones say there are very fine trotters among them. Thus, did our space allow, siall to stall, describe hor we might go on from some perfeot stable palaces, and ‘se r horse, such o# are already well known among our horse connoisseurs for capacity of speed and style of get up, and such as are sure to build up reputations for themselves in the future, rivalling the records of the splendid steeds who have already shed such britliant lustre on the turf annals of ‘this copntry. A growing taste for fast horses is one of the features of our growing metropolis. _ PORTO Rico. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Ald frbm Cuba~Fi ucial Situation~Markets. Sr. Joays, P. R., Feb. 12, 1868, Oa the Sth ist, our Treasury received from Havana four thousand ounces ($63,000) per Spanish war steamer Africa. Affairs are slowly improving on this island; the earthquakes may be said to be over, Accustomed as we were to the most terribie shocks, hardly any notice is taken of the slight oscillations which from time to time take place, The weather is maguificent, the dry season having already set in. Toe financial condition of the island Is by no means withdrawn. The earth- resour make up for the deficit which the omemption port duties on all articles of mecessity will croate in thetr revenue, The taxes are collected with great rigor, and dally saies at auciion of land and cattlo tuko place 40 cover the quotas, The superabundancoe of employés with large salaries appears tp be one of the priucipal causes why the expenditure exceeds the revenue. A railway between this city and the town of Rio Piedras, with a branch to Cangrojos, is projected The distance is some twelve to fourteen kilos. Should it be realized it wili be the first ou the island. Peruaps American speculators may find this worthy of ther at- teution, although they may not need employment tor their capital, All kinds of provisions aro likely to auatain their prices, Arrivals are not numerous, and the hurricane of the 29th October swept away ull the productions of our be fb ; therefore, the consumption of American produce is Re. Flour searco and in demand; 100 bbis, per Josep Kolly, from New Pork, sold at $13. Homa, om, Dut. ter, cheese, &c., scarce, and first arrivals #ili meet with far prices,’ Lamb r—\White pine abundant; pred pine scare; an assorted cargo would sel! well. Hoops, not needed, Sugur—Salos of good, qualities at $3, although the greater part of tho operations has boon at $4 1214 a $4 60—less acuvity in the mark.t and Do se curity of prices being iaiutained, Mola-ses—20~. per eaten {s freely paid, Coifee in demand at $12 75 a $13. Exchange on London, $500 a $510 for £100, ninvty and sixty days’ sight; discuunts, 12415 per cout per annun, 2 Sap Case or Didtresa—A sad caso of distress aod suflering receatly came to notice in this city. It appears that one of tue pouny poet had been in the habit of carrying letters to a amity living ta the third story of @ tencment house at the South End. Oe morntug lately & little girl camo to the door, as Was usual, to receive the letter, but tuis time cryin He asked her what ihe matior was, whon she answered hin by saying that she He then went into tue roum with her, found the girl's tying on a bed, in last stages of con Bho was so far gone that be had to put his ear close to hor mouth in ordor to hear her speak. Everything in the room was the pcture of suiferiag, U ecessary ful to make ono witb. fhe woman 472 Canal ateoet, noar Hud: ~. 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