The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1873, Page 5

ACROSS sT. DOMINGO, ‘Three Days in a Canoe and Seven Days in the Saddle, ‘Mosquitoes of the Yuna River—The People, the Scenery and the Resources of the Land. PROJECTS OF THE COLONISTS. * What Is Required to Raise the Dominicans to the Level of Republican Citizens. , SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS. Sr. Domnao, March 4, 1873, It is not so very far from Samana to this place, yetit has taken the extraerdinary time of eight days to accomplish the journey. Trae it might Rave been done in five days or less, if the traveller j could only succeed in securing such fast horses as " most of the well-to-do natives keep; but that is seldom his luck, and in nine instances out of ten } be is compelied to put up with and pay extrava- : gantly fer very sorry horsefiesh. One leading feature ef the delay in my case was thé painfalty slow ascent of the Yuna River to the head of navi- gation, Starting from Santa Barbara on Sunday morning, the 23d ef February, it was Wednesday, the 26th, before my canoe touched Almasin, on the ‘Yuna, a distance of only fifty miles. All day long of Sunday the canoe, rowed by four dusky Domini- cans, saile@ over the waters of Samans Bay, the sun blazing im the zenith and the further shore ap- pearing through a warm, shimmering, purple haze. There wére ten passengers, mostly Domirii- cans, on board, the leading man among them being Mr. Gregorio Rivas, @ great exporter of tobacco, whe has just completed @ solid warehouse for his business at Santa Barbara, and whose property is scattered in various directions through the country. A MODEL QUARTERMASTER. =. There was also an elderly character, named Btubbe, a native of Germany, who spoké English and took very kindly to my box ef provisions. In fact, he took that bex under his especial guardian- ship, warning me of the rapactous instincts of the ether passengers, and more particularly of the crew. Impressed by the interest he exhibited in my behalf I made him quartermaster of stores, but * \f he aucceeded completely in defeating the evil designs of outsiders on the property under bis eharge, he managed by the end ef the journey to relieve me of all concern about the bex by leav- ing nothing in it but the straw. We passed & night on the shores of the magnificent bay, at a place called Bebedero, where we slung our -Ram- mocks and slept tiliam hour or so before sunrise. Starting again for the mouth of the Yuna, we passed cldse to the shore of the peninsula of Sa- mana, which is here, and, in fact, to the mouth of the bay, @ bold range of hills, sloping at an easy Angle to the water. Approaching Santa Capuza we heard sounds of music and firing of guns, and closer observation revealed the colebration of |; | A MARRIAGE PRAST, Our presence was welcome at the bohio or house where the festivities were going on. Everybody looked happy except the bride, and the poor thing was the very picture of mute despondency; but this Sppearance ahe must have sasnmed to con- form, 1 fancy, to the conventional customs of the vountry. The music and the singing were as odd As the Reart of a stranger could desire. There was ® banjo end something like tongs, and an old pot And geveral calabash shells scraped with bones, “ the whole making a kind of melody ut- terly unknown to the Philharmonic Societies. had been treated to tiny cups of coffee, the best-looking man of our party was offered the bride with whom to and then all the rest were in turn provided with Uimreag The one that fellto my had wonderfully liquid and eloquent eyes, black as the plumes ef mid- aight. The ladies were extremely gentle, and a few of them had faces to arrest the eye of an artist. They were ali clad in white, except the bride, who was pensive, in een. Alter the dancin; was over, most ofus who were armed with revol- vers retired to @ palm grove, near the house, and fired off kali adozen rounds ofammunition in honor pf the event, a proceeding which tickled the re- Joicing househeld ilar It was midda: when we entered the Boca Chicita or small moutl bi the Yuna, tne river en which the Samana Bay Company expect to put a steamer one of these flays to drain the trade of the La Vega country. There is a bar at this month and a bar at the other, » short distance ef the Boca Grande or large mouth, and the depth of water over each is about twe feet and a half. The shores at the entrance, covered with vegetation, are exceedingly low, not more than a few inches above the water, disappear- (ng altogether when the river is full. Here the festive alligator may be found and the mad he loves, for his pallet is spread over endless aeres, A few hun- dred jeet within the mouth of the river the depth \s three feet, which ts retained throughout all the tortueus windings of this stream to the village of Almasin, thirty-three miles’ sailing distance, or seventeen as the bird flies. POLING HARD AGAINST THE STREAM. The boatmen dropped their oars when we en- tered the Yuna and commenced poling it the stream, for no other reason that I could per- ceive except downright laziness. The current was @bout two miles an hour, amd the width ef the tiver about a hundred feet, To. row with oars would have necessitated @ little extra exer- tion, for the oars are clumsy, being merely a square jiece of Weed nailed on to a sixteen foot pole, and jor rowlocks they employ ropes. The poling was Bn easy, lazy way of Sse Our speed was about three-quarters of a mile an hour, and this * went on through the het hours of the day till the brain grew feverish Watching the Lye tg of the Pod creeping in the glare of the sunlight over the dark terrapin green of the river and petween war walls of vegetation that seemed to have no end. All night long the cuerro, er crow of these titudes, made hideous music in the woods, and is notes were mingled with those of a hundred other strange birds to whom the blessed institution of sleep seemed to bea stranger. At every turn we saw docks that miglt have been killed with a revolver, so did the pear and indifferent to our approach. ‘The longbilled aguasai was in countless numbers slong the banks, and a species of biackbird few over our heads every few minutes. ‘TWO OR THREE MOSQUITORS I had heard there were two or three mosquitoes to be met with on this river, and I think I met them. The people of Almasin and the “Americano” arty, Who saw me eae I quit the canoe ee a rever, an intensified at- tack of smallpox. Yielt out of pure Denevolence to the solicitation of my only remain- to keep him com) en the canoe moved heart of the mosquito belt, and I am persuaded the for & feast. such mosquitoes! Your New York ee ae miik-and-water fello’ lacking the tacle to stand between them pper of bloed. Their tidbits are the nose ut they seem to enjoy themselves any- ‘where they cau secure @ foethold on the human form divine. They neglect the soles of the feet if ‘the leather of the boots is an inch thick. They look upon it as a waste of muscular force to seek sustenance in that direction, but all the ordinary means of protection’ fer the Test of the person they utterly douplse; yet itis still a mystery to me how they contrived to reach through the matting and two folds of a blan- ket under which I slept, not to speak of tho clothes Iwore. They did it, and all the wealth of the Samana Bay Company would be ap insufficient in- ducement for me to make a trip of the Yuna again ‘Up stream in a native canoe. THE PILGRIM’S STESTA. At Almasin I found the “Americanos,” as the na- tives delight in Salling our countrymen, spread around on such soft delights as saddies, biscuit boxes, coffee cans, plates and rey pans. They were taking a siesta more after the fashion of the emigrants at Castle Garden than of the voluptuous Spaniard who introduced the custem into these ‘est India islands. Here was Halsey in one cerner of the very open house where 1 found the party wooing slumber, with his head resting upon a Mex- ican saddle and his feet lost among sausage and sardine boxes. There was Oleg. the prophet of gold, the fuil-hearted Californian, buricd among folded hammocks, with his heels calmly rest- ing on the edge of the san-coche it, and as for Plummer, the white-headed boy of West Point, his booted extremities terminated comfort- ably in a clethes basket. The “Americano” party jeft inthe afternoon for the head of the river and I stayed behind to take a rest after the tatigue of navigating the Yuna, For the Yuna it must be id that the scenery is delightful, there is so much rank and splendid veretation; but some plan ust be thought o! jor banishing the intolerable arms of mosquitoes, else most of us would pre- ler patronizing the Hudson to Albany. While 1 was pondering over the wreat future of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. tion, and the! i fected eteame shied stan, on, re rr si Gr net cargoes a Lonel dyewoods, Pennell suggested should try the rior, than $o.selet: Alessia and) RRNA “0 eagan read frem that point. ‘From Almasin to Jajque road frightfal, would cost a sum of money to. make it ‘SvaLable lor wagons; but to Macoriez it is comparatively plain After dinner all of us toox to horse and yo ‘away through chapparal and over savannas to city of Macoriez, a great co centre. The was long but very ex- hn . Our ca) at times extended in a Closed up ranks and sige n sola sous.” up THE come. ON THE WAY on den, hands beoahe green savannas; bel re 2 Q guava and mange anda softest blue, Tne hotel, where ws compelled to put up in was some! smaller and comfortably furnished than Fifth Avenue. Copsate, 9 par the coun- paves raat Gist they does ot cay g to buy Kae th a Se was consumed wail for , horses. gone abroad that Me antod and all sorts of le. beasta were brought in for our . The man aaked $150 for @ vag which e-been an expensive in- iain aati heep ran wt ae and that money to us te 8' consi of the um} 0) When all the people from near aid. far, dressed 18 their very best, were. pea ae. streets tewards the humble we for cen give dignit Sud reputatign to ff out Halaoy, Plommer and Oley had three of it \-I brates that ever 8 bridle, king scemed as if it had ‘alke@ out ofa muscum of anatomy, and as we rode ont ol town a hundred laughing eyes were turned on: the spectacle we presented. MOCA AND THE MOKES, AND SANTIAGO DB 1038 CABELLEROG. "we Passed across the Vega Real, or royal meadow, on our A} te Moca. The “meadow” looked like the Central Park multiplied a thousand times over, The count which we rode on the way to Moca is best on the island, and ba met with, "We were very ospitably enter. et with, We tained in Moca by an Gregorio vas, and the best beds in the house’ placed at our disposal. Next morning, after coffee and sunrise, we were on the road again, this time bound jor Santiago de los Cabelleros, which we reached in the afternoon, and had a rest in rocking chairs, ‘This town was burned down during the ion occupation, but it is on ite legs again and thriving rapidly. It isin the bottom of a beantiful basin, and on the banks of a lively river called the Y: fe ‘The view from the fort above the town is almost as Gne as that from the top of Lookout Mountain, You have the reyal meadow on the one hand, stretching offa hundred miles towards St. Domingo, level as a prairie; and then, on the other, beld mountain peaks shoot up, and range after range of hills, tn amphitheatrical order, rise by steps to the azure vault of the heavens, You might sit on the parapet of the fort for a whole ay and never tire Sazing on the splendid sweep, of country at your fee! s THE PEOPLE AND THE OFFICIALS. On the trip so far I have found the people very Kind and gentle. They are much more intelligent than I had supposed. ey are exceedingly honest and inoffensive, and there is admiraple material in them for making good and efficient citizens of a republic. The people are all it. It is the ofi- ig, the plundering rascals, who strat in a little brief, authority, who give the country a bad name. Murder and rebbery are of very rare occurren: aud, in fact, the offences familiar to our criminal code are rare in this latitude. Itis gentle coun- try altogether. The climate is delightful. There re no wild beasts, nor serpents, nor venomous things of any kind, save the centipede and taran- tula—and the latter is as rarely met with as a green diamond. The dogs and horses are gentle, and in- deed the country is singularly biessed in all re- spects, save human government. That alone is the ht and curse of the land, A SCHEMES OF THE COLONISTS, ': Halsey says he can run a railroad from here down to Almasin or some other point on the Yuna at 000 a mile. He says he can see a dead level two-thirds of the way. Colonel Oley is getting himself in shape to re: his predictions about the gold of the Vega Valley. He is putting to ether his rors 9 machine, which possesses t! uble capacity of separating the gold from the earth and ofrestoring @ pair of socks or a shirt to the eriginal color of the cetton. After Halsey has cast his eye over the lumber regien and measured its value, and after Oley has takea an inventory ef the gold, copper and coal depesits, the party, plomeered by Pennell, make their way te ; Do- minge city and embark about the latter end of the menth for New _ York, where they will report to the directory. They have @ thousand primitive ways of deing things in this country, at which, ef course, we intelligent foreign- ers laugh; but these people have only to be shown the miracies ef our civilization—the sewing ma- chine, the steam engine, the telegraph—to appre- ciate them just as much as we do, They are anxious to learn, yet no one is at hand to teach them. In the little town of Macoriez I called at the school of Mr. Davila, and was amazed to hear that his was the first and only school ever established in the town, So the youth of the community were permitted, for the most par to grow up in igng- Tance. Yet the school, thongh only two short years in operation, had sixty schelars, and their exercises in reading and arithmetic were, under the circum- stances, surprising. «- * WHAT THE DOMINICANS REQUIRE. Give this people a good stable government and introduce among them the many srts that make us 80 proud aad prosperous in America and St. Do- mingo weuld grow to be an earthly paradise. But in its present condition, sparsel; sted, lar; given up to the wildernes: lacking det roads and all quick and cenvenient means of com- munication, it has no charm outside of ita climate for the Nort) sig Bor gp e soll is above ant yond prs A¢ will we enytal that. can be mentiened, and I therefore re! im Plaats an you the names of the many rare tr ts 1 don gt myers crtcag een aoe road- 1 dictionar; side. erything in the botanical 'y can be a in St. Domingo; but not makes an effort to test the capacity of the soil. ere are no U pects ned and nature has the whole business of culture thrown upen her shoulders, nnell has found me out a horse to go to Porto Plata, and asI hear there is some excitement there over an attempt to guttage the British flag by the Dominica authorities I it bid adieu to delight- ful and the sweet, sparkling Yague River, where the lovely maids wash their linen on the stones, and hasten ever the mountains to the city by the sea, passing the lustrous peaks of the Santa Cerro, wearing eternally their mantle of el purple. Halsey, Oley and Plummer go to La Vega and from there down the valley Cotuy and finally to St. Demingo. 4. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES. Signora Fabbricia, a prima donna in Italy, for whom Mercadante and Donizetti expreasly com- Popedoperat, dted lately in Lisbon, ‘A schOol of music has been established at Athens. ‘This is the first establishment of the kind in the East and already numbers 400 pupils, London, like New York, is constantly projecting new theatres, the latest suggestion in the former city being an opera house for Mr. Mapleson. The Wagner Union, of which Mr. Theodore Thomas ‘is President, gives a concert at Steinway Hall on next Friday evening, in sid of the Bay- reuth festival. With the exception of asymphony by Beethoven the programme is composed entirely of Wagner's music. ‘The production of Sardou’s “Uncle Sam” in this country encourages the autuors of ‘Frou-Frou,’’*| MM. Halévy and Meilhac, to go on with their American play, which they call “Jonathan.” They fare likely to find that America is an unfortunate place for Frenchmen. It seems that the English ministry met with two misfortunes about the same time—the defeat of the Irtsk Education act and the burlesque of “The Happy Land,” at the Court Theatre. The following notice distributed among the audience explains what happened to the ministry and the theatre:— Norice.—‘‘The Happy Land.”"—Miss Litton begs to inform the public that the Lord Chamberlain has forbidden Messrs. Fisher, Hill and Righton, to make ap their faces in Imitation of Messrs, Gladstone, Lowe and Ayrton. Koval Count THeatre, March 6, 1873, On the same evening in the House of Commons, Sir Lawrence Palk gave notice that he should ask by whose authority a policeman was sent in plain clothes to interdict the performance, and in tne inner lobby the subject divided conversation with the probabilities of the approaching division on the Ite We vir, RACING PROSPECTS. Brilliant Campaign in Prospective—The Merits of the March Entries Reviewed. The publication of the entries for the several racing events, which closed on the 1st inst., has. createa ‘# stir in sporting circles, The races of the American Jockey Club, to be run at the Spring meeting, are the Fordham Handicap, for all ages, one mile and a quarter, with thirty-eight entries; ‘the Jockey Club Handicap, all ages, two miles, twenty-mx entries, and the Westchester Cup, for ell ages, with penalties for winners of single races) of amounts of $2,000 and upward, wr which there are eighteen entries, Those for Saratoga are a Sweepstakes for all ages, a mile and a quarter, fifteen entries; Flasn Stakes; for two-year-olds, baif mile, twenty-nine entries; Sequel Stakes, three-year-olds, with a penalty of seven potnds jor winner of any stake this year, the distance two miles, with nineteen entries; the Summer Handicap, two miles, twenty-six entries; Sweepstakes, for two-year-olds, three-quarters of @ mile, with penalties for winners, twenty-four entries, and a Sweepstakes, for three-year-olds, two miles, winners of certain amounts penalized, Jor which there are but fourteen entries. Speculation in regard to the handicaps must, of course, be deferred until the handicapper shal have announced the weights which, in his judg- ment, will bring the horses ag nearly as possible together at the finish. It should be observed, how- ever, that better classes of horses are this year entered than are usually found in American handicaps. ‘The two-year-old stakes at Saratoga must also Temain in the dark until some of the youngsters develop theif qualities, “Blood will tell” is quite As true @ maxim as ever it was; but in these days very few colts of inferior breeding are entered to be Tun over either of the courses referred to. From #0 large a number of fashionably bred colts, how- ever, we must expéct many first class racers and fine contests. ‘The three-year-old events also remain in uncer- tainty, for the reason that winners are to be Penalized, and consequently the weights are yet wndetermined. The, most prominent are Count DOreay, and a fine imported colt by Breadalbane, in, Mr. Belmont’s stable; Mr. Morris’ Long Branch; Wiserd and Fellowcraft, in Mr. Littell’s stable; Mr. Grinstead’s Crockford, Messrs, Hunter and Travis’ Reviler and Stra- chino, Messrs. Lewis & Co.’s Joe Johnston, &c., the others all being of good repute. The number of entries is not large in either of the events for three- year-olds, but they seem to be a select lot. A num- ber of.the finest colta in the country appear to have been reserved fer the prominent fixed events of great value, which closed in 1871, ~ In regard to the entries for the other events just closed the records and the pérsonal observation of experienced turf men furnish sufficient informa- tion upon which to form opinions—opinions only, for results often demonstrate the ‘glorious uncer- tainty” of racing. Of the eighteen entries for the Westchester Cup, Tubman, five years old, has a penalty of three pounds extra, making his weight 117 lbs. The Position of first favorite is generally conceded to him, A few pounds can make but little difference to a five-year-old in a dash of two and a quarter mules, and the little penalty,he ts to carry seems ,to receive no consideration. Besides Tubman Colonel McDaniel has entered Abd-el-Koree, another five-year-old, a good colt at three years, when he defeated Helmbold, at four miles, but Probably a permanently injured horse from that extraordinary performance, Tubman started in fourtéen races last year, and scored nine win- nings; beating such horses as Lyttleton, Ortolan, Meteor, Preakness, Frank Hampton, Fadladeen, Frogtown, Arizona, Susan Ann, Metella, Nevada, &¢c. Most of his successes, however, were at shert distances, including @ second heat of a mile at Baltimore in 1:43%. At twe miles he ran are- spectable race, beating Susan Ann and two others at Saratoga in $:39%. At Jerome Park, Fall meet- ing, he won the Grand National Handicap, two and @ quarter miles, carrying 103 Ibs., and beating Preakness, five years, 118 lbs. ; Defender, five years, 107 Ibs, and Jotm Merrymam, four years, 100 Ibs, The time slow—410%, He also -won the great Bowie Stakes, four-mile heats,» at Baltimore, galloping at his ease, with nothing bet- ter than John Merryman to contend with, Preak- ness being third and poor old Flora Mclvor no- where. Time slow—first heat, 6:22; second heat, 8:31. The races enumerated give a fair represen- tation of the merits of Tubman and indjcate that he is fast at a mile, can beat a tolerably good one ‘at two miles and can gallop four-mile heats ia front of a poor lot. It may as well be rémembered, too, that Tubman was defeated by Alroy for the Jockey Club Handicap, though the latter gave him five pounds; by Frank Hampton, a mile and a half, with 101 pounds on each, and by Arizona, for the Consolation Purse, one mile and three-quarters, on even terms—the last two races at the second Sarae toga meeting. As Tubman has aiready loomed up as the most prominent favorite, let us examine the chances for @ successful competitor for the Cup. London, now four years old, in Captain Moore's stable, deserves especial attention. He started eight times last year and won four races. His best performances were as follows:—At New Orleans, in April, he won the Minor Stakes, one mile, in 1:47, beating Magnolia, Shylock and six others. He was the favorite before the start and won easily, At Saratoga, after being beaten for the Kenner Stakes, two miles, by Joe Daniels and Meteor, he won a handicap of a mile and an eighth, carrying 95 lbs., beating Mimi, same age, 83 lbs. ; Piedmont,same age, 85 1bs. ; Nema, same age, 87 lbs., and John Merryman, four years, 101 Ibs.; time, 2:03—a fraction over 1:46 to the mile. At Nash- ville, in September, he won a dash of two miles, beating Bessie Lee, Eland and three others, in $:30%—e@ fraction betjer than Tubman’s two miles—and “won in acanter by six lengths,” At game place two days afterwards he won the Max- well House Stakes for three-year-olds, two-mile heats, beating Bessie Lee, Tom Aiken, Lamp and Malita in 3:36%, 3:37%—both heats won in a canter, the last by six or eight lengths. This was cer- tainly a fine performance for a three-year-old, and. notwithstanding the many successes of Tubman, we leok upon London as quite his equal at two and ® quarter miles. Wanderer, five years old, in the stable of Messrs. Rice & McOormick, mast mot be despised, He started in eight races last year and scored four winnings. At New Orleans, in April, he won mile heats, beating Frank Ross, Niagara and Glenrose in 1:51, 1:4754, 1:47, winning the last two heats, tre last one at his ease and eight er ten lengths ahead. At Nashville, in September, he won a purse, @ mile and @ quarter, carrying 104 ibs., beating London, three years, 100 \bs.; Emma Pratt, four years, 101 Ibs.,and Richland, four years, 104 Ibs, Time, 2:12%. He beat London a length, but had considerable advantage in the weight. The next day he won the Railroad Stakes, all ages, two-mile heats, beating Hollywood, The Dipper and Frog- town, in 3:41%, 3:48%—the last heat won in hand and by several lengths, Two days later he walked over for a purse, two-mile heats, London was the only horse there able to contend with him, and he had already done enough for a three-year-old. Alroy, five years old, though (like his former stable companion, Abd-el-Koree) @ much abused and injured horse, must not be considered entirely out of the race, should he return from the South in fair condition. Though thoroughly worn out and 4 little thick winded last Fall, he was railroaded to the South, for what purpose no one could imag- ine; but he is a horse of dine constitution, and it is said he is recovering his form. He was a good horse last Spring—ran four races at the Jerome Park Spring Meeting, winning the two longest— but he utterly failed at the late meetings. His best performances were as follows:—At Jerome Park he won the Jockey Ulub Handicap, two miles, giving Tubman five pounds, as above stated, and Quin- tard nine pounds (all same age), the time being 3:48. He won handsomely by two lengths, but the time yas not as good as that of other races at Irish bill, The performance is now allowed to go on, the actors having promised not to “make up” like the Misisters, shorter distances on the same day, At same meet- ing he wona free handicap sweepstakes, two and , one-eighth miles, carnying 116 ibe, and beating Metella (five years, 106 Ibs.) and Edwin (four years 103 tba.) The time was 4:03); not fast, but about a8 g00d as the best om that day. He gave each of his competitors twelve pounds. He was then a good horse; but, in view of hie sad condi- tion last Fall, his chances are not flattering. Mary Clark, five years old, is looking remarkably ‘Well, and, though she has been virtually off the tarf for more than a year, deserves some consideration. She was a good three-year old, and may yet per- form well. This mare will have to carry three Pounds extra on account of the sweepstakes for ‘two-year-olds, a mile and a fariong, won at Jerome Park in 1870, ‘True Blue seems to have some admirers, but his performances do not justify any hopeful predic- tions in his favor. ‘The other eleven entries may be Teft to take their -ebances; and if any one can discover @ winner of thinepp:among them let him speak. At Saratoga the frst of the recently closed events will be the sweepstakes for all ages, a mile and g quarter, and, judging from the number and fame of the horses entered, it shoulé be a hvely opening of the Summer sports. There are fifteen entries, and among them are Harry Bassett, Joe Daniels, Alarm, Monarchist, Preakmess, Wizard, Ortolan, Wanderer, &c, Colonel McDaniel’s starter, whether he be Harry Sassett or Joe Dantels, will probably be first favorite, while Alarm, who has. the quickest mile on record, would seem to be: equal to any horse for this race; and all the others named above will be in some favor. Should Bassett and Alarm both start, in good form and on a good track, it will require @ brave sportsman to lay much odds upon either, And yet both may bé defeated. Besides the several others ef fame an¢ bright record there are some dangerous tnree- year-olds among the entries, and new stars may be discovered. The Saratoga Cup (always a brilliant event) has fifteen ‘entries, including the great rivals Harry Bassett, and Monarchist. Colonel McDaniel, to provide against the possible failure of Bassett’s leg, has also entered Joe Daniels and Tubman, and Mr. Sanford has entered Preakness, probably only to make the running for Monarchist. Mesara, Hunter & Travers name Alarm; and, as he was almost invincible last year as far as @ mile and a quarter, the additional year may make him the Peer of the best cup horses. London is also in, and will give a good account of himself, Mr. Bel- mont’s Woodbine is also entered. She started four times last year and won three stakes for fillies— the Monmouth Oaks, a mile and a half, in 2:42; the Alabama Stakes, a mile and eighth, in 2:06, and the Hunter's Stakes, a mile and three-quarters, in $:16%, with no very good ones among her competitors. The time was slow in each race, but the fillies carried 107 Ibs, For the Dixie Stakes (her last race) she failed to geta place. She must improve to be able to win the cup. Several of those prominently noticed, as in the Westchester Cup, are also among the entries tor the Saratoga, and are worthy of some consider- ation. Should Colonel McDaniel decide to start Bassett his chances seem to be best; but Monarch- iat, Alarm and London will be watched with fear and trembling. Should Joe Daniels represent the “confederacy” the race with the three last named ought to be am old-fashioned struggle, and al- though Monarchist would in that case be probably the favorite, his backers will doubtless be accom- modated with all the money they want, ‘We must reserve for a future review the impor- tant fixed events which closed in July, 1871. Tho entries are very numerous, and the many splendid races by two-year-olds last year have placed in the first class 80 large @ number of high-bred colts that these fixed events will constitute the most inter- esting feature of the year’s racing. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. ONE OF THE Signs marking the growth of the historical spirit in this country is the projection of ® series of generat histories ef the States, to be brought out in octavo volumes, one being devoted toeach State. The first volume—being Michigan, with biographical sketches and illustrations, by Charles R. Tuttle—will shortly be issued trom the office of the Free Prese at Detroit, THE CURIOUS ROMANCE OF THE “HOLY GRatL,” full of chivalry and the Gatholic faith, is. about to be fully translated for the first time into modern French by M. E. Hucher. The text will be a manu- script of thé thirteenth century, the earliest known, im the dialect of Picardy, and the work will form three volumes. To the student of the Middle ages this will be a precious work, linking, as it does, the oldest French traditions with the myths of the Orient. 8. AUSTIN ALLIBONE, of Philadelphia, whose “Dic- tionary of Peetical Quotations” is to appear ina tew weeks, has sailed for Europe. Tug Epitor of that indispensable literary jour- nal, The Publisher's Weekly, complains of the serious want that is felt of any complete catalogue of American puvlications. His efforts to supply the vacuum (which is net honorable to American pub- lishing enterprise) have been frustrated by the failure of most publishers to furnish either com- plete and accurate titles of their publications or the books themselves, from which such titles could be compiled. “MEN OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC,” being sketches of, men now prominent in the French government, is in the press of Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. WILHELMINE VON HILLERN, Who wrote the rather good stories entitled, “Only a Girl” ana “Two- Fold Life,” has been styled “The German George Eliot.” She is a very German George Eliot, in- deed. AmonG forthcoming works ef lecal history of more than ordinary interest is Thompson West- cott’s “History of Philadelphia, from the time of the first settlements on the Delaware to the con- solidation of the city and districts in 1854." There is No history of modern Philadelphia published. “RECENT EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF FALSB PHILOLO- Gy,” by Fitz Edward Hall, is a pamphlet in which “Words and their Uses’ is roughly handled, and its author fairly overwhelmed with erudition. SINCE LovIsE CoLer Drxp, in 1871, at Nice, George Sand is the only living feminine writer in France whose pen has proved @ plume wor, Mme. Colet, @ very voluminous writer, Was once @ poor govern- ess, and left a fortune of sevyener eight hundred thousand francs. George Sand is still richer. Mrs, E. B. DoFFeY has written, and Stoddart, of Philadelphia, will publish, “What Women Should Know; A Woman’s Book About Women.” This ap- propriates the title of @ book written by Miss Mu- lech twenty years ago. Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, announce as in preparation, a ‘‘fiand Book of the Vienna Exposi- tion,’ being a complete guide for visitors, witha list of fares, lines of travel, maps, &c, Miss MARTINEAU’S early novel, “The Hour and the Man,”” whieh takes the negro liberator Tous- saint l’Ouverture for its hero, is announced fer re- publication by Harper & Brothers. Har & WILLIAMS will add to their handy volume library “Gabrielle de Celestange,” by Errauit, from the French. Tus London Observer says:—‘The Hon. Mr. Puck- erman, late American Minister at Athens, whose work, ‘The Greeks of To-Day,’ recently appeared in London, has been presented by the King and Queen of Greece with a handsome dinner service, iq ro» cognition of his exertions on behalf of the Hellenic cause. Cartary W. HM. Batt, of the United States Army, * hag written @ humerous illustrated book on our new iceberg territory, under the title of “Quiddi- ties ef an Alaska Trip.” ©, A. Steel & Co., of Port- land, Oregon, are the publishers, GENERAL SHERIDAN will give the result of his observations during the Franco-Prussian war in @ | new book on military tactics, REAL ESTATE MATTERS. The general gloom hanging over the city yester- day likewise pervaded the Real Estate Exchange, and the limited assembly which was present mani- fested but little spirit in the transactions. The dealings, therefore, were light, the only sale being the one held by Colonel James M. Miller, of the five story brown stone house and lot 199 Church Street, 21.24x75, to J. T. Farrington, for $48,700, The sale of this property had yeen postponed no less than thirteen different times, until it was finally closed out yesterday for good. There certainly seems to be luck in odd numbers, Of private sales we have nothing to record, THE VERMONT Judge Royce’s Decision in the Case of Complaint Against the Re- ceivers and Managers. The Claim for Rent Settled by Ordering the Accounts Into the Chancery Court, WITHDRAWAL OF THE PETITIONS. Sr. ALBANS, Vt., March 21, 1873, The hearing on the petitions of the first mort- gage bondholders and the stockhelders of the Ver- mont and Canada Railroad Company fer the re- moval of the trustees and managers of these roads has turned out to be a complete fizzle. Charges of the gravest and mest serious nature were made against Messrs, Smith, Clark, Barnes and Cheney, all of which have failed te be main- tained, and the petitioners to-day have virtually ABANDONED THEIR Case, No witnesses have been called on. behalf of the trustees, and none have beem necessary, in the opinion of the Court, The matter is looked upon here as a complete failure and the confidence of the people in the trastees has been strengthened thereby, Judge Royce rendered the following de- cision this afvernoon:— JUDGE ROYCB’S DECISION. Grnrunesn—We have had no time siuce this case wae submi repare any forma’ in! nol fact, to write out anything connected with this matter: but we ve had no embarrassment in relation to the disposition which should be made of the case. ‘Inasmuch as we have reed in reference to ite disposition, it 1s probably for ¢ interest of all parties that the case should be disposed .. So far aa this hearing is concerned, at this time, this Petition is for an order upon these receivers’ and Managers to pay to the Vermont and Canada road, or for their benefit, THE RENT, Amounting to $120,000, whicn was due to that road on the Ist day ot tsi December, ‘and the petitioners. in order to mak \e! ima facie case, have introduced iat the net earnings of the road 20,000 and the inter- receivers and man- excuse for the non-payment of the rent, im ey had no money in their hands that was plicable to this purpese, and that whatever money had gotne into their hands as receivers and managers they it receivers and managers in had paid out ay trustees, as the pent of obligations which had occurred and were occurring against them as such receivers and man- agers. Well, now itis claimed on the part ot the peti- uoners that, inasmuch ag the net earnings of the road were sufficient to pay the rent, it !s a matter of in- difference to them whether these receivers and man- agers have paid this money out, If they have paid it eut ¢ claitn is that they nave PAID IT FOR PURPOSES THAT WERE UNAUTHORIZED. Well, it seems to us, gentlemen, that we are not ina Boson, to decide that question; that before we can lecide or make any order upon the receivers al managers fo count should the payment of this money this ac- settled, so that the Court can act intelli- the first place whether thereis to pay this rent, how that fund ertain from that account what rs and managers have ex- sums rece! pended, and for. EAE Darpove they have expended those sums, whether they were sipped and proper expen- ditures. It would be novel te make an order that re- ceivers and managers should pay out of a trust fund to the beneficiaries of the cestud que trust until it was first ascertained whether there was any fund outot which to pay. Thats the prominont question that is presented in he cage as it is made out. It seems to us we can make no such order until we are put into ssion of the facts, and the whole facts, connected ‘with the accounts, and hence we believe that the TRUSTEES AND MANAGERS SHOULD SETTLE THEIR ACCOUNTS. By the decree of 1864, and it is conceded on the part of ‘the petitioners that this decree is one that is of bindin, obligation upon the parties to it, these receivers an magnagers were required annually to report to the Court of Chancery, by which Court their accounts were to be settled. It Mie that these accounts have not been settied by the Court of Chancery since 1857, _No accounts ve been settled in fact since 1866, aud we do not think that there has been any reasonable excuse given tor this neglect upon the part of the receivers and managers in not settlin; ir accounts. It is true, it is claimed, that the auditors who were constituted by this decree, this Advisory Committee, who ‘were constitited auditors, hud had access to those ac- counts, and had passed upon them, and that they sup- posed that that answered all that was required of them under this decree. | But in the decree on the I6ist page it is provided that “the trustees of the second mortgage bondholders of said Vermont Central Railroad Compan: oraaid Vermont and Canada Railroad Company, ‘shalt have the right at all times to object to any part of the ac- counts of said trustees and receivers before the same pon by the Court.” Now, 1 accounts were filed in the Court of Chancery there was no oprarpanity for these parties to object to any portion of them, be- cause they were not eanpoeed to know how the receivers and managers claimed that the account stood. We thiak it was plain duty upon the part of these receivers and managers to have followed the de and have settled these accounts annually, and that they be settled now, and the question comes whether we have the power under this petition to order that these eccounts shal Be sete There is no prayer in the peti- tion that they shall he settled; but, as the case is made up and comes here, we have no doubt but that we have the ower to make auch an order at this time upon these pe- jong, AN WE SHALL MAKE SUCH AN ORDER that these receivers and rers settle their accounts with the Court of Chancery. Well, now, there are ve! many questions that have been ‘very’ elaborately an Tearnediydircussed that we do not feel called upon to We donot regard it aya matter of duty, and do 6 t think that the case demands it—such questions order of judgment. Jt is claimed upon the part ofthe Pett lone! rig! eo lessors under 1686 nsburg and Rutland leases shoul mins to their claims for this rent. Well, if they should be Rorspones., it is very evident to us that the. oesen ‘allroad Company and the Rutland Railroad pany should be made parties to this pro- be @ novelty to make an order which ceeding. It woul is treated by the counsel here as an order that would be final that opgrates to postpone the payment of the rent of those two road ithout making them parties to the ir and giving them opportunity to be heard. ‘e do not regard.it necessary to decide that when these accounts are settled they are filed in the Court of Chan- cery and the Chancellor is put in possession of all the ft so thathe can act understandingly, and then the order in which these payments should be made can be de- id nd this should be done in such art may be had upon this question b. hey desire rt. it Y 4 preme Cor either party If t So that we should make no order under this petition at this time upon the receiv. ersand managers to pay t! ft should be mi is rent. If such an je it might leave the receivers and ition. If the Court proceeded here and re! to pay it, they might for contempt for disobeying rl or; they might be compelled to pay it if they did not pay it voluntarily. When the money is paid the Vermont and Canada Rallroad itis disbursed to the parties who are entitled to it and goes out of the possession of that road as @ corporation. If the Supreme Court should upon the settlement of these accounts, determine 6 receivers and managers were justified in payiny money just ay they claim they have expended { why it would leave these receivers and managers where the law never contemplated soe, would be left. The ques- tion of the privity of the rights of these parties to thistrust money which comes into their hands should be deter- mined in the first instance, in my judgment, before any order is made where there ure any conflicting interests. ‘And in that view of the case we should fecl disposed to against han , erder thexe accounts to be settled, and in reference to the form of that order or te the time in which the receivers and managers shall be allowed to file those acceunts, and Re totho thine for excepting to the accounts if the counsel do not agree, we would hear themin regard to those questions. Now, in reference to 'IHESE OTHER PETITIONS, they pray for removal of these receivers and man and one or both of them pray that they may Reordered tosettle thelr accounts, As far as this prayer in those petitions is con i rit 1s th e latter ‘pra; answered by the order we make in this, shallwe etitions, allow them to remain in Court upon the other ranch of the petitions? Ordinarily when a Bry, fllesa etition inthe Court of Chancery he has the rightto Rave it retained there until itis finally cay jeter- mined, but it is the duty of the Court of Chancery to seo toit that there is no detriment to the trust property that’ can be avoided. Now, it is claimed on the part ¢: ‘THE RECKIVERS AND MANAGERS that permitting these petitions to lie here in this Court embarragse: receivers and managers in the discharge of their dui embarrasses them in negotiating the securities entrusted to them to dispose of tor the un ing on and managing this property. fell, now it this be true, the penten should not re- tained here unless the retention is necessary for the pur- pose of protecting or saving some right to the petitioners. ‘As L understand the law upon the calling in of these aceounts ai ¢ settlement of them, the Chancellor shall find that these men have conducted themselves in ‘that they should be removed, which the; would be, and they can be removed upon be an even if it should be necessary for them to file a petition, as in th cases, Why all the parties would have to do would be to file a petition. - H PRAYKR FOR REMOVAL under such & state of circumstances would contain differ- ent allegations trom those contain Tt would be b ‘upon something that is to transpire in the future in connection with thos ‘accoun' so if the petition were retain in Court it would be of no benefit to the party unless the titlens should be amended, and it seems to me it would no inconvenience to the pai and it certainly is of no particular harm to these parties, that thi should lie here in Court. Hence we have concluded in reterence to these two petitions, we should either dis- miss them without prejudice to the petitioners or permit em to withdraw them, as they may choose. Thi sl ert, gentlemen, is the | regult wi have come in the matter, and, as I before remarked. there are may questions’ very learnedly and elaborately discussed here that we do not feel ita matter of Us to decide upon this application, such as the right and duties of these receivers and manage: questions all come up In th and we might only, i ‘judge the matter b; opinion upon that subject upon this eccasion, and w not i¢el that the case calls for it. I will now refer to tter should'be, inthe first initance, referred at this matter shor ), in the Ky ‘one or more masters. Ido not understand Ee, that, when vers are required to file and settle their accounts, thatit is customary, In the first Instance, to refer the matter to « master; that the course of pr. - ing is for them to file thelr account in the Court, and then any part Yreerested in the subject matter has a given time in which to file exceptions to and then the whole subject inay Fe, to’a m that is, the items of the account to which exceptions are taken inay be referred to the Master with instructtor report the facts connected with the disputed items. The motion of Mr. Davenport as 1 unde it, requested thatthe Chancelior would direct that this Masier ex- amine into the connection of ‘these recelvors and fagna- gers of the Sullivan. Railroad and the Montreal and Ver- front Junction Railroad. We have no right to assume in the first instance bat that these receivers and it may be quires them into me Court of Chancery every sabject matter about which these gentlemen desire an account- [hg taken will he embraced and fully stated by the re- ceive managers, and they, of course, understand that in the settlement of these ‘accounts they are re- quired not to state results butto give the evidence by which those results are attained, The account must be eae gafficientry specie so tat eve andei arrived at (i Allain, | i JUDGMENT 1, if these receivers and Pomeers. Oe fling g tnele ae . shoul parties interested in this neopets ‘@n account concerning, then competent for sach parties to ‘apply tothe ‘Chant ¢ellor, and upon the proper representation of such fact be will io si r im the prem. as he shall is . for these reasons that we have decided that it ‘nati taxs jurse pursued under the b Train Chancery law and that contemplated by this Mr D nport said :—''T had, Your Honors, ind the ett reget ia behalf of my efigute: thier no ithout foundation, tif Your ould come to the conclusion te to overrul ee Sie S, understood yesterday f waa follo' clients out of Court they would be ted, by the Court fog the their counsel, to be reapectiully heard by the 06 rele rig ghia petition ie y clients having any of to be heard uy its merits, I iT 3 fa Gia ae Via ne ane eee ae ir. Hard then withdrew both petitions struction: offer Fumeee What do I hee is he eta ‘. /KLD—| lo wi Tho Coumt—all of ing petitions sigs Jus oR— nial. We oned retain the petidion Dare no that it might bo ureaght up ate, future time. 'r. Brooks—Your Honor seemed to labor under the imi ression that we came before the Court for an sccount- ng. oF that ypu have the liberty to turn w# over to an ac counting. We came not here asking for the accountini fe ask for the rent, and nothing else, and are told tha! ye can have no rent, but we can eo the question set. tled whether there is a rent found if we choose to go ite MaSiPUe Gnlehath creer a ehS aie 8 one sulted to our wishes, and at is the'reason we withe draw the petitions. The Court—Well, if the gentleman doce wish van ac. counting we shail not make an order. @ the quarrel for the present at least. THE PETITIONS WITHDRAWN. ‘The decision was received with great excitement/ and immediately atter its conclusion Messrs. Dav- enport and Brooks, in behalf severally of the first mortgage bondholders and the stockhold- ers of the Vermont and Canada Railroad, withdrew their petitions for the removal of the trastecs and also for the payment of rent, all of which indicate an absolute and unconditional surs render, or, perhaps, it ht be called @ “‘roat,’# horse, foot and dragoons, Very naturally, the pars tisans of the trustees and managers are jubilant. ART MATTERS. Harvey Young. Mr, Harvey Young is the name of an exceedingly clever young artist who gained his first valuabia experience in California, and who has his studio a# 48 East Fourteenth street, He is yet in the first years of early manhood, but has done work of sufficient merit to justify the hope that he will er@ @ very long interval of time shall have passed occupy a prominent place among American painters, The most. ambitious of his works is “Cascade Lake,” which presents one of the most. characteristic views among the Sierra Nevada. An afternoon fog 1s aupposed to be clearing away, and the many projecting peaks are dimly veiled in vari-colored mists. The light of the picture i concentrated in the centre, whence it so radiates as to brighten and enrich the purple sides of tha mountains, In the middle distance a caseade gleams and foams, The artist has been peculiarly successful in bis treatment of those tugacious tintd and shades which are at once the ambition and tha’ despair of every one who attempts to paint a mountain landscape. While one is studying the featares the scene changes, and the lincaments of the mist run into one another ere the most facile brush can transfer them-to canvas. The picture ig eee inches by sixty, and is to be mentioned - me ‘oung’s strongest and most praiseworthyt effol ‘Three, other works demand specification. One is “Mount Hood,’ Oregon Territory. The huge moun- tain, bonneted with ermine, uprearg itgeif in the background, while u tender intercession of blue mis¢ softens the lignt which is gathered upon it. Some Indian tents on the piain beneath indicate that the verge has been reached where our nationality ceases to be exclusively civilized. ‘The limpidity of the water in the foreground is admirably pre served. Another picture is “Tne Blue Canyon of the Sierra Nevada,’ a locality which every Call- fornian traveller with an eye tothe gigantical c= turesque will remember. The heavens are filled’ witn surging clouds, which are foamed with light,, andthe mountains are clad with tints of a ricl urple sor. The stream known as the American River glides through the scene, and a line sufficiently straight and emphatic indicates the resence Of the railroad, 2,500 feet above the rivers aus Picture is very nearly as large as “Cascade 2, ‘i “Shasta-Butes” ts the last of the very interest- ing batch of pictures.by Mr. aga to which we shall this morning ask attention. It represents a famous meuptain at the head of Sacramento Val- ley, rearing itself far above a range of barren foot. nits. A cloudiessly blue firmanent stretches above the scene. Some teams are fording a stream, and the horizon is penobdan es in a soft, tape wist,, treated with a delicacy which we suspect to be one of Mr. Youn, inherent characteristics. The prin- cipal picture to which we have referred, ‘Cascada Lake,” is already purchased, and will probably be on its route to Virginia City. Haseltine’s Gallery. At Mr. Haseltine’s gallery, on East Fourteenth strect, near University place, may be seen nunt< ber of fine pictures, to some of which public atten~ tion has not yet been called. Among these may ba mentioned a “View of Venice,” by Haseltine, the artist now in Rome; @ work by Richter, one by Bakalowicz and one by Zamagois. It would be ins teresting to know precisely how many views of Venice have been painted by artists at home and abroad. An exhibition weuld be less completa without one than with some sheep by Verboeck« hoven, Itis just to Mr. Haseltine to acknowledge that he is less conventional and unorigina: tham are nine artists out of ten. Tae water which he paints has the ACG of My something more than a mass of blue paint, with w sort of curvilinear water in it, meant ta answer tothe rhythm of the waves, The picture has been in the city for only a short time. Baka~ lowicz has a characteristic elaboration called “Tue Pet,” in which one small monkey and two larga ladies figure. The monkey is being proffered some grapes by one of the women, whose rich blue dress wets om the ly rich white one of her com- panion. The scene by Richter might be taken to represent an episode in the Petit Trianon. Threg ladies and a gentleman, attired in the costumes of the time of Louis the Sixteenth, occupy a richly furnished and tapestried apartment, which opens upon gardens which might be those of Versailles. A, sort of dolce far niente, made voluptuous and courtly, 18 indicated in the attitudes and expres- sien of the group. The small picture by bapa is exquisitely finished. It represemts @ cavalier tasting wine, a glass containing which he holds up with the air of a connoisseur, while he smacks hi lips with the critigal gusto of one quite used to the business. There many other good pictures in, the Haseltine Gallery, but those we havo specified! are among the newest. INTEMPERANOE AND DEATH, Arrest on Suspicion. Yesterday morning Detective Johnson, of the Thirteenth precinct, brought to the City Half Mary McNamee, @ miserable-looking, bare-footed inebriate, whom he had arrested on suspicion of having. caused the death of Bridget McSweegan, also of very intemperate habits, late of 48 Scammel street. Both the women lived in the same tene- ment house, and last Saturday night they drapi¢ together ai jubsequently quarrelied. During the trouble it is alleged tl Mary struck Bridget om the head with a soaa water bottle, but that is by no means certain. At later hour Bridget was found, lying in the Railway, intoxica‘ed and suffering trom alp wound, which might have been the result of @ ‘he was taken to Bellevue Hospitaly where, owing te the bad crowed of her system, sipelas set in and death followed. i i lle in the Coroner’s Court, the prisener, whor was suffering frem great physical prostratio sank to the fleor in a fainting fit, and ft was foun necessary to remove her to Centre Street Hespitali for treatment. It is but proper to say that the suspected woman positively denies her guilt. THE EBIE RAILWAY OOMPANY'S GROUND RENT PAID. Comptroller Green has collected from the Eris Railway Company ground rent for three years ani nine months on property of the city located aq Duane, Reade, Washington and West streets, aj the rate ef $11,250 per annum, up to February 1878, amounting in the aggregate to $42,187 60, Th al appraisers having failed to agree upon th opitation i this property as a basis of the ren! the present Comptroller designated a new i behalf of the city, by whose action th Patter was bronght under Consideration and th rent ed upon. The rent reserved under th former lease was at the rate of $1,260 per annum, COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts received yesterday in the City Treasury frouy different sources, viz. :— RECHIVER OF TAXES. From taxes, Croton water rent, &c.... ‘BUI REAU OF ARREARS, From arrears of taxes, amessments, ( rent und interest........ BUREAU OF CITY From market rents and wes COLLECTOR 01 From assessments tor street improvements, &¢ Total. 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