The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-09

Our Brooklyn neighbors are as bad, or
wore, In proportion TO their population, than
we are, the number of cases reported being
over eleven thousand. And this under the
shadow Of all the pupits, Libraries, free schools
free presses and free institutions generally 1t
viii be well for the parsons to notice In the
above table that two.thirds of the whole num-
Der Of persons brought before the courts "had
had religious instruction" while not one-half
could read or write. This does not speak well
for the pulpit Of New York, which, with few
exceptions, has been 90 demoralized by the
abolitionists that the influence of the clergy Is
decidedly on the wane.
This state of things Is not peculiar to our
city. All over the North and West pauperism
the South We find comparatively little crime,
and no pauperism worth mentioning. And yet
the politicians and philanthropists Of the North
are continually writing and talking about the
wickedness Of the South, forgetting altogether
the skeletons In their closets. Would 1t not
be as well for some Of the philanthropiss who
are so anxious about the black man to study
the above table intently, and then turn their
attention to the white men, women and chill.
dren Of the Empire City, held 10 the bondage
Of ignorance, vice and crlmef
HoRsEFLEsH IN THE UNITED SrATEs-There Is
perhaps no other country In the world where the
cultivation Of the horse has acquired 30 re-
markable Q stimulus and reached 80 high
point within the same space OF time as In the
United States. The English turf-the fAscina-
tons Of which are shared In by all classes of
the community-has given prominence to the
culture Of the thoroughbred racer In that coun-
try, and the proverbiAl love for the hunt In the
character Of the English gentleman has encir-
cled the equine race with peculiar interest, and
procured for 1t a kind Of fraternal aud fostering
care. But In this ountry-overwhelmed o.
we are with trade and commerce-we have few
of that class which the gentry Of England re-
present, and absolutely no such thing as men
Of leisure even among the wealthiest of the
community; nevertheless, of late years we have
come to oustrip the mother country in the
number Of our race horses and in the beauty
and perfection OF the breed of horses generally.
There are not more than six thousand animals
in England at present equal to making any
show on the turf, while there are In the United
States lot less than eight thousand including
trotters and racers-which can make their
mark In their respective PAGES OF these a
thousand trotters and Ave hundred racers be-
long regularly to the profession" and the rest
may be counted on to do something bandsome
upon any occasion on fair road.
The culture OF saddle horses and animals 10
run In harness has Of late years reached very
high point with us, and borseaesh generally
commands higher price now In this country
than anywhere else on the globe. II is not an
uncommon thing for a gentleman to pay ten
thousand dollars for q team Of bloods for pri.
waite use, and two thousand or three thousand
dollars Is not considered an extravaxant price
tor q pair Of good coach horses, white ladies'
saddle horses often command from Eve 70 ak
hundred dollars aniace ara sou, astunca n n 10