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everything costs money) must by voluntary contributions, to use the British phrase. pe eee i cena eer Pao, Most Selntiy rotection 0! nngin, ana ally recite with this intention aD in- ocation to Our Lady of Salette.” 4 MBMBBRS OF THE COUNCIL. “The members of our Council,” said Father Foe with the manner of a man who, however lite, has no time to waste words, “are :— President—M. Bournisien. FN tar ng Rev. Father Jenner Durand, Treasurer—Vacant. Ro person of religious views appareatly anxious mix himself up with the money part of this ness.” . «Our Councillors,” briefly resumed Father Bailly, ‘e:—Messrs. the Abbé Bopniot, the Duke de haulnes, the Abbé Duhamel, the Abbé Thedenat, he Abbé Tilley, the Abbé Vincent, Dr. Court- ud (pilgrims fall sich as well as other people, nd must have prompt help in out-of-the-way laces), M. Gaillard, O’Kerrins Hyde, Le Maire, ant de Narbonne Lara, Baron de Plinval, icomte de Ruty, Sorin de Boune, De la Villes- inet.?? THE MONTH OF PILGRIMAGES. “The Central Committee of the Pilgrimages,” roceeded Father Bailly, with a very clear idea of 6 Subject before him, ‘‘purposes to commence a riod of special prayers, under tbe designation of e Month of Pilgrimages.’ It will begin on the ja of July; it will terminate on the 22d of August. f NUMEROUS PILGRIMAGES ill be organized to Our Lady of Salette, where he first national pilgrimage was made—that pil- ‘image which was the prelude to the admirable jovement which astounded (here Father Bailly 4gravely smiled) the enemies of our faith. Many iigtimages will also be made to Lourdes, to the ‘otto of the Immaculate Conception, which pil- ims are never tired of visiting (said the Father, ith what truth will be seen hereafter); to Pont- ain, where the Virgin manifested her presence the midst of our late disastrous war to pro- ounce words of good hope, and to many other intly shrines and sanctuaries.” Here Father Bailly paused, but observing that I ghowed no signs of flagging attention, he con- Mnued presently his discourse as follows :— MEANING OF THE PILGRIMAGES. . “The fine and importing manifestation of the PMonth of Pilgrimages must not be confined to these oly exoursions. (Evidently no intention of iving the faithful a little country alr and raral musement by cheap trains.) It must be an act of iety and of faitti. It must call upon Heaven to ear a cry of distress and of confidence, which will ise up to it from the very heart of Frafite. This nanifestation will take place, therefore, in those fniracuious sanctuaries dear to each province, and which are most accessible to the devout. (Pos- pibie, in short, to go to them by train or omnibus.) Gt will spread by God’s blessing to every church and to every hearth of every Christian (read Roman Catholic) family, in sueh time and manner {hat one universal prayer from the whole country may go up simultaneously to the throne of God. CONSECRATION OF FRANCE TQ THR VIRGIN. Upon Sunday, the 17th of Angust, and upon Thursday, the 21st of August, there will be anew pilgrimage to every shrine, and France will ‘be sol- emaly consecrated to the Virgin Mary.” THK POPE'S OPINION OF THE BUSINESS. {The Holy Father has expressed his entire ap- ‘proval of this vast project. He has blessed it with paternal tenderness, He has deigned to accord to each faithful pilgrim his most rich indulgence. Yhis affair,’ said the Pope must not get into pficial hands. Permanent clerks would soon put B stop toit. (Sans passer par les bureaux, a dit Pio LX, cela ne se Sera pas assez vite,” PAPAL INDULGENCE. Plenary indnigence will be granted on Tuerday, the 22d of July, which 1s the Feast of Saint Magdalen and the opening day of the pilgrimages, and also on the day when they close—namely, Friday, the 22d bf August, octave of the Assumption—upon ex- press condition of reciting the prayers indicated by the-Conncil General for the month of pilgri- mages. Plenary indulgence will be granted to all the faithful every time that they make any one of she pilgrimages organized either by the Ventral DPommittee or by any of the committees afiliated to a A special plenary indulgence will be granted for the pilgrimages organized by the Central Commit- see to Lourdes and La Salette. Plenary indulgence will be granted to all the faithfal who visit any holy shrine whatsoever upon either of the two days ixed for the consecration of France to the Virgin mMary—namely, the 17th and 21st of August—and who sonsecrate their country to the Virgin with their whole hearts. ‘ A UNIVERSAL PRAYER. Finally, upon tne demand of the Society of Pius, at Rome, joined to that of the Council General of the Pugrimages, the Holy Father has ordered a aniversal prayer to berecited during the three fays preceding the Assumption, with plenary in- Qulgence during each day of this supplication. THE POPE'S PRAYERS, The prayers chosen by the Holy Father himself for these three days are the “Litanies of the Saints,” upon the recitation of which His Holiness will concede a supplementary term of seven years’ partial indulgence. All these plenary indulgences are granted on the ordinary condition of confession ef communion and of reciting the prayers com- manded by the handwriting of Pius IX.,in “the Pope's endorsement of our supplication,” observes Father Bailly, bowing his head reverently as he tepeats THE MANDATE OF INFALLIBILITY: Inter conditiones pro indulgentia lucranda, et ‘In forma Ecclesia consueta, conditio etiam neces- saria est ut omnes pro conversione peccatorum Yogent, dilatatione. 38. J.C. Ecclesiw, et pro hac. 8. Sede. 1US, P.P. LX. SOMEWHAT IN THE CLOUDS. Having acquired a habit of smoking while at Constantinople I was at this juncture tempted to request permission from the Pere Bailly to lighta vigarette. The sudden introduction of the Pope Into our discourse had rather overcome me. There ds no talking about the Pope's infallibility of course, He is infallible, and there ts an end of that matter for all orthodox Catholics. Wishing to smoke out. the question in my own mind I was yet unable to, for @ priest, being unable to defend him- welf against an affront, bas a right to as much con- sideration as a lady, and, to light a cigarette in presence of Father Bailly, would have been an act of vuigar rudeness. Sol began to muse on the Pope's infallibility, and soon came to the conciu- gion that it is a very good doctrine fer the Church. At has always seemed to me that one of the great scandals of the Protestant Church is that it offers mo tribunal of oe to the doubter where his “@oubts may be di fliltely set at rest. I remember, 4ndeed, when I was at Oxford, that one of my col- | ‘lege friends, being about to take holy orders, asked vice of a bishop, who had a reputation tor saying shrewd things, as to how he should preach and ‘what doctrine he should propound from the pulpit, “mot secing his way very clearly in this direction Mill the Puseyite controversy was settled to his sat- gsfaction, “Oh,” replied the bishop dryly, ‘“noth- ng can be easter than to finda subject for a ser- ynon. You have merely to get up and contradict hat somebody else said last Sunday.”’ THE VATICAN A COURT OF APPEAL, Now this is impossible in the Roman Catholic Whurch, There every man’s doubts are decided. | ‘Rightly or wrongly, that need scarcely trouble a | @ood Catholic. He has gone to the head of his Church and accepts his decision. If the Holy Father has answered wrongly or even corruptly (such things may have happened) why, that is an affair between the Holy Father and his conscience. Father Bailly, finding me apparently lost in this abstruse speculation, gently rose, and, said he, “Permit me to introduce you to Father Germer, the secretary of our committee, who will be happy to answer any further question you may wish to put, L represent Father Picard,” he observed, “who ig now absent, but Father Germer knows more than Ido.” Ithought he seemed to know & good deal, but J did not say so, and the next min- ute Father Germer had replaced him on the seat Ddefore me. ‘THE SECRETARY OP TF, COMMITTRE OF PILGRIMAGES. Fatuer Germer is a small, fair man, of about eight and twenty, with an open, intelligent coun- tenance, and steady, business-like ways. If{ had @ucstioncd him for twelve hours at a stretch Ido ' i } i NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10; 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. not think he would have flinched or that his atten, tien would have Gagged for a moment, Said Father Germer, in an agreeable, practical tone of voice, with undercurrents of meaning in it, the daily prayers fixed by the General Council, and to which His Holiness has deignea to attach plenary indulgences, are as follows:— Five “Pater” and five ‘Ave’ three times, “Parce Domine” once; “Oremus pro pontifico nostro Pio, Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet cum, et beati- com faciat eum in terro, et non tradat eum in aui- man inimicorum ejus.’”” Also Sacred heart of J ns bave pity upon us, fe ve Oar ‘Lad: sus, pity upor ly of Good Counsel, have pity upon us. Lady of Salvation, have pity upon us. St. Michael, Archangel, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us. St. Peter and St, Paul, pray for us. St. Martin, pray for us. ‘These are the only prayers necessary to gain the indulgences, The pious will, however, be invited to do alittle meditation, for which they will ind subjects indicated in a “HANDBOOK FOR PILGRIMS.” which will be shortly pablished at alow price, All pligrims are requested to join in the yniversal prayers fixed by the Pope for the 12th, 13th and ldth of August, and on each of these three days they must recite the “Litanies of the Saiuts.”’ CONSECRATION OF PRANOE TO MARY, The form of this consecration will be very im- pressive. These are the words in which it will be pronounced :— © Mary! Immaculate Virgin, our proteetress and our Mother, we come humbly to consecrate to thee our goods, our persona, our families and our country. & qd ‘This consecration of the heart was afready made by our forefathers in their love and in their faith, Our kings:have solemnly ratified it. The ages have affirmed it for ever and ever. The whole people come this day to renew it by solemn and em- Phatic act, Unanimously and spontancously they come to aMrm in the face of their enemies that France is still your kingdom, “Regnum Gallia, regnum maria.” France may have for an instant forgotten her glery. Inan age of blindness she has expelled Christ, your son, from her institutions and her laws; she hath sinned; but in the midst of ber errors she has met with humiliation and grief. Her pride is broken, From the deeps of her misery she arises to repent and to believe, and while still wounded and bleeding from her fall, she lifts up to you this cry forever victorious—‘'J00 aa mastrem 1" O Mary, Mother of Mercy, ne not the grief of your children. Do not disdain this immense wail of distress and of love, which rises from all hearts And from all sanctuaries, Have pied upop upon us; have pity upon our country. irect her overnments, enlighten her legislators, convert er people, strengthen her faith, guard her morals, and finally save her in restoring to her her glorious ission as the eldest daughter of the Church and ie soldier of Christ. member that we are your children and show yourself a mother to us. Monstra te Bape miasrem. We beseech you by the name of Jesus, yo Son 4 ont Saviogry we be- Beech you by the sufferings tears of an entire people, have pity upon us. Refuge of Sinners, ac- cept our repentance; Succor of Christians, turn away the wrath which destroys us. Queen of Victory, be our Queen forever and ever. Amen. Amen. PUBLIC PRAYERS, “Tt has been thought advisable,” continued the Secretary, “that wherever ecclesiastical authority determines to celebrate solemnly the month of Pilgrimage to give it the character of public prayer, These are certain suggestions from the committee which may be followed in part or alto- gether. Every morning during mass the Credo should be sung, and after mass a profession of | faith should be read and the Canticle of the ‘Sacred Heart’ chanted. In'the evening three times ‘Parce Domine,’ a humble apology, and the ‘Canticle of our Lady of Salvation’ should be pro- nounced. The general administration of the Holy Communion takes place on the 22d of July and the 22d of August. LOCAL PILGRIMAGES. The pilgrimages will be of two kinds, national and local. The national pilgrimages of La Salette, Lourdes and Pontmain will be each the object of a special circle issued by the Council General, which will fix the detai's of organization, the nours and means of transport. The local pilgrimages will be organized in the same manner by the sub-commit- tees, AD address to the Pope will be shortly sent to Rome by Father Picard, of the Augustines of the Assumption, our Director. “It is at the threshold of the Vatican that we began our career; itis from the Vatican that we have received encourage- Ipat and indulgence. Our looks are turned to- wards Pius [X.; to him we give our devotion and our hearts. Infailivle doctor, he is our master and eur guide; pastor of our souls, he is our strength and our support; if he is delivered we are sure of salvation, We desire to translate our sentiments into actions; and the month of pilgrimages will be completed by the follow- ing measures:—An address to the Sovereign Poatif will be deposited for signatures in all the sanctuaries where pilgrimages are made. A box to receive Peter's pence will be placed at all the shrines, After the month of pilgrimages is over these addresses will be carefully bound, and, upon an appointed day, the delegates of the divers sanctnaries will go, accompanted by the delegates of the Committee of Pligrimages, to place at the feet of the Holy Father their addresses and their alms, A form of address will shortly be printed by the Council General, and each address must be drawn up upon the same form and upon the same kind of paper for the convenience of binding. THE FRENCH CLERGY, All the curates and vicars of France, all the bish- ops and archbishops, are called upon to assist the Central Committee in making convenient arrange- ments for the pilgrims, and in providing them with lodging, food and transport. Not a thing to be hid away—done in a corner—this pilgrimage business. Special arrangements will be made with railway companies, omnibus proprietors, innkeepers and lodging house keepers, SUPERFINE PILGRIMS, who wish to have reserved seats in ratlway car- riages, must make an application for them to the committee, who will grant it, A sum—not named— will be added to the cost of each pilgrim's railway ticket to pay the general costs of the enterprise. Every pilgrim must pay for his place beforehand. Poor pilgrims will find this pilgrimage made easy tothem. They will breakfast and dine at a low tariff, and may sleep in dopble bedded, triple bed- ded, quadruple bedded rooms or even all of a row in a dormitory. “I think,’ remarked the Secretary, having de- livered himself to this effect, ‘that I have now told you all or nearly all I have to tell, The Council General of Pilgrimages has determined to inaugu- rate the month of universal prayer by a grand na- tional pilgrimage to St. Martin, patron of France; WSt Vincent of Pani and ~o Lourdes, The pit- grims will leave Paris on Monday, July 21, eight o'clock in the morning. The prices of places in the pilgrims’ train is—Tnird class, forty-five srancs; second class, sixty-seven francs; first class, 130 francs. To these prices will be added two francs to frst and second class tickets, and one franc to third class tickets for the general expenses of ad- ministration. it was on the loth of July that I took leave of Father Germer after this conversation, and on the 11th I quitted Paris for the coast of Normandy. I mention this that the reader may understand that | fore him by a religious fanatic, but by one occupied in ordinary pursuits and amusements, fresh from the business and pleasures of life. I desire to impress upon him no foregone conclusions—I am the advo- cate of no sect. I merely endeavor to record as simply and truthfully a8 possible what I saw and | heard, Punctual to an appointment made with me by | the Directors of the National Pilgrimage, I arrived at six o'clock onthe morning of the Zist of July at the Rue Francois Premier, 1 found three cabs, each laden with a small trunk, before the door of the house where the Committee of Pilgrimage like a pilgrim was visible for nearly an hour, when two priests, with large shovel hats, walked up the street together. They were presently joined by a powerfully built gentleman dressed in a brown shooting coat, upon which was fastened the piigrim’s cross. He looked about forty years of age, and was of a stern and somewhat gloomy aspect. His beard, which was worn longer and jess carefully kept than beards in this neighborhood usualy are, had faded and rusty appearance, There wass sort of uncouth strength and careless ease about him, which seemed the belongings of a man who habit- ually did great things, which required hard work, and who was indifferent as to how he looked while doing them, or whom he might please or offend upon his way. This was the Vicomte de Damas, President of the Council, one of the most illustrious gentlemen in France, whose name ts now a watch- word throughout the whole Catholic world. He immediately engaged in earnest talk with the two priests, and walked up and down with ;his hands behind him and his eyes fixed upon the ground. I heard that the Pere Bailly was packing for the journey and that the Pere Germer was at prayers. Presently several people | of ordinary..dress and appearance came running up, while the sun slowly broke through the seft haze of the July morning and shone ont in its splendor over Paris. At length Father Germer glides swiftly towards me (a Catholic priest sel- dom seems to walk) and announces that all is ready and it is time todepart. The Vicomte de Damas and the Pere Bailly are to conduct the pil- grimage, and it has been arranged that I shall go in the same carriage with them. ‘You shall then see and hear,” adds the Pére Bailly, who now joins hus, (all that is to be seen or heard.” Then he and ‘the Vicomte de Damas set off in a cab together, |. and I follow closely aiter them, for the Orleans railway station. We drive on through the tranquil streets, not yet , thronged with the restiess crowd which will swarm ‘he facts Tam about to narrate are not brought be- | holds its sittings, but nobody who looked at all | through them a few hours hence, Paris is very Still in the easly morning, and there ts nobody to be seen about but the milkwoman with her bright little cans, the scavenger with his cart, anda few work girls tripping along to distant shops and bound to be at their counters in good time, be- cause they are paid by the piece. The gay flags hotated for the infidel King of Persia still bang out frem the windows and baicontes of the laughing city, and seem to mock us as we go upon our er- rand. Leaving the ruined Tuileries upon our lef we scud over tho bridge of Solferino in a light open carriage pulled by a fast trotting Breton cob, and take our course along that splendid line of quays which reach from Auteuil to Bercy, on by the Prussian and Spanish Embassies, lying silent and dark, as though their inmates were brooding in no cheerful mood over what may come in this city of surprises; by the Institute of France and the equestrian statue of Henry IV., towards which one’s eyes turn musingly, forthe thougnt that there may sd0n be & Henry V. is one often upper- most in the minds of Frenchmen just now, Notre Dame and the Morgue are a little further on, and between the chinks of the houses one may discern the tall column of the Bastile. It isa grotesque quarter of Paris about here, and one not much known to tourists. On one side of the river are the straggling police offices, on the other the maze of an- cient and crooked streets which lead towards the students’ quarter in the Latin country, and towards the bookmen’s haunts around the Luxembourg. So with our small horse, capering and dancing along like a thorongh French horse 4s he ts, we “come to where the flowers eluster and the stately trees are nodding their tall plumes in the wind which blows over the Jardin des Plantes, What an artistic and graceful people these French are! There 1s not a window or a‘valcony upon our road where @ ray of sunshine is to be had which does not bloom with carnations and roses lovingly tended. The wind ts fresh and cold this morning, and the sensation of chilliness is iucreased by the evaporation of water in the streets which @re deluged just as we reach the bridge of Austerlitz. Paria is waking upat last. Carters are «6feen = breakfasting off white wine and cheese before small taverns. The wine and brandy shops open first, then the bakers, then the butchers. Yonder is a woman carrying two yards of bread, shaped like a broomstick, under her arm, and the work girls, tripping in pairs to their occupation and telling their dreams to each other, become more numerous. Suddenly thore is @ smell of roasting coffee in the air. Respecta- bility 1a getting up too. It must be near eight o'clock as we near the station, where @ special train awaits us. Cabs become more numerous. They are full of priests and ladies, mostly dressed im mourning, but apparently determined to do thetr pilgrimage conveniently. Possibly, too, they mary be afraid of insult in the streets, for over the bridge, not far away, are jibing workmen of the Quartier St. Antoine, who are apt to think thata pricst and a lady are lawful sport provided for them by their unknown deity, the Goddess of Reason, APPEARANCE OF THE PILGRIMS, No lean ascetic is to be seen aa yet, or was after- wards soen by me, tramping barefoot over the stones; or mortifying his flesh while feeding his vanity by the exhibition of anything at all like sackcloth and ashes. There was indeed no outward and visible sign that the month of prayer and pil- grimage had begun, except these cabs with their well-packed trunks and comfortable fares. The solemn character of the devout national act, which is said to be taking the proportions of a crusade against modern heresies, becomes more apparent. At the Orleans Railway station monks in strange costumes, which have remained unchanged since the foundation of their orders in the Middle Ages, stalk gravely about the waiting rooms, There is the Dominican, with his white gown and his rosary, and the friar dressed all in brown, with his head bare and @ rope round his waist, Every- where are heard whispered inquiries for tne Vicomte de Damas, clearly guide and chiet of the Pilgrimage. , The Pere Bailly has arrived, too, and fits about with noiseless footsteps very swiftly. His hands are full of little parcels. He has the air of man who has many responsibilities on his shoulders. He greets me with a cheerful smile, however, and has time to say a pleasant word aa he passes hurriedly. Then he is swept away by a tide of inquiring clergy, surging round him till he seems likely to be drowned in it. A PILGRIM’s LUGGAGE. Most of the priests who now throng the station carry black leather bags in their hands, like ordinary mortals bound for a week's outing. They do not appear to have any intention of doing with- out their comforts, I sce that some have bottles of a goodly size, and some have baskets of provi- sions ready cooked. They do not travel luxuri- ously, however. Many of the bags are lean, and, Perhaps contain no more than a littie linen and a prayer book. They read as they move about the ‘station, with downcast eyes and stately, measured step if alone; when together they converse in pairs, The Jesuits are generally three together; buat they do not form groups, and their conversa- tion is hushed and subdued in its tone, ‘ AN IMMENSE CROWD fills the station a few minutes before eight o'clock. People are hurrying to send farewell telegrams before they start, and others are rushing up in frantic haste and pale with the fear of being too jJate. The organ of time is not always fully de- veloped even in the heads of the clergy. Great numbers of English have come to see the show, and now and then Icatch the pleasant, lingering accent of the United States coming from the lips of some pretty girl, fresh and fair as a fower, accom- panied by her relatives, who look on with good humored curiosity, as though this were merely one of the strange sights of Paris, WELL-TO-DO PILGRIMS. Most of the pilgrims I have seen as yet seem | pretty well-off; no extremely poor people among them, no rags, no squalor, and, I think, not many professionals, though some of the groat ladies are Said to do their pilgrimages vicariously and to pay their waiting maids to pray for them. Now and then a@ brisk, active woman looks as if she was here in a business capacity, but the truth must be left to conjecture. It would not be polite to ask after it, It never is polite to inquire after truth, People generally would much rather she was dead and buried, Nearly all the pligrim ladies are im black or very sober-clad colors; no flaunting, partl- colored ounces, no long skirts, no fluttering rib- bons to be seen about anywhere, and no smoxing going onjnst now. The clergy, who are in a m& Jority, would frown down a cigar very summarily. THR CURES ofthe different parishes of Paris and its suburps are usaally accompanied by their favorite parish- ioners, These are grave and preoowupied persons, They are atype of Frenchmen | have never seen before—apare. mild, polite people, many of them, in wigs and long frock coats reaching to their heels, such a8 were in fashion among landlords a generation ago. There isa total absence of light- headedness among them and their woman kind. No chattering or laughing or screaming 1s going on atthe Orleans Railway station this morning, and therein it presents @ remarkable contrast to the Orleans Railway station upon other mornings. The greeting of the priests between themselves 1s friendly and cordial, There is none of that prim stiffness which characterizes the assemblies of Protestant clergymen, 1 fany that most of the ourés have “4 DBY PROPRSSIONAL JOKE” foreach other, What excellent teeth they have, and what bright, black eyes and clear complexions from frugal living and early hours! They are mostly tall, well grown men, differing altogether in size and bearing from the Frenchman of the boulevards. There are some halt andlame and smitten with divers sore diseases among the pil- grims. One cripple is carried into the waiting reom uponschair held up by loving hands, and prayers for his recovery are whtspered around him as he goes, and are full of a wonderous hope and faith and tenderness. I notice that the Pére Ballly is the only priest among us who wears a beard. It seems that the French priesthood have shaved sinee the reign of Louis XY., and that only the brethren of certain orders go unshorn, 4 WHIFP OF POLITICS. A bishop tn partibus tella me, as he looks ad- miringly et the pilgrimage, that “France ts saved.” No doubt of that now, since she has re- turned to her ancient faith in miracles, Knowing him tobe a keen politician, I asked him for news of Henry V. “I heard yesterday,” he answered, “that the King will immediately return and re- store peace to our distracted country.” { replied, indeed, that some thought Marshal MacMahon might have the wish to become Grand Constable of France, and that I, too, had heard of an inten- tion to restore monarchy at Versailles. “It is devoutly to be hoped,’ said the bishop in parti- bus; “another convulsion like the Commune would oblige us all to wear beards, in order that we might escape in disguise, as we did before.” At the last moment several pilgrims of high rank drove up in their carriages and went about their worship in a stately way, somewhat too edifying. ‘THE SICK CHILD. Also there appeared a woman with a helpiess child slung around her neck. She was about to carry {t thus, with a strong faith in her heart, to Gur Lady of Lourdes, After all she was only carry- tng out very clear instructions, to be found in Holy Writ. When the Jews, under the theocracy, were sick, they did net go to the doctor; they went to the priest. They did not take drugs; they said prayers and offered up sacrifice. We seem to have forgotten these things; but they are in those Scrip- tures which were written for our instruction, nevertheless, And what said our Saviour to the sick persons who came to him? Surely not “take two tablespoonfuls of mixture three times a day.” He said, ‘Thy faith hath madg, thee whole.’? aT oe aoe FIRST CLASS PILGRIMS. ‘The first class carriage reserved for the Vicomté de Damas and the directors of the pilgrimage is quite fall, and the Peré Bailly has taken a second class ticket. I observe that second and third class carriages are the most numerous, There are only four first class carriages attached to the train, and not & Vacant place anywhere in it. Iam to travel with the curé of Olichy, the chaplain general of the forces, M. Robert de Devise (one of the directors) ; his sister, a young lady about to take the veil; two abbés of note in the Faubourg St. Germain anda French Dyke, Who is President of the Com- mittee of Pilgrimages to Jerusalem. M. Robert de Devise, the director, is @ young man, Just under six feet high, and stout and strong in proportion. Sach Frenchmen as he are seldom seen out of the Faubourg-St. Germain. Though so young he has already proved himself a valiant soldier; and his taient for administration is noticeable. A silent, courteous, handsome ‘ad he is, with massive fea- tures, pale and composed. His eyes are very steady; he has the muscles of a young Hercules. He ia watcnful, indefatigable, unobtrusive ; always ready with his work. I fancy he must be some nephew or near relative of that grim Ohristian lord, the Viscount of Damas; for he acts under or- ders as the Viscount’s lieutenant, and he can run Meetly from one end of the train to the other, and jump well, which the Viscount, I should think, can- not. THE START. ‘The train is no sooner tn motion than M. Robert de Devise acquaints us briefly with the projects for the day. In the first place, the prayers of the Titnerary are to be saids They begin with the words, “In Viam pacis,” and conclude with the psalm, ‘‘Benedictus Dominus"—“Biessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and re- deemed His people.” FAST TRAVELLING. We move all rapidly, for French engines, and Stop seldom. Wherever we do stop a crowd is waiting for us, and we steam up, singing psalms. Then the crowd sets up a shout, ‘Vive les Pélérins de Paris.”” The curé of Clichy begins to talk with deal of mild dignity, He isa man who, I know, passes his life in doing good. His brow is ample and benign in its expression, and [ see wit hovering on those flexible lips. His talk is delightful and pungent as a glass of still cham- pagne. The military chaplain, too, who seemed at first sight a heavy, seli-indulgent person, lights with a strange radiance when he speaks; and there is an easy grace in his language, a loftiness and purity in his thought, which takes me quite by surprise. They talk of the advantages of uniform fora priesthood. A good man, they say, may have bad taste and render himself ridiculous by an ab- surd dress, as many of the Lutheran clergy do. It 1s not, they think, a decent thing for a priest to ad- minister the sacraments or to pray beside the sick in an unbecoming costume—say something resem- bling the dress of a hotel waiter. AT BRETIGNY, where we made our first halt, a hymn was sung by the whole strength of our company, and very weil sung. The curé of Clichy seemed to have been practising it with his flock, for he took his part with a demure air of part proprietorship ex- tremely refreshing to witness. Then we recited some prayers, which are called, in the picturesque language of the Roman Church, ‘The Firat Chaplet of the Rosary.’ Now the Rosary waa THR ARM OF ST. DOMINIC, which he used against the Albigeois, who were the enemies of religion and of France. It was also re- cently presented by the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of Lourdes as the most effective weapon which can be used by the pious against modern heresy, The firstchaplet of the Rosary contains a prayer for the extension of the Church and the peace of Chris- tian realms, @ prayer for the conversion of sinners, aprayer for the triumph of the Pope and the humiliation of the enemies of the Church, ‘ut int micos sancite ecclesia humitiare digneris;” o prayer for the conversion of unbelievers, heretics and schismatics, and a prayer for the peace and concord of all Christian peoples, BILLETING Tai PitoRiMs. At Bretigny the Vicomte de Damas gave out the billets for lodgings at Lourdes. { am tobe quar- tered, with my servant, at Nos. 38 and 39 Hotel de y@ Patx, though the French Duke tells me I should have been better lodged at the Hotel des Pyrenées, M. Robert de Devise collects the money for these hotel tickets. Tre price of a single-bedded room is two francs fifty centimes a night. PILGRIMS AT BREAKFAST. We halted at Aubrais, near Orleans, for break- fast, at ten o'clock; and were allowed sixteen minutes to eat it, We had @ galantine de volaille, which means cold fowl boned, stuffed and cut in slices; an omelette aux jines herbes, which our | cooks call “savory,’’ and roast mutton with po- tatoes. Also cheese and fruit at discretion (the plump plums of Orleans), and excellent wine. Ail these good things were supplied to the pilgrims, by previous arrangement with the Viscount of Damas, at two francs a bead. There was and could be no dispute about the reckoning; nothing, by any means, allowed to bring the pilgrimage into dis- credit or noisiness; and then before # justice of the peace. A pilgrim mighi breakfast or be might abstain from doing #0; but if he did breakfast he paid two franos, and there was an end of that bust ness. YOUNG LADY PrLaRiMs, T notice that there are arene umber of yousg tadies with us, and that they become rather vocal and demonstrative after breakiast, while the grave curés in charge of tnem gently smile, They do not repress the joyous iaughter on those bright young faces, beaming with health and happiness. FRENCH OORN LANDS. On leaving Les Aubrais we pass through the most fertile lands of France. A slight shower comes on, “It is raining grains of wheat,’ says the French Dake, who hag large estates in the neighborhood. There are many more ancient castles still upstanding in Touraine than in any other part of France. A JOLLY PILGRIMAGE. Much comforted by my breakfast, I asked the Abbé who sat neareat to me whether he consid- ered that a pilgrimage performed under circum- stances so extremély comfortable was equally agree- able to the religious idea as a pilgrimage done under difficulties, The Abbé, who had been silent and reserved before, bent eagerly to answer my question. I was trespassing on his ground, and he was all on the alert to warn me, armed cap-d-pie, too, with dogma and argument to belabor me soundly if I did not go. He replied, with the wise craft of the Church, that in the frat place we must not require from feeble mortality too much, for by so doing we invariably end by getting nothing. To persuade people to go on a pilgrim- age at all is a considerable thing when you come to think of it, To make it uncomfortable would be rash. “And,” gaid the curé of Clichy, taking up also his weapons and pressing up to the support of his reverend brother, ‘‘take notice (note bien) that a boay overtasked and fatigued, worn out by priva- «| tons, will hardly contain a mind strong enough for the fervor of prayer. What we want is earnest supplication to the throne of God for our altars and our country, not pale faces and aching heads.” At eleven o’clock we sing the “Ave, Maria Stella.” At twelve we have the “Angelus” and the ‘Second Chaplet of the Rosary.”’ We pray the Virgin Mary to deliver France from the anguish which torments her children; to give intelligence and the merits of the chastisement they have to all French people. We beseech the saintly Virgin, by the agony and afflictions of her drvine Son, to resture the crown of glory to France. We beseech her to restore to France her sacred mission, and to give her courage to fulful her duty with faith and with iove. We implore the Holy Virgin by the griefs and death of her Son to convert and to save France. No doubt our hreakfast helps us here, for we do it lustily, OPINIONS OF A FRENCH DUKE. ‘The prayers being over the Duke took the frag- ments of the conversation I had just had with the two priests in our carriage. “Look you” (Voyez vous), said he, “five years ago it would have ‘been next to impossible to collect a dozen pilgrims; now they may be numbered by tens and by hun- dreds of thousands. Possibiy they are not all very devout, but they have each a little devotion. Now, centimes are small coins, but if you have q great qmapy of them the) ke up around sum, Several a1 ty aooter toakote pay ity steward in sous. f find they come to Just the same thing as francs in his accounts. D’ailleurs,” remarked His Grace, “We do not all take » things so easily. A little girl, who is my niece, impressed upd {26 only yester- day her conviction that Lought not to go on my pilgrimage im a first olass carriage, and thatI should travel in the third class par mortification.” “Ma fot, ma petite fle, Jat repondu (said the Duke) vous en pariez bien a votre aise, Vous restez chez vous” “Besides,” observed His Grace drily, “T am seventy-three years old.” ANEQDOTE OF MARSHAL LE BORUF. ‘The Prench Duke being then in a humor for con- versation turned to politics, and remarked that he expected a telegram from Versailles which would inform him of the results of the want of confidence motion which came on in the National Assembly last night, though he could not doubt that the government of Marshal MacMahon would have & large majority. ‘Car clest un honnéte homme,” said he, and is in no way responsible for our dis- estrous war with Prussia.” “Who is responsible?” 1 asked, wishing to profit by the knowledge of a man so highly placed, so old, 80 experienced, and who seemed to me so wise. “The Empress,” he replied. “I happen to know, and, as 1 was not informed of the fact under the sSealof secrecy, I commit no breach of confidence in repeating it. I happen to know that Marshal Le Boenf told the Emperor very frankly the true state of the case, and that France was not ready for war.” “If you speak thus,’ cried the Empress, ‘‘Vous @tes un lache."' Now, to call a French soldier a ‘qache" is to call him something worse than a cow- ard, and had J, who am an old soldier, continued the Duke, been in Le Boeut’s place, I would not have kicked the Empress, because she 18 @ woman, and for that reason only. But I would have placed my resignation at once on the council table. Marshal Le Bovuf acted otherwise. He went down to the Chamber and declared that all was ready for war.” ARRIVAL AT TOURS. Many priests and pilgrims from Evreux, in Nor- mandy, joined us at Tours. We left Paris about five hundred persons. . Our number was now doubled. “Jl y aun monde fou” (‘It's a crazy crowd”), said a milliner’s girl, dancing with de- light at the sight of us. ‘Tiens donc c'te afuire;” and ehe wondered, as. milliners’ girls will, not very reverently. We were detained a long time at the railway station at Tours, while we formed in procession. The ladies led the way; the men followed. We Were ranged in single file, and immediately began singing. A golden cross was borne aloft between two immense wax candles, and the banner of the Virgin Mary, upheld by the Vicomte de Damas, sup- ported by the Pere Bailly and the Grand Vicar of the Diocese, followed. In this order we went, chanting through the streets, im presence of an immense crowd collected to witness our pro- ceedings. ° CANTIOLE OF THE SACRED HEART. This was the song that we sung:— iL Pity, O God! It is for our country ‘That we pray at the ioot of this altar; Our hands are bound, our faces sad— We tarn our looks to heaven, Chorus— God of clemency, God the Protector, Save Rome! save France! In the name of the Sacred Heart, Lia Pity, OGod! Upon a new Calvary Is groaning the chief of Your Church in tears; Glorify the successor of St. Peter By a triumph equal to his griefs, Chorus. UL Pity, my God! The immaculate Virgin Not in vain makes her voice to be heard Upon our the grateful and desolate earth, The Sd hae heaven will grow as aforetime. Jhorus. Iv. Pity, my God! For s0 many frail creatures ae outraged you, not knowing what they did; Impress in indelible characters The seal Of Christ upon their brows, Chorus, v. Pity, my God! Your adorable heart Will not remain closed to oar sighs, It invites us to the ineffable mystery Which gladdens the veloved Apostie, Chorus. vi Pity, My God! May the source of life Near Thee flow not in vain; But may Marguerite Marie, in this place, Associate us with her divine torment. Chorus, vit, Pity, my God! When to Your handmaid You unveiled the love of Your heart, You'saw penitent France Coming one day to draw from this treasure. Chorus, vit. Pity, 0 God! Our sonis are too feeble ‘vo disarm Your just anger. Surround them with generons flames And render them less unworthy of You. Chorus, Ix. Pity, 0 God! If Your hand chastises An ungratefal people who appear to brave tt, Still within it are ite and death, By @ miracle it can save us, Chorus, The music of this canticle ts very grand ; but the composition of it ieayes much to be desired, and I Was stiprised that the Catholto Church, which numbers so many poets and scholars, should have suffered such weak words to go forth with its sanction at such a time as this, It is to be re- marked, aiso, that the general literature of the Church of Rome ta weak and trivial, M. Louis Veuiliat seems to bo the only French writer who knows how to use his pen upon re! and he is not in holy orders. rate PRUDENT PILGRIMS, ‘There were one or two things about our proces. sion which may have detracted a little from its dignity. Many cautious pilgrims carried their luggage and provisions with them on the fearing to lose sight of them; and a fat, bala man, with a large basket and a young family, waddling slong under an umbrella upon a hot day, is not an impressive spectacle. But it was impossible te get rid of the solemn character of the ‘4 As we sung to God ever for pity and for mercy, and the chorus swelled in one mighty burst at the closgof every verse— God of clemency, God the Protector, Save Rome and France, In the name of the Sacred Heart— the strain was caught up from window and bak cony, and it echoed amid the thundering cheers ef the street and the passionate wail of women, beat- ing their breasts, with hysterical cries, in the ardor of their penitence and patriotism. Thus we poured into the Church of St. Martin, an innumer able crowd. THE CONFESSIONAL. The French duke who had walked just before me, and had hitherto expiained whatever Was done te me, now left me, saying, “Maintenant je vais pow ‘mon compte,” and, kneeling down upon the bare stones, he confessed himself to an unknown priest who happened to pass by. Meantime the church filled to suffocation, and our chant shook the ancient rafters of It—always the same chant over and over again, with the chorus:— God of clemency, God the Protector, Save Rome and i ci In the name of the Sacred Heart, The pilgrims were awtiully in earnest now, ana the whole population of Tours appeared to have turned ous to welcome them. THE MISSING STEAMSHIPS, The Ernst Moritz Arndt. The agents of the Baltic Lioyd’s steamship line received no intelligence yesterday of the missing steamship Ernst Moritz Arndt, They are still of opinion, however, that the vessel is safe and on hea way to some of the Southern ports. A message was sent yeaterday by cable tothe agents at Oo Penhagen and Havre, telling them to forward by steamer the lists of the passengers taken on board _ at both those ports, It is not expected that any news of the veasel will be received for several days yet, the agents being convinced that their suppos- tion in regard to the vessel will turn out to be the correct one, The Alabama. Nothing farther was heard yesterday from Lon don by the agents of the State line of steamshipa Telative to the Alabama, and from this it 18 com cluded that the message received on Friday and Reed in yesterday’s HERALD was entirely cor- ect, and that the rumor relative to that vessel- was altogether unfounded, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Miss Emms Howson, who (s now in Italy, studying under the best masters for the operatia Stage. @Mrs. Annie Kemp Bowler takes the part of Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Grand Opera House, in place of Miss Josie Orton, who is very sick. . These cool evenings the audiences at Wallack™s are very large. “Mimi” continues to attract, and Mr. Moas may congratulate himself on having fought the only successful battle of the Summer. The reopening of the Union Square Theatre takes place on Monday eventng, with the Vokes Family in their new piece, ‘Fun in a Fog.” A comedy im twe acts, by the dramatic company, will add in- terest to the entertainment. “Little Nell,” who appeared at the Olympic The- atre this Summer, and who plays a second engage- ment at that theatre during the season, is only seventeen years old, but sne inherits the snug little fortune of $200,000 on coming of age. Miss Lydia Thompson will be married in London on the 28th inst. to Mr. Alexander Henderson, for years her business manager, and sails tor this country on the 3ist. Mr. Henderson goes to Ger- many tor a time for the benefit of his health, Some changes bave been made in the Academy of Music during the summer. One half of the Mes- zonine boxes have been removed and two rows.of elegant cushioned seats take their place. It is expected that these will become great favorites with forlorn bachelors compelled to go to the opera without ladies. The leading tueatres will s.on be epen for the season, beginning with Niblo’s Garden, where “The Black Crook” is to be reproduced on Monday evening of next week. On Tuesday evening the Grand Opera House follows with “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Monday evening, August 25, the Lydia Thompson troupe at the Olympic and the Aimée company at the Broadway have chosen for their first appearance this year. Wallack’s andé the Union Square will not begin their regulag seasons til the 20th of September, when Salvint, the great Italian actor, also makes his appearance at the Academy of Music. The new Lyceum Theatre, in Fourteenth street, which is under the management of Mr. W. L, Manseli,. formerly manager of the Lyceum, London, will be devoted to the romantic drama, opening September 8 with Halliday’s ‘Notre Dame,” The part of Quasimodo will be taken by Mr. T. ©. King, a great favorite with Dablin audiences and an actor of repute, whe has played a number of successful engagements at Drury Lane. [Later in the season Mr. George Bel- more, also @ well-known London actor, will appear, The ballet, which, we are told, is to be a very fine one, will be under the direction of Signor Espinosa, A story is told of the tragedian, T. 0. King, whois among the company engaged for the New Lyceum Theatre in this city. It illustrates how long a man may wait for that tide in bis affairs to which Shakspeare refers, King had long been a leading favorite in Dublin, and was engaged by the late Charles Kean to support him. King unfortunately “let himself out’ at rehearsal, and Kean never liked trong actors in his train. Accordingly King was paid his salary for three months, but never allowed to appear. This preyed on his spirits, and he returned to Dublin almost broken-hearted. He struggled along for years, and was at last pros- trated by sickness, which lasted for many months, He arose a new man. Drary Lane opened its stage door to him. His name was on large posters, and he achieved fame on the crest of a single wave when his fortunes were at the lowest water he had ever known. gto MURDEREZS AND CHURCHES. To THe Eprror OF THR HERALD:— In your editorial of Savurday last on the double execution at Baltimore you say “A murder like that of Lampley {3 not committed except by men who have been permitted to grow up m heathen among churches and preachers.” There ts too much truth in yourrebuke. With all the time, talent and money expended on churches, there is but little effort made to in clude the poor and ignorant. Even the HeraLp bs touched with the prevailing spirit, as it only recognises and gives reports in its Monday issue of the sermons and services of those churche: which are frequented by the rich, and entirely ignores the few free churches, where the poor have equal rights with the wealthy sinners. The church going portion of the community is entirely gives up to selfishness in this respect. There is no differ: ence in any of the denominations—Presbyterians Episcopalians, Methodists—ail are equally to blame Many of the bishops and clergy acknowledge tne charge, but make no effort to overcome the evil. B is 30 much more profitable and agreeable to minis ter to a Wealthy congregation that but few can be found with suflicient courage and self-denial w take a decided stand and to declare—“‘AS for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” And 40 if has come to pass that people with means go to ex ensive churches to hear first class een 2 others to hear opera in disguise, performed by choirs, at a cost which would help to matntain free churches in all the neglecte portions of the 4 Asmali minority oniy go to worship God! It argued by many ‘hat free churches—#, e., churcher sustained by the voluntary offerings of the people, with no appropriation of pews, but all having equal privite; nnot be maintained. There is however, a suficient number of successful fret churches in New York, Brooklyn and all over thy United states to prove the contrary, but not sum cient to have aay decided iuduenve on ws re