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Bl Bur Yr _ Wad ndt unlike a religious fotr. Stalls and ‘booths had been hastily erected; oake sellers and sellers of cool drinks drove a busy trade. Beggars, by the score and by the hundred, whined for alms, while the solemn basa voices of the officiating priests rose high over the clamor, and some of the pilgrims were very devout and very travel-stained, The July sun shone upon their bare heads ar dusty garments. -The song of the choristers pealet out in the pauses of the service, and the incense from a thousand pious hearts went up to the abode ‘of God. .. High upon the steps of the altar knelt the Vig-.|j ‘Count de Damas,.and he prayed long. When he rose he stretched forth his cap for aims, and went about with bowed head collecting them, never tired offhumiliating himself for that sublime cause of which the spirit glowed tn his large sont like all- consuming fire, Ashe began to move about with Sutatretched cap, into which the pence of the plous fell like rain upon parched grass, the glad Bong of the children choristers burst forth again Uke a hymn of angels rejoicing. It rose high and Soft—oh so iresh and so pure! mounting and /alling im joyous cadences wondrously sweet. The birds answered from their branches in the shadowy trees of the church garden, and the ripening crops giv- Ing out the rich promise of Qpproaching harvest, bowed full of prayer and plenty, beneath the breath of heaven, in the golden flelds around, And hq tall priest waved his censor, clad in gor- geous robes which had been wrought by Plous hands; ‘and again and again welled wp from the sublimest depths of ‘tnusic that beautiful song of the choristers, fresh as a fountain sparkling in the shade. Then the host was raised aloit, and the small silver bell used im the Roman Catholic Church service tinkled ita low, pleading notes, like. the voice of conscience, which will be heard, and the pilgrims knelt upon the ground and the priest blessed them, Surely these men were NOT FANATICS AND FOOLS when the hushed amen came from their wrapped souls and fervent lips. They gave their time and their money, the things that were most precious to them, for the service of God, They must have been at least sincere in their devotion toit, “We give,” they seemed to say, as the. coins dropped one by one into the Viscount’s cap. ‘We give of our substance to the Church, We pray its servants to receive our humble tribute, asa part of their earthly due.” And “Amen,” and “Amen,” cried sou and franc, and whispered each bank note of the paper currency which the war has made, the paper money speaking in a more subdued manner, as became so new and mean a thing In the pres- ence of so old and great a faith. Aid the crowd some of the greatest gentlemen of France knelt, prostrate and supplicating. I @are not mention their names, for I heard them groan in anguish and pray aloud for their altars and their country. Such decds as these are not to be puffed and advertised without sacrilege. We must not bottle up our neighbor’s tears and sell them at a penny a drop, even although they might be cures for many a doubt and many a heartache. Fair France! O, land of lyre anit lancet It never seemed so good and great to me as now. Inever knew or thought that itsinner spirit was #0 Godly and Christian till I could see the minds of its best and bravest laid open before me like the pages of a Bible. There was a general who had been struck down at Gravelotte, and, as he deemed, miraculously restored to life. There was @ captain who had charged with the cuirassiers of Reichsoffen, and there one of the comrades of <Aurelle de Paladine, who had helped to break the Bavarian ranks at Orleans, The red ribbon was beside the ptigrim’s cross, upon his breast, covered with honorable scurs, and he had Won his knighthood fairly, sword in hand, There, too, wele statesmen of bygone dynasties; the courtiers of Charles X.; the professors and jour- Ralists who had risen to power under the Citizen King, Louis Philippe, and the brilliant adventurers who had thronged round the throne of Napoleon HL Their voices mingled with those of priest and peasant and trader in one common prayer. An old man, wearing the rosette and looking very cheerful under the weight of his years, was near me during a part of the ceremony under the ak tree of St. Vincent de Paul. He hud been Ame Dassador at the Court of Austria, and he entered into conversation with me, for we were not un- Known to each other. “My friend,” said the old man, affectionately laying his long, wasted hand upon my shoulder, “my friend, | have long becn eonvinced that there is nothing truc in this world but Christianity, and every man of real intellect Whom I have met in life has arrived, by divers modes of reasoning, at the same conclusion.” LET US LAUGH AT ALL THIS, ‘we fine fellows, who are disciples of reason and progress and cheap markets. It is so easy to laugh tit. Among the pilgrims were the fat and the wheezy, the lean and the deformed, all praying, all praying. Ah! my friends, let us, perhaps, pause before we laugh at any onc because of his outward @ppearance. Ithink I have heard or read that St. Paul, the finest gentieman of the apostles, was not a@ handsome man. If you could have seen some of those French noble ladies’ and gentiemen’s legs, travel stained and dusty, terminating in feet shod funnily epough, you might, ona racecourse or & Picnic, have been tempted to smile at them, but you could not have scoffed here. There seemed a sort of glory or divine halo around some of the pilgrims. it is not all of ourselves or even the best part of ourselves that we show or can show to the world, These people ‘were lifting up their hearts to God. They were not thinking if they looked well while doingit. I shall be glad if I can tell the great American people, and ‘the large Roman Catholic population of the United States, how they prayed, and how well, I think it May raise their estimate of the French national character nota little. All French persons are not the light-headed, hop-o’-my-thumb frogs to be seen from the gateway of the Grand Hotel and from the door of Mr. Wells’ bar in the Rue Auber. It is worth the reader's while to note, if he would understaud this business, that the Viscount of Da- mas, who led our pilgrimage, was a man in the prime of life and mental vigor—a very able man undoubtedly, He might have won reputation as a soldier or a polltician; he might have made money as chairman of a railway company. Why did he notdoso? Why, indeed? it would have been easy to make a mock of the pilgrimage. One pilgrim had a voice like a gong, which seemed to sound suddenly at unex- pected times In the pauses of the hymns and can- ticles; one hada cold in his head, one squinted, one-had a red head, which seemed as if it were on fire. Dear me, how funny, and, above all, how witty, it is to grin at the dealings of the Almighty with His creatures! “Shall the clay say to the potter 7’? When one comes to think of it, by the way, this joke was exploded some centuries ago, THE HOLY OAK. It is often said that the Roman Catholic priest- hood are very impudent and greedy in the sale of pions rubbish, I thought I would try one of the priests of St. Vineent de Pauli, 801 asked him if ‘the acorns selling as the fruit of the Holy Oak were genuine. He was a fresh-faced, honest gentleman, and he answered without hesitation, “Ahk, ma Joi, non, monsieur, there are many acorns in this Reighborhood ;”— clearly no intention upen his Part of encouraging the pious rubbish trade. The oak tree of St. Frangois de Paul 1s one of the largest in the world, It is an immense, short, holiow tree, with gigantic branches. In the middie of the hollow, at the height of @ man’s waist, is Placed the altar, with a copper cross mounted on a marble pedestal and fanked at cach side by two tall candlesticks, Very poor and costless these decorations; but what @ stately home for orphans and old men stands full in sight of it, Impossible to imagine an odor more appetising than the smell Of the cutiets cooking for these old men’s and orphans’ dinner, The oak is not @ hundred feet high, but it is of enormous circumference. I record these things as Isaw them and when I saw them. 1am writing for the exigencics of modern journalism, against time, and I saw too many things in a short space to marrate them in a connected and scholarly manner, Let me here ask indulgence for my shortcomings, Tam merely laying the foundations upen which some higher intellect than mine may bulid—buiid, ee @ temple of his thoughts to the living NEW YORK HERALD, SATUKDAY, AUGUST 16, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Tshouid think that there is SOME FLIRTING AND MATCHMAKING going on “under the oak.” Isee that there are a great many pretty girls and beautiful women— women of rare and modest beauty previously un- known tome in France, But, well, can any-re- ligion change human nature? Is God’s worship only@ sad and dreary thing which should force youth and lovelineag {9 be less happy than their Creator made thei y Fiddiededee, my public ! Come, 1¢t us try and laugh again, What a funny old Qoy is that Ambassador who was talking to me just now, for instance, He is going up to the old oak for a few leaves and a twig of it to carry away with him, A priest holds quite a bundle of them in his arms, and is distributing them to all the pil- griins who come for them, The funny old boy, who wants @ bit of stick and some oak leaves, has & lit- tle daughter clinging to his hand—a little daugh- ter with an infirmity, of which he hopes to heal her by faith and almsgiving. A queer idea that, is it not, now, my medical student and commercial friend ¢ THE FRENCH DUKB who has been my travelling companion asks me if Ihave a mind for an excursion after the Angeius, and I say yes. Then he begins to bargain for a car- Tiage. He isa very rich man, but he is a French- man, and when a bumpkin asks five francs for driving us to Dax, His Grace raises his eyebrows and replies, “Comment donc la jin du monde est venue?” He offers two franes, An apple woman nd her partner in business, moved by the excite- ment of talking about francs, takes part against her personal friend, the bumpkin, seeing that he has a taste for imposition, and trattorously reveals tne amount of his proper fare, which is one franc and ahalf, But Fnever knew any advantage come of bargaining, and a gentleman had always better pay at once what is asked of him. Itis rather an expensive thing fo set up as a gentleman—no pro- fesaton more costly—but having resolved to do 80, one skould pay the cost without haggling. As a matter of fact, Iremember upon this occasion we really paid six france, THB TRIP TO DAX. When the bumpKin’s carriage appeared we dis- covered that 1t was a market gardener’s cart with- out springs, but it was drawn by a cocky Tarbes pony, which trotted along merrily. The pony, & clean-made little horse, about thirteen hands high, had cost the bumpkin £12. His cart had cost £6 English money. I noticed that the land about Buglose wagin a high state of cultivation. It is Worth about seven hundred francs or twenty- eight pounds an acre, freehold. Figs become first visible upon our pilgrimage here, and mules and bullock carts are seen upon the road, and women who cover their heads in the Spanish fashion from the sun. We got to the hot springs at Dax at about one o’clock. The bumpkin told us that the salt works there were in the hands of Englishmen and that all the commercial enterprises in the neighborhood are worked by the capital and under the control of strangers. The farms about Dax are large for French farms. There are many farms of 2,000 acres. The country is fertile but the price of provisions is high, all the produce being sent of by rail to the great towns. Our bumpkin driver, a shrewd fellow, told us that the devil boiled the hot springs at Dax, but that they had cured him tm a miraculous manner, he said, of rheumatism, I thought of the effects of drink. Ifso he was likely to have need of them again shortly, Dax is a quaint old French town, with an ancient castle, The people are civil and fond of taking off their hats like the traditional Frenchman, who, by the way, is not traditional, Arthur Young men- tions that the French peasantry under tne Bour- bon kings were very rade, and would only dof their caps to their own lords, doing it then sulkily. It appears that the French people only became po- lite after the first revolution, We passed a cottage on a hillside. It had two wine glasses and halia dozen bottles in its win- dows. Upon it was inscribed, in tumbledown let- ters, “The Great Coffee House of the South.” Not @ human being near it for a mile. The citizens of Dax seem a contented and con- Servative lot. As we passed the Palace of Justice our driver looked up at it and gaia, “Sans cela on ne pourratt pas vivre. We should all destroy each other.” “Oui,” replied the Duke, “les gendarmesa en premtére et ligne, ét puis les tribunauz, ysout marcher le monde.” Great lovers of authority, these French, in their hearts, all their revolutions notwithstanding. The soft, effeminate beauty of the South is be- coming common on the faces of the peasantry here, Stopping for a glass of beer, we are served by @ landlord like Mario, It is a sort of beauty with kind looks and awkward temper init, The large eyes and sunburnt loveliness of the women usually mean little more than jealousy and the empty mind of the household slave. Both men and women are easy friendship makers, ready talkers, eourteous by nature and eager in their offers of service. They were very respectful to us pilgrims and anxious for our news, and they charged us Paris prices ior our beer, which was twice too much. ALMSGIVING. The pilerims did not give much to the Church; but perhaps the little they did give was haraly earned by some of them, What then? The Catholic priesthood is very poor, and those who give to the poor, says the proverb, “lend to the Lord.” People who-approved of the security put down theirmoney. “That which I spend on my- self,” said this St. Vincent de Paul, whose shrine we came to visit, “18 lost; that which I lay up I must leave behind me; but I shall find that which I gave for charity in heaven.” Moreover I, for one, have generally noticed that when money 1s lent to the Lord He pays good interest, and that charitabie people grow rich, for “there is that which scat- tereth and yet increaseth.” Why should not poor pilgrims get a chance of bettering their incomes as well as other pawnbrokers ? They lend money on God’s promises. Are they valuable pledges or are they not? Are they more likely to be redeemed than a blackleg’s note of hand, for instance ? If so, these almsgiviug pilgrims were more prudent and less often duped than fashionable bill discounters. The French Duke and I, on leaving Dax, set out in search of an old historical oak, ina neighboring forest, which is said to be enchanted. We saw Spanish gypsies on our way nested within sylvan dels, and heard the Gascon patois on ripe lips not unmusical. We-lost our way looking for the oak, when, all at once, from out of the forest, a pretty little girl appeared, like the beggar maid of a story book, who was a king’s daughter, Mer feet were bare; she was dressed in rags, but she spoke pure French, not Gascon, She was exceedingly beau- tifal. “What are you doing, little girl, fora living?’ I said to her, and my voice sounded like the frag- ment of a Winter’s tale told by a fireside, “Tending geese, sir,’ she said, with the air of a princess; and I thought of the heroines of the Iily- rian legends. When I tried to give her a penny she said, “4h non, monsieur! and, putting on a mien of offended dignity, she fied like a iawn back into the woods. CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER. It was much better than ordinary travelling this going on & pilgrimage, for each of us seemed to carry 8 certificate of character about with us. Wo all knew each other, or knew that each of us was known to the stately Viscount de Damas or to some member of his committee. We did not call upon each other to stand off, and were not afraid to fraternize. Nobody lookea askant at us. THE MAGIO OAK in the forest of Dax was well worth seeing. It was a monarch among trees, with one branch struck by lightning, as though its crown prince had been drowned in @ storm. The rest of it was sound and flourishing. Life does not lose its fresh- ness and its strength for a single sorrow. This oak seemed to be the subject of religious venera- tion among the peasantry, for at its root were many little wooden crosses. The rustics around think that a miraculous fountain springs from it. The fact is that alter heavy rains water collects in the hollows of it and overflows, Its branches divide in three parts, and it looks like a giant’s armchair, We measured it, and found that it was nineteen yards round, Tho woods around Dax are of oak, but a bad sort of oak. It will neither burn nor cut, It splits easily and rots fast. It grows low but large, with Spreading branches, It 18 @ sort of smug citizen among trees, answering its own purposes; taking dew and land and sunshine to nourish it like bet- ter things, but worth nothing. THE EVENING AT BUGLOSE, When we returned to Buglose the afternoon was Wearing away, and there was a good deal of de- mure fun and innocent amusement going on among the pilgrims. Before I could enter into it, however, the Pére Bailly asked me to attend @ con- ference of the brethren of St. Vincent de Paul. The object of this association, he explained to me, was to assist the poor in lawsuits, and prevent their being oppressed by rich enemies, Also to take the nonsense out of their heads when they were in the wrong. The conferehee was & pleas- ant affair, and some jocular spceches were made atit. The brethren did not get upon stilts to talk to each other, though the object of their meeting ‘Was areligious one. This conterence was heki in the house where St. Vincent was born, andI could have wished it had been a little lighter as well aa @ little cooler After the conference was over the pilgrims en> tered St, Vincent’s church to venerate nis relics. It was a very simple affair, They knelt before the altar, and kissed part of a small bone enclosed in & circular gilt case, like a big watch with a glass face. It was over in three minutes, and we emerged into the sunshine again. Meantime the ladies had been making their toilets, and appeared in great force round the holy oak, They were mostly French ladies, and had turned their opportunities to aston- ishing account. They had turned their chaplets _and rosaries and their red crosses into charming ornaments, and as they mustered togetler in twos and threes and in bevies the air rang with the laughter of young girls; while sober priests paced near them smiling, and the bullock cart crawled on ita hot and dusty way, the local gentry rode about on their blood ponies, and the cry of the fruit-seller was never silent. Nobody took the pilgrimage glumly, and Iam sure that lsaw some flirting there. As lrested musingly against the holy ouk Father Bailly came to ask me to dinner with the commit- tee, who were about to dine at the Orphanage, where the cutlets had smeit so well in the morn- ing. The table was laid for forty covers. The din- ner was wholesome and plain, not luxurious. No gorging allowed here out of charitable funds. It ‘was merry, however, and some toasts were drank and some speeches were made. Among others one speech was made by AN AMERICAN PILGRIM from New York. He was going to Rome to see the Pope. A se?f-contained person this American, who spoke steadily and to the purpose, in spite of some interruption, for the heat of the day had been great and a little new wine had got into some of our heads, E, ©. GRENVILLE MURRAY, ART MATTERS. Signor G. Turint. Ata recent meeting of the gentlemen composing the Committee of the Society of the Army of the | Cumberland the question of the design and loca- tion of an equestrian statue, to be erected in honor of General George H. Thomas, was brought up. The location decided upon was such portion of the public grounds at Washington, D. C., as might be hereafter approved. With respect to the design it was resolved to lay the work open to the compe- tition of the sculptors of the country. With that view the committee issued a general invitation in which American sulptors were requested to forward models to Pittsburg by the 18th Of next September, together with specifications of statue and pedestal, estimates of cost and written proposals In regard to price. The effect of this invitation has been to awaken consider- able rivalry among certain sculptors, so that the committee, in making its sclection, is threatened with an onerous task. One of the moat promising specimens we have seen is that of Signor UG. Turinl, whose atelier, at No. 44 West Thirtieth street, also contains other works which will not disappoint inspection, Signor Turini modestly denomiuates his work a sketch; butit is something more than that. A strenuous and not unsuccessful attempt has been made by him to meet the requisi- tion of due committee, that the likeness to General Thomas should symbolize “in form and jeature the imperturhbable, resolute and invincible commander and the Kindly-hearted Christian gen- tleman,” and that “the horse should combine all the litheness and beauty of the racer, with the strength and weight of the hunter.” The attitude of the General is the one he would be ey to as- sume on rendering @ salute to the people. His negate right hand holds his hat, his leit grasps he reing; his erect trunk ts turned slightly toward the right, the set face looking firmly forward aud wearing that gentle and steadfast seriousness which inclines to sternness and is nearer to frown than toa smile. The treatment is direct and simple. It is characterized by that freedom which comes from confidence and that finish which is removed irom iastidiousness, Signor Turini, the creator of this clever piece of craftsmanship, 16 an Italian by birth, a sculptor by nature anda com- pene by rignt of his admiration for the inspiring eme, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES. After the present month the London Gallery of Mustration ceases to exist as a place of pubiic en- tertainment. ‘The subscription raised for Signor Mario in Eng- land has reached £6,000, and it 1s proposed to pur- chase a freehold villa with the amount, to be pre- sented to him, The lovers in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream’? at the Grand Opera House will be represented by Mr. D. H. Harkins as Lysander, Mr. Jamés Taylor as Demetrius, Miss Adelaide Lennox as Hermia, and Miss Nina Varian, as Helena. Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, falls to the lot of Miss Fanny Hayward, Howard Paul’s farce, ‘Thrice Married,” precedes the spectacle. Among the Englishmen coming to this country this season to sce how much can be made out of the “blarsted Yankees” is a Shakspearologist and Shak- spearolator. His name is G. Linneus Banks. He is only one of alarge cargo, the most eminent among the others being Wilkie Collins, the novelist; Charles Bradlaugh, the “English reformer;’’ R. A. Proctor, the astronomer; Gerald Massey, the poet; Hepworth Dixon, the “historian,” and the Rev. Newman Hall, J. M. Bellew, Mrs, Scott-Siddons and Professor Pepper. The cemposition of the Lyceum Theatre, so far as the gentlemen of the company are concerned, will be as follows:—Mr. T. ©. King, of Drury Lane; Mr. George Belmore, or the Lyceum and Adelphi thea- tres, London; Mr. Charles Wheatleigh; Mr. Dalton, of the London Lyceum; Mr. Greville, of the St. James Theatre, London; Mr. Dan Leeson and Mr. Sol. Smith, Stage managers, Mr. Wheatleigh and Mr. Espinosa; leader of the orchestra, Mr. Tony Reiff, Mr, King has had a benefit at the Princess’, appearing in “Pauline, or Night and Morning,” and as Richelieu. THE SUNKEN BRIQK SOHOONER, Fall Details in Regard to the Wreck of the Briton Cook—Probable Loss $2,000. The sunken schooner which was seen two days agonear the Jersey shore, oppostte the Pavonla ferry, was the brick schooner Briton Cook, Captain Rooney, as reported exclusively in the HeraLp of yesterday. She belonged to New York, and was owned by Captain Rooney. While on her way from Verplanck’s Point, on the Hudson River, when off Hoboken, she was run into by the Albany towboat C. Vanderbilt, at half-past eight o’cleck on Thura- day morning. She had her starboard side stove, which caused her sink, The steamer, which had received no damage, all the crew and landed them safely in New York. ‘The first shock was so terrific that the crew tg te they must perish, and they regarded their rescue as sometuing marvellous, ie schooner sunk six minutes after she was struck, She was used for transporting brick from various places on the Hudsen River to New York, and her value was estimated at $5,000. She was 68 tonsa burden, 60 feet long, 26 feet wide and 6 feet depth of hold. Yesterday morning she was raised and taken to the dry dock for repairs. She was loaded with brick, and the greater part of the cargo was lost. The total loss could not be ascertained with any degree of precision, but it will probably not exceed #4 . The company owning the towboat will probably be held respou- wibie for the damage. rescues SARATOGA RACES. Fifth Day of the Sec- ond Meeting. Mud and Misery for Man and Beast. Another Defeat for Favorites. the RAOING IN MUD. Felloworaft Walked Over for the Sweep- stakes for Three-Year-Olds, Dublin ‘Won the Two-Year-Old Race and Morodao the Dash of a Mile ond ao Half, prin SARATOGA, August 15, 1878, ‘There was 4 slimmer attendance at the races to- day than on any day previous during the present meeting. Of course the blame belongs to the Clerk of the Weather, who, ever since yesterday morning, has been in a mood that has been, so far, anything but agreeable to the visitors at the hotels generally and the turf men especially. The day opened with a dull, leaden sky and occasional light showers, which most effectually prevented the fair sex trom turning out in any great numbers, Indeed, as the morning wore on and the time for the races drew nigh, the weather became more and@more threatening, and another postponement seemed inevitable, which, had such a thing taken place, I feel certain, judging trom the wearisome day everybody had had of it the day before, would have created, if not a downright riot among the ennul-sick visitors, at least a commotion that would have been rather unpleasant to tne Assoelation, who always do everything for the best, and naturally expect to get full credit for their good nature, About half-past eleven Old Sol succeeded in strug- gling through the dark mass of clouds which had hovered over the village since the first outburst of the storm during the night, and although the sun- light lasted but a half hour or so it was encourage- ment enough for f THE IMPATIENT CROWDS tostart, The roads were in a miserable condition, and the four horses which dragged each of the big busses had just as much as they could do to pull through the mud, Under the circumstances, the drive to the course was far from pleasant, and almost every one who finally reached the track in safety, and who had ventured in the open stages, bore the marks of the ride, in being spot- ted from head to foot with the splatterings of the roadside. The Grand Stand, shorn of its chiefest attractions, the ladies, although there were a few present, did not by any means present @ cheerfal appearance, and even the men, who had braved the discomforts of the road and the threat- enings of tbe weather to witness the races, looked GLOOMY AND OUT OF SORTS, This general dulness of things was made all the more dull, too, by the announcement that tho first race would simply be a walk over, Fellowcraft being the only horse that was to come to the post. The only really active, bustling, good-humored class of persons on the ground were the betting men. They were all on the quarter stretch, and of course huddled as usual about the Doctor's pool pulpit, and occasionally wandering speculatively to and from the French pool booth, where a rattling business was be! carried on, with the second race as the attraction. been the custom, I have noticed, during this meeting, every time any one of Donahue’s horses was announced for any race for the Erin-born turfites to make a dead set for him in the Donahue's jockeys wear green jackets, and probably, has'a great deal to do with the way they lay their money on his horses, But when Dubiin runs it does seem as though the name adds un additional attraction in their eyes to the Leaps rapes and they go it blind ‘for the sake of the ould country,”” as one of them remarked in buying a pool, in a way that fairly astonishes the knowing ones who affect favorites only, Dublin to-day, as usual, found bis Irish friends as enthusiastic as ever, although they must have, since the season opened here, lost very heavily on Lim whenever he started before; but tor once he repaid them for their devotion by winning the second race in splendid style. What made his victory all the more gratifying, too, to them, was that he was a “iow” horse on the betting list. and sold, comparatively, for a song iu the pools, I will not attempt to describe tne scene that ensued when the green jacket of Donohue’s jockey was descried a COMING DOWN THE HOMESTRETOH in advance of his five competitors. It was simply indescribable. Every one of the Krinites seemed to have completely lost control of himself, and the way they went about shaking hands, and even hugging one another in their enthusiasm, was worth walking & mile to witness, The third Tace Was also @ cause for tremendous excitement among quite a different class; for, when Merodar came in ahead, every darky on the field opposite the Grand Stand threw up iis hat and yelled and screeched and hurrahed as faoure his very exist- ence depended upon it. Nor did they content themselves with yelling alone. Overcome by their feelings they flung their hats in the air, DANCED ABOUT LIKE CRAZY MEN, and finally wound up their enthusiasm by delibe- rately plunging into the wet Fee turning somer- sets over One anotner and rolling about like porpoises. The darkies had sane h Gane & pool ora et and had not made a miscaicu- “Dye see,” said the head stable boy of Glenn’s Stables, as he put hia arms about Merodar’s neck and laid his black grinning face against the horse’s head, “we ali know’dit, Gosh darn it! Mia ‘t no hoss ‘round here in any stable what kin head this ere colt when he’s amind to wip. Gollys! tell you what, Boss, we bate up the stamps on ’em this time. Now jist you look at ’em! aint he jist a stunner?” and witha yell_and a jump the enthusiastic darky broke away from the horse’s neck, and, still holding on to his haiter with one hand, tossed his hat into the air with another and threw himsell into an attitude as he caught it that would have made A STUDY FOR AN ARTIST. But if the trishmen grew wild over Dublin and the darkies over Merodar, what can I say of the feelings of the “skilled talent,” who, by backing the favorites, were in latd ont, it was really ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR SUIOIDES ON RECORD, Newark comes to the fore once moro as the scene of one of the most extraordinary suicides on record—that of @ horse. Frederick Theurer, & ‘ocer, had @ fine animal worth several hundred Gonars. The other morning he found that the animal had hanged itself in the stable. How it came to do the rash act is something that nobody can find out, but it is certain that there was 10 “woman in the case.” ittable to how downcast they looked when ‘annerette came in & loser; but when Merodar also beat the favorite in the 1 + against him they lost all heart and went away, a tey have goue already this meeting every day but one, SADDER IF NOT WISER MEN. than when they came to the course. But what can’t be cured must be endured, even in betting on horse races, and to the losers there is yet le't a [ie of hope. They may retrieve their lost for- ‘unes to-morrow, and be able to home, if not richer, at least as well off as when they came here. But yet they may lose, and if they do there will bo no to-morrow here to recover. vs the rub. THE RACING. ‘The track was fetlock dep in mud and slush, and, a8 @ matter of course, the racing was only satisfactory to the winncrs. Three events were on the card—the first a sweepstakes for three-year- olds, two miles; the second a mile dash between two-year-olds, and the third a dash of a mile and a half, 1 The three-year-old swe2pstakes was $100 en- trance, half forfeit, with $700 added; the second horse to save his stakes; winners of $1,500 to carry five pounas extra, of $2,000 seven pounds, of over $2,000 ten pounds extra. The distance, two miles, was a walk over by Féilowcraft, all the others keeping out. The second race was for a purse of $500, a free handicap for two-year-olds; one mile, For this event thirteen were entered, comprising D. McDantel & Co.'s bay colt by Asteriod, dam Sue Washington, 98 Ibs.; G, H. Rice & Co.'s brown filly by Leamington, dam Verbena, 93 Ibs.; D. J. Crouse’s bay colt Culpepper, by Revolver, dam Gentle Annie, 92 Ibs. ; Jo. Donahue’s chestnut colt Dublin, by Kentucky, dam Zaidee, 92 1bs.; W. Cot- trill’s bay filly Bannerette, by Lexington, dam Ban- Dor, 00 Ibe. ; Thomas Puryear’s chestnut filly Julian: by Leamington, dam Julietta, 90 Ibs., ‘and tuner vers’ brown filly Vengeance, by Censor, dam Nemesis. McDantel’s gold for first favorite, Ban- nerette and Culpepper being the second and third choices) McDaniel withdrew his colt for fear of ac- Scene Sad ot are hoy won by pana Banner- h 6 wrong Way when the ii MEAS tant ree Te Nace a ag @ free handicap for al adash of a mile and a half, for a Purse of $000. There were originally sixteen nominations, but wheg the horses were called for six only made their appearance. These were A. C. Franklin’s colt Gohtza, by Lexington, dam Sehowsisehe, ‘ears old, 102 Ibs.; Jo Donahue’s chestnut colt jusiness, by Revolver, dam Syren, 4 years old, 98 Ibs.; A. f. Lewis & (0's bay fly Beasie Lge,’ D Hunter's Lexington, dam by Chorlstef, to old, 97 Ihs.; W, W. Glenn’s chestnut colt Tantus, Yam Catina’s dam, S years old, $7 bs; . F. Wilson & Co.'s chestnut colt Mart Jordan, by Revolver, dam Mattie G., 3 years years old, 83 lbs., and Rice & McCormick's chestnut ding John MeCormick, by Hiawatha, dam b; ack Malone, three years old, 82 lbs. Mart Jordai was the favorite, but he never made an effort to run in the race, and his backers got a “bounce.” ‘The folowing are the details of the poor day’s doings :— The First Race. SwEeErstakeEs for three-year-olds; $100 entrance, half forfeit, with $700 added; the second horse to save his stakes; winners of $1,500 five pounds extra, Ol $2900 seven pounds, of over $2,000 ten pounds; closed with fourteen entries; value of stakes, $1,450, Two miles, M. A Littell’s ch. ¢, Fellowcraft, by Austra- lan, dam #rolite, + We 0 The Second Race. Purse, $500; one mile; @ free handicap for two- years-olds. Jo. Donahue’s ch. o, Dublin, by Kentucky, dam Zaidee, 92 113, (DODANUC)....-.-eseseeeeeeeeee 1 Hunter & Traver’s b. f, Vengeance, by Censor, dam Nemesis, 83 lbs. (MCCUG).......+.s000-5. 2 D. J. Crouse’s b. c. Culpepper, by Revolver, dam Gentle Anne, 92 lbs, (N, Hayward)............ 8 W. Cottril’s b. f Bannerette, by Lexington, dam Banner, 90 lbs, (A. Lakeland)............ 4@ 5 6 Dennison & Crawford's ch, f. Juliana, by Leam- ington, dam Julietta, 90 Ibs. (Abe Robinson) LH. Rice & Co.'s br. f, by Leamington, dam Verbena, 98 lbs. (Howard) 205 «270 800 155 215 200 «217585 9. 70 130 45 7 60 70 (45 0 8 8 6 4 «60 25 THE RACE. Dublin was first away, Juliana second, Vengeance third, Culpepper fourth, the Verbena filly fifth and Bannerette sixth, having a very bad start. When the youngsters reached the quarter pole Dublin led haifa length, Vengeance second, Juliana third, Culpepper fourth, the Verbena filly fifth, Bannerette sixth, Going down the backstretch Dublin had a pull taken on him and Vengeance went up to his Shoulder. At tne halfmile pole Dublin led a neck, Vengeance second, Culpepper third, Juliana fourth, Bannerette fifth, the Verbena filly sixth. Rounding the lower turn Dublin dashed out and showed daylight between himself and Vengeance. Culpepper was busy at this time and made a fine burst through the mud. Up the homestretch the race was exciting, particularly to the backers of the favorites, as Dublin had them all beaten and was running home gt his ease, He won the race by two lengihs, Vengeance and Cul- epper making a dead heat. Bannerette was fourth, but sie was beaten before she started. Juliana was fifth and the Verbena filly sixth, Time Of the race, 1:43 34. The Third Race. PuRSE $600; one and a half miles; a free handi- cap jor all ages. STARTERS, W. W. Glenn's ch. c. Merodac, by Australian, dam Patiga’s aam, 3 years old, 89 lba.(McCue) 1 A. C. Franklin’s b. c. Gotitza, by Lexington, dam Scottische, 4 years old, 102 lbs, (W. Lakeland) 3 Jo Donahue’s ch. c, Business, by Kevolver, dam Syren, 4 years old, 98 lbs. (Donahue).......... 8 Rice & McCormick’s b. f, Bessie Lee, by Hunter's Lexington, dam Chorister, 4 years old, 97 lbs, (N. HAY WOOK) ....cscccccrerecevescreccvecssees Rice & McCormick's cb. c, John McCormick, ay f Hiawatha, dam by Jack Malone, 8 years 0! 82 ibs. (A. RODIMSON).........seeeeeeeeserseeee BO J. F, Wilson’s ch, 0, Mart Jordan, by Revolver, dam Mattie €., 3 years old, 83 lbs, (Van Brunt) oeseeeeveesseees teeeeeereeceecreeses 6 Time, 2:463¢. Tae Sairind. Mart Jordan......$150 100 60 40 70 125 John McCormick. 130 85 65 60 100 1200 Merodac + 6 70 40 60 100 115 55. 70 60 40 «70 «140 50 670 40 50. 115 20 2 2% 45 40 60 THE RACE. Golitza was first away, John McCormick second, Bessie Lee third, Merodac fourth, Business fifth ‘and Mart Jordan sixth, Golitza led around the lower turn, the others following in the order given above. When they came around to the stand Go- Ittza was half a engi in front of Business, who was a neck ahead of John McCormick, Bessie Lee fourth, Merodac fifth, Mart Jordan sixth, the latter not trying torun. There was no change of place or position to the quarter pole; but, as they ran down the bacastretch, Merodac made his run, and, as the horses passed the half- mile poie, Golitza led half a length, Merodac sec- ond, jour lengths in front ef Business, who was one length in advance of Bessie Lee, John McCormick fifth, Mart Jordan sixth. Racing aroun« the lower turn Merodac went to the front, and then the affair ‘was sett'ed. He galloped home through the mud an easy winner by six lengths, Golitza second, one length in iront of Business, Bessie Lee was fourth, John McCormick filth ana Mart Jordan Sixth, Time, 234634. THE RACING TO-DAY. Saratoga, August 15, 1878, The Saratoga Racing Association will bring their Summer mecting of 1873 to a close to-morrow. To say that tne meeting has been a great success. scarcely does the subject justice. The meeting has been the best ever given by the Association, and the prospects are that the attendance to-morrow will be fully as large as on any day during the meeting. The programme for the day is a good one, there being four races in it, the first being a free handicap for all ages, a mile and an eighth, for which the following have been entered and handicapped :—Jo Daniels, 110 lbs. ; Eolus, 107 lbs. ; Chickabiddy, 104 lbs.; Boss Tweet, 103 lbs.; Go- litza, 102 lbs. ; Sue Ryder, 96 Ibs. ; Business, 96 lbs. ; The Moor, 93 1bs,; Minnie Mc. (lare Minnie W.), 91 Ibs.; Sunrise, 87 Ibs.; Cameron’s colt by Leamington, out of Rebecca, 83 Ibs.; Little Jim, 81 lbs., and Cora Linn, 80 Ibs, The second race 1s one of four-mile heats, the entries being Bessie Lee, with 106 lbs.; Arizona, with 111; Hubbard, with 108, and Viley, with 114, ‘The third race is for the Consolation Purse, with beaten allowances, a mile and three-quarters, the entries being Wanderer, with 107 Ibs.; busi ness, with 87 lbs.; Boss Tweed and dolttza, with 94 or 87lbs., as the result of the first race may be, which, should either of them win, they would have to carry 94 lbs., while if they are Beaten 87 lbs. will be the weight. The last race is the extra steeplechase handicap, with Blind Tom in at 147 lbs.; Tradewind, at 144 lbs.; Viley, at 141 Tbs. and N, P. at 135 Ibs. Although the pool room was well attended to- night but little betting was done, no pools being sold on the mile and an eighth handicap, by reason of the uncertainty as to who would start. For the feur-mile heats Hubbard sells at $110 to the fleid for $25; for the Consolation, Wanderer has the call, selling for $100 to Boss Tweed at $60, Golitza at $55 and Business at $40; forthe steeplechase, Biind Tom sold tor $45, Tradewind at $41, Viley ior $15 and A. P. for $12, THE BLOOX ISLAND PACKET SAFE, Newrort, R. I., August 15, 1878, As predicted in the Hgratp to-lay the Block Island packet Nathan F. Dixon is safe, She was spoxen this afternoon by the stcainer Canonicus, which has been to the island on an excursion. The wind dying out will prevent her getting in until a late hour, but the news of her saiety is hatled with gratitude. Jt 1s {hus proved she did not ven- ture out on Wednesday. OILY HALL AFFAIRS, There was comparatively little of pubiic interest going on in the public offices yesterday. The Mayor had quite a number of callers, among whom were Thurlow Weed, Commissioner Henry Smith, Alderman Morris, Henry N. Beers and other well- known gentlemen. Mr. John §. Giles, the largest owner of real estate on the block recently selected as a site for the City Prison, also cailed and had a conierence with His Honer, in course of which he protested strenuously against the appropriation of the prop- erty to the public use. Alderman Morris has prepared a draft of an ordi- nance governing the receipt and delivery of m chandise upon and across sidewalks, which he Meves will be acceptable to the merchants who havSlately protested agains; the present system. He has already submitted it to the Mayor, and the Merchants’ Committee, it is understood, will be invited to a conference to consider its provisions, COMPTROLLER’3 REOEIPra, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury :— BUREAU OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. Assessments for street openings and improvements $9,312 or ants. ae of taxes, assessments, water rents ana in- Bun Permits to = Licenses. »,..... . ‘BUREAU OF CITY REVENUE. Market rents and fees Third Jadictal District Cou Eighth Judicial District Oourt—Fee Total......+ CIRCULAR SAW CASUALTY. Josoph White, late a porter employed at No. John Street, died in Bellevue Hospital aes be effects of injuries received on the sth instant by having his hand oa ha a Gil fg was twenty-six years of age and a land, Coroner Keenan was notiled to hold ap inquest, 3 UTICA PARK RACES. Judge Fullerton Wins the 2:21 and Clementine the 2:50 Race. Unica, N. ¥., August 15, 1878, ‘The second day's races of the Utica Park Assoe clation came off to-day, being two days benind the programme, on account of the rain on Wednesday and Thursday. The firas part of the afternoon was threatening, and light showers feil occasionally, to Keep up Utica’s reputation for rain; but the raceg had to proceed, as the horses were wanted a8 Springfleld. Later in the afternoon, however, the clouds broke away and the sun came out brightly® The attendance was larger than during the frst day and up to the average attendance last yeare ‘The track was heavy, but, considering the twa days’ rain, in fair condition. The First Race. ‘The 2:21 was called at three o’clock. There werd four starters—namely, Camors, Judge Fullerton, Lucille Gold Dust and Sensation. Pools sold até $132 on Judge Fullerton, $100 on Oamors and $34 onthe field, The horses were off at the third score, with Fullerton leading, Sensation next and Camors third, At the quarter pole Camors broke. At the half Sensation and Camors were abreaste The close of the third quarter found the horses im the order in which they came home as per sume mary. Fullerton won by a length and a half. In the second heat Sensation led at the start; with Camors second and Gold Dust third, At the quarter Fullerton took the lead and kept it throughout. Atthe three-quarters Sensation ant Camors were abreast for the second position. Om the homestretch Sensation broke badly and wad put back from third to fourth, the horses coming: in as per summary, Fullerton leading by two lengths. In the third heat Fallerton broke at the start and fell ten lengths behind, causing great excitement among the backers of the fleld, and giving Camors the first position, with Sensation and Gold Dust next. Between the quarter and the half Fullertow did some splendid trotting, closing the breach between bimand Gold Dust, lapping the latters assing Sensation and coming in two lengths ind Camors, The fourth heat went of with Fulle! ton Ake al from breaeine At the hi pole ors, Sensation and Lacille Golddust were abreast, with Fullerton closing the thirvy lengths? breach rapidly. From thie point to the three- uarters Fullerton did some of the fastest trotting that he probably ever accomplished. At the three- quarter turn he passed Camors, who was leading amid the wildest excitement, and came home nobly, three lengths ahead, winning the race. In the previous heat Fullerton trotted from the quartes pole to the three-quarter pole in 1:08, is time: while closing the gap in the last heat must certainly have been faster than this, The entire race wag one of the best known to the Association. SUMMARY. Urica PARK AssociaTrIoNn, August 15.—Pui id never beaten 2: of $6,000, for horses that ha $3,000 to the first horse, $1,500 to the second, $! to the third and $600 to the fourth. Dan Mace, New York, ch. g., Judge Ful- TertOD..... ses eeesee ssecsswene 1 1 3B J. J. Bowen, Medford, Mass., bik. g. Ca- OTB. sss se sses scene seeseseeres 4 21D ©. 8, Green, Babylon, L. I., br. m. Lucille GOlddUSE.....cesecespeereneee teeeeee 84 4 Dan Mace, New York, b. & Sensation. 243 A. Goldsmith, Blooming Grove, N. Y.. Gloster..... Tim 36 Tho 2:50 Race. There were nine starters in the 2:50 race. Clem- entine sold in the pools 90 to 30 against the fleld. On the start Lew Ives led, with Planter second, Continental third and Favorite fourth. The latter broke on the turn and fell back to seventh. At tha quarter Continental led, with Little Longtellow if Lew Ives second and Lew Ives third. At the ained second. Between the half an to second. The second heat waa won easily by Clementine, Little Longfellow led to beyond the quarter, bué. broke at the half and was there passed by Clemene tine. In the third heat Clementine took the lead at the- quarter and kept it easily, jogging home and win- Ding the heat and race by two lengths; Continental taking second money, Magno- la third and ‘anity Fair fourth. isthe filth race that Clementine has won, and he: winnings amount this season to over nine thousant dollars. She was the best behaved horse on the track, and would not have broken in the first heat had {t not been for the mud and gravel which Spattered upon her. Her efforts were foneralg praised and admired, It is probable that littl money wiil be staked against her at Springficid. SUMMARY. oar & Loomis, Chicago, b. m. Clemen- Caer soso LID R. P. White, Adams, N. Y., b. &. Contl- ee Oe ern ceases sear hikari 4 - Z ‘ohn McKee, Sharon, Pa., gr. g. olla... Tw. Myors, Toledo, Ohio, br. g* Vanity er J._H. Hart, Brooklyn, N. Little Longfellow......... 564 Titus Ives, Watertown, 796 H. T. White, Hartiord, Co! 976 John W. Wright, Rochester, ch,g. Planter... 2 4aigt T. 8. Carpenter, Boston, ch. ‘m. Lizzie Keeler....... + srseeee 8 SOF Luke Benham, 8. Royal George, Ir......sssese dr, me, 2:80—2 :29 34—2 2314, Tn the last heat Continental was set back and Planter distanced for running, In the third heat of the first race Fullerton, as timed by numerous outsiders, went from the quar- ter to the three-quarter pole in 1:04, not 1:08, as previously reported, Ie was out nearly a distance’ at the first quarter. No official time was declared, for him on this heat, as it was won by Camors. The weather promises to be fine to-morrow and, the track isin excellent condition, The 2:30 and 2:24 races occur to-morrow. HONDURAS, Traxillo Evacuated by the Forces of Palacio—frade at a Standstill. TRUXILLO, August 4, 1873, Since the publication of my last letter from here the revolutionary forces of General Palacio re- mained in quiet possession of this place, which they had taken on the 4th of June, until the 14th of July, when they evacuated it and proceeded on t! steamer General Sherman to Omos. ee tone are reported to be marching on the in- The government troops entered Truxillo on the 22d of Faly, about 1,200 strong. COMMEROE. Business has been almost entirely suspended in consequence of the unsettled state of affairs, and all commercial interests are suffering. DESTITUTE SIOK OAILDREN' r FUND, Since the last published report the following ad- ditional subscriptions for the relief of the sick des- titute children have been received at the HERALD reddie 8 hen little FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION, Yesterday being the festival of the Assumption, the day was observed as a holiday m al! the Cath. olic churches of the city. Few festivals give rise to greater exultation in prayer or to more pomp and ceremony in the service than does this feast in honor of the Mother of God; and in those churches yesterday where the full liturgy of the Church was availed of in celebrating the glories of the Virgin the scene was fully as beautiful andi inspiring asit is on those grand festivals which each year mark the principal events In Christ’s re- demption of man, In a city like this, where the tide of commerce never ceases to flow and men must yield their labor to the exigency of busine: it aie not be reasonably expected that churches would be filied at each service, nor were Pees 7% the attendance at the several masses showed that there were pious Catholics who tried to snatch from their daily vocations a little time to participate in a festival that was being a cause of Foyrut celebration all over the world and whic as Catholics, they delighted to honor with espec devotion. In many ol the churches vespers wi sung in the aiternoon. DEDIOATION OF 87. OEOILIA’S OHUROH, Imposing Religto Serviecs To-Morrow. The solemn services attendant upon the dedica+ tion of St, Cecilia’s Roman Catholte church, corner of 105th street and Second avenue, take place tds morrow (Sunday), Archbishop McCloskey will offi< b mass, which commences at half-past tem Stowwoke ‘ne Rev. Dr. Spalding, of St. Michaei’s parish, will preach the sermon. In the evenin; commencing at seven o'clock, there will be sole vespers and a lecture by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen's. The new church just completed is an ornament to. the upper part of the city. The Rev. Father Flate tery was appointed to the new parish some three months since, and in that space of time he has opened this fine edifice. The building, which will accommodate about one thousand persons, was erected by Mr. L. J. O'Connor, It isa une specks men of architecture,