The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-17
THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH l., 1852.


Tt-iay is the anti,ersary Of ,he Festival OF S
Patrick, AZ is hailed by lishmen, all over the
world, With great anticipations and prepTA
TORS and celebrated with tho most imposing
pagtanis ard oereu onies. Even the p9o; pas
ant, half etatyel fr IN tho failure Of his staple
food, il iceland turns from his distressed fimi-
", 10 thlak @ ID that even amid his poverty h,
has been permitted to see tie light Of another
PAuieks day, and his Thanksgiving is not les
earnest than that of millions there and elsa.
where, who ts.day rase their hearts aud voices
memory. q the good Saint.
ST. PATRICK has been regarded as the Apo5-
tie and Patron Saint OF IRELAND, AMI his lon,
lie, spent in the establishment % the CaIi,tiar
religion, and in deeds Of mercy a1d benovo
lenee amor its population, jis,ly cn'itls his
memory 10 the sacfei reverence in which it il
universally held. Tie place Of the birth OF Sr.
PATRICK is claimed for various localities but
the best authors fix It in Armorie, Gaul. and to
have occurred al Tours on the oh April
n. ID. 3i3. Hi, grandfather Iwss PutInus,
priest, and his father, CAIrurRSlus, deac m
his nc her having been a woman Of grea
beauty, named CoSCmF 50, a nIoco Of N
e-i5biated Archbishop tf Tour. Tho i.f,n
PATRIcK WAS called at hs baptism Succurn
which means "yaiiant in war" Li,il
Is known Of his younger years, but a, six zen h
was taken captive in Brittany aud c,nvoyod Il
Ireland, where, being compelled to attend ca =
lie on the mountains, amid hunget aud rake /
moss and bodily piiSatons, in sno ~ aud leo,
he obtained a true knowledge OF Christ or 81
yior. lie was here called C5attedr TTgt. Do
cause he served four masters. Tao lava oil
ireland, with regard to slavery, wsro the same
as the Levitical, that in the seventh year the
slave should 80 free, and, accordingly after 81,
years Of seryitude, PArRICR received hi4 FREQ.
dom. From ireland be returned 10 his relatiys
in Brittany and resolved to devote lis life f1l
the b,neft Of the country to which ho had
been conveyed q captive. He nal PERFECTED
himieh in the Irish language, from ignorance
OF which his predecessor, Pdlladius, had raho,
in his efforts TO establish 10 Ireland the Chris
tisn religion.
Under ST. MARTIN Bishop OF Tours, his ma
terhN grand urcle PATRICK devoted man,
years to study, during which no was m.ds ,
deacon by the Bishop, and priest by ST.. GER
MAN, who called his name NoGoNIUs. In A. d
dOS, ho went to Rome receiving there the celo.
brattd stat, called by many writers, "JKsus'
staff, which according 10 Sr. BERNARD, was
covered with gold and precious stones, and be-
heved TO have been endowed with woudrous
power and virtue. This staff was for centuries
preserved al Armagh az one Of Ireland chief
relics, then taken to Dublin, and finally burned
with ether relics, in 1888, shortly after tn,
Reformation. In the year AS, PArRIcf
was consecrA'ed Bishop of Auxerrc, by ST
GERMAN, and in 1872, on the death O
PALLADIUs, was sent By st. CRLr,rISl
TO preach in Ireland, changing his name
70 PArEiclUs-i. Q. Pdter Cvium-or "Fathel
OF the People Landing in the BIrouy Of
Locale, county Down, then Magh his, he made
his hrst convert in the person Of Di,uo, the
Chief thereof, and thence PROCEEDED to mini,tra
hons in different parts Of the land among III,
chiefF, druids, arr people. At Tara, in 433, IL
said 10 have occurred tue celebrated incidsn, q
the shamrock, the legend being that Kin.
LAoGHAIRE, before whom Patrick was preach
ing, not understanding the mystery Of tn
Trinity, the Apostle topped down AID pcgs
up a shamrock, which he exhibited TO The q 10.
tioniDg monarch as having thrcs leaves on on
stsm-an emblem OF Three IN one" the at
tributes Of the Trinity.
On the approach Of Lent, Sr. PATrr cN vi.
drew 10 high mountain-well known at IA
present DAY To the inhabitants of Western Con
naught, as Cnagh Phadeg, or The Rsek. Tn
mountsin is situated in the bnony of Murrs
four miles from Westport, the scat of the MAJ
quis Of SGgo-snd twelve from Castlobar.
was then called Crtlachdn AckuE or mount-eagl
ard thsSIsIquis of Sligo still takes ore fhis title
Lord Mop;sagle (mount eagle) therefIom. TIA
mountain runs up to a point almost in the shap
OF sugaI' loaf, and on the top Is a reputed hol
wen, on the margin Of which is an appearance
IKE ths trAck Of a mans knees. This Is said I
be the print left by 81. Patrick while PRAYING
10 this day, It ia resorted To asa placs of pen
anos by the faithful, many OF whom are sen
there in expation Of sins disclosed in conrossior
Upon this mountain, in imitation Of Cup,sr
MosEs and ELIAS, PATRICK is believed by man
TO have tasted forty days without taking an
sustenancs whatever. Here also, acc riding
JooELIHE, he gathered all the serpsnts al
vensmous creatures Of Ireland and drove the
into the Wettern Ocean, as CHRIST drove Il