The New York herald., 1871-03-10
PATRIARCHAL PATRIOTS.
Glorious Pageant for St. Patriok's Day-A Novel
Feature In PROFESSIONS Historical Ro-
nance Pictured in the Streets.

Perhaps no one OF the annual festivals In which
the populace take part by professions and gather.
tngs en- snasse IN thus country can draw 80 large
c0ncourse either as "marching menu or witnesses
by the waysidc as the celebration commemorative
or the birth OF Irelands patron-Saint Patrick For
years past all New York has seemed to swarm into
Broadway and the leading avenues on the nth or
March, and there has been that day an intermin-
able tramping from dawn till dusk. There has
been but one drawback to all the en-.
thusiasm on such occasions. and that was
the dingy character OF portions Of the procession
ana the monotonous line OF st. Parlcks and
banners. The last OF these, in addition to their cum
brous character and their eternal sameness, have.
in great many cases. been decidedly ugly and
fearfuly dingy. Then 1t has always seemed rs II all
the Hebrew quarters and second hand dealers shops
In the world had been ransacked for antiquated ana
dlapldated high hats, from which the gloss of silk
had long ago faded TO dingy smut or brick
dust color. In these, men with long earlocSs
and roughly scraped faces would appear as
II they were enjoying the delight Of Eysium.
Were 1t not that these same men were begrimed
with the dust OF labor and had great rough hands
hardened by eXertiOns to obtain an honest liveli-
hood and, wlthal smiling, good humored faces. the
displays would have been Of TOO farccal and laugh
able character to contemplate with safety to ones
sides. Now, however, on the approaching festival
allhs Is TO be compensated Tor b. spectacle which,
1t Is believed, will surpass anything OF similar
nature ever witnessed IN thus country and which
VIII remind many OF the carniyais OF Paris ana
Rome.
For some weeks past careful preparations have
peen In progress for the celebration of 81. PatrckB
Day In unique and magnificent manner. The ar
rangements have been made by few gentlemen OF
wealth and culture well social and political In
rs a a 81 Ss nne
tion and are OF every shade OF political opinion In
Deriectng their plans they have called to their as
fUn ma nj WI mn hon
In years gone by, fairly won an extensive European
reputation as an antiquarian OF no ordinary merit.
The affair Is to be based upon
TIE FAMOUS IRISH PAGEANT IN LONDON
during the reign or Queen Elizabeth, when shane
don Bar on their way to tae English court. The
English poets OF that day described The gallOping
che as 81 Bnp naean o oriental aa .ne pnaa
cence and DASH" ana they .marvelled greatly that
a.people so near to the English as were the natives
Every attribute OF far distant and tabled
India was here presented to the eye.
chtvalry OF beaingn There was lndeed the glinl-
mer Of saffron robes, Of gilt leahern helmets orln-
mantles, trews and sandals OF Oriental yellow. and
mingled with these the Skinner OF bate axes jave-
Inns and spears OF FURNISHED steel. All this and
TO TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK
on the nth OF the present month. FIRST Will be .
chariot or car OF triumph, twenty-five feet la length
by nine feet In width. This car viii be covered by
awhlte cloth, ornamented with heavy gold fringe
color. Surmountng this, and with its base seven
feet above the ground, will be erected dais
Summit ' colossal COPY Of % oDonevanss sia bust Of
Daniel O'Connell Al the base OF The pedestal. or
Irish soidier-6ard-a figure unique enough to at
tract attention from everything else In an ordinary
procession. with long, streaming m black hair and
in dark green robe and saffron surcoat the folds
OF the former minelmg with the emerald green
cloth, spangled with gOloen bees, which forms the
covering OF the das. The bard will be crowned
with q cnaplet of green, and in his hands will be
will also have places on the car. dressed in the
actual costume OF The old Irish Prince pages-viz..
in crimson, saffron, green and gold The pages. az
their wrists Jac sff,ReS OF the antique golden
amulets. The car win DC drawn by
TEN M1LK-wHJTE HORSES
each led by man more than six feet In stature,
clad in scarlet and gold carrying glstenlrg spear,
a white border In which Is traced the .red branch"
The centre OF the shield bears Babylonian lion,
Two cHIEErAINs WITH BATTLE AXES
lead the pageant, and they arc followed by four
Ing the marching of the procession The PROCESSION
is closed by two more chletans bearing battle
The uumpcter5 VIII play among Oher
AIRS OF ERIN,
81 Saw from the Beach," "The Meeting Of the
Following the trumpha car above mentioned
Will be another, bearing a bust Of Father Mathew
taso by the sculptor ODonOvan), from the pedestal
OF which VIII flow limpid fountain, and over which
will be arranged an arch OF the Crock Of Cashel."
Perhaps the most Important feature Of this grand
innovation Is that the costumes or the footmen who
represent the gaOwgasses are entirely destitute OF
The mythical green. This Will do much to explode
popular and vulgar error. The fact Is, and it Is q
historical one that at the battle OF the Boyne the
Germans Danes, English and renegade Irish wore
green coats while the Sarsiled- Hamilton irsh 10y
aists suffered their defeat in scarlet and gold
There is no doubt that IN tns city the Irish girls
Will be more proud OF their sweethearts, and Irish
men more proud OF "0uld dartr on the 18th OF the
present month than ever before In their lives.