The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-16

How New York Intends to Gl0rify
Ireland's Patron Saint.
A PROCESSION TEN MILES LONG.
Twenty-Five Thousand Men to Parade in Full
Regalia-Balls, Dinners and Receptions-A
Strong Police Force to Keep tho Route Of
March Clsar-The Military and Civic
Programme and Religious Services.

When the sun sets tomorrow evening twenty
millions Of lrishmen and Irishmen's sons and
daughters scattered all over the world, from
Behring Strait to the Cape Of Good Hope and
rom Stockholm to Madagascar, will have cele-
brated the anniversary Of the birthday of the
Apostle Of the Irish race in wine and wassail and
with oratory and song, and before thousand
shrines prayers will have been orrered for the well
fare and happiness of Fatherland.
IRELANps APOSTLE
St. Patrick Is probably more honored as q ma
tional patron saint than any other saint known
In the calendar. st. Patrick was born in the
year 372 and died In the year 493, aged 121
years. Had st. Patrick lived until the coming
St. Patrick's Day he would have been 1901
years old. Like Homer, for whom there was
q quarrel between seven cities alter the blind
bard's death as to which had the honor of giving
him birth, ST. Patrick Is claimed by Ireland
France, Scotland, England and Wales, but he Is
generally believed to have been born Tree and
noble Roman citizen and to have been sold into
slavery In Ireland. He afterwards escaped from
Ireland to the Continent and while there was
ordained successfully deacon. priest and bishop.
Pope Celestine, finding that Patrick had cultivated
the Irish language, sent him as missionary to
Ireland to convert the pagan Celts. AS q
nation OF idolators and he had to use very harsh
means to bring them into q state Of practical
Christianity It was st. Patrick who first brought
the shamrock or trefoI into its great repute, and
it is said that he Illustrated the doctrine OF the
Trinity by the production OF the threeleafed sham
rock before some heather chiefs at Tara. ST.
Patrick died in the odor OF sanctty and was buried
at Downpatrick. In Ireland and Scotland, among
old families, the name OF Patrick is one much in
use as 1t Is derived from the Latin OF pdtr'iciuS
signifying ''noble."
DINNERS AND BALLS.
The preparation for the celebration of st. Pat
ricks Day by the different benevolent associations
and societies are unusually great this year. The
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick will give their annual
dinner at the Upper DelmonicO's, in Fifth avenue
and among those invited are Lieutenant General
Sherman, william NJ. Evarts Joseph II. Choate
Dennis Mcmahon, General M. r. Mcmahon, Chan
ce!lor Crosby, Judge DAILY. L. D. Herman and
others. Mr.. Choate will respond to the toast Of
'St. Patrck's Day from New England Stand
Judge John K. Brady will preside. The tickets
for the dinner are sold at SIT apiece.
The Kgnt s 81 rs1fck .k Which thsn
annual dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel. From
the manner in which the arrangements are being
made 1t is calculated that the Knights will excel
themselves ON this occasion, though gap will be
noticeable at their festive board this year owing
to the absence OF their last years illustrous guest,
Father Tom Burke, who is now in Europe. The
presence OF the sver-tongued orator. Richard
O'GOrman, will in some measure make up for their
loss The Knights OF st. Patrick OF Jersey City Will
give dinner az the Washington Hotel, and then
Presdeht Patrick f. O'Brien will be the chairman
OF the evening. The non commissioned stan OF the
Sixty-ninth regiment N. Y. s. N. G.. will give ball
in the evening, 70 which number Of distinguished
military and civic guests have been invited. The
Iongshoremen's Society will have y ball. and the
several branches OF the Father Mathew organiza-
ton will have merry social reunions in the evening
In homer OF their patron saint;
At TOmpkinsville staten Island. there will be q
fine procession. and dinner will be given mt
Adams Hetel, and an Grafton Will be delivered in
honor OF ST. Patrick by Daniel H. Lyddy.
THE MILITARY AND THE REVIEW.
The Sixty ninth regiment, the Legion of st.
Pstrck the 5pperary Volunteers the
the command Of Colonel Cavanagh, Will act as
an escort to the procession. The procession
and the Common Council at the city Hall, as it
passes. One gun will be fired by the artillery when
the procession moves, and when 1t reaches the
City Hall Park salute OF seventeen guns will be
fred by battery Of artillery to do honor to Ire
lands patron saint The invited guests, among
Sheriff Brennan, Father McAiear, OF st. Columba's
church, and the press representatives, Will be fur
nished with carriages at Tammany Hall at ten
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
There will be services In the different Catholic
and special services viii be held at St. patrck's
Cathedral In honor of the feast OF st. Patrick. A
solemn Pontihcal high mass will be celebrated at
hafpast ten O'Clock A. M, ana the panygeric Of
the saint will be preached by the Rev. DR.. Bro wn,
OF St. Elizabstn's church, at Fort Washington.
THE ROUTE OF MARCH.
The procession will move at one O'Clock pre-
cisely, when the signal gun win be fred AS soon
as the military, under command OF Colonel James
Cavanagh, shall have passed the right OF the civic
bodies each society, In its order, will 1a into col
umn and march down Second avenue to Second
Bowery to Canal, Canal to Centre, down Centre to
the east gate OF the City Hall Park, where the pro-
cession will be reviewed by His Honor Mayor Have
meyer and the Common Council; thence up Broad
way to Union square, sauting and passing around
WashingtOns Monument; down Fourteenth street
to Ninth avenue, up Ninth avenue to Ihrty-fourth
street, across Thi ty-fourth street to Second ave.
nue., down Second avenue to Twenty-third street,
down Twenty.third street to First avenue, down
First avenue to Eighth street, to Cooper Institute,
where the procession will be dismissed.
1t is possible that the gentlemen who are to be
command 1sr OF the procession may seem nt to
through Thirty-Gith street Tnirty-thrd street
the superintendent OF the Thrty-fourth street
line OF horse cars on which hundreds OF persons
who Will comprise the procession and their friends
and relatives ride every day. has most discour-
teousIy asserted that he will his cars on time
all day. even II IL should be necessary to push
the horses through the brass bands and ranks
of the procession. The superintendent of the line
asserts that the procession has no right to impede
public travel on st. Patrick's Day.
THE PROCESSION TO BE PROTECTED.
captain rmcL.Wa,ne OF sne iwentletn precinct
ceived orders TO make the cars stop until the pro-
cession has passed, as the street Is blocked on
either side OF the tracks w..h ice and snow. .Nere
Is no possible fear OF any trouble the rouN. Of
the procession, az the prscessonlsts have
perfect right to march, as they asked ana received
permission from the municipal authorities to do
so, unless obstreperous car drivers attempt to
break the ranks as they tried to do on washing
toms Birthday, when the United order Of Ameri-
can Mechanics were marching through the Bowery.
The Captains of Police collected In Inspector
Dilks' ONCE AT Police Headquarters yesterday, and
received their final instructions with relation to
what disposition they should make OF the men
under their command on ST. Patrck's Day, In
order to place them to the best advantage, and to
be able, In case disturbance SHOULD arise to quell
1t at once. The committee OF the Irish societies
have been requested to change their route par
tlally-from Thirty-fOurth street to an adjacent
street-by the Board OF Police Commissioners, but
as yet their action has not been made public. The
detective force, under Captain Irving will, as
usual proceed with the procession, and have
orders to Immediately arrest any person who may
show any disposition to create trouble and lock
him up In the nearest STATEN house.