New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-18
IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT.
CELEBRATING ST PATRICK'S DAY.

CLEAR AND CLoUDLEss DAY FOR OSCE-IRlsH So
CGEuEs PARADE THROUGH THE STREETS TO
JoNEss WOOD AND LISTEN To SPEECHES.
st PatrcksD Day, which occurs properly next Mon
day was celebrated by the lrishmen Of this city
and their sisters their cousins and their aunts
yesterday For the first time within the memory of
most men the 18th Of March dawned clear and
cloudless and though a few clouds drfted the
sky in the afternoon the day closed as brightly it
opened. Early in the forenoon crowds began to
gather in the vicinity of the Cooper Union, where
the days procession 10 form. At IL o'clock
squad of police under the command of Captain Nc
Cullgb arrived. and the crowd spent a pleasant
half hour looking at them. At the of that time
there vas 4 sound Of horses hoofs and squadron of
mounted police appeared. BY this time the
organizations which TO take part in the
parade began to arrive, and there were
the sound Of martial music and the sihgt
of waving plumes and banners. small army
of aides, gorgeous in green and gold, drove their
=" fiery unframed stecds hther and thther trying
to form the procession. shortly before noon the
Grand Marshal. Patrick Oaky. came Calloping up
The sun shonc brightly overhead, but it was some
what ohscured by the radiance IF Mr.. Oaldy. His
chapeau surmounted by long p.umes OF green
and covered with rosettes and tassels OF gold. He
wore q gitteriug rcgalia of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernans a green sash and gold mounted sword
At o'clock the gun gave the signal for starting
and the procession began its march The mounted
police went ahead to scare small boys and remove
distractions Next came the Marshal, gorgeous in
glitter and green followed by his sixty aids, also in
glitter and green Then marching the st.
Columbia Rifle Corps. under command of it's cap
tain, Charles J. Bradley, numbering fifty men, in
uniform. The Rifle Corps was followed
No. J. and after it came various divisions
e ha An tlr,l.r nf IN bpru "
about 1000 men IN all At Union Square and
Seyenteeuth-st. renewing stand had been erected,
and from II Mayor Grace reviewed the procession.
On the stand beside the Mavor were Sherln bowe'
Con roller Campbell, Recorder Smyth, Commits
sion Thompson, aud several members OF The board
OF Aldermen. Union Square was hlied WIN an en-
ihusastic and heterogeneous crowd, and a. ne
band struck up The Wearing OF the Green" in
passing the reviewing and, the familiar strains
were greeted with cheers. Ire procession
went from [ MON square through Scycntecnth-st.,
up Scveuth-ave through Forty -second-s, up tittn-
on Avcnue-A. Z was IN Jones : Noo1 that the rest
of the days exercises topS place. The brass
band was not silen-, and ha!cyon and yocifeTous
proceeding, were the order 81 the DAY. Inc place
was crowded aud there were dancing eating, drink
ing. game playing and speech-maAng.
Tie speeches were made il the large hall Of the
Wood. ne sPy1A9FS VII VII a n s EfIia ~
HicAey Colonel James K Ohelrle, Of VI ashlngton,
arthur J. Delaney aad Henry mccarthy. Nh COX
rose 10 speak with ire IN lis eye. After touching
briefly on ~. Patrick he PAID some at ,euuon 10
England and handled her IN manner that made
lis hearers veil with deli -ht. lie especially warned
the -rrI.h Government to be careful how IL Im-
prlsOu,d American cItiZcns, ana gave the Mistress
OF the Sea much Wholesome advice III
a manner that admitted of no dispute
The other speechs were IN the same
win, and the words revolution and the freedom
Of Ireland ~ were frequently uset and enthusiast
caLy received. The name OF 81 uetoHe was received
WI misses and tue name OF Parneil With cheers
Colonel O'BerIe denounced the British Government
il unmeaSuIed terms edlcied revolution. ana SAID
that when thu time came Lls services were at the
disposal Of hi, hearers. lie spoke of TIE alleged I'M
prlsonueut by England o. citizens of the United
states and told Great Britain 10 "Beware!
Between the speeches the band played
some Irish airs ANA from gallery over the stage
green nag and the : ans aud stripes were waved
Meanwhlic, outside groups wandered abon, the
terraces and walks and "a ,herrd around the nu-
merous atrac hons there in one place a iIt'lc old
lTlShman, with a little old ndde, turuei his -i4hi-
less eyes the and played the melodies or BIS
native land In another spot man with an eiec-
trc machine iuvegled people into beng shocked
and near him a person could be weighed for
ceuts. Down stairs there dancing. Not ordl-
nary walJzes and quantities. out
Hornpipea. jigs. breakIOwns and reels
Put lie and method IN thoF heels.
Here and there about the room sat stood pipers
and hddlcrs, who furnished the peculiar music
which gives life 70 a real irish dance. A plump
,,mn, lrjsh cirI and a "gos,oon roulI stand up
and dance jig together as they might have danced
il ID the wales OF Kerry. Up AMI dawn the centre
of the room the Older people ranged themselves IN
ryo lines the men on one SIDE and the women on
the other and q" boDbed up screncly' III some pc
c1.ll
by naf-past o ock, but tine festivities continued
Ill! nearly midnight. The proceeds are 10 be gwen
to the Land League. .
preached ser!Ion IN the Cathedral III Fltih-ayc
yesterday morning. he CON Regiment, IL Iull
dres, Uniform with white cTo,sb.s AMI gloves was
in attendance, having marched mp futl-aVe from
IFS arnGry IN IOmpkIn. Market. Archbishop Corrl-
gan celebrated the poutliical high mass before the
sermon. Two boys Dennis DtrmOOiY ana Joseph
IIuhtluli were arrested by a detective charged
with picking pockets III the Cathedral while the
services progress Several pocketoooks
were found IN their possession. lAghliuL sald ne
wished to sent " here he could learn 70 read and
write. They were Iemanded at the lOrkyllIt Po-
It. Patrck's Day called forth no demonstration
in Brook H. Flags were displayed on tne city and
county bindings. The customary parade was not
held OwLg 10 Ire suffering ia fcidEu. Inc 81
Patric's society ate It's annual dinner III the even
iuQ and a concert appropriate 10 the day was gwen
III the Academy of Music
with little demonstration. / lac Ancient Order OF
Hibcrmans paraded III small force. he Land
League orgauiZauO.s, dId not march, II beng All
derstOOd thar the members should remain at WO:K
and devote the DAYS profits and wages 10 the cause
OF Ireland. MISS celebrated IN The Roman
Catholic churches. There were several Lectures ii
the evening addressed By Irlshmen.
The daV was observed IN Jersey city by the usual
uarade under the auspices OF the Ancient Order OF
hbernians. The various societies, commanded by
Grand Marshal Thomas Reynolds, formed IN Van
Vors,-st and at noon moved III seventeen sections,
each having Il band. They marched To HOnOkcn,
where societies from the northern part OF the
county J0ln-d them. Then they marched back To
Van Worst Square, where Mayor IausoIg reviewed
tie line.
THE FRIENDLY SONS AT DINNER.
OVER 900 GUESTS AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY
GENERAL GRANT, JOHN KELLY. MAYOR GRACE,
Mr.. DEPEw AND OTHERS.
In DrlmonicO's large dining-roOm last night over