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March 25th, ißj6.
BT. PATRICK’S DAY.
BT BISHOP ENGLAND.
Who that has not wandered far
From where he first drew vital air.
Can tell how bright the visions are
That still surround his fancy there ?
For it is sweet round memory’s throne,
When time and distance glide away—
To cite the scenes that long have flown,
And view them o’er on Patrick’s Day.
Though distant firom our native shore.
Ana bound by fortune’s stern decree
To see our native land no more,
Still, Erin, we must think of thee.
Is there a heart of Irish mould
That does not own the magic sway
That prompt the generous patriot soul
To celebrate St. Patrick’s day.
No nation since the dawn of time
Has sacrificed more lives than we,
Our blood has flown in every clime
That raised the shout of liberty.
But ah 1 will freedom never smile,
Nor shed one bright, one glorious ray,
To cheer our own loved native Isle,
And raise our hopes on Patrick’s Day.
Yes, Erin, raise thy drooping brow,
And wreath it with the Shamrock green !
Go tell thy proud, thy haughty foe.
That she’s no longer ocean’ queen.
Columbia's banners wave on high,
The eagle seizes on its prey,
Then, Ireland, wipe thy tearful eye,
And raise thy hopes on Patrick’s Day.
fcThy gallant sons have nobly bought
Columbia’s gratitude for thee,
In freedoms cause they manly fought,
And shed their blood for liberty.
Then, boys, lift high your glasses all,
Let tyrants crumble as they may.
The toast we drink is England’s fall,
And Ireland’s joy next Patrick’s Day.
[From the New York Herald.]
BT. PATRICK’S DAY IN NEW
YORK.
How the Irish Population Cele
brated Their National Holiday.
THE GRAND PARADE THIRTY THOUSAND SONS
OF THE SOIL REVIEWED BY THE MAYOR
NUMEROUS BANQUETS.
To the surprise of many, and to the
gratification of at least 400,000 souls in
this city, the weather yesterday proved
auspicious for the celebration of the great
festival of St. Patrick. On the night pre
ceding the rain fell in torrents, and the
prospects of those intending to take part
in the procession were anything but in
encouraging. Indeed it was generally an
ticipated that the surroundings would
sadly mar the parade for which such ex
tensive preparations had been made, but
the bright sun which shone forth reful
gently at noon dispelled all doubts, and
tiie demonstration was accordingly await
ed with renewed interest. Never on any
previous occasion was the day more
enthusiastically observed. It was deter
mined that as this was the centennial
year the display should be unusually
grand, our Irish citizens being not only
devoted to their patron saint and cherish
ing tender recollections of the “gem of
the sea,” but patriotic hr regard to the
land of their adoption. Throughout the
city evidences of the festive event were
seen on every hand, and although at an
early stage strong misgivings were enter
tained in respect to the weather the sub
sequent clearing up of that important
element brought out the extensive exhi
bition of bunting and other decorations
in bold relief. Feelings of animation and
mirth succeeded those of despondency
and regret, and altogether the celebra
tion compared favorably with that of
years gone by. Thousands of people
thronged the streets from noon till dusk.
Of course the main attraction out doors
was the annual procession, which, it is
needless to say, is always looked forward
to with pleasurable anxiety, while ban
quets and balls in the evening brought
the celebration to an enjoyable close. A
holiday was observed among the
Irish population of the city, and nothing
occurred to interfere ir. any way with the
agreeable associations of the occasion.
the procession.
Undeterred by the incessant rain the
several organizations announced to par
ticipate in the grand parade wended
their way to their different headquarters
at a comparatively early hour. In all
directions might bewseen members of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians Mid the
men of the gallant Sixty-ninth rapidly
proceeding to their respective rendez
vous, and although a great mass of pro
cessionists had to be promptly congrega
ted there was less confusion than might
be expected in concluding the prelimi
nary preparations for the demonstration.
One o’clock was the hour at which the
procession was to move, but the im
mense multitude which had congregated
in the vicinity of the starting point ren
dered progress no easy task. Grand
Marshal Reilly and his aids took up their
position on the southeast corner of
Twenty-third street and Second avenue
shortly after eleven o’clock, and each
organization on arriving at that point
was assigned a place prior to falling into
marching order. When at length all the
various bodies had reported, the final
order to move was given at two o’clock,
and amid ringing cheers the procession
started. It was led by the Broadway and
mounted squads, followed by the Sixty
ninth regiment, under command of Colo
nel Cavanagh, their fine military appear
ance andprecision exciting general atten
tion. The streets were densely packed,
housetops were crowded, and, indeed,
every possible spot from which a view
could be obtained was eagerly taken pos
session of. Excellent order was pre
served, the spectators were in the best
of humor, and the services of the police,
except to keep back the'pressing multi -
tude, were scarcely brought into requisi
tion. Once under way the scene became
one of the most enlivening character.
The baud at the head of each organiza
tion struck up the most spirited airs and
many a stout heart beat in unison to the
sounds of trumpet and drum. At this
time the weather was all that could be
desired, and although marching, owing
to the condition of the streets, was
attended with some unpleasantness, the
great body of men who honored the
memory of Ireland’s patron saint step
ped forth briskly and in splendid order.
The procession presented an imposing
spectacle and failed not at many stages
of the route to elicit the heartiest enco
miums from the bystanders and fre
quently loud bursts of approbation. The
banners of the Ancient Order of Hiber
nians, who were represented in large
force, and the chaste and handsome
emblems of the religious and temper
ance societies, as well as the characteris
tic colors of the young cadets, to say
nothing of the numerous Irish and
American flags, of which there was a
bountiful display, formed a pretty and a
very harmonious picture. The fine phy
sique of the processionists, too, called
forth praiseworthy comment. And it
was noteworthy throughout, that from
beginning to end, there was very little
left for the cynic to expand himself upon.
Indeed it was the universal opinion of
those who have witnessed similar events
in previous years that a more orderly,
respectable and representative proces
sion of the kind has rarely taken place.
It was estimated that between 25,000 and
30,000 men took part in the parade.
The order of march was rigidly observed.
As soon as the Sixty-ninth passed the
right of the civic bodies each society fell
into column and proceeded down Twenty
third street to First avenue, down First
avenue to Second street, along Second
street to the Bowery. Here was gathered
an immense assemblage, and, there being
plenty of room, the procession was seen
to advantage. The surroundings were
exceedingly auspicious, and, progress
being unimpeded, the well organized
mass moved rapidly onward amid the
liveliest and most inspiring strains on
the one hand and the kpplause of thous
ands on the other. The procession
wheeled into Canal street, along Canal
to Centre and down Centre to the east
gate of the City Hall Park. All along
the route many houses were handsomely
decorated with appropriate emblems,
and so far not a single discordant ele
ment marked the event.
THE REVIEW AT THE CITY HALL.
Perhaps on no previous occasion of
the kina 1 was -t>A*e- such an imimtc-e
gathering in the vicinity of the City HalL
as on yesterday. For hours the patient
throng awaited the arrival of the proces
sion, and in the interval many a joke
was passed along the line. This was con
sidered to be about the most available
place for a good view of the spectacle,
and accordingly the steps of the City
Hall, from which the Mayor and Com
mon Council were to review the proces
sion, were densely crowded. Admirable
arrangements were made by the police
authorities, so that no disorder or con
fusion occurred. The City Hall way gayly
decked with bunting, conspicuous among
the flags being one with the harp of
Erin. The Mayor, accompanied by sev
eral members of the Common Council,
descended the steps of the City Hall and
took their accustomed places, and the
martial strains that soon broke upon the
ear announced that the procession was
at hand. Among the large number of
officials present were Comptroller An
drew H. Green and Commissioner Bren
nan. A large force of police succeeded
in restraining the impulses of the surg
ing masses, and the space being clear
the head of the column wheeled through
the eastern gate. A correct idea could
now be formed of the imposing pageant
as it marched past in excellent style, the
entire time being exactly one hour. The
order was as follows, with the Sixty
ninth regiment at the front:
Ancient Order of Hibernians (thirty
five divisions).
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Queens
county—Marshal, James Monoghan;
Aids, William Wall, Michael Coleman,
Andrew McGarry, John Carroll; right
resting on left of A. D. H. New York.
Emerald Beneficial Association—Mar
shal, The mas Powers; Aid, Patrick Me.
Donnell; right resting on left of A. O. H-
Queens county.
St. Gabriel’s R. C. T. A. B. Society-
Marshal, John Capeas; Aids, Nicholas,
Scott, John Coleman; right resting on
left of Emerald Beneficial Association.
St. Columba’s R. C. T. A. B. Society—
Marshal, John Gaynor; Aids, Peter Shef
lin, Michael Dunn; right resting on left
of St Gabriel’s R. C. T. A. B. Society.
St Vincent Ferrer’s R. C. T. A. B.
Society—Marshal. Thomas J. Dunn;
Aids, James O’Keefe, Michael O’Brien,
Patrick Binney; right resting on left of
St. Columba’s R. C. T. A. B. Society.
Holy Innocents’ R. C. T. A. B. Society
—Marshal, John Carroll; Aids, Patrick
McDonnell, Charles Haverin, James
Quinn, Patrick Mulligan, Patrick Her
nan, Owen Hughes, Henry McCann;
right resting on left of St. Vincent Fer
rer’s R. C. T. A. B. Society.
St John’s the Evangelist’s T. A. B.
THE SOT'TDEBN MOSS,
Society—Marshal, Thomas Costello;
Aids, Lawrence Ifliigfihy, Patrick Jor
dan, John Roberts; right resting only
left of Holy Innocents’ R. C. T. A. B.
Society.
Father Matthew U. B. T. A. B. Society
(Parent) —Marshal, William Riley; Aid,
George D. Gibbs; right resting on left
of St. John the Evangelist’s T. A, B.
Society.
Father Matthew IT. A. B. society,
No. 3—Marshal, Patrick Quigley; Aids,
Patrick McCarthy, Luke Brennan; right
resting on left of Parent Society.
Both the military snd civic bodies
presented a fine tfpgjprance, and the
spectacle was enliveMjwp in the extreme.
The assemblage, MEougli very en
thusiastic and very dKpus to get a good
view of the process*!, preserved good
order, and no inc|jlent occurred that
could in any way ndm the general har
mony that prevailed. Many prominent
gentleman accompaied the procession
in carriages,including Judge Gddersleeve
Colonel Roberts, Frederick Symthe and
others. The marching of the Sixty
ninth at this stage chWted very favorable
comments, and while exact military preci
non was not to be expected from the
various civic societies, they nevertheless
maintained good discipline.— N. Y. Her
ald.
NEWS bFMAIL,
IRELAND.
Dublin, March 7th 1876
In his Lenten pastoral which we pub
lish below, His Grace the Cardinal
Archbishop of Dublin dwells much on
the important question of education.
His Eminence announces the formation
of a Catholic training school for teach
ers at Drumcondra, near Dublin, and
recommends the clergy and the faith
ful of his diocese to contribute towards
its support.
A much needed organization has just
been established in the North of Ire
land. It will have its headquarters in
Londonderry, but the sphere of its oper
ations will embrace all the Northern
counties. We allude to the Ulster
Catholic Association, which has been set
on foot for the purpose of looking after
the registration|of Catholic voters and
the giving of effect to Catholic influence
at future elections in the North. An
association of this kind was much want
ed. There ie amongst the Catholics of
Ulster a great amount of electoral pow
er which has hitherto been allowed to
lie waste and uMMuctive of any re
sults for rdigionJLeountry. The asso-
look to religious
affairs only ana taftfld itself aloof from
political parties, WR, of course, popular
interests wifi benetit by the development
of popular power in the North as in
other parts of Ireland. The Ulster
Catholic association promises to be a
very active and useful body. Its aims
and objects are perfectly legitimate, and
all Catholic Irishmen will wish it success
in its highly commendable undertaking.
On Wednesday evening the second
reading of the Irish Municipal Fran
chise Bill was moved in a full house by
Major O’Gorman. This, the reader will
understand, is quite distinct from the
Municipal Privilege Bill, the principal of
which Sir Michael Beach assented to.
The object of Major O’Gorman’s bill
was the assimilation of the Irish to the
English Municipal franchise. This
measure the government opposed, and
against it they brought innumerable
forces to bear. Yet they won by only
the same narrow majority they were
able to secure on the Grand Jury Bill.
The numbers were—for the bill, 148;
against it, 176; majority, 28. This was
no great preponderance of numbers for
a government which professes to be over
whelmingly powerful in the House of
Commons. But as the majority of the
Irish vote was in favor of the bill, its
rejection supplies anew evidence of the
fact that the opinion of Ireland’s elected
representatives is overborne by English
votes in the English parliament, and
that Irish votes will decide Irish busi
ness only when an Irish parliament sits
in College-greeij.
LETTJHfcFROIf CARDINAL CULLEN.
The following circular in reference to
the Catholic Training School has been
addressed by his Eminence Cardinal
Cullen to the clergy of his diocese:
Very Rev. * and Dear Sir —You are
aware that in our days the enemies of
the Church of Christ, in order easily to
propagate their pernicious errors, are
actively endeavoring to appropriate to
themselves the education of youth, and
seem bound together in deep conspira
cy to discredit religious teaching as hos
tile to the progress of science and con
fining the mind, to decry and calumni
ate teachers devoted to their religion as
promoters of ignorance and superstition,
and to banish all pious practices as use
less and superstitious from public
schools. A great party calling themselves
non-sectarians in England aie cry
ing out for this irreligious system; in
the United States the President has re
commended it for general adoption; and
we know how much has been done in
Ireland in the two Universities, in the
Queen’s Colleges, end the Model schools,
to emancipate knowledge from the con
trol of religion, to banish every mention
of Catholic doctrine or of the Catholic
Church from the schools of this Catho
lic country, and by uniting the members
of every sect in the same schools with
Catholics to make the rising generations
believe that there is no difference be
tween the teaching of the true Church
and the inventions of heresy, and thus
to propagate a baneful system of indif
ferentism.
While this struggle is going on around
us and our holy religion is so often as
sailed and misrepresented, yon have not
been indifferent to the dangf rs to which
our dearest interests were exposed, and,
aided by the contributions of a most
generous people, you have erected
schools, seminaries, colleges, and a uni
versity, in which Catholic doctrines
are taught and defended, and youths of
every class brought up in a knowledge
of Christian truth, the fear and love of
God, and respect and obedience to the
Church, the pillar, and ground of truth,
of which Christ said—“He who heareth
not the Church let him be to thee as a
heathen and a publican.”
When we call to mind the state of
darkness and Lhe ruin of all educational
institutions occasioned by the Reforma
tion and its cruel promoters, and the
penalties inflicted on Catholic education
by a barbarous and bloody system of
penal laws, we oannot but admire the
generous efforts of our clergy and peo
ple, and their noble sacrifices in the
promotion of knowledge within the few
years which have elapsed since toleration
of our faith was first sanctioned by the
legislature of this country.
It cannot be denied that a great deal
is still to be done to repair the ravages
of past vandalism, and many sacrifices
will still be required before Ireland shall
be restored to that high position in lit
erature and science which for centuries
she occupied in Europe. But with the
help of God all deficiencies will gradual •
ly disappear, and as a proof of our pro
gress I am happy to inform you that a
new institution has just been opened to
supply a want which we much felt. You
are aware that notwithstanding the
great number of primary schools in Ire
land for Catholic children, there was no
Catholic school for training young teach
ers in the art of imparting knowledge
and managing youth, for imbuing tljem
with a love of religion, and preparing
them to instruct their pupils not only by
word, but also by the edifying tenor of
their lives and their attachment to the
true Church of Christ—in a word,
making them good Christians, good citi
zens, and useful teachers. Other train
ing schools there ladr-ed, Wt in
them pupils and teachers of every re
ligious denomination were mingled to
gether, Catholic teaching and Catholic
practices could not be inculcated, and it
was greatly to be feared that young men
passing through such an ordeal should
fall into indifferentism and lose their
faith.
This danger is now averted by the
zeal of your prelates, who watch over
your spiritual interests as having to ren
der an account to God for the souls com
mitted to their care. They have opened
on Drumcondra-road, in this city, a
training school for young Catholic teach
ers, and they are about to establish a
primary school for boys, in which the
young masters may acquire experience
in the art of teaching.
Dr. Casey, Professor of Science in the
Catholic University, one of the most dis
tinguished mathematicians in Ireland,
and other learned professors, will carry
on the literary instruction of the school,
while the discipline and spiritual manage
ment of the house will be in the hands
of the Fathers of the Mission of St.
Vincent of Paul, who, like their founder,
are well suited to inspire those placed
under them with true charity, with a
spirit of obedience to lawful authority,
with a love for their country, and for the
ancient and glorious Church of Ireland—
in a word, to make them good Chris
tians, good citizens, and useful instruc
tors, such as we were in need of.
It is not necesbary to say more about
the new training school, and all I shall
add is, that I recommend you most
warmly to send from each parish some
young men sufficiently advanced to com
mence their course of training, who, by
their good conduct, and their disposi
tions, afford hope that their future career
may be useful to religion and society.
I also recommend you to make a col
lection in your parishes for the support
of the new establishment. The man
agers state that about three pounds from
each parish will be sufficient for that
purpose. You can get any further in
formation you require by corresponding
with Rev. Mr. Petit, C. M., St. Patrick’s
Training School, Drumcondra-road, Dub
lin.
Before I conclude, I beg of you to
get your faithful flocks to sign a short
petition to parliament, prepared by the
Catholic Union, in favor of a just system
of intermediate and university education
for Ireland*. jOur demands are very sim
ple and moderate. We ask for a system
of Catholic education for Catholic youth,
and for a fair share, in proportion to our
numbers, of the endownments derived
from the public funds of this country.
We do not seek to interfere with the
; education of persons of other religious
denominations; nor do we ask for any
privilege which they do not enjoy. We
ask for nothing but simple justice, and
we should be despised, even by our
Protestant fellow-countrymen, were we
to be satisfied with less. With best
wishes, your faithful servant,
f Paul Card. Cullen.
59 Eccles-street, Dublin, Feb. 25, 1876.
P. S.—On this occasion I beg you to
exhoit those who avail themselves of the
dispensation granted in abstinence during
the Lent, to contribute to the Seminary
of the Holy Cross at Clonliffe, and to
the new Church of the Holy Cross,
which belong exclusively to this diocese,
and have a claim on your faithful flocks,
as they are destined to educate and pre
pare their children to carry on the work
of the ministry in your respective par
ishes. ' fp. O. C.
SPAIN. 1
Madrid, March 4th 1876. j|
At last the Carlist war in Spain is
an end. The combined operatitiMm
the five Alfonsist generals—
Martinez, Campos, Primo di uHßjj|
Moriones, and Lemo - have been crown
ed with success, though not
some very severe fighting. Tlieir®
was a simple one, but thoroughly fl
tive. All this week the
of surrender has been going SpP
over the whole of the conquered fH§f§
vinces, and the five generals have had 4 '
but little heavier work to do than grant
ing amnesty to all who sought it.
As for the adventurous prince who I
has been able to maintain the war for so
long, and who at one time seemed as if
he had but to stretch out his hand to
grasp the crown of Spain, he has . suc
cumbed at length to the strokes of '.'ad
verse fortune. From .first to last, Don
Carlos was blessed with a happy san-J
guineness of disposition, which left him 1
unable to know when he was beaten.f|
His latest manifesto, issued about;#®*
fortnight ago, breathed nothing trfrt
hope, confidence, and energy. On.
Monday morning, with some two thou
sand of his faithful followers, he eretebed
the bridge of Arneque into France/vSnd
so gave up the conflict
The latest news we have concerning
the Don is that he is on his way to Eng
land. We can scarcely hope fox, him a
very warm reception from the people of
that country. They are inclined to
worship success, and Don Carlos has not^,
been successful; while, more than all, he
has been guilty in their eyes of the highfl
crime- of "Ultrainoiitanumj." --MA
T But if he ay it
much otherwistr^with
Spanish peasantry of the North.
country has been desolated by a three
years’ war carried on with unusual bit
terness; fields lie untilled, rooftrees have
been burned, families broken up, hos
pitals filled, graveyards multiplied on
hillside and in valley. This fine peo
ple deserved a better fate. They fought
not only for the cause of their legitimate
monarch, but for their own liberties—
for, in fact, the Home Rule the Basque
provinces for centuries had enjoyed, and
which was being filched away 1 y mod
em governors. The provincial parlia
ments and all the privileges secured by
them, we fear, must now be considered
at an end; and though we may admire
the courage, heroism, and endurance,
those peasants of Navarre and Biscay
have displayed, the lesson taught by
their efforts, is on the whole, a sad and
discouraging one.
The sudden collapse of the war ad
mits a glimpse of hope for distracted
Spain. The question which weighed
most heavily on the advisers of King
Alfonso was where to get money. No
man cared to risk his capital in a coun
try financially unsound, while plunged
in a civil war, and at the same time
with another and apparently illimitable
drainage outlet in the island of Cuba.
Now, at least there is peace in Spain;
the Ministers of King Alfonso are sup
ported by a very large majority of the
Cortes; and the young king himself
seems to have grown so popular that
his mother, the ex-Queen Isabella, is
about to return to her former capital.
Under these circumstances, there should
be no insuperable difficulty in finding
the supplies necessary for carrying on
the business of the country.
♦
Galls. —There would be no necessity
to cure galls if common sense were used
in selecting a properly fitting collar. If
a farmer used a pair of loose shoes, c<r
stantly slipping up and down at the K - ols
as he walked, he would be treating him
self as he often treats his hors*, and
would learn by experience how galls
might be prevented. 80m -times the
collar is badly made as well as badly
fitted. A good should be hard
and smooth in the inside, and ought
never have anything applied to it that
would interfere with its smooth surface.
Anything of an adhesive nature would
drag on the Bkin and create a sore spot
In the Christian race all patient run
ners win, and in the Christian battle all
who endure to the end are victors.
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