Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-31

a FEARFUL DEsCENT.-A woman iel
from the trestIe-work on the boundaries c
Smoky Row yesterday, distance of twenty
five or thirty feet, and was so severely in
iured that her life is despairedof She bun
several minutes by her dress, which caugh
upon the timbers as she was falling.
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THE SYMMEs RoBBERY.-Webster Nc
Nairy, colored, lodged in Jail on the 25tI
Of January last, charged with eomplicit.
10 the stealing Of a considerable amount Q
money from C. Scott Symmes, was brough
before Justice Cassety yesterday, bat wa
discharged, there not being sufficient eyi
denee TO convict. Es
A SUCCESSFUL FAIR.-At the Grae,
Church Fair just closed IN Memphis Their
was clock valued at $780, to be given t
the most popular banker in the city. The
vote stood for j. w. Page, Jr., 2600, Col.
Wicks 2550-Mr. Page being the''successfu
candidate BY fifty votes. This clock netteC
the Fair over FIVE thousand dollars. The
net profits Of the Fair amounted to $4,000
THE FEDERAL DEAD AND THE Ma
TIoSAL CEMETERY.-W learn from Chap
lain Earnshaw that twelve thousand Of tbs
Federal dead, in the vicinity of this city
and at points not far distant, have beer
taken up and re inferred in the National
Cemetery, on the Gallatin pike. Some
SIT thousand more graves are TO be hol
lowed for the remains of the fallen, and the
work Of re-interment will then be at an
end. The cemetery covers sixty four acres
Of ground, and has over three miles Of
winding avenues from eighteen 10 twenty
five feet in width, beautifully laid out by
Col. Willett When finished, it will be Al
lovely park, fresh and green with trees
and shrubDery, and inclosed by strong
stone wall. A lofty monument is to be
placed in the centre, and the graves are tc
be headed with slabs of polished marble
Some two years will elapse before il can be
completed.
! PIc-NIc OF THE Society OF ST. VIN.
CENT DE PAUL.-We paid a visit yester-
day afternoon to Rumerkorf's Garden,
near Fort Gillem, the attraction being a
picnic under the auspices of the Society Of
st. Vincent de Paul, a charitable associa-
ton. When we arrived there, the scene
was really inspiring Hundreds of little
girls and boys, neatly dressed, full of life
and animation, overlooking with Joy, and
apparently mindful of Herrick's injunc-
ton,
Gather the rose buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-hying,
And that same flower that blooms to-day,
Tomorrow shall be dying"
were engaged in various sports under the
shade giying trees, watched over by fond
parents and admiring friends. Children OF
larger growth were tripping on the eight
fantastic toe, inspired by music's "volup-
tuous swell" The elder men and women
disposed of themselves in different WAYS
All seemed to be making the most of the
brief season Of pleasure, gratified that they
could contribute to a noble charity whilst
enjoying merry-making and witnessing the
sports Of happy childhood.
The chief feature of the days enjoyment
for the children was the coronation of their
Queen, Miss Mary Dollar, a sweet, dove.
eyed little girl, a member of the Cathedral
Sunday-sehool. The coronation speech
was made by Miss Lizzie Collett, another
charming fairy, who said:
We've cuIled, loved Queen, from Natures lair
The choicest flowers of May,
And with them trimmed this garland fair,
To deck thy brow this Joyous day.
And while with swelling hearts we speak,
fu nfl low and
We place upon thy brow so meek
These flowers entwined of virgin hue.
And now, we humbly hope for thee,
That while JOuTneying through life day,
Thy pathway may ever as lightsome be-
As the cloudless skies of sunny May.
The crown of flowers having been placed
on her head, the Queen replied;
Yes, beloved one, with joy wea-
This garland pure, OF woodland flowers
And within nay heart breathe prayer
kar her ~ho ON me affection showers.
And while hold within my hand
The emblem of my regal might,
pray Justice my deeds command,
And bid me ever WELD Alright.
And when other years come stealing on.
And youth bright days have passed away.
Memory will bring back each dear one,
That woye the wreath and crowned the Queen
of May.
Miss Ella Hyronemus gracefully ten
dered the sceptre
Take this sceptre, then, fair Queen,
And gently rule thy subjects on the green.
The following misses acted as maid of
honor:
Kate Grady, Mary Kilbride.
Maggie Kilbride, Maggie Pendergrast,
Ella Hardeman Della Smith,
Margaret Ann Towers.
The following were the flower girls
Mollie Grady, Lizzie Blackburn,
Kate Brien, Mary Clarke.
The coronation ceremonies over, the
children engaged in the passtimes which
suited them. Not until the heightened
shadows betokened the approach of night,
did the delightful festival close. We are
glad to say that nothing occurred to MAJ
the happiness of any one, and that all--old
and yonng-may recur to the day as one of
the most agreeable ever spent-a day of
which in the far future they may SAY
1t haunts me still, though many year has
fed,
Like some wild melody"