Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-18

The Irish Priest has written the story OF
his country's glory and Of her wrongs
! his hands have touched the lyre and swept
the harp strings; he has attuned the 'eel-
| ings of his soul to music, now soft as the
murmurs of Erin's fountains or wild as the
war cry of her clans in the battle. He Is
with his people in their sorrow as in their
joys; with them in the caverns of the
mountain in the home of pestilence; in
| the emigrant ship, aye, to the ends OF the
world. While this bond uniting priests
and people continues to exist, we may we'll
hope for the future, at least there will be
no stigma on the faith or honor Of Ireland.
THE PROCESSION.
At the close Of the services at the Csthe-
| dral, the grand procession was formed on
| Summer street. First came the band, fol-
lowed by a large vehicle in which were
seated the thirty-iwo little girls dressed in
white, each representing one of the thirty
two counties of Ireland They bore
green-trimmed banner with the inscription:
ave Represent Ireland, our country" and
at distance looked for all the world like a
beautiful cloud ofsnow that had broken from
the dark mass overhead aud sought refuge
upon the meaner earth below. Following
this lovely group came the main body of
the procession, dressed in black and wear
ing green badges while the officers wore
frlnged scarfs and ri-colored badges clasped
with gold. At the head rose renian stand
ard with the motto, Liberty: Her Friends
are Our Friends, Her Enemies are Oar
Enemies" Midway in the procession
f1oated side by side the Stars and Stripes
and the green flag of Erin, the heavy folds
now reeeding, now retreating, on the breeze
as TIE ieng eoncourse moved along. One
hundred and twenty boys, wearing little
green badges, brought up the rear of the
procession, which extended from Cedar
street to Church street. 1t proceeded thence
to Knowles, through Knowles to Cedar,
through Cedar to Vine, through Vine to
Broad, through Broad to Summer, through
Summer to Ash, through Ash to Cherry,
through Cherry to Broad, through Broad TO
Market, through Market to the Square, and
around the Square back TO Fenian Hall.
Arriving here, the procession broke, and as
the flags streamed out from the balcony the
sun, for the first time during the day, burst
from the clouds, making the golden fringe
on the green banners sparkle again, and
throwing rich halo over the closing
scenes of the day.
THE BALL AT NIGHT.
The ball given by the Fenian Brother
hood at Concordia Hall wound up the cell
ebratiOn of st. .Patrick's day. 1t was an
immense affair, the hall being so closely
crowded that it was difficult for the dancers
TO get beyond a homely promenade, and
many could not gain access to the room at
ALL
The celebration throughout was marked
by quietness, order, and general good feel
ing, and no occasion in the whole history
of Nashville ever passed off with more
genuine satisfaction to those who took part.
THE HULL PERJURY CAsE.-The case
of Col. ]. S. Hull, late Warden of the pen
itentiary, charged with perjury in giving
testimony before the Legislative Peniten-
tiary Committee, was taken up in Justice
Wilkinson's Court yesterday. After the
examination of two witnesses, the case was
continued until to-day.