The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-04

debt due an English firm incident the street railroad spec
uaon years before the Court of Bankruptcy
at Dublin day or two since.
Mr. Train presented to the court schedule OF his assets
and liabilities which the court rejected as complete farce
and denounced worth less than much blank paper
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF Pixies IN LIMERICK
correspondent of the Dublin Erpes writing from Linn
erick on Tuesday, says:
Intelligence has reached us here from Keely in this
county, attached the diocese of Cashe that in conse
quence of private information received the Constabulary
there proceeded yesterday to the Roman Catholic chapel and
having ripped the flooring of the altar found concealed
beneath nearly 100 pixies seventysx of which in the
most perfect state of preservation having been well oiled
apprehensions in Klteey which the of Fenian
disturbances last March, The Rev. Mr. Meany PIP, of that
district has been always opposed Fenianism and Is stated
to have frequently warned his parshioner against taking
any part that sedtious The pixies discovered
removed from the chapel of Kieely to the police
station of Cappamore and the matter has been officially
muncated to the Lord Lieutenant So accurate the in
formation communicated to the constabuary that one OF
the constables wager by "hitting with hammer
the first board of the altar under which the pixies were
to be found.
TRIALS CORK.
On Monday the Cork asszes opened by Judge OLA
gam who commented severely in his address to the grand
jury the spirit of turbulence and violent resistance to
the laws evidenced by the of the calendar On Tuesday
Captain Mackey placed at the bar charged with the
wu murder of constable Casey who received his death
wound while aiding in the arrest of the prisoner The trial
terminated Wednesday evening with verdict of not
The defense set for the prisoner that the shot
which took effect accidentally discharged and that
Cases life might have been spared had greater surgical
skill been available both of which allegations fully
subsanated by the witnesses 1t shown that Mackey
might easily have shot any of his capors during the
ten minutes which preceded the explosion of his revolver
had he been disposed So and that the immediate
of the shot being fired the conclusion caused by head
constable Geae striking Mackeys revolver sharply with the
barrel of his pistol 1t further that Mackey
seeing that Casey wounded, exclaimed 81 sorry it
occurred did not intend to spill any blood for if liked
constable is described by witness replying "oh
know you coud The verdict hailed with deep salts
faction by the popuace whose sympathy with the prisoner
needed investigation discover. The jury occupied
only about fifteen minutes in considering the verdict
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
The temporary police station in Duncan street made
the of alleged Fenan outrage Saturday night
To accommodate the influx of police during the
asszes unoccupied house. situate in Duncan street.
recently TAKEN During Saturday arrangements being
made the reception of the and among other
sares essential for their nocturnal comfort large quantity
of straw conveyed into the dwelling The place was
shut up for the night and though at frequent intervals to
the time of the explosion Duncan street and its vicinity
patroled nothing of unusual appearance presented itself
Between twelve and o'clock however, large flame OF
newyimprovised police station and the alarm having been
quickly given the most prompt measures were adopted to
extngush the ncpent fire. The door forced open and
the atmosphere became mpregnated with sulphur
SMELL The hall found to be in sheet of fame and
the attention of the police first directed to procuring
supply of water which they speedily obtained and before
the tmber-work of the doors and stairs had time to catch
fire the blaze was extingushed. On examination of the
premises it found the damage inconsiderabe but
the walls either side of the hall quite black and
there still evidence of the agent that must have been
used The door covered with greenish liquid and the
fragments of broken bottle picked up in the hail. The
bottle which doubt contained the combusible NATTER
would appear have been thrown through the fan SASH the
glass of which had been smashed guard of police re-
NAMED in the house during the night but nothing further
occurred induce the apprehension of danger 1t for
tunate the bottle thrown through either of the win
dows as the straw which stored in the would have
inevitably set fire the entire building Up the present
no clue has been obtained of the perpetrators of the onse
Cork Herald.