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The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-21
TALES AND BALLADS,
NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL.
The Prisoner of Limerick-A Legend of "

The Prisoner of Limerick-A Legend of ".
IRWIN. DUBLIN. IRELAND
Twas hot morn the Old Town, with its gable
Like its stacks of tall chimneys by weather and smoke
spreading round,
Was SILENT few moved through the where their feet
had the sound,
From the height whence listened of grass-hoppes dry
tongued song
Which -shues-stopsas they azily sauntered along
Or paused with neighbor to gossip at window door,
Whence their voices came faint the waves some far level
shore;
At moments swallow unduIang the void beneath few
fair cloud unrong in sunshine sailed under the blue,
Throwing shade aslant spre and rooftop times cock
crew,
Half asleep in dusty dull court, with
yawn
All unlike its sfthroated sky splitting carol at dawn.
And times from Wondering befry, the slow ollng
hour
Vibraed in along Lmercks high Prison Tower
From of whose ronbarred of aged and
gray
looked the shmmering roofs and the hot, hollow day.
How clearly the slightest things which behed that time
Come back me- linked each to each like the lines of
rhyme!
In fixed spot before the dim mdges circed in an
Slowly floating twisting ogether-now widening again.
Above the blue buzzing bustling fly beat the pane
Where the sluggish deep underneath by the gloom of
the wall
Was backy across could the sealthly crawl
Through the garbage and rank scy grass and Just from
its nests brink
In the sheer WALL the sparows head peep it's chrrup
ing chnk
To its with in its bill the moat bank below
And the still the plain spreading off in the
glow,
When heard in the to his Watchers
Was commissioned to watch hima sudden nerye-shudder
ing cry,
And swift through the cnk that he knew not Of looked
when saw
Him gazing somethinghs black eyes dilaed with ave.
And the terror drops slide from his noble dusk browthen
he fell,
The dimmd and above him seemed branding shadow
of He'll
Who this Prisoner know not, have ever been
told:
Three years had rolled since the winter night windy and
cold
When first saw him pace the chamber-a tall pallid
form
Erect, pausng now for moment to list to the storm,
AS if its wall there voices he knew then before
The smouderng fire that threw shadows the color of gore
On his long ebon locks leaning back in the old iron chair
Till all gloomed save an amulet sparkling with diamonds
he wore
Pendant his heart the stone chamber dismal and
bare,
Save his couch, table, seat and habiiments, nothing
there
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Outlines he spoke low in tongue knew not Tor long
hours
As addressing of command some invisible Powers
And oft in the darkness in sooh used think there were
In that black stony space where this man alone
knew,
Nor it strange that when bringing him food used
Every morn he motoned thanks merely though he
dumb
When first saw this terrible shadow I rushed down the
To the warder: we entered his chamber he only there,
And for months lived just he had lived that specer
Never MORE nor was eer his darkened with visions of
And already deemed that this sight the work of my
brain
Until winters night Twelve had toled thin moon in
the wane
Dmly lighted the cold wny distance all sheeted with
snow,
Through the darkness few frosty gmmered sadly and
On the stormy hills could wild beacon flame red
Like cloudbewildered that gares dance OF
the Dead,
blank night,
heard strange music swooning around the towers
height,
And as looked into his chamber amazement and fear
Possessed me- for o all the chamber seemed filled with
light
Pure and living but awesome, amid which he STOOD as to
The voices that momeny sung through the darkness
near,
And still as gazed the tempests bewildering hum
The trampng horses seemed and to
Till I heard them beneath in the courtyard minute
| past ~
When the door of his chamber flew open burst by blast,
And pumed phantom entering oyously led by the hand
beautiful maiden from the dim sightess land.
At her robe her heart she paused at the door,
There seemed red rent like dagger cash. goued with
gore,
They gazed cash other they rushed to each other her
face
Looking up into his with tender delight and sad grace
To the which knew nothing to ken but cloud without
BREATH
Through which shine two stars lowering lake still
i death,
Imaged silent and fair the calm. There Whispers
faint sounds
Like echoes of ghtet love laughter from twilghted
grounds:
Then the three disappeared all silence the heavy door
closed:
For second lingering light of vapor faint rosed
Cured dried upon vacancy Then from the pavement
below,
AS they mounted the clatter of hoofs mued in the deep
snow
to the window and gazed where the sounds seemed
go;
But all black was sky the wide earth white the
air stirred
AS if with some fierce rush of wings, and remotely heard
noise like the sound of troop of swift horse ham
mering OH
Wild that faded away to the last star that shone
And them when the sky DER the low plain cleaned leveland
wan,
Like drift of swift darkness beheld them sweep pasthey
gone.
The commandant examined the warder and the day
In private and each his questions said all could say
And both were dismissed but the warder have been
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
New Books.

MADAME THEREsE; Or, Tbs Volunteer Of '92.
by NM. Erckmann, Chatrain. With Illus
tratiOns. New York: Chas. SeribRer x Co..
1853.
The authors of this work have been more
than once suppressed" for "dislOyalty,"
and their several productions have been
the special horror of oppressOrs in France
and Germany. This volume is a captiva-
ting romance Of the French troubles at the
close of the last century, which will prove
delightful TO all classes Of readers,
For sale by w. c. Collier.
GoLD ELSIE. From the German Of +. Marlitt.
by Mrs. A. L. Wister. Philadelphia: }. b.
Lippincott& Co., 1868.
This is an admirable translation of q
thrilling story of the Old World, which no
one can read without absorbing interest
For sale by W. c. Collier.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22

The Thieves Arrested, and One Of
Them Taken frem the Jail
|. ~ and Shot.


The following letter came to hand yes
terday:
"PULAsKI, Dec. 20.-We have had
another terrible tragedy here. Night be-
fore last an iron box, containing about IF
teen hundred dollars, one thousand in cur
reucy, and q lug of gold worth FIVE hun
dred dollars, was stolen from j. F. Fisher,
and carried few hundred yards and
broken open, and contents, except the
gold, which was overlooked, were taken
frsm the box. Yesterday Fisher caused
the arrest of two negroes named Aleck Ma
son and Tyler CIaek, Who were supposed
to be guilty Of the robbery. They we're
tried before n,agistrsts, and the evidence
being strong against them, were committed
TO Jail.
"About three O clock last right, party Of
men in disguise proceeded to the jsil, and
demanded the keys from Sheriff Parson,
and after getting possession Of the same
took Aleck Mason from his cell and con-
veyiDg him some thirty yards from the
building, shot and killed him.
"Mason has made himself quite notorious
and il lie thought that he is the leader of {
band of robbers who have been committing
depredations here for some time past. HI
is the same negro who was arrested il
Nashville year or SO ago for an offene'
committed here. He was at the time o
BIS death under bond for his appearance a
this present term of our court. An inques
was held on the body Of the deceased thi
morning, with the above facts elected"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
THE COTTON Markets.


Augusta, Ga, Dee. 1s.
Market opened quiet, but closed strong
sales 1925 bales receipts 9OS bales; mid
dlings 22a@23c. a.a--H -a
MebiIe, Dec. 10.
Cotton in good demand. The market
closed firm, with sales of 1900 bales at 234e.
Receipts 1928; exports 679 bales.
savannah Dee. 10.
Cotton active; sales 300 bales; mid
ding 23i@24c; exports, coastSise, 1874
bales.
Charleston, Dee. I9.
Cotton active with ! cent advance; sales
400 bales; middling 24c; receipts l,l2S
bales; exports coastwise AL bales.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 10.
The markell holds up very well al % TO
221c for middling; receipts 80 bales.
Selma, Ala, Dee. ne.
The market is firm with a moderate de-
mand at 224@224.
Memphis. Dec. 70.
The market was less active to-day, due
in part to stringency of money, but more
particularly TO scarcity Of desirable cotton
and further enlarged views Of factors. The
most interesting transaction OF the day was
a sale of 300 bales middlings, deliverable
during January, sellers option, al 23c,
none of the cotton to class under low mid
dlings. There were buyers for several
thousand bales on the same terms, but no
sellers. We quote middIings at 2S39294e.
Cincinnati, Dec. 10.
A continued good demand, especially for
the best grades. Supply light of all kinds,
and market very firm at full figures. Mid
dlings 234@234c; low middlings 224(9
23fc; good ordinary 22@223c ordinary
2l@213c. Handsome samples OF strict
middIings would bring 24c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
RUNAWAY.
A Wagon PrecIpIIated into the River

A Wagon PreeIpItated into the River.
The mule attached to the express wagon
of Driver, Douglas & Co, became fright
ened on North Front street yesterday, and
was making fast mule time past the Gas
Works, when, by some hook or crook, be
became detached from his harness, and
skedaddled towards his stable. Not 80,
however, with the wagon, which took an
opposite shoot, and wheeled over the bluff,
near the ice house in that locality, into the
river. The vehicle, to all intents and
purposes, was in a critical situation, but
with the aid of coil Of rope, thirteen men
and seventeen horses, it was rescued from
watery grave, and is again in condition
to transport -four to any portion of the
city. The closing clause of the last sem
tence has no direct connection with the
accident, but is just worked in to give The
paragraph Ro,Cey finish.
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Commissioners Court.

Mary Basket and Amanda Steele, noto-
rious lew dness and abandoned character,
sent down for ten days.s
Jane Payne, drunkenness and abusive
language, ten days in the Workhouse.
S. II. Moran, assaulting with knife, dis
charged.
J. L. Hirsch and J. Rattle, assault and
battery, taxed with the costs.
Jack Maddox and Martha Anderson,
using hydrant water without license, dis
charged.
John Bell Patrick, assault and battery,
discharged.
Pat. ONeill, drunkenness, discharged.
Lou Nelson, Ellen Cooper, Mollie John
son, Mary Westley, Fisha Shute, Nellie
Breunis and Mollie Winston, vagrancy and
Iewdness, sent down to workhouse for
twenty days.
Lou. Myers, street-walking and lewdntss,
discharged.
John Mcdonald, using abusive language,
discharged.
John Wilkinson, peddliDg fresh meat
during market hours, continued.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22

which gives the rumor probability; The ia-
dicstions usually attending such a move
ment not appearing. 1t is very probable,
however, that pool has bsen made up TO
depress prices at the Stock Exchange, and
that they rely on the natural activity in
money to assist them, but as yet there is no
good reason for believing that any artii-
cial stringency Is contemplated. Business
in commercial paper is very dull, owing to
the high interest which money commands
on call. Rates still range from to 10 per
cent, but with the larger proportion of
transactions at 81 to 81 per cent?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
QUE CLARKsVILLE LErTER.

Murder Near that CIty-Tax-psyers
and the school Fund-ImpOrtant
Case to be Tried, etc, etc.
Telegraphic Correspondence Unien and Ameri-
can by the Southern Line.
GAINESVILLE, Dec. 2l.-A Mr.. Spain,
living near this city, upon returning home
last night, found man named Hodge in
his house, and fred upon him, killing him
instantly. Spain and Hodge had previous
ly had some difficulty, growing out of an
intimacy existing between the latter and
the wife Of the former.
Chancellor J. F. Lauck arrived here to.
day, and is stopping at the Henry House.
He will hear the argument upon a bill
fled by tax payers to enioin the collection
of the school tax assessed by the County
Commissioners.
The Emma Floyd passed up at ii A. N.
The tobacco sales tomorrow will be un-
usually large,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22

In our advertising columns will be found
the announcement of the Western World, a
new illustrated weekly. In addition 10
Its literary merits, It's illustrations are in
colOrs. The proPrietOrs have invented a
printing machine, with which they print
at one impression in several colors-a per
Torrance heretofore unknown to the typo
graphic art The number Def re Us marks
1t az a most remarkable initial success, and
We trust it may 80 continue.
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Tie river was receding slowly yesterday,
with four feet three inches on Hsrpeth
Shoals. Weather clear and cool.
The Tyrone, from Cairo, and the Emma
Floyd, from Cincinnati, were the arrivals
yesterday.
We noticed on the wharf yesterday up
wards OF ESQ bales of cotton awaiting ship
ment on the Emma Floyd
The Tyrone is the regular Cairo packet
to-day at 4 P. NJ, giving through bills to
all points on the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers. Capt. Tom Harmon commands, with
Capt. Wash. Weaver and Aleck Hard in
charge Of the Office.
The Emma Floyd will return to Cinein
natl tomorrow evening at four o'clock.
During the high wind on Saturday
night, says the Louisville Courier, the new
steamer John Lumsden parted her stern
lines, and was blown round, stern up
stream, but escaped injury.
NEWS FROM OTHER PORTS.
lBy telegraph
CAIRO, Dec. Observation-Disclosures
at IL Am. E#
Louisville, Dec. 21.-Passed up-Ha-
vana and Nashville for Cincinnati.
The st. Louis Democrat of Sunday says:
Weather mild as spring. River sill
falling, but more slowly, owing to the gen
eral thaw. OnIy five steamers at the
wharf last evening, but several will arrive
| from below to-day. Each arrival will be
an interesting event. There is hardly a
doubt that the river is open to Keokuk.
One boat goes up to-day to see. The guam
tity of floating ice is becoming less hourly.
The Evansville Courier of Saturday says :
We saw on board the Louisville one Of
Massey's patent guages, which is the most
ingenious contriyance we have seen. There
is fastened near the transom, in the front
saloon of the boat, an apparatus to whiehis
attached hand, and which one would take
to be at first sight "new tangled clock,
but which really indicates the amount Of
bilge water in the hold Of the boat, each
half-inch of water that breaks in operating
on a fire bell which connects with this
guage, and sounding an alarm which may
be heard all over the boat. Capt. Lusk
informs rs that the gusge works excel
lently, and will doubtless prove to be
valuable invention.
The Vicksburg Herald of the 18th says
The Importer passed down yesterday
from Arkansas river, not having $40 fol-
wharfage fees, and stopping out in the
stream only long enough TO send passen-
ger ashore in a skif. She was perfectly
covered with cotton, having thirty-six
hundred bales, besides one thousand sacks
of cotton seed and the cabin full Of pas
sengers. Estimating the cotton at 50 pen
bale, which is the price, we believe, shS
receives. she will get eighteen thousand ou'
| Of il.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22

London advices of yesterday quote
United States 5-2OS at 734.
Exchange on New York was taken by
the banks yesterday at / discount and sold
by them at par.
Nashville corporation checks are in but
little demand. Dealers generally are bold
ing at $685..
Tennessee bonds were quoted in New
York yesterday at SO for the old and 6S
for the new.
The sales Of Southern State bonds at
the New York Stock Exchange on the 18th
inst. were as follows:
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THE Suicide MANIA.
A Passenger Jumps from Steamboat
and Finds n watery Grave.

A Pass enger Jumps from Steamboat
and Finds n watery Grave.
Shortly after the steamer Commercial
passed Augusta, on White river, on her
last down trip, gentleman who had been
sitting quietly at the stove in the forward
cabin, arose, walked deliberately down the
gangway to the deck guards, and when
about midships plunged into the water.
Exelamaiions of surprise and horror were
heard from those who witnessed the de-
monstration, and efforts were made 10 effect
rescue. But the current carried the body
beneath the steamer, and it was seen no
more.
The author of the rash act, as appeared
from documents found among his effects
was Chesley Tapp, of Graham county,
Kentucky. He was a well-dressed, cour'
teous gentleman, but his actions on board
had led number to regard him at times al
subject TO temporary mental alteration. A
few hours previous TO his death he placed
his money, Of which he had an ample sup
ply, in glass tumbler and deposited it il
an adjoining state-room. He had, during
the trip, several times spoken of an inten
ton TO end his life by jumping overheard
and requested passengers to write to hi
wife, in Kentucky, but no one paid sufi
Gent attention to the remarks 10 closely OBJ
serve his actions. 1854 -.
Upon the arrival of the Commercial yes
terday, says the Memphis Avalanche of Sun
day, Mr.. Tapp's baggage and money were
deposited at Messrs. Levey & Sharpe's, th'
company's agency, to be retained unit
called for by his relatives, who have beer
| advised of his death.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22

The CITY OF EDGEFIELD As IT Is 10 BE.
B. J. Sheridan, Commissioner Of Regis-
tration, has ordered that the election for
seven Alderman of Edgefeld ahall take
place on Saturday, the I'd day Of January.
In connection with this election, We have
been requested to call meeting Of the citi-
gems of Edgefeld, to take place tonight at
Dodd & Simmond's store, wnen suitable
ticket will be recommended. Every per-
son interested in the welfare of the new
city is requested to be present.
MARRIAGE OF AN EDeEFIELD Mex
CHANr.-The Columbia Herald says that
"During the past week q handsome and
distingue party came out from Nashville,
escorting a fine looking groom, who was
united in the holy bonds Of matrimony TO
one Of Maury's fair daughters" p 90
The paragraph has reference to one OF
Edgefslds popular merchants, VIM. T.
Glasgow, who was married in Colunbia q
few days ago to Miss Lizzie Williams. The
happy couple have been spending their
honeymoon in Louisville, and will return
home TO day to receive the congratulations
of their numerous friends.
LARCENY OF A POCKET BooK.-Nishy
Horn, colored, was arrested in Edgefeid
yesterday by Detective Jenkins, on a
charge Of larceny in stealing pocket book
containg $l2 80, the property of Constable
White. Justice Mathews committed her
to Jail 10 await an investigation this morn
ing 1t 8 o'clock.
New FIGURING MILL IN PROSPECTIVE
We understand that new Touring mil
will shortly be erected in Edgefeld, in th'
neighborhood of the Round House, On tn
track of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. We hear that il will be one 0
the largest mills in the State.
PREPARING FOR CHRrsTMAs.-J. @
Coleman, the Edgefeld butcher, who ha
r two meat stores in operation, promises I
have something choice for his customers Of
4 Christmas eve.
A Horse SwNDLER.-A man name
!, Jones applied at Pitts livery stable i
Edgefeld Sunday for horse, stating 9
the time that he wanted the animal abou
!. four hours. He was furnished with th
:, horse and has not brought him back ye
When last heard of he was at Goodlett
= vile, Tennessee.
CHRISTMAS TREE AND SUPPER.-Edg'
4 Geld, our neighbor Cover the river" has
feast in store for everybody at Tulip stree
;, church on next Thursday evening at
o'clock. A Christmas Tree, loaded wit
4 presents for young and old, fine suppe
=. music and singing, will present rare a
A fractions, and we advise all who can 10 6
4 over and spend pleasant evening. Oh
D. "Santa Claus" burdened with the weigi
n of near two thousand years, has promise
10 to lend his aid on the occasion, and "
=. think our young friend who has dome
4 old SANTA" is the man for the place, an
IL will provoke many a side-splitting laug
! from the immsnse crowd which we kno
D. will greet him on that occasion, The Ii
. dies of Tulip Street Church always exc
g. in whatever they undertake, and we fe'
J. confident that they will make this matter
70 success. Tickets can be had at Gates
10 Pohlman's, corner Of College and Union.
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Six Weeks Behind Time.

The Nashville correspondent Of th'
Louisville Courier-Jour1,Gl telegraphs tina
paper on Sunday the facts connected will
an Ohio Quartermaster, whose house ii
richly furnished with the contents of de
serted house, which he found in Nashville,
in 1862. Full particulars of this whole
sale robbery appeared in the UNION AND
AMERICAN six weeks ago.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
The Confidence Game.

An old negro countryman named Bill
Shackleford, was sccosted on Broad street
yesterday by a negro named John Brown
and was robbed of fifteen dollars in United
States currency. The way the negro man.
eyed it was by string lock. Brown bet
the other negro that he could not unlock it,
and he was to hold stakes When Shack lie.
ford drew the money out Brown snatched
it and ran away. He was arrested and
taken before Commissioner Sparkling, who
committed him to Jail TO await hesrin g
in the Criminal Court.