The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-20
THE NEW ORLkAss RloTx.

Our last telsgraphir d@spaerAs stpm u~w oyss~ms s
form that the riotous isslng tsssssy asa - s~'
fully manifested ia that city daag tbs ss a~ss ~~
far from being aaycd by tA< sovr< Of pse ~as~si o.
subdued by the strong Of the isw ga s eontsnsy
those dispatches that FRIDAY essains ss ss
Numbering fires Of mob spiIi; had bafsa forh again sin
murderous magnancy Of purpcss rendered Ma more "a
and destructive from the foseed asstns " spEas
orty-eight hours duration One she's tesss
men wounded and Rumor. with hes bssy ~Ma "a
citing tongue Heightened the alarm by ~sss "~'~s~s
Of killed to the list Again shs mayor ns~srss asnan
the municipal proclamation goes forth again The services
of the military and police pat into setse rais,a~
and again the rioters pause 10 their sad, mad work M <
stroying life and property 10 evident that wns~si ~
these bloody scenes which have brought much dses
upon the city of New Orleans depends not much upon
the power and disposition Of the municipal authorities
upon the tor6earcnee Of the mob
1t is difficult to find how the disturbance orsoa'sd
ascertain the of much boodshed and Of days o.
accumulated horrors If the statement which appears IN
the New Orleans Courier is TO be creded-and the coa
rer is journal entitled to the fullest confidence Of the
pubcthe whole difficulty had its origin in the shooting
Of dog 1t that wandering, worthless b,
rishman in the leg The rishman asks permission Of the
owner to shoot the dog. The refuses and Pat
OepHVeS animal O
permission The former applies Waterman for redress
which the guardian of the night declares he has not the
legal power to grant. The of the dog, Mr. Sher
man. thereupon becomes very abusive and in the end he
is conveyed to the station house Mr. Shermans friends
rally his support; and they discover 1--WE do
not now quote from the COURIER that he has some
thing more to complain of than the loss OF dog
and few hours liberty. The American constitu-
and Wal
ton in regard the appointment of sentinels,o say
nothing Of each and all patriotic national airshavc
suffered greater degree by the death Of his dog
and his incarceration in watch-house He is the victim
Of Popsh plot the martyr of foreign influence To have
ones dog killed by rishnan bad enough but to
have him killed by Ronsn Catholic Irishman
atrocy which no native American Of the Protestant faith
thoroughly imbued in the pure and peaceful doctrines
Of Christ could or would forgive The story of Mr. Sher
wrongs repeated with the customary exaggeraons
of the and Soon the excitement widens
and deepens Thoughtless ardent members of the know
nothing lodges indulge in threats well defamation
The Irsh in alarm, themselves and few gallons of
whiskey set the whole combustibe materials in bright
blaze.
We have made out not according to the testi
mony-for testimony has been adducedbut according
to the governing principles which have developed them
selves in knownothing ourages throughout the length
and breadth of the land Objection may be urged against
the partisan by which designate these ouages
but we have hesitation in assertingn the absence
Of documentary evdence-that in nine out of
ten the knownothings, as they term themselves have
been the whole and sole of the outrages which
We have alluded to. To assert that the recent riots
in ST. Louis, Newark, New York, and in various
towns in the middle and eastern States caused
by rishmen assaulting native Americans would be to
assert alsehood of the most transparent charactert
would be that Irish citizens in different parts of
the country had by mysterious and fatal coincidence
Of purpose resolved to attack provoke attack FROM
body Of superior to them In point of numbers backed
by powerful political parties ana rrusseu formidable by
arms organization discipline and past bloody successes
Know-nothingsm may for time be rotousy rampant
in our large cities. For time lives may be sacrificed,
churches sacked and the humble dwellings of tho labor
ing poor may be RACED to the ground with perfect impun
ty and for time the organs of this new political party
may falsy the record and make it appear that mere
handful Of Irish laborers have been the cause Of all this
terrible destruction of life and propery but "thc sober
second thought of the people will yet vindcate the foul
wrong which has been inflicted upon our institutions
resng they do the broad deep and enduring foun
dations of civil and religious freedom.
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Vessels having reached New York with cargoes Of coal
and other products of the British provinces and claimed
their admission duty free under the recent treaty of rec
procy the Secretary of the Treasury has addressed the
following the collector of New York. which we
publish for general information
Treasury DEPARTMENT,
'f' September 10, 1854.
The 9Th article of the reciprocity treaty with Great
Britain provides that the present treaty snail take effect
the laws required to into operation shall
been passed by the Imperial Parliament Of Great Brit
ain by the Provincial Pariamen of those Of the British
North American colonies which affected by this treaty,
the hand and the United States the other and
9th article provides the treaty shall not embrace New
oundand until the Provincial Parliament Of the colony OF
Newfoundland the Congress of the United States shall
pass laws To that effect
is understood thet the Imperial Parliament and the Con-
Of the United States have passed the laws to
carry the treaty into effect including Newfoundland but
that the paraments of of the British North American
colonies have yet acted upon the subject and OF
them will not be in session for several months.
The navigation of the ST. Lawrence and the fisheries be-
ing considered imperial rights have been conceded to the
United States by Great Britain in advance of the proper
legislation by the colonies but that has effect upon the
tariff of the colonies which only be taken by their
legislation and the legislation of the United States has been
made dependent upon their action The tariff laws wall,
therefore, be force though the treaty had not been made
until the British colonies shall este upon the subject in
cordance with the provisions of the treaty Their legislation
WILL Of course be communicated the Of the
United States and when communicated will be made pnb
c and the proper notice given to cessation of duties