The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-01
The Irish Riots.

Further intelligence from ireland repre-. nts NO
rioters u bcliAai chiefly composed Vi young
boys and Urls u the most ignorant classes uu r,.
special. person Of either the Catholic ~ Prpt,nt
part having taken any part Ia theao fac,,u tiyh,a
| Anhlin newspaper the ryrnEss give, "a, T.
lowing origin n tie disiurbances. II may Ne lie
slrable for clearer understanding Il the dc.-rI p-
ton to st,te tina, Pound, Ba-rack and sr.,hacld
| streets constitute the quarters In which large
numbers Of the Catholic population reside while
the Protestant faction chiefly inhaht Durham
stree. aud sandy Row, which run ut nearly right
angles Ut distance Of a mile aud half from the
| Catholic quarter Of the city.
ION Boyne-hridFe on Monday las, the r.t Incident
that CAV" rise ~ tie Iyt took place large number
Of the bows and gT,s OF the neg cod conceived the
ass II setting 1R a.on OF Goap,er der o9st"'on Gu
Dublin, and srcoriinfy an cfrgy OF O'Cnnnc vas
oonn cont. the h.nds ~ oegsins etituc, ierse
the mill workers with few fes and drums. psrsied
up and d@sn sandy row cheering snd amusing them
10 o'clock. the cifsy having hccn act on file on Tho
BRIDE at ahSut . amid = .oena ~ much no,se and
va no occasion TOR int.rTronoo. Very considerable
counts Of the procession, in i'ubin on The ,are ~.
IArties no burned the eihgy on Monday night de-
corinsy real coin was purchased. srre nninl.f.
OF the null a.scu bei aud having formed IN
piUsrloh WIN ne, and druIua in iruri PLAYING q
de ID march, varied with lively airs followed b. tho
onHl conn, On which weic blue h.hts, o Roman
candles, burning and In the n'al \ done mus az
millv orkeIs bows and ais, In their working COS
tunes lpt ~ thcy he'd lett vol 9Th, giis vita bare
heads, lor-e Jackets short pettcoau and Tor the ort
part nnshod. The phsoniss bore unything but y
spectacle appearancS, aud several OF tie better ein..
Who we're unavoidable spectators used every ufru-
nent 70 di-su.ie them from proceedinS hut nnior-
tunMeJ, Without succes@. The coutu y IA buns 10
the friGr sbu-h bury ina ground distance Of about
a mile and hall, but they we're refused admtst,uc,
CON mittne hosc'er none Of the eIcc-se-, sach
breaking windows &C. that they wetr r,nts~t have
done. The coffin then earned In meek soienn nifty
10 the Hoyne bridge .falu, she.e 1t VA burned and
the enberv thrown into the Bickstn Th,, yr, ate
part Ut the crowd then Gltpespd The mol iu Pound
on, and At once set oil TO ~reak their venrsSnce In
some way GU some uther subJrvt, ,unrv p,uC, nj
the manner In which the ,terator's" uea ury had
been dishonored, The ms, stones thrown we've di-
Iected against the Altstt street meeting -uL 80 md
/ the wesleyan Methodist piWc ot Nurshlp In uCyla
street all the sinss Ia the mons winosysr e
te tAns lived In the Pound distrtt we're served in
| the same way.
The riot thus commenced. continued during the
remainder Of the week, and had not s,.s-i ~ the
date OF the last accounts. The principal outravcs
| took place Ut night. The Catholics would attack
the house OF noted Protestant and wreck IL: while
the Protestsn,s retaha,ei by similar outrayes On
Catholic dwellings. Men, women and even chil,,r en-
| known To belong " either sect were brutally boa
ten, and, IN some Cases murdered by uobs OF the
| opposing factions. The Government was coucen-
trailing large military force in Belfast, and II ~as
| supposed that thr riot had eliminated. and TINT
order woull soon b. restored.