The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

2tss as FL ZEE
/ wrote in The midst of tsimult and anx-
iety unparalleled in Belfast since the ia
nous Hanna riots put the whole province
and half the country in confusion. People
are busy closing their shope; groups Of
men are gathered around the corners dis
cussing ID earnest whispers the events that
the night is likely 10 bring forth, and to
contribute. The police, Who to to he number
Of several hundred have been drafted into
town from Dublin and other peaceable
quarters Of the kingdom are being marched
OF TO the different stations. at which they
are to keep watch and ward, and the COM
mercial capital or Ireland il somewhat in
the condition Of q besieged town. The
houses in several Of the streets wear most
rueful aspect. The windows are shattered
into fragments, the broken glass Is strewn
on the pavements and streets. and side by
side with these debris he the rough stones
and bats with which the ruin WAS accom-
plished. There 10 hardly an intact plate Of
CLASH in the Roman Catholic PenitentiAry,
which il under the care Of nuns belonging
to the order Of the Sisters Of Mercy. The
dwelling Of the Roman Catholic (Coadju-
oass
Westinghouse. in which Or. Cooke minis
tors, is thoroughly ventilated, and even
some Of the large warehouses have not es.
capped the danger which befell more obnox-
ious buildings.
The O. Connell monument was made the
pretext for an external sndinternal activi-
Tho Orange press, flor this confederation
had it, press, its magistrates, andits mem
hers Of Parliament, as well as its grand
master and masters and tylers) went to
work with q vengeance. One local paper
in particular made itself remarkable by its
Of the '.Popish'' policy Of
the Government; it bewailed the sad con-
ditaon Of Orangemen, who are deprived by
an act Of Parliament, which they did not
obsy, OF the privilege OF indulging in their
annual satuYnAlis Of shooting down some
half dozen Of Romanis,s rs Peace-ofer-
ing to the names Of the conQuerors. The
result WIS MI that the sabettoTD of Orange
men could wish for. On the 6th Of August
the lodges turned out according to their or.
Gan, the Meas Letter, to the tune of 10000
men. They had an ef6gy Of O'Connel in
excursionists, who had gone to Dublin to
honor the Tribune, entered the station,
they set 6re to the rude image, and, amid
howlings and execrations, reduced it to
cinders. The most remarkable part Of this
nights proceedings was the presence Of
one OF the head constables Of the local p0-
lice. in the midst Of the disorderly crowd.
w eAV SVAOVAAA& 018ob VIC 1VsVVV 0So0NAe
BLEED in the same spot, and proceeded to
enact q different and more disgusting
scene. They carried large coffin Of rude
structure, in which they placed the ashes
of the efigy consumed on the previous
night.
Il il now well.known fact that the local
police side with the Orangemen, and on the
occasion Of an inquiry held here few
years ago, some of the force pleaded guilty
70 the Impeachment. Under such circum.
stances it is not diffcultto understand how
one party is rendered wild with excitement
and fancied security, while the other is
goaded into madness and desperation
But there is another feature OF the rioting
that has yet to be described. When the
evening sets in a wild and reckless body of
half naked scamps sally forth from their
respective quarters and commence an on
slaught on the windows Of all who are OBJ
noxious to them. The Orangemen assail
the houses Of Catholics. Tie Catholic mob
retaliate on the houses Of Protestants. In
this senseless raid the religious places Of
worship are singled out with remarkable
fury, and thechurches ofeach receive equal
attention. Imagine these scenes repeated
each night, and you can form a notion Of
the present state of things in the Athens OF
1relaud.-Cor. London Star,