TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THI BFDPORD GAZETTE is published every Fri day nierninir by MIVERS .t MENOEL, at $2 00 pe: annum, if paid strictly i ; $2.50 if piic within six months; $2.00 if not paio within sii months. AH subxtriptimn accounts MUST b, t/ttled annually. No paper will he sent out ol the State unless paid for IN ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at the expiration of the time for which they are paid. All ADVERTISEMENTS for a let? term than three months TEN CENTS per line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional AH resolutions of Associations; communications of limited or individual interest, an ! notices of uiar- and deaths exceeding five line-, ten cents per line. Editorial notices FIFTECE cents PER line. AH legal Notices of retry kind, an,l Orphans' Court and Judicial Sales, arc repaired by law In he published ill both papers published in this place. £jj All advertising due after firs' insertion. A liberal disc unt i 3 made to persons advertising by the quurtcr, half year, or year, as follows : 3 months, FI months. 1 year ♦ONE square - --$ 450 SFI 00 ?!() no Two squares - - - 800 00 lit 00 Three squares - - - 800 12 00 20 till Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 3A 0 II df column - - - 18 NO 25 00 45 no One Column - - - - 30 GO -15 00 SO 00 ♦One square to occupy one inch of space. JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has ju-t been refitted with A Power P; ess and new type, AT; 1 everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistie manner and A; the lowest rates.— TERMS CASH All letters should be address ! to MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. littcrufii? r.t £:m\ JOSEPH W.TATE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., will promptly attend to collections of bounty, back pay. Ac", I ai i all business entrusted to his care in Bedford at 1 Ijoining counties. F ish advanced on judgments, notes, military I ai ! other claims. If.-fir sale Town lots in Tatesville. where AI G" I Church is erec ed, and where a large School ; II MAC shall be built. Farms. Land and Timber L'AT VE, from one acre to 500 acres to suit pur CHASERS. Office nearly opposite the • Menge! Hotel" and Bank of Reed A Schelt. April 6. IS66— ly J. Men. SHARPB. E F. KCHK. OilA RPE A- KERR, A TTC (RNK YS AT LAW BEDFORD. PA., will* practice in the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of fi >- oil Juliama at., opposite the Booking House of 1 REED JFC Schell. J. March 2. H. J P.. nt'RBOKROW. | JOHN LUTZ. nu RROR Pv O W & LUT Z , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA . V. ill attend promptly to all business intrusted to th' ircare. Collections made on the shortest no- Tliey arts, alio, regul irly licensed Claim Agents ar ! will give special attention to the prosecution ■;' claims against the Government for Pensions. B k L'ay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the •■Mongol House," and nearly opposite the/'. IT hof the Mengel House. . F M. KIMMELL. J J. W. LINOENFELTER. K[ 131.MELL & LINOENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA , lli\< formetl n partnership in the practice of l ti. • L'i\v. Office u Julinnu street, two doors Soutli i f the 'Mengel House," / 1 H. SPA NIL, ATTORNEY AT I I. LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at tend to collections and ail bu.-iness entrusted to ! his re in Bedford and adjoining counties. Office it Juliana Street, three doers south of the j "Mengel House." opposite the residence of Mrs. Tate. May 13. 1884. B. F MEVERS. | J. W. DICKEKSON. i MEYEILS A- dickkrson, AT TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa., office nine as formerly occupied by Hon. W ID Schell, two doors east oi' the GAZETTE office, will practice I in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, b'-unty and I ack pay obtained and the purchase I and sale of real estate attended to. |mayli. 84. ! JOHN li. FILLER, Attorney at Law, V? Bedford, Pa. Office near y opj o-i-E the Post Office. (apr.2L),'66. — ly. J £hgsUiaus anil JratiSt*. PII. PENNSYL, M. I)., 81/WDY # RR.S. Pa., ;L ite surgeon 56th P. V A'..) ten der?- his professional services to the people ot that place and vicinity. Dec. 22. 65-ly* V'ff W.JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY \ # REN. Pa., tenders his professional servi ce. to the PEOPLE of that place and vicinity. Olhee ONE door west of Richard Langdon s store. Nov. 24, '6s— ly I \ll. J. L. MAKBOt/IW, Having 1 / permanently located, respectfullv tenders ] h;s professional services to the citizens ot Bedford and vicinity. . j Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite the Banking BOMS of Bsod A .Schell. Bedford. FEB.*uiry 12. 1864. C N.HICItOK, I J. G. SIIXNICH. JR., nE N T ISTS, BEDFORD, PA. Office in the Bank Building. Juliana St. j All operations pertaining IO Surgical or Ale- j '•!. NI - .I Dentistry carefully pcrfortned. and war- , ranted. Tmith Ponders and mouth Washes, ex cellent articles, always on hand. TRIMS —CASH. Bedford. January 6, 1865. Stan !;•$. JACOB REED, I J.J. SCHELL, I ) E E D A N D SC H E L L , I Haulers and 1) E A LK R S I N EXC II A XGE, BEDFORD. PA., DR AFTS bought and sold, collections made and IT icy promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. G W. HI CL* O E. SHANNON F. BENEDICT I) UPP, SHANNON &CO., BANK -1 V ERS, BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOENT AND DEPOSIT. COLLECTIONS made for the East, WEI'. North AN ! -outh. and the general business of Exchange tr:i!si(jted. Notes nd Account." id It INIITMNSES promptly made. REAL ERTAIL bought and sold. ' Oct. 21), 186A. WisiffUaufous. nANIEL BOEDER, PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE Bed ford HOTEL, BEDFORD, PA. M ATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. ID* keep*on hand a sto-k of fine GM and . il* v Wnu-ii-'s. spectacles of Brilliant Double Ke •.inm, ino - ■ ■■ •Pebble Glftieei. wm l WITCH Chains, Breast i'ius. Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pen*. He will supply to ORDER any thing in his line not on hand. Oct. 26, 1865- \ J F. lIiYJNK, ! I , ANDERSON'S ROW, BEDFORD. PA.. Dealer in Boots. Shoes. Queensware. and \ aru'- ties. .g Or iers troui Country Merchants re -*peetfully goli -iled. Oct 20, 1865. SJ It. ANDERSON, Licensed Scrivener and < hrireyancer, I KVTREVILLR, BEDFORD roI'NTV. P<-, w-dl attend to ibe writing of Deeds. Mortgages. !.*■ tses Articles of Agreement, and all busiuewt u-unlly transacted by a Strireoerand Conveyan- EV [ 6 I ,!itr,mH ls e ' J tbe public is respectfully - A P"U. 66- tf. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. Turtlirare. Sr. GEO. RLYMTER. | JOHN F. BLYRVER. / 1 }■: 011 t; E I>>LYM YE R & SON | " I having formed a partnership, on the 6th of | M -rch, 1846. in the HARDWARE sir DOUSE FURNISHING RUSIXESS, I respectfully invite tbe public to their new rooms, three doors west of fhe old stand, where they will j fitid an immense stock of the most splendid goods , ever brought to Bedford county. These goods ; will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons desirous of purchasing BUILDING HARDWARE will find it to their advantage to give us avail. WHITE LEAD.—We have on hand a largo quantity of While Lead, which we have been for tunate to buy a little lower than the marker rates. The particular brands to which we would invite attention, are the j Pure Hurl Lead. Liberty White l.ead. S unw Eraullin White Lem/. Washington White lead. II ashiurton Z"ic White learl. New York White lead. ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish; Demur Varnish; Varnishes of all hinds. Flnrseetl OH. ( pure.) 'Turpentine and Alcohol. AH kinds of IRON and NAILS. No. 1 CHRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL OIL. LAMPS in profusion. Wo would invite persons wanting Saddlery Hardware, to give us a call, ns we have every ! thing in the Saddlery line, sueh as Buckles, | Rings. Hemes and Webbing Leather of all kinds; i also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of ! French Cnlf Skins. Morocco Linings. Bindings, Pegs, etc. Housekeepers will find at Blymyer A Son's store a great variety of household goods. Knives and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table and Tea Spoons at all prices. Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scop a Grindstones, better than any in Use; Shovels, Forks H1. 4 Spades. Grain ami Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing Tackle; Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent VY heel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite variety of articles. s2l) tHM) YY ANTED—WouId like to get it if our friends wsul l let us have it. Less will do; but persons having unsettled accounts will close them up to the first of March, to enable us to close our ( old books. This should be done may4,'66. GEO. BLYMYER & SON. &t. IL. LEWIS having purchased the e Drug Store, lately owned hy Mr. H. 0. Rea i liter takes pleasure in announcing to the ci izens •it Bedford and vicinity, that he has just returned t'r'un 'ite eiiies with a ivsl selected stick of DRUGS. ' MEDICINES, DYE-STIFFS. PER FI M ERY. TO I LET A K TTC L ES, STA T ION ERY, CO A L OIL. LA MPS AXl> CIIr IXEYS, REST BRANDS OF CIGARS. SMOKING AND CIIEWIXG TOBACCO. FRENCH CON PECTIONB, Ar . J-r Tne stock of Drugs and Medicines consist of the purest quality, and selected with great care. General assortment of popular Patent Medicines. The attention of the Ladies is particular y invi ted to thes ock of PERFI'KRRV. TOILET and KAM:V ARTICLES, consisting of the best perfumes of ihe day. Colognes. Soaps. Preparations fur the Hair. Complexion and Teeth ; Camphor iee for chapped hands; Teeth and Hair Brushes. Port Mnnaies. Ac. Of Stationery, there is a fine assortment : Billet. Note. L-'ter. Leaf and Mourning. Paper, Envelops, Pens. Pencils, Ink. Blank Deeds, Power of Attorneys. Drafting Paper, M irriuge Certifi cates. Ac.. Ac. Also, a large quantity of Books, whi h will lie sold very cheap. Coal (til hump Hinge Burner, can be lighted without removing the chiuincy—all patterns and prices. Glass Lanterns, very neat, for burniug Coal Oil. Lamp chimneys of an improved pattern. Lamp Shades of beautiful patterns. Howe's Family I)ve Colors, the shades being light Fawn, Drab, Snuff and Dark Brown. Light and Dark Blue. Light and Dark Green, Yellow, Pink, Orange. K->y it Purple, Scarlet, -Maroon, Magenta, Cherry and Black Humphrey's Homeopathic Remedies. Cigars of best brands, smokers ean rely on a good • ijar. Rose Smol t rig Tobecro. Mirhigun and So/are Fine Cut. Natural Leaf. Ttrist and Big Plug. Finest and unrest French Confer/toils, PURE DOMESTIC WIXES. Consisting of Gmpe. lilurlheny and ioldeHe ry FOR MEDICINAL USE. The attention of physicians is invited to'be stock of Dm us and Medicines, they can purchase at reasonable prices. Country Merchants' orders promptly filled. G ; ids put up with neatness and care, and at reasonable prices. J. L. LEWIS designs keeping s first class Drug Store, and having on hand at all times a general assortment of giaals. Being a Diuggid of several years experience, physicians can rely on baring iheir prescriptions carefully and accurately com pounded. | Feb 9, 'fill—tl Jan rj ftartf. Hem OVA L.— CALL AND SEE NKYV MILLINERY STORE '—Mrs. E V. MOYY'RY would respectfully inform herold friends and easterners, as well as the ladies generally, that she has removed her store to the fine rooms, immediately opposite the Bedford Hotel, formerly occupied by .). Cessna, where she has just received a large and carefully selected assortment of NEW MILLINERY and DRESS GOODS, and NOTIONS, consisting, in part, of BONNETS and HATS. RIBBONS. FLOWERS, fre., ALL WOOL DEMUXES, POPLINS, BE RAG ES, ALPACAS, LAWNS, CA LICOES. Ar . LADIES' COATS an d SIIA W LS, BEST KID GLOVES, SIL Ka a d TIIR EA D G/o re s, COLLARS HOOP SKIRTS. IIA LMORA LS. CORSETS, i y<-.. V'- Also. a fine assortment of LADIES". MISSES'aud CHILDREN'S SHOES, made specially to order. These goods will be sold at the lowest prices, but fur CASH only. Mrs. Mowry return-- her thanks for pas favor*, and respectfully solicit* a continu ance of the patronage of the ladies of Bedford and vicinity. * [apr.27, 65. MISS KATE DEAL A MltS. M. R. SCHAEFFER have just return* d from the city with a fine assortment of fashionable BON 'NETS. HATS, RIBBONS. FLOWERS. GLOVES, ladies* and gents' hose, ladies and gents hand kerchiefs and collars, fancy neck-ties, ruftiiug, dress buttons and irimining. machine silk and cot ton. hair brushes, tooth brushes, clothes brushes, ; soaps, perfumery, enamel, skirt braid, embroider : ing braid, ladies corsets and hoops, b.ilnioral ' skirts, lace veils, tissue for veils, cloths for sacks, j dress goods, poplins, lawns, ginghams. Ac.. Ac. Mantua-making and all kinds of Milliner work done iu the cheapest and best manner. I may 11'66. ____ i> ICIiARD LEO, ll „ f , Manufacturer oj CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, AC., ISF.I>FOHD. PA., The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet making business, will make to order and keep on j hand everything in his line of manufacture. ! BURSALS, DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND F.XTKN j SIO.N TABLLS, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, W ASH STANDS, Ac., AC., I will be furbished Ht all prices, ami to suit every I taste. COFFIN'S will also be made to order. - Prompt attention paid to all orders for work. , Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite the residence of George Shuck July 10, 1863.—tf RICHARD LEO. 1)R INTERS' INK has made many a business man riclx YYe ask you to try it in he •oluiimHuf THE GAZETTE r|MIE Local circulation of the Bkd- I FORD G \ZETTE is larger than that of any other paper in this s-ction ol oountry, and therefore lif ers the greatest inducements to business men to fdvertise in its column*. tT VERY VARIETY AND STYLE OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low rates at THE BEDFORD GAZETTE office. Call and leave your orders. *- U he (ON.UCTTC. I > E M ( > C R A G Y . SPEECH OF I HON. HIESTER CLYMSH, To tbeSoldiera of tire t'nion AssemMed at Iliirrisl)i:rg. Aug. J. DUTIES OF THE HOUR. Oitr lieiovfi! Coimtrv again I'nlD I'pon ll*r Sons to Knll.y to i!s<* Soppori of tbe t'onsf iliition. To you, General, and to you, soldier-, : | representatives of the grand army ol the rcpuliiic, it is my privilege *to ad- , rs will then be end- j ed, year work complete. You fought fiir principles. Mt a die and are forgi tteu; principles, "if based { on trut and right, live forever. lie who adheres through good and j evil report toi.be principle.- for which you fough; isa true .patriot to day and j always. lam but a representative of | those principles. 1 make no claim to j othcror grraterconsideration than that j which should be accorded to any other i person who might have been placed in ; the same relation to them; but as their | active, recognized exponent in thi- j State at this time, ! have a right tf) ex-; peet the cordial and united support of j ali who have struggled for them, eith- \ er in civil life or in the tented fioid. i j ask you to give mo that support, and! when i prove recreant to the trust, dis- j card me and put one more faithful in my place. I have done. In this civil contest you are fighting an enemy a-danger ous to (ite life of the nation as that which you .subdued south of the Poto mac. Equal exertion, equal devotion, the like courage will surely bring us victory on our own soil. A RECORDOFIXJUSTicEAND PLUN DER. —The soldier of the Republic re ceives thirty-three dollars and thirty three cents for a year's hard service in defence of the American U.iion. The members of Congress receive TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, in addition to present ( ,ay, for ten months' service in the unholy work of destroying the American t'nion. "Actions speak louder than word-." j professions for the soldier, tested by i works. Professions for economy and the tax-payer, tested by their acts. . The following arc members of Con gress from Pennsylvania who voted for the infamous on-rage upon the soldiers | and the plunder of the Treasury for their own personal benefit. Let the people remember theirnames, that popular in dignation may compel either a return of the money to the Treasury or its de votion tosonie pa rposdof public charity: Charles O'Neil, of Philadelphia;.!. K. Moorhead, of Allegheny county; W. D. Kelly, of Philadelphia; Leonard , Myers, of Philadelpha; George Miller, j of Union coulit y.—PUfsbury It pub!''-. ; < ' E NT I'. A I. I Z A'!' 1 1 > N VERSI'S TH !■". ( ON- j STITUTION. —There are twogreat issues j now prominently before the public; two i.-sues involving between them the ' life and death of liberty. (Mi the one side there is the nominally Republican, really Radical party of the North, and! more especially of the New England! States, which professes high admiration for what it is please d to denominate Centralization. This fine term when i reduced to its essence signifies simply a centra! despotism which utterly ig noresal! rights save its own, and under pretext of which rights it can commit: the greatest wrong-. On theothersideis the great Crjno rcatin and truly Demo cratic Republican party, embracing the j whole country, taking for its watch-j word the Constitution and the rights of-, the State- as guaranteed by that instru ment ; thus most eflectually checking; and control!!:! ;a!i attempts at Federal despotism. Between iln - two parties representing such momentous i.-sues it will he the province of the Philadel phia Convention to decide. Who can doubt the decision ? JRIXIE CEUTIS OX THE PHILADEL PHIA CONVENTION.— Judge B. It. Cur-! tis, who delivered the di.-si n( ing opin-1 ion in the Dred Scott case, a man whom ; the Republican party have always sworn by, lias written a long letter to | Judge Browning, advocating the I'hil- ! t adelphia Convention. Judge Curtis ! concludes hi-leuer as follows: "I look to this Convention with hope that it will do much to help onward this instinctive desire of the people of the United States for Union and har mony and peace. That it will assert I ! stongly and clearly those principles; which are the foundations of our Gov eminent, that will exhibit the connec tion between their violation and the present distracted of our country; that it will rebuke the vio lence of party spirit, and especially of that spirit of hatred which is as incon sistent with the true love of our coun try as it is with true loveof our breth ren; and that it will do much to con vince tin; people of the United States that they must act soon in the wisest way, or suffer evils which they and their posterity will long deplore. HWTO3Y OF THE LATE EIOT. Ex*i!Wiii*!*oflliF K*s!;**:it Plot—Dispatch to (lit* President fYont !Sic State Ar.tlior ilics. j NEW ORLEANS, August 7.—The fol j lowing dispatch regarding the riofis at New Orleans has been forwarded to the ; President, signed by Albert Voorhees, ! Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana; A. | S. Herron, Attorney-General of Loui siana; and J. T. .Monroe, Mayor of New | Orleans: His KIT/ Henry Dee. 'dent Andrew John son : ) * 'Sut: Your Excellency is ready in ; possession of the niai ti fact:- as re. ran Is ! the conspiracy, which, by reviving the j Convention of isfil, purijosed tosub ; vert theeivil government of Louisiana. ; An adjourned meeting of twenty i nine members ione hundrid i'mi! fifty | being the whole number, and sixty—ix a tjuoruni) proceeded to dejtose the President of the Convention—who con sidered the Convention it-eif* extin t. and hiui.-t !I relieved oi lit i.;; e ; :t;n> of ihe office—anil it, elect R. K. IIo.W-' ell as Presdent, pro t< in. Tin*;, ad; ar 1- ! ed to meet again, aula prtn-!: to: tion ' was i-sued by the Presitleni. n'o 'nr, I convening the Convention to m Loit j the uOth of July livst, and d.: -dug hi.- | Exceiiency the Governor t- ':.* State ; to issue writs of election to li.; the va- I eancies. So far the whole matter w - looked j upon as a harmless experiment, a!- ; though mischievously intendid, (hi : people being confident that the Gover ; nor wouid not condi-eend to notice I .i • i ■ ii ; this proclamation, anil that m cas*.- the j Convention would commit any act o; ! interference he wouid at once have b ! dissolveii. Unfortunaleiv, however, ' J I after the lapse of nearly a month, the j Governor issued .writs of election i . ; lid up fifty-oiu ViC-oneies m tliat body. This document to which the Secretarj | of Stale refused to give his atte.-',;dio.i ; under the seal of the .State, was issueit under the attestation of the nrivati Secretary of the Governor. The peo ple of the State became aainned, when no doubt could be entertained as to tia fact that their Cliief Magistrate liau given willing aid and assistance to! subvert the government, the preserva tion of whieii was especially entrusted to bis keeping. On Friday, the 27th of July, a large me ting was held in the halt of the ilouse of Representatives, profession ally lor the advocacy of universal suf frage, but in reality to organize for the meeting of the Convention on the Monday following. The object of the meeting was to excite the pas.-ions and prejudices of the colored population .-o as io make them the victims of a riot by urging them headlong into a cou ■ diet with tiie State and Municipal au thorities. On the other hand, we were deter mined to prevent riot and bloodshed by pursuing such a course as would baffle the neiarious calculations uf tht-v ; agitators. Our remedy, and the only remedy, must be by recourse to the usual process of law, and even then to proceed in such a manu*. r as to fasten upon them the responsibilities of ail collision whatever. The case was sub mitted to the Grand Jury by the At torney-General, and, in the meantime, the Lieutenant-Governor and the May : or called upon General Buird io ascer tain whether, if a warrant issued upon a regular indictment were placed in : the hands of the Sheriff, for tile arrest j of the members of the Convention, the military wouid interfere. The answer Mas that the Sheriff himself would be arrested, and that the Convention, j meeting peaceably, could not o inier | lered YVitli by the officers of the law. It is proper liere to state that the Mayor had addressed a note to General | Bairii, inquiring whetlier he wouid be j interfered with by the military m ease 1 he proceeded to disperse the Conven tion as an unlawful assemblage. The answer to this communication \va.-, ; that the meeting of the Convention be ; ing peaceable, it could not be suppress-, ed by the Mayor,and that the military authorities would prevent the inierier ! ence < f tise civil uutiiorities. i This arrangement was satisfactory | to both partie.-. Gn the same d..,. the ! Attorney-General and tin* Lieutenant- Governor telegraphed to t::e i 'res it lent to ascertain whether the proce.-s of theeour tforthearrestof th.* membersof the Convention could be riiwarleil by the military. The answer was expected to sustain 1 the courts. j Ott the morning of the 30th, the ; Lieutenant-Governor called upon Gen eral Buird to communicate to him the President's dispatch, and also enquired j from the General if he would not have some troops in the vicinity of the hall ; to preserve peace and good order. General Baird answered that the same application had been made by members of the Convention. The sug gestion was then made, that to have too i large a }>olice on the spot might be | construed as meant to overawe the | members, and that inasmuch a- the , civil authorities did not intend iuter : firing with the Convention until in structions were received from the Pres ident, as above agreed on, it was pro | per to have troops to co-operate with a ' small police force to preserve peacemul prevent all possible attempt to bring ! about a collision. This suggestion met the approval of the General, stated that he would give immediate i orders to have the troops in readiness, i Before the end of this interview, it was j again agreed upon between General Baird and the Lieutenant-Governor, VOL. 61.--WHOLE No. 5.360 that whatever warrant of arrest might i be placed in the hands of the Sheriff would be submitted to hiip before any attempt to have it executed, and that upon the endorsement of tic General's , objections the matter would be referred tothe President. The Mayor, being informed of th's arrangement, s< nt but a small polite ! force to the vicinity of tin-ihUf,tMtd the : troops that were to act in conjunction with the police, were eagerly expected at noon, information having reached the Lieutenant-Governor that in the , Third district there was - a commence ment- of etfere-cence, and that large numbers of negroes wore coming t< - : wards Laurel street from aboveand be low. lie immediately -eut a dispatcli to the G 'lieral conveying thi- inielli genee and urging that the troops he sent without delay. About one hour afterwards the riot broke out, ending in the disp; rsion of the Convention, and the capture of the rioters, includ ing several members of this laxly. It is not our purpose io argue the question of fact as to the actual com mencement of the collision, and for precisely the mode in which it origi nated. Wewiil however remark that the collision was io every instance brought about by the armed moo sus taining the Convention. Suffice it to say that the civil authorities took alii tin pr • •nations possible to wevent the outbreak, that tin y d during the tJircw days previous to have the milita ry to preserve order at the place where i tin Convention u torn , that tin . authorities, State a.id Mr.v it ml, had i come to an understanding to act in con cert with the military for that pur pose, that the citizens no m .-re than the police, contemplated to prevent] the Convention to hold their .meeting j peaceably, and adjourn and <1 i- ]r unmole.-red, and that the warrant f,.- tlicir arrest would have'a •n-übiui;:- to the military a agreed upon. Although the President s despatches to the Lieutenant-Genera;, and the; subsequent one to t.a - Attorney-'e::er ai, were imperative that the military must sustain and not thwart the Con vention, and the military authoriik iiad bean for three day- previous to the riot in constant comma: icalion with the Attorney-General, the Lieutenant- Governor, ai d the -Mayer, witii the view of preventing the impending now fiieir efforts were unsuccessful, and could not counteract the eii'ec.s o: the incendiary counsels and appeals of those who, .br sinister purposes, had had in view this very result in order to reap a political harvest. That the I i civil authorities have done their duty in this ivspcct is potent; that more could have be -a done >y them was im possible, a- they were not allowed to remove th. cause of th 1 riot by taking the proper means to prevent the meet ing of Hie Convention. And we doubt not for a moment that the military com marder himself will be the first to corroborate these facts, and arrest ail calumnious imputations against the conduct 01' our people under these try ing circumstances. As regards the proclamation of mar tial law, the least that ton be .-aid, is that it was inopportune, for:!. • rioting had ceased eomplet"ly, the police be ing ma-tor of the situatiou. ne col ored population, as a body, did 11 tied b\ orders ,Vts. a; p "loyal to the core." He is t'oiul of tel ling stories illustrating his point as wa i "Old .Vhe." We asked him the other day, what lie thought of the Thud. Stevens reconstruction policy. "See here," wa- his reply, "a neighbor of minebnee had a hen. She was a pret ty one, 1 tell you; a patriotic hen, too. She heard during the war, that they wanted eggs to make egg-nog for the I soldiers, and so she concluded to lav the biggest eggs that ever laid". So she cackled and cackled and serateh i ed and squeezed, and did lay the big | gest egg Jiat ever Wt s -ceil, but it dustt d the hen. That is what ails Thaddy's | Fnion party, it has laid the Recon struction egg, but6usfed in the effort." I Radical Riot at Potosi, Mis socki.—We learn from a dti/< nof l'o ; to.~i that, on Saturday last, that unu sually quiet village was the scene of a riot and uproar, the extent of which j served to create no little alitVni-among J the citizens. Tiie Radicals had adver tised a meeting at the court house on that day, and every one supposed tiny ! would attend to their hu-inc-s and gO lio ue peaceably at its conclusion, as ihe conservative- had not the remotest I idea of interfering with them, or pro voking any disturbance. Marly in the day, however, a -qua*} <1 the former came 1:: from Beikview, armed with 'revolvers, and w re joined by one or I; wo Radicals of the place. The party -oon got drunk, and then began to : curse and rait at tiie town-people as ] "copperheads" and "conservatives," to insult them in their stores, and fi nally to fire on pistols promiscuously in the street. The local e in-table. an old m ill, arre-ded one of t!:e rioters, b ; tiie party soon rt cued him and beat the officer nearly to dec !) for his attempt to preserve .older. Some oth i er citiz ns were lur -cn, a: i! that none of them were killed is owing entirely cto the fact tiiat they were awed into >i • lenoe by the attacking bullies. — St. LOUIS It V' ; - A Bad Ni:im:<>.— An exclic.nge-ays: | We never heard Fred. Dotfglass qeik j but on e. He is a pretty sharp darkey, ! well formed, rather gnvf 1. ai d en ! tiroiy ready. On the occasion towhidi we id'vd *, in Philadelphia, lis ha rangc • wa- vi dent, made up ehiefly of description- of the outrage* practised i upon slaves by ti eir mast* rs. ai d i wrotighta very derid- d efl'ect upon the crowd. Perceivingtl.is, Fivd.took his ! adva:da. eat the flood, and wenthigh er into the region of eloquence. , "My friends,"saidh I ifonot speak from hearsay. I stand before you a ; living—i was going to say a Met ding —wilm - to the truth of all i relate, j If you beheld the stripes and m ur* j iii'uiy back—" i Just here an {irishman vociferated: "Hottid on Freddy, darling—is it truth I you a..• ti liihg us?" Tim dark'-y orator lifted I:;.- 11 • ic\ r tragically to heaven in | the affirmative. " s >ch, murder!—did .her kuer. c you I" 1-rid answered they did. "jfid they thumb -crew ' you?" Fred answered they did. "Did, : they buck you like a shout?" Fred jin | -wi red ti.at- they did. "Be gornt!" roa ■< d i'.-.t, "; i >iiat ne . you must have been a