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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/<Yirrr
T OUN P. ItEED, ATTORNEY ATI
t'p LAW. BEDFORD. PA RE-O tfu'ly tenders
his - rviees to the public.
Office -"cond door North of the Mengel House, J
Bedford. Aug. 1. 1-861.
JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT
F ' LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend
to all business entrusted to bis care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of J
Mi .it *ry claims. Office on Juliana Street, uenrly I
opo -ite the Mengel II Use.
Bedford. Aug. 1. 1861.
] Y-si'Y M. A LSI I\ ATTORNEY AT
J J LAW, BKUFORD. PA. Will faithfully ARTH
; -I: ptlv at 'end to all business entrusted to his
ENS Btdf rd and adjoining counties. Military
claim-, B-IEK pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected.
OTFI -e with Maim A Spang, on Juliuna street,
tI i I >'. 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- ,
<lre*s a lew, brief words.
For years it has been my habit to ap
pear before my fellow citizens, and hy ;
an interchange of opinions to leant !
somewhat of duty, and 1 have been
grateful to them for the kind consid
eration awarded me, even when my
convictions upon questions of public'
interest havediH< red widely from their!
own. [ have always felt myself to he !
their debtor, yet never before have 1 '
been so oppressed by a sense of grati- !
tude to them as at this moment.
No man may live during a period of i
great public excitement, fearlessly and i
honestly expressing his opinions an'd !
discharging what h-.* believes to be his
duty, and hope to escape calumny and !
misrepresentation. I am not an ex- j
ceptiou to this general rule; I should,
indeed, almost question myown sincer
ity, and would surely mourn my want
of ardent and manly advocacy, wen* I
to be so. My gratitude is, tie re fore,
deep and heartfelt that, in this capital |
of our State, such members of the sur- j
vivors of that army of heroes and pa
triots who sprang to arms and saved I
the republicfrom untimely destruction,
-hould attest by t eir pre-cnce, and Iy
their words of welcome and ;t--uran
ces of support, that they have not mis- |
understood, and that they indorse and
approvemy position in the past. From I
highest officer to humblest private,
they are here—from every county, from -
each city, and from all the t<\vns and
villages of our grand lommonweaith, !
you are gatheredin vast numbers—not,
indeed, as mere inan-worshipers, but
to a-ttesi our living and unyielding de
votion to the great underlying princi
ple of our government— itnl dru<tib(e
unify- —which, you believe, find.- its ex
pression in the principles of him whose
high privilege it is to address you.
You are here further to attest, in spite
of the threats of venal partisans, that
in your opinion lie; ha * been faithful to
his duty as a citizen and as a legislator.
You are gathered also to assert your
fixed and unalterable determination to
save your country by theballot, as you
did by the buWet. To proclaim that
you will fight treason and rebellion as
uncompromisingly in the North as you ;
did 111 the South, and that you will not ,
cease your patriotic labors untiiyou see j
every section of your country fully re-1
stored to the blessings of that Union,!
■
the imperilled safety of which you
went forth to defend and protect.
These, my fellow-citizens, for such it -
is now my right and pleasure to call
you, having exchanged the pursuits of.
arms for the peaceful avocations of life,
are some of the high purpo.-os which;
have brought you hither.
By precept and example you have
this day discharged a duty.
From you, above all others, our whole
people are to learn what were the true:
i.--ues involved i:i the bloody eont< t
which your valor aided in bringing to
a successful close.
You went forth under a solemn con
tract which fou scaled with your b'ood,
and in the execution of which tens of
thousands of your brave comrades j
yielded up their lives.
Did you go to destroy the Union? to
subvert the Constitution? Was it in
the bond that the bullet-riddled and
smoke-begrimed flag which you had
borne on so many fields of danger and
of death, should have eleven stars
stricken from its azure, or if still there,
tobetheemblemso;' conquered and de
graded provinces, instead of great and
sovereign States? Did you go forth not.
only to make free, but likewise to en-'
franchise four millions of -negroes, and
thereby make the ;n your social and 'po
litical espials ? Did you go forth to tie
grade* and enslave eight millions of
your own race and color, to give New ;
England rapacity boundless -cope for
its iust for gold, and to secure to New
England fanaticism perpetual ascend
ency in the government of our coun
try? Oh, no! it was for no such ob
jects as these that you followed <trant
from the Rapidan to the James, and
there compelled thesurrender of Lee —
that• you cleared the highway to the
gulf—that you encountered death a
mid the mountain fastnesses of Georg
ia—that you made your mysterious
march to the.sea -that from thence you
turned northward, and with the tread
| of an avenging host, through Georgia
; and the Carolina.*?, and witnessed the
dying struggle of rebellion, when
Johnston yielded his sword to Sher-1
i man, the Genius of War!
Here, therefore, today, gallant men
who have led you inthedinandsmoke
of battle, those who have been baptized
with fire, have set forth in terms which
you understood and approved, the true
objects for which you suffered and bled
together in defense of an imperilled
country, it was their right rather than
mine to address you. They truly un
derstand your views and feelings, and
gave them most fitting expression.
They and you have asserted that it
was "a war for the Union." That it
was not waged for conquest or subjuga-
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1866
i lion. That you did not enlist to secure
I the negro the right to vote, nor to rai-e
i him to social or political equality, and
j that you did battle to uphold the Con
; stitution and to support the laws.
Go to your homes, happy in the re
| flection that you have clearly this day
Net forth the high purposes for which
you braved danger and death. Say to
; your comrades whom you represent,
I and to those at home who Honor and
cherish you,that-this great State, which
sent three hundred and fifty thousand ;
I of her sons to tin* bloody harvest un-;
tier a solemn co vt aunt. Thegreatbody
i of her people are virtuous, honest, and
j truly Union-loving, and when you sol
! dior- lead the van they* will surely fol
low, and sup] orting each other, you
I will bens victorious on Pennsylvania
: soil with the ballot, as you were on j
Southern soil with the bullet. Your!
; heart- hav* n. v e mailed before—they
will not now, and when in October
| next the r public shall have been rc
i united by your labors, you will have
| won more lasting and imperishable
: glory than that achieved on the field off
' battle. Your la! >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 <fc
participate in this disgraceful scene,
but freedmen in the vicinity of the
riot, were standing as lookers on with
out being molest i. Tiie colored mob,
in amion with a few rioter-;. Who were
leading them in the affair, were no
doubt well organized. That they \v< re
well armed is undoubtedly true, since
forty-two policemen and several citi
zens wore either hide 1 or \v ; untied by
thorn. Although the conflict wa- over
in less than two hours. Twenty-,-.- i n
rioters were killed and a eon ah ruble
number wounded.
At dark, when all was over, when
those of the mob were either dLpe?.-* d
or in prison, and tranquil it. - r and order
wa- restored, martial law was proclaim
ed and the prisons where th< rioters
ware; in fined cmi>tied b\ orders ,V<nu
head-quarters. The measures undoubbi;
edly were not intend', i for reviving
tin* holies of the outlaws ; but were
they not calculated to inspire them
-.villi false hop-* • •
The very next morning the organ of
tiie agitators wa- issued containing,
a* usual the most inflamatory articles
and so with the succeeding i-.-ue-. Had
the military, on Monday taken a stand
io co-operat" with the civil authori
ties instead of proclaiming war law,
the most beneficial e Ac; • would have
been the result.
We remain your oh kat servants.
(Signed, Albkut V iouuuks,
Lieut.-Go. of Louisiana.
A. S. 11 Att'y-Uen.
J. T. Mo.\ :ok,
flavor of New Orleans.
A Fowl. Compakis uw— We have ;:h
old friend, railed ITicle Jala:'. He i
a slow-speaking, close-thinking old
man, of seventy or tn.-reabo >ts. 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 <l—d lid imgerl"
Bor f \u to Have Tiiem.— lt seems
th.;, pc: i.anaboiuioiiisiii is determined
to liave the "anti-slavery God—the
ami-slavery !libfo and ihe anti-slaxeiy
c.astitu ion Mint Anson Buriingaine
declared afe w years -i::ee they would
nave. They have made a God of the
: old cut-throat and horse thief, John
Drown: iheyhavi mamufuctureda Bii e
out of ; i Ipc!' s Bookand the New York
Tedium , the last chapters in their New
Tmt.ai: ... being comj 0.-etl of the
speeches and epistles uf Stevens and
Sunita: ) the brethr.-n, while tin ir
! attempts now to alter the Constitutio n,
ifsti - will tinishthe work ai.d
' tap the climax of their eil'ort.-, by secu
ring to that party these three great
ends for which they so long labored.
A hat a millennium abolitionism will
j the;; enjoy! Cuffoe and Jeru-ha Jane
wi'l walk aieng the highway of life,
ha.-king In ihe sun-shine of mutual ad
miration. . ma an and Dinah will
march hand in hand, eenting the at
mosplu D- with codfish and nigger, fol
lowed by ; heir tun-eo.ored hntts. ring
ing hosannas to their anti-slavery God,
their auli-slavrry tlinie ami their anti
siavery Coniiitutioti. Ah me ! tlont it
m i;e your mouths water,you iong-leg
ged, blue-light descendants of. witch
' burning, quaker-hanging Puritans I
. mi: dimensions of the new wigwam
now buiiding in i'luiauclphia uir the
National t ouvention will he one h:m
drt-vl and f nxy-six by one hundred ai d
sixty-five feet. It will be constructed
iAboard-, and will accommodate ten
liiousand person-. , The in erior will
• •ousi.-r of a vc- ibule and auiphitlua
ire. two galleries and four ante-rooms.
i Intoliip vestibule a door, iwi ive foet
wide, wi'i open froin Girard avenue.
A door of equal size will* lead to the
ai:: [ihiiin aire and lower gall err, and a
pr ado en iranee wiil open into tiie la
da- gc.dery above. Tiie unte-ro uns
will be used for cpmmittee purposes.—
At the head of the baiiding will be
placed the Speaker's desk,and ou eith
;er side the tables of the reporters. The
ampiiitheiGre will he seventy by one
hundri ;i and forty feet. Tin-galleries
j-wili be snpjwrletl by iron pillars, six
teei: feet apart, fiiese wili be hung
witi; evi ;gi 'is -looned wifcii flow
er • during the - v.oc.s of the t 'onviai
tiou.
Sual.l t'harie- Sumner of Massa
chusetts, iseue edicts for Louisiana?
Shall Puad.Stevens, of Peon-y.v.iuiu,
icy down ilie law for South Carolina ?
s i.dl John W . i'orney dictatethe"man
, ne.s and customs" of Virginia? or
- a: Henry J. itaymon l determine
w ; i .-i)a!l i e delegate- to the lMiilatlei
piik. Convention? Sliall Northern
hircli only he used in teaching "S luth
,-rn idea- how to slioot ?'' and Mi n . ct
ieut schoolmistresses ii ive the txt u
vy pn-rogative of Carol in educa
tion? Shall Southern papers be edited
altogether by Northern "loyalists,"
and the judicial bench of Virginia be
occupied only by men of Northern
birth? Shu 1 New Mngland he the
sole arbiter of Civii Rightsand the -o'e
ruler of the I'reednien's Rureatt? Or
shall each Slate he constitutionally rep
resented in Congress and governed, in
all its internal affairs, by officers of its
1 own selection. '
Why is a'tilting skirt' like'a slam li
ter pen? Recattse lean and fat e; 1 .. s
are seen in them.
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