, 1861-10-31
THE PEOPLE ON ANOTHER BENDER.
new CANDIDATES spsn THE srunP.'

Ne" @Aa9isateS sPsa thE sls@r',
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When the much abused Peoples Conven-
ton adjourned On Tueedsy night, in darkness
and hnbbub, 1t adjourned to meet at Bryan
Hall last evening. The great uninitisted not
knowing the programme, supposed the ad-
journment genuine, and came a. the winds
eome-With rnah, to Bryan aa1 at aR early
hour last evening 1he crowd gathered as
the time OF opening nes1ea, until, ut half past
se'en' IL numoeleo several hundreds butno
speakers araFeo. ihe haH WAS not opened.
II "aA eo4o' cloaas ana cneerless. Another
han hoof passed away anu the Court House
oen olsmalg to11ed eight O'clock Precisely
AZ tae last sttoke OF the Dell. one Of the crowd
"ae eeazeo WILL 1oe brilliant idea OF adjourn
ing 70 tne cour9 HOUSE square, and dishing
up 7o'ne e1sempore speeehee
TIE COURT HousE SQUARE MEETING.
1ne people naa come TO hear speeches, ,and
seeo1oIgy "ete suacK With the practacA
lcs2 1,o oe1ore them Ihey came to tbs
eou1t HOUSE square as the waves come-aH
'osetaef VIII splash. ano "asheo over into
tne square 'tooR thelr stat1ons upon the north
sloe OF the grounds, eWarned upon the steps
ano mouhteo lie lamp posts Iheu the
people Lifted up their voices and cried Justify
tor aepeech' 1hsy Kept crying for speeeh.
Al 1ast their vocal enorts were rewarded BY
Inc appearance OF DICE Hamilton, who eS-
pressed MS entire Willingness to make q
speech and Gid 30, as follows:
DICE HAAHToE's sPEEcH.
Fellow -citizens-(cries Of that's good"
"go it Dick.') Fe1lo~-citizsns-(Laugate
interm1ngled with cries OF well, you've Aaid
that once, go on-") Fellow citizens-{the
crowd gave Metropolitan Hall howl, some
euggesting that the Speaker had better dry
up.'o FelloW'e1hzens-the delegates to the
Constitutional ConVention-(cries Of "oh!
do 60 on" take of your hat, =" set down.
Dixte1," etc.) Fenow-citizens, the delegates
to the Conventional Immense laughter and
positive order IRON the crowd to sit DOWN..
And he did sit down.
CHARLEY CAMERON TRIES IT.
By this time the people. were ripe for tun,
and espying Charley Cameron in the crowd,
made vigorous calls for speech. Charley
complied with the request OF the people. His
rema1ks, however, not en!t1ng the crowd, he
Was requested to sub5'de and did 60.
DICE HAMILTON TRIES IT AGAIN.
Al the close Of the last speakers remarks,
the crowd, in q good natured manner, gave
three cheers for the Court House clique, three
more for the Anti-Court House, three for
Charley Far#en, three for Long John, and
wound up with three for everybody, and
another call for speakers. Dick Hamilton
answered the call, and removing his hat, pro
| ceeded to make speech, but was interrupted
BY come one who suggested that he would
take cold If he didn't put his hat on Dick
| put his hat On, and was then requested tc
take it of. Dick took it of, when voice
surg ont, Why don't you put On that hat a
I told you?" Dick put it on, and commenced
very patiently fifteen times to make speech
st each attempt getting as far as "fellow
citizens While he Was vs.n1y irving TO resc1
the third word, Long John came in sight
and a unanimous call for 'sLong John,
"Loug Shon," and stMisthur Wintwo1th," Wa!
! made,
LONG JOIN F1oogEp.
Long John drapeed outthe auctioneer,s hox
and mounting the rostrum. safa he had com
| forward In behalf of the police. He was to1
that if be made one of his sneeches It won1
disperse the crowd. "A yo1ce--a Nnw ten y
hcn Von pot; IN the fTn,op tictet ~ He aos
he had been asked ahont the conrt Hons
CLIQUE. The Court House Clioue wss a pm
deal ike the Todd family, Abe Lincoln wa
connected With. Those who couldn't get o.
fees under Abe Lincoln got them under JET
Davis, The Court House CLIQUE had ratbe
ride than 20 afoot. And 20 had he.
| 4 rotce-"You're biz enough to walk.
{Cries Of t' thst's so,' shit him again.'1
The speaker then commenced 8 diasertatio,
On Wild Cat money, being often INTERRUPTED
cries Of "put him out" nyou're a aEee
talker.s' tt dry m" and other elegant extract,
During . comparative silence and 8hile til
speaker was vigorously slaylue Wild Cats.
person In the crowd sung out in a ioud yoic,
"ssy, Mr.. Wentworth, are you in favor of Il
election OF Charley Farwen?"
Tie question struck the speaker like sht
from rit1ed cannon. He houndered abou
Kicked and struggled for few minutes, fina
" eaid he didn't zee Whist that had to do nit
the currency question, and suddenly disa]
pea1cd, amid the how1s and laughter Of tt
crowd, remarking that If they didn't want
hear him, they had better do the talki1
| Themselves.
DICK HAMILTON UP AGAIN.
The inevitable Dick Hamilton seeing
vacuum jumped in and flied it up By gettir
into the aucioneer bog amid universal ahou
Of "throw him out Of that" "pitch hi
down." Dick attempted to make epeet
but Has stopped By the crowd, who seized Il
box ard by vigorous series Of hinges al
J .hoves succeeded in turning It bottom al.
I up aud epilling out the doughty speake
who thereupon eubslded for the rest Of Il
, evening.
> MR. CUMMINGS.
: The boz being righted another speak
? arose. The croW d without any ceremony {
msIded the nsme Of the speaker, .and t
1 speaker replied "hy name Is Cummings
: The crowd IN turn suggested that they did1
= know him, and that he needn't trouble h.1
telf to speak. The speaker Was Of the san
opinion and acquiesced in the decision Of Il
crowd and Eas silent
"M1 NAME Is CRAWFORD.
i Another ambitious speaker mount ID Il
!, boz, snd took the e.owd by the foreloc,.
3 auuour cling that his name was Crawford
:, would make motion that ueet;ng ha ba
|, st Metropolitan Hal, On rbu,aaav eva,,n1