The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-10
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

accounts so far received, negro named
| Williams shot and mutilated a white
man named Edwards in most shock
ing manner in Southampton county.
AT Manassas a large body of negroes
made an attack upon white man, but
finding him prepared, they finally
skunk away. AT Lynchburg there is
a deadly feud between the United
States soldiers and the negroes, which
nearly took the shape of general bat
tie several times during the day. In
Richmond, in the evening, a squad of
soldiers became involved in fight
with mob of negroes, but before
much damage was done the police
and squad of armed soldiers arrived
and stopped the fight. On Thursday
another disturbance occurred between
them, but the soldiers, being in the
minority, were compelled to retreat
before the mob Of blacks. The latter
followed, armed with pistols and clubs,
uttering loud cries of "kill um-kill
the id blue coats !" On Friday
night another row occurred, but was
soon quieted by the prompt action of
the military officers and police. These
are but few of the isolated cases of
Outrages and bloodshed.
-Pomeroy, Rump Senator from Kan
Sas, held a talk with the Richmond
darkies the other night, at the negro
church. He advised the black and tan
convention to confer suffrage upon all
negroes above twenty-one years, and
secure it to them forever. This is rath-
er heavy contract. No Legislature
nor Congress has authority or power to
legislate ..for so lengthy a period, and
mongrel convention will scarcely be
mightier.
The Louisiana nigs have put a
clause in the constitution, )" compelling
the admission Of negroes to all vehicles
of public conveyance, hotels, churches,
schools, theatres, halls, &C., on full e.
quality with white folks. They had
better now insert provision compell-
ing every white man to carry skunk
bag in order to prove agreeable to the
company of his African bedfellow or
cOnapdgIoOn du UOydge.
The Radicals are in trepidatiOn o.
yer the wall Of suffering and sorrow
from the South, and the commercial
and financial distresses from the North,
which all absolutely originate in their
party policy, and have recoiled fearful
ly upon them. Ben. Wade remarked
to-day to friend in language emphat-
ic but not classic, "Everything has
gone to hell. p Washington Corespon-
dent.
"A collision occurred on the 9th
ult., between party of citizens and a
gang of negro leaguers, near Camden,
Wilcox county, Alabama, in which
one negro was killed and number on
both sides wounded. The fight grew
out of an attempt on the part of the
da-kies to prevent all white men
from passing along the road by their
place of meeting.
In Missouri the Germans have
queer marriage custom. Some young
man is selected to carry invitations to
the wedding. He rides about, and
each person invited must attach to his
hat not less than yard of highly-col-
ored ribbon. The effect, when the
young man has completed his rounds,
is quite startling.
Conrad Ray died at Brookville, on
the sixth ofDecember, in his 10Th year.
He was born in Columbia County,
New York, April 6, 1764, and came to
Wisconsin in 1854. He was born near
the place where BurgOyne surrendered,
and heard the noise of the cannonading
which preceded it. He was the father
of sixteen children.
The New York Sun knows of a poor
woman there who embroidered child'S
garment by fourteen days steady work
thereon, and received therefor ST.
The material cost the successful mer-
chant who paid the general price for
work on it, 81. The thing cost him $11,
and he sold it recently for $40.
Fred o. Prince, of Boston, Secre-
tary of the National Democratic Com
mittee, has issued an official call for the
meeting Of said committee, to be held
in Washington on the 22d of February,
to name the time and place for holding
the next Democratic National Conven-
ton.
"A mysterious poisoning case has
lately taken place in Miner5ville,
Schuylkill county. The victim is Miss
Jenny Dyer, an estimable young lady.
Her mother was also attacked with the
same symptoms, but her life was saved.
The coroner's jury is nowinvestigating
the case.
There were 59,622, POP bushels of
grain received at Chicago during the
past year, and ,S14, 900 barrels of flour.
Of the grain received, 100000 were
wheat and $4,000, 900 corn. The num-
Der of hogs received is ,995, 5,O69; cattle,
328,968; pounds of hides, 23,983,OOO;
pounds of wool, 100000; and of lum-
Der, 862, 100000 feet.
Gen. Hancock has appointed Mr..
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