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Riotous.

--Elijah, William and John Pitman, three free negroes, were convicted before the Mayor yesterday morning of being disorderly and fighting in the street, on Wednesday night, and sentenced to be well lashed.--Such creatures are admirably suited to the chain-gang, where they may be made useful to the city.

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