gtaMte* fttteUiflWMi. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1866; Tno printing presses snail be free to every nprflon who undertakes to examine the pro anedlnirs of the legislature, or any branch of governments and no law shall ever be mode fo restrain the right thereof. Thofree commu nication of thought and opinions is one of the iuvaluable rights of men; and may freely Bpeak, write and print on any sub ject; being responsible for tbo abuse that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men In publio capacities, or where the mailer published is proper for public Informa tion, the truth thoreoi may be given In evl dence,” Change of Proprietors, On the first day of November, inst., the Intelligencer office changed hands. Messrs. John M. Cooper, William A. Morton and Alfred Handevson have re* tired from the firm. H. G. Smith, of the old firm, remains, and has taken into partnership with him A. J. Stein man, Esq., of this city ; and the busi ness will hereafter be conducted under the name and title of H. G. Smith A Co. The dissolution of partnership was an entirely amicable one, the intercourse of the members of the old firm with each other having been most pleasant and harmonious during their connec tion. Manifest Destiny. The old Democratic doctrine “manifest destiny” had its origin the proud consciousness of the supe: ority of the nice of white men w dwelt in the United States. The Anglo Suxon had long been the lung race of the world. Wherever it went it was with the air and mien of the conqueror. Before It weaker races always, shrunk away and became subordinate or ceased to exist. 11 was evident to thoughtful statesmens)f the Democratic school that the American race, to which the Anglo Saxon blood so largely predon nates, would eventually need the whole vast space of the North American con tinent to complete its full development. Tile westward march of our empire was only the result of the legitimate action of a great law of nature. Before the stronger race the weaker was forced to recede. The Indian could not adopt himself to the new order of things ami his extinction followed u necessary re sult. Whenever the stronger race needs room the weaker must get out of the way. Temporary injustice may thu* he done, hut such a necessity knows m> law. It is “ manifest destiny,” One of these days the present troubles of the weak ami mixed race in Mexico will he summarily ended. The stronger nice, which is hemming its territory in, will take it into its head that the soil o! Mexico is needed for the development of the Anglo-American race, ami the rule of foreign dukes and native presi dents will lie alike at an end. Mexico will no more keep up the weary strug gle for existence as an imlepeudant • lation,and the Mexican people, assucli, will enter upon thecareer of extinction, Thu day of “manifest destiny” lor Mexico will ha\;.e come. We hope that day.may he delayed for -mine years yet. We would regreL to see this nation burthened with the new difficulties which would inevitably re sul from any very speedy acquisition ol the territory of that miserably misgov erned country. We have enough on our hands at present. The questions presented to us for solution are not easy, and the Jollies and the criminal fanaticism of the Radicals will neces- sarily prevent a speedy solution and du j-i Lay advance ol the nation. Hut the day will come when we can absorb Mexico without danger to ourselves. Then the Democratic doctrine ol belief juonr manifest destiny will have borne legitimate fruit. Governor Swann's Decision Wo give in :jnoll l er column u synop sis of tlie decision of (lovernor by which the corrupt am! Radical police commissioners of Ballimure have been removed from oflice. The document, in full in too lengthy for our columns, and yet it is with regret that we refrain Irom publishing it entire. It is a very able naper, and is fair, candid and manly. .No one who lias followed up the laets in this case can fail to be convinced that the officials who have been removed have been engaged in adeliberatesclieme to deprive a majority of the properly registered voters in the city of Balti more trom exercising the right ol suti ■ Jt is only through such infamous means that any one of the .Radical can didates can hope to be elected. The ••vuleuce showed such official miscon duct oil the part of the commissioners as made it, under the law of the State, the imperative duty of the (lovernor to remove them promptly. In so acting lie has discharged his duty to the people of the State of Maryland, and given evidence of liis firm resolve to protect all citizens in the exercise of thier dearest rights. This vase is one ill which aii the cUi /.ens of tlio Fiiited States have a direct personai interest. The moment tile freedom of elections is impaired in any one section of the country a direct at tack is thereby made upon our republi can institutions. It is the plain and huumien duty of every good citizen, without re.-peeL to locality or party as -ociations, lo sustain by his voice and ilia influence those who are engaged in an endeavor to preserve the purity of the ballot-box. No one can de fend the infamous conduct of the Police t’ommissioners of Baltimore, or condemn theirremoval from ollice with out encouraging the use of force and baud to carry elections. To do that in to aid and uhet in overturning the foundations upon which our form of government rests, ami to bring our re publican institutions into contempt. The President and the Irish The Ita'dicais, a large proportion 0 f whom were Know-Nothings in 15:,4. are courting our Irish citizens with great assiduity, but not with very marked effect. Ju their anxiety to turn this element against President Johnson, they have raked up his vote against a congressional appropriation In feed the Irish, during the famine of 184(1-7, To prove that lie lias no sym pathy with the Irish. They forget in suy that Andrew Johnson stated at the time that he fell bound to do so from constitutional considerations, but ns evidence of his sympathy, subscribed 8500 for that ojeet. Then, as now, Mr. Johnson to put him did not permit his personal feelings against the Constitu tion, but, was willing to empty his pockets for the cause. Ifeach member of Congress had paid as much they would haveglveumore than tile congressional bill appropriated. Blit this is not the way .the Radicals dispense charity. They leave their own pockets untouched and plunder the public treasury. On Saturday, the 2»tli of September both branches oftheOregonLegislature in Joint Convention, elected Henry W. Corbett United States Senator. The Anal vote was as follows : Corbett, 38 • Nesmith, 4 ; Smith, 14 ; Prim, I)., 7 ; Kelly, 0; Whiteaker, 1. Corbett is a Radical, and is elected for a full term jfrom March 4th, 1867. ■The Supreme Court of Indiana lias decided that the article in the Consti tution of that State which prohibits negroes from coming into the State, is in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, and therefore null and yold. in Infamofiß Judge. During the last five years we have seen Judges in this country yielding to passion, and giving decisions from the bench in accordance with the dictates of partizan prejudice rather than of justice. This prostitution of the Courts of the country has very naturally alarm ed the most thoughtful men of the nation. Even the Chief Justice of the United States has so often bedraggled his robes of office in the filth and mire of.politics that he can not command the respect of the people. With such an example before him, it should perhaps not be regarded as surprising that a man like Judge Bond of Baltimore, would be found willing to perpetrate any out rage which might be necessary to secure the triumph 'of his political friends. That his arrest aud imprisonment of the newly appointed Police Cowmission ■ ers of Baltimore, and the .Sheriff of the . city was a scandalous prostitution of his • judicial office for the basest partizan purposes,lis clear. When the new Police Commissioners had been duly sworn into office they were the legally con stituted officials of Baltimore, and the men at whose instance Judge Bond issued bench warrants were not only usurpers, but the real disturbers of the peace of that city. Had he been an honest judge, aud not a political pros titute, he would have had the old Com missioners arrested, iusteud of devising and executing the outrage which was perpetrated. His prating about the courts can impose upon no one. The men whom he had arrested and brought before him were only discharging their sworn duties under thelaw of the State, and were in no way ameuable to the court over which he presides. He had no jurisdiction in the case, and no right to order the arrest of the parties. By the law of Lhe Statu ol Mary the right summarily to remove the Police Commissioners of Baltimore is confided to tlm Governor, lie need not give the parties a trial unLess he chooses to do so. Whenever lie shall have good reason to believe that they have been guilty of misconduct in office he can dismiss them und appoint their successors ; and his action is noL subject to review in the courts. If it were, the power granted to him would be useless. The granting of such power necessarily carries with it the condition of an absolute power, not .-übjeet to review by any court or. other tribunal. Only when made thus absolute can the design of the legisla ture in conferring il be carried out. II Judge Bond can resist and override the decision of Governor .Swann, he does not possess the power of removal, ai the law conferring it upon him is n gatory. If this ease of removal cuu be carried into the Courts and there de layed until it lias run the circuit from the lowc>t to ihc highest, then is the will of the people as expressed iu the law defeated, aud the power of removal cut up by the roots, Judge Bond knew that lie was tran scending his powersand prostitutinghis office to the basest partizan purposes when he ordered the arrest of the legally constituted police commissioners of Bal timore city. Jie knows, too, that the old commissioners caunot be sustained in the position, they have taken. Bu he was willing to lend himself as the ready tool of the Radicals in order to prevent a fair and free election in Bal timore. There was no danger that a single returned rebel would be lowed u vote under the new com missioners, The registration hud been made in accordance with the laws of the State ; laws passed by the Radi cals and made as stringent as they de sired to have them, and no one could or would have been allowed to vote ex cept such as had always been Union men. Such an election, any election conducted with a show of fairness v have defeated all the Hadualcandi in the city. It was to prevent a free and fair election by the Union men of the city that Judge Bond committed the outrage which lias made him infamous forever. Tile result off lie election is one tiling, tile i 1111 Lienee of such action oil the pub lic mind another, it, is a little tiling, comparatively that Iladicalsshould gain u brief termofottice by such foul means. It is a lasting injury which the nation receives by the perpetration of such outrages. The people lose confidence in the purity of elections, learn to re gard fraud as a legitimate means for accomplishing a desired political end, and are taught to believe that impartial decisions cannot tie expected from our Courts of Justice. The, wise and thoughtful see in these things the seeds of decay which musteventually, should they continue, cause the destruction of our liberties and the downfall of our boasted free institutions. flow the People Endorsed Die Constltu- tlouai Amendment 7 We give elsewhere a seriesof extracts from leading newspapers in the South, from which our readers ean form a cor rect estimate of public opinion ill that section. That the journals from which we quote represent a sentiment so gen eral that it may be called tlieununimous sentiment of the people of the Southern States we do not doubt. In no one of the States where slavery existed before tile warwilltlie proposed Constitutional Amendment ever be sanctioned by a majority of the people. Even in Mar iam! and Missouri an overwhelming majority are irrevocably opposed to it. Klsewhere in the South, except in West Virginia, the people may truly be said to be a unit against it. When we say they are a unit wespeakadvisedly. The fevf newspapers which favor it do not represent any portion of the people worth considering. There is not one of them which has a paying circulation, or which is rend by ally considerable portion of the inhabitants of the regions where they exist. They are ephemeral concerns which sprung up during the oceiipiilion of Southern cities by our troops, and which only exist now as pensioners on the funds of radical poli ticians. Several of them are published i by licgtoes. Not one of them indicates Southern opinion, or is in any way au tho iz.ed lo speak for Ihe people of Hint section. W bat folly it is for t lie Radicals to claim Hint the people of the United States have endorsed the proposed amend ments, when tile entire 'South is a unit against them, and the people of the North aboutequally divided. The truth is a vast majority of the people are in favor of tile wise ami conciliatory resto ration policy of President Johnson and bitterly and unalterably opposed to the revolutionary schemes of Congress. A minority is thus engaged in an attempt to override the will of the majority. That is the real state of the case, and no man of sense can fail to see it. The people have not endorsed the proposed amendments and they never will do so. The Vote. In Indiana. The vote upon the Secretary of State, in Indiana, at the late elections, stands as follows Total, 325,417; Trußler (Radical), 170,018; Manson (Democrat), 155,399; Radical majority, 14,619. The difference is less than five per cent. In Pennsylvania the diff&rence is three per cent., and in Ohio about eight. This is not a very large Radical margin after all their boasting, and quite liable soon to be wiped out. The extremists may find their craft snagged soonerthan they expect. s> The Foil) of Bondholders. That th“ Bondholders of Lancaster county, who voted for Hie Radical can didates, will live to repent of the folly we verily believe. If the revolutionary designs of .Stevens and his political as- sociates be carried out the credit of the nation will suff'erserious ami, it may be, irreparable injury. The chief security for the bonds of the United Slates is to be sought iu political quiet, and such a peaceable adjustment of our difficulties as will lead to a speedy and complete development of the resources of every section of the country, and especially of the South. The agitation kept up by the Radicals is even now having the effect of lowering the price of our se curities abroad, audio Germauy, where they were much sought after they have fallen below those even of Austria. Commenting upon this matter, the Hamilton Spectator, published in Can ada West, in its issue of the lDth uses the following startling language t which we commend to the considera tion of every bondholder in Laucastei county. It says: The late rapid decline in United States securities in Knghuid has excited consider able surpns.'. l i'/irn we readthe inceiidiuiy .speeches of the Jiadieal traders, houcvei, their open (hrrit/s oj caul tear aud fixed de ♦ termination to regard (he -Southern States as conquered provinces and nut as a portion of a restored futon, me eun scarcely wonder at this dcclint. Until the difficulty at present existing bet ween ihe President and Congress is settled, rm.ii.leneecannot bo expect*, d to revive. CapiiuliM* will not care to invest their mum-s in a country so torn by politi cal differences iihd unsettled by political uneasiness. We (ram that investments in fnited Maws securities have almost ceased, not only in Loudon, but also in Frankfort, the qwJbitions bemg almost nominal. At the same time all other securities main tain their prices, Austria included, which are deeimd more worthy of eontidenee than those .»r the American republic. The consequence of the decline in American -».-curities in Kurope will, in duo course of time, lie a corresponding depres sion in the •'stales, coupled with a deprecia tion in the currency, and a coiw;<|Uciit rise iu the price of gold. And all this is the re sult of the hlusicnng vaporing of the Rad ical party, their conslanllv reiterations of threats of war with Great Britain, and their evident deter,, linahnn to prevent any reeon rdiatinu of the adverse parties in the States. Negro Legislators, The Boston .Journal, the leading organ oi l he Republican party in Boston thus speaks of the nomination of the negro (.'buries L. Mitelrel as a candidate for a seat in the State Legislature. We give the exact language of the Journal: This nomination is one of the practical results of the political creed which Massa chusetts lias beam foremast iu advocating, and though it mav strike some with stir prise, it is certainly creditable to the district which made the nomination. Ward Six is the wealthiest ward in the Slate; it em braces within its limits more literary cid luro ami more liberally educated men than any other Kcpr«>enliitivo district that we know of, .md it is, with perhaps tin* excep tion of a ward in New Bedford, the tally ward in tliß Statu which Ims a large num ber of colored voters. The ward is the home of John A. Andrews, ami there seems to be a peculiar propriety that the first colored man elected as a Representative—us lie un doubtedly will I should cornu from a ward whe-li p.>->■•>«*,:* such marked charac teristics. For our own pari we heartily indorse the nomination. It shows the sincerity of the Republicans, and is a proof of their inten tion to carry out to the letter the political professions which they have been making. Wo believe that the culm- of the skin is not a badge of di-hojior, and when qualified by education to hold the ballot, the man should be eligible to ollice. The nominee, we hear, is a man of sense and sagacity, and will do no disc: edit to the Stale. Will auy Republican dare, in the face of all this, to deny that it is the inten tion of the Radical leaders of that party to break down every harrier which pre vents the negro from becoming the equal of the white man? Massachusetts has always led the van of the Republi can party, and other States have sub missively followed. It has not taken many years for Rennsylvania Republi cans to come up to her stand-point in the past; and it will not be long, un less the career of the Radicals is checked, until the negroes in our midst are grant ed both the right to vote and to lie voted for. The November Kleetions, To-day elections are being lield in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, Michi gan, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and Nevada, ill all these States minor State oHicers will be chosen, in Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Kansas and Michigau governors, and in al! of them members of Congress. As they have ninclff-wu Congressmen, tlie chief interest in the elections centre upon these Districts. Their delegations ill the present Congress stand thus: Massachusetts. New York.. New Jersey Delaware. Maryliti*' 1 Missoni. . .Michigan... Illinois Wiscnnsi n Minnesota The Patriot and Inlon Wm. D. Boas, Esq., a well-known citizen of Harrisburg, has assumed the duties of publisher of the Patriot and Union. We congratulate the owners of that paper upon their good fortune in securing the services of so competent and so popular a gentleman as Colonel Boas. We know him to be a model of devotion to business, and be is so pleas ant and large-hearted in his intercourse with his fellow men,'as to make friends of all who fall in with him. IVhy Has Not Port Flslicr Taken The Big Bethel-Rottled-uii-Beast- Butler was making a Radical speech ill Klizabelldown, New Jersey, the other night, when some stalwart fellow in the small crowd assembled rose up where he could lie -eeu by everybody, and startled tiiose present by asking in a clear loud voice. “ Why was not Fort Fisher l.iken There was some confusion in tho audi ence, and Butler did not seem to boar the question, 'file limn therefore spoke out again, in a louder and perfectly self-posses sed voice: "Why Was Not Fort Fish nil T.urn.N V Butler stood still a moment, looking red. Some of tile audience, lo relieve him shout ed, " Put that mini out f " Put him out.’ The maii was not put out and Butler did not tell why Fort Fisher was not taken. Two Negroes Nominated for the State Legislature In Massachusetts. Two negroes have been nominated by the Republicans of Boston for the next General Legislature. Chas. J. Mitchell, a self-educated negro, and a printer by trade, was nominated in the wealthiest and most aristocratic ward in the city against one of the leading lawyers of Boston. The ward is the home of John A. Andrew and Congressman Samuel Hooper. An attempt is being made by some of the Republicans to prove that there was a wrong count of the ballots, and that the nomination belongs to Harvey Jewell, but they will probably fail. Tlie other negro nominee is E. Cl. NValker, of Charlestown, a man reputed to be equal in talent to any of the Radicals yet nominated for the Legis lature. Both will be probably be elect ed. Boston will be properly represented by them. How the Election Was Carried In West Virginia. In the county of Jefferson, in West Virginia, only thirty-five votes were cast at the recent election. Yet, according to the leading newspuper of the county there are 500 men in it who would be entitled to vote even under the Radical Constitution. No wonder West Vir ginia went for the Radical nominees. D« the Majority Bale In Pennsylvania f The late election in this State, when viewed in detail, also ahows in hold re lief the shameless hypocrisy of the Radical party when they talk of the sacred rights of the majority. In the recent election of Pennsylvania 693,000 votes have been polled for members of Congress. Of these, the Radical candi dates received 802,000 and the Demo* cratio candidates 291,000. There are twenty-four memhersof Congress in the State, each of whonwrepresents about 24 700 of these voles. The difference be tween the total Radical vote and the total Democratic vote for memhersof Congress is about 11,000. For this 11,000 the Radicals might justly claim one member more than the Democrats, upon the ground of numerical superiority, and thus the representation of the State in the Fortieth Congress should, by the voice of the people, stand thirteen Radi cals and eleven Democrats. It really stands eighteen Radicals and six Demo crats. To view these figures from the standpoint of mere numbers, it is still more glaring ; for 302,000 votes they get eighteen members, for 291,000 votes we get six members. And to elect eighteen Radicnls to Congress from Pennsyl vania requires but 10,800 votes for each, whilst to elect six Democratic members to Congress, requires 48,600 votes for each. These are stubborn facts, shown by the figures. This result is brought about by the infamous legislation enacted by Radical legislators at Harrisburg to maintain and per petuate their power. The Legis lature is carried by the same outrageous system of gerrymander. The total vote polled in Philadelphia is 103,000. We have eighteen members in the lower House; this gives a ratio of 6,722 votes for each member. The Radical vote is 54,200, the Democratic vote 48,000, mak ing a difference of 5,400 votes, or 322 votes less thau the number necessary to elect one member. Cpon these figures the members of the lower House irom this city should stand ten Radicals to eight Democrats. 11 really stands four teen Radicals to four Democrats. Tliis is the manner in which the Radicals apply the majority principle to Pennsylvania, and stillc the opinions and wishes of the people. The same men who applaud the registry laws, by which nine-tenths of the white men of Maryland, and West Virginia,audTeu nessee, and Missouri, are degraded to tlie positions of slaves and serfs, uphold the present district system in Pennsyl vania, under which the Democratic ele ment is prevented from having a proper influence at either Harrisburg or Wash ington. The majority principle when it runs in the ruts and grooves of Itadi ca.ism is potent enough to uproot State authority, nullify the plainest guaran tees of the Constitution, deny the people of a State representation in Congress: but when it runs in another and a dif ferent direction, it is a rope of sand, which they can ami do break whenever it suits their pleasure. There is danger in this practice of the Radicals, if persisted in, it will lead to a total overthrow of the constitu tional form of government, and any party that can hold power by force will do so. The right or wrong of a ques tion will have no part in determining" it. Civil rights and the security of life and property will be in the hands of men having but one idea, that of re taining power in despite of the will oi the majority, in the condition of Mex ico, rent and torn by faction, a prey to military usurpers and foreign despots, can be seen a pictured'what the Unite I States will be if the Radicals are al lowed, under the deceptive cry of the majority must rule, to subvert this con stitutional form of government, and introduce in its place one founded upon the minority principle. They have done so openly in some States. In this State they have stilled the voice of the people by a dishouest district system, j and thus given evidence of what they are prepared to do in order to carry their point.— Ayr. Pennsylvania Legislature Thu following art* the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Slate of Pennsylvania for I*o7. Fifty-four of the representatives eleet(*<l wore mem bers of the last House: ]. \V\ McFumlless, f F. •J. (M. Dom>\ an, F. ; .). E. Uidgwuy, R. 1. Geo. Connell, It. .') 1 lorai-e Royer, it. \\\ Worthington,R. ii. n. I’ .Junies, F. > 7. (ieo. B. Shall, F. |: s. .1. IX Davis,-* F. : *). W. M. Randall, F. la. F. Burnett,'' F. 11. Geo. Laudon, R. ! LL b. 1). ShoemaUer.R. : PS. Warren Coles. IF ■: 11. John Walls, F. 1.1, Geo. D. Jackson,-' I hi. G. D. Coleman, *■ R.j Radicals -Jl ; I'nion House of Representatives. PHILADELPHIA. F A V KTT K. 1. G. W. Ghegm,- R. C. E. Doyle,* V. 2. Wm. S. Gregory. U. GKEENK. Sum. Jo ephs,* U. John Pnohm, l\ ! W. W. Watt, R. 'HUNTINGDON. MlF ■> Wm. H. Homl/l. ; KLIN and .JUNIATA, (i. James Free horn. K. I Hsu ry s. Wharton, R. 7. James Sobers,* R. [lames M. Drown,' R, > Jr*. N. Korns,R. INDIANA ami WKST* y. G. A. uulgley, U. MORELAND. 10. K. W. Davis,* R. 'Capt. W. C. Gordon, R. 11. W. J. Donohough, R A. W. Klnunel. R. 12. Alex. Adaire. R. Col. T. F. Gallagher, R. i:;. Michael Mullen, U. LANCASTER. 11. W. M. Worra'l. U. David G. Slaeo ,R. l,j. G. Do Haven. Jr.. R. hi. 1). Wallace " R. 17. Edward G. l.oc,'* R. D. J. N. Marks,* 11. Kep. Detn ...10 i) ADAMS. Nicholas Helt/.e11.l ALLEGHENY . Col. J. P. Glass,’ R. R. A. Colville, + K Geo. S. McKee,* K. George Wilson, R. William Peters, K. Samuel Chadwick,* R. ARMSTRONG. Lteut. F. Meckllug, R. BERKS. Richmond L. Jones, U. Frederick Harner,* U. Heury D. Rhoads.- U. DUCKS. Luther Calvin, U. F. W. Headman,* U. BRADFORD and SUL LIVAN, G. W. Kinney,* R. .James H. Webb,* R. BLAIR. Samuel M'CaiU'int, R. CAMBRIA. John P. Linton, U. CARBON AND MON ROE. Allen Craig* U. CENTRE. Frederick Kurtz. U. BLAIR AN DJEFFER SON. William P. Jenks, U. CLEARFIELD, ELK, AND FOREST. John D. Hunt, U. CLINTON, CAMERON iJol.u Weller, R. AND M'KEAN, '.John K. Richards, K. U. o. Delse, U. I.SUSQUEHANNa Ah n CHESTER. i WYOMINU. Nalli. J. shurpU-ssc R. Jumes T. C.imeron,* U. N. A. Ptmnypaeker/R.Mncoh Kennedy, U. W. J 5. VVaddelH. ;TIU(iA AND POTTER. CHAWFUHI'. j.iohuS. Maim," K, T. Clia.se, R. ‘,Dr. W.T.Humphrey.Hl .1. Jlovd Espy, R. |YENANUOand WAR CULI'MIII A A.MiMi'N- REN. Took. |l>r. W. I . Wli. nu,- R. Thoina.s c" aiiant, C. Col. Harrison Allen.Hl. LUMBER.. AN o. | WASHINGTON AND Philip Lorm,* U. , BEAVER. DAUPHIN. ;• 'ol. M.S. O.uny," R. il. W. Hodman,- R. M. R. Day, R. Dr. .1. vV. Seiler/ R. ,Col. loi.n Ewing,Mt. DELAWARE WAYNE AND PI K K John 11. Barton, R. L. Westbrook, l U. ERIE. YORK. Col. D. B. McCreary * R Levi Malsh U. Coi. 0..5. Woodward,* Rj.stephen ti. Boyd, l*. Radicals, H-5 Vniou,:i6; Radical majority’ 21. Radical majority on joint ballot," ;>:j. Members of the last session marked with a star ( ; ); ot'previous sessions with a ft). He is AllowcU Full I.ll>erly V I llio For- Foktkest Monroe, >'oy. ;>.— The parole granted to Jefferson Davis, some months ago, giving him the privilege of the ground of the fortress during the day, has been extended, through Exec utive clemency, in removing all sur veillance over nun and the guards from ilia rooms iu Carroll Hall at night. Instructions to this effect have been sent from Washington to (Jen. Burton, eommandaut of the fort. This deprives his imprisonment of anything like severity, aud paving the way, as is generally presumed, for his finale parole and release. -All the guards over him both during day anti uight, being removed, he now enjoys, perfectly uutrammeled, liberty and every possible means of comfort and pleasure while held as a prisoner in the fort. It is said that he has expressed great gratification at this action of the Gov ernment, and already contemplates vacating Carroll Hall and taking up his residence with Mrs. Davis, in the casemates assigned her shortly after her arrival here. The Masonic fraternity of the United States are invited by tjje Grand Lodge of Maryland to participatMn the laying of the corner stone of the Masonic Temple, now being constructed in Bal timore. Arrangements are making to' have a grand demonstration, and it is expected that Maßter Masons, Com panions, and Sir Knights from all parts of the Union will be largely represented on the occasion. The ceremonies will take place on the 20th of November? 17. E. Rllliugfelt,* it. ■ J. W. Fisher,-R. Is. A.Hleslund Glatz.F Si). D. McCouaughy, It. •ja. Ah-x. stutzniau/It. •Jl. L. W. Hall, R. ; Kirk llalms, U. yl'2. Harry White, R. Ui. W. A. Wallace, F. j-l. T H. Searluitt,' F. ,'Jo. J. ].. Graham, R. ! J. liigham, It. fa. A. W.Tuvlor, R. '"J7. H. A. Brown, it. Jas. C. brown,- IF :-JH. M. b. Lowry, It. It!; ltadieal maj. 0. Andrew Armstrong, H. Capt. E. D. Kouth, K. [John M. Htehman, K. LEBANON. iCant. .1. H. Mellev,* K. LEHIGH, [.lames (.'line, U. [John H. Koael, U. LYCOMING. UNION AND SNYDER, sum. U. Wingard,' R. ■ C. D. Rousn, U. John H. Wright, IU | LUZERNE. | William Braunau, U. : David Koon," U. John M’Henry, U. mercer.Law ißENCEanoßU i'LER. Moslah. M'Pherriu,* U. James A. Leech, K. j W. C. Harrison, K. I Henry Pillow, k R. MONTGOMERY. A. D. Markley,* U. !E. Satterthwait,* U. i NORTHAMPTON. Oliver H. Myers,* U. 'T. D. Barrington/ 1 U. NORTHFMBERL'D. George W. Tharp, v U. PERRY and FRANK LIN. Col. F.s.Sjtambaugh,*R Mnj. G. A. Shunun,* R. SCHUYLKILL. [Kennedy Robinson, U [Peter F. Collins, 1 * U. , Philip Green, U. .fjUMERsivT, BEDF'I) AND FULTON. JEFFERSON DAVIK, Tbe Baltimore CommUslonerK, ClOToruor fiwann’H Decision. The Governor’s decision is a very lengthy document, covering thirty pages of manuscript. The following are the main points of the document: I have duly considered the charges which had been preferred by certain citizens of Baltimore, who were denied the right to vote atthelate municipal election for Mayor and members of the City Council, against the Police Commissioners, in connection with the testimony submitted for my guid ance in the case, and havo arrived at con clusions which I shall proceed briefly to state. The refusal of the Police Commissioners at the opening of this investigation to appear before the Governor upon bis summons to answer charges of misconduct in office, I look upon ns an offense lor which they might have been held responsible without any further inquiry into the evidence of olficial misconduct in the late elections. It is true that the Commissioners, through their counsel, have, to some extent, re traced their steps and announced their wil lingness to appear ami answer any questions the Governor might have' to propound, but I do not under stand that they have yielded the point of jurisdiction to which they still adhere. Their action in declining to respond to the summons of the Governor, places them in the attitude of StHtc officers made by law, subject to his direct supervision, treating with coulempt the power specifically dele gated to him by the Legislature, and the still higher power conferred by the twelfth section of the twentieth article of the Con stitution, to lake care that the laws bo faith fully executed. Jlow is the Governor, it may be asked, representing the sovereignty of the State, to discharge an imperative duty imposed upon him by the orgunielaw in conflict with rebellious officers, setting his authority at defiance, and denying his right to hold*them accountable for official misconduct, or a palpable violation or ne glect of their duties? The Police Law in vests these Commissioners with almost ab solute power, fearful in its scope in the hands of designing men, without a check somewhere to protect the public interests. The Legislature never intended any such thing. The State of Maryland is at this very moment threatened with invasion by armed hordes from other States; military organizations have been formed in the city 1 of RuUimore for the open and avowed pur -1 pose of resisting the authority of the laws. ! No single step, so far as I um informed, uptoLhis time Ims been taken by the Police f Hoard to suppress this tendency to anarchy . and rebellion, now so threatening, ami to excite riot and among our peo- pie. It is well known that so far as lb*- arlie of the Governor is concerned, no pretex has been furnished for these revolutionary proceedings. Is the Governor, to whom these officers urn made directly responsible by the law, to rust quiet and see the laws of the Slate and the public peace disturbed? The State invaded by armed revolutionists (in complicity with {hose whom the l’olico ihaird are encouraging by their apathy), and make no effort to protect the dignity of the Stale against insult and outrage? But the Legislature did not leave to im plication this power of the Police Commis sioners in discharge of their official duties as Slate ollicers. The Governor then proceeds to review the law governing his action, and argues that the exclusion of the nowly-regiblGiedvoters at the last municipal election by Lhojuoges was a llagrant violation of their duties, lie savs “the examination of the judges of elec tion, ull Hudicul in their proclivities, with one or two exceptions, produced a most un favorable impression upon my mind as to their conduct in the future. If continued in ollicc, entertaining in the main the intoler ant view that loyalty resides only with ! those who support their policy, is it not a I reasonable Inference that they would claim, I in the absence of any instructions from the i Police Commissioners, who refuse to inter fere to challenge the voles of all who do not come up to Iheslnndurd? If they ignore the obligation of the second ballot-box for re jected votes, so plainly pointed out by the law, surely it would be no greater stretch of authority to go behind the registry and recognize whom they please, and no one else us legal voters.’* Thu Governor next reviews the Kegislra tioti law and the various decisions made under it, and also the election Laws, lie sums up as follows: “ The evidence in the case proves beyond a doubt that the Police Commissioners have violated the law, and rendered themselves liable to the charge of misconduct in office, by creating, or permitting to grow up under their eyes, and with their complicity, a vio lent parti/.an organization—treating all as disloyal who do not adopt the views of the Radical party; by denying the right of the Governor to entertain jurisdiction over the charges of official misconduct preferred against the Commissioner; by appointing to oflicc both as judges of electiou, special policemen and clerks exclusively from their own party, and in many instances in competent, and in some of the precints most disreputable characters; and denying appointments to any other class of our citi zens ; by delegating to the Marshal and of ficers under him the power to appoint special policemen, without themselves inquiring into the qualifications or moral standing of the said officers—thus attempting to throw the responsibility of laid appointments, which they wereVeady to accept, upon their subordinates: by suffering the judges of election to throw‘asule the boxes for rejected ballots, and giving them no advice as to their obligation under the law to use them, and refusing to remove them from office tor so manifest a violation of the law.” The Governor concluded as follows; Thu Governor of the State cannot shrink from his duty to the people. The threats of armed combinations at home, of inva sions from other States to overthrow our laws, could hardly be expected to deter him lor a single moment in the untlinching exercise of all the functions with which he lias been clothed. 'l’lie people of the State of Maryland have been regis.-red—Union men, not the less so because conservative in iheirsenliments —and these votes duly passed upon by the proper officers, after a lull examination into their qualiffcations (the constitutional oath having been administered to one and all, and their names entered upon the of licial registry as legal voters), they are adjudged to be so by our highest official tribunal. They ask at the hands of the Kxecutive that they may not be excluded by a power ful partisan combination, under the control of the Police Commissioners, not powerful in number, but because of the authority which they had heretofore exercised, under their commissions from Iho .Stale, claim ing that there is no loyalty but in the ex treme Radical parly, and turning a deaf ear to the demand of any oilier class of our citizens. In the ilisclmrg*? ol' my official duties in this case, 1 can know nu parly. 1 must see i hat the authority of theSLute is maintained in the interest of the white people. If the laws are objectionable, the Legislature which made them, and not tho Governor, is responsible Me is the executive and not the law-malting power. He would bring disgrace upon Iho .“Slate if he sh oud do injustice to the humblest citizen. The appeals to the returned veterans bv weak and thoughtless men, to rni.s- the standard of rebellion against Iho constituted authori ties of the State, cannot fail to meet the con demnation which they deserve among all order-loving citizens of whatever political party. They would have been doing (if they heeded such advice, which I am sure they will not) just what they have been fighting to n-lmke in the rebellious States. The first -.hot final upon the Americau tlag in the ham!* of the recognized authorities of this State, besides subjecting them to the severest penalties of the law, would cause the laurels which they have won in the struggles of the pest to fade and wither in their hands. They will nut, I am sure, per mit themselves to be lured from their path of duty as law-abiding citizens by impul sive and reckless leaders, when they have the courts always open to their grievances. While to them I speak in the htnguageof friendly admonition and sincerest regard, 1 cannot characterize with too much indigna tion the intrusion into Maryland ip inter vene in her domestic affairs, of a well known revolutionist and agitator from an adjoining Stale, who, repudiated already bv the loading journals of the party with whom be is co-oporating, for this wicked attempt to excite bloodshed and provoke another civil war, has already retired from the lield of his treasonable machinations to secure himself from the contempt which his conduct has everywhere provoked, lie must not forget that "the strong arm of the law is impending ever him, and that the State of Maryland will know how to pro tect herself at the proper lime against all such disturbers of the peace and the safety of her people. Impressed as I am with the utter demoral ization of the police organization as it now stands, I shall do what I can to restore it to its proper relations with the State, and the law upon which it is founded. I have no desire to appeal to the general government for aid to enable me to execute the laws and to protect our citizens against a threatened riot and bloodshed, unless impelled to take this step by the further resistance of the Police Commissioners and their followers to the laws of the State. If thut contingency should arise, the responsibility will be upon those who provoke it. I stand upon the Constitution and the laws of the Stute, and there I will continue to until the trust imposod on me by the people of the State of Maryland, shall be delivered back into their hands, in spite of all threats of intimi dation, which have already disgusted dis creet and thinking men throughout the country, I oun only say for myself, that the rem nant of a life, now half spent, would be purchased at too dear a cost in the high po sition which I occupy as Governor of the Stateot Maryland, ny the dishonor of my State or the degradation ofher people, Signed. Thomas Swann, Governor of Maryland. A jury in Concerd, New Hampshire, has awarded Riohard M. Qrdway a ver dict for $2,091,46, against JDr. Timothy Haynes, for alleged malpractice in set* ing a broken bone. BALTIHOBE. Office of tub Commissioners of the) Board of i’oiticE or Baltimore City, l No. 1, North Street, Nov. a. ) The marshal and other officers of tho police of Baltiuieru city, and all members of tho oxlstlng polico or said city, nru here by strictly ordered and required not to obey any orders that liuve emanated from the late Board of Polico of said city since 10 . o’clock, this morniug, or any order thut may Tbe Dcranntl to bo Enforced by tbc emanate from said late board at any time hereaftor. The New Police CoromiMlonen Receive Their CommlMlons. They Take the Oath of Office Without Opposition. The Crista Approaching. Sheriff. Attempt by the Radicals to Forestall the Verdict of the People. Au Address from a Radical 91ass Meeting:. Their Flea for a Rebellion. Proclamation by the New Police Com- mtasioners. BALTIMORE, .NOV. 2. —James YoUU§ Rlld Wm. T. Yallieut have been commissioned as the new Police*Coramissioner3 t and w«ere sworn before Judge Martin, of the Superior Court. There was no opposition to their being sworn. The counsel for the Commissioners decid ed that they would offer no impediment to their taking the oath. The new Commissioneis called at the Police Commissioner’s office, but the Board had adjourned. Thus the mutter rests. It is supposed that the new appointees will sue out a mandamus. In the mean while the old forco remains on dntv, and the police stations are strongly guarded. THE RADICAL ADDRESS. The mass meeting at the theater to-night adopted t he following declaration, addressed to the country in regard to the uxistiug .roubles: The loyal citizens of Baltimore assembled ulun extraordinary juncture in the affairs of the city nud State, think it due to them selves and to their fellow-citizens of other Slates to give a cairn and deliberate ex pression of their views and purposes in ref erence to those occurrences which are now agitating the minds of our community. First. We are u law-abiding people, and it is our ;-urpo.se aml desire to maintain the law and in it to resist it. Second. We propose to maintain and de fend our rights under the law and in a law flit manner. Third. We hold that in case ofuiiv doubts in the construction oflaw, those doubts are to be determined only by the constitutional interpreters of the iaw, viz: The courts which are created for that purpose. Fuiirlh. We demand as a right that the question in controversy between the (inv entor of the State and tljo Police (’oiumis sioners—a question in which, as citizens, we have a deep interest shall be submit ted to the decision of the courts, and if it is so submitted, we believe there will be none. Fifth. We desire also to express our strong confidence in the integrity and fidel ity of Messrs. Hinds and Wood, who, with the Mayor, constitute the present Police Board, mnl we appeal to the fact of the quiet and order now prevailing in our city under circumstances so provocative of ex citement, as evidence of the efficiency of their administration, and wo pledge them our undivided support in the lawful dis charge of their office until displaced by the decision of a competent judicial tri bunal ; and finally, while we deprecate un due excitement, and in this crisis desire to sjiouk and to act dispassionately as well as lirmly, we cannot refrain from express ing lair indignation at the action ol tiov. Swann in his attempted removal uf the Police Commissioners. We believe that act to be a violation of the Constitution and hiwsnf iho States, and an assumption of authority which lie has no legal right to exercise, and we declare to the people of the Foiled Stales, what is abundantly shown by the manner of conducting the investigation, by the fact that the judge, a known candidate for the office of United Stales Senator, was himself actually a parly to tile case, In the language of his decision, and by the pm it icjtl character of those whom he lias appe uled to succeed the present '.’ommNsiom .s, that the object sought was not justice, but to promote political and personal ends by the transfer of the power of the Slate to a faction composed cbielly of those who were sympathizers aud abettors of the late rebellion. Proclamation* or the Police Commis sIoNERs. Baltimore, Nov. 2 -Midnight.— I The following proclamation hasjustbeen issued by the newly-appointed Commissioners. The old Board regarding it as an attempt to seduce their force trom their control, are about to issue a proclamation also : Board oe Police, 1 Baltimore, Nov, 2, 1*0(3 j Having been appointed Police Commis sioners, by his Excellency Governor Swann, vice Messrs. Samuel llindes and Nicholas 1). Wood, removed, we desire to state that in prosecution of the duties assigned us, we do not design interfering in any respect with the police now organi zed, or to remove any person connected with it for his political opinions, provided he does not hereafter render himsell amena- ble to the laws now in force for the gov ernment of the police of Baltimore. We believe the officers and men in the depart ment are disposed to be what law requires them t<> be, conservators of the peace, and it i.s hoped and expected that they will cheerfully aid u> in procuring the peace of the city. Wo also invoke all good citizens to assist us by their coun sel and example, and that they will use their best endeavors to prevent any. undue excitement, and that they will also advise all disposed to act otherwise to quietly and peaceably acquiesce iu the measures now about being inaugurated by the authority of the (iovernor JaMKs Yot'Nii, \V.m. Thomas Vai.liant Bautlmokk, Non - . J, l:d() A. M.~The dis missed commissioners have not issued any counter proclamation, but their action will be taken in the morning. ILu.ti.mork, Nov. o. —AII. JO P. M. a few of the regular police force appeared in the vestibule of the court-house and commenced at oncy to eject the sheriff's posse, who were crowding up the stairway from the south entrance to the sheriffs office above. A scullle ensued, and for a tkne there was considerable confusion and much threaten ing language used. Many of* the spectators becoming alarmed made a liasty exit from the building, causing luurhoxcitomenl out side. Presently the new commissioners were seen approaching the north entrance of the building on Lexington street. They had scarcely entered when Marshal Cur niichel appeared, coming irom the direction of the central police station, at tho head oi' a large body of police, who made a rapid entrance, and in a few momentscioared the sheriffs posse out of the building. On entering the Friminai Court a deputy sheriff appeared and announced that the bench-warrant for the arrest of Yaliuntand Young had been served, and in a few m inn test hereafter the sheriff appeared with Messrs. Yallianl and Young in custodv. 'File court informed them tlmt there would bean oppoiluniiv afforded them to procure counsel. Presently their counsel appeared and inquired for the affidavits; 'upon which the arrest had beet: made. The Slate's attorney briefly recited the evidence tlmt had been given by the witnesses upon whoso testimony tho warrants for the arrest had been issued. The counsel for the new coinmiooioners then proceeded to argue that the arrest was an unwarrantable one. Their clients were the duly commissioned Commissioners of Police, and woro exercis ing only their legal authority. Judge Bond had already replied us follows to the appli cation for a bench-warrant : As the Slate’s attorney for Baltimore city, it is your duly to bring In the noth.-e of the courl the very grave facts you have just mentioned, it i.-> the only tribunal herw charged wiih the punishment of crime and the preservation of the peace, and whatever power it has for these purposes should be immediately bunked ami exercised to pre vent tlm violence which yon suggest is con templated. It is not our duty to determine the ques tions in dispute between these claimants of the oilire of Police Commissioners, and it ought not to he truthfully said that ill a government so long established us that of Maryland t lie only way to obtain possession of an oiliee is by force of arms. The courts are open. An appeal to them can be speedi ly heard, and all oflleial rights determined. This course must be pursued, and any ar ray of force for any purpose of tho kind is an unlawful assembly, and the parties en gaged in it are guifly of a breach of the peace, and must be immediately arrested. All the power of this court shall be ex ercised with vigor and promptness to pre vent such a violation oi law, and the pub lic peace ahull he preserved at all hazards. f l ho tact that persons claiming, rightful ly or wrongfully, tc be Police Commission ers are about to place persous in the streets as police ollicers, charged with the duly of preserving the pubh v peace, is calculated to alarm tho public tuind. The dread of collision between the two forces, and of ultimate armed coiillict, will fill the mind of peaceable and oruer loving citizens with terror. It w impossible that this should be allowed if the law can prevent it, and tho warrants you ask for shall issue. Judge Bond said his court had* no right to tiv the question whether tho Governor had the right to remove or not. This conn knew but one set of commissioners, and it was his duty to preserve thp peace ofthecity, which he believed to be endangered by evidence produced by the State’s Attoruey. He would thereforeirequire that Messrs. Young and A aliant should give security to keep the peace toward the regular Police Com missioners of Boltimore, Mr. Mailed said he would require bail in tho sum of $o,l)l>0 each to answer the charge against them, and $25,000 to keep the peace. Judge Bond asked il the counsel consid ered the bail excessive* *^ r * slatcc * be had nothing to say. Sheriff Thomson refuses to give bail, and declares that he will go to jail. Mr. Muund replied that if the Sheriff persisted in going to jail, ii was at his option. Messrs, Valiant and Young, through their counsel, refused to give bail, as also did Sheriff Thomson. Judge Bond replied that if such was their decision, the only course left him to pre serve the peace of the city lyai to oommit them to jail. The following order was issued by the Swann commissioners yesterday morning PROCLAMATION OP POLICE COMMISSIONERS. The undersigned huve now entered on the performance of their duties ns Commis sioners of Police, and there is no other au thority which can lawfullj' net as abourd of police in said city. Persons interested are required at their peril to obey this order, i James Young, \Vm. Thomas Valiant, Police Commissioners. Nov. 4—Sunduy Noon.— Baltimore, The counsel for Governor Swunn’s nowly appointed Commissioners have made ap plication to Judge Bartol, of the Court of Appeals, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring before him the parties now held in custody by the Warden of the City Jail under the order of Judge Bond, of the Criminal Court. Up to the present writing the writ has not been served on the warden ofthejt.il, and as this is Sunday, it cannot be served uutil to-inorrow morning. As it is a subject of much discussion when the writ will be re turnable, it may be well here to quote the laws of Maryland on the subject of** Habeas Corpus.” Section four of act 43 says, that the ofllcer having the party suing out the writ shall, within three days after such service, make return of the writ, and cause the person detained to be brought before the court or judge, according to the command of the writ. If this discretionary power of the warden to return the writ within three days, should be availed of, it is supposed the parties nmv not get a hearing before Tuesday or Wednesday morning. It is not known what course the warden of the jail will take. It the parties should bt* brought before Judge Bartol to-morrow, it is presumed the whole question and the numerous points of law involved will be discussed by the counsel on either side. In order to correct some inaccuracies in the briut telegrams of Saturday, giving an ac count ol the proceedings of the criminal Court, it may bo well here to give a copy of the warrants issuod bv order of Judge Bond. CHIMIN AI. CO CRT OF HALT I MURK, s KI'TKM HKK TERM. The. State of Maryland (a (hr shmt) <>/' l!<o timorr < ‘di/, f/rndiny : We command that you take* the bodies ol Wm. Thomas Valliaul, and James Young, and them immediately have before tin. Court here, to answer the charge ol’having unlawfully conspired together, and with unknown persons by force and arms, and with u strong hand in expel, remove am nut out Samuel Himles ami Nicholas I. Wood, Police Commissioners of the City < Baltimore, from the otllco belonging to, am the properly now occupied and possessC 1 by them as such Police Commissioners. Witness the Honorable Hugh L. Bom Judge of our said Court, issm-d the ;;d da November, John B. A>ki-:w, Clerk of tlie Criminal Court of Baltimore. The proceedings against the sherilV were instituted by theStatu's Attorney bringing to the notice of the Court the action of SherilV Thompson, in organizing a posse in the SherilCs olllcc, in the second story oi llio Court House, whereupon J mlge Bond sent for the SherilV and warned him to desist, or lie would have him arrested lor disturbing the peace by an unlawlul assem bly. Tho SberiH’nol heeding the warning, lie was subsequently arrested and brought before the Court on this warrant. CRIMINAL COURT OF HA LTI Mi) 111-sKI'TKM MKR TKRM, ltilit). Thr State oj Marj/laial to (Oroticr S/>arkhn, <f JUiltunorc it //, yrcctnaj : We command you, that you lake the body of William Thomps m ami him immediately have before tho Court hero to unswer the charge ot being engaged in an unlawful assembly, rout and riot, together with un known persons to the number of one hun dred or more, Witness the Hon. Hugh L. Bond, Judge of our said Court, etc. Issued the 3d day of November, 1m Hi. John B. Askkw , Clerk ol the Criminal Court of Baltimore. The city continues retimrkn bly quiet, ami with tlie exception of small gatherings of people quietly discussing the situation, and tlie numerous rumors in circulation, then* is nothing noticeable out of tlie ordinary course of events. It is rumored, probably with truth, that Governor Swann went to Washington today. FKLSH CUM I'LJCATIONS. Baltimokk, Now 4—in P. M. —The writ of habra* rorjnt. s has not yet been served at the jail, but will be to-morrow morning, and the friendsoflhe newly-appointed Com missioners claim that the warden will have to make h',s return immediately. It is cur rently reported that there will be a new set of judges of election announced to -mor row as appointed by the new Commis sioners. 'l’iie registers ol voters, it is also reported, have determined t.» it turn their lists only to the judges who shall lie ap pointed by i MivernorSwanu's Commission ers. \f this be so. there will be lresh com plications. There is no doubt that the Police Board will arrest all persons as suming 'o act in any capacity ashy the authority of the regularly .appointed Com missioners, (iK.NKRAL (IRAN I' IN UAl.'l I.MollK. Bai.timurk, Nnv. I— 11::*.u I’. M.-Geii. Grant has arrived here, and the Police Commissioners, with their couiw.-l, are now holding an interview with him. Baltimore, Nov. .s.—At b o'clock this morning Judge Bartol, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, appeared in the court room of tiie Circuit Courl, and look his seal on the bench, silling in bain- ready to re ceive the returns upon the w rits of luifjca. i corjntx. At a few minutes past b o'clock Judge Bartol inquired if the writs had been served upon the warden ofthe jail. Mr. Latrobe, ill behulf of the counsel for the Commissioners, announced that the writs laid been served at 7 o'clock this morning, and added that he bad just learn ed that the warden ofthe jail iiad been at the Court House tin* morning about b o'- clock witliout tiie prisoner*, and that in reply to an enquiry made of him, lie had said that his means of cuiiyeyanco were exhausted, and that he hud come lulher to gel a supply. Mr. Lutrube added in a sarcastic strain, that he thought there were other hack stands much nearer to the jail than the Cir cuit Court Booms, lie would not say whether this \\a* or was not merely a con tinuation of the effort* of Hie other side to consume time, and he did think, however, that it luuked like it. Judge Barstol reminded the 4 euunsel that the Warden was not obliged to make a re turn instantly. The law gives him three days in which to make his return. Mr. Schley said lie considered that the intent of tin- law m that particular was, that three should be the utmost limit, and that unh-s* there was some unavoidable im pediment he (the warden; was bound to produce the prisoners without delay. Judge Bartol said tho writs were issued by him at live o'clock on Saturday evening, but it appears that for some reasons they were not served until this morning. Mr. Schley begged that the court would wait a reasonable time for the warden to Baltimore, 3 P. M.—About two o’clock the Marshal of Police having learned that arms were being distributed to curtain parties at Ben nett’s auction store, on Charles street, wont thither with a strong force of police and found in an upper room parlies engaged tu leading pistols and arms. Resistance was offered, and one man. h cil.zen, wa* shot, but the police '•ei/.-d lie establishment, together with the p.nin-. therein, and about one hundred unu ally boxes (jf lire arms and am muni lion Baltimore, :in P. M.~ K. Stocked Mathews, Ksq., upiumrcd as eoun.-el for the Warden, mid maintained that his client, by the terms m the law, eb-arly had three days in which to make lus ret in n. After some lurther remarks by Mr. Hnr wilz, in support of his jiet iI ion, .) udge Bar tol rendered his decision. 11 osaid the slat ute was very plain in the premisill gave* the Warden three days within which ho Is to produce Hu* bodies ofthe parties imprisoned, and the cause of their detention, and he could not, in the absenee.of proofthatit was his purpose to violate his duty m that par ticular, issuea compulsory order to do what the statute docs not impose upon him the absolute duty to perform. After some consultation between the counsel, the Judge lixed Thursday morn ing, at b o’clock, for the trial. Tho partieuhus of the seizure of arms is as follows, uh near us cau be ascertained : Upou infornifition received at the Police Commissioners’ office, that certain parties were engaged'in preparing to resist their authority by forco of iirms, and that certain individuals WertTthen engaged in preparing to distribute arms for such resistance, and that these parties were in an upper room of Bennett's auction store, on Charles street, sent thither Marshal Carmichael, with a strong force of police, and at once look pos session of the establishment. They forced an entrance to the room, in winch were found some tifteen men actively enguged in loading a large lot of Belgian muskets, which had been altered into Minnie rides. A man rushed at the Marshal with a bay oneted musket, and attempted to shoot him but the latter threw up the weapon and knocked the man down, and quickly, with the aid of his men, arrested all the*purties and conveyed them to the station house. Tho arms and munitions, consisting of mus kets, a keg of powder, and rifle and pistol balls, were also removed to the police station. Unfortunately, in placing the muskets in a furniture wagon, to convey them away, one of them exploded and shot a citizen in the face, inflicting a serious, but it is thought not a fUtal, wound. I,ati-:r.— Thoro were ISI oases of arms captured at Bennett’s auction house. About fifty stuud of them wore capped and loaded. Another lot of 100 muskets, loaded and capped, were soiaed this evening at a grog gory on Bond street, near Eastern avenue. Anotheriot of seventy-nine cases of mus kets were taken from the store of M. Buck, j on Light street. -Altogether, about 6,000 1 stand of arms are reported to have been I seized About one hundred were made to-day by the police on the charge of riot« oub conduct. Attorney-General Randall has given an opinion on tho Registry Law, declaring the authority und duty of the judges of election to scan the list of registered voters, and to exclude from voting all whom they are con vinced are disfranchised under the provis* ‘>ns ol the Constitution. oknuhal quant's runrosE. Baltimori-:, Nov, s.—bon. Grant’s viHit lB understood to linvo been for t ul„ P .? rpo ??\ * n capuclty as a private citizen, solicitous of preserving the peace, to make to the Police Cominißsloners of ijauimoro, at n lO instance of Governor Swann, the following proposition: l«lrst. llmt ouch sot of Commissioners cause separate polls to bo oponod In the soveral election districts, nna receive such votes us inuy bo decided to bo legal by tbeir judges ot election, and haye these votes classified and certified to the Statu Legislature and to Congress. The Commissioners respectfully declined to entertain this proposition, as it would be contrary to the Election Laws of the State, and that by accepting it they would bo guilty of worse malfeasance in office than any thnt had been charged against them; that it was their purpose to conduct the electiou strictly in accordance with the provisions of tho law and Constitution ot* tbo State, and that It was not in their power to make uny ngreementthat conflicted with the law. The next proposition made was sub.slum ally as follows: That the old Police Commissioners ap point one Conservative judgo of the throe to bo appointed at each of the polls; that those judges receive the votes of those who present themselves and who are found to bo upon the several registers; tlmt two sets of ballot-boxes be used, in one of which are to be deposited the votes accepted and in the other the rejected votes. The first part of this proposition was svtnply in nccjardanre with the pledge made by Mr. Alexander before < iovernorSwann, whilst the charges against the Commission ers were being investigated. It was made then as a concession by the partv in power the Conservatives, with the view of preserv ing peace, and the Commissioners having already announced officially in the morn ing papers that they would appoint one judge and one clerk m each precinct from the Conservative } arty, there was of course no objection to it. Tho remainder of it being fully covered by the provisions of the Registry Law, of course there could bo no objection about this portion of the proposi- INA I. ACTION lWH.rni-: «>T Till: COMORO MISK. Bai.timork, Nov. II P. M. After a conference of some five or six hours, lasting up to ten o'clock to-night, between the Po lice Commissioners ami a committee repre senting tiio Conservative party, with a view to the latter naming one judge and one clerk to be appointed by the Police Commission • ers for each precinct, according in the ugiw incut made at the conference with General Grant, the Conservative eommitlee aban doned the wholematter, and withdrew with out making any nominations to the Police Board. They had previously Fmimed the right to review the entire list of registers,, and to object to any mau who had not a properly qualification of sln,(>im. This was rejected bv the Commissioners, and it was finally determined that they would appoint a judge and clerk in every preoiiuA giving the committee until Hi o'clock to night to make their nominations. About the lime named, the committee, of which Lieutenant-Governor C. C. Cox was one, sent a communication to the Commission ers, declining any furl her uelion in tin* matter. Thus the list of judges and clerks stand as at the Mayor’s ejection. Cruelly to Soldiers and Prisoners at the Dry Tortugas. I f just the tenth part of what is stuted in the following article from the World be true, some of the officers commanding at the Dry Tortugas more richly deserve to be shot than any tiger that ever throttled his prey in the jungles of In dia. It is almost impossible to credit these stuteuients ; but an investigation into their truth ought to be made nt once. The IFoW^suys: A correspondent writes u* from Port Jef ferson, 1 try Tortugas, Florida, under date of September I*J, eomnluining bitterly of tin* tortured treatment ny the military' au thorities of Unit " God-forsaken island" to wards civil prisoners and private soldiers. Their acts, he stales, are shown without any fear or feeling, and there is no redress for the siuflerers. lie mentions several instances cf their discipline, which, for brutality and atrocity, are unparalleled. Tho first ease of cruelly he cites occurred on Friday, the HUh of August last, when the prisoneis were en gaged in unloading the steamer St. Mary and the brigantine Rebecca Sheppard, and became drunk, with the armed guard placed o\er tlean, from the liquor given them by tile crews of lh<* vessels. Two of thc.iso]<licrs and a prisoner, the latter beun; miusun 11 v intoxicated, lor their olfen<x*s were lied up by their thumbs, as a punish ment to them. This is dreadful to emjure, and olten leaves those put to the pain, ex hausted and unconscious. James Dunn the prisoner, was lifted oirhis feet, for two hours, and then fell heavily'to the ground, by tho breaking of the rope, and struck on the back of his head, which rendered him insensible. The inanimate bleeding man was immediately lied up again bv his wounded hands, by an unpityingSorgcaul, and would have been kept in that position but for i he interference of Brigadier-General Hill, who commands the post. This was at -1 .o'clock. At b i*. m., idler Dunn had partially conic* to his senses, he was again sei/.cd and ordered to carry a-lb-pound shot by the ofiiecr of the day.. It was too much oi u task for bis weak coiv dilion, and lie- shot fell from his fingers., notwithstanding all his ellbris to retain it... lie* was then tied up by the thumbs for the* third time* and left suspended for four hours* in mortal agony When released he was conveyed to the hospital, where he still re mains. The result of his pmusbinout is the loss n{ lbs right thumb uud his left baud, (.'apt,on C. McConnell, the ofileer of the day, and .'Sergeant Donelly, both of the Fifth I'nitcdtStatcs Artillery, are the agents of his misfortune and suffering. John Fiedenlmeh, <>i Company 1), Fifth Failed States A li ila-ry, was one of the soldiers who had been drinking. He was tied up by the wrists, while his appeals and prayers to be cut dow n received the sad comfort of know ing that be had to ‘‘ hold Ins d- —d longue, or be gagged with a bayonet." As hergt. Donelly expressed himself, Dunn was gag ged because; he begged mercy from ids per secutors, and liaei his mouth severely our. John Brown, confined as a prisoner for de sertion, is spoken of as another victim of military cruelty. <hi the l Uli of September lie was oreirre*el to carry a shot forsonio pre tended breach ot discipline, and did so lor a few hours, w hile suffering front nu attack of eliarrho'H, and then finally refused to. carry it longer. This was reported to General Hill, who* ordered his hands to be lied behind hi* back, and Unit he siiould be thrown oil* the wlmrl into the water, and kept there until he ofierecl to comply to the officer's terms, lie was taken in charge bv Brevet-Major RiUorhuu>,/’ii J f the Fifth " United States artillery, and two privates, aceompuniect by a heartless fellow, once Colonel of tho One Hundred and Tenth New-York voluu tee-rs, and now sutler of Fort Jefferson, who we*ut along, us lie said, to see the line After lying his hands, Major Uiubrlmus pushed him oil'tb*> wliarl'into the sea. He was kept uinler water tea- wlml seemed \cr\ nearly two minutes, and be was thou , i-ni.cd up by the head, nearly siillbeated, i 1 A 'keel, and speechless. The question was put. "Will you carry the shot?” when ihere was no answer, and down he was forced under the water again, once more lie* was pulled up, quite exhausted, and tho same question asked, to which lie could only make a sign to show that he submitted. These are not the ftnly modes of punish ment, but every little device is invented to cause pain, lino man named Kelly had his linger cut off by Sergeant Murphy with his sword, because his hand was not held in the proper place, and the same person knocked another man down by u blow on the head with a musket. Private (josnio, of Company I, a boy of seventeen years old, was made to march in tin* hoi sun with his musket, and sixteen bricks in his knapsack, and when ho guvo out ho was beaten with a club until ho was black and blue. Besides severe punish ment, the olficors are charged by our cor respondent with cheating and starving the soldiers and prisoners. The Post Com . missury, Major Uitiorhuus, is uccused of selling to Lieutenaut Peoples, acting quar termaster, fifteen barrels of Hour economiz ed ix (hr, Oakery, lor ?Hi per barrel, and pocketing tho proceeds. Our correspond ent makes some bitter reflections Upon this state of uHairs at Dry Tortugas, add u>ks if there is no protection to be had for the prisoners unu soldiers. Brimstone oratory ltev. Col. Chiviugton, of Sand Creek Indian massacre notoriety, recently ad dressed some of iris admirers at Council Bluti', lowa. The following is given as one of the gems of iris discourse t “ If we go to heaven, and any Democrat dare intrude Ihero, we will kick him out. It wo go to hell, we will heap tire and brim stone on them. Yes, I would stand on the battlements of heaven and kick Democrats into helk and, if I go to hell, I will pour a caldron of red-hot iron down upon them.” This language would sound strangely from the mouth of a true Christian sol dier- hut coming from Chivington, whose sole military exploit was the cold-blooded massacre of the Sand Creek iDdiau women and children, it is just what might be looked for. Tun Bureau of Statistics, having just completed the census ot the District, reports tho population of Washington at this time to be 102,612: population of Georgetown, 14 633; population of the county, 6,623 total population of the District 132,867, and total number of houses 19,022, over six per« sons to each house,
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