, 1866-11-06

them Is lending his aid to insure continued
quiet aud good order. There have been
CROW tls On the street since noon; there has
been much discussion and some cheering, |
two OF three slight collisions hare occurred
hut now, IN hour before midnight, the city
has settled down into more than usual still
ness, and tho last report at police lea1quar
tcts snys the streets sre almost deserted, and
adds that there Is no danger Of IN out
break tonight Onc would say tha' ev n
the most conservative Of gentlemen nj :ht
praise the Police Commissioners, VIII hive |
done so much In three years TO lift II @ city |
into good rcputc for sorder and resp. ct for |
law.
That the men who brought the 70 .ent !
chargcs against the Commissioners knew
their man. was evident to me as soon us I |
heard the speech made by the Governor,
when the trial opened. It was partly the
charge Of posccuting attorney aud partly
the decision Of IN unjust 1adgc-it was In no
sense the calm and impartial statement Of an
honest aud conscientious Executive entrust-
cd with the power Of IN old and proud com
monWcalth. There was more Of hostility
to the Commissioners In his manner than In
his words, and there was that in Ills words
which carried certain conviction Of his
predetermined purpose to the heart ofcvcry
listener. The trial-jt is pitiful that one
must call 1t q trial-tlc farcical invcstiea-
tion occupied five days. During the last two
days, while the defence occupied the stand,
he asked scarcely q qucstiou-sitting, In
stcad, with good deal Of unconcealed i'm.
patience, sometimes with blank indifference,
reading Tue newspapers while the witnesses
gave in their evidence During the second
and third days Of tho examination, while the
minor witnesses Of the prosecution were on
tile stand, he WAS very observant. thou gl hc
only occasionally participated in the 1ues-
tioning. All through the first day,
however, when the lending prosecutor
were in the witness box, he took
much part In the examination; and 1t wns
noted by everybody that his were In var'ab'y
"leading qucstions," 80 artfully wor ded
that tile dullest witness could hardly have
avoided answering to the condemnation Of
tho Commissioners. That the Executive
wns filed and controlled BY this prcJu dice,
no one who observed him on that day could
in the least doubt. y He seems to be rather
down on the Commissioners" said to
grny.cloth Conservative near whom l stood
Tor half m hour. "1ou bet he is," was the
answer; she knows what he ID about, aud
we Know, too" fully believe they dia
Know. -..-.
said In letter written TO the TRIBUNE
from here ten days ago ttat II WIS strongly
limited by Inside" parties that the Gos-
eFnor hau' III preliminary conIefence' H.
aicatea the points IL "ouio oe aosasap'c
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|. tween The hour when tho Inst Witness III
the STAND ana inc honr WHICH, III
Governor presented AlIaaell WILL
:, Lis decision was entirely too sho'
n fur the preparation Of such long aud e!ab
.r late document. Thai 1t WAS settled ;cfo1
- the defence Ind called single witness,
j almost certain for hare not found Il m.
= who attended the trial and saw how Il
!. Governor was occup}rd from Tuesday MOT
- in, to 1:hurssay morning. who believes
" nnts.h]e that this decision could bare hct
I,re,,urct within those forty.cicht hon,
8. With the case decided. beyond n tlou1
II hrG,Ye ,hc examination r,nsra. hefn,e 1,
Of ,lef,ncc 1,o,, called n witness. in nil prob
,e hil,ty. md hclnrc the trtal begun as The
bc Is tlc strongest reason for bolIcyiuc-vj
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tue uclerce peiAu presenting tess1saony,
as have already ea1d, tacrc has heen no III
nro | since then for writing It. But, as has be
- | remarked M npc srrn,s IN 1,nlfeyn that Il