The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-06
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Midnight Report.
FROM BALTIMORE.
NEw YnRk. Nny.

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A special dispatch to the Commercial from
Baltimore says the Police Commissioners
difficulty has been arranged by Gen. Grant.
The old Commissioners are to appoint one
Democratic Judge in each precinct, and to
see that ballot boxes are provided for the re-
ception of the rejected votes of the registered
voters. The law courts are to finally decide
on the legality of these rejected votes. The
votes for State officers are to be certified to
the State Legislature, and the votes for mem.
bers Of Congress will be returned to Congress.
The feeling is now abating.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 8.
General Grants visit to this city is under.
stood to have been for this purpose. In his
capacity of private citizen solicitous of pre-
serving the peace, to make to the Police
Commissioner of Baltimore, at the instance
of Governor Swami, the following PROPOSE
tions: First-that each set of Commission :
ers cause seperate polls to be opened in the
several election districts, and to receive such
votes as may be decided legal by the judges
of the election. and to have these votes
classified and sent 70 the State legislature and
10 Congress. The Police Commissioners re-
spectfuIly declined to entertain this PROPOSE
ten, Is it would be contrary to the election
laws of the State, and that by accepting it
th y would be guilty of worse malfeassnce
than any that has been charged against them
that il was Their purpose to conduct the elec-
ton in strict accordance with the provisions
of the law. and Constitution Of the State, and
that it was not in their power to make any
agreement that conflicts with the law. The
proposition made was as follows: That the
old Commissioners appoint one Conservative
Judge OF the three to be appointed, and At
each polls these three receive the votes, and
those who are found to be upon the several
registrars, that two sets of ballots be uhed,
in one Of which are TO be deposited the votes
accepted, and in the other the votes rejected.
The FIRST part Of this proposition was simply
in accordance with the pledge made by Mr..
Alexander, before Governor Swann, while
the charges against the Commissioners were
being investigated. 1t was made then as .
concession BY the party in power to
the Conservatives to preserve peace,
and a part Of the Commissioners having al
ready announced officially. in the morning
papers. that they would appoint one Judge
and one Clerk in each precinct, from the
Conservative party, there was, of course, no
objection. The rem iainder Of it being fully
covered by the provisions OF the registry law
and of course port ion Of the proposition.
The particulars of the seizure Of the arms
are as follows, as near as could be ascertain
ed Upon information received 1t the Police
Commissioners Office that certain parties we're
engaged in preparing to resist their authori
ty by force OF arms, hnd that certain indiAid-
uals were then engaged in preparing to dis
tribute arms fer such b resistance. and these
parties were III an upper story of Bennett's
auction house on Cha flee St. they sent thither
Marshal Carmichael with . strong force Of
police at oncs to take possession Of the estab-
lishment; and on forcing an entrance into the
room, in which they found some fifteen per,
sons actually engaged in loading large lot
of Belgian riaes, vhidh had been altered into
Minnie rifles, were rukhed at with bayonet
ed muskst and attempted to shoot the Mar
shall. The Marshal threw up the weapon and
knocked the man dow 4. and quickly, with
the aid of bis men, arrested all the parties,
and conveyed them to the station house. The
arms and munitions. consisting Of puskets
keg powder. rifle balls and pistol balls. we're
also removed to the police station. Cnfor>
tunately, in pulling the musksts into q wagon
to carry one of them was discharged and shot
. citizen in the face, seriously, though it is
hoped not fatally.