Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-11-08

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warden Of the Jail, to produce before him
the bodies of Young and Valiant, and Mr..
Thomson, the sheriff, at o'clock on Mon
day. Upon the pretext that he had no
means of conveying the prisoners to the
court room, the warden failed to produce
them at the hour specified The counsel Of
the parties argued the case before the
Judge; and it appearing that the law al
lows three days for the return of the writs,
when there is good reason why it cannot
be done earlier, it was finally determined
that the prisoners should be produced on
Thursday. And thus ended the farce
GEN. GRANT TRIES TO MAKE A COMPROMISE.
Gen. Grant held interviews with Gov.
Swami, and the old commissioners, sepa-
.parately, and made the following PROPOSE
tons:
cit being the intention of the old and new com
missioners of police to hold separate and distinct
elections In the city OF Baltimore the 9th of No
yember next, and collision being imminent from
the excited state of the public feeling it is pro-
posed
"l-That the police commissioners here lately
appointed, holding their authority from the Gov
| ernor OF the State, and those who side with them
shall be protected at their places OF voting designa
ted by them respectively, and elsewhere, from all
interference Or violence, should the same be at
tempted.
"2-That the old commissioners lately removed
b. the Governor, and those who side with them,
shall be protected in like manner at their places
OF voting and elsewhere, it being the intention to
give impartial protection to all, and prevent riot
and bloodshed, leaving all questions of right and
law, IN which the government can take part to
be determined hereafter by the proper State au-
thorltics When the returns come to be reported on
either side by the judges Of election.
''3-That the military authorities shall keep
themselves aloof from al local issues, their duty
being solely the preservation Of order on the day
OF election, a. the prevention OF riot and blood
shed.''
AT Gen. Grants suggestion, the con-
sentative committee and the police board
met, when it was proposed that the judges
Of election should be responsible citizens.
divided politically two radicals and one
conservative in each precinct ample pro-
lection to be furnished all persons at or
near the polls. It was finally agreed that
every judge appointed shall be a proper
ty holder and tax payer-one judge and
one clerk in each precinct to be of the con-
servative party" that a list of these should
be submitted to a committee Of the con-
sentative party, aid any name thereon
deemed Objectionable to be stricken of. :"
The parties then retired, to meet again
at o'clock; and when the conservative
committee went to the place fixed upon,
they were told that the commissioners were
too busy to receive them After a fruit
less effort to obtain conference, Mayor
Chapman finally returned the list sent
down by them, with the remark, that one
Of the parties named was 'rebel;;" to
which answer was made that the party
had been in the union army two years,
and was fayorite scout with Milroy The
committee were soon made aware that the
old commissioners had already appointed
the clerks and judges of election, regard
less of their previous arrangement with tie
committee. And thus ended this part Of
the farce.
THE FINAL RESULT.
Surprising that he had been instrument
tai in affecting a compromise satisfactory
to all parties, Gen. Grant returned to
Washington. But he had not sufficiently
understood the character of the radical
Mayor and his commissioners. Gen. Can
by expressed surprise and modification at
the rejection of Gen. Grants propositions