The tri-weekly standard., 1866-11-06
Tbe BaItimore Trouble.

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Weannouneed IN our last that Gov. Swan
had decided to remove the Police Commits
sioners of Baltimore. The Governors decis-
ion is in the nature of a partizan harangue,
! in the course of which he charges, what no
one denies, that the Commissioners had APP
pointed Radicals as judges and clerks of the
elections. It was expected as matter OF
course, that the Commissioners would ap-
point friends of the registry law to see that
the law was properly executed. Hence the
appointment of persons called Radicals as
judges and clerks.
Gov. Swan appointed James Young and
W. j. Valiant Commissioners, in place of the
old Commissioners. They are strong parti-
zans of the Governor. They took the oath
of office, and then formally demanded of the
old Commissioners the surrender of the City
Hall, the papers, &c. This was refused. The
Mayor of the City also refused to recognize
the new Commissioners. The new Commis-
sioners were subsequently arrested, as ap-
pears by the following dispatch:
BALTIMORE, Nov. 3d-The new commits
sioners were arrested this afternoon on a
bench warrant issued by Judge Bond on the
charge of attempting to break the peace, and
upon refusing to give bail in the sum of $685.
600, were committed to Jail. Sheriff Thomp-
son was also committed. The old commits
sioners are still in possession. The counsel
for Messrs. Valiant and Young, the new COM
missioners, will get out writ of ha6eas cor
pus which will bring the question before
the courts. The writ can scarcely be return
ed before Monday.
The city is quiet now. Several riotous de
monstrations occurred this afternoon when
the fact became known that the new COM
missioners had been arrested.
We are glad that the whole question is to
be settled by the courts. There is no neces-
sity for bloodshed. It is understood that
Gen. Grant advised this course. Troops
were being concentrated around Baltimore
The Maryland elections will take place to-
morrow, and it is feared that some serious
rioting may occur.
A Baltimore correspondent of the New
York Tribune says:
"The conspiracy to deliver the redeemed
City of Baltimore into the hands of mustered
out Rebel soldiers and their friends has
reached its crisis. To a stranger arriving
here to-day, the community seems to be in
state ofmoderate effervescence rather than of
high excitement. Yet more careful obser-
vation reveals, on the part of the Confeder-
ates, the same bitter hostility as that which
preceded the tragedy of the 10Th of April,
1861 and on the part of the loyal people,
serious and unwavering purpose not to yield
up the city without struggle, unless at the
demand of United States officers This is
the situation at this hour. Swami is un-
and declares his intention to
have new judges before election at all haz-
ards. His own promotion is at stake, for
the city chooses three State Senators and
eighteen Delegates (Assemblymen,) upon
whom, in addition to the ex-Rebels who
will be chosen from the Eastern and Wes-
tern shores, he builds his hopes of an cleo
ton to the United States Senate. On the
other hand, the present Commissioners re-
gard the measures for their removal as ille-
gal, and will certainly resist by force any
attempt to wrest the city from their hands
up to the point of the intervention of the
national troops. Gen. Grants presence yes
-erday had wholesome effect. He had
extended interviews with both boards of
to satisfy himself of the justice
If the case. He inquired of the old Board
f they could maintain order here. Their
'eply was that they had maintained order
or five years had kept the city in order
Turing the entire Rebellion; had always
,o-operated with the United States officers
n command mere, ana tney intended still
% preserve order in obedience to their oaths
Until legally deprived of power.
They gave the General to understand that
f the national troops were ordered here, it
would result in placing the Union men again
lnder the feet of Rebels. They also called
lis attention to the fact that G. w. Herring,
he spoke esman of the delegation which went
o Washington to invoke the intercrssion of
he President, avowed himselfa Secessionist
Ill through the war. The General said lit
lie, contining himself generally to interroga-
ion, but the interview was evidently salts
actory to the Commissioners, and it is un-
lerstood that he will not interfere unless by
special command of the President"