Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-11-09
From The Baltimore Sun. I
Latest News.

The result OF the election in the different
States held on Tuesday last, as far as heard
from arc as follows:
MARYLAND.
The Senate is composed Of "a members,
(one-half elected every two years. and IS
constitute constitutional majority.
Eleven Conservatives and one Radical
elected on Tuesday
Eight Radicals and four Conservatives held
over, making the Senate stand Is conserva-
tives to radicals.
The House Of Delegates is composed of 30
members, Al being Conservative majority.
The returns show the election of SO Conser-
vativcs and 81 Radicals. majority 38.
Conservative majority on joint ballot, A
In this account the Counties of Allegha-
ny, Washington and Frederick not having
been heard from are conceded to the Radi-
calls.
The following Congressman are probably
elected: M
lst.-Hiram Mccullough, conservative
2d.-Stevenson Archer, conservative,
3d-Charlcs E. Phelps, conservative.
4th. Francis Thomas, radical, probably.
5th. --Frederick Stone, conservative.
NEW YORK.
Complete retuns from N. Y. City, except
one district, give Hoffman, democrat, for
Governor 46, 425 majority.
The 9Th, 9th, 18th and 9th Congressional
districts of the city (only districts reported)
return democratic Congressman by large
majorities, Mcssers. Morrisscy, Stewart,
Chandler and Wood are elected.
Reports from the interior of the State not
received.
NEW JERSEY.
Returns come in slowly, but the indica-
tons are that the State has been carried by
the Republicans.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The Republicans elect 10 Congressman
the full delegation. Gen. Butler is elected
by 5000 majority, and Gen. Banks by near
" 6ooo
Two colored men have been elected to the
Legislature, one in Charlestown and one in
Boston.
WISCONSIN.
The returns show that.5 Radicals and /
Democrat are elected to Congress.
DELAWARE.
The Republicans have sustained heavy
losses. Salisbury, democrat, elected Cover
nor, and Nicholson, democrat, to Congress.
The trial of the Police Commissioners of
Baltimore, before Gov. Swami, resulted, as
every one who read the evidence for and
against them supposed, in 2eposing them and
the appointment Of new Police Commission
ers by the Governor.
The new Commissioners took the oath Of
Office and, armed with their commissions from
the Governor, made a fruitless attempt to
confer with the old Commissioners, and final
ly made demand for the Station Houses,
Books, &C., in writing, which was met by
refusal to deliver them The new Commits
sioners then procured an Office and commenced
business BY issuing an order to the police
force Of the city not to obey the orders Of the
old Police Commissioners, and the Sheriff of
the city commenced swearing in a police force
for the new Commissioners, whereupon the
new Commissioners and Sheriff we're arrest
ed as disturbcrs Of the peace, on bench war
rant issued by Judge Bond, and, upon re-
fusal to give bail, were committed to jail.
A writ Of habeas corpus, upon application
BY counsel, was granted by Judge Bartol,
and served upon the Warden of the City Jail
to produce the prisoners and show why they
were detained in custody. The time allowed
for producing the prisoners, under the writ
Of habeas corpus, being three days the War
len had not produced the prisoners in Court
At last advices and it was supposed he would
exhaust the limit before he did so, which
would reach beyond Tuesday, the day Of
election, and thus secure another election
under the Radical Commissioners, which is
Ill they could desire. The Radicals have
this affair with considerable skill,
completely outwitting the new Commission
srs, their friends and the law, and forcibly
llustra ting the statement of an eminent Eng
ish Jurist, that /" show him any law, and !
lie would drive coach and four through
t."
!. From a dispatch from Fortress Monroe,
published in another column, it will be seen
hat in addition to the privilege of the
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