Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-29
CITY NEWS.

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| DECISION OF JUDGE GILES IN THE CASE OF RALPH
ABERCRoNBIE FOR WRIT OF HABFAs CoRPrs,-Hi.
Honor Judge Giles yesterday delivered his opnion in
the matter OF the petition for writ of ha5eaa car
pUs, sued IN said court by Ralph Abercrombie who
was arrested in April last charged with being spv
and concerned in the death of Captain Deaton. n
Federal oHicer who tried before rebel military
commission and. under sentence by said commission.
executed. His Honor stated that the views he en-
tertalned on " Wednesday ad undergone no change
e court had right to issue the writ of hobeas cor
| p"s; and the return of General WooIley that tbe
| prisoner was held spy, &C.. was an offence over
winch the United States Courts and so far as he was
informed, the courts Of the States had no iurisdic
tlon there being no statutes giving them iurisdic-
tom that it offence underthc laws of nations
ana amenaole to military jurisdictions; and that the
war or rebellion having ceased did not do AWAY with
the authority of the military tribunals exercising
their authority to try persons charged with such
| offences and he would. therefore remand the rr;s-
oncr back to the custody Of the military authorities
| and passed the following order:
The writ having been issued and in obci;crca tn is
requirements Gen. Wooley, having rroduced the
body Of said petitioner in Court on the day and hour
mentioned IN the SAID writ and having by his ret1Irn
| under the said writ shown the cause for the con-
hnement Of the said petitioner who was arrested on
the 18th OF April, 1865, in the city Of Baltimore, and
Is now held IN custody on the charge of being found
acting as spy within the encampments of the armies
OF the United States having acted as such in the SER
vice of the socalled Confederate States and tbon in
rebellion against the Government and armies of the
united states during the period of said rebellion and
| before the surrender of Gen. Lee
| And whereas said crime is not made cocni2oble
alone before general court martial or military com
mission by virtue of the 3Slh section of the Act of
March g. 1868, ch 70, and by the laws and usages of
nations, and which this court has no jurisdiction
1t Is therefore, this 2Sth of December 1863 ordered
that the said petition be dismissed and petitioner be
| remanded to the custody of Brigadier-Gen WooIcv
TO await his trial said charge before the proper
| military tribunal.
Ihe prisoner, who was in court under charge Of .
guard was again taken to his place of confinement.
he eVlnced some emotion at the conclusion of the
| Judges decision
IHE MALE FREE SCHOOL OF BALTINoRE.-The trus-
tees OF TINS institution of which the venerable Thos
helso Is President submit the public their sytv
Nth annual report They state that during the many
years of its existence it has been generously supDort
! ed by their felloW-cjtizens
1hS institution has never received any pocuriorv
ald IRON public funds, either from the city of BoHi
/ more or from the State of Maryland A npmber Of
persons who have passed from EARTH bequeathed GER
tam sums OF money and ether property for the per
nanent support Of the institution These Jegacics
nave been Judiciously invested yielding certain in
come to aid In meeting the pecuniary demands for
the annual expenditure
The munificent legacy of the late Miss Rachel Col
win, and the less productive legacy of tlo I+o
MISS Elizabeth Buchanan with others of like charac-
Ter yieid sufficient amount of income 10 sustain
lne institution, and, for the present. relieves the
trustees from the necessity of appealing to their
fellow citizens for their usual contributions.
nis' however, necessary to state that when the
times shall be proptious they will he REQUIRED to
erect the Colvin Institute for Gins" which will ex-
hauSt considerable sum OF money from which they
are now deriving income, and mag demand future
appeals for the support of the institution unless the
generous provision of Of their fclIow-citizcn.
may place il beyond need
Inc institution contains male and Il female de-
partment, the latter being denominatcd the "Covir
Institute for Gills." The number of scholars re-
ported as in regular attendance is u males and ~
females, total OF 80 the Irregular attendants not
pelhs included in the report In closing tbcir re-
port the trustees return thanks for the long con-
tlnued kindness and berality of the citizens toyvord
| the institution,
SriTsTICs or THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER FOR
lS65-Anncxed is lisE Of the number and causes OF
the deaths in this city, during the year 1866 as com
piled by DR.. g. L. Morgan, Health Commissioner -
| AbScess. /; aporlexy Il: asthma 6; bronchitis, 81
hurn II; cancer A; casualty, 81 chdbed, AZ cholera
intantum, 2S5; cholera morbus 80; cholic ~ concus
sion of the brain, ]; congestion of the BRAIN IL con
geston of the bowels. ?; congestion of the lungs :
consumption, 93l c0nvulsions. 100; Group, 6; drop
sy, l4 dropsy IN the head, 6 diarrhma, q; dyspep
STA, j. debility %; drowned, 81; dysentery 67; dip
liberia, lG epilepsy2 exposure, 3 erysipelas 3 bill
ious fever 3S: catarrhal fever, H. congestive fever s.
gastric fever, Il intermittent fever, 2i scarlet fever
! So; spotted fever, :; typhus fever .: typhoid
l. up1t .l,n L.
| rhage, 20; hernia, 2; hip disease, s. inflammation
of the bladder, 5; Inflammation Of the bowels 81:
| Inflammation Of brain, li9; inflammation of kidneys
7; Inflammation of lungs, l2S inflammation of liver
| Is; Inflammation Of stomach, 3; inflammation Of
womb 2; intemperance, s; jaundice, 2; lock-iaw, 4
mania, S; measles, II; modification, , neuralgia s.
old l67; organic disease Of the heart So palsy
So plcuriSy, IL poison, , rheumatism, % chrofula
81 small pox Is; st. Eitus dance l. stone in bladder
l. structure l; suicide, s. spinal affection 3 starva
ton, ,; sunsroke. L teething. 112 thrush 2; tumor
l. unknown adult ILL., unknown infantile, 72l; ulcer
l; violence, . vertigo, l. whooping cough, 65; worms
| 4-males 1851; females 2,l3I-total 1896 of which
number s5G were eolored persons; still births 337.-
| Of the number. l083 died under year of age: be
tween and years. 3Si; between and years, 6l5:
between and 10 years, 29: between 10 and Is years
49, between Is and 20 years, $50; between 20 and 80
years. SIS; between 30 and 40 years. 397 between 40
and 50 years 327 between 80 and 60 years, 275; be-
tween 60 and 70 years, l51 between 70 and 50 years
49, between 50 and 80 years, So between 80 and lOJ
| years. q; above 100 years, 6,
| MEETING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUcATroy-
| This board consisting Of Governor Bradford, Lieut..
| Governor Cox, Rev. l.. Van Bokkelen State Suptr-
lntendent, and Hon. Mr.. Frazier held regular quar-
terly meeting at their rooms on Calvert street. op
| posite the Court House. on Wednesday, all the mem
| berS being present except DIR. Cox who is confined
hy 4 o-,la, 4
lzlng the State Superinte ndent to provide suitable
rooms for the State Normal School, which is expected
to commence operations at early day. DR.. Booth
| was appointed President of the Caroline county
| Board of School Commissioners to fill the vacancy
occasloned by the resignation of Rey. DR.. Boynton
| Mr.. Barnes Compton was also appointed a Commi;
sioncr in Charles county, to fill vacancy occasoned
by the death of Mr.. I. B. F. Burgess Mr. Burgess Is
the second commissioner who has died since the
school system went into operation. After the trans
action OF some other business the Board ad ourned
The CoLoRED MEMS CoNvENTloN-This body re
assembled yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock Bishop
A. W. Wayman, president, in the chair. Prayer was
offered up by Rev. S. w. Chase, chaplain, after
which the roll called and thirds of the del
! egates responded to their names. committee OF
three was appointed to procure national flag to be
suspended over the presidents chair Calvin PEP
per, of Norfolk, Va and Hon. W. &. Snethen, Of
Baltimore city, being present. invited to seat,
upon the stage also Joseph Daley merchant ci
| Liberia. They seyerally addressed the body upon
the question of equality before the law and a vote
of thanks was subsequently rendered them. The
| following committee was appointed to proceed to
Washington and present the claims of the loyal col
ored people of the State of Maryland to the Thirty
ninth Congress: Wm Z. Matthews and Lewis II
Douglass The convention then adjourned until this
morning.
RECOVERY OF STOLEN GoODs.-In September last
package of hats of peculiar STYLE valued at up
wards of $780, stolen from the door of the store
of W. D. McCord, No. 30 West Baltimore street A
few days since information was received by CAPTAIN
Casse of the western police station which led to
| search of the premises of Solomon Hermann, pro-
prietor of unkshop the corner of Caroline and
Hampstead streets and one of the hats was found in
his possession He arrested and held for court
in the sum of $1,000. The remainder of the ats were
traced to the possession of nephew of Hermann's
Philip Phebesch, who keeps store in Westminster,
Carroll county On Wednesday last Capt Cassell
and Sergeant Cadwaader proceeded to Westminster,
and procuring search warrant, found several of the
hats IN the possession of Phebesch who arrested
and was about being brought to this city when the
officers served with a writ of hdbcas corpus is
sued by Judge Smith, and the accused admitted
to bail to await an examination Wednesday next
There also found in the possession of Phebesch