Evansville daily journal., 1865-12-29
important FIabeas Corsus Case.

l. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ga special
dispatch from Baltimore to the EUeafBg
Telegraph says: Judge Giles in the
District Court this morning had mp the
| Important h0beas corpus case of Ralph
Abercrombie, who is held by General
Which charged with being a spy and
desertion to the enemy, also with giving
testimony before rebel court martial
Captain Deaton, of the United States
army, was wrongfully convicted and
executed Judge Giles decided in favor
of the. military authorities, remaading
him back to custody for military trial as
| be belonged to the military service, and
| he could not set aside the hGbeGs corpus.
Abercrombie will soon be tried by court
martial He was lieutsnant of the old
| United States army. The court martial,
of which General FesseDden is President,
and Col. Bingham is Judge Advocate,
adjourned sine die, having disposed of
the important trial of private Thomas
! Murphy. A new court martial will
probably soon be formed to try Aber-
crombie.
Several merchants in this city, largely
interested in the trade between the
United States and Chill, recently ad-
dressed. a letter to Secretary Seward, So
liciting the friendly instructions of the
government of the United States, with a
view of tightening the heavy losses of
citizens of this country likely to arise
from the Spanish-ChIlian war.
The Secretary replied that the offers
Of the government of the United States
had already been rendered to that effect,
and are being continued, with deep in
terest, and not without hope of eventu-
ally procuring a result satisfactory to
their interest and to that of the United
States. sTHV asEG 90 Is
The Commercial says: The stock
market shows rather more activity and
frmness-the result apparently of a
grosibg easy money market. The chief
movement was upon the N. Y. Central,
the purchases of which were quite large,
in anticipation of favorable result Of
legislation at Albany relating to that
road. 80 ge- vrsrsEsa q, .
E This is, however, the old cry, and no
better grounds of confidence than here
tofore.3 sss,t.s. "a. 5, .-..,--.
The Government is not affected by
adviees from London. There is steady
demand for Government stocks from all
parts of the country, ard large dealers
anticipate higher quotations. Railroad
bonds continue dull Bank stocks are
firm and held out of market in anticipas
ton of the January interest. The mis-
celIaneous list is quiet, but generally
firm. The money market continues
easy, the demand from stock brokers is
quite moderate and is largely supplied
at 8 per cent on prime coiaterals, per
cent. being an exceptional rate. An
increased supply Of money accompanied
BY the reduced supply of paper, has
rroduced no quotable change in rates of
discount, though there is more disposi.
tion to take bills at the old rates.
The banks are not receiving assign
ments of endorsed paper from the West
ern banks, and, indeed, the indications.
all around betoken a general quiet in
business. Prime bills are quoted at 10
g per cent, and other grades l0@l5
per cent The advices of growing
stringency in money at London, has
rather strengthened rates for foreign ex-
change There is, hewever, no pressure
for remittences from this side, and con-
sequently no increased demand has re-
suited from the tenor of the news Lead
ing bankers are asking 1904 for go days
sterling, but sell little. Prices are
weaker.