The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1859-10-14
Local Affairs.

on Friday morning. He was tried on four
counts of indictment, charging him embez-
zling, stealing, secreting from, and delaying
in the United States Mail certain land war.
rants sent by P. F. Kelley & Co., Philadel-
phia to H. W. Lamberton Esq, Of Fari.
bault, the prisoner being at the time the
postmaster of the town of Preston, Fillmore
county, Minnesota.
Eugene M. Wilson, Esq, United States
District Attorney, for the prosecution, and
Ex-Gov. German, and w. f. Peckham,
ESQ., for the defence.
The names of the jury empannelled are ::
Andrew J. Whitney, VIM. S. Combs, jon
athan f. NICK usick, Robert Kennedy, j Ohm
G. DevereHx, VIM. H. Randall, George
Nichols, A. B. Currey, Robert A. Irwin,
Andrew Levering, Ephriam Pierce, R. F.
| Crowe.
The District Attorney opened the case
by brief address to the jury, in recapitu
lation of the counts of the Indictment, and
the proof the government proposed to sus.
tain the charges in the indictment.
J. F. ZoELLIN, Sacorn--Reside in Mechan-
icsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
On the 18th of January, 1859, resided in
Philadelphia, and was bookkeeper in the
Banking House of p. F. Kelley & Co., a
part of whose business was dealing in land
warrants.
The warrants alleged to be stolen were
shown to witness, and he recognized them
as those mailed to MIR. Lamberton
The first numbered 15.l0l, issued to
- Houston, widow of James Houston,
dated Feb. 2, 1856. Second numbered o.
343--issued to Joseph Fifth, dated July 5,
1856, under Act of March IL, 1855. My
duty was to write letters and send them off,
and give them to runner who put them in
to the Post Office. Saw these warrants
first, 9Th day of January last--tbey were
handed to me to be sent off to FL. w. Lam
terton,- Produced letter book of P. F. Kel-
ly & Co., and recognized copy of letters
sent to H. w. Lamberton & Co., of Far-
bault, also another to same gentleman at st.
Peter. simply wrote the letter and hand
ed over the letter and warrants to another
man named VIM. Doherty to mail, ,-recog-
nized the handwriting of U. De Haven in
the assignment to III. w. Lamberton-De
Haven was Clerk in the house of P. F. Kel.
leo e. Co., at the time-saw De Haven fill
up the assignment.
Cross. .erdn,ined-There were other land
warrents sent from that house to Lamberton;
De Haven was in a habit of writing the
assignments on warrants; the only thing he
wrote was "H. w. Lamberton," on the
assignment; don't recollect of seeing these
warrants put into the letter; have no further
knowledge than what the letter book says;
always saw De Haven ill up names in land
warrants, for two or three years.
WIN. DOHERTY, saUorn---Reside in Phila.
delphia; was employed as runner for p. F.
Kelly & Co., bankers and daers in Ian ID
warrants; my duty was to make collections,
copy letters and put up packages. Witness
recognized the letter book of P. F. Kelly &
Go. and testified that he copied the letters
which be found therein, containing four land
warrants, dated Sth January, and directed
ia H. w. Lamberton, and took to the Phil
adelphia Postofice and registered. Recog-
nized the handwriting of Hugh De Haven
upon them, was we'll acquainted with it;
mailed the letter on the 9th January, in the
evening. Recognized the certificate for the
registered letter from the Postoffice.
Cross Examined Recognize the warrants
in no other way than by the hand writing
Of DE Haven in the name of III. w. Lam
berton." Witness always seals letters that
contain valuable enclOsures--did not direct
the letter, and did not see it directed,
| Without referring to the book could not
recollect the date of the letter. Have no
knowledge of one letter more than another,
except what the book shows.
II. w. LAMBERTON SWOrn.--Reside in
st. Peter, am an attorney and dealer in
land warrants, and was there in January
last. Purchased warrants of Philip f.
Kelly & Co, successors of Ross & Co.
Had sent to Philip Kelly & Co., in the lat
ter part of De ,ember, for IL land warrants,
in packages of iour each, to be sent on diff
ferent days, and to fill his name into the as
signment, and to forward them to Faribault.
| Directed them to Faribaut, so that they
might not strike the overland route from
Dubuque, but might come by way of Has
tings, because he had previously lost war.
rants Oh that route. Received eight of
these warrants, ordered, with letter notify
ing him thai the other prckage had been
sent. Never received the warrants alleged
to have been stolen. First saw them on
Preston's preliminary examination in the
summer. Custom generally is to receive
land warrants in blank-land warrants
worth about $3.50 each.
The prosecution here offered the letter
book of Kelly & Co., as evidence that the
letter was sent, but it was decided not to
receive it at that time.
THIRD DAY.
M. G. PELErEIR. of Faribault, sworn.-
Have been Assistant Postmaster there for
aboat two years Keep record of regis
tered letters which come to that office.
WITNESS here explained the system of
registering letters, and also exhibited the
registery list of that Office, which showed
that no letter from Philadelphia or Du
buuue had been received during the month
of January directed to H. W. Lamberton.]
Witness always forwarded letters for Mr..
Lamberton to st. Peter, by his direction
have forwarded to him every letter received
at that Office since the first of January last.
Cross.eramin A. Skinner is
postmaste. at Faribault. He has been
| postmaster for about two years. am
clerk in the Office The Office is kept on