, 1863-02-03
TIE EXAMINATION OF JAMES
EEHN0M FOR OPENING LETTERS.


Post Office Clerk arrested on Saturday. for
opening letters, the particulars Of which were
given In the last issue Of the Tg1susg-was
continued yesterday morning, before =. 8,
Commissioner Hoync: U, 8. District Attor-
ncy Larned appearing for the Government
and Robert Hcryey, Esq, for the defendant.
Albeit Probstahn, the first witness called
for the Government, testified that he had
been clerk In the Distributing Department
Of the Post Office for several months. james
Gernon. the accuscd. was foreman of the
Nester, Ronm. md te .fProhstabn> WAS snh.
5ect to h;s command. and 20 far rs he re,ne,n.
ho,oa h.d ,1.,,.a o},cv,a h,s o,lcra Tha
,r,t,ase orn,a3nod hv d,anrom .4,c roa,+1or ~
Tho serc-oi desl. ~ aistrihnt,nc casos In+b,t
dcnor+mcnt in order ia show tn tbs Cont
a.. g., 4,,a ,.o - -rh,ot, ~ a,...;.,,toz T..
cor,d re-v 1,,,n1r w,tch tbs .ct,ons ~ cer.
nv uho acc,n;.a c,eo ne~t ~ ,,,r, thc
two hr,no sen,rated hv .n o,,en r;rc screen
M noa snsato;onoa cornor e. s,x months
nas+ md 1,,d ,dnrtnr, tb,t Ina watched him
r. eouc crtout-u1,,d eccn him oncn scvcra1
1etfe-s .,nono rb;cA WIRE some that Ind
hoo,, ran;s,a{a5 vcck oco last Monday In
s,v tbc occnsca take a Wyoming letter on t,;s
t,n1cs Aftcr waiting thc seal with h,s
to,i;rnc he oncncd tbc c,vcionc and
toot~ on, tho contc,ts and +h.,, nrt
Them ,h,cs in ,hc enve1ono.so,1oa n viii,
h,,c;tapc n1,cc,, i, in thc Io-,a ease :nathcn
went down stairs Witness then +oot thc
letter from, Tho c,sc and showed II to :rndsnn
who ,,e13 it IN to the lipht and conc,udc1 II
oF in the mail On Wednesday night last, q
letter dircctcd nMr, Robert Car gcaddin,
fh;r,po ~ WAS served In the same manner
Probsta atn,s statement in regard to this letter,
and that addressed 10 "Leonard Beck, Des
Notncs iowa, ,''%as substantially the same as
that made by Dewitt Judson, the Clerk, who
testified On saturday-the two being together
at the time the letters were examined. About
tbesame time, Probstahn saw another letter
on ost!!e1 ..su'e, w. ,., Nv s"' .4ope 'oi"
ot'sp' 1As 1'..s' o.,non Aa9.h3 s"o' so W.
9et f'1e ~ o'41et 1.@e's VI tl'a '@'ss' 81 'ua'
cpoh 'ne e3oss.e1:sln'naslon' tnc "Hness
s'a'eo As ehteftaiheo NO IA Aeeiinss ofseh-
maty agalt,s' LIE aceuseo-lnsa unoe1 us oash
ne shoulo nave conslue5eo !" us ou'y 60 nave
espofeu uah own 1a'hef or o1o'her' = gung
ol sitnilaf ae.: 1nougn he nao suspleloheo
it'n 'of some .'ne' ne hao "al'eo anu "'"cnea
80 Is 10 ~ qua'e snfc' pe1oFe ne easeFeo any
complaint.
1uoge eioan' epeclai Assen'' capaineu VIVA
ne naa seen '''al e@e'eo hlS suspicious. ~
considered II unosuai 'of 'he Foreman ~ u
"aat Is !" o1ncl on'ces eonsiasieo ii'enl'
service. so mncn 80 taa' IN Eastern ONCE
unucullt tlils ensuco' u.eause 'nc y! u
ot Inc n1an mas oceh auotteo ~ eetta1n caeFA
TOO often. Jet Mr. 6eznon went to the base
ncnt SIX or seven times during that night
and brought up baskets full Of mail for dis
trlbution.
at this point, owning to the absence Of LII
portant witnesses, the case was continued t
Thursday morning next, at 10 o'clock.
rh .,+ C..,,n no,u,
Cen Ammcn hos ,esncd ,n oracr ,orr,dd,,,
Feae,,1 soldiers fran. dca1;nn in confcdcr,t3
scrin. hovorer o,a of Tho ce.t nr,aoner,
r,s do,no , h,,s1, h,,s;ncss vcster3,v hnv;,o
| u from the others At from sevcn to ten cent:
IN tho ao1,or
The nriknners hr1upht with them rnuntr
M,nta h,,nr deeds n,o,t,orcs A. wh;c;,
49,, 49, xo- ,a.to.,r,no- n.t;.;n, 49,, 49,
ha,3,. .n5 ,r.rr;na A. n,nv ,o,nts :, +hs
son.h thaEs,1 ~ othsr 1 4rr,t,nr - nanor con,a M
~ a,,,a,1aa ~ 49, x-;oo f'>'e' ~'>''
! Thn~ ac,, ,,now1edce +hov erd h.-o hottor =,
+;on. - t,,o,. ,.so ~ g.. =, ,ont1,. .afau.
of hettcr vnrictv and ,,rper ou,nt,t;,z T6e,
I'D .n+;o,ro4ad .ho,+ ~ ,na ,n,n1 ~ +ha,.
h-onn,,t .bo,r s;ao h,oon aad 1,,,S .,o1-o.
-,1t,, ,,,a,a trhoea +ho.- 1..~o th.on.s a,ssa,
s,ncc the government r,+,ons 4.o-, d..,+ ~,
t ia them. One fellow ,nmred m; ana ~
,,o;n,oa s4po,. 1on1, ~ thot.-ootE,a, aot.s.
-o,,r+ r+h;nl offt cofrac :, vorr r-,4;on,-,r1 :
T horcn,. TASTED cofrec for nearly , xcar h.
forc!n
A preat number Of the prisoners are sick
upwards of a thousand rcceiytug prescription
a,,1r The nrcro;7inp d;sc,sca ore co}ds f
ycrs, ncumonia, DC, and few cases
,, small pox. Twenty-onc have died since Fl
day night.
Heretofore the pcst-louse has been With
the enclosure, but for sanitary reasons, it III
:. been thought best to hare 1t outside; hence