, 1864-02-07

Correspondence Of the New York Times.l
READING, Pa, Feb. ], 1864.
4 military commission has been convened
here for the trIul Of the Mauch Chunk rioters
OF October last. The commission was con.
vened by the following order:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT o. TIE su,qrE-l
1AHKA, CHA4REEsDUIo. Pa, Jan. 1c, 1851
{Extract.}'
SPECIAL ORDERS No. a. military commission
composed OF the following named oaicera ie here
on TT 1slh day Of January. 1851 Of Is soon there
a.ier as may be practicable, for tzial Of such per-
so1s as may be brought before It,
DETAIL.
l. Col. Il. Q. Ryeraon, Tenth regiment New Ter
:. Capt. Thomas H, Bates. battery A, Flrat Sew
:. CAPT: i: /. peekvtth, Fourteenth company
!. CAPT. ii. Larned johnson, Assistant Adjutaut
Generaf OF volunteers, Judge Advocate.
No other officers than those named can be 49,
semllcd without injury to The service. 80
Dy command OF Major Gen, CoucH.
JSo. s. SCHULTZ, A. A.G.
The commission met on the 2Gth ult., and
proceeded to the trial Of Philip Bergenan,
on the following charges:
CHARoE /. Entering into, confedernting and ss-
Stating IN forming combinations to resist the exc
enion Of certain provisions Of an Act Of Congress.
asi tor enrolling and calling out-1hc national
''s Ga4noE = The commission Of act. Of dtslosalty
Eey ss s3p.s S ss 54 Is
agaipstfaId Government, and uttcEtns di*o5 scn
tinenta and opinions, with Lie object and purpose
eminent ID its Efforts to sappreas he unlawful re-
5eliIon now existing in the United States, ...
CuAuaE 3. For hafboring, concea!ns aod secret
ed men TO absent themselves and eradc their du-
II The he se seeona charge 1t will be noted Is near
II the same as that upon whicn Tallandlgnam
was tried and convicted. There are eighteen
specifications to the above charges, one OF
which will be sufficient to give you an idea o. o.
/ the character of the accused and the nature OF
the trials. 1t is as follows, yiz:, -
SPEc1f1cA11oH-Thatt the said Philip bessn%i snitaet
aforesaid. and with the object and patp9sae
said, as mentioned in the first sbore spcciaeauen
did, in words declare aad fa5
they had been appointed committee On Ae neua.s
Of certatu persons whose names are tde -
that they cameto give nosice and did g'ss ueaGs
s. sni,h e., WIFE William caftee sen aad e oths;
| ncrtics. prourictors engaged In the business Of
mining and getting out coal ftom ths mlpes Ms,9 9l
ow, and at other places IN The counties q Carbon,
LuzeEne and Schnylk1l, In the State Of
na that these proprietors and persons So e1G isss
in mining and getting out coal. from eAo - T1
must stop all their works and workings IN SAG ~
mines, and il the ea1d oprietors dld no; s1op ae
4 said an6 sto1 III Or Tele them
1 zx,A
they were determined to put stop 70 tne RaI Anu
prevent the Government Of the United atates .som
receiving any moe coal for the purpoac Of eafs9
! Ing on the VET.
| Simon Weinrcich WAS called By the Judge
Advocate, who swore that he was induced 70
join secret sworn e1ganizatio9 knowR af
the house Of Conrad Horn, Zone Of the pris'
M aazlstoR They Ut L IS snotn ana the
| I1nf6n as It was - to aid each other In oppo'
sition to the daft, and in every possible Wy
to weaken the efforts Of the. Administrator
TIC witness exposed The secret work Of the
organization, as follows: The mode mode o. o.
entering circle is BY glying three @ taps ;, at
the door, when the guard will present hin'
self md reeeivc, IN whisper the Pas1S"9a5a;, aaI;,
him into the room. He will then make sisn
whilst walking Into, or ss;.s across n-saa ne
room to his sent, by simply press
irg the foreanger and thumb Of the
rght h3na tegethe%5 % kssplnns tns dee1nnen the ANN y
i ,6rccecd H. forcing a member into the atml
against bis viii, Il is bis duty to embrace tn