The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-06-01
WM. II. J4C0BY, EDITOR.
'BL6MSBURG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE list, 1864:
FOR PREsIDENTsIE 1864,
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.
Howard, lhs Proclamation Rerge,.

Tbs sxindlez and forger, Who brought
embarrassment and fear spon the Govern
meni. fraud and imposinre upon tive lsad-
ing New York dalies, has been identified
and clearly shorn up to be Joseph Hos0arG,
-Jr. This inpostor halls from Brooklyn,
where he grew up,-whose social a,mos-
phere he has 5realhed from infancy, and
where ne may be safely presumed to have
caught the inspiration of hisriper genius
He was until lately member Of The widely
known Plymouth Church, OF Brooklyn, over
which the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher min
isisrs as pastor, ana whose theology and
politics are handedsoys the sacred desk in
such admirable harmony. This distinguish
ed hero was among the special pets and
fayorisss of sfr. ,Beschsr, the fanatic and
-aboIiiionist; and By logical necessity, grow
ing eat OF his suspicious ecclssias,ca al train
ing, he was = prominent Republican,. He
was conspicuous in organizing the first FIRE.
mont Club of ihal city, aud was made It's
first President. Bat few months ego he
was elected member of the Kings county
Republican Committee, and al this hour he
is regarded as . member of this party in
good standing. In all party movements he
has ever avowed himself an unconditional
REPusucls, and even during his late COO
neclion with the Brooklyn Eagle, he never
prsiended to be ether than Republican.
or ia other words an AboIilienist.
Tbeirst thai We hear Of Howard IN con-
sneciion With the press, was ia 1852, when
he claimed briei relationship with the
New Yosk Ledger sRd on the arrival Of the
PsiEcesof Wales into this country, he loom
ed ap.as travelling correspondent OF the
Neso Yosk Times, and attended the Prince
on his jouFneyings through Canada, and
after crossing the lines into the United
States, following him from poinlto point
shfenghout the Great Republic, writing mp
the son Of Queen Victoria in piquant, gos-
sipy, sensational letters to the New York
iDuiiy Times Next We find him officiating
as correspondent and reporter fer Greeley's
Tribune, capacity be filed for shsr' time.
When air. Lincoln started from Spring
field, Illinois, 4" Howard Of the Times" was
dispatched West 20 attend the Presidential
uayfarsr, TO noIe She incidents of The pas
ssses retail the gossip, and flavor The cor
sespendence with al the Indispensable sea
sonine. II was his fertile brain that con
coc,ed The romance about the Scotch cap
and Military cloak on the Presidents flight
ihrough Baltimore to Washington. On this
iourpev Howard is said 10 have made him.
sslf specially intimate with the President in
prospect of an office for which bis irrepres-
sible concsit specially qualified him. And
on the strength of bis intimacy he is said
20 have been kindly reserved since at the
White House aud has mads his personal
acquaintance with the President a matter
Of familiar boas,ing. He was arrested by
Gen. Dix's forces, after considerable diligent
search and inquiry was made for the guilty
person, some three or four days after the
iraadulsn document made It's appearances
before the public. He has since made a
.alf confession of the affair, claiming 10
have originated ii for stock iobbing purPo-
.ses, thinking 10 launch an astonishing "sen-
sations. on the pnblic, and at the sans time
repIenish his empty pockets. For, Lafay-
elite has bsen made the recipient Of this
distinguished swindlsr and impos,or, who
was an honored and acknowledged high
priest in Faiher A5raham's synagogus -
Smoke that IN ,our pipe, Mr.. Pee John Of
tbs Republican, and when you again print
an article on the "bogus prcclamalisn, y
give the facts, and mol, in weak though
iaborsd manner. endsaysr to fastsn the guilt
upon lhs Democratic party, when al The
same time, The editor knew il he knew any
thing. that Joseph Howard, IT,, one Of his
evn pats, Was, alone, the guilty. person who
devised and perpeiraied The fraud upon the
Administrations This be may call fair and
Impartial journalism, but We should consid
ss il more like The doings ss cnlprii oI
manizc than iha; Of rational being