Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-05-27
Military Occupation of the ssWOrId. and sJOur-
nal OfComneree" Offices.

Military Occupation, of the ssWOrId. and s'Jour-
nal OfC0mmeree" Offices.
Pursuant, as was understood. to orders received
last evening from Washington, for the seizure of
the offices of the Worid and Journal Of Commerce.
the arrest OF the publishers and proprietors, and
the suppression Of the papers, General Dix de-
tailed force of the Reserve Guard for the pur-
pose.
At few minutes before nine o'clock, Lieute-
nant c. Tuthil in command of twelve men, ap-
peared at the World Office; possession was taken
OF the publication office, guard placed therin,
and the Lieutenant visited the editorial and com
posing rooms He made no arrests but directed
cessation of business, and took possession of the
premises
The office Of the Journal Of Commerce was
seized by detachment Of twelve men of the Re
serve Corps, under command Of Captain Candy,
about nine 0 clock last evening. Our reporter was
informed that Mr.. HallGck. one of the proprietors
was arrested at the office, and that officers were
despatched to effect the arrest of Messrs Prime
and Stone, the other members of the firm The
Office OF the Journal was closed, and work was
stopped in the composing-room, but the printing
of the weekly allowed to go on, as it does not
contain the forged pYoclamation
1t IS stated by the assistant foreman of the
Journal that the copy of the bogus proclamation
was handed into the Office about 81 o clock yester-
morning. when only four men were In the COM
being read, and set up by the different hands, who
thought they were doing great thing in getting
out so important document The editors of the
Journal, it is alleged, were all away, and knew
nothing of the proclamation until they read it in
the paper. 1t also stated that the editors had
prepared an article, which was set up for publica-
ton this morning, dsavowlng all completely in the
NATTER apd offering reward of $1,000 for the dis
coyery of the perpetrator Of the forgery.
THE REWARDS OFFERED.
The World offers $500 for the discovery of the
party or parties perpetrating the forgery
The Journal Of Commerce offers a reward of
$1,000 for the same.
The Associated Press publishes the following:
At an early hour on Wednesday morning a
fraudulent Proclamation, signed by the President,
was delivered in manuscript to each of the morn
ing papers in this city. BY direction of the Exc
cutive Committee of the Associated Press and
With the approval Of the publishers of the journal
| Of Commerce, Tribune, Express, World, Times,
| SIN, and Herald, the Association will pay re-
ward of $1,000 for such evidence as may lead to the
conviction of the author of the aboye-naned
| fraudulent document.
D. Fl, CRAIG,
General Agent n, Y Associated Press.
| No. l45 Broadway, May Is, 1864
Here are three thousand FIVE hundred dollars
| i$3500) offered. The messenger who delivered
the copies at the different offices was doubtless
unaware that he was the tool of traitors. Let
him come out at once and give the names of his
employers. He will gain honor and money!
Other rewards viii doubtless be offered and ali the
skill and ingenuity that detective patriotism pos
sesses viii be used to discover the villanous per
| petrator of this scandalous fraud
The above was received at the Times publication
Office about $50 A. NJ The night clerk sent it
up to the night editor, who suspected It at once,
for several reasons, viz lit came without the usu-
al Associated Press envelope; the hand writing
was strange. not being that of any one known to
be connected with the office of the Association; ip
addition, the usual nightly indication that every
| thing was In, had been received from that Office
! fifteen minutes before
/ These facts were sufficient to cause the suppress
sion of the document but to render the matter
positively sure, messenger was sent to the As
sociated Press Office, who.soon returned with the
statement that the proclamation was boqns.
and was not promulgated through that Office. In
the meantime, the night editor ofthe Datlaf Neios,
suspecting the affair had sent to the Times Edito-
rial Rooms to ascertain how the matter was regar
ded there, and upon receiving the assurance that