, 1864-05-22

THE FORGED PROCLAMATION.
Public Excitement and In.
dignation In New !.
York.
Suppression Of the World and Jour
nal Of Commerce--Military
Seizure Of their Officers,


Gus forgery In tho Norsd and .1oxr~al Of
Gm,stree, yesterday morning. great excite
ment was created among our c1tizens until
the fact that II was utterly false, concostsd
~ cnemies Of the Union and OF the adui1I5-
t1atlou, bccame patent. Their Indignation
nnstinted In its expression. Bat meantime
1t had operated in Wall street, had toupd Its
wuy on the steamer to Europe, and ha1 &C.
cured ogntnst the administration IN unusual
amount Of defamation and condemnation.
FtEt.e Citizens qr H. Unlssd st1sss: - A
~ ~ esasons q exfGensies 1t becomes nation
carefully to ec1atintze Its line Of Conduct hnmblv
tnplore MISREPRESENTATION and guidance.
Fog leasons kroTn only to Him, it has bscn de-
creed that this country should be Tho keenea OF
1ncn'al sufferer Of he nineteenth ten.ory. WITH
heavy heart, Int AZ undlminisred confidence In
cur ansc, approath ths performance o. duty
lc1e The Almighty, I'D Of Justice to The people.
It Is not necessary that tell Jou that tho first
virginia campaign under Ltenl. Gen. Grans. IN
whom hare every confidence, antbwhose courage
tnd fidelity the people do we'll to honor is 1irtusy
closed. He has inflicted great loss upun The coomy
&c has crippled thstr strength and dofoated the1r
;. In view, hows1.s, of tho situation in yirrlat..
the dith*ter At Rcd niyrr tho delly at Chariss,on
and The general state of The country, /, A1uAu.W
LaSe9.s, DO hereby recommend that Thursday, the
throughout thete states, u daJ Of fasting.
Illumination and prayer. e'
Deening, furthermore. tha. ths present oondi.
cas.icn nd n vlsT q the pending expiration of
INC service OF Q0o0n1 one hundred thousand Of
qal tr9ops, !. AnHtHAN 1NeoLr, President OF ths
By the Constitution and Laws, haTs thought It m 1t
ocall fGrh, and hereby DO Gu forth the cls1xeas
Of ,se ,unlssd states, between the ages Of Gs
cieh;ecn and rs iortJ-nve yeara to the aggregate
plumber Of tico, ,0o3 four hundred thourand. IN "
der TO tuprrese the ex1rttng rebellion. cofnbIns.
And fb5thesmosr, ID esfe ahY 9sste Or ann.s"raf Y
states shall fail TO furnish 81 June Is naxt their
aseigned gnotaa it ia hereby ordered that tie same
The details for this object vii be communIeated
to he State Authorities through the W1r Depart
Iapptal 10 all loyal citizens to favor, 1.clltate
snd a this effort to maintain the honor. the inte-.
Ftty and The existence Of our national uRion, aud
Il rStlsos9 & Rss?i1 sa:s
sna caused the zeal OF the United 6ta,es to b
Done Il the citr Of WASHINGTON. th,. ..vent..,tb
d.! Of May, il ths yesr oi our iofa one thoassaa
ssa ss s - :ssss 5ss
By the PEcsldent: "e'A'a'
M1l1AH Il. SEWARD,
Secretary Of stsfe.
HE above vas received At the 1s.s.. publ,
cation Office about $3.50 Il m. Tho pightclerk
eent It up to the night editor, who suspected
Sit at once, for several reasons, viz: It came
without the usual Associated Press envelope;
the handw writing waa strange, not being that
Of any one known to be CONNECTED with the
oHlce OF the Association; In addition, The usual
nightly indication that every thing was in had
been received from that Office fifteen minutes
before. These facts were sufficient to cause
the suppression Of the documtnt, but to rem
der the matter positively sure 4 messenger
Was sect to the Aesociated Paess office, who
fhn ato$n a.
"pEoclamatfon" was bogus, aud MAS rot
promulgated through that office, In the
meantime, the night editor Of the Ds{p
Ae,at, euspectipg the affair, had sent to the
1t"es' edttoriu1 rooms to asccrtaiu how the
n,at.er was REGARDED there. aud upon receiv-
1o<gery, and would not be printed in thc
Timer, tho .ftra aleo Concluded to suppress
T. As soon as the copy #as received in tho
1fHks ed1torl.l rootns, Information was
sought IS to the party who delivered II, but
the only thing that could be ascertalned was,
that boy had rushed In, thrown Il on ths
counter aud rushed ont.
EARLY yesterday morning tho World discov.
errd its st1ious error, md bu1Ictiacd reward
Of 9500 for the discovery Of ths forger of the
proclamation. It also Published, In Al extra,
disclaimer and a8 explanation.
The following official tlcniat Of the proe1a-
nation vas received from tho sesrotnry OF
State:
DzpAHz1Hxr or srArn,
,,,-. WAsn11c1oa. MsJ 16, 1s6a.
:, A paper purpo1.inR to b proclamation Of tho
President connterssned by the Secretary of Statc.
and besring date Of the mi day osMs Il re2orted
g. :; a.. al ss ts' - IT,
: n slss!!ns:ion 6, tels kind .. Al, e,aes h,.
heen naoet or Proposed to be made b3 the p.csl-
Gent, Or issued q proposed to be issued By Tho
state uepastmcat or any otret Department ol thts
so'efnnent. "n11ax a...: 7: ssw4sn.
AT tho produce Exchange, 'itnmedlatsly
after the cloee Of the regular business hours.
an Indignation meeting was organtzed. HI.
r. F. Getty called the inestlns 10 order, and
IN feW pertinent remarks introduced a SC
ries o. RESOLUTIONS, expressive Of the Views of
III patriotic produce merchants. Mr.. James
F. Wallace. In seeonding the resolutions,
spoke IN the strongest manner, condemnato.
y Of the Infamous hoax, its authors and all
concerned In giving It publicity. The rcso,
iudions, as unanimously adopted, read aa
follows:
WuxrkAs. There was published In the Journal
q ccvmerce and Norsd Newspaper. Of this morn:
Enc Hhst purrorted TO be proclanaat|cn hY the
psssioept ef ,he uoissa sts,es. ealing fcs foas
Pointing da{ Of fastinR and prayer: and
been forgery Ut the most nefasious and vtlasnous
Re.o'std. H.. in v,e~ OF tho psesen. condition
OF Cur connfry. tho authors oi such fnrrrrS and
!he rnetshsrs Of i [f such knowingly afe unwos-
rerrot, ton and dcnunctalon ofevcry loyal uan Ii
this Community, and merit The sevcress panish-
%tn. 'as;s, which si'hsF sv 9f military is~ jas,
MILITARY occrrAr1oS OIL 7nE WORLD Asp
= JOURNAL. OF COMMERCE OFFICES.
Pursuant, MS VIC understood, to orders re-
ceieed last evening from Washington for the
seizure OF the Offices Of the World and Jour
ia! II Commerce, the arrest OF the publishers
and propzietoIa and the suppression Of the
setve Guard for tue purpose.
!, A lew minutes before o'clock, LIeut.
u. IutEtN, In command of twelve men. ~.
peASed At the lforld Office; possession vas
tsksn Of the publication o1nee, guard
plaeea therein, and the Lientenant vislteil
nade no afrests. but directed cessation Of
fsts. e'eu1'
The office Of the JGarnal Of co,nm<rnf yas
Tessed $: ey & aetachmsnt Of twelve men Of the
cANnr ,SonI Eo n,na nnas5 command Of csptatn
reporter Was informed that Sir, HsiIocr
one Of the propHetoFs, was arrested at ths
oniec, aud that officers were djsnafehed ~
efiect the arrest ot Aesars. Pa1xx and Sroyy
re ne Other members ct tho tlrm. The ofllcc d
10 the composing room, hut the psIntInr of
the weekly was allowed to 20 on, as It de-.
not contain tho forged proclamation
=. 1t is stated By the assaAtant foreman Of TIM
.Ie1'' nal that the copy Of the bogus proclamn.
ton was banded into the office about 81
O'Clock yesterday morning. The COPY va
cut-into elif mitlont being read, aud set m
BY lhc different hands, who Thought thew
were doing great thing in getting ont SO
tmportsnt document. The editors of the
u Atrna', 1t i alleged, were allaway, and knew
pothtDE Ct the Proclamation until they read
It IN the paper. It was also stated that the
editors Lad pfepared an article, which was
get up for publication this morning, dlsayo ~ :
ing I'll cen PLAT, In tho matter, md Offering
ward Of q 100 for the discovery Of the pet.
petrator of. the f0rga1y. :"
CARD FROM. THE JOURNAL OF coxatERux..
To Tho Editor Of tho New York Tines: :.
TIE following leading editorial VAS pre-
pared Tor the Jss.rnal Of c0s,.neres Of Tuesday,
n eonseqnsnce Of its suppression by. tho
United States authorities you will confer 4
.faEor BY inserting It In your columns.
PRIZE, STONE, HALE 4 aALLYcK. ~ :: ::
,At'Fons1ax:.A he.s = laesaicu; !. eseeatsaa
~ - %",7:,H t;e~t..! - r. /, ,,-s.-