North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-05-25
THE SUPPRESSED NEwsp. .PERs
The Orders Revoked--Arrast ofthe author
ofthe Bogus Prociama;ion--He turns
QUITO be Promanent Republicau,

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the orders suppressing the UoIl! and Jour
nal # commerce were ltscinded AMI the
military at once evacuate the offices of those
newspapers. The lrorid announces On its
bule,ia the following: This Office is now
. open to resume business i: paper on Monday
as usual"
S lEce the publication Of the forged proc.
lamation of the president, the NEST indusri-
Gus and searching Investigations, with view
of discovering the authors, have been made,
under the direction of Major General Dix,
by Col. Ludlow, OF his staff. These inves-
legations resulted yesterday afternoon in the
arrest offs. Howard, Jr =, Of the BROOKLYN
| Eagle.
The evidence against him w2s clear AMI
conclusive, and fiAiius it So, Howard made a
confession of his crime, and has been sent to
Fort Lafayette He exoncratcs from all par
tcipaton in and kaowIedse of his crime, the
newspapers ard telegraph companies. Tie
says that his only object IN the hTgery was
stock jobbing The f,rgei proclamation was
shown to certain brokers and bankers sever
al days before it's publication, aud attempts
were made to negotiate succ sSiul stock op.
erations based upon its publication.
1t seems that something like week ago
! Howard consulted Mr. Kent, member Of the
firm of Kent & klapp Brokers, Is to the
probable effect upon the market Of procla-
nation calling for 100000 more mel. Mr..
Kent gave him his opirion, and subsequent
y Howard showed him the draft Of procla-
nation which he claimed to know, through
secret challannels of intelligence at Wash
ingt0n, was about to be issued. After the
| prbcaton in the World and Journa! Of
commerce on Wednesday morning, Mr.. Kent
at once identified the published procla nation
| with the draft which Howard had shown
him, and gave Information of the circumstan-
! ces to Gen. Dix,
| Mr.. Howard was Al one time city ed
| tor of the Daily Times, in this city,
and was also a contributor t. numerous
werklies. He was at all times a radical
| member of the Republican organization and
was on intimate terms with Rev. II w.
! Beecher. His arrest has caused great grief
/ among the members Of his family 1t is
believed that he will be tried for ne crime
of fogeFy.
| Great credit is due 70 the off :.rs Connect
ed with the Department Of the East Head
quarters, fer the discovery os the guilty par
| ty.
! HHE R1&vS PRoCLLaArIas AND Ma. IFowARD
| TIE arrest Of Mr.. Joseph Howard, an
attachc Of the BIooklyn D.ly Eagle, is
exciting considerable remark, and on the
part Of Brooklyn Republican .jvArnal, an
uniustIfabIe attack upan the Eagle. Mr..
! Howard was in no wise responsible for the
editorial opinions of the paper with which he
was connected cE the contrary, his political
| belief is of the radical order. II, Was re;
uar attendant, il not a member OF PiyniDu,h
/ Church, and wc1!e series Of articles f,r
| New York paHcr upon the history Of tnsl IA
mous place of worship, Connected w;;h all
| the Republican movements in Kings cAirty,
he has been 4 leader. in their campaign or
! His frs; connection with newspaper life was
| with The New York Times, with which he
was the war correspondent and city editor.
and ne was generally known al Howard Of
the TINES" t!n. signature he always used in
writing for the wcchIj press.
| The injustice of holding the Eagle respon-
sIbie for Howard misconduct must be appa2-
ont to every right minded man. The only
persons responsible for Its opinions arc the
publisher, Mr. Van Anden, and the editor.
| Mr.. kinsella, Howard was buta reporter in
their employ, and nothing more.
MORE ARREsrS-A REPORTER SENT TO La
FAYETTE.
+ Another arrest was made this morning BY
The detective police, Of reporter charged
with being concerned in the getting up oi the
bogus Presidential Proclamation, which ap.
peared IN the Hortd and Journal Of Comne
rec. The prisoner is Mr. Francis A. MalH-
son, a reporter connected with the BROOKLYN
Eagle, who is charged with having written
the copies ofthe proclamation from the orjgi-
nal document which was furnished by How
ard.
1t appears that Superintendent Kennedy
received Information which lead him to be-,
! lieve tl.at Howard and Madison were the
parties who had manufactured al vritten
the proclamatlo on. Chief Young Of the De-
! tectlve Police was instructed to work up the
case, and Wit Detectives Kelso, Radlord and
McDougal, succeeded in obtaining sufficient
information to warrant the arrest not at the
office Of the Eagle as stated in the morning
papers, but at his own re 5dencc in Willow
street, by Detectives McDougpll and RAD
ford, assisted by Deputy United States Mar
shal Tooker. a warrant was also issued by