The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-24

;onnd the accused, to whom they stated |
heir business, telling him they had tbeI
most conclusive evidences of his guilt, andpI
;hst they had traSsd the origin OF the mat,
er to him through various sources. Howe
I'd appeared like one thunderstruck, and
q the Detectives detailed point after point
% him in the chain Of testimony they hadl
gathered he appeared .bewildered, and at
,nce confessed his guilt. He was immedi
.tely conveyed to Fort Lafayette.
THE PRIsoER's MOTIVE.
Theprisoner's motive in promulgating the
;orgery, so far as himself was concerned,
appears to have been merely to advance bis
)wn interests. His means were limited to
degree; but he had used such as he had
n the stock gambling operations in Wall
street. Not, being altogether in the ring,
he became q loser, and saw himself on the
verge of ruin, through some unfortunate
.peculations into which he had been induced
to embark. The idea entered his mind that
we'll devised story, that would send
chill over the entire nation, already getting
exuberant over the victories of General
Grant, would be sure to serd up gold and
stocks, and If he could manage to buy ior
the rise he would pocket snug profit 10
do this be was obliged to lend himself to
the designs of other gamblers as desperate
is himself, and even more unscrupulous;
those who had two fold object in view
first, to make money, and, second to DAM
age the Union cause abroad. Hence the
selection of Wednesday morning steamer
day) for the publication. The long famil
,arity the accused had with the operations
of the New York press aud his minute
knowledge Of the usages and workings OF
the Associated Press, and the manner in
which their telegraph matter was prepared
and delivered, enabled him to conduct the
affair most successfully: He knew that so
important a matter as "a proclamation by
the President couingl in at an hour Of
the morning just before the moment of 60
ing to press, when seconds even are more
valuable than grains of gold, could not have
that careful attention which would have been
given it at an earlier hour of the night, and
he selected that moment for the delivery Of
the bogus despatch. .-.
THE PRISONERS ANTECEDENTs.
1t will be curious fact for the public to
learu-though it may astonish them much
that the accused has for a long time past
been an active member of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, and that his father is deacon
thereof, and that he has sat under tho
drippings Of Father Beecher's sanctuary,
and enric ed the columns of the Ladepen
dent with sketches of the prominent mem
bers of the EDITORS gospel shop" The
reading public are pretay conversant with
his egotistic, not to say bombastic, Howard
of the Times" which glared out in faunt>
ing capitals as preface to his articles in
the weekly papers His career as report
er for the public press has not been long
one. His influence from Plymouth church
more than his ability, it is said, procured
him his position as city editor of the Times
"a place which he did not long retain
What be was previous to that is of little
Importance to know. His GROWING act is
sufficient to give the true impress of his
character, as it has been made by supera'
bundance of egotism, superficial education
and brain completely turned by the in
fatuation of Wall street gambling, and ma
nipulated by the most desperate Of Wall
street gamblers What the government
may ultimately do with him is at present
unknown. For the time being he will be
held in Fort Lafayette, solitary prisoner,
on soldiers rations.