The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-06
Forged Pay Rolls and Missing
Records.
WHAT HAS BECOME or the TAXES.
Final Results Of the Stecdman-Fuller-
ton Investigation.
Six Million Dollars Saved and
the Bureau Scotched.
&c. &C. &c.
our NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE.

Ssw o~isASs, July II, 1889
stated in my last letter from this city tvsd> Hys AID
Of August 81 that Gsnefals steednsn and Fullerton
would not leave ,l they had thoroughly investigated
the serious charges preferred aGans tho administration
of the Bureau LOUISIANA under Assistant CON-
missioner Chaplain Conway. 1heresn I r~ckoned With
OFT my host Searching for a lost needle in haystaos
looking for butter in dogs throaf--ai III. SMILES
prcssiye Of the pursuit Of knowledge under difficulties
piled upon another would convey but feeble idea
Of the imposbiy oc Obtaining evidence past pro
ceedinss IN New oresr.
The policy Of Leaving no records which General Slr.
ton successfully naugurared 10 South Carolina and
30 innoceDty defends ON the grounds Of high expo.
dIenoy and right, has been followed hero 10 an
extent which really predigous. Imagine the
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars collected in direct
taxation from the citizens Of New ore ms tax
duplicate not an entry len behind 20 show from whom
the raoney collected and IN what proper; on II
there any such records lept. am told there
wcgc at ieat Huief Banks rule, they have bean
vcricnly destroyed carried iaNay aud tile only way
III which approximate estimate Of the smonn, stolen
could he Obtained would b. by r.qdes,pe every
AZ, ibe city 20 bring hi. receipts, siding ~ the
total amount rcsiptci Tor and contrasting With the
total amount ounte1 for Hopeless ths tssk would
2
pose all the malpaciireS and pecula'oas prsrsca her.
h. "a. sgents Of the frrcmsns Bureau
fvRcnp roIaS.
GcEnrxi Stecdmsn yosisEisy took evidence 81 .
Nngnis GaraDi highly intelligent and nrror pii,ied
ady, daughter ~ CHIEF justice 1srtnd Of Texas who.
vlth his family suffered 80 severely Tor hs Loyalty acy
Ink the war. Miss Garland Wa formerly employees IA
the school department Of the bgresp ID LouissLs an
il nov the service Of the Bureau In Taxas She gave
evidence stronger than i.at 81 Nj whiidnn al
rcsdy reporcdl rs 10 the enormous juni ~ money
reselyef, aud a. 20 the way 10 which the sreo ms ~
taaau
Gated hy Captain pensc the Superintendent appointed ~
Yr Conway. 70 to render II Impossible 10 detect any
misppropriaton ~ the funfA She farther stated shsi
s'tor the pay roll Ind been approved md ceriine,
had been added and lhc totals .hals.d with toe
Enowiedc. Of Captain icase She natincnd nc month
OF August 1sfJ. Gcncr. S,ccdagn ontasred from fbc
Qrsr'esnIsers once tho pay and labor rolls lar tat
month, aud On examining them, fJurd u wa Nis-
Garland hni stated Names had been added 10 The pay
roll srd the totals had been erased ard changed orycry
sheet these eaqlras iotrg neatly dnne that w.,
only ~ holding the sheets up 20 The light TIA, they
could lie detected. There crcl snTv ~ several
hnndsd dollars betseeG the pay uils AID III isbor rolls
xscRDss.
The arresting Of ncuoes by The Bureau Provost Mar
shat asd thr selling OF them - intess r rev Dol
tar head mentioned in ny -. Tuyrt@r inquiries
have ,niply confirmed The truth q this chsr.e
SscnEor- iIrEApruEs
Peyond theen facts little definite infonnson can IA
ELECTED The books " fne Qusr,ermas,ers DeYmrun.n'
lhoN iha lees than rwsiye months Conway and Pea
between them expended the enormous ~ three
hprdred nousand dollar, iwo hundred AID hity ihr
shoasaai Or which they raised by taxation ono o. u,
uiHC1fn bl bifeAa tSuk Upon W f't3
MID tc called ''nciientai tar upOn Lila re- pom
sltiity and the proceeds, with the exception of %.
ixo hundred dollars he deliberately rocssiad
xy~uGAr0s
with fofsisns Generals -teednan and Fullerton close
~ inquiry. Seldom has any commission accomplished
much good In sho-t time AMI NJ 40 it'll. expensc.
Through the dscl1saros they have brought about
re Congressional appropriation Tor the Bureau has been
r,slsrea ryn million dollar Tho Bsr~su and rho mill
lsry have bcsu ansalgamaici IN mos. The southern
-'stg thereby caring Tho country Ut last million ~
dollars more besides cebrs,ng me norcaa q much o.
~ ofansyo character and reducing l. powers Tor evil ~
minimum Tie fertile lands ~ tic Son tands which
liza hands Of the negro ss.l~r under shcrnsns order
INK as'e aud iosoia. have hecn riorec " their
lif1i owners. and again brought into cultivation.
TLrss reuus aloar without counting more indirect benz
is tho removal of ,grrupt and Incompetent officers
AMI hr Improvement which has every Uhsrs taken place
the treatment Of The freedmen sincs tAe commence
~ the inquiry. e-tiils General StseIlnan ard
Fullerton the grateful thanks u the country largo
Their hnsl report v probably b. D,sdc pubic IN day
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