The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-20
GENERAL HOWARD.
Damaging Revelations.


Notwithstanding the boasts of the Radi-
cal paper. that Mr.. Wood had failed to
substantiate any Of the charges preferred
against General Howard, the fac, is we'll
known tina, the Radicals on the Commit
tee are placing every possible obstacle in
the way Of fair and full investigation of
the whole matter. Thus far the following
facts have been developed, in reference to
General Howards transactions. They are
reported by tho Washington correspond
an, of the New York Ja,rnai Of Chm-
merte: IA tr..
First That the Howard University was
started entirely independent Of the Freed
mans Bureau, General Howard bought
! 1850 acre. Of land with funds belonging to
the Bureau at 81 900 per acre without the
recommendation of the trustees and against
the opposition of some of them. After
the property wss decided to the trustees,
the executive committee was empowered
to sell large part of the estate in city
lots. General Wbittlcsey Adjutant Gen
eral of the Bureau, who had been made
financial agent to self lots ON General
Howard's rccomin en- dation, obtained an
order to sell lots signed by Howard and
one other member Of the executive COM
mttee. Without consulting the Others he
sold $50 lots. A committee IL trustees in
quired into the matter and reported all
these sales unauthorized and Illegal. and
took measures TO remedyit. At Howard's
request the trustees gave him an acre of
the land valued at minimum price ut ST.
600. Several other officers of the Bureau
had lots reserved mt the minimum price.
Second The First Congregational Church
Of this city (Washington) received S33,-
200, in exchange for its bonds Mt par. A
portion OF this was turned over from tho
Bureau b. the University, and part from
another bureau fund for investment In this
way.
iHird. A bond of the Young Mems
Christion Association OF this city, for
! 81 900, wes sent To the Fisk University in
Nashville a. cash 10 help that school.
/ sl0,O 900 of the church bonds We're sent Ia
Richmond In help the Normal School
/ there. NV 70
! Fourth. The contract for building the
| University was made by General How
/ ard. and stipulation made that the ma
terial should he purchased of the Patent
Building Brick Company. Charles II.
|
Freednen's Bureau, for the District of
Columbia, made a contract for building
the hospital with the same stipulation
Right 10 use the Patent Brick Machine.
was purchased for $4,000 by General o.
Howard. Col G. II. Howard, General
Whittlessey, j. W. Alvord, Superintendent,
Of the school, and ID. l.. Eaton, of the
freedmcns Bank.
I FIN. Architects Mullet, Clark and
several contractors testified rs to the utter
worthles Anoss of the patent brick. IL al.
sorbed moisture too freely. IL was not
strong enough TO bear weight or even hang
together. One Of the bricks had been inn
mersed in q bucket of water ~ u test. II
became saturated and fell 10 pieces. Por-
lions of all the buildings belonging 10 the
Howard University fell. Iron, wood and
brick pillars we're put in 10 strengthen the
4 main bulling.
.Sirth. The government erected the
building at an expense of about $500, 900
and now pays an annual rental OF 5000
To trustees for the use Of the University
and 5000 for rent of the hospital. ~
Sereath. The contractors were asked to
buy their hardware ola hardware dealer
I here, who owed Gen. Howard sum OF
money, and instead Of paying the merchant
for goods so purchased pay the amount
4 over to the Bureau for Howard. The
! goods were SO bought and the money so
paid over through Gen. Ballard to
Howard. .Ll ts .a.E ls
Eighth. Thirty three thousand dollars Of
the Refuge Fund was expended in grading
= a square in this city held in Towards
name originally, but subsequently decided
about half 10 the stockholders of the
Patent Brick Machine and the rest to the
San Augustine Normal School, in Raleigh,
, NC. The latter was sent down as aid
! extended TO the school from the Freed
mans Bureau, and represented about S.
600 about $4,000 cash wss sent, the land