Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-04-23

tImt liaftaH mUfJ il,sn ave han.
dT.t II.HeHi H.lrs imVfurorli
fHf#' wHiIv at lew ~
Iur ,t.r..f im.rr'iy, ilHsp'iHl
U'' HHuius nf ih, land al.
i..rl fu i.tt ls.u -#ii iuJ Gao hgn-
cir nf Gee Howard University The
..ul. 5000 H.~p-,H ui Improperly
g., mvmhrr. uI biz am hmi'l anal
siF,iHi, 81 he "wn sisH
e Tl,rt b,.ris i,-er,l la U,d utiho .
Pir,t congregational ChuTrh 81 lho .
piiy e NB,hlt -iuu- we're taken i'r .
portion ~ lhis land, with M no I
Iiro al them having b-,n given II 4
being redeemed ar paid, mar have
they been returned ia his oi,iy.alac 4
iuVi ns suvh.
1. That l..o University building
and hospital wcrc hmiv ~ palcni
brick Tag,i h,d hy the Amcrlcan
BniAlAg Black Company, Ia which
t.rn Iins, ,t,f. Charles Howard, uen,
T. W.iIfle>tr AMI {, ", Alvuri-
Ill sttarl.cl to the Cuivvni;y were
Interested aS Stockholders
J. That the Specifications hr III"
{ instruction "r these buildings pr"
we'd thai matcri;li used IN their cree
linn. should've taken irnm the brick
made by lhls ,nu,pary, thus prevent
iug r,,ru nrliIirn, and securing The
r,r ~ that bgiek and no other i"r
ihal pnrp"-o.
4. Mat brivE ~ used was mint
aud nearby worthless parts 81 the
building have fallen down In cnnSe'
ourncr, aud other parts have Slnor
Gcyn rruirc,l nnh rebuilt, nj TN eN'
pcusr at slS,nnu, -,
= phal hy hi> consent and Win
Ris surwlcdgc i,mhcr belonging !"
tho Gnvcrnmcut, was uswi ny lh's
Company, aud appropriated to III
owR blnyiit, being re sold Ia III cut
alOyocS.
$. That ho pays rent 10 Howard
University from the funds q. lh'
Bu?cau, for the privilege ct head
quarters.
=. That he draws three salaries
namely One ~ II Brigi"sirr ernc
raj. another n Commissioners OF the
Frcrdmcn's Bureau, aud n third aS
the head of the Howard University
10 That he has paid from inndS
al tho. Bureau. over $4,000 for inc
conservation of tho First CongrcSa
tioual Church IN this city, taking
the Church bonds IN return, which
liz has either returned III ms ac
conn, MS cash on hand, on sent south
for the purposes OF the Bureau
II He has advanced Il large sum
rom the fund, of the Bureau. TO the
Young Mems Christian Association
OF this city, taking their bonds IN
payment, which have been sent 10
Tennessee TO help the freedmen $
schools in that S,atc.
II. That he caused, or knowingly
allowed lands in this city owned by
m. officer of the Bureau, to be trans
Rrrcd to II freedmen 5 school IN
North Carolina. the officer taking
The money appropriated for 'ha'
school, thus pcrpe'railng 1I"ho'
both upon the government ana INC
freedmen.
IL That he was interested IN the
purchase of n farm Of about three
hundred acres, near the Lunatic AS
ylum in this county, tor which tine
public funds aud other property OF
tho government were used. Build.
in"s were erected thereon, tult OF
l.;:,.brr belonging to the govern
mcnt, and thea let or sold to freed
men Il, cxorbitant prices, and that
he and his brother, Charles How
ard, were interested in this tranSac
action as II private p"cun'ary spec
a.: n.
II. Tie has discharged the duties
Of the Office OF Commissioner OF the
Bureau with extravaganza and neg
ligcnce, and in the interest OF him
self, family and immediate friends
Il. That he is one ola ring known
as the F!ccdmen's Bureau Ring,with
connections and influences with
Freedmcn's Savings Banks, Freed
mcr's Schools of the South, and the
political machinery of IL party in the
Southern States and those practice
has been to devote the official au-
thority and power Of the Bureau to
personal and political profit.