The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-07

hash has aken Ssoass approprsaa..
Hons amade sor, and ;reeej jpts pf. that Bn.
seaa more 16sn spp ,01t thipfSnaiH. ard
without Authority of law, Tor J. Howard
University Hospitakand lands. 80
2. That portions OF the land allnded to
have beeh sold for thG HehefiCpf Howard
University. Funds were disposed 6f i'm
properly to members Of his own family
and officers of his staff.
3. That bonds issued in aid of First
Cone ngregational Church. Of City Of Wash,
;i6gtonuwer taken Tor q portion Of, this
tandaIwhich has not yet been 5redeemed
Tor, paid. nor have they been returned in
his. Official accounts as suohsl ,sal h.- ,of
4fSTKAS the university building and
Hospital were built of patent brick fur
piahea tae American Building Block
Company, in which Gen. Howard. Chas
Howard, Gen. e. Whittlesey and @. w.
interested as stock holders.
/ IS, fThAt tie specifications Tor the CON
strdction OF thdss buildings, pfovided
that the material used in their erection
should be taken from the brick made by
this company, thus preventing competi-
tion and securing uso OF that brick and
no other for that purpose -
=. That brick so used was unfit and
nearly worthless. Parts Of the building
have fallen down in consequence, and
other parts have since been repaired and
Rebuilt at an expense Of SIS, 900.
2. That by his consent, and with his
knowledge, lumber belonging to the Go
vernment was used by this company and
appropriatedcto its. own benefit, being
re sold to its employees.
8. That hep pays rent to Howard Uni
versity from the funds of the Bureau for
privilege Of headquarters. ,.iI> =,
8. That he draws three, salaries, viz:
One as Major-General OF thaio D nited
States Army, another as Commissioner
Of the Freedmen's Bureau; IndI third. ,,s
head of Howard University. '""'f 'af
10. That lie has paid 6dt Of the in
coms of the funds of the Bureau oyer
$40, 600 for the construction of tho Con-
gregational Church in this city, taxing
the church bonds in return, which; hs
has either returned in his accounts ID
cash on hand or sent South for the pnr-
poses Of the Bureau.
IL. He has advanced q large sum from
funds of the Bureau to the Young Mems
Christian Association in This city, taking
their bonds in payment, which has been
sent to Tennessee to help the freedmen's
schools in that State.
IL. That he caused, or knowingly al
lowed, lands in this city, owned by an
officer OF the Bureau, to be transferred
to freedman 8 school in North Carolina.
the officer taking money appropriated
FOR that school, thus perpetrating fraud
both upon the Government and the
freedmen.
ID. That he was interested in the pur-
chase of furm of about 800 acres, near
the Lunatic Asylum in this County, for
which the public funds and other pro
perty of the government were used.
Dnlidlngs were erected thereon, built Of
lumber belonging TO the Government,
and then let or sold to freedmen at ex
orbltant prices; and that he and his
brother, Charles Howard, were person
ally interested in this transaction as q
private pecnniary speculation.
II. he has discharged the duties of
the Office of Commissioner of Bureau
with extr9vagahce anu negligence. and
in the interest of himself, family and
immediate friends.
10. That he is one Of O ring known as
"Freedmen's Bureau Ring" with con-
nections and influences with freedmen's
savings banks, the freedmen's g schools of
the South and the political machinery
OF party in the Southern States, and
whose practice has been to devote the
official authority and power of the Blu.
rcnn to personal and political profit.
The committee to which the above WAS
referred, have power to send for persons
and ranCrc