, 1874-05-13
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Tho Case Of Gen. Iloward---State Of
Tho Army-Pnlse.
Wedding in High Lifo---Bossto
Stewart.

Stewart.
From Our 0rpn corrssnofd4nt.
WARRINGTON, May ., 1874.
Tho newa assumes d moao agreeable guise.
Wo Lavo about dono with tho Howard Court
Martial, tho Centennial Exposition, tho currency
agitation, mud tho principal Investigations, and
are In the period ot wcdliugs aud harmonizlngs
which follows Lent.
THE HOWARD oounT.MART1AL.
This performance may be said to have COM
mcnced with the Freedmon's Bureau itaolf. just
nino years ago, which was tho frat and most
radical undertaking to ncquaint tho negroes
With their iiborlios, to dofsnd tllcm M fat aa
possible, and to organize them for q politi-
cal alliance with the Northorn majority.
Con. Howard prominent officer Of shorman's
command. desired to hayo charge OF the Freed-
mons Buroau. and was pressed for tho place
by tho Congregational Church throughout the
North. He was allowed to mold tho Bureau into
such All establishment as ho might judge bost.
and ho assigned Tho financial work to oue Of his
subordinate officers, Con. Dailoch. After ono
yonr's continuance, tho Froodmen's Burenu VAS
oEtended and its powers amplilod; md, III 1867,
1t WAS ordered to pay pensiona to tho colorod
largo Sums required for these purposes, while
Cen. Howard waa performing various humanita-
rian works throughout The North, aud receiving
religious praises from newspapers and oratofs.
He established University for colored people
at Washington, at cost Of 100000, raised An
elegant Oongr cgattonal church In tho same city,
oouceiyod systom Of banks to savo the wages Of
the frood laborerp; and 80 perfectly wero tho
fpot 4nH tzf f1ntr ,,o1itioo1
that Fernando Wood, In the spring OF 1870,
made m aggressive movement upon tho Bureau
and upon Howard personally. This Was beliov-
ol to be malicious, and to have grown out Of q
quarrel betwcon Howard and tho parson Of his
church, who was tlrod Of bong subject to ono
Of his own flock. Congress pronounced tic
charges, after Investigation, "Groundloaa and
causal ess," and Howard "faithful, honest, and
able" and "doacrving Of the gratitude OF the
American people,"
About yoar after this, Bal!och wns relieved,
aud Howard himself assumed to be tho disburs-
ing officer; but hia old preference for humauita-
rian Work continued, and he proceeded to
Arizona twice, leaving subordinate, Maj.
Brown, in charge. Tie. War Department., In
this absence, YVES ordered by Congress- to assume
sas bosos by various persons, some
all Towards accounts. 4 rigid hunt was made,
Gud Congress-, no longer In tho SINE mood to
o1oulpato which It had shown four years befuro
whon partY-discinlino was rigid, eonBigued Gen.
Howard to eourt-martial.
TIE CHARGES.
1t was charged thai there wcre III cases Of
bounty money withheld Or not accounted for,
aud Howard personally was responsible for
money into Government bonds, aud drew in
tarest Oil 1t. wlllo waiting for the claimants. He
was held responsible, under the laws of war, for
three defatcations bY aubordiuates.-
Mandeville, aud Runkle; for retained bounty
Dnlloch; for about s1l0,0Oo oyerpaymonts and
,n,sapplicatlona; mud TOR confusion In hss ao-
counts. THIS is about the whole OF the Case.
THE ATMOspnEnE.
In this court-nlartlal thora hne been apparent
the strict and somewhat jealous preiu-
dieos Of roguiar-nrmy officers. AMI, Ad}-Gcn.
Vincent waB sovere upon Howard because
Da|toch's bookkeeping was civilian, md not nc
coraing to the forms Of Ad}utants- General. He
States for about 500, 900. Tho Treasury officials
generally have alleged that Howard'H books and
balances were kept fairly, and that tho whole
discrepancy, out OF eIu, 0o0, o1D spent by How.
ard ii lcas than 100000 in ntne years. Thit
amount, Howarda counaol claim, ia no matter oI
otienBs 90 long al the account III neattted at the
Treasury, aud that his ponltior will then bo, al
worst, dobtor's, and not \ crin.naia.
I do not think that Howard has used much
discrimination iu his defense. Ho has abstatnet
counsel az he could PICK up amongst his friends
Indeed, little intorost has been paid to the sub.
jeot bY tic goneral populacc, and tho opinion has
boon for tho past three weohs that be would gel
OFT. Erhe court closed its proceedings on tho
OH, acquitting Gen. Howard on oyery chRrgo.--
Ed. TnIDuEE.]
II ne cast our eyes over the Institution which
l8 thus about tn olose its ezis:ouce with the sec-
ond trial Of Con. Howard. wo ahan learn a los.
nnces to work out particular results. The Frood-
mems Bureau was at once charity, . milltary
appliance u political intrigue, and an edllca.
tional mission. 70 eerye all these purposes nj
once, Z man was picked out who appeared to
have all those aides Of character. ho wss q
fanatic. q priest, Jesuit, B. politician, and .
soldier, besides a caahier and bookheoper. II
was iuovisable, II no waA an honest enthusiast.
that he should lot his spiritual aud political work
got the start Of hia method aud judgment
weakness or strength. would begin to
feather their nests. It IL possiblo that
Con. Howard, handling twenty millions Of
money, and possessing little Or none, should
finally coafound his private philanthropy With
his publio traat; md lis right hand, forgetting
whit his left hand had done, mada awkward
work Of tho roeord Of both. u,n power ovox
7,0Do.0 600 of paoplo made him apnear to them
tho Vicegerent Ut Heaven Itself. Other ofttcerI
OF the regular army onylol him hts opportunity.
Flo waa oven nuyyested for tho Presidency.
HENCE Joe Hooker on the occnslon Of his late
court-1naytln, published fierce oxoortation ol
him. rho Secretary Of War, for political con-
siderations. was Is aeyore. Gou. Sherman ID
said to have faith In his integrity.
Ho IL aonnoWhas hludsome man, with d
white faeo, and an exprossion of acnsihllity,
now intensified by mental suffering. He
loat an arm in the War, which gave
him as much delight to Christian congregations
US tho good Ron,aoB may hayo felt 10 SEQ Tltun
or poutius pilate return home from Jorusnlona
on orutcheB. 1t Ia wonderful how we like good
1nan who has klilol some OF Our eueuies. Tho
Methodist Church owod mich of lts original
succoBs III America to certain Capt. Webb who
had boon in the Royal army, aud always exLort-
cd in . acarlut uniform. Tic possibility that hu
lad killed pooplo ied to u grcat attontlauco and
ed h1s losross Into Heayen. Howard las heard
Plymouth Chapel rock With applause AZ ho took