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ier r. Wallace. . joiik w. wkiuliv.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(Su-weiiore to Welleee & Fielding,)
ATTORNE YS-AT-LA W,
11-11 73 Clearfield, Pa.
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Clearlleld, fa.
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Orrtca Horns: From 11 to 1 T. tt. Dr. Van
Valsab can be found at night in his rooms, next
doof to Uarttwick A Irwin Drug store, up
stairs. novlbio
DR. JEFFEHSON LITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attcad all oalls in the line of bis
profssiion. nov.iv-ja
.oecra a. ii'bjiallt. dasibl w. a'cenur.
MoENALLY & McCORDY,
ATTO UN E YS-AT-LA W,
Clearlieldt Pa.
mfLegal baslncss attended to promptly with
Idslity. Oflce on Beoond street, abore the First
.'National Dank. . 0:11:71
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
Raving resigned his Judgeship, has rrsnraed
the praotieo of the law In his ol J office nt Clear.
; Held, Pa. Will attend the courts of Jefferson and
Elk eonnties when speoially tctaincd in connection
i with resident eouniel. 1:14:71
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY T LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-Office up stain in Western Hotel building,
legal business promptly attended to. K.sl etite
bought and sold. Jell':.)
J. W. B A N T Z,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
"- ea.OlM tip otatro in Western Hotel building.
All legal business entrusted to as care promptly
.attended to. July 1, 18V1.
T. H. M U RR A Y,
ATTORNEY AXD COL'Xs'eLOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention given to all legal business
t entrusted to his eareln Clearfield and enjoining
f aounties. Office on Market st.t opposite Nauirle'e
.Jewelry Store, Clearfield, Pa. jele'73
A. W. WALTE RS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
A,Omoe in the Court Hons. dooS-ly
H. W, SMITH,
; ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7S Clearfield, Pa
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OCoe en Second St., Clearlleld, Pa. norll,J
ISRAEL TEST,
.. ATTORN EY AT LAW,
. Clearlleld, Pa.
" r-Oflea la the Court Hoase. Jyl1,'7
. JOHN H. FULF0RD7
ATTORNEY AT L.W,
. Clearfield, Pa.
Office oa Market St., ser Joseph Showers'
fereoery store. Jan.3,1873.
- JOHN L. CUTTLE,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Heal Kitate Agent, Clearfleld. Pa.
Oftlce oa Third street, bet. Cberry A Walnut.
" ASR,MpeQtfally .offers bis servioei In selling
and buying lands la OlearSeld and adjoining
counties and with aa eiperienoe ol orsr twontt
jsars a a surveyor, flatters himself that he esa
reader satisfaction. . Feb. la:M:tf,
J. -BLAKE WALTERS,
. REAL ESTATE BROKEIt,
. A DIALI i
Havr IsogK and Iiiimbcr,
. ' CLEARFIELD, PA.
fOBce in Masonie Building, Room No. 1. 1:25:71
jTXTTNQ'LEi
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
,1:11 Oaceola. t'learaeld Co., Pa. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
'"attorney-at-law,
Watlareton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
' kS.AH legal basiness promptly attended to.
frohn H. Orris. C. T. Alexander.
.OR VI 8 L ALEXANDER,
. , " " ATTOHNKYM AT LA tf,
tfellefonte. Pa. sepl3,'t)5-y
V CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' Market street, (north side) Clearlleld, Pa.
. AeT All legal business promptly atteadod to
Jan. 10, '7 .
oDR. T. J. BOYER,
H Y8ICI A N ANDSURUEON,
OBee en Market Stmt, Clearduld. Pa.
(M-OBea hours: I fo ,1? a. m , and 1 to S p. m.
VL E. M. SCIIEURER,
iioMCEOPATiuo pnysiciA.v,
Offlcs In Mssonle Building,
-stpril 14. 1171. Clearfield,
Pi.
n a VA A aa C A M S3
. mm a. . ry . in tnii
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
" - LUTHEUSBURQ, PA.
.rW III attead Drpfesslanal calls promptly. aug10'70
WILLI A U n. HEXKY, Justus
or tna Pt.ica Arr 8i tvn, LUM1IKII
,TjnY. Collections made nr,U money promptly
,peid over. Articles of agreement ard dru of
soaieyaaoe aeally axecuted and ffarraiile l cor
,ret or do ehayge. ' jytvn
. "J. .8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY . AT LAW,
. Bellelbnte, Pa.
Will prarttea la Clearfield and all of Die Courts of
ike Mh Jadieial dislriet. Real eet.le kueinnes
and flleetir.n of elslnrs mado snwtslflos. 0171
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JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
Office In the Court House, Cloarflettl, Pa.
Will a! way i bo found tt home on the BECOXD
aoJ LAST 8ATU.KD.tY of each month. , 21
, J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SU1IGEON,
TYAVISU located at Pcnnfleld, Pa., offers, his
Ll professional services to the people of that
place and surrounding oouulry. Ail calls promptly
titended to. oct. U tf.
-GEORGE C. KIRK,
Justice of the Peace, Purveyor nd Conveyancer,
l.atlicreburp, Pn.
All business Intrusted to hint will be promptly
attended 'to," Persons wishing to employ a fur
r.yor will do wvll to give biui a cull, us he Ontters
hiaielf tbnt he cn render satisfaction. Deeds of
oonvoyanoe, articles of agreement, and all legal
papers, promptly and neatly executed. ti0no 74
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justice of the Peace snd S rlvcncr,
Curireutrille, Pa.
t:A-Colleotlons made snd
money promptly
paid over.
rcr.22-7 I tf
J. A. J3LATTENBERGER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Ta.
r4B-Coneyanclng and all lognl papers drnwn
with aocuracy and dispatch. DiaTu on and pas
sage tickots to and from any point in Europe
procured.
sis. ALniHT nr.xnr Al.rnT. w. albert
W. ALBERT Sl BROS.,
Manufacturers A extensive Dcalersln
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, tic,
WOUULANU, r A a ' A.
AtT-Ordcrs solicited. Bills filled on short notice
and reasonable terms.
Address Woodland P. O., Clearlleld Co., Pa.
j25.1j W ALUbltT A H1HIS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MKKCHANT,
Prenchvllle, t leartield County, Pa.
Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of
usually kept in a retail store, wh.ch will be sold,
for cash, as cheep as elsewhere in the oouuty.
urv uooas. iiaruware. urw.n.s.im s
crencnville, June 31, isei-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBB 1M
GENERAL MKRCII ANDISE,
GRAHAMTDX, Ta.
Also.extensire msnufucturer and dealer in Square
Timber and hawed Lumber of all kinds.
efrOrJers solicited and all bills promptly
Oiled. I'jyl"'
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RREWER,
Clearlleld, Pa.
HAVIXO rented Mr. Entres' Drtwory he
hopes bv strict attention to business end
Hie manuHicturo of a superior article of BEKR
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
new customers. et2jaugJJt
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
, Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
r-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY. -TJ
"VTTOATIVES made in cloudy n well tin
i clear weather.. Constantly on hand a gitod
assortment of FRA.V I'rt. r-TEKliOSCOI'F.S and
.HTEltEOSCOriC V1HIVS. Frames, train any
style of moulding, made tu order. epr28 tf
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER tt HAIR DRESSER,
SKCOMD 8TBKKT,
lySS C I. F A II I' I P. 1. 1. P A. tt
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
VauWill execute Jobs in his line promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. errt.nf
GT H. HALL, "
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JI- Pumps always on hand and innde to order
on short notice. Pipes bored on reasonable Urms.
All work warranted to render satlrixctinn. and
dclirerod if desired. uyl5:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturers of
ALL. KIKDriOl' SAW I I) M MBLn,
8 7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS.
B. GRAHAM,
dealer In-
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BI1INULL3, LATH, A Plt'KETr,
0:1073 Clr nrfield, Pa, '
JAMES MITCHELL,
prsLr.n i
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JoH7J. CLEARFIELD, PA.
I) II N TROUTMAN,
Dealer in all kinds of .
FURNITURE,
M:nkct Street,
One door cast Post Office,
CLEARFIELD,
suglfl'71
rA.
11.1 II ARM AN,
Practical millwright,
I.llTllERflH'RO, PA.
Agent for the A jicrican Double Turbine Wafer
Wheel and Andrrw, A Kalhaoh Wheel. Can lor.
nl.h Piirtahle I- rt V'lUon .liorl notice. ivU'TI
DR. jTp. BURCH FIELDi
Late Surgeon of the b:td Heglment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, having returned from the Army,
oflors his professional servioos Jo tbe oitiset.s
of Olearfleid oouoty.
Professional sails promptly attenled to.
Ouica on doooad street, forinerlyoccupicd by
Dr. Woods. tnprt.'M-ll
H, F. N AUGLE, '
WATCH MAkttl & JEWELEC,
and dculer in . .
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plutcd Ware, &c,
)el'71 rl.KARFIKI.D, PA.,
I, SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
, Aim DK4LKB I'
WatchfR, Clock find Jewelry,
OrnAow's Raw, fjarkrt Areet,
( I.r.Altl'IKLII, PA.
All kinds of repairing in sny line prnmpllr at.
pro m
I 23,
Apttl
U73.
HUMtlVAI..
EIZENSTEIN Si BERLINER,
wholrtale dliTi In
GEMS' TKISIIl(j tOOPS,
IfiTB romorfd to Ii)7 Church iItmI, kotw!rrt
I'rsnklln and Whitest., New York.
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Publishers,
2351.
THE' HEPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Ta.
WEDNESDAY MORMNO. JAN. 21, 1874.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
In the Court of Quarter Sessions of
Clearfield Countv In the Matter
of Jurisdiction of .the Associate
Judges, .
.Ibo AjPOoiuto JiultreA uf.Uiia connty
bcin dcnirousi to voiifonn to l ho iro
viniunit of ilia now Coiirttiluliun, und
lm vi ii x lieu r J doulils expiebtii'd Ha to
whether under it tliey have jtirixdiu
lion an Juduott o( tlit Oyer mid Tuvniin
or und Orphan' Cuu t'tn, hurt. requt'Hti'd
my r, ii hid upon the fuhjuet. Th
qui'Htiuti lliaM inforniHlly prevonted, re
lulinjr as it does to the or;iiiijznlion nl
the Court, und conseijuonlly to the
loyulily of itn prtK'eediiijrn, in of Iho
first iniptirtttti'.'C. In viuw of thin fuel,
And of tho tuccfBily fur un curly do
tihion, I have j,'iven lo the auhjoct rueh
coni-idi'rttlioii us time would niluw, und
now atulu tny conelueion, und brlolly
Home of the I'i-unous wliicli hare leg)
10 it.
U titter the Constiltitinn of 18U8, and
the ntnendinent of 18i0, Anrintiatc
Judges of the Common Pious were, hy
virtue of their ollice, Judges of the
Couiia ahnvo mentioned. They wero
elected fiy tho people, find cmiimi
aioned by the Governor for fivo yours.
The t'oinuiinriion did not deninato the
courts oi wtnen un dhhociuio wu
Judge. It recited the fact nf the eleu.
lion, and coiiiiiiiHsioned him to be un
"Associate J udj; of tho county to
Dure ttiiJ to tioM the tfuid ollitto, to
gel her with all tho right, powers and
emoluments therein I'donginir. or in
anywihe iippetliiiiiini;.' An idlieocnn.
Hints in a riht und ti rrespinidenl duly
to execute h pnblio trust, and to lake
tho emolunioiils lieli.nyiiiir to ll.
(3 AYwfA Com., 5fi;)( 7 liic. Abr. 27!) )
InConimonweulth r (ianihle, VI J', t.
iSmift, an, Ihonitison. C!. J., declares
that tho (itiwers and jurUdiction con
tained iu u coniiuiH-iou utilhorir.ed liy
the CoiiHtituiion.coni-litutes the olnYe;
that they nro tho rsnunce ol il, und tiro
to ho cxei cised durinjr tho li'ile I enn
therein mentioned. Tim principle in
be deduced from ihcuo authorities is,
'.hat when u Judu us ci i tti tit i ii ti i d,
under the old Constitution, hehecuinu
ipso f'icto u Juiljjo of ull the Courts
numcd. His powers and jurisdiction
in each und ull of Ihem, coustiluted
the office in which ho wus uuthoriitod
10 servo.
The oftico of Associate Judj;e is not
nhnlished by the Conctiliilion of lt74,
except iu ('utilities hieh lorin sei.nrute
judicial districts, und in these il is ex
pressly provided Ihut tho Judges shitll
serve tor their unexpired lernis I!y
uholi-hinojlhe office specially in the
separate districts, it is clearly implied
thut it should conliuue as to districts
composed of more thtin one cnuuty
llul we uro nol I el L In ascertain in,; the
intention by construction in this in
stuueo, lor in the sixteenth section of
the schedule ills provided thut "Asso
ciate Judges nol learned in tho Liw,
elected after the adoption of this Con.
si ittltiini, shall be continisnioliod to
hold their offices lor iho term of five
years front tho firel day of Junusry
next, alter their election.
In Commonwealth vs. Clark, 7
H". S , l'3, Chief Justice Gibson de
fined a schedule lo u Constitution to he
"a temporary provision for the prepara
tory machinery to put the Constitu
tion in motion without disorder or col
lision. Its Use merely to shift the
nun hire ijruduully into another truck,
and having dono its ollice, it was to be
stored away in the lumber room of the
Government." And this is undoubt
edly the general rule, but cannot be
ii I i I i it I I u to a section iu a schedule
like that of the sixteenth, which makes
a pcrpelitul provision in rcgurd to a
judicial office.
What wo have lodo with now, how.
ever, relate to Iho powers of Judges
in o$ice on the first day of januury,
1S74, when the new Conlituiioti wont
into operation. Dy consulting cno
schedule uiruin, wo find that no Hid
den und violent notion, no riisoidor or
collision was intended. J ho twenty
sixth section doclurca that "all poisons
in ollice in this Lointnonwcali It nt the
lime of iho adoption of this Constitu
tion, anil ul llift first election undent,
shall. A.-.i.f their respective offices until
tho timo for which they wcro elected
nr uiiiioiiited shall exiiiie, und until
their successors shall be duly qualified,
unless otherwise provided by Ihiston
sliltilion. In regard to Associuto
Judges it is not otherwiso provided
lor. nod, therefore, they mo not ex
cepted from tho fxeiionil saving clause
of Iho section. ul ll is supposed thnt
the aulhoriiy or the associates is en
tirely abrogated by section ninth, urll
do filth, of Iho Constil til ion. It is by
Ihul provided, that "J Hilars of the
Court of Common Picas, luuriicdin the.
law, s.bull be Judges of the Courts of
Oyer uud ferunner, Quarter Sessions
of tho peace, and of iho Orphans'
Cnurla;" und if wo wore to consider
Ibis provision by ilsclf, tho conclusion
would be ii rosisluhle, that Judges, oth
er than those linn nod iu Iho law, wcro
to ho excluded from these Courts. Hut
in construing a (.'onslitution, n com
prehonsive view of '.ho whnlo instru
ment must bo taken. Every part is
to bo considered, and ull its parts made
to harmonize, if practicable, so us to
fjivo a sensible anil intelligent effect to
each. Il Is not to bo presumed that
the trainers of a Constitution intended
that any part nf it should bo without
inclining, (I'ottcr's Dwiirri, on Stat
utes and Constitutions, Iff, fijj )
In order to ascertain whether this
ninlh section at once, mid perpetually
dubars Associuto Judges from all ju
risdiction except in the Comuidn
Pleas, wo turn In the fifth eeetion of
the same article flee, and tlipfeflnd that
although the ollioa is ubolished in
counties of mora than ltfty thousand
inh'abiianU, constituting separate dis
tricts, yot, as lo them, it is expressly
provided, that "lh (tot-oral Asocialo
PRINCIPLES)
CL"EAHFIELI), PA., AVEDNESDaV, JANUARY 21,
Judges in offleo when this constitu
tion is ndnptcd shall serve for their un
expired term." Serve ill what omit Is f
Iu tho Common Pleas only, or us here
tofore J .
Understood according to its com
mon ucceptnlii.il, this term serve
means nothing loss than no interrup
tion is intended, but thut tho powers
and jurisdictions heretofore exercised
shall eontinuo lo he exorcised withojil
diminution. This is thu meaning
which tho minds of lllo people- nalu
rully ascriht to it. Courts of Justice,
in order to urrivo at tho true Intent,
must ascribe to the words used in u
constitution tho nientiing of words,
w He i is remain fv nod. SHlonrl us limine
their meaning. .
Constitutions," says Juilgo Story,
"are not designed for tnetnphj slcul or
logical subtleties., lor ntctities ot cx-
nression. lor eitlicu nronrielv. lor
elaborate shades of meaning, or for
tho exercise of philosophical unite,
noes, or judiciul researches. Thev
are instruments of u practical nultire,
founded on llio common business of
life, nduptcd to common vnnts, do.
signed for common uso und filled for
common understnndiiig. Tho people
iiiuke Ihem; the people mast bo sup
posed to read Idem, with Iho help of
common Sense, und cannot bo pro
suincd lo admit in them any reconcile
meaning or uny extraordinary loss."
(itory' Com't; See 451.)
If tu serve nut thoir terms of office
vice meuns, us 1 have no doubt it does,
thut tho Associates in the counties
forming separate districts shall eon
tinuo to perform all tho functions, arid
lo exereiso tho samo power and juris
d.clion us heretofore, then Iho ninth
section cannot go into operation
lion in such districts until the Asso
ciates huvo served out their term.
Thus construed, section five und nlno
hunnniiizo, und the intended lorco und
ell'oct is given to each.
Tho necessity for Associate Judges
is much greater in counties where the
President Judge does not, ihan where
ho does reside Much of the business
in the Ojiui tcr Session und Orphans'
Court, such us roud and bridge views,
appointments ol township and other
ollieers.tuking buil und tho like ; and in
the Orphans' Court. appointing guardi
ans loriuioors iipprovingsuretiisiu re
cognizances, und many other mailers
require a local know h-dgu which u non
resident Judge cunnnt huvo. J us not
reusonulilu to believe that the conven
tion intended by thu ninlh section to
lake from tho ntllcooi AsiK'iule Jude
tho power most needed und uselul, nil
und yet In continue the ollice; or tu
conclude lhal there existed an iuteii-
tioti to ubiidge tne power and author
ity nf iIknm) in districts composed of
several counties, whom tliey ure most
needed, to un extent lo render thu of
fice of little piacticnl value, und nt
tbo sumo lime to allow thorn in the
separate districts where their services
uro really not much needed, to contin
ue to sei vo lor the time. be.:tig in nil the
Courts, and to the full extent of ibeiri
previous power.
Jn considering tho several sections
referred lo, together wilh the sched
ule, I huvo no dillicnlly in arriving at
llio conclusion lhal, for tho timo be
ing. the ollice of Associate J utlgo is not,
mid was not intended to bo effected by
the const nut ion. Its con U nun I ion us an
ofllcc, which os wo huvo seen, consists
of the powers und jurisdiction grant
ud, wss provided for by tho twenty
sixth section of tho schedule, embrac
ing all tho right und power incident
under tho old constitution, at leust un
til iho present lernis expire.
Whether after that time tho indues
learned in the law, are to bu the solo
judges of those) courts, is nol now a
question before us ; beloro a can arise
tbero will be umplo time lo give to it
lull eonsilerulion.
What is now decided is this, and
this only, llml the Associate Judges
of Ch-ai held county, now in commis
sion, huvo not oid the right, but
there rests upon them a corresponding
duly to act as Judges in tho several
Courts of iho county und to porlorm
ull the functions of iheir office as here
tofore. WILLIAM EL WELL,
President Judge Special Court.
January 13, 137-1.
Only Justice,
The Press of tho 17lli of December,
in it article on the. groat victory
achieved Iho day before, does justice
lo the Democratic party, by saying:
"And equul to tho great occasion
was iho Democratic parly. Wo ac
cord lo it thu hoiougo of our admira
tion und respect, ll bus dons many
things in tho pust Ihut wo huvo con
domned. It bus been ubunduntly and
frequently mistaken, llul yesterday
it wii moved lo a heroiu i ivulry. A nx
ious, of course, for restoration to pow
or, uud ready for any chance to
itchievo it, tho Democrats seemed lo
forget everything but iheir duly to
(their great city. Their best men
were on the ground and did service
as if thoir lives and honor depunded
on iho issue. They stand abashed
beforo some slitiniclcss betrayals. Like
the Republicans, who huvo seen the
Tenth wurtl torn from its grand pod
csiul, ihcy have seen the old Fourth
Wurd made to speak by a few pour
hundreds lor honesty, when il ought
to huvo boon a logical utterance as nf
many thousands. They- can turn with
a lofty crest, tu tho iiniguiliuoiil action
of such Ilomucratlu stronghold in
llio interior us Dorks, Columbia,
Norlhampton.Lehlgii, . Monroe, (iieene,
and Westmoreland "
'Ibis is only justice. Tho Demo
cratic parly have always been in favor
of political rolnrm since the first out
cropping ol tho OVils iintl iroipiplion
ino present Miuslilution sanctions
In timo the great mass of the Hoiiuh
licun purly caiiio.tosee, and be ulurmcd
ki... V VJ on, unu iiiuv iiuhi tiij- joined
their J.cm;TBli(i brethren in tho cf
fort to correct them. Lust Tuesday
wus iho crowning day of victory. Iu
bolh pnriios aromany who joined their
fortunes lo tho corrupt, rins, and
went down wilh their idol.
A Calebburg burber adverlibos him
self us 'n "professor of crinicttltural
nbtwoission and' f rnniolbglcai tripsis."
ntsuva
NOT
MEN.
The Casg of Goncrol 0. 0. Howard,
AVhen "tho rebellion was on tho eve
nt collapsing, Congrats, by tho net of
March U, created the liurenu ot
Itcfugees, I'Veedinen, und Abandoned
Lands. - It wus "established in the
Vtr Department, and to cnndntio dur
ing the war of tho rebellion and ono
your after." To it was "com'miuud
tho supervision uud iminagenietil of all
sbniidlned lands und tho control ol'all
subjects relating to lofugoci und flood
men. tr:n rebel Suites " Thut luw
was tb foundation of iho bureau, and
Con. 0: O. Howard wu appointed the
U)mii'ltoiier on Aluv 10, imb.
"O1 J nr u
About a year oitcr these events, tho
uTC.'VxceJifwlial' ltt(;islu'ti(n'"t'l'ii.pt'i
outiu tho act of Juno 15, Ihliti, which
provided "innt where ncounts ure
rendered forexpeiidilnres for refugees
or froediien under the approval and
sanction of tho proper olticcrs, und
which shall huvo boon properdin! nec
essary, I'll cannot bo sol! led fur H unt
of speeifk appropriation, tho same
ttititl 0e piii out nf the fund for the re
lief of refugee anil freedmen. on the ap
proval nf te. Commissioner of tho Ho
rouu of Uef igees and Freed meii." The
door was thus opened lo a Ireo use of
the public money without strict ao
eotinlntiililT. Cicn. Howard dotiblles
satisfied bis friends in Congress that
this loose legislation was necessary,
ilo hud hud thirteen months of experi
ence in the btireuu, nn (I was shaping
it rapidly losuil tho views of a particu
lar interest iu Congress, und to sere
personal objects at the samo timo.
Another net of July l(i, Wi, t x
tonded the mipcrvMon und cure of the
bureau, over "ull loyal reliigcos and
freedmen, to fur as iho same shall he
necessary to enable Ihem as speedily
Its practicable to become self support
ing citizens of the United States."
, Three d.ys beloro this law was
pusHod, nearly seven millions of dollars
in round numbers were appropriated
for the bureau. Il bad unstinted large
proportions. - While mitny philan
thropic men supported il earnestly as
ii means ot promoting the wellure of
tho freudiuon.othei'ssun' in this orgnnr
r.nlion an o'lieial machine by which
tho colored vote could he munipululed
und control'cd from Washington, in nil
Iho SoUlhcM Slnles. These luo influ
ences comb, nod in procure legislation
and money, so that it should be per
fected in every purt. Tho next year
nearly lour nullum were voted out of
tho Treasury lo the bureau ; snd thus
in IStiti und '17 tho enormous sum ol
,?lJ,750,f50 cf iho people's money was
absolutely iven to this bureau, inde
pendent ol tho lands, funds, and prop
erly of all kinds amounting to ul leas',
us much more (and probably twice ns
much, tor the truth will nrvor be fully
known), derived from confiscated und
abandoned estates in the South.
(en. Howard fully unswered nil Iho I
expectations ul his political us well us
his philanthropic supporters in Con
gross, Ho advocated tl.e exirouiesl
policy of reconstruction, organized the
negroes heller than he disciplined his
coniniHtid in the fiol.l, and showed u
willing capacity lo obey orders which
made him acceptable us a partisan. To
llio religious clement ho appeared ax
Iho champion of an emancipated race,
a builder of churches, mi energetic
preacher and lecturer, and President
of tiio Young Men's Chlistiun Associa
tion. Thus uniting Iheso qualities uud
holding in his huuds the power of di
recting tho negro vote, il is not stir,
prising that he should have ncquiied
large influence In and out ol'Congiess,
gained esteem and run n successful
career, liku others less plausible. It
required no grcut pressure as parties
then stood to prolong (ho existence of
Iho bureau and lo keep up appropria
tions under various profexts.
Although ordered to bo closed on
tho 1-t ol January, 1 r0tl, by the net oi
July 25, IHlig, Gen. Howard, wilh iho
uid ot bis confidential ally, Senator
Pomeroj', of Kansas, and oilier Chris
tiun stulnsnicn equally well known lo
fumo, managed lo keep tho bureau
ulivu until. last year, when the whole
concern w as turned over t ) the Adju
tant General. They .had found u initio
and were working il wilh zeal. Tbe
cJuculinii (f the enfranchised negroes,
and the bounties of tbe colored soldiers
exercised thoir benevolent nature, und
kept thu bureau afloat for threo years
more iu a modified term.
Humors got abroad in 1 flJD-TO that
Howard uud his set were running the
bureau for their own profit, tlmt many
poor hcgioce bad been deceived and
cheated, thut tho puhliu money wus
misapplied, und ihut ull their philan
thropy wus a mask to cono-al corrup
tion. Chatges wero freely mtnlo iu
vai iouv K.'publicun journals, und at
tracted much utleoU.in ul llio 1 i in o
At length the Hon. Fernando Wood
re Tut red lo these reports in a rpeech
on Jim cli 81, lb0, which Called out a
denial uud challungo of proof lrnm
Gen. Howard the next duy. Ol course,
tli it t gauntlet hud to bu taken up, On
llio bill of April, Mr. Wood pitidiiccd
Howard's nolo beforo tho House, and
proceeded lo mako liUcjri r-peciliu
cliurgeii agaiiiBt Li in. '
Thot-o charges wero In 'substance
that he used over S.'ibO.OOO of (he uh
lio money to buy Iho lund uud build
llowurd University and Hospital with
out aulhoriiy of luw ; that pari of Ibis
land was improperly disposed ol to
member of his own family and ofll
cevs of hi own stuff) lh.it bonds
ol Iho First Congregational Church
wcro taken in pint payment for this
land, which were nol redeemed or re
turned in his olllcial account us such ;
that llio University buildings wore
constructed of a patent brick furnish
ed bv a company in Which Gen How
aril, bis brother Charles, Gen. Whiltlo-
sey, and C. W. Alvord, nil attached In
the, bureau, wero interested un slock-
holders ; that tho specific -iiliobs for 1 1
10
buildings ro-jiiired the uso of this brick
and no oilier; Ihut tho biick was
worthless, and part of Iho buildings
fell Irom thill. cause, und olhprs hud '.o
bo repaired nt largo cost ) thut lumber
Deionging lo the tiovcriiiueiit wui)
taken by this company wilh Howard's
. I, J (1 '
consent ; innt roni Wuspnul to now
nru univeiHity irom llio bureau for his
Ucudquarlors) llul h drow snlurios
its a lii'igitdior General, Coinniissiohcr,
rMKMaJB
DlTipf TOT
RJ1M yJJjJj
1871.
NEW
und President of the University ; that
ho puid over 810,(100 lo tho First Con
gregiilional Church from public money,
taking its bonds', which bad either
been returned as cosh or scut South
for bureau objects) that ho udvanced
largo sums of public money lo the
Young Men's Christiun Aoeiuton,
tuking Its bonds, whioh wcro reckoned
as cash in tho bureau) that ho do
fraudc.d the Government und tho freed
men in transferring land in Washing
ton owned hy un officer of iho bureau
lo u school in lS'orth Camlinu, and ap
propriating tho money set aside for
that school j thut ho and his brother
wero Interested id the piirchnsa of a
farm bought will) j.'.ihliu money and
sold lo freedmen at exhoibitunt prices;
that he was extravagant und ncelecl
ful ns Commissioner, and used iho
tlllee for himself und his frionds; and
that ho was ono of the "Freedmen'
Ctirrnu King," whose coiiricclinng with
tho freednien's savings bunks and
school wero employed for their own
personal und political profit.
Il was not possible lo avoid this
stem indictment, and a resolution wns
moved lo refer it lo thu Committee on
Education and Labor. Thai commit.,
too consisted ofS.iniuel ,U. Arnell, .Ino
Hoaliy, Cctorgo F. Hoar," Washington
Townsend.Chtts, M. Hamilton, Suuiiiol
S. liurdott, James N. Tvner, Lrtraiid
W. Pcrco, Thompson V. Mols'eoly,
und A. A. C. lingers eight Ki publi-
cans mid two .Democrats. Three of
tho majority hud been agents of the
Freedmen's Bureau.
Tho charges covered a largo field of
mqu:ry, and could not be thorough'
explored in loss than six months, with
constant attention und hurt! work.
Tho committee did not really sit much
more than two, although tho report
wns mude July 1.1, 1870. That docu
ment covers 5-1'J pages, und is full of
Inst ruolivo rending by the iiuht of re
cent disclosure. Fiom first to Inst
iho committee and General Howard's
counsel interposed the most teehiocul
objections to every question calculated
to tiling nut tbo tiuih or to expose
frauds. Instead of directing thu ex
animation in llm interest of public jus
lice, there wns a miu ilesl design to
cover up every thing doubtful, to ex
clude ull le-timony ihnl would posi
lively convict, und tinder the strictest
rulings ol ctinimal law, to tlmt out
liny Statements thai nil;; lit lend to -
iluiiiuging disclosures. On every up- j
plicaUon lo admit proofs there w.isj
the strongest parly bias, and votes too. !
on tho demand ol tho minority of two. i
It was foreseen from lhf beginni","
that Howard would be whitewashed.
no matter hut the evidence might be,
hccim'so his conviction would bo in
jurious to the Republican party ai d to
tbo x.cutoi. liicnili. of tlio iiuieiiu, who
weieon the committee. Consequently
tho result excited no surprisj. Tin,1
inajorny nqi irieti us loiunvs :
"In con-lu.lon, the commlllic. find on the wle.le
e:isc, lhal the charges ere utteily Groundless and j
caiirelt tbst Ibe I'ounsis.ici.'er lias been a dt- j
roud, h'-nest aod sole uuOlio.servaut. Til
mittve find that his great trust was perlorined
uiselv, disinterertedly, eeouomirally end mtsi
sueess.iuPr.
'Ar.ol.-r , That the IIouso hereby acriiits Ma
jor, t.eiirrttl Oilier O. Hoesid of tho x,uoiid!ess
uud causeless ebarg. s lately preferred sp.inrt
b:ni, aod dtNa hereby declare and record its judtr-me-il,
(hut in sueces.lully organising and adtniti
oleiing wilh bdelily, it.ligotv, and ability llie
Free-hiien's Bnican, wbicU bits contributed so
much lo tho accomplishment nf Iho first two of
ibise frreiit ends, bo i. deserting of tbo gratitude
ol the American people."
Hut iu spilo id ull the e (Tor is to con
fine tho testimony widen the narrow
est limits, und ta close the door against
uny now light, the (dliciiil papers uud
witnesses that wero adinilte.d mado
good nl most every (barge, und loll no
moral dotihl us lo the entire truthful
ness of Iho gt neiul indictment. The
minority of tho committeu took up
each allegation separately, and re
ported upon il incoming lollio proof.
Space .tlocB nol permit u lo tvprodueo
more limn conic of the leading fouttiros
of ibis report. They say ut tl.e outset :'
"Ucfore proceeding to a review of the evidence
snd n sisteoient ot our vi.-w.. we cannot witbhol.l,
au cjpnseion of ngret that the majority nl iht
t-oniuiilli'e should have prevented, in various ways,
a lair ana iuii invisnKiiiion e suujcol mailer
re!err. d to It. In Ibo lodjiieriil nf the under- j
wuieh were proper, and ebuald bava bees an
snored and a liuie Was aroitranly bsed lor Ibe
tlosing 1 the evidenoo In suppurt of tho clMrges,
which llie majority uf Ihe eonauittee w old not
exiendj and when tbe uudeisigoed a-hed that
certain important witnesses be suSpoctiaed to es-taldi.-li
iinpor ant tact?, ttulcd to 6e wiAia MeiV
kiinulril'jt, ibe ieiiie.t was denied and the wil-u.i-ses
aero not subpoenaed. M
'-ll nas the opinion of Ibe minority Hut Hi
committee bnd r 1 lit to examine Geo. Hosard's
bank uatiount ; that is lo suy, to tliveitig.tn tbe
bo.ikkeiier and cashier of ibe FVtvdineo'a Sav
ings Haul! as to tbo private d posit u.icount of
Oeil, Howard In Ihut On l.tc. ami Iu asi-eiluin the
summit ,,unel bitu on (joiernnient seeutilit sy
lhal hank I tint, although faro 0,s.it-. iee.e be
ore lA noHSiifies, ,'a lA. Aoads 0 lA oimI-.oic-s,
lAe sn'io.i'y rey'iiertf tu ooioi oay ,'"e.liir.liiM iaiu
lAe.e oe.s.aol., aor ir.utrf (,'ca. ..icinf, irAo le-i.
prrmtHtj e.,a.eNl tf sai A ,mninlti,tt, th-ucrll it wus
aeseilvd that such im esogaitoa would shoo Hint
laige sums ol ,1116 ,'ruarf. hail l.t-ea tinti.lerrvd
to lAol yi ri-ofe ncrooal Tnc oliijci , of lild hank
testiNe.i thai Horitrd had borrowed large sums
tionl the Imuk on United States bonds, saoh ae be
he!d as Coiuoii.aioner of Ihe butciu, jiutt the ma
jority tslu-i-d tu pei mil fuitht-r ixaiiniiauon lor
llio purpose ul showing Unit these boud. belonged
10 tile itl-.invd iM.uiiiy fund unless Mr. Wood
would fti.t s:ate the aasioo- oad iesc, ii-iwa tAc
Aoada, a thing impossible unless tbe account usiitl
waa enuinmed."
' This lusl fact exhibit tho spirit In
w hich tho majority acted throughout,
and showseleurly thai Unwind wanted
an investigation not lo find out. The
Christian soldier wss not willing to
show ids bunk account, because it
would toll a tnla about tho public
money in his churgo thut would nol
ho cnnvcnVtil for the Treasury De
partment to seo or for the public to
know,
'Tho vou'diers were produced to
prove that 8."C'N,!i5 ih) vvoie expended
on Howard University without the
least authority of luw, and that one
purchuso had been mado while the in
vosiiguiion w us going nn and the deed
?pt lrt,im' record so as to cotneul tho
transaction. On this churgo the mi
nority say t n.
"It appear lhal this scheme the erection of
the Uoiii.slty was oreatod lor tbe double pur
pace ol raising a monument to the name and lame
of Howard, who nl this lima was an nspir nil
lor the Vloe-Pri sldeney of the I'nited fitotce, as
it seem, from the leslimonv. and also as a means
by which he and others connected with hun.uulol
tlly and personally, in glit detive pecuniary nud
puilihoil a-lrnntnge, Houn after the eoinmtncc-
"'TiJ ,b",',''a,r0,,".!'lT ,m1rtr I'"'1' h
caused to he rrnjuaeil from (lie lionnl of Trustees
01 the Cuirrrsiiy uN who could not bo ma Is lob
eldlary lohlsvlews. l inn, Pr. 811n.ierl.1n1l. lonn
erly chaplain nt the (inlled Ktaios Ressls. and Dr.
ltoyntna, ehapialn of tbo ilonse of Hrpresenla
(ives, both nnn of high cdaratt'.r, eitnblnl.ed la-
TERMS $2 por aunum iii AdVance,
SEIUES-V0L. 15, NO. 4.
lejirily, snd di.tlngiii.tied for leaning-, were ea-h
in turn compelled to reflrn (he presidency so a.
to make way for the necuintion of tbal p ace hy
(len. lt'.waid blm.ell'. Tln-te, and other tvnilr.
men of standing, ware foroi d toreIire alt.ie'her
fiom the board ro a, lo b-avc ra-iincirs by which
ineuibei-s of bis military stuff end officers of tl.e
bureau could obtain their positinns. lUrtug
thus cunr.injly eoutrircd to tt control, he has
eonttnurs to rosr-ess It ss lus individual prupertv.
ninklnir the di.bursinx oRiper of the Freedmen's
Bureau Us Irensurrr and financial cnt and otber
sutiorJiuutcs Ins tools and nutriments." ,
J1; Having thus obtuinod complete pos
session of this property, Howard and
his l.ing managed il entirely for their
own benefit. The i-uino names figure
throiigjinul tho subsequent trailrao.
lion. They were ull trained in (he
bureau. Speaking on this point, the
piinoiity obsen-or.i e,,..
"A plot wns novle (of the University lends),
minimum prloes flsi d for ea h pare-1, and It m.i
plsord in the hands of a real eruto broker In
Wushin)tton for sole. Ccrtajri niiible and rains,
bio sites were, However, retained, and withheld
frntit Ibosc thus ottered, though they wero placed
on the Hit, nod it suloo-oiieudy appeared that lbs
oOtei.ils connected with llonard were Iho parties
who bud caused tlit-m to be rrs' ried for ll.c-rown
purposes, and wuo obtained titles sub.'uiiiil!r.
and bavo siooc eri-eted raluatde muusions tbereou
lor their own private reridincts. Anton them
are (ton. Howard himself, (len. E. Whittlesey,
Assistant Connnis-iuner and Adjutunl-tleiierHl ot
llie rreetlinen's liurenu; J. . Atrord, Presidviit
of tbe Firedtnen's tsavins Uank and Uoneral
8opi-rinlendi-iit of KJucnta.n of llie liurenu; D.
I.. Katon, Actuary of I lis Preeduu-u'e Suvinas
Lank and stt.n-b of the bureau, snd others also
einncctel Willi freedmen's affairs. Tbo land
upon which (Jen. Howard erected his own house
n donulnl to hlui as a rift by a solo or tbe
I rotten. It li In evidence tllut As Kiiyit4at to
one of tbo board lhal tl.u ucii be rono, nuJ
accordingly it was rlonabd.
Iii regard lo the money advanced
to tho First Congregational Church of
Wushington, tho facts uro cuiious,but
consistent with the deception and
knavery which ure conspicuous in cv
ciy purt of this business:
"tlen. Howard was a lueinber-and one of the
tru.lcvs of llii. S'Mii, I v. Ho stand that be ha I
bureau funds at bis couimsnd, and tbat he would
airaoKC it so Itiat a part of a could bcoliruiQcd
t'ooM-iiiert!', bond to tbe extent oi Slo.ouO were
authoriied a'.'d put at bis di.osil by the truste.s,
llosaol, es I'oiouii.eioner of ibo bureau, trans
ferred $77,Ooi) of the buicau luods to tbe D.irrv
fatta lund, and tben, as tn-n.urer of the Pairy
Lirui ittou. Iran.teried ..Uotl of that fund tw
tlio liownid I'hivirsit.r as a chur.fy fund, lie
borrows 1,000 uf llii. fund ou bis own pri'ate
Seeoi nt. llu llien, l Vrrtiit ot of Uon;ird Col
ve iiy.dT,ets ll;e IrinrTer of SIS OOu of tliis aims
fuel. t:iu, obru-nt'd, to tlte Fust Oorj-easliora!
btnl ii fund, of which Do i, treasurer, tlio I'ni
canity tak-ns; (lie bonds, and ne remuiiiint $A.
duo of ti,v loooe to bintsrlf, in receipt for a note
and morttfitc Iteld ly liiui as hi, private prooerty.
s-ii 1 note an I uer:g--tic be, log bocu giveu to bun
br P. L. hatou, in p.-rrt p.,vuieot lor a hou-e aod
I a. l,e bud pii.ately sold 'o lston. Thus, throuzli
this wicd.ioi nav. .6.1:011 ol the nublm uvon. v
finds its Bo. I 1-,.1-uiL-nt into llie to-ii.ury of a
"""" "a "f 0' Uowurd."
It was shown that Howard drew
6 -'.t-'OO a your for his military pay, and
''.V llie minute of the trustees of the
University that ho wus voted $5,00j
1 esidcht in 1 Mj.I. Iho minority
made these comments :
'-It was iovposfiide to ascertain what other
eoii cusation or .n'arhs lloaraid received, Ibe
ru .jo-ilv nf the e-nooitteo keludnt,r. h-slitnouv
wtuvh d,d not rtier directly to tbe cOMigc. lau's
no t stununy was allotted wi.kb noiilii tli.e pay
ment ol any thin;r Iu Howard ou'iidu of the thrt.e
s.lrti l el.vtfe.t iu tills uudih-e. '1 litre can be but
h,,lo doubt tl.si be u.u.t b.ie been in receipt ol
llrK" """ ' '"' servico;.''
"i" ihi. cuuree of the (lamination it came out
"' he was In tl.e incumbency of the loi'owaijt
naui(.d notations, vis. : a'ajor.ulrtierut l'niioi
cuti s Army , C -muntiotter eiirecu ol Kt lu'CS,
Koeluieu and Abandoned Lands; President ul
llowaid L'lnvcrrily , Pirertorof Puil-liug ttlocli
Coinpain ( Treanirvr aod Tril-t.e of Haiy F.irm
Puml ; I'ri-si'bnt of Young Men'. Chrivtiao Ast.s.
clalioti; Ttca.uriJ First Congregational Cbureh
Ituildins Fund, and Vica-Prtsidvn'. of Freedmen's
Savings bank "
Pioiy, jobbery, husiness,rcforni,.ind
speculation weio thus dinliiluletl in
equul proportions, and ull worked to
gether lor the same object.
In regard lo tho churgo of having
used thu public money lor Iho Y. M.
C. A., tho proof was conclusive uud
the minority brought out come start
ling facts :
' One of tLo witnesses ca'led to sutaln t'.ls ae.
c'JSAtion was Jolin (i;deii. priueip il of the Fisk
Cniveisity, Nashville, nbo leslilie.l that in Au
gust, Itltl'tl, he made applieatioo to Howard lo as
sist bitu In timlding aul repairs tor the Fish I'oi-'
versily, and tu:it au aepro,n-ia'i'n was made by
tbo Oureau to turn of ri uti. put nbrn he came
tu Va:iiniilon to rieoive tbe aiuuuut (len. How
ard gave lino but $1,1101) in biooey, tlio but.
anee el,.Mal, being gn-i-n in Ibe stocks or bonds
ol tho Y. 111. C. A. iu lieu or money. This tssors
SUN. ot ;2.M.'U is charged 0'ieA as in Ibe pay instils tu
moot porati d iiiKtilnlions, diuwu fi-oiu llie refugees
and IrcvUiuen's tuud. The Fisk University 000
tinned to l.ol.t ibis sei-uiity until olee lAe com
a.tieeMpHl o' Ai. iHrHOueln... rh..n llm.- ..I lo..
coaling k und. sent las following teleerapliio
desiiaieh l oin I'hiladi lohia to o,r,l.n. .hi, h ...
put in evuekcol
'AmtL 10. 1871).
"'Prof. OjitfH, Fill t7al'ewr.i'y.
"'Am bvro for &un.tuy leeiures. Please draw
ou too lor trl..'ou and inteieat f:on January, al
Frec:ueu's Savings it.iuk,Waihin!;ltiii. 1 wi.b to
luliil my Kuaraiiioo now, 0. 0. Howasd.' '
"il is perttap, proper to My that whu the wit
ns.s was reifuiivil to produce this despatch it was
without dub. Thut pint fit asii turn off. biltaf
ler some inquiry and scare the wiiues. lound It
e-'Scrofed in bis pockeibook. Thus It it avKienl
lhal lluwaid bail iu August, ISt'.u, put tlia (l,6iU
charged 10 ttie Fisk l'nivority,fefaoainsiorf,
or imo Ihe treasury of ibe V. At. C. A." .
" Mr. Henry P. Cooka. bunker, of tbe llria of
Jar Cootto A Co , lestitid Ibal he wua treasurer
and had rbargu of llie Uiiaiiees of the Y. M. O. A.
lie wa. asked by oru- of tho uinlersigiikd to pro
duoe tbe books -of that association, .hulling tbo
iiumoer aod amount of bonds or slocks issued
to tlt-iieral Hirward. Ha relou-d tu do ll, im. and
tbe imijiiriiy ol tbo emnmiltee au.-tainod hna in
ins rcui.al, and rulid tbnt bo should proJuee
only an nli.trnet, showing oertuin doalings on lbs
pait ol Howard with tli.it association. Ttic com
mittee Acre but permitted to carnitine Ibe books
lor themselves, and were limited to sarA uo.rmele
us CuoKO cooes to soescal. It seemed strange
that a Chii.tian Association had bad rush trans
aiiltons with the Fieediuen's Bureau (hat it was
aliaid or ashamed lo ,hon ibat part of its ojsIi
boob, but such was thu fact. From tba abstract
or Btairment, however, as- thus furnished, tlep.
penred Ibat Howard subaoiis(., end paid Sept.
VI, IM1H, tor 2.0 rbates which werellno.fi-rred 011
Iho sanui day to Howard Uuiversily, and lhal bo
tneen that date and March II, Is, I), there wrr
Iralisfened to, and by him to others, stoi k to the
amount ul -d .100. uf which Sltl,7U reiuane.on
the books in his name at Ibis lime. It was slso
shown that t!ie Freemen's Smings Hank had
oiado to hitu loans on this sioom ; and that be
was ilidebled to that bank la,ulltl for money so
loaned oa Ibis stock, pledged as oollaiera! secu
rity." Il was shown that Howard purchns
ctl a tract of bind in Washington, in
his own 11111110, hud it gruded aian ex
penso of 8.t:l.li00, charged to thu
Freedmen's Htircaii.lind sold purt of it
to bis pui liiers iu the liuilding Hlock
C'oinpiuiy. Another portion ol it wus
tfiini ferred to n school in North Curo
Huti in lieu of the money voted by the
trustees of iho llarr' school fund, of
which bu wus treasurer. In cither
words, ho appropriated Ihe money ant)
Substituted Liis own land at hi own
valuation to Iho school.
Tho purchuso o what Is known as
tho Harry lurm was still worso. Thut
was tnaJo under llio usual pretext of
iiiuinir ino neetimcn. iiiero Wero va
rious palpublo fiMudi In Ibis bisinos,
which Our limits do not allow to bo
fully exposed. Hut thcro ore point
w hi oh ought not to bo passed over
Tho minority tell u :
! Ill Ml II 1 III . . I
... .. ..... v...,,
. ''(loo. liowa,1 and his brother, Charles Uoa.t
Srd, his aaslsiaiil Coiniuisssaner, projeeS-.d ttiff
enu-rpriss. lis rt! nsi tu a part of irliat be enlleo)
k.l coiicitU'nal fol d lor this purpose, llarint
ma' nr. d b s plan, he orcitli d a boatd of trustees, .
n'Oito hiais.lf, 1. ( I'oincroy, r-er.ator troif,
Kmras ; and John It. Llvsiis, a hardware march,'
ant of Wesiniigton with ahum he had large pri.
vale tooneied transaeli rs and spcttiationa.
These iureuns ronsiiiutud Ihe board to hot' tba
uia'-ngeii.eiit and eoiilrol of Ibis fund Bad lbs
land and buildu-gs bought with it. Ills brctbef
ChirM wus snade Iho m.inagor and tauoullvio
orator, with authority to pisko porchas, ton
(rsots, and dtshursmenls."
1 lie drew bora the Unite I Stales Treasury fc .
drafts upon it 177, (Mill, and traoif.rred it la who
he called an rdui-aiional fuiid, paying parioftbh
tuonee for the purchase ol n farm and osiag lbs
balance for similar purposes. He put on houses
out of tl.ls tnnnov and sold theuj, keeping tad ,
funds received from ihe sale in his own name aa
Irensun r in the Prcodtnen's -tnvirgs Bank (not
publio dipositori ), which wi re at all t.mcs ru-'j. '
J. et to his personal order and diretio'i.
lie loaned --i,el l) ol Ibis fund lo John R. El-ran-,
faking his nolo theielur; doroied a portion
to bis own pcrsouol u-c, drawing it fc.,in tlio cash.,
receipts, tiinl su'Siltntel bis pr-unii-irr no:e,
which Is hot nrovidi d 10 have In. n paid, but crs
ered up by mokib it a donation to 1'ie itonard
University, and by causing a f.lcc ro.-i ipt to bo '
subs'ilutcd thtrcfor. Ho thu, oooviets nimaelf
in the olomsy atteuiot tu hide and covrr up Ibo
wrong oomotttted."
Referring to tho Frecdincu's Bureau '
King, tho report says 1
'Tbo d (bully appeared to be with referenseto
this charge that there were too many wilnessei'
ready Ui sustain It, und ton large aa ojaniitig for, -scrutiny
for the eommittue to permit It to bo ea- ,
lered upon, to any eoiisiilerabln extent, in Ibetiusa '
flxsd by the majority of Ibeeomtnitlee. Rcsidrat :
it ass ascertained that tne tcr-iia'diy ofTsr.-d would
imptk-ate others as bi'h in po.ltion as (Jen. How. I
ard biuiself, going to ahow llint Ihe bureau bad ,
boen made an active engine for the election of -governors,
lo-ris'sturt, ineiiihers r,f t'ongreaa. and
L oil. 1 Siatea rt, oaiors tu Ui sjomhern Btatea.tba- '
paMio money ar.il property beni)- fryi-iy used for
tliese purpu'es. Tho uiujarity of tho co-noiitteo
wuuld not allow any sucb Sed of investigation Us
paenlcrcei, aud proutp'ty refused to allosr the wit
nesses reads to prove these fa'sto besubnoenacd
orexamioed " -
This last btaterr.ent is doubtless tho
true explanation of theextraordinarr
courso of ihe majority iu refusing to
admit testimony which would huvo
closed the buifuii, consigned thu King
to ruin and punishment, and hold np
their guilty accomplices in publio life
to just indignation.
Ihe maturity of Iho committeoand
Gen. Howard both emphatically de
nied the charge that ho received any
other compensation thun bis army
ptty.' Hero is tbo lartiago of tho
com mi 1 ice: .
Thij charge ! wy usrrae. Gen. Howard
pay a. on army officer according to bit
rank, but not Commissioner of the bureau. -The
President ol ll-ward Univorsily has tba
nominal salary of one dollar p.. annum, which
has never boea received by (len. Howard.'
And Howard himself in bis sworn
statement bofure Iho committee, said :
"Tho ninth point is in no scom true. The ta!.
try of the President whl-.-h is fixed by the recorded
resolution, I Lave never drawn." .
2ow, it so happens, that these
charge wero rrvived last summer in
Wushington, associated with others
equully damaging. A committee was
appointed by the trustees of Howard
Univeisity to answer Ihrm.nnd Fred
erick Douglass and George K. Ba
ker, Comptroller of Ihe District of
('iiluinbiu, mude u report dated Jan.
4, J &7-J Tho following exiiuct ex
plains ilbois":
f'The complaint that Gen. 0 0. Iloward rt-O'-lvcs
one sal iry Irons Ibe Oovarnment and anoth
er from Howard University bus little otaiin to
eousidenitioB. aod cvi'ca prejudices vnly among
tbe wnl'jar ea.s lor whom it was written. It doea
not appiar that there is any law of the land or
law ol Uoour violated by this doabe y."
Attained to tho report was u finsn
ciul exhibit of the Condition' of tho
Uhivcr.ii-, wilh tho following Btuto
inctit: "Reja;il:u!atl'.n of the detailed statement of
tlea. 0. O. Hovu'd's account with Howard Unt
tersily, accompay iog Hie report df the eoininittee,
Pr '
ISSt. Cnmrensttion r-er Coin, of Hoard Si. (Hi
lor. c.'uipeiisa ion per uoio. 01 lioara....! t.llhl
"loTS. Hail yoar's sa.ary l.ii O
To'sl fl7,4sj
" oerlify that I bi examined Ibe personal
boaxs and papers b.-1-n-ing lo Brig. lien. 0. O.
Howard, U. S. A., aird finr the ebnve to les a trua
exhibit frtm toe samu. LnWABD Si. Fowi.i a.
"t ceittt'y as ata.ve. X. O. Wit sissi-v, U S. A,
"Waasiseniv, D. C, July 4, IS.'J.
In this mutter the committee and
Howard nru iioih (I nly coiitrndielod
hy the "persoiml books und aipers he
longing to I.rig.Gen. O. O llowurd,"
as ecrtifii-d bv bis owli aid de-cump,
WilUinsoii. jle drew S5.H0J in 1-G9,
andyetsworo in 1370 that ho had
never drawn" the sulury ot Presi
dent of ihe University. There is con.
finnutory proof in Llio testimony ho
fore the cominilloe quite independent
of this report mado by Douglas! und
linker, us purti-un of Howard.
Those expo-are, requlro no com.
mont. Thoy ure stronger ihan all criti
cism. Hut they only conclude ono
chiiptor in tlili discredilablo history.
Every charge niudo by Mr. Wood wa!
verified, in spilo of a majority organ
ized lo wliitewush.
Wo propose on an early occasion to
review llio charge now preforrol
against Gen. llowurd by ibo Secretary
of Wur. A'. Y. Sun.
Const vprioy. In a hew work on
consumption, by Dr. Henry MucCor
mac, of London, the theory is main
tained that consumption, or tubercular
discuso, is caused solely by breathing
tip which hits ulready been breathed,
either hy uniinals or human beings.
Tho hourly elimination of cnrboitlo
iteitl by the lungs," amounts to ten or
twelve hundred cubic inches, und if
iho air is already cpntaminuted wiili
thut gas and with other organic cffula
suhslahces, its pow-cr to reiimvo theso
from llio body is seriously injured, and
ihe detritus of degeneration being re
tained, become tubercle.
After reviewing the death-rales of
different capitals, tin) doctor conclude
that Iho prevalence of consumption in
Vionria mwy ha trnr-cd directly to IIia
use of close stoves, doubly-glazed and
padded windows, which are nevor
opened, and consequently lo living in
chambers which are never' Vent iluled.
Tho case is the samo in Si. Peters
burgh, where out nf an annual mor
tality of 5,000, 1 '.KM die from consump
tion. In this ciipilul doublo doors and
winjows, every jnterstico being care
fully closed with Wuddeil' clsith, or
violoh, exclude tho currciiigof uir, anil
along wilh the close stove, render slug
mini the stinted brettth-fotilod atmos
phere, effectively hindering its replace
ment Irom ' without, and, in" fino, en
tailing the direful scourge of tubercular
disease, from w hich no class nr condi
tion of ibe community js exempt.
An old b dy, Who was in ths habit
of declaring, after tho occurrenco of
any event, she predicted It, was ono
day -cleverly "sold" by her worthy
spouse, w ho, Pko many oi bores 'g
know of, luiil got tiped of hearing her
eternally "I told you so." Hushing
into tho Itntuo, breathless with cxeltu
nient, ho drnnrted into a chuir, eleva
ted his bunds and exclaimed, "Oh 1
my tb nr, what do you think 1 Tho old
cow bu gono and eaUti np our grind
slone." The old lady was ready, and
hardly waiting to hear the lust word,
alio screamed out at tho top nf her
lungs, "I told you , I told yon n.-
Vu always would Icl'll slund out uf
doors." i o ... i .
An sxcliango style Toacher' Instl
tota flirtation' sooiotW ' Jsn't h! a
wretch J i i