New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-31

qlate and actually paid have beea approved and trans
m:ed 70 the pa-iss entitled or the General Land oce.
the required some have been retained o- tgE
the- evidence, and others rejected
TIE 1nzi Settlement: 81 Ire question o! jurisdiction
AID the Increasing importance Of hst remote but !nts
esiin- country VIII render necessary tc make soma
provision n- conducting -siat.ops with he Indian
trlbes vest J tie t-ky mountains oE H1ccl tere are
now 70 agents OF any grade u description
The cause OF education hes received mat a::sut1n
winch great importance =cild appear 70 demand
Is advantages and -ls.urtIg influences beginning
% 2 seen ad ie!: II tie oresss anc soE- The sayases
a. ~eL among the nors cGlorae: regions s..i
l.h;ened circles Q. our County. The tirscto. which
has receatly been zen 70 the system - combining With
letters knowledge ote-ricuitucs m dEtcsch Anic ats
mas opened new era tue progress Indian civilization
The preJGGices which existed against schools, anc
which have hitherto been regarded N IN isuper
a:le barrier the Intellectual improvement OF The rse
man are fast giving way bet1.e TIE evidences by which
he is surrounded tie increased happiness and pros
Psrity ech every'SEerc apparent 10 h. sew Anc
many OF the times now petitioninc for the establish
rsHt them OF institutions the Introduction G.
which they would once have opposed e. n DcES 10 the
character and interests o their people Reports have
yet been received from a. lie superatsnients aut
teschera in the Indian country but those hat haye
TO hand give the favorable and gratifying
9 the conGton Of the various schoo. under their care
The CtCc.-v'4 =-e 11aie=;iEc In0st extraordinary
zeal in the advancement OF .li CREST VIA lih
eraifv which !. truly corrrcnGa5le and which II l.
hoped may &c initiated t- other tribes. they have
set apart and sreed TO apply S-coo OF their annuity
money II h0ultiu' 20 sSJSs DE
treaty aud - GO furnished t-sm the civilization fund
to the education. OF their youth. They have already
among them three academies, beside several small
schools ioT boys and eaI ve sernaries or the
instruction Q: females all OF which have been placed -
der the immediate charge sld management OF the Pres
byterien Baptist and Methodist Churches. Conui5u-
tons also made from these societies amounting IN
the aggregate to about S2V0u Ine importance oil taese
institutions ana the o; tbe;r operations Will oe
from the lar-e which = thus annually eH
pended in their management and support. AL ihese
schools are conducted The principle alluded TO- O
combining letters with manual labor and shown, By
the report of the experienced and efficient agent OF the
Department ell by those OF the teachers to be III
most fourishinr condition. The farms cultivated by
the boys said 20 have produced sufficient corn the
past year the consumption OF he schools Tn. q
males are taught sewing knitting ornI,.:a ca 49,;
work, and the various duties % .1e t.p.eay & as
in addition tho usual alc o-unaIJ O!tuCHcs u "eo
mon school education.
Arrangements are Ia proc'ss to esaohsh tTo manual
labor schools among the Greeks az d'.tan and suitable
points and one among the Chicsasaws. who initiating
the example. and 20 extent the hoera!!ty o the
Choctaw have set apart and appropriated by an act oil
their Council, the OF 10000 10 be annually applied
TO its support Arrangements were also made, time
since for the establishment. OF manual labor school
among the Osages. The buildings have been erected
and the other improvements far completed AS 70
render probable that the institution VIII oe put into
GRAFTON abou; the st OF January has been placed un
der the charge of the Catholic Missionary Society st IT
Louis. The manual labor school at tort leavenworth
under the superin,endency OF the Methodist episcopal
have been cm!neuty successful in sdvaDcn. the great
objects for which they respectively established
The Choctaw Academy in kentucky is reported to be
in ouIisin- and hghy satisfactory condition aud the
pupils many OF whom are boys Of much promise and
influence among the respective tri5cs making great
proficiency IN the oi civilization and such literary
a;tanments as are deemed essential 10 taer future
usefulness.
The other schools from which reports have been ie-
ceycd also represented to be in prosperous coadi
ton and to be exerng happy and beneficial influence
in reforming the ard improving the situation oi
the Indians
The general iAtroduct IN OF manual labor schools
among the Indians, .ad ne purchase OF such toq aud
agricultural implements necessary TOR their man
aeeuent aud successful operation Will be attended with
much expense and Wi! require all the funds that are
in any way applicable 10 objects of education por-
ton OF these funds has heretofore been applied TO the
education OF boys literary institutions in the various
for the practice 0t the Learned professions, and al
though important advantages have thereby result in
the diffusion OF information among the different tribes,
yet is believed that the money now be more ben
efciny expended the homes and IN the midst OF the
Indian people The prejudices OF the Red Man VII! be
thus more easily and the benefits extended
alike to both sexes Ot the trioe.
The Commissioner recommends the passage OF a law
making j, a criminal offence punishable by mprson'
ment, sell spirituoas LIQUORS 70 the indians