New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-28
VIRGINIA
Going 90 MISUNDERSTANDING the schools
-Norfolk-Whns the Frccdmcn's Asso.
eintions are Doing There-An cx-Gov-
srnor's Late EfnbitRtion-Thc james
What Way be Seen.

From Our Special Correspondent.
RICHMOND Va. Oct. % ls6A
In compliance with your celebrated order
Qhis time privately dehvered) of
on TO RICHMOND,
reached the City Of Magnificent Distances and mag
unanimous dsIensations of pardon on Friday lns ana
spent the forenoon in visiting tho schools for freedmen
n company with Mr. Hawkins the Secretary OF the Ma
,ional Freedmen's Relief Association.
TEE SCHOOLS FOE FREEDMHS.
The Boston. Nov.York and Philadelphia Societies
have each established schools in Washington which
are well attended and 10 credit TO their teachers and
pupils alike and equally critical visitor might sug
cest that where the schools near each other some
teachers and time might be spared, aud greater
progress secured by grading them harmonlousIy-ons
taking all the primary tho Other The more ADVANCED
scholars; and especially n the case Of tle Boston aud
Philadelphia Summaries il lst. The boston school
held IN the basement or lco'ureroom OF cnufch on
the corner of Nineteenth ard lists. and has between
300 aud 800 pupils should guess and as is customary
with the Ilubi'cs = number OF admirable ten,hers
from New England The Philadelphia school II but a
few rods distant in building In the rear OF NO W
IIst. IT hss over 100 pupils and two teachcrs one
white aud ore coorcG Northern lady.
The New.YorS School is in The Frcedmens Hospital
Building corner ei Fourteenth and h.sts. About jN
pups attend t'is school Que department OF u Is
novelty in the United States in fact In the world Tor
believe IL is the first negro infant school estnb:
ishcd anywhere. IL is under the charge OF cooTed
lady who left California 20 do her part IN educating her
race; and under the auspices Of TIE National fleeu
n,en's Relief Associations founded this Interesting
establishment She is assis'ed-mark Won not super
intended hut assisted hY--a young Whic hdy o me
culture and ability wlc. in taking subordinate posi-
on 10 this coorcd principal consciou, 81 no egrI
dlon hut gladly voluntarily. and.wth aiacrty iultns
her du,v 20 ibcse Young souls, without dreaming that
she Is occupying Gn outpost IN that grand onward
march Of humanity whose neat stage shall De Ii
tngushed by total disregard 20 all accidental! dS
tinctions asaonR men:
when capacity not color experience not the epider
mis- the sharpness Of the faculty not The sharpness OF
the nasal feature shall determine position:
There are seven ladies and Principal Mr.
been carefully selected. This school was founded
last year 10y the Rev. i. w. Pond Of vermont
tson Of Professor Pond Of Bangor Theological
Seminary who determined 90 teachers for The
colored people among themselves snd carried gram
marclass. numbering nearly 40. up 10 eleucntary
algebra. The ease with which those pupils gfippled
with the problems Of arithmetic was rather damaging
70 the popular theory advanced now a.days by those
who formerly denied that tho Blncks were human
beings and Who no longer able TO assert that they can
not Be taught TO read state. with nS uranoe IN
ahaied that hey cannot master those branches oi IN
strnction which require severe study. edVlse al
doubting Thomlses or Miss SAnccys who have IN
bbed this notion 20 ray visit 10 Nr. Zco's school
The teachers Of all tho schools report that the pupils
learn not with fcht, merely but with wonderful
raifdiy. They are improving also IN regularity Of ai
tendance. The "a an encouraging fnct
The Now-Yort Society Aiting mp The Hospital a.
considerable eIpsnso
SO far Tie asiierlpg fsc, But there IL smother pic.
ture and, as none Of us AbotIorlss haitcr own
race when II docs not keep step 10 the music o.! ;he
heavenly spheres there is reason why should bc
Silent WIN eoored people display sef, and Prrerse
lspirit We ta'e al debOIbced ihc sccessi0nlsts ~
Washington Tor having dei.A,nl the laws of Congress
which 90 apart scain pa,ion of the Ctr income for
,c eeaesoh o. lp. coloted ls1ple. and We have not
Dteh 700 tehoei . Jn eIprcssngs = contempt for tbs
Rebels defeated W. rot srhtu vto bavs endeav.
orcd AZ other ee, 70 prevent the fornAto of freed
ings Now, the sane thing las been done hy tie
trustees oi the colOred churches o. ain:ton During
the fret year they .ye tie of their chufche. freely
70 the Northern teaoeeTs ei ategEard they demaud
nigh rents and thereby laid eddis.cnal tax on the
lteneyolenee which seeks the elevation OF iief race
aud caused unnecessary expenditures "a be- incurred
~ one cooeu cutcn ~ GeoTglOsn the trustees have
had the ineoncelahle neauncs 70 retain the school
furniture until freedLens Society sha nav tiS TSo;
they demand. although, before their churcA kss oocu
ped they Foed 70 giV the use oi their building roe Of
charge Again i IS alleged that the srrit akin 10 that
called "chyslrc" is SHOWN by the formerly FREQ peoule
against the ireedmen-aR apeke imitation OF the |
baboOn. The free people even refuse in .e cases N
4 sit in the saihe pews with "tao couiraband." Wbi.
ar denouneng the Rebes for tryiag TO make money
out OF Northern charity let us spaTo f.,y ,o, ,boi
burn for these their ptiiul and pltiable alice.
HoEFoLE.
From Washington to the home Of The ancient P1ag
Uglics-from thence TO the comic OF d. Davis mis-.
oner, patiently awaiting fardon al Fortress Monrce-
and from thence i9 Norfolk. which, according 10 the
,rac effositions Of DE Bow and Maury ought
IN Hdye been and was evidently intended 20 BE- The Ion
don OF the Souih-but by DE BOWS figures MsuIy's
lamentatiorg and palpabo facts, ts nOt-by rail and
steam puff puff, ncross the land splash, splash, along
the rivers We went. cannot halt TO describe that
decrept victim Of the Slave Power poor old imbecilc
granny Norfolk who spends her feeble breath in sigh
Ing still for the system which made Der municipal
speeimen of what nsuralsts cacrrcstcd Development
Sbe is inst as stupid ever II was ~ oCtimely and
IN, Of tune with the century ard al war with the spirit
NJ tbe age Officers who have constant communication
ar that they have learned absolutely
oIiog from the vast events of the last four years
They siil spell cOored American citizen with Two gs
With evidence before thelr eyes ~ every sIeeI VI tn1
industry of the Freedmen, they loaf all day and grow
a, tho law niggers Satan rebuhing SIN was mOdcsly
it.ef in contrast with the conduct OF these chVafy
The report Of the Bureau officer ie that the fteede
o-yubrre are eager IN and around Norfolk, 10 go to
,yort wherever aud whenever 'ere leeent c4ance
Hat he, will DO honestly paid for theif But
thcv ere not willing TO be cheated.
! Vet In spite Of the fossil element IN Norfolk there
o,e encouraging signs in the midst Of her. For in
stance was il satisfactory for THE TRTBlhEs cor
regpondent 10 sleep in the house Of the praeo IN con-
cuation NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Admiral ScmInes
! / did that. II IS now tho headquartcra OF the
National Freedmens Relief Association.
Still further Northern enterprise has put its foot down
in Norfolk and unless compelled 10 move u by q pre-
mature res,orltion of the authority 10 traitors 1t VIII
soon STAMP out Of the soil there vest aud hourshlng
city, for there ID no site on the continent more happily
situated for tho birthplace OF new K kong21 than 'D'
Tho New York and Boston Efcodinehs Ald Socleties'
and the American Missionary Association have schools
IN Norfolk. In one OF the churches N which school
il held over the pulpit neatly framed hangs the FRO,
clamation Of Emancipation and beneath H. the picture
NJ necro kneeling and kissing tho hands OF Abraham
Lincoln. - -, ooo .,..., III
d.ans ere attending the shools In Norfolk. Last year
,hro ,cre 100 tut nany of them fugitives, who
have since le The has just coniIneDeed "oine
of the teachers have not yet arrived ana number OF
nrivafe or "pay schools" have been cstaDlshcd ny
oore6 ncrsobs The probable average OF attendance
for ths coming Winter H. therefore, not yet ascertain
1T The teaehers give the same report aS 10 the apt