Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-18
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From Washinston-The Rebel
Arcliives-POss Offices Restored
.-DiscOvery of Minerals In Mary
land-The Freedmen i'm Arkan-
sas and Mississippi. h,,A 80
New YORK, Sept. 16l-The Times WASH
ington special says: The Bureau Of Rebel
Archives, under the charge, OF that well
known scholar and writer, DR.. Francis Lie
Der, is now fairly organized and at work on
the examination and classification of the
five hundred boxes of archives of the late
rebel government. These documents relate
to every department and every period
of the rebellion, and cover large part OF
its civil and military history. . Their classi-
lfcation and compilation, by such an able
and discriminating gentleman as Dr.1Lie-
Der, will put thehistOry of the Confederacy
in correct light before the public. The
title of the bureau has been, changed, and
is now called the Archives Office of the
War Department, and 1t will be the custo-
dian of an immense portion of the archives
of the war which have been forwarded to
the Department. There are now deposited
in the Department the official history of
eight or ten army corps, as filed by their
Adjutants. The Archives Office now occu-
pies spacious rooms on Fifth street, while
awaiting the preparation of Ford's Thea
ter, which will be in readiness about Janu-
ary 1st. In addition to the archives, there
will be deposited there about seven hun
dred captured flags, and numerous other
trophies, which will render it the historical
museum of the rebellion. h.. 'i.a''a IN
The Postoffice Department continues its
work OF restoring southern mail facilities
A dozen more postoffices we're re-Opened.
to-day, among them Dalton, Oglethorpe
and Americus, Ga, and Okalano; aud Ber-
thea, In Miss. '..fa ''' q '''....7' 7.''..' 2
A special to the Herald from Washing
ton says: Extensive and valuable discov-
cries of copper and other mineral wealth
are said tohave been recently made on what
is known as the Tyler farm, in Houses Dis
trlct, Frederick county, Md. The copper
resembles the Virgin ore of Lake Superior,
and1s often found remarkably richin large
Prof. Henry, Chief Chemist of the De-
partment of Agriculture, at Washa, has
visited the locality and examined the spec
linens, and considers them sufficiently
promising to Justify mining explorations
TO determine the real nature aud value Of
the deposits Should these prove satisfac-
tory the location will soon command capi-
tai and the wealth Of the State be greatly
augmented rs .a W E~ & -
Lit. Col. Williams of the .Ffeedmen's
Bureau; who was dispatched upon tour OF
inspection through the States of Arkansas
and Mississippi, reports extendedly from
st. Louis of his operations, under date of
Aug. 9th. --rf COX TH
The main facts Of general interest con-
tained therein are, that there is no lack of
employment Tor the negroes at $40. per
month tor males, and SIS for females, with
board, and in addition to chat large num-
Der are engaged in cutting wood for the
yards along the Mississippi river, from
which they are allowed considerable profit,
the residue of the proceeds going to sup
port the destitute of their own race. Ne
groes who lease lands for cultivation are
required to pay thesame rental that parties
do who apply directly to the Treasury De-
partment. r.f." ns.j-r
! G In one locality three freedmen's schools,
established in October last, with an attend
| anee of three hundred pupils, have been
increased to five hundred, with an average
attendance of five hundred scholars. The
number of negroes requiring support from
the Government is reported to be every
where diminishing. The teachers engaged
in most of the schools for the blacks, are
paid by Northern societies and receive
fom $50 to $50 per month. .rfc5
Many of the inhabitants who have no
lack of food, are very scantily supplied
| with clothing, and will scarcely get through
the coming winter without assistance1in
| this regard, a. .--..H. rs.rfr