The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON
Congressional Proceedings
Colored Schools in Missou.
ri and Arkansas.
THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.
Closing up the Exchange Business
Increase ofthe Regular Army.
Closing up the Exchange Business,

which he says there are now IN opera
ton in the former State nineteen FREED
mems schools, with % teachers and l,S4s
scholars, and that in Arkansas there are
IS schools, with II teachers and l,47c
scholars. rs.s
The Birmingham association IN Eng
land since the close of the war, has
LARGELY contributed toward the re,
lief of the destitute Freedmen. OF
the United states. Their last invoice OF
goods, mostly clothing, valued at over
$4,000, arrived, and the Secretary OF the
Treasury has notified the Deputy Col.
lector at New York TO hereafter admit all
such goods free of duty.
The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that canal boats, duly enorlled and
licensed. and on which tonnage tax has
been paid, are not liable totthe internal
revenue tax.
Brig. General Mulfred, late agent tor
thG exchange Of prisoners, returned froru
Richmond yesterday, where has been Tor
some months engaged in closing up the
bu mess relating to the exchange. This
he has succeeded in doing, and in com
pliance with orders, has turned over TO
General Hitchcock, formerly Commissa-
ry # Exchange, all the property forward
ed TO Union prisoners during their incar-
ceration, including boxes and money,
an ounting to between 10000 and $40
OOv The money will be restored to the
or ginal forwarders, and 1t is supposed
that the express boxes will be turned
over to the Freedmen's Bureau.
The Northern trains aIe still consider
ably behind in consequence OF the ice IN
tb 2 Susquehanna at Havre De Grace
The Worlds Washington dispatch
says General Grants bill, to increase
tn regular army, is in the hands of the
chairman of the Military committee. Ii
adopted it will increase the regular army
| to over 10000,
The House committee on Freedmen on
Yesterday authorized their chairman 10
rsUort a bill continuing the Bureau and
! nIyrging its powers in accordance with
tb, Recommendations of Gen. Howard. 49,
Tie bill authorizes the President to set
arart in the States of Florida, Mississip-
o. md Arkansas, under The homestead
la. three millions OF acres ot govern
mPnt lands, the same to be allotted III
parcels of 40 acres each TO freedmen at
such rental as may be agreed on previ-
ously, the freedmen 20 have the right to
purchase the land al any time by pay
Ing its valuation.
The Herald's dispatch says The or
der recently issued mastering out The
troops in Virginia, was countermanded
Yesterday by the War Department
The Times Washington dispatch says:
A lirm III Little Rock, arkansas, to-day
presented to Gen Howard of the Freed
men Bureau a proposition to employ
thesColored troops in that department IN
the completion of the railroad which con-
meets Little Rock with the Mississippi.-
The men are to be paid extra pay at the
rate of fifty cents per day in land on the
line Of the road The proposition is ia
vorably endorsed by Gen, Reynolds, com
manding department Of Arkansas, and
by Mai Gen Sherman 1t has been re-
ferred to the Secretary of Var.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says.
Fred Hassaureck will return TO Wash
ington on the 23d inst, and resign his
mission to Ecuador to take editorial
charge of the Cincinnati Volksblatt. '
The Tribune'S Washington dispatch
saws; The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that vehicles of every kind com.
ing from contiguous foreign countries
into the United States and loaded in such
manner that each box and barrel can
be satisfactorily inspected without un-
loading, will hereafter be p ermitted TO
enter under such provisions.
Secretary Stanton is TO be called to
| account for paving the rebel Provisional
| Governors, in defiance of a law OF Con
gress against such an act
Tie United States Agri ,ultnral society
| held their eighteenth annual meeting al
the capital this morning Preliminary
ARA q gements were made for an aga icul-
tural reunion here IN January next.
The Commercials Washington special
savs that an early withdrawal of the
French troops from Mexico is looked up
on as certain by all who have perused
the correspondence sent in by the Presi.
dent Yesterday. The steamer now about
due will bring Napoleon's speech to the
Chamber, and this may contain the im-
portant announcement that the troops
are To be withdrawn
The Senate committee has rejected the
bill granting equal suffrage in the Dis,
| trici of Columbia, but will report bill
Permitting negroes TO vote who have re-
sided here six months, and can read and
! write.
The President, as means of cheapen'
ing fuel to the poor during the cold
weather. has ordered large quantity OF
tire wood belonging TO the Government
to be sold in quantities less than ten
cords AT s. 80 per cord.
The well known case of Floyd's aC-
| ceptanes purchases Ivy Thomas W Pierce,
of Boston, is now before the Court OF
| Claims.
Senator Foote has received dispatch
from Hon. George Bancroft, signifying
his acceptance of the invitation of the
Joint committee to deliver an address
| upon the life aud character of President
Lincoln before the two Houses of Con.
gress. in the National Hall of Represen'
tatives. on Monday, February 18th. That
time was appropriately selected for these
ceremonies, il being Mr.. Lincoln's ami
versary birthday.
The time fer the reception OF appllcs'
tious for space at the Paris Universal
Exhibition has been extended from the
lst of January TO the lst of March next.
Our producers, mechanics and artisans
will have further opportunity to send in
Their applications for space to the agent
III New York before the closing of the
DOCKS Too much attention cannot be
given 10 the Importance of having the
characteristic productions of our couu