, 1866-04-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Freedmen and Their pros.
poets.

haPId employment of the Ne1pn
Appfoptsatton-Claf Aecncr-R.
n"ns e:ot Od-keero Chufchea Rprne,
in Mobile. A'o1ne
tffom Our Own Correspondent
"AsaNaros, Apr1 9, lsG8,
osn' howard assures nc that tho effect q
us circular OF February I'D has been excellent
ana mat the sitnatfon, ss whole, Is rrcotl,
ameilofated. He notes exceptions, "a ses
however, and is most confident TINT The snjd
Of cruelty Is only suppressed for tim. On;
Will oofst out IN ITS fury upon the s}lshtes
oceas1ons zen. f1sk's. administration In Ken
tuchy more embarrassed than anv other
ana WILL not be relieved while the Pre.ident
NJ issue with Congress, and 'fhe
secretary of War IL powerless nn1s,
the Executive policy. The officers Of the r.
reau are all encouraged With the alacr1tv
| OF the negroes in applying themselves tn
"orhi and There are no districts reported IN
"hlch all the able-bodied are not adyxn.
ugeous!y employed, except two or three
Whcrc the accidents Of the war hare Rccpmn,
lated laoofing population In excess Of the
aggregate needed. Brig. Gen. C. q. Hownrd
Tue Assistant Commissioner for this district
ms been charged with the special dutv ~
e9ualizing the population in these cases. snd
is already finding encouraging success IN h,s
undertaking. There are more districts rrnort'
ca where labor is urgently needed than wharr
an excess OF laborers Is found, and In addition
70 Inc Southern demand IN earnest call comes
ron Northern cities, whert female domestics
York proposes to provide Immediate enn,ev ;Lew
ment for Hye thousand. and at Philadefpb}a
they cannot be furnished as fast as ahsorhaI
TILE APPROPRIATIONS.
Il encouraging to learn that the Com.
mlttee Of Ways and Means Will report in faynr
ton asked for in his report. save nn'y ~
5000 COO for school houses, which be con1I M
not invest without the exprcss sanct,e aa ~
law given In the vetoed bill. II he can hava "a
the money and the military agencies onI 10
Lev aone' ne can 20 . grand work even vet
CLAIM AGENCY.
AZ the request Of the Secretary of the
American Freadmen's Aid Commission Ger se
howard has established at his headq barter a
special agency for the collection. WItbnnt
cost to tho claimant, OF all dues frnn1 H.
Government to colored soldiers and thr;r
heirs. The Secretary, who had consented to
receive claims temporarily. had transferred
to the Office in charge Of the agency a. t6a
Bureau, such claims rs had Accumulated IN
his hands. Parties having claims to forwarJ
should address Major William Fowi.s
Freedmen's Bureau. Washington, D. O.,
4 AANDSOAE COMPLIMENT.
trict;; under instructions from his chief he1an
several weeks aimee the business Of thorongh.
Y Rohssing al negro reaidcnces and quarters
IN the District, and with such YIeor and efier1
was the work prosecuted, that he attension
oi members Of Congress was attracted. and
.aE nenaas naa e. already passed an act appro-
the entire District, to expended under ihe
sole direction Of Major Gen. Howardi This
,6 not quite relisled. to be snre hv mn
amiab1e Mayor md the corporation authori.
lies, as is not altogether agreeable to thoso
old families," who must now zee whether
Lne| can keep as y clean as their former ser.
# the city more edectually than 3ye times
ne amount would secure under IN ordinary
ooatd Of Health; and so, considering aIl the
circumstances, this action Is rs creditable to
ne good sense Of the Henate rs 1t Is coupli-
nentaIy to the administrative fidelity OF he
R4T1oss CUT OFT.
Ihe Assistant Commissioner for the D;,-
f1ct nsues circular this morning, in which !
e announces that as he is now aBlc to fi,r.
ish remunerstfve employment to MI the
ble-bodled, no rations will be Issued 10 auv
91o can Work, after The 10th Instant. liz 4
rphans In suitable, asylums, md that The
Torthy innrn will bo cared for NJ heretofore.
TIE PRECEDENT ON THE xoB11IASs.
tedious and anxious struggle has lasted
y months, aud Ia not yst concluded. at Mn
lie to which the Northwestern Frcedmen,s
ID Commission and the Trustees Of fhe
ledieal College Of Alabama arc the parties !
he Commission iound the college building =
nptJ nt the time of the occupation Of No
lie, and obtained permission To open school I
it: More than q thousand dollars were az
-nded In making 1t comfortable. and {
ven hundred children became pupils, Soon
me the Trustees and demanded possessinn. 1 i
he cas-. went up to the President, who direct E
that the building bo restored as soon N :
her quarters could b. provided for the b
hoo1. The experiment was made of loca- 6
nc an hundred Of the children IN The hase- !,
eut Of q co1ored church but the church Vas /,
lrned to the ground. A second attemnt IN O
'othcr church resulted in another contlsnrn. q
N. Then man whosc house was near 4 .
IT'D church built brick wall twenty feet Il
eh between his house and the church, and
soon as the wall was dni1hed the church CT
Is burned, although no school had been q
'ened In It.. All this while the Trustees had Fl
ntinued their intercesslons ut the Whlto v
ousc, and recently were urging It with over n
lelmtng Zcst. when u fourth church Fwas =
Incd, and the news reached the President. | =,
lefeupon, let 1t be known to his credit thai | d
ordered, with indications Of chplcr. that | Al
{ school should continue without fiirfher | Al
estion until this very unsatisfactory acconnt 4
church burning had been fully Investigated 4
d the wrongs complained OF righted. ~
CuIcAon ! G