The national Republican., 1867-12-04

hand being reserved for those who may require
help during the coming winter.
The schools have increased In number and use;
fniness, Normal and training schools are well
attended. The total Of day and night schools re-
ported, including industrial, but not the Sunday
.choSl Is aa9 with az tescher. tea and ist,Ss
nual report Ofthese, 1850 scholars are sustained
wholly or In part by freedmen, and 5o1 buildings
are owned by them. OF the teachers, coo are col
The average amount OF tuition paid per month
by the freedmen has been tlI, ,555.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
or the First Military District tNirginia) Gen
"The results of the first session Of the register
Ing boards were all received on september To-
One hundred and hfteen thousand and sixty,
eight whites, and one hundred and one thousand
three hundred and eighty-two colored registered;
and two hundred and thirty-two colorcd being
rejected. The tax list OF ls0G-'6I mot quite com
plete) returns about one hundred and thirty-slS
thousand white male adults, and elghty-seven
thousand colored male adults. This indicates
that the numbers of whites disfranchised, or
sS to
colorcd men have been registered than were on
the tax-ilsts. Hence 1t may be inferred that
nearly all male adults white or colored, not dis
franchised, have registered.
"The principle upon which the apportionment
was made was to give separate representation 10
the smallest practicabl subdivisions of the State
and where fractions remained over to SO com.
binc counties in election districts as to Justly
represent these portions. This Is believed to be
the faitest mode OF apportionment practicable
OF the Second Military District North and
South Carolina) he says:
0G0 whites and u, ,65T blacksj and In South Caro-
lima, Ib,T6l whites and 1855 blacks. Registra'
tion proceeded very slowly on account OF SLOW
ness Of communication with distant parts OF the
district.
-. OF the approximation made by Congress. ~:
so2.sI have been expended, and outstsnding
liabilities ed tha balance hand A1Al.-
s02.T7.
"The present condition Of the district is SO
satisfactory as to warrant ne BELIEF thar ai,sr hntb
States can be diminished
or the Third Military District Georgia, Flor
ids rnS tSs s|. Of tSs state of Aam.
colored person could be admitted TO the jury box,
and there was no surety ofjustice to Union men,
Union soldicrs) or to colored persons from juries
innamed with hostility toward such classes.
There Is very large number OF cases OF wrong
Accordingly an order was issued directing. all
juries to be drawn Unfortunately from the list
OF voters registered by the Boards OF Registra-
avery few civil officers have been removed,
and those, in almost every case, were removed
for refusing to comply with orders; Appoint.
ments TO oil vacancies have only been made
where the daily business OF the people de-
manded II.
"There were registered in Georgia 95,2li
whites and 90 $50 eolored, and In Florida, IL ,lSC
whites and 6,557 colored. The amount expended
In registration &c, has been sl62,325."
He pays this tribute to the military com
manders;
at is but fair TO the district commanders TO
state that, while they have been Independent In
their civil duties, there has not been one ofthem
who would not yield to a positively expressed
WISH in regard to any matter of civil administra-
tiOn, from either OF the officers placed them
by the Constitution or acts of Congress, so long
as that wish was In the direction OF proper ex
ecution of the law for the execution Of which
they alone are responsible. l am pleased to say
that the commanders of the Ave Military district
have executed their difficult trust faithfully ant
without bias from any judgment Of their own Al
to the merit or demerit Of the law they were ex
ecuting."
In regard to the Military Academy, Gen. Gran
recommends that the number OF cadets be In
creased to four hundred; and concerning brecch
loading rifles, he gives the opinion that non,
have been produced superior to the converte
Springfield musket, as altered at the armory, an
none equal to II in serviceable qualities can b
produced at less cost.