Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-11-23

REPORT OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER HOWARD
The annual report Of General q H. Howard,
Assistant Com missioner Of the Freedmen's
Htrs,n1, isI rd 1e ,r, psie. n1 OF columbia West
education among freedmen in these sections,
has been made public, from which we extract
the following:
No school has been conducted BY the bureau
alone; salaries OF teachers have not been paid
by II, but, for the most part, the buildings Ia
which the schools are held have been erected
in General Howard's district ia common
schools, conducted by 146 teachers, Of whom
liz are white and "a colored. The number of
scholars amount to ., sss, and the average atten
dance is over three-fourths per cent To the
above must be added Al schools, taught mostly
at night, for adults, SO teachers and Liza pu-
pills. The trustees OF colored schools for Wash
ington and Georgetown have paid the salaries
OF 10 teachers and about $500 of incidental
expenses, and in West Virginia some dozen of
the teachers have been paid in part from the
be imparually expended for whites and blacks.
From the entire appropriation for educational
purposes, the Commissioner set apart 225,OOO to
be expended under the immediate dire elton of
each assistant commissioner In this district,
IL school-houses have been erected, as follows:
In Maryland, s; in the District OF Columbia
o; IN West virginia, 2. in Virginia, 4. There
are, besides, 70 IN progress of construc ton,
distributed as follows % in Maryland, in
West Virginia. and In the District OF Colum-
bia. ~"
The schools in the District OF Columbia. the
report says VIII need no assistance from the
bureau, or from the aid societies, as the colored
people Will receive their share OF the school
fnnd, together with some arrears Of former
years, amounting in all TO about ss2, 600 Do.
f1ng the past summer two large brick build.
lnss have been erected in Washington city, at
The expenses win be paid by the city = :.
In the state Of Maryland the present Law ar
lows, for the support OF public schools for
derived from the taxes paid by colored people.
There are atpresent eight school houses com
pleted In Maryland counties, twenty -one in
process OF building, sixteen for which sites are
secured, and three for which negotiation are
pending.
In West Virginia there is an impartial svs.
tenn Of free schools, though the coIored schools
are required to be separate, and the execution
OF the law, as for example, in levying taxes
building school-houses and employing teach.
ers, Is entirely in ths hands Of the whites. The
following II the exhibit OF the State: School
houses completed 2, in process of building =
school-houses for which land is secured 8
school-houses for which negotiations are pend.
ing 10.
Ten thousand dollars were given last sprins
TO the National Theological Institute and Uni.
versify, but no report has been yet received
and College at Harper-s Ferry has been pledged
S6,0OO from the bureau. The school was opened
on the sth instant, with Il pupils. There are
sity, winch was chartered BY act OF Congress
March 2, 1867 The follow statement shows
the work done the Industrial schools
Number OF schools supported entirely by
bureau, 3: average monthly attendance in ali,
o5: number OF garments manufactured, aO25
number Of ards Of carpet Manufactured, as
number OF pairs OF shoes Manufactured, 36
number Of schools supported partially by
bureau, .; average monthly attendance in ali.
100; number Of garments manufactured 2s52.
number OF yards straw braid, 2 200; number of
schools supported by benevolent associations,
I; average monthly attendance co. humber ar
garments Manufactured, 1,7s2; number of gar.
complete 1859