, 1869-05-15
WAShlNGT
Work Now Being Performed
by the Ereedmen's
Bureau
The Virginia Election to be
Held July s.
Conservative Firsinian> Call
on The President.
General Sickles to Have the
Spanish Mission.

General Sickles to Have the
Spanish Mission.
SPECIAL Despatch to The Chicago TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, May IL.
TEE rREKpxAN's BUREAU.
Considerable change III the working Of things IN
he Ffeedm.1s Bureau has recently taken place.
rhe positions Of Assistant Commissioner and Io-
al D.sbcrs!n2 Agent have been abolished, and
there a5c now none OF these on1cia!s. The Quar-
te1Master on General 1Iowarl's s.An Is doing
nothing but clcsag up his business and As soon
be hiss finished that he will he mustered ou. The
elurear no longer furnishes Ear1lies anti tEauspor
s1tion to freedmen or refugees and ruw has moth
ing to DO with the execution Of the laws in the
South. The Commissioner has Eod or Turned over !
to the War Department most Of the
property On his bopEs, Aad vii!
timpose OF the remainder as soon ~
possible The whole time Of the ot1cIals IL nov |
given to the settlement o. eolored soldiers houn-
~ claims sad work in the cause Of popular eslu-
cation at the South. Al average amount OF two |
hundred and 1fty Thousand dollars Is paid over to |
bounty claimants per month. The payment when |
practicable, Ia Eade through the of1cefs Of the |
Frredmeo's 5ar1ngs Bank, bit from one to four |
detailed army oucerB are yet retained In most Of !
lft 51EtaE1u 3t11eA ~ 2lu Ia tlA Wu14. De9s1fa /
.hrse bounty agents, The number Of which Is be-
ing reduced AZ rapidly "a possible there are but
two other persons employed In each State, viz: |
one SureEibten ndent OF Education, with single
clerk. The nAmes OF the S1penntendents
as Iugs announced arc as follows: R u.
Manly, Richmond, Va: Il. c. vogell, Raleigh, n.
C.; Major Horace Seide, c olumhla, s C.; Lieu
tenant Colonel g. u. gill, jacksonville, Fla +;
Colonel J. r. Lewis, Atlanta, GA; Colonel Edwin
II NeA fEtnH
AtsA: E. Mason, Sew 0r!eans, La; Joshua
Welsh, Aussin, Texas; VIE Colby, Little Rock,
ARR: Lieutenant Colonel c. E Compton, Nash
vile, Tenn, ColonessB r. P. Runtle, Louisville, kr.,
and John klmlall, Of Washington, for the District
OF Columbia, Delaware, MARYLAND and West
Virginia Such Of these persons ~ are in the
army get thelE army pay. The others are
paid from the bureau snnat- New Instructions 10
she Super1nteulents have just been drawn up,
from which 1t appears that the bureau Is hereafter
Ectug to do more xotk In villages and county
tlls:uc,s where hostility and prejudice against
lsee1men'a d schools have heretofore been fstfpuR.
The burning Of a lew school houses has llie{ been
1rporsed, hut the whites are beginning to Under
stand that this sort Of business Cannot so safely
tx dine Under GEans's administration, and an I'm
proved feeling Is alrvaily remarked in many local
ities. @. ". Afford remains Is General Snpeftn-
ttndent OF the educational work.
TIE REtuhTEb FuHE1GS ALLIANCE.
Tie government has Htilt no Information HhAt-
ever which leads It 10 place any confidence In the
storJ Of foreign Alliance No word Q! an un.
pleasant character h4a passed between the French
officials And our own alnee the withdrawal Of the
French lctces from Mexico spain mas more cause
Q! complaint against England for her movements
IN Cuban Wntcrs than against the United States,
and the Intercourse between our authorities and
the Spanish Minister here, since the Cuba1 tebel-
lion i'cgaa. has been Of q corttA character, md
every report Of Irregular proceedings on the part
pt our citizens nade By him has been promptly
inrcastRa1ed and he has psufessed entire sattsfac-
tim
TUE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE
private letter from Paris says the vessels with
the heH French ocean cable witt sail about the
a.h Of July, 1t wui be landed this cnd at Cane
May, bJ virtue Of the act passed through the
New Jersey Legislature last winter, and number
OF New York 1n1 New jersey capitalists are
largely Interested IN the undertaking. Telegraph
ll1es will be run from Cape Aay TO Washington
PhilnIrl;,hla and New York.
PERSONAL.
General ]. l. HaIl[e left for Chicago Tonight to
report TO General Sheridan rs Inspector General
ii Ills department.
The commission Of James II. Reed, Assessor Of
the Fourth Illinois District which has been With
held for so1ne tine, was tent him yesterday.
-Dr- Rca, OF Springfield, ILL.,, Consul 10 Belfast,
received hts commission today.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
THE K1,E1A71oS or VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES CALL
CroN THE PRESIDENT.
WAsHrsoToS, May IA delegation OF proml-
nent s1::ens Of eltE,nts re2Fcscattns TIC Conse..
t. D. Washington, waltcd On the 1'fc8iicut tnis
morning. and hal abort interview In reEard to
1hr ariorsten Of the State Constitution ami cspe-
cialy to aak that the clnnse relating to county o
cers tt Fuhnlt eli to the people separately In tile
same way a. tie test .ath ant disability clauses,
Tkn1 HyrtH. ffch Tr%Y H.
0Eel Prank Il. futfln, taEnes 4 Cowarrtln tetlt:or
OF the Richmond Itxia,rh}, AMI FTnnklin Stearus
VIRGINIA Arro1sTxEkTA
General Canby has made the following State ap-
lo:ntnehts 1n frr!hla: q. u Dor1nan. Judge Of
Tue SIftcne touFt Of Apf'cala e'ee r {. Acnc!eur,
,s, ngSet; ;.t, 5@hn L. ;S ;EsSapan JnaEe Sn'h 'a-
elt9, t'ef q T. Dorman. appointed Jndge ot The
n tns COUNTY Goar ]! Fat:t coaSpy re 1T e. &.
Rnekes. re'uo!cd; Charles F. bingham, TFcas-
@ q 4ss fo2 sa
Northern District Of Alexander County, riee !.
o'SeiA. appointed Sheriff: r: L. sullson. Com
monEcahh's Attorney Ut Alexander County, riee
viRG9N1A ELECTION.
4 proclamation has tccn Prepared anu will he
issuesf tomorrow, nxi1g the 9Th day Of July for
lie election in virginia It also provides for the
submission Of the constitution, with separate
votes on the disability and tes, cath clauses but
TIE srAN1sH M1ssioN-
There s no doubt tho President to-las deter
mined to appoint General Daniel E s!ckirs Min
Eref to SIAln. Hts commission will soon he
prepared.
NAVY TAEp APPOINTMENT,
pointed Clerk Of the Pay Rolls and Mastering
Clerk. the tirst appointment VI the Washington
Nay! lard under Grants administration.
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS on THE GREAT WESTERN
Tue rEElations heretofore In force IN rc1arl to
THAT L. termed hand t.asgasc Ct passcnss1s enter
EH3frt1 Et4fAl fN&nnhA h
ones promulgated F11m and af:eF May 95th, no
the road from the Suspension bridge 10 Detroit, a.
heretofore. for the Inspection Of such taEgAHp,
Stalcs- The loea, customs 1.lccr shall attach cer.
tain stamps to the baggage OF through passengers
II At tae ror Of arrivals Of such train # shall ap-
ous1E through on designated train, and there Is
no Kuspc.ou OF intended fraud, the customs Officer
VII PASS such hagEase without further INSPECTION,
~ u belonged to person coming from foreign
territory.
DIPLOMATIC COUNCIL
The regular diplomatic reception, held BY the
SECRETARY uf Stale, yestcr1at, was Of quite an ln-
fe.cs.:nR character. In the nEst place the 80
called alliance het~e-n England, France ami
Spain WAS very much spoken Of by everybody, but
beleFed 0y none. II IL understood that the rep
c:Asned IN tho name Of their governments 4ny
such Intentions Then the cutna INST
ts. came ~. and *ecr=sary F1sh
eiote IEttlt u HIS sGktlet1 NeIElM!nA{i0n
u stop all hlihu.tc.inG expeditions, under any
nasne and an. .shape thr5 might " 70 hide them
selves, but he compsalnesi hlsn Of the bloody and
awl~asd policy Of spsin towaris Cnhs, Saving
that With such power the eeerinc Of neutrality
~as not an EASY Thing. On his uart, Sepor Rob-
erts, Spanish Minister. aald that he saw yer! well
the blur game played b Cubans In the tnlttti
States 10 foECe Spa1u to declare blockade Of the
island. hut that his country would not be lei
TO make this thunder: I'm the whole the uosi
peaceful spirit prevailed during tho reception.
FENsIok sEkGKaNS
The Commissioner Of peuElons has appointed
fht following 1azned examining surgeons: Ohio
IL. j. HeEtcs, Cleveland; John l. Nelson, Cin-
stunstl: Hea1y < Steele, payton; Enoca Pierce.
ssssSDeaE1!le- Tenuessee-J. y. LTttle4 Cam
ts,nSr: Freder!c1 K. HALEY. Knoxville; Joha
= nI,aarensh1. Mhyty!Ne. MlssouE1-D. ". llay and
ts,ra; IS. l.; aareneA, Fan Clare. Michlgan-Em- T.
Datsaan, H1ieA t1ltnnts-IErael ]. TIl1h+ Peoria.
TIE VIRGINIA F1AY LAW.
commanding in Virginia, believing that bv the it
q a. ~ w. tns sa.e ~. might e on1eI continued
faan trohahte that applications Vii l,e uaa.ie to
t'tne1A fan!'y to continue the zaur law IN Torce
Pr 01Ft tb.f