The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-19

rolina; Lieutenant- Colonel G. W. Gile, Jac'k.
sonvilie, Florida; Colonel J. R. Lewis, Altar lta
Georgia; Colonel Edwin Beecher, Montgom cry,
Alabama; b. R. Pease, Jackson, Mlsslss ippi;
E. w. Mason, New Orleans, Louisiana; J' Jseph
Wslch Austin Texas; "; ,cf "; Colby, b Little Rock
Nashville, Tennessee; Colonel B. P. Runkle,
Louisville, Kentucky. ana John Klmpall,
Washington, for the District Of Colum-
bia, Maryland, Delaware, and West pir-
ginia. Such of these gentlem ,n as are in the
army draw thelr regular army pay; the ci%ili-
pensation ranges from $1,000 to s2100 yearly.
No superintendent can employ n lore tnan one
clerk; and each official is expect ed To give his
whole time to the educational VIZ ,rk.
The bureau can aid schools in only one way
by putting up, or assisting to put up and re-
pair, school buildings; it has funds where
with to pay teachers. 1t is CD tering on new
policy; heretoio ore it has mostly aided schools
and academies in towns and cities; hereafter 1t
will endeaper to do more wor IN the country
and small villages. The ew instructions,
issued day or two ago, spec tally eaioin SUPER
intendents to laborin this di rectton.
Each superintendent is to report briefly
every month to the general superintendent
here, Mr.. j. w. Alvord, and in January and
July there must be full semi. annual reports to
the commissioner. The sp ring reports show
an improved feeling everywhere-ln most
localities the residents now that General
Grant is now in the White louise, and that the
ballot cannot be taken ny from the black
man. The appointment Of some colored per-
sons to Office is mentioned as one Of the agen-
cles working toward the en- lightenment of the
whites.
The boruty division Of the bureau is in
charge of Mr.. Drew, under whom are fourteen
clerks. There is ardeal more labor here than
persons commonly suppose. The bureau must
keep up a constant fight with thieves and
shsipers, and, at the leas it is probable that
the rasoals manage TO cheat many Of the NO.
eroes out Of O considera BILE portion OF thor
dues. Ihe situation in this regard is worse in
Kentucky and Tennessee than ia any other
States.
paid over to claimants. complete history OF
every claim is kept, and the books seemed to
me models Of neatness and orderly arrange
ment. So far as is practicable, the money goes
to claimants through the FIeedmen's Savings
Banks of the South-the officers OF which in
satusions are presumed to be generally ac-
qua,nted with the negroes in their respective
Localities. Two or three bounty agents are,
however, kept on duty in each Stste-al these
are detailed amy officers. The number OF this
GLASS of officials ls beng reduced as fsst as
possible.
The bureau is selling off it's property wher-
ever it ean find purchasers. 1t has control OF
the Arlington estate on the opposite side OF
the river from Washington; it was bought in
by the government at q tax sale. and that por-
ton not occupied by the soldiers cemetery is
reLted ont to colored persons, some Of whom
have nice little farms. Most Of the buildings
in this city at one time held by the bureau
have been transferred to the quartermaster's
department. There is considerable property
at Ma con and Augusta, as we'll as some in
Texas and South Carolina Of which the COM
missioner is ostensibly in charge-it cannot
yet be sold because OF disputes about the gov
ernment title. Many Thousand acres OF aban-
doned land were once on the books OF the bu-
reau, but this is given up as fast as it's owners
come forward and establish their titles.