, 1870-01-31
Gold to be Sold Weekly During
February.
Bureau Of Educatlon--.The
Presidents Views.
Frauds on the Co1ored Sol
diers of Tennessee.
proposed Establishment Of a Civil
Territorial Government for
the indians.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 80.
- tugxAu or xoucA11oS.
Tn xs3zd4 OF the Bureau OF Edpcsuon are
raklnz 4 etfopx edott to sare It from oo!nR
abolished. and The President takos considerable
interest IN theif eodeavors Several seaAtou
xese up to see HIN Oh Saturday. 10 said ne sas
dec.ded In the conviction that the Fseedmanf
snreau had better BE- closed up, ~ tcoon-
uepdsd By Secretary Cox and General
uoFsrd, aud that the transfer Of It's educational
work to the Bureau Of Education would materially
reduce tho expense Of carrying Il on. He spoke
ct General Eaton, whom he has appointed to
BArnard's place. ~ m2n WHOM he
well kneE, and IN whom he had great confdsnce,
and sa1d he thought the 1ensfal would be ahc 10
put tic bureau on II footing, 10 short time, that
wonld ocmr,and the confidence Of tbs county.
The proposed trar1feE was fully considered n
neeung during The dtJ, Of the Joint COMMITTEES
on Re,1tnchnent, and there IL little doubt but
that The bill introduced BY Senator Patterson,
y hlch embodies the VIEWS CT the Pfest1ent and
Central Eaton, and, 10 some eIfent, shoae OF GEL
eral Howard, will be favorably reported Tue
committee called On Gtnefal Eaton and had
long conference with him II to his v!e9s on tho
whole quea,iou involved AID as to sne service that
MY properly, under the constitution, be done By
the Duttau Of Education. HA VOTE and study IN |
OHIO ard TenpeAsee eIable1 him to present the |
Gaze in xay thet the DeGshers OF the committee |
speak Of a quite convincing. His nomination as
Commissioner has Iot been formally considered
.oy the committee. OF which Drake Ia Chairman,
: but L. will be cannrmtd when lhe proper time
.c6mes. The queation Of continuing The bureau
wi! come ep In the House In Two or thloa days,
on The proyliens In the Appropriation bill prov,d-
.1g fot repeal Of tho 1ct b. which II whs created
TIE HEArpS uroN coIoRLD soLD1IRs.
The Board appo,nted bJ Central Howard TO III
~vesARaie tho tuppoled 1rAods upon colored
.soi!ttrs In Tennessee. extending ofer
.seres CT years, has nLlsned til work
IN that 6tate, and reached this CITY. TIE ooa1l
ccns.a.a Of General u. r. Ruutte, Of Lo1ihEtlle,
soux in charge Of The Freeduen's a1A.sa there !;
Co,onel Lewis. stationed for kometine At Atanta,
and CAPTAIN s;lAden, col 6dentlA Aid 10 General
Howard. All are gentlemen Of high character,
and shnis tnvesuSk.ton hRs been tnofoogn- tea-
tt1day fhe3 beRao the examination oi the recofda
OF tic Treasury Department, and Of the Freed
mems pu1esp, for the pn1pofe Of tracing ont mat
,ers developed By ths testimony saken In Ten
1t.,ec, The existence Of : widespread
scheme for ATtndl1n& IN matters Of
uxck pay ard bounty Is established
py TIC evidence already obtained But none OF
the prominent officers Of the bureau arc tmpu.
Gated. 1t wta discovered that At Nashville Curing
the var, when pegrots were largely employed tu
hosu.,sl,, although llsge hunpe.s Of them lizued
the pas-Iolls every month. they nerer received
any pay, tut .nzt It vas appropriated By othe'
pa1tleA. The same game 1As attempted Win
{otre Of negroes employed On the fortiheatious
though this does not appear to have succeeded
ALuubcr ot claim agents, and those implicated
with them, are TO be e1Amirrd- ~
CIVIL GOVERNMENT FUR TIE ISp1AKs.
The lnd:an and Territorial Comu.it.ees Of tn
House are each considering hlA to orRanlz
a system Of civil goverrreLt IN what is noF
called the Indtxn Territory, The prupotat IL u
c1eate ttW TeIr.tory, with Governor and othe
usual on1cers. Cullols bill calls 1t Lincoln
willis Van Horn nanes 1t Oksanpms. The chis
featute OF each bill IL tnat 1t glTes suffrage to tn
Indiana The Legislative authority Il vested In
COUNCIL Each tribe OF nsuon, vhatsSef IL size
tato have ene member IN this body. and IN sad
uopal member 10. eacb l 1.oao 1rdlans above 80 i
tie tribe, willis several Ccu1cllors are 10 be cac
sen by tho Indians theuselTes- Dna section {
each bill provides that every Male over the age {
o1, belonging to any Tribe, snail aa7e the right
vote n1d hold ot1ce, ard there shall he no Aa14dt
1rgn. In thl1 right becanse Of race or color. Tn
cou1eu tas rowcrs similar to those grated Te
fitoy1al LegislAturrA The prospects are thas 1
leaat ore OF these committees viii report favor
tly upon the pscpoied bill, aad that 1t 1nAJ CAT
majority Of tie uousc. ThA. the idt
Of making cluzens Of The most a
yarced Itdlans viii encounter no hosstll
from the President IS cr!dent enough fro
1anguase he used the o:her d&5 to the delegate
had long thought thu two uAfsons which they tt
re5ented-ali those civilized nAlnns IN tho Inhl
observation-disclosures clttzenl, ana be entld
to all tie rights nf c,tizenA"
POSTAGE on al NAL NArIKA
TIC nonke bill that Frosides Tor the .payme
of portage on ali mall matter. hfter the 1st
July, Las not Jet been formally cans
cred In tie Senate Post once Co
m1tset. An effort vii. be m1de the
aud In tic Senate, to 40 amend It - 70 PERI
The Tree circulation Of newspapers IN the cont
Wbeln they circulate. bur the disposition
the Senate, - Of the nousc, seeus to 10 agAl
tah proposition, md in fAyor Of making ali III
matter Fay its proper postage Aany Eeno
Ct The Senate are also In lasor Of the psupo
that I'll newspapeEa shall prepay polthge Accol
1nE TO weight II TecQmm eLted oy recent G.
gent1on OF leading Pos,maltets, The Posrn
tkr General waits ausnofisJ 10 discontinue
Tort otlces In the immediate ncizhbolhnod
large c:ues, 70 ~ 10 extean tho carrier aJas'
but the rreaert prospects do not warrant the
lief TINT he MIL get th.a.
CONSOLIDATION.
Sixty CT seventy Of the AIDING citizens Of WI
tpgson and GeofgetoKr, irrespective Of pi
and color, have unted IN calliag
maAs convention, on Wedueaday afternoon
take into consideration the consolidation OF
tES ctttoy, With The County Of Washington,
one harnonious government: and 10 agree a
q common plan b. which to secure m cad no
voutly wished. verJ large proportion Of
people here are beginning to fetl tnat tho Disc
u not fzttly treated bY Co3sfess, Tor the rc1
That II Wnl neither spend the time 10 prop
1eEtslsie for the District, nor allow them to le
Late tor themselves By CITY CouccuS, aud
movement ior consolldauon, IN some fos1
1ouch stsunke1 this winter than e1es before.
principal opponents ate the pEes:n1 of1ce.nol
and ward politicians.
MISSISSIPPI SENATORS.
Mese1t. Au,es aod Resels, SeuatoEs-elect
MeaAa1ppt, nfe expected here TOMORROW. I
cannot, Of course, he admitted I'LL Congress
passed the necessary aci OF fessosA.!ou 1oi
STATE, a1o, u Goterror-elect Alcorn cone4
than, nj docnmeEta relative to the recent
ton will probably be laid before the Pirl!del
. few dsyA. Thcse, with i copy Of the new
ett,ut,on, he u likely enough 10 aeud to Cong
IN The couzse Of wees, covered bJ recoml
dRt1ona that the State be 1t once admitted 10
reseltas.ua, and 1t Is NOT now known that n
tntenas 10 la'se tho least ooj.cuop. Some S
1o1 talk OF attachinR the sAue conditions tt
enabling tct ~ Wefe attached to the Yugtnia
Br1l8 MrK0Drcp,
EHnNGTuN. Jan. 80 Toe calendar Of
psrseut IS os pesa III
Tne seos.e calendar EXHIBITS prupoIt,o
numbtt pi b. llx,
BKFpKE TIE coCRr OF ctAsns.
SeEe1A thousand cases Ee pending pelosn
Of ofnce1s Of toc roycroueEt. They are OF Sc
character thst = utcIston to several Of them
sestle ~ the others. There are rosny c,
ment, tovolv'sK m,ll'oIs & dol'arl
btNks piscoN11kG1p ~ t'sAKc1AL Aaxx1
,n T9s Sata .sna nsn1 5s q Sf Ns5 lr
hare q their OWE rtqu-st bern d:seoa:inu
1or1es Of pan,:s Tons7, ~ =, ros-,cv
Notice u tssned By ths Paat once Depart