, 1870-04-06
WAShIN GT0N,
Bill Disseminating the Freed
mems Bureau Passed in
tlc House.
4 Joint Resolution for the AdmiS-
sion Of San Domingo.

Memorial Services in Honor Of the !
Late General Thom1s. |
Hirc5al Dtrp1tch 10 The CHICAGO Tribune |
fKEEDMENS BCKEAC.
WASHINGTON. Aprit A-The Till disseminating |
thr Ffe47lmen's Bureau was put through the House
to-day hy yeas, 1ua; nays, 81. The bounty and |
hospital work is transferred to the War Depart
1ncut, and the educational work to the Bureau Of
Education In the Interior Department ALI the |
funds non remaining in the Treasury 10 the credit
of the FEectlrnens nUEcaii, and all property cu-
tr,stet' to the Commissioner for its benefit arc
also TRANSPORTED 10 the Bureau OF Education The
b!ll provides further that all buildings constructed
OF repaired, In whole or In raEt ty the FEeedmcns
Hu,eau, and now held hy the municipal or State
authorities. societies, cutporate bodies OF
trustees f.r educational purposes, OF funds
arsnr from the!t rental or Rale, Ehall he forever
applied to md used for scch purpose; anu s3!d
fxHlies and institutions must report yearly to the
Durcau Of Education GcnrIa1 Howard II allowed
three months to fu!al bis legal obligations aal
ttaets, tnd settle Ills accounts ut the Treasury
The only disagreement among tho friends Of the
Of what money remains to his credit Some
wanted tt IL 70 tnto another bureau for ed1caton
nj purposes generally; but the majority decided
that It must be kept for the freedmen and
refugees in accordance with the original In
tenttcn Of the acts bF which 1t W2s
appropriated Then some wanted It open to all
institutions OF learning among the cooscl people;
tut large majority decided that It shall he used
In promoting the establishment and usefulness Of
common schools alone, 40 that none Of It can here
after 20 tn cof1cges4 aeminaHes, etc. The point
involved in this decision ts about the nnly one on
which there has hccn difference Of opinion among
PERSONS Interested In the elucation Of freedmen,
nud members OF the committee who have con-
sidered the matter. General Howard, OF his Own
motion, IL engnRcd In closing up his work. Gen.
era! E. Whstt1esey, General II. II. Whstteses,
and Colonea Brown, on service In the
Durcau, resigned to-day, and about twenty
of tho clerks and messengers on duty there were
discharged this afternoon while The fu.ce engaged
in various States was recently reduced as much As
practicable. The receut statement In this cor
resrondcncc, that the bureau has on hand but
$11s 900 nnarrruprtatetl, seems TO have been mis-
understood In some quarters, and, perhaps, was
nos sufficiently explicit General Howari, last
ycar, in oFIcr to induce various 1 societies Of the
North to keep up their educational HDrE among
the freedmen, promised them ccrtaln SUN PET
month ~ rental for ach teacher thcy Kept
In the 1elA. lie also made some
conditional arrangement with number Of
fchO0iA Tic portion Of the money actually On
hnntl ts therefore eont!ngcHtly appropriated, and
what 1t is meant to s2y Is, that If the bureau ia
continued, or II General noward's arrangements
are carried out by the head Of the Bureau Of Eiu-
cation Till the end Of the present fiscal year. there
will then b. but nhout the sum named left for use
fy General Eaton ua.ier the authority Of his b,l.
rcau- In accordance with the terms Of the bill
k,vrA a.
report, by the Superintendent Of Schools among
the freedmen, Just submitted, shuws graft,
fslng progress in all parts Of the South,
and proves the increased desire on the
ra 0f the culuref eoplc II avail themselves Of the
privileges 10 generously ouerssi by the govern.
mtnt- During the year 1859, schools Of ali kinds
increased fr''u ,se7 to +,H6; teachers from 1,s&l
to ,eaa anil pupils frnm 1si,19s 10 91o,01e. This
Increase Of 80 schools and ss,s76 pupils By NJ
means measures the educational progress Of TIT
t1ack race; for the character Of the schools and
tho quality Of the instruction have decidedly I'M
IEurcs1, AMI there Is q Er,wlnr thnrouchuess IL
the teaching. which WIS not possible four year!
ago, while 1.unctua1ty and stea'liness of attend
ancc began to lie recognized as cardinal virtues
Tho number Of High and Normal School
Is now thiry-F1x, with 3,3t1 pupils, whit
ArC hitting themselves for teaching, or for profes
sdoha, life. The Superintendent also reports tha
the whites arc generally coming TO have more IN
tcrcst tn e11uCat!un, and ntE oinX more than crc1
a'elOre to establish and maintain ech0ols for the
own children. One Of the officers Of tho bureau
tlown tn Texas, wrote some time ago, that sncf
waa the popular prejudice against the education o
neRroca, that school houses were burnt nearly q
faN a. they could te erected Writing lately, b.
rcpotts pleasant change In public sentiment, ans
says planters arc beginning 10 valnc schools, be
cause thcy make better workmcn Of the blacks
There arc evidences Of this sort, To the value
schools4 tn Ill partA Of the South
TIE San DOMINGO TREATY.
Private letters received here from san DomtuG
do not show that there was entire unanimity, b
any means, In the vote for annexation II seena
that persons were required to write their names
when they voted, and agent Of Bscz, WIN l
he1e, on 1,eng naked nbout those who could no
write, answered thai few Ut them offered to vote
The President and nthcs friends Of the treat.
have abandoned the notton Of alnextng The isant
1y Joint resolution Of Congress, about which Their
was ut one time such a nuNJ, and III
new steps hare hccn taken in refer
cnce to sending Commissioners down there. I
Is evident enough, however, that the Senate Is no
~ well satisfied as the President, the questlol
of the debt, aud before he eau hope for fayorahl
notion, he must take further measures 10 get, o.
this point, more tlcnnlte Information.
TIE TARIFF Bi1L-
The Tatin bill, with three days work, has pro
Ereased to the extent Of two and half OF its fit
1aRcs, and new rates on slsar, nnolasses, All
spices, have hctn settled The sugar rates are 2
rer n on RAN, and MI Others, not above NJ
II, Dutch standard In coIo1. eHc o
Clarified, and four cents on refined The chlr
contest to-lay was on clarified, which the Way
md MeAns Cnmmttee wanted to make thrc
Gents: mt, At the cn,l of u long tlet'afc, the
were heaten, and the t1gurc VAS txed hy a sna
majority at two and half cen,A Spices an
mo1asses rcna!n as nxc,l by the committee, AM
when the adjournment WAS reached, wines stoo
next In order.
gC1LIRs ISQC1s1IlcS.
Butler tnok his tnquisttton tnta a hack, ycstc
day, anil, with shorthand writer, and citlzt
us gpide, stated OF undcr strict in}uctons OF e
Crrsy. II appears that a scE man In the hospits
or rathef asylum, sent Butlcr word that he kpe
a heap atout Cuba. The c0mmtttet gather,
around the he'll ami Butler '~Ean. but soon q
ceEtatneh Tint he hal tAen badly sold.
BOWEN.
The fAronifif this morning, in an cy~>slnc
sore-hcaIcd EDITORIAL denies The late 1,a71 .vsph
these dispatches. 10 the effect that Maror lsowt
hal the t1nrudrnrc TO ask tho President to intt
ferr to induce the citizens holding rlaces und
the government 10 support Bowen for Nayor. y
only did Bowen do this, hut he went further, al
suggested that morc advertising patronage
given the Chrunrlt, as 1t was on its last legs,
wonls to that c1rct
TEE THOMAS MEMORIAL sKRv1cB.
The exercises 1t tho Hall Of Rcrre-ensat.v
his evening ln Ancmory Of General Thomas wr
IN full accord with the occasion. AL the dcna1
mcnts Of the government wcEe represented
their chief rtr- There WIS no distinction
Party, tho most prominent Democrats Of II
1sousc and Senate teinS in attendance The q
slreeTrS werG solt,i and carIcs1, l[ke the man vi
vas the subject Of them. Nothing seemed do
for cfect, but t'oth speakers AMI the vnst au,
cnce showed that the tribute rai.l was from i
heart The building was Oiled to oyernowlog, a,
Washington did all the Capital Of the Nation cor
do to pay ntilnR tribute to General Thomas.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TIE ALABAMA CLAIMS
WAsHN0nS, April 1.-The State DEPARTING
las ads1ccs that the British Government slests
again to discuss the claims arising out Of thc Al
1amA question. Lord Clarendon woufh pref
1hat Nj. Fish anould propose terms of sctuemc
OF State Is Of the opinion that better terms ran
agreed upon hy waiting than bF immediate actto
sAFK
The following, from Governor Campbell,
feen reoc'sed hs co'nnsssions1 raslsr: ,a.,,
s'The coach. with Paymaster Alyofti, has
rived nj South Pass MI right 1t f. now thbug
the Indians were the Sioux. General AuGuF b
sent company Of cavalry to the Sweet Water.
NEW MEXICO
The House Committee On Terrt,artcs will {
Thursday, conEfirr the proposition to aiEult Ne
Mexico ii 4 State in the Cnlon areor,i!nv to i,
rrnvtdons Of the Hnas.alupe-1itaalgp treaty.
JEIxsE BRADLEY.
Judge Bradley. at the Supreme Coust Will lra
for New Orleans the Isl Of May, Tor the puIpnse
uJing such causes As mty como IN before him.
HOMESTEAD TENURE FOR FHKEpAES,
The President has declined to enter into s,Esc1