, 1870-02-14
WASHINGTON. 4! l :! /.
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Interesting Figures In Regard
TO The Army,
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Freednen's Bureau to be
Closed, and its Work to
be Transferred to
Other Bureaus.
The Census Law and tho Changes
Necdcd.
The Spanish Leaders and Cuba.
Tho South American Peace
fnufHrrnce
Tho South American Peace
Conference.
saee!al Despatch to The Chicago Tribune,
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.

Special Despatch TO The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
AEMy REGISTER.
The 1ast Afuy Register, just Issued, gives some |
nsu.cs that are OF snfstast In connection |
with General Logan'a bill, redIctag the army and
providing for the Eunater cut OF on1cest. l, shovs
that in the a5 Infantry rtg'uents t2ese are Geld
on'ecra who cane from Yves. Polnt; q from the |
yotLsesr service, anu 0ne troea tbs rsnks Of the |
army. The nRuEes with reference 10 uLAitschei
officers arc a. follows: 61 from West Point,
CT whcm i. Arc Haiting otderl; Isl from
tie rn.un'Ger ecrxtce, OF WON loG are watt
liz or.lcEs; 81 from the rAnks OF the army,
Of a}un 99 are WAITING rr1trs OF he ID, Cf se!s
on tho retired list. West Point has II: the ro!up.
I. c. tery!cc e., aun The IAuks Of tbs army II. or
1.l,i Offers Of tie cavalry, West Point has .:
the volunteer service - and the ranks Of the
arn..s OF the 1e!d Officers Of tue ardl.erJ. Wea.
rt.t. has -; the volunteer scfy:ce I, and tho
rasks Ct the army !.
YnEEpAgS's BcREAU.
The Joint Committee OF Hesrarohuaout had .
sek.!oa on Saturday for conAHleraton of the bill
to citsc up the F1eetfmen's Hureau and transfer
Its wcrk 10 other hareau. They are
fnlly afrsed 10 the policy, An1
viii repor. a. soon AZ they cau get their bill Into
stBie. Thc.r principal Trouble IS in drawing the
sc1:,on which tuEIs the school work owe, to the
Duiean Of Education They intend TO rror1de
that what funds now remain to the credit Of the
Ffeedmen's Buftau 6bAil be uEed IL support Of
comEo1 schools aiuoEK the co!ored people Of the
6coth. Some correspondence has been h.d with
General Howard III to what be hA8 left, and
resolution hxa been paaaed bJ the House Calling
on him for foil financial exhibit 0a the 1st Of
last September he had LITTLE over 81, sao. .oe0 AID
the committee believe that lie ehould uox have II
least st. 600 900 OF this sul! On hand. Tue1 will not
report the hill TIL complete Information on this
polnt IL received.
TIE Secretary Of tnr Interior and Su7eEtntend-
ect Ws.ker hAre been .labortnz over tue Census
law, AID the Secretary VIII probably rec :mmeud
the Irtsl1ent 10 ask ConRress to make eomc slight
CHANGES theIcln. AZ It row stands, Zone OF the
achedn!es are required 10 he returned before No.
ssirter; but as there Il strong des!re 10 have
tsutes prior to the next Congressional e'ectloop
The superintendent would ende4Inr to hare the
retutra OF population and mortality ont In season.
# Cepc1eas ch2tRes The law 40 that these tWD
schedules can be ordered IN by the middle OF
August 1t also Eeema desirable 10 hare direct
authority 10 enlarge the tcorc Of questions in eeI-
tain kchedltek.
Admiral FA.ragut has written letter to thu
atcfcta1J o! the NasJ On questions at Issue be
tween The line AID atan ttllccrs- lie strongly
favored board o1 Admiralty Instead Of 3 hoard
ol surse;; bot the House Naval Committee hal
derIstc1 aga!u5s ether. He Is in taTor Of giving
stan orlccrs Ass.mllated 1Ls:ead Of pos,tiTe rants
aud Hunks no one below the grade Of Comuodort
khoa!a tc put At the head OF any nnTAl bustau
Tie f.yore giving the oder staG officers promotion
In tneir respective corps, and greatly regrets tha
sucn a bad s'Bie of tecllbg has gro*n up betweei
The l;ne and sIhf+
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The WeJg and Means Committee arc not lEkcl
to gel mp the Tarin bill Oh Tuesday. Inc day IKE
for IL confederation, as the House will psobaol!
prefer TO 10 On and 1nsh the Appropriation bill
TheJ caa spend their time probably On The Taz
I'LL, and propose going over It TesJ carefully
They have not taken any votes yel but = tai
with menber1 iesd1 70 tue belief thal they ar
going 10 recommend toEe reductions, and tbs
Inc rata On Incomes viii be likely to be n1ed q
: rer CENT
The UouEe Territorial Committee have been es
nm'ulpg eeTerai witnesses Rs to the condition {
things IN Utah, and at the meeting On Tueeda
Wit hear IRON those who want = government
A'atkA One point on which the Utah people II
/ list II, that such change shah be mada In II
lass IS will gtSc tho United States officials II
right to select jutes, ju4t as they do IN other Te
s1toktes. ..
The latest letters from General Slckles fepr
sent FI1m and other BpAnisn lea.leta as sAJll
that they are ready to sell CUBA, but cannot Nd
proceed In tho matter, for tho Ielsou that the Pc
pie OF spain are opposed To the sale On any tesu
CCRA.
All Information from Cuba 70 the Slate neral
Euept u that the .n4uftecspn II continually groI
trg weakcr.
TIE souTH AHKalCAS rKAcR CONFERENCE
The Peace Conference from South American
,uni,cs IA To be held here In aoout stx veeka Co,
,,a-..... .a- -, ,na - ,.or, p.,, ,,hn
ard Bo.iv!a, aud Spain has Aasented to our pr
posal Of mediation.
WORLDS FAIR.
rns r-..,a,n, ~. ,nn,,ntr,, >: n. nprk =;
70 representl lhe Cotted States n NE "ofida "a
which liz 70 bo held in Londnn n.xt yea1.
PERSONAL.
MI, Jes.e R, Grant, accompanied BY co1lecl
JOIN s. Skxons OF Cos1e9too, aflaseu tals tuo
Ing. There arc tepofta Vi q change In the Lat
cfdctnj.
.o,,xrx =, .rna os c,,npRn so,n.Ees
huoSff tAAluso ~ eoLesAD .l..A sot-pAA.
The Bounty Ffauda Comniaaloh has ascesta1o
that several prominent claim agents In ~Ashlr
tou arc implicated tn frauds upon eolored sodte
tototRu sun .3eAtn - te4ee ss"e ot ~ ~
nave expressed FuAnRotss 10 1s1Qho koa hul
NI0n2falIJ ohts,ncd
GEORGIA coNAiIlEs.
AsnFG1ok, FEN l1IA iouX e1mNnuGeu
1fnm tic committee OF me pft8ent 6eorG.a Ns
lacfe Has sshistax5 lata oS,o.s tas
S.i.t,es -. sGr,nn.n ~ n.r, ~ ins1;ofni. =
Sona; that inc t!ess NJ one vAa Convened 20
n1.ou, III which none ens eligible members he +
ml1:cd % take sea'e: Itey hay nc old c!e1k
d!e!, ard re 1nen ttesk YES ent MY iue''gine.s
ntLce ING ficcsoeht SCI nene
Mcade IN Mos NAs !oAoHea ~ =.
anposc&Uent o. ollcsEs 10 pfRAa'ze tnt IeettNl
noai.a: saala -! III LaaS a eE =! tae't ~ ueas !.
tscteral Terry peib& cn tne rpoc knsM eoto &