New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-23

WASHINGTON.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE,
CONGRESS JOBS-EDUCAIrONAL REPORT.

WASHINGTON, Tuesday Nov. %, 1870
It Is the general opinion of those here who most
familiar with the subject, that the coming session OF
Congress viii he with air manner of jobs and
private schemes and that the lobby will reap rich
harvest The ground for this opinion found al the fact
that at the last session very few bills OF suspicious
nature were passed. although numbers Of them in
trOduced and the most extraordinary efforts were made
10 secure their passage through both Houses Very many
Of them were killed in the Committees, many of them
failed to brought forward because The Committees
were not called, but the greater number were
quietly gotten rid OF by the refusal 70 take them
up consideration 1t affirmed that 1t will be much
easier this Winter for the Gland grabbers the steam
ship Hobbies tho railroad Hobbies, the subsidy Hobbies,
tie special interest Hobbies and all others interested in
personal or corporate legislation, to obtain favorable
action than IL has been for years One reason Is, that
many Of the members have not been reelected ana their
action will not lie closely scanned by their cOnsu-
ents or they will he Independent Of Them caring less
for their record: another H. that the action
Of this Congress which expires with this session. viii he
likely TO he lost sight Of in great degree by the time
another election around. Another is that
the session will be short, and much business viii he
compressed into the limited time that there will be less
opportunity Of giving matters that thorough considera-
tion which they should naturally demand Whether
these reasons are well founded is left for those inter
ctcd 10 decide; hut certain Is that the lobby II
usually confident. AMI is making preparations for
vigorous campaign.
The report OF the Commissioner OF Education IL now
passing through the press II will be the most complete
and exhaustive account OF the educational interests OF
this country ever presented Gen Eaton has treated the
subject from both the general and professional point Of
view and the report Will be Of great value to the politician
as well educator 1t viii contain in addition 10 the
report proper quite fun details OF the school systems in
nearly all the States and Territories, the school funds
and expenditures number Of pupils and teachers alb
stract Of school laws, with comments on the difference
between the systems In vogue. The educational
institutions of other countries presented in series Of
brief abstracts so az TO enable comparisons to he made
with our own. Carefully arranged and corrected ac-
counts given Of the various colleges, general and
medical male and female schools of science theology,
and law. with the agricultural colleges also The labor
In obtaining this information has been very great
nothing but "a few incomplete tables OF the kind have
ever been arranged. Statistics Of the reform
and industrial schools, with other rem
edal educational enterprises, have also been
tabuated also the facts relating to education and
provision for the Indians In addition to these reports
there will be papers from Miss Peabody of Massachusetts
the Kindergarten" Education; from Prof H. A. Day
OF New Haven on Chinese Immigrationhnd Education;
from Col L. j. Hinton Of this city, on the Relations OF
Education and Labor; Medical Education, by DR..
Charles II. Warren; on Prison Education and a brief
paper OF Scientific Education for Artisans by Prof Burns
OF Philadelphia Accompanying the paper on Educ
cation and Labor are the answers TO questions
signed TO ascertain their opinions and experience to
the productive value Of education labor These an
svers are regarded by the Commissioner as OF great
practical importance, especially those from the South
and from the workingmen generally. The representa-
tive men OF the latter class have been quite generally ad
dressed. The report will make volume OF more than
500 pages and it is sereotypng as It is expected that
considerable number viii De printed for distribution to
the libraries and other institutions throughout the
country.
pryat e letter read here to-day from Arkansas re-
marta that the Legislature OF that State Is Republican on
Joint ballot by majority of 49, and that Senator NC
Donald win surely be reelected
Senator sawyer of South Carolina stopped here to-day
u his way North, TO spend Thanksgiving He says that
AZ, poren who was counted ont" in the I'D Congress
Dj,ct OF that State has collected mass OF evidence
"a royo corruption the part Of the friends Of Mr. De
and the contest cannot fail 10 lie successful Son
ator sawyer estimates Mr. Bowers fgh'iui in9ory a'
-, ooo DE Iarge's majority returned as POO