Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-09
TEhEtiRAPHIC.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Grant on the Cabinet RImOrS
Boutwell, and BeIkuap Stay
A Deficiency Of $1S,OOO,OOO
The National Education Bill
Oregon and 18th Amendment
Fears for the Ship Tennessee
Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
Defeated by Kentucky Senate
Defeated by Kentucky Senate
WASHINGTON.

w AASA4lINI 1ONs
To Make consolidation Attractiv
and Multiply Offfce-HOIders.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The following
is an abstract of the national education
al bill before Congress:
The bill provides for the appointment
by the President of superintendent O.
national schools for each State, at a sal
airy OF three thousand dollars, who shall
divide his State in as many divisions as
the State mas representatives in Congress,
NSnd district superintendent for each di-
vision viii be appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior, at a salary of 1000 (;
the divisions to be divided into schoo
districts with local superintendent for
each district, to be appointed by the Sec
Rotary of the Interior, at not more than
three dollars per day for the time actually
employed.
The local Superintendent to selectthe
place for school houses, and purchase or
hire IT in the name of the United States.
The school books will be prescribed by
the State Department, under the directions
of Commissioner of Education, and
furnished gra uitously to those unable TO
pay. No books will be used, and no in
structions given, faVoring the peculiar
tenets of any religious sect. The Secre-
tsry of the Treasury viii provide rlles
conformatory to the law providing for the
payment of teachers, land, school houses
and other objects designated by the bill.
The Commissioner of Education will
make an annual report to Con-
gress and prescribe rules for the
government of pupils and inspectors.
A direct tax of fifty millions will be
imposed and appor.ioned among the
States, the sum raised IN each Stale 10 be
expended for the purpose of education in
that State. The act to take effect July /,
1871, but any State may in lieu of paying
the tax provide for the suitable education
of all children within its borders, and if
Zoe President be sati, fed at the expiration
s1f II months that there is established in
that State suitable system of common
schools, no further steps shall be taken
for the appointment of officers or the as
seesment of tax therein.
The COlOred Census
1t appears from the census of 1870
that in sos counties in Kentucky, Missouri,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia-designate as old slave
breeding Siates-the colored population is
1870, 474, or near IL, 900 more than in
1860. The gains in percentage are only
il North Carolina and Tennessee. In
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina
and Texas-designa'e old slave-consum-
ing Ststes-in All counties, the colored
population in 1870 was 1,775, 402, or
81, $50 more than in 1860. There were
losses in Louisiana, South Carolina and
Texas.
Grants Quakers and the Indians.
The President to-day transmitted TO
Congress an extract from a paper ad-
dressed to him by the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, by the Committee of Friends on
Indian Affairs, having in charge the
Northern SUPPLEMENTARY, in relation to
the desire of certain tribes TO sell por-
ton of the lands owned by them, with
the view of locating on other lands they
may be able to purchase, together with a
report of the Commissioner en- Indian
Affairs thereon, and letter from the
Secretary of the Interior approving the
report of the Commissioner The Presi-
dent submits the draft of a bill which it
is believed will effect the object desired
by the committee, and requests the con-
sideration thereof by Congress.
A Tardy Tribute 10 CHIEF Justice
fancy.
II 4 -, 3
the Supreme Court to-day that there will
be meeting of the Court, Saturday, in
refence to the proposed fancy fund.
A committee of the National Tele-
grsphers Memorial Association has de-
Cided to erect the Morse monument on
the vacant space at the intersection of
Seventh street aud Penn sylvanis avenue.
Enormous Deficiencies.
The boast of the Radical members at
the last session, of the expenditure of
the Government is, perhaps, best an
swered st this session by an enormous de-
ficiencY bill of nearly thirteen millions of
dollars, which the House Committee on
Appropriations mas found it necessary to
Export. Nearly million dollars of this
amount is for work on public buildings,
while three millions and a half are re-
quired for the War Department. Over a
hundred thousand dollars are named for
the Freedmen's Bureau.
Grant on the Cabinet RumOrs.
The President has at last b. en- stung by
newspaper comments into a confession
of bis intentions in regard to the much
talked-of change of Cabinet, and yester-
day he conveIsed fully and freely with a
newspaper correspondent on the subject
he admits that a revision of the Cabinet
Ia to take place some time within month
after the adjournment of Congress, al
though the name of a successor to Mr..
Fish Bill be sent in TO be confirmed some
time during the present session. The
changes to be made are in the State, Navy
and Attorney Generals offices only, the
present incumbents of which are fully
nsciOus of and willing fer a change.
The President denies absolutely that
either MIR. Boutwell, OF Mr. Belknap are
TO leave the Cabinet, as he ranks those
gentlemen among his frmest supporters
and best friends, besides which neither of
them has signified an intention directly
or indirectly TO sever their Official rela'
tons with him, and he certainly will not
ask their designations. The President
spoke of what he intended to do with
some bitterness and degree of positive
ness, evidently called forth by the attacks
of certain Radical sheets, which he men
toned by name in strong terms of con-
domination.
KENTUCKY.