The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-04
TIE QUAKER COUNCIL.

The Education of the Freedmen I'm tho
SOuth-Slavery In Spain and BRAZIL
The Civilization Of the Indians and the.
Evils of Military Rule in the West.
The Trintarian Quakers convened yesterday
morning in joint conference The business for
which the session was called was the reception Of
the report Of the representative committee, which
included the reports from several standing COM
mittees.
The report on the education Of the feedmen In
the South was first read, and proved interesting
that regret to be obliged to give simply digest
EDUCATION OF THE FREEDMEN
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six sche9s were IN operation The sxaminaton At the
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Permsnen placed under the care Of the Sonnty Super
5 to be weSy ny
tns III s the
rapidly as they prepared to accent them. :.
The report includes highly interesting letter.
from woman who is teaching school Of colored
children on the James River In the Old Dominion.
She represents that the authorities instead OF aid
ing the cause OF education, do all in their power to-
prevent the successful operation Of the schools for
the negroes, and treat the Northern teachers, Of
whom she is one, with every insult. The letter I'M
been there since the surrender Of Richmond. She
agent Of the Quakers Samuel II. Jones, in his presI
ent position as he was greatly needed In the work
very anxious to obtain knowledge.
SLAVERY IN BRAZIL AND SPAIN.
The report then continues that in 5h month Nay
ne COMMITTEES wen asby friends in other parts ths
Sq'ss s"ss Sse h
e s or the mda as s po
aese to hs nd psoe Of
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memorial to the King Of Spain. TWAS accordingly pre-
sas ans the %e!fs ]
rdsya e Kind s co s
given Che bearer OF the documenta at Madrid by the
At the close of the report the Conference ordered
that the superintendent of Colorcd Schools In vir-
a. Sc IN Ms hs dse Wa
Immediately begun and over $4,000 was raised in a
few moments.
children OF the South by Esther Wicks, Edward
Earle, of Massachusetts,, Zacheus Powell Henry
Dickinson and Mary H. Thomas, and the session
was then adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon the Joint session was continued,
and the report of the standing Committee on In
dian Affairs was read summary OF 1t Is given
below
SOCIAL AND MORAL CONDITION OF THE INDIANS.
The III Of the or s na s s
The S s s ana had n ee
dice under which they had grown up.
In each agency the Indians were to some extent
engaged in agricultural pursuits except the tribes in
the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache agency, and their
interest cultivatng the soil and other industries is in
creasng. In OF the agencies sonnet thing had been
done in insructing them in domestic duties
There 1t estimated in the Central Supcrntcnd-
Owing to various causes, among which the
unsettled feeling in of the tribes regarding the
mancnt location Of tcii homes, comparatively little had
been done in the of education Schools, how
ever in existence In each OF the following tribes
| The kickapoos Kaws Quapaws Ottawas Pcoras, Scne-
| cas-, Shawnees, Wyandottes, kiowas Comanches Chcy
ennes Apachcs, Poawatomies Sacs Foxes and Osages.
There then follows in the report meetings
with the Indian Commissioners with representatives of
all of the religious and benevolent organizations in
tcrested in the civilization of the red men, which
cured in this city and In Washington Their result had
been the preparation of memorial 90 the President and
Congress The evil influence Of military rule upon the
Indians It was by all hatths despotic policy
Indians and arrcsting of life and of the national
treasure Indian wars ccnered In the success Of
| earnest and faithful Christian effort. =
They again invited the attention of the Conference to
great need Of missionary labors IN this Interesting
field.
After the reading OF the report it was discussed
at much length Another part OF the recorded pro-
| ceedings OF the Representative Committee also oc-
| casioned much debate--the proposition to change
the place of the annual meeting OF the Conference
to Rochester. without decisive action the session
was at length adjourned until to-day when not
| only these topics, but proposed change In the
| Church discipline will be acted upon.