New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-17
rux FREEDMEN on SOUTH CA"o'
LIMA.
Oneinl Report.
Pour ROYAL, jane 2, 1862
cn,,. s,.,..a-a ~ Treasary.

ODeini kS"poft'
Ponr Royal, June 2, 1862.
H.. : P. Cu,ss. Sc,rdry effhe Trea'"rg'
Go, Hoo, the transfer Of ,he r,1eryision Of affairs
Dc, sro,n the T, easury 10 the War Depsrt'
ment. seminary Of Ike guit' Of this asehcy may
ha ex,ee,ed by you; ana t'ere.ore this report Is
transmitted.
Won, instructions of Frb ~ ntrusied to me the
ca,c,al superintendeuce nd direction OF snch per-
,ous "a might be employed upon The abandoned
,sntatiors with view TO prevent The deterioration
of ,be estates. 10 secure tier best possible cu'tiVa
t;on and the grca,est ps5dcablc benefit to TIE 'i'of
A.. ,,o, them. TIE Dalartmept, not beng pro-
yided with proper powo's 10 employ npon salaries
superioten6ents and tee eve under the plan Sub
uttd in 10y report Of Eel. 3. e,joined COOPERATION
with associations of judianus :tiid humane czels III
Boston Now.York, AID other cities, who proposed
4, commission and employ rcreous for The religions
instruction. ordinary edustiop, aud general empty
ment Of The laboung p'pna'.on Au'hoi"y We
given to the Speci Agent At ibc came time 10 "c'e
aud appoint applicants for sGch purposes ana 's''
each h. bis respective dutysuch persons VIC" 'oD'
pen,a,ed, to draw their compensation from Pi'Fa'e
sources receiving Transportation. suoSis'et'e' ana
quarters DULY from tue Government. The Eduea-
tionoI coossion Of Boston had already been organ
;,ed .,d the organization Of the National Freed
mans Relief Asso "a non If Ncw-Yori followed a
fey DAVIS ls;er. SILL liter tae Port Royal Relief
Committee Of Philadelphia was appointed.
On tie morning Of March g. forty-one men and
twelve women, accepted for tue above purposes and
approved Law the iirs, of tie above Associations,
dsembarkea at Beaufort, h'ylng left New-York on
the third of that mouth on board the United States
trsusport tho steamship Atlantic, accOmp MED by
the Snscial Agent The Educational Commission Of
Boston had commission cd twenty-five Of the men
and fonr Of the women. The National FreedGlans
Relief Association OF New-York had commissioned
sixteen Of tue men sud five Of tho women, and three
women from, Washington City rad received your
own personal cunimendaii9n. Inc men weio Of
yarious occupations farmers, mechanics, tradesmen,
teachera Pby soisns clergymen, ranging IN age from
tweuty-ouc 20 sky years. No. beng provided
with fall Typographical hno Wedge OF the islands, 1t
was necessary for the Spec Agent to explore them
for loo ous Al the close of tue fret foFinib t after
he;r arrival, the entire original delegation had
been ucsigued 70 di.;ric,S which they had reached
Since then ntlsss have arrived, viz fourteen on
March -, fourteen oa April II, and few at a later
date. making in all seyenty-fonr men aud nineteen
women, who having been commissioned by the Assoc
Citations, and receiving TIE -rGt OF the Collector Of
Eew-YcIk. have arrived igre, and been assigned 10
posts. OF the sevcuiy Lar men, forty nix were
Commissioned and employed BY tie Boston Society,"
and ontv-eisht by rhst Of New-York OF the
nineteen women, n.ne weIe commissioned by the
NeT-Yo-k Society, six b, that OF BostoU, one by
that of Phi delpbia, snd three others not COM
n,ssioued, Bat sppIoy d by Yourself, were accepted
EXCEPT in The case Of tse ;h wOmo0 approved by
yourself, no p4rsons have Zen received into this
service not previously approved by tie nsso laIona
with whom yea eujulurd cooperation. Oi the sew
entyfour men, Nv euty-i ur We're s'StiO-ei on Pof,
ROYAL island, few of these dcag rrecial duty az
Beaufort, fifteen Oh 81. Hell ia, thirteen on Laes
nine on Edi.to seven az Dil'on Head three on
Pinckaey, ono 90 Cat anI Zane one on Paris, aud
one on Dawiuskie. lew of the above returned
north soon after ,oir arrival 20 that tbe permanen,
number here al any tine, daily Commissioned and
in actual servce b % uOi c .ceeded seventy men and
sixteen women. Tho Gnaihur al present il sixty
two men aud thire-n women. Larger corVs OF SUI
penutencenrs and teachers nig't have been ON
ployed to advantage, u1t ~ rj irons resnlts would
attend tie overGoiAg o. Tie work Of supervisors, it
was thought best hot 10 receive more, uuiil expe-
Iience had i.a'od he p,rnan ut need.
The following il IL. OF the islands with the
number Of plantations aid people upon them which
hoy hoe suIerlt.ieugeG nv ahoxe