New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21
AID FOR TIE CONTRABANDS.

Ii led last night by gathering, tne opJecS vi WIZ
WAS to inaueurate some MEASURES for the oehehI oi
Il contrabands at PORT Royal and Fortress Monroe
Inc Hon G.. e.. LEIGH called the meeting To order
n z oclock. lie sand, on behalf OF the Committee,
that tley lad waited on tie Mayor, WHO entered
mott cods and sympathetically into The oolects9
Il meeting as every generous man ana woman .oii'
not but do and 10 fr0nised to ne preseo. anu pe'''
this evening. Bat late lhst night ihey ro's"eu '"o
following note from him: - ,.o,
c. LulGH esqi'r ~ A. -a'i De opse' 20 vii %.
,snt III. city to morrow Cthnrsday evennl WIN W
pe.ide a. the meeting ieH to ,l5 ?i,1e ppyKr
BIT they had q gentleman with them who wac
familiar 10 New.lork well a. TO be nation anG
tie worlc. lie had the pleasure 10 introduce 'e't We
loved aud bolofed aud respected ilond' M Cuieh
Brvani. Loud obecrs.I
Nr. DRY,ST, on taking the chair said; arl sure
,lat sare sincerely ia the regret you mus, feel
th 4 our excellent Mayor has been preyened by an
unavoidable ensis ement from pftsdius as WIS "a
re led at tits uiceting and that our PM uthT0!ie
fiepd 10 whom yOu owe the erection VI tbs hall n
also prevented from pre.lding by indi-posion, and
Lat he Committee called Oh NE htte "he since
as "A sab.f.n;e That, hope, viii nos aiect The
object of the meeting. That object - 10 consider
VIA, we shall 90 TOR multitude Of blacks ahd
coloTed ueolle tue coast % SOuth "a Oh "a s-
denly SCI ice by the events OF thu war. ZAP, Anse
The soiI structure, NY friend, Of which ihey
formed a pat has been suddenly broken, aud they
ina them elyet IN n condition 20 require our ~ mTa
viii be- irooly iiyen noble tack IL 80 hsIore ihe
lover # NJ. Ai,d 10 mold tls mas q hum hrtgr
uniformed ana G. attic a yet, INTO Te-uT 'ouih,
uiy, aLI impress upon u u Character NLitn sh'"
Lam forth ard cul ntie and Lshten tue bcl'i
qualities u the African race. I1e sorry 81 me"
,ndit.u and their want. viii &C. set before You ~
artbertic witnc,s,s. Before hearing them, the Kew
/ NJ so.ue vii oucrh payer.
! Tle Rev. J. x. ". SLOANE offered aprayef
| Lstters from Gen. S.eruau aud Com. Dnpon
re q 70 d. tn.orfu. me Rev. vi. French. a. stat
x me great need OF the work which lie proposed TO
do.
Tho Rev. Ny Fnfyou then said ilat be fr,i VISIT
| al lie ro.ffatHuIs 20 toufc-s Monroe, Who we
Lunch better carei or jbln tho 20 Port Royal.
4 zero y.er. uOw 1000 es-6avss within III lines -
Gen Sherman, ana when raS onnsh wAsihken. Wiith
would B.. SOON. tbcrc would bc iUVuJ more. lie
,,.f mas. oil the. lC, 100 slaves cre OIl 0I TIE
/ init pn, living ;n ,cbius. with the agents Il
! The Treasury DEPARTMENT Proi. Lindsay .ud le
went over zone twenty paniniioi-. rev 81 These
l,,bin- lad Noe than one room. AZ ore oi ticse
Iiley G.k,d lOr reire-llenf, aid TIE generous 81"
woman gave them Few sweet pot ''Oes ald zone
lboniny aai meat ia three Ilito. al OF different
/ 10. hEd ,ol0.s. None oi these people bad mere
ltAn one Of oioti iug, AMI nai was given {! en
y..r 20 llst Christmas. Those which h.a He'd Irou
lie main Hand were stlil wore Oft. They bad
trAveed - far through the burhe-, hiding by
lday, ih.t many of them had worn OF
their clothes, and coulJ not appear. There Wac
ist,luess among them. None Of hem conld leave
hesd4 quarters, Il a whole seliueri vi pckcis were
irlu,ed Ola ron hoya Island 10 keep t.o4I a. home.
a q meeting Oh Sunday O. black Ian told liE thai
there would be many more there hu' they could not
come-they mad not clothing. Tie reverend gentle
man told ~ affecting s'ory Of ayouug woman who,
IN the Government house, wLeIo 80 women were
kent bad .iyr' iifti go babe which cI.d lrr Lack
lot are and warmth. But hc believed that ca-c- 0i
extreme sulcuu2 were rare. These peot le believed
llai tire day OF their del y,mnCe rad come. lie suN
L. comtany Of lor.y-cight who bad been taken iy
their bl. a lrlser 80 ui-O st ilum IA. AAlI lLua,
md rowing by night AID ard us and nj luz on
The wood, by dsy. They were picturesque
..lit Al. hey set iucm, tome fiN miles ifol he
1o.en,n us pot. One h,tle .lti bad uer old Iuas-
r r. at o. ono uL three or tour 5eugults OH Ucr
HEAD two women bad their babies "a ticir nrl 81.
lie asked tie driver how he darc risa IL. Tn
ans Ner WAS, " Tie Loid was Our helper, HnG he
cured ue DE- lime war cone. and be u lhhe cuc Of
no. 1'ey had eairn nothing fora whole day.
IIlle piece % cri.ker De- had even t. Of them
Wa Immediately divided between twO women, who
wer. nursing their Children. ihey had hHd IN iea,
in 81 o OF ho lie TOY them by 'heir masters abou
the ID Yankees. thIt We were all angels, and
when they heard tho profanity OF orr
iroopa and wtDesscd tie terrible drunken
ness of our army, and saW the frequent ouilaees
lupon their Woue en-, they were tuieued A. MAS
yad that TIE oonfcd nan coal n,yer De- any thug
bu, a Niger. But now. ~ this new condition, they
seemed 10 ho reaching ont after some,hiug more
than they bal btcn. iiusbaucs we've now huntiug
up wives, iouB ago sold from ticm aud tley were
hndiug them. 50, TOO, Karen were indus tlcir
Iclidrep Sacred sights Ice had OF families long
! r.ragtt.d, aud now reunited. II the Government
ItAouamt Of rer0ufiucr0u, II would he one Of the
bard things 20 eat these knots they would ind tod
! Almighty m the way. tucIe was "a disposition 60 |
1 learn. DR.. Peek had ret up school o. - on bO
children, and they were omart children. ~ making
1 cotton bag3, a. three cents each, the women EN-
,loyed by the Government earned 10 70 ~ cents
| day. The gontlamen who supenntcnted that
room held an evening school, aud he himself had |
sot a cnss learn tue whole alphabet IA an evening.
There was great need If aid. Oar army had taken
their corn and cattle. They needed c)thing Some
asked why Do anything iof thcso people; We DO not
know what thoir il.rro status u III De. lie thought
uothiug bette cOuld be- done 10 determine cir future
rltus han 70 feed, and eohc, ard educ te them. lie
was asked again, would II psyi lie d.i not think
;hi' tho Coos Samaritan stopped To- ark whether IL
world pay when be poured IN the OIL
| Prof. LiNDaLi VIE ihou introduced. lie said 'bsi |
in their journey through .hebe % plantations they
did verify 20 TO SPY out ine nlkedness Of TIE labd
lie condition "a which they wire WAS the best eyi.
dence II tie disastrous eject %! the system TO which
tuey Lad been subjected. Bat their answers were !
lreuarMbly cOn.lstont aud agreed very wei on u G
aprrcgpie 4ith the rtlflslics Oi the ccisus When
fley yis;ed Or. Pccis school 10 was astoni.led 1
that no should defy the ioc! hiw Of the Stale OF
Sout. Carolina. Dr. Peck had 50 az assistants. Ar
asked one OF them ii they ever thought iha; such |
day ~ this would come She AurWerod, " Yea II /
you could have seen tho women cry wien their clil.
dren were sent away to Charleston 20 be sold you /
would hnye thought 10 too and he told hnn
very touching etory o. Der own children. Those OF /
the biacks who emf Logged 10y tbc Gen, ral Coy
eminent worked well; the Others Did not
WORK IS ali now. The allowance of food |
lG peck Of com week, was served ont
10 ihem now a. before. They rec wed it. cAcerily
They asked them in one Ca to sing ii lonc. They
auHw eied that thry we've ,hArch members and I'D |
not sng songs, bnl they sung hymns. Zoe t0.siitu.
iola guardians OF these people mai abandoned them