New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-16
Meeting of the Frcedn,en,s Society.

On Sunday evening the Chuich Of the Pilgrims DIR.
Cheevers was filled TO overfowing by most
respeciabe and attentive audience convened for the
purpose Of encouraging aud supporting the Freed
mems Society," After the usual exercises Of reading
PRAYER and inging the Rev. Mr.. French made some
remarks respecting the military affairs at tie South.
He said Gen. Hunter came to this city on leave OF
absence, and, upon lis arrival he found Gen.
Mitchell had been appointed 10 take his place. lie
vas delighted with the prospect that Gen. Hunter
would have chance 10 serve bis country aud
humanity, in Washington. lie was not surprised al
the expulsion of certain Newspaper writers one Of
whom was on his way TO NewYork in irons from
the army because their Information was unreliable,
snd their reports from South Carolina were wide OF
the truth. IL II not true that Tie negroes are ndo-
lent or improvident. Some Of them did three or
four times as much az the tack allotted to them and
MANY Of them had saved from five TO fifty dollars
each from their earnings. There was IA woman
present who had saved so, most Of which, be was
sorry 10 say had been stolen from her on her way to
this city.
The moral Improvement Of the negroes was re-
nsrkahle. Their affections were good tenehers,
and thew knew how TO PIT up with disappoini meut.
At first they thought the Yankees were angels, but
they soon discovered their mistake. They are max
lug advancement III matters pertaining 10 TASTE
which IA shown bv whitewasbing their sbauiicr,
adjoining their walls With pictures, &c lie had
seen women and children eating their homlny WIN
oyster shells for spoons but the Ere dmens Society
had furnished many of them with few simple nrli-
cles Of furniture which were gratefully APPRECIATED.
Tie school embraces the entire population. old
folks Of eighty were taught to read the Testament
Al Fernandina, Flonda, he heard the BLACKS sin3
"JoLn Browns body lies "A molderng IN the grave
He could not imagine where they learned The words'
II had been said at the negro would pray ana sing
and then 20 home and steal. If they did 30, ihey
only copied the example Of their masters; The latter
however. stole babies, and tie former only 'tole
chickens Clothing food, books, and teachers, nave
been furnifhed 20 them by the Freedmens Assocnt,
ton. lie hoped the benevolent would not se"d
CARLOADS Of old theolop neal books TO the negres
Send new primers or means % buy them' III 81,
Augustine lie saw the Secesh women whose cons ana
husbands were in the Rebel army and WHO haa DE- en-
living on Tn on raiioDs, insult Gen. saxon III tnc
street. lie Gen. Ssxton) has now ordered the ..
cesh women TO 20 10 their Rebe friends Tor sup orr
and several hundred Of Them ave been sent TO them
on our gunboats. The speaker gave graphic pe-
ture Of slave surrendered by Gen. Sherman 10 Tue
Rebel officer, Of Kansas notoriety, 11lur, VINO
dragged the negro home with "a rope about biz neck
Commodore Dupont said if lie thought his Govern,
ment would give up the negroes who had escaped
from their masters he should feel like breaking hIs