The steamer Atlantic left New York a few days since with a large cargo of army stores, and about sixty passengers, who accompanied Mr. E. L. Pearce, the government agent in charge of the plantations and contrabands at Port Royal. Three-fourths of the number are to be superintendents of the abandoned estates, and will direct the labors of the negroes who are to be employed in such agricultural pursuits as cotton culture and raising vegetables for their own support, and for the use of the army at that point.
Twelve or fifteen of the passengers are ladies who will become teachers of an industrial school which will be at once established at Port Royal, under the superintendence of Rev. M. French, of New York. Mrs. Senator Harlan, of Iowa, is among the ladies, and will assist in some department of the work.
About three thousand dollars worth of agricultural, implements, including plows, hoes, and others in most use, have been purchased by Mr. Pearce, and will be taken to Port Royal in the Atlantic. He takes also a quantity of seeds, including one barrel contributed by the Patent Office at Washington, as well as some medicines and other necessary articles.
The Athens Post, Athens, TN