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Show Letters from Northern Men. gcthcr 1·ighteous motives. Remember, i~ you have a tru:y ho~cst and p1:aycrful conscience towards God, He w1ll n~cept your mtcnt1ons. I bcse0eh you to rend Jlts \Yord much, and \nth nll the power of your nature t; trust yourself entirely to hi~ infinite care. It mny pcrhnps ~omewhnt cheer you to know that bryond q_nestion the greater part of the Chrbtian world will npprove your intentions. From tens of thousands of hcnrtH prayer is continually nnHlc for you. Posterity \\'i1l look upon you as the ~Io:-;es of the Amrricnn bondmen. Your name " ·ill be a watchword hencefor th for l"rcedom. Comi11g ngc will put your statue in high places, nnu build glorious monuments to the honor of your name. God be with you now, and comfort you, and receive you into the glorious company of confessor::; nnu martyrs above. Yours, A CLEllGDux. FROM A. TUEOLOGICA.L AUTHOR. CENTRAL VILT,AGE, Pr.ATNFfJn.n, CoNN., Nov. 2i. Dear Fricnu : . . . The moral cffl'ct of your bearing sin ce your capture seems to me worth more than any immelliatc phy;-;ic..:al good which would follow your victory. I think Slavery at the South and every whr.re is weaker than it could hnve been made by the exodus of a thousand slaves under your lead. I n eed not explain the partieulan; of this view ; but there docs seem to me a ~'pccial providence in your bciug· ~pared beyond the hour of your capture, to be tried as you have been, and to nppcar loftier and bra v«:r than your conq_ucror~, as you have. It i-; God that has called and cli!-iciplincd yon fc,r thi,-, and lie su. tnins you, and will snstain you to the end .... I :-hall J)rohahly be at Hartford on Vriday of thi:; week, the <lay appointed for tl1e exeC'ution of v. our .·entcnce. That will be far cnsier than the execution of y. our-self; for we believe your life and h eroi ~m nrc ll._Ot lost in any death. The Lor<l be with yon in your last earthly hours. Your , for those in bond~ , C. F. II. FP.O.M ANOTHER RHODE ISLAND FRIEND. PRovmE:xCE, RuonE I sr.A:-<D, Nov. 27. Dear Brother: I ferl constrained to write a few lines to you. I have long wished to write ; bnt fearing to do so, the distance being so very long, that it ·would not reach you. I have long wished to hcnr from yon personally, to know how you nrc getting along, and how your wound:; arc, and whether your health is any bctt0r. I take three papers, and r end them with great interest to know nll. l3ut they say one thing 011e clay, and contradict them the next. 0, if I could only be with you, could hear you and comfort you in my own Letters from Northern M en. feeble .way in this trying hour Of your Confinement I ll t •t , . . · u 1 cannot be. 'Io God I w1sh that I could be w1th you in this hour of trinll 0, that I had the money that is daily thrown away for foolil:llmcss i I would come to you, and on bencled knees ask J)Crmi s1 · 0 t · . . . · · · n o remnm Wlth . you. nut, as I S. ald before, lt' cannot be · nut l.f I ,' lm no t w1. t 1 1 you 111 person, I am w1th you throucrh the C)'C of v 1· ..,1 · 0 11 t· 11 · · o ·' , .t uno- \Ylt1 l and hearing your sad trial of sorrow nncl incnrccr1tt1· 011 'Tl 0 • • ' • 1CSC VI-lOllS will never be forgotten by me and my famil)' 'l "' I . . . ' '., "L·1 ·t by my fi l'CSl' d e rchear:-mg to them the h1 tory of one whom I shall ever remember with a brother's love. 0, that I could find words to express myself, but my mind wanders and my hand trembles so, that I scarce can write 1 Yolt , ·11 I 1 · n , wpc, forgive my many mistakes. I write not for fame, but from friend-ship's ~ictation.. 0, if I could compose myself to write ! Jlut, as I have sa1d, m~ m1.nd w~nders bnck to things past and gone_ gone ; known only m h1story s pages. \Vhcn I call up things that have hren done since 1776, to the present time, 1850- but enough of this. God workcth all things for his own good · for he i.: a God of r t · 1 1 ~ v US ICC, finl docth all thi~gs well, .and in his own time. If there is no hope 011 earth, there 1s hope m Heaven. If we meet not here, we will meet there. I trust in Him who rulcth all things. Call on him nnd he will not l'ee you want, for He hath said so in his lioly \Vord: "That whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life." ... Ever believe me, Your sinr.ere friend for suffering humanity, F. G. FUOl\I A LITTLE BOY. vVESTl'lF.LD, N.Y., November 27. Captain Tiro\vn Dear Sir, I have been thinking of you cvrr sin~e I her~ o~ your convicton and I have been thinking to that you have got to dlC m a very short time. I hope that these Few lines may do you some good If you ever receive theme I have no more time to write so good by till we meet in heaven I am a little boy and this is the First letter I ever ,.,-rote GEORGE DE F. F. FROM A.N OLD MISSIONARY. NEw IlAYE•, CoNNECTICUT, Nov. 28. Dear Sir: P ermit a friend of liberty and equitable law to adrlrcss you a fe~ brief thoughts, which I hope may be acceptable to you and your fam1ly. Prayer was yesterday offered for you in a colored congregation in this city, to whom a descendant of Africa, a son of Georgia, |