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I read, with great pleasure, the letters from
Miss Julia Griffiths. She is an agreeable writ-
er, and her descriptive powers are excellent,—
Her "Letters from the Old World" will be read
with much interest.

The second letter of the Hon, Gerrit Smith
to the New York Tribune, is , to my mind, a
masterly refutation of the charges brought
against him by the New York thunderer; but
it, in my opinion at the same time discloses his
unfitness for a member of Congress, if the
object of a member be to prevent the carrying
out of iniquitous measures; rather than the as-
sertion of great principles. Gerrit Smith is too
conscieutious, too exalted a man for a seat in
the U.S. Congress. He is ahead of the age.
Men will not understand the appreciate him
properly until years after he shall have passed
from the stage of action. I am painfully con-
conscious of my incompetence to speak of the
acts of this great and good man. I am over-
whelmed with emotions of gratitude and ad-
miration whenever I read, speak or think of
him.
Yours, NUBIA.