however, are still
weak, and most of the year 1859 is still full of confusion and
darkness to me.

Your friend and cousin,
GERRIT SMITH.

LETTER FROM FRANCIS JACKSON, ESQ.

BOSTON, _May 6, 1860_.

LUCY STONE:

DEAR FRIEND:--I intend to be at the annual meeting of the
American Anti-Slavery Society, but my engagements are such that I
shall not stop long enough in New York to attend your meeting of
Woman's Rights. I herewith inclose you $20 to help the cause
along.
FRANCIS JACKSON.

Hon. Erastus D. Culver, of Brooklyn, New York, being present among
that portion of the audience seated upon the platform, was recognized
and loudly called for, and came forward in response to the call, and
spoke as follows:

Mrs. PRESIDENT, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN:--They used to have, in old
times, in the country where I was brought up, a minister, who,
after delivering his sermon, would call upon some brother to get
up and make the application. Now, I want to give you an
application of what I have heard to-night, and there seems to be
a sort of providence in it. This very day, since I opened my
court this morning, three cases have come in review before me,
each one of them directly connected with the subject matter of
this evening's deliberations, and with the law which has been
alluded to to-night. The first was the case of a woman who had
brought a suit, in conjunction with her husband (as she had to
do, as the law was) against the city of Brooklyn, for personal
injuries, received by falling into a hole; and on the first
trial, it was found very difficult to make out the case, because
we were obliged to exclude the woman as a witness. If her husband
had fallen into that hole, and hurt his side, making him a
cripple for life, he might have brought a suit, and he would have
been by law a competent witness: but his wife was not; and as he
was not with her at the time of the accident, of course he could
not testify. To-day the case came on again, and they were making
a very poor show at proving the accident, when the lawyer for the
lady said, "I will offer the lady as a witness." The other lawyer