he great jubilee; but God can wait,
and surely I may. If He, whose pure eyes cannot look
upon sin with allowance, can permit the day of freedom
to be deferred, I certainly can work and wait. The times
are just now a little brighter; but I will walk by
faith, not by sight, for all grounds of hope founded on
external appearance, have thus far signally failed and
broken down under me. Twenty years ago, Slavery did
really _seem_ to be rapidly hastening to its fall, but
ten years ago, the Fugitive Slave Bill, and the efforts
to enforce it, changed the whole appearance of the
struggle. Anti-slavery in an abolition sense, has been
ever since battling against heavy odds, both in Church
and State. Nevertheless, God reigns, and we need not
despair, and I for one do not. I know, at any rate, no
better work for me during the brief period I am to stay
on the earth, than is found in pleading the cause of the
down-trodden and the dumb.

"Since I reached home I have had the satisfaction of
passing nearly a score on to Canada, only two women
among them all. The constant meeting with these
whip-scarred brothers will not allow me to become
forgetful of the four millions still in bonds."

Our friends may, perhaps, remember that the cost of _Frederick
Douglass' paper_ is but five shillings per annum (with the
exception of a penny per month at the door for postage.) It is a
very interesting publication, and amply repays the trifling
outlay. F.D. would be glad to increase the number of his British
readers. He also continues gratefully to receive any aid from
this country for the assistance of the fugitives who are so
often taking refuge under his roof. Another letter of his
remarks, when speaking of them: "They usually tarry with us only
during the night, and are forwarded to Canada by the morning
train. We give them supper, lodging, and breakfast; pay their
expenses, and give them a half dollar over."

FUGITIVE SLAVES.--We next turn to the communication of another
warm friend to the fugitives in the State of ----. The following
is an extract from a recent letter of his:

"We have had within the last week just nineteen
Underground passengers. Fifteen came last Saturday,
betwee