BOSTON, April 5, 1858.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Esq.—DEAR SIR :—We
have has a mild winter, and the weather now is
charming. Notwithstanding the hard times, we
have had but little suffering, and I have heard
some of our oldest citizens say that they have
never known fewer persons to apply for aid than
there have been the past winter. You know
beggars are scarce here. Those who do ask aid
are generally foreigners. It is, indeed, a rare
thing to see a black beggar unless it is one of a
few ecclesiastical beggars who scour the whole
country to no good purpose.

I see that the Boston Post has been making
you say that there is no such thing as equality
between the white and black races; and the ef
forts of the Abolitionists to bring about such a
result are scouted by you. I heard Mr. Caleb
Cushing in a speech against some Kansas resolu
tions, quote the same as coming from you. And
he was very careful to give you credit for being
a remarkably clear-headed colored man.

Our Legislature closed one week ago, after a
session of 81 days. The most important busi
ness done was the removal of Judge Loring, the
passage of resolutions denouncing the Dred
Scott decision, and re-affirming that the colored
citizens of Massachusetts are citizens of the
United States—and the knocking out of all the
vitality of the Personal Liberty Law!

I shall leave for France in a few days. Our
mutual friend 'Whiting' was mistaken in say
ing that I wish to raise means to go to Eng
land where he hoped that I would be successful.
I do not go to England now, though I hope to
visit there before I return home. My case is
simply this, my health has been declining for
the past two years; and I wish to consult the
French surgeons, and spend some time in the
hospitals for treatment. Some of my friends
knowing the great outlay necessary for such an
expedtion had a card inserted in our papers
here, which, I regret to say, has been misun
derstood by some of my friends abroad, who
got the impression that I was reduced to the ex
tremity of begging.

We have here a private dramatic club which
is composed of some of our first among the col
ored people, who gave an exhibition a few days
since at Chapman Hall. The parts of all were
well performed, and some evinced natural talents
of a high order. They give another exhibition
on Wednesday evening, when an address will

be delivered by Mr. Nell, who is, I believe,
one of its founders.

This will be my last on this side of the wa
ter.

I bid you adieu,

ROCK.

[Our Correspondent has our very best
wishes for the speedy recovery of his health,
a pleasant voyage and a safe return to the scene
of his labors. we do not feel called upon to
explain our views of human equality in our
columns, against statements made either by
the Boston Post, or by Hon. Caleb Cushing.
We have spoken and written to but poor
purpose if an friend of ours, at this late day
needs from us, a denial of the sentiment attributed us by Mr. Cushing, or by any body else.—Ed. F. Douglass' Paper.]