easily get this amount, if all had their own earnings. It may be thought by some, that Ethiop is guilty of misrepresenting the sentiments of friend Benham and myself. Not at all (!) He says that I raise the cry of thief, at the heels of "all whose pecuniary condition is above the common level of the blacks." Ethiop's ears deceive him. In regard to raising the cry of "stop thief," after the "business" men he speaks of, it depends upon the kind of business they are engaged in. "Business" is rather a suspicious character. I think the Dutchman's idea of the matter, about the true one, "do people goes about do streets all day, cheatin one another, and dat they call pizness." Ethiop says I would have a horde of idlers; he is mistaken, I would have no such thing. It is a new idea to me, that the wealthy classes are the hardest workers. I imagine that, as a general rule, those who do the least work, get the most money; and vice versa, and again, that wealth, luxury, effieminacy and idleness generally go hand in hand. The idea of becoming a thief and a robber, by learning a "good trade," is one of the laughables. I care not how many learn good trades and work at them, and by the way, there are a great many now doing nothing to profit, who should be apprenticed to good trades, even if there are no "openings" this side of the penitentiary. Our divinity doctors, political doctors, and drug doctors, could not be better disposed of. Instead of being nuisances in society, they might, in this way, be turned to some good account. I must try and explain how a rich man's family may be robbed of mental culture.