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  join in earnetly entreating you would, in your chritian love and charity to them, end the lad again, that he may receive their cordial embraces, looking upon themelves ufficient to upport him.  ʻ I received the charitable propoals ; and incerely thank you therefor. And I am joyful to hear that there are Africans with you, who partake of the bleings of the gopel, and in time may be the means of promoting the greatet and bet interet of Africans here. I wih to God for it’s peedy accomplihment, when the nation who are now called not the children of Jehovah, shall become the prophets of the Lord, and the children of the living God. May the benediction of the Almighty proper all their undertakings, to the aving of many ouls !’   A native of Annamaboe has lately arrived at Newport, who is a free man, and appears to be a enible, inquiitive peron, and is recommended by the captain he came with, as a man of integrity and good behaviour. He is a relation of John Quamine’s, and well acquainted with his family, and confirms the above account. He exprees a deire to learn to read, &c., and to he intructed in the chritian religion ; enible that he and his countrymen are ignorant of the way in which men may find favor with God ; and that they tand in need of a revelation from him, in order to know what he requires of them. He ays, he has heard we have uch a revelation among us, and he deires to know what it contains. He informs, that he knows of a number of youths at Annamaboe, who have a great desire to learn to read and write, &c. and would come into thee parts for that end, were they not afraid of being cheated and old. He appears pleaed with the propoal to end blacks to teach his people, and thinks they will be kindly received, and attended to.  There is another black, named Salmar Nuba, a member of the econd congregational church, in Newport, who is promiing as a peron of a good genius, and giving evidence of real piety. He is about twenty years old, and has lately had his freedom given to him. He is greatly