“The object I particularly have in view in addressing thee now, is, to call thy attention to the case of Allen Lee, who was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment for horse-stealing, in Westchester County.  He has served for eleven years and two months of that time.  It is his first offence, and he has conducted well during his confinement.  His health is much impaired, and he has several times had a slight haemorrhage of the lungs.  Allen’s father was a regular teamster in the army during all the revolutionary war.  Though poor, he has always sustained a fair reputation.  He is now ninety years old, and he is extremely anxious to behold the face of his son.  Permit me, most respectfully, but earnestly, to ask thy early attention to this case.  The old man is confined to his bed, and so low, that he cannot continue many weeks.  Unless Allen is very soon released, there is no probability that he will ever see him.  I have no self-interested motives in this matter, but am influenced solely by considerations of humanity.  With sincere desires for thy health and happiness, I am very respectfully thy friend,

  “ISAAC T. HOPPER.”

Governor Young promptly replied as follows.

  “My worthy friend, Isaac T. Hopper,

“I have often thought of thee since we last met.  I have received thy letter; and because thou hast written to me, and because I know that what thou writest is always truth, and that the old man, before he lays him down to die, may behold the face of his son, I will restore Allen to his kindred.  When thou comest to Albany, I pray thee to come and see me.  Very respectfully thy friend, JOHN YOUNG.”

The monitor within frequently impelled Friend Hopper to address the assembled convicts at Sing Sing, on Sunday.  The officers of the establishment were very willing to open the way for him; for according to the testimony of Mr. Harman Eldridge, the warden, “With all his kindness, and the encouragement he was always ready to give, he was guarded and cautious in the extreme, that nothing should be said to conflict with the discipline of the prison.”  His exhortations rendered the prisoners more docile, and stimulated them to exertion by keeping hope alive in their hearts.  On such occasions, I have been told that a large portion of his unhappy audience were frequently moved to tears; and the warmth of their grateful feelings was often manifested by eagerly pressing forward to shake hands with him, whenever they received permission to do so.  The friendly counsel he gave on such occasions sometimes produced a permanent effect on their characters.  In a letter to his daughter Susan, he says:  “One of these poor fellows attacked the life of the keeper, and I soon after had a private interview with him.  He received what I said kindly, but declared that he could not govern his temper.  He said he had no ill-will toward the keeper; that what he did was done