The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register

[From the Newark Daily Advertiser.]

Messrs. Editors:--You will render a tribute to noble daring and heroic bravery, by making public through your columns, a father's thanks to the preserver of the life of an only son, at the late fire.

My son, a boy of 11 years, led by curiosity or boyish hardihood, ascended to the second story of a building in the rear, I believe, of a trunk maker's shop in Market st., the roof of the building at the time being nearly destroyed, and one end in flames. Some of the bystanders told the boy to come down, as the chimney tottered. He immediately attempted it, but the flames had reached the stairs, and he pushed back to the window; the garret floor had now burnt through, and the fire was falling around and upon him.

The people now beckoned him to jump, as the only means of saving his life; terrified by his situation, and nearly suffocated by the smoke and flames, he sank down on the floor. At this moment a young man sprang from the crowd, and rushed up the burning stairs to rescue him. The moment he reached the top the stairs fell, leaving no egress but a leap from the second story window, among the burning brands beneath. Nothing daunted, he caught up my son, and sprang from the blazing building unhurt, bearing with him the object of his noble efforts! With the true modesty of his daring spirit, the preserver of my child disappeared from the crowd, and not until last evening could I learn his name.

And it was then with admiration that I learned my son was the fifth fellow being that he has been the instrument, in the hands of a gracious Providence, of saving from a violent death.

If there is an individual possessed of the noble and lofty attributes of man, that being is HENRY MONROE, of Ferry-st. Yours, with respect,
JAMES D. GARTLAND.