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mmmm TucsAav, October 30, \S21. BY MYRON BARTLET. Volume \ JVo. 53. \T%\ C Telegraph is published weekly ffwoiiGa. Office on Cherry Street, neur , public Square terms. nr« Year, , for Six Mouths* $3 00 2 oo IS advakce. sisaMSSR GOODS. BAILEY GODDARD, os MULBERRY STI5KET, • rASin.t receivedR LARGE ASSORTMENT of ['SUMMER GOODS, suitable for this Market, a call from those Merchants,' in this vici- f mHowMi to replenish their stock, ns he believes K'„. h C aii he more advantageously served, than [.mneA 1 "renter distance! Travelling Merchants, I' lire not acquainted. and who wish credit, will ... furnish themselves with letters of rccommen- S ' e Planters, tvbo Visit this place, are rcspect- ’ ’ill i ' jjy invited to eall.vAII orders will meet with prompt iaiecci super black Cloth 5 nieces super tduc Cloth 10 nieces blue and mixed Cassimere 15 pieces rinttinett, 7 pieces Cassinett w pieces white, red and yellow Flannst *) pieces Scotch Homespun hi) pieces striped Florence '0 pieces cotton Cnssunepe ,0 pieces first quality Irish Drilling H pieces second quality do, 4 pieces French do. pieces Irish Linen * . pieces long Laivn; 5 pieces linen Cambric pi-cQS brown. Linen; 5 pieces black Linen 5 pieces 4 qimrtcr to 10 quarter Diaper ijj yards Osindmre () pieces Russia Sheeting 6 pieces Irish Sheeting fi pieces Dimity 8 pieces Nankeen 5 pieces, uenihuEctte, plain and figured, assorted color* * pieces fioinbzzina 1} pieces Ceduck I yards Negro Cloth - W pieces Calico cards brotvii and blenched Shirting and Sheeting pictrs plqid and striped Domestic* pieces English Ginghams v'.STONE •& CO\T HAVE IN STORE ASH OFlflR FOtl SALE, tfLSfk pieces best 42 inch Cotton Bagging (war* B.XJrWW ranted) 200 barrels Philadelphia Whiskey • 85' barrels Northern Gin 25 barrels Boston Rum * 60 barrels Sugar • , * 30 barrels Nos. 1,2 and 3 Mackerel - 30 bags prime green Coffee 30 bags Shot, a&orted 8.kegs Rogers' anil Dupont’s Powder 500 lbs. Lead 500 bushels Salt . 15000 lbs. Swedish Iron 3500 Ills. Castings 1 cask renl London Porter 80 dozen Tumblers in straws Loaf Sugar, Holland Gin, Jamaica Bum Nails, Tobacco, Bunch Raisins, Tea. ' Soap A Candles • Crockery, Glass Ware &c. Ac. DRY GOODS. Just received from New York an assortment of Dry Goods consisting of Prints, Cambrics A Muslins Circassian, Bombazin , Ilnnyii Cambric, black Sattin Yellow.Naukins, Batiste, Irish Sheeting Flag and Levuntine Handkerchiefs, new stile Straw Bonnots, green Gauze Veils l’runel and Morocro Shoes The above goods are offered at reduced pricesfar cash July 30 40 mSCEDILANEOUS' X pieces furnititi'e Prints 5 pieces Iti'.tUsfe 1$ pieces Barige [5 pieces black, Canton Crape it pieces eolured crape Robes , 15 pieces biacli Italian Crape II pieces white,'pink fthd straw Crape - I dozen inm-y gauze and silk Shawl* dozen Sriirfs and Mantles 5 pieces Sarcrnet,- Levantine, Sinchew, lustring, plaid and fancy Silk i pieces plain and figured Swiss Muslin 5 pieces Jaconet 5 pieces bonk, Lydia and mull Muslin I) pieces Cambrics b down w omen's white nnd colored cotton Hose It dozen men aiid women's silk Hose ,5 fern first quality'fine beaver Hats R dozen second and third quality beaver Huts It dozen rorum Hats; 12 dozen yvool Hats II dozen tortoise shell Combs !■'• dozen Brazilian shell.Comb* * II dozen cotton Card* I) flora it'-m1ed Shoes « dozen Leghorn Bonnets; 4 do. Leghorn Hats t A 0 mortmeiif of Valencia Vestings Silk, Hag. cotton and Bandana Handkerchiefs 63Vi'inh';e'las nnd Parasols’ 'Thr-nii and cotton Lace- - Ice,-ting and Footing ~ S':k miff cotton Velvet A lar-e assortment of silk, linsn and cotta)) I ’ 'i'lirrmls I touts* end silk Ribbons . f Men mid women’s silk, kid and lontlirr Gloves Astnnll assortment of llurdwnre and Stationary A few crates of Crockery and Glass-Ware, Ac. r’ Liberal Credit tiiil be given for'Ap- tJ Paper. ■ tf—go £*. HUDSON & oo. H AVE just received, nnd are now opening, at their store, on Mulberry ilreet, a Large Assort-, ment of ViUAa &JVD \V\NTFsll Consisting of every variety nnciqiialjty of the follow ing articles: • , DRESS COATS, FROCK COATS, COATEES, > PANTALOONS, &c. All of which arc w ell made und according to the latest fashions. Also—.! good supply of CLOTHS and CASS I ME RES. And a General Assortment of quality. ELLIS, SI/OTWBLL Sp CO. Hare just rteeieed per boat Nancy, and <ffcr for Sale, 2m Kegs White Lead tiO Kegs Spanish Brown 20 Kegs Venetian Red 500 Gallons Linseed Oil 300 Gallons Lump Oil 200 Gallons Train'Oil 100 Gallons Spirits Turpentine Clinlk, Whiting Brushes, Ac. Ac. 12 Barrels I'laisler Paris 100 Reams Writing, Wrapping and Printing Paper 10,000 Lbs. Light Castings Also 30 packages DRUGS AND MEDICINES; Which with their previous Stock, make a very Inrge nnd general assortment, worthy the notice of mer chants, Physicians and others who wish to purchase at at low rants for Cash. Macon, June 18—34 [\)UVGS cV MHMCLXES. J'AA.JS, SUOTWELB Sp CO. i fl.it for sale, nTurge and general asssnrtinocnt FA 'tn.Y and PATENT MEDICINES, i '•'lirh being selected by competent judges, arc ra v ith e.nnli.lence to the public, at .Savannah pri- " r n; . Merchants, Physicians, I'lnntcrahndnthvrs I rrqsesteil to call and examine for themselves, fihaou hand a large supply of PAINTS, O/LS, I, > DEE H OODS, DYE STUFFS, Ac. Ac “ aeon. May l'J qa W&2&SJ house . AND Commission Busincss. T jjP RECEIVING, Scoring, anil For- winding COTTON and MERC11AN 1&C&&VI BIZE, attended to by v, ,, J JESSE STRATTON; Wan. Octobers. 1S-J7 .r,() Factorage and Commission Business in Sarannuh. ■ aOBERT HfflALOKE. Of AUGUSTA. a TENDERS his services to his friends and the public as a General Commission Merchant, il 'n i, ‘".Savannah, nml will he ready to at ty w n V' Usln "« be may lie favored with by tin te d ,r w lu ‘V' Intending in no manner to be |Jj|c ’.’i^a'dal'ions w hatever, his personal xervi- o mwi" , exclusively-to the interest of those Iraihlin aVnr with their business, nml liberal i. Rlt.it “ , J , . 1 *de on nil consignments of Cotton to required. WwSn nt *! nlo .". e * Gorton at A"g' ls, «, «’ ! ,y Mr ’ 11 GORTON,-xvlu.se expert frientb* 11 ^ " cn ®' , ' e him to give satisfaction i^^dr-iot—r,o BESDHJINES. UnOTON OIL, ,, »ATE OF QUININE, OI Vn GNFWUS A - CID * FVe NK AC II), hnr^nUOT OF f.LATERIUM, L Hi »i„,iV, ' Vl, b a number of new and cclehrst l t ' Heines, just received nnd for sale by htot mr 'R FLUKER A COLLINS n_ci to CZ* ‘'ateSpplication will bemade » , y.v»hi!e o, 0 ,r > ' 1 c ,hR Inferior Court of Twiggs all il. ', n 8 for ordinary pumoses, for leave ■'iininy^J. 1 **' estate of Joseph Hasty, deceased, of | t , l d-cen.,. i l lc benefit of the heirs nnd creditors hitaC* ‘ ,nu - HASTY, Adm'r. I '• *1,1827— - - itnim 18 by wholesale or retail, of the bes 49 iictuhpi l Alacon CLOTHING Stove. Ii. FITCH &. CO. H - MERCHANT TAILORS, AVE just received from New-York, a large sup- ' ,y ° l FALL AND WINTER AND CONSISTING OF Superfine blue, black, brown and mixt Broadcloths, Super blue, black,' brown', mixt, drub, ribbed, buffSnd white Cassinieres * ' Vclvetlne, Florentine, Valencia A Marseilles Vesting Blue, black, brown, green and scarlet Silk Velvets Cotton. Vclvols Fashionable' Cravats of all kinds Silk Braid; patent Suspenders, Gloves, Stiffener* Silk and hnir Stocks, silk Umbrellas, Bandanna nml ling Handkerchiefs RUSSIAN BEETS, black and brown Linen Shirtings. Tailors' Trimmings, Pudding, Filleting Buttons, Sewing silk, patent Thread, military Cord, Gold and silver Epaulettes, Lace, Stars ill and plated bail Buttons, Engles, Plumes, Ac. A-c. Tile above Goods are of the best quality and latest importations, nnd will be Sold low for cash; : ' READY MADE CLOTHING. Super blue, lilnck nrul brown Dress COATS Do. hiue.black.brhwii, mixt. olive and claret Frock do Do. blue, black, brown, mixt, olive, claret and green COATTEES . Super blue, black, brown, mixt, drab and ribbed PANTALOONS Do Sntinct, beaveret, and cord bang-up do. Do. drain brown und mixt OVER' COATS Velvet, (lorcntlnc, mnrseilles nml cn*sim«ye VESTS. Fine linen and cotton Shirts, Great Coats, Pen Coats, Short Jackets, Indies ami gentlemen’s plidd Cloaks. The above Clothing !* inai’e czpressly for custom ers, and iu Hie bint manner and lutest lashinn. We solicit the patronage of .our former Iriondf nnd the public generally.' TAILORING, Carried on in all its various brunches. Having the la test New-York fashions, and .good workmen, their whrk shall not be done inferior to any. All orders thankfully received, nnd executed with despatch, net 13 51 ■ - From Goodman’s Natural History. The Opossum—Tho hunting of the Opos sum is a favorite spoil with the country peo ple, who frequently go out with their dogs at night, after the autumnal frosts' have begun and persimmon fruit is in its tqost delicious state. The Opossum, as soon as;lie discovers the approach of his enqtnies, lies perfectly close to the branch, or places himself snugly in the angle where two limbs separate from each other. The dogs, however, soon an nounce the factjpf his presence by their hayiitg nud ihe Inintej .ascending the tree discovers the branch, upon _ which the animal is seated, and begins to shake R -with great violence to alarm and cause him to relax his hold. This is soon effected, ub<l the Opossufi^cttcmpting to escape to another limb is pursued immedi ately, and the shaking is renewed with greater violence, mil l at length the terrified quadru ped allows himself to drop to the ground, where the hunters or dogs are prepared to dispatch hint. Should the hunter, as frequently happens, he unaccompanied by dogs, when the Opos sum falls to the ground, it does not immedi ately make its escape but steals slowly and qttieilv to a little distance, and then gathering itself into as small a compass as possible, ie- inainsas still as if dead. Should there' he ahy quantity of grass or ’ underwood near the trei, this apparently simple artifice is frequently sufficient to secure the anint 'I’s escape, as t is difficult by moonlight or in the shadow of u tree to distinguish it, and if the hunter lias not carefully observed-the spot where it fell, his labor is often in vain. This circumstance, however, is generally attended to, and the O- poxsum derives little benefit from his instinc tive artifice. After remaining in this apparently life less condition for a considerable time, or so long.as any noise indicative of dqnger can'be heard, the v Opossum slowly unfolds himself, and creeping ns closely as possible upon the ground would fain sne.ik off unperceived,. Up on a shout, or an ouicry in any tone from It's persecutor, he immediately renews his death- ke attitude and -stillness. If then approach ed, moved or liaudled, ho is sfill seemingly, do.id, and might deceive any ono not accus tomed io Ins actions.—This feigning is'repeat ed as frequently as opportunity is allowed hint of attempting to escape, and is known So well to the country folks as to have long since pass ed into a pioverb—“He is pL-vyiug possum,” is applied with great readiness by them to any one who is thought to act deceitfully, or wish es to appear wltal lie is not. The usual haunts of the Opossum are. thicK woods, and their dons are generally in lie hol lows of decayed trees, where they pass .the day asleep, and sally forth mostly alter ..night fall to seek for food. They aro occasionally seen out during the day light, especially when they have young ones of considerable size, too largo', to bo carried ill the., maternal pouch. Tho female then odors a very singu lar appearance, as she toils alon* wiilt twelve or sixteen cubs nearly of the size of rats, eacli wiilt the turn of his tail around the root of his mother's nnd clinging on her back und sides with paws, linnijs ami mouth. This circum stance w..s thought distinctive of another spe cies, hence c.dled-tho Dorsigern, but it is e- qunlly true of the common or Virginian Opos sum. It is exceedingly curious to see the young, when the mother is at rest, take refuge tn the pouch, whence one or two of them' may occasinally bo seen peeping out, wi lt an . air of great comfort and satisfaction. The mo ther,'in this condition, or at any’time, in de fence of, hor young, w.ll make battle, biting with much keenness and severity, for wliicli her long-canine teeth are well-suited. If taken young, the Opossum is readily tam ed and becomes'very fond of human society in n great,degree relinquishes its nocturnal ha bits, and grows troublesome from its familiari ty. Wo have had one thu* tamed, which would follow, tho ihtnates of the house witft qnd traps for subsistence, will explore this vast continent, and .think themselves happy when they can obtain the flesh of a Beaver t6 dine ip Courier, and is going with nto to St. Pedro to meet his men; from then to he intends to pro ceed, northward in quest of Bearer, and re turn afterwards to his'deposit in tho Rocky Mountains.” i [St. Diego and St. Pedro are ports in Ca lifornia, W. Coast of America, near 3,000 miles from Boston’,] From Mi* Raleigh. (No. Ca.) Star. SAi.isScav, Si-pt. 17, 1827. Messrs Lawrence A Leniay:—Gutuste 1 have lint this moment seen the note of Messrs Gales A Son, in wliicli they refuse to [inljlisli my repiv to the letter of Governor Kent. I would most 'willingly decline any farther notice of the matter, but that I prefer o- thers should judge of. my “language” besides these chaste and squeamish Editors. I must ask of you to do me the justice iHey rcfuse. Very respectfully, R. M. SAUNDERS. Messrs Gales Sp Son: I am no lnnger a sub scriber for tlio National fiitclligojicer, and am indebted, to a friend for the sight of that, nnd of your paper of the 27tli ult. itj which I find an “Extract of a letter from his Excellency Joseph Kent, Governor of Maryland, to a gentleman- of Frankfort, Kentucky.” My ab sence from home, and a desire to hear from gentlemen with whom I had lived tho winter ol 1325, and others with whom 1 hid corres ponded freely upon tho subject/of the then sentanve capacity, to bring to light some ot ponding election, has delayod iny notice of the improper purposes to wliicli he had sought General Van Rensseher was the pivot on which the first ballot was to turn, .It was ' known that 'Scott and Cook had resolved to vote for Mr. Adams—that Colonel Mitchell also, by a kind of suicidical morality, (proba bly of Governor Kent's teaching) and upon whom tlie vote of Maryland depended, would first vole for Mr. Adams, afterwards for Gen. Jackson, It was with General Van Rensselaer to docido tlfe vote of New York, nnd to elect Mr. Adams, He had asserted to a friend most positively that lie would not vote for Mr. Adam*. : Yet, Mr. Clay had whispered some ©Phis flatteriiig unction into his ear, the dan ger and responsibility of a protracted ballot; and the sly and insidious Webster appealed to his Federal fueling. Tim appeal was not in vain. Those with whom I had tho honor to act, had scarcely a hope for tho success of their candidate, and from the coarse thing* had taken, felt hut little concern. It is possi ble I may have inquired from somo of tins known supporters of Mr. Adams, if they in tended to elect him on the first ballot, and snv® us tho necessity of electing General Jackson. If so, no one could have been so obtuse as to misconceive my object, much less to have lor- tilred it into the “emphatic” exclamation as cribed to mo by tho certifying Governor. I shall now take Iqjive of this mattor, a* I 4i;»vo neither time nor inclination to engage in a controversy with even the Governor of a re spectable S'.ute. I have never denonuccd Mr. City fiir voting for Mr. A lims. Tint was a matter which belonged to the country, and not to me. I endeavored, in my Repre sentative capacity, to bring to light some of great nsaiduiiy, and complain by a whining noise when left alone. As it grew older it became mischievous from its restless curiosity and thoib seemed no posssibility of contri- vituee I'tfectn dly to Secure it. The same Circumstance « frequenily remarked by per sons • who have attempted to detain them in captivity; and, “f all the instance* which h;ivo c«'mo' to our knowledge, 'where even a great mimhci were apparently well secuied, they have all in a short- time enlarged themselves and been no more heard of. In some such nstunces these.animals have escaped in. tho city, and for a long time hive taken their quarter* in cellars, wltere Hicir presence has NEW CHE&P GOODS. T HE subscriber has Just received, and opened, at Ills store on Mulberry street, a general assort ment of ' SHOES, DA TS, ■* Cvockevx, UtmVwuve, &c. He lias also on bam] a general assortment of GUOCEUYES, CASTINGS, &c. Which will be sold low for cash. R. COLEMAN. Jane 4 tf 32 BLANKS FOB SALE AT THM OfTIGB. never been ' suspected, as during the day tho^r remained concealed. In this way it is very probable that many are still living in tho city of I’liilndelphiu, obtaining plenty of food by tliejr nightly labor* AMERIClAN'ENTERPRlZEi ram Capt. Cunni )irgo, Dee. 1826. Eztraet of a letter fram Capt. Cunningham, ....... dated, . “There has arrived at this place Capt. Jo- dedi ih S. Smith, with a conipany of Hunter*, from St. Louis, on the Missouri. These'har- ily adventurers liavc been 13 mpnths travel ling their route, and havo suffered numerous hardship*. Thoy have often had death star ing them in the face—sometimes, owing to the want of sustenance;' at• others to the numer ous Savages whom they have,been obliged to contend with. Out of 50 -horse* which they started with, they brought 18 back with them: the others having died for want of food and water. ‘ ♦ Does it seem crfidilflo that a pally of four teen men, depending entirely upon their rifles this extraordinary letter. The same inducement, I presume, wlrch in fluenced .his “Excellency” to write the loiter, induced its translation into the columns of the Intelligencer, and to those of the Raleigh, Re gister. It is, indnod, illustrative of the “Pol lies of the day,” and of the political system, which seems to bo the governing maxim with those who respond to the wishes of their great magician, tho honorable the - Secretary of State— “J/y author and disposer! what thou bid’st, “Unargued I obey.” The maxim is practised to perfection, from his “Excellency the Governor of Maryland,” down ro Ihe lowest minion of the obsequious tribe of subsidized presses “by authority.”. The signal proof ofdaring and dotc'rmined servility, evidenced by this “extract,”'tlie bold and un blushing lalschood it avows a*, to my conduct and.language, shows his “Excellency” a wor thy favorite of Isis master; and tho readiness with which it is copied 'into certain prints, e- vince their greedy subsorvtney to his wdl, I know the position iu which I stand, an i that of the personage whose word I have to coofront. But I uui not the first victim select ed by the .parasites of the day, to divert pub lic reprehension from their high patron, nur is Governor Kent the first man who is indebted to his station for 'a little brief consequence. I am charged, from this “high source,” of hav ing been “decidedly in favor of Mr. Adams in preference to General Jackson,'and not ten minutes” before the laic election liy the House of Representatives,- to have approached him (Govornor KeflV)‘“with anxious countenance, discovering deep concern” indeed, nnd used theso emphatic words; “I , hope to God you may bo able to terminate the election on tlio first ballot, for fear we from North Carolina may be.forced to vote for General Jackson.” 'His Excellency must indeed have rel axed from the cares ‘.of office for the purusal of “The Merry Wives of Windsor," or “Tho school for scandal," The Arabian N'-th’s, Eutertain- ments, or some'other work of fiction. It is to be recollected, ih s “.niton* countenance,” this “deep aoncorn,” this “emphatic j'auguaL'e,” occurred more- than two years since, on the eve of an. important election, to a man occupy ing a different side of the House from myself, with,whom’I*''was not iiitimate, who had beon Opposed to.my friendsin politic*, and onc.wiiom I had always'viewed as concealing tinder a plausible exterior, the secret, hut deadly en mity of a viper. On an occasion, and by a man of this kind, my manner and words arc ‘professed to be remembered with nccumcy, and reported with precision. Tho affi m uive charge rests upon the ipse dizit nftliis pliant 'Governor alone'.* I meet, it therefore, as ii ought to be mot, with the lie direct. Front the commencement of the late Presi dential contest, to its termination, 1 harbored but one feeling,"and expressed but one language —-a preference for William II. Crawford, and the most positive 'hostility to John Q. Adams. I Ought,' Messrs. Editors, call upon you to of this to apply the patronage of the Admin : stratu>n. This is the head and front of my oflbncc. This* is tiie lever with which lie, anil others, seek to uphold those now in.authority, and he who shall dare to expote to public view the hand that administers tho pabulum, may expect to • meet with the vilest detraction. I Inve not the vanity, to suppose that the secret nnlig- - nity of Governor Kent seoks to desiroy tho character of one in my iiumbld spltorq, but to minister to the morbid appetite of his exalted friend, to save those who seek to m tintain tho Prime Minister, as the main prop to tho pre sent Administration, and who consider dislike to him as deserving certain des ruction. Wick ed and unhappy men! who seek thoif private safety in opposing public good. Weak a il s.lly men! who vnimy imagine that they sit til ho judged in the right, and'every one who posed them in the wrong.. But I leave thcot and him, by whom l have beon thus forced be fore the public, to the judgement of those on whom they would impose. R. M. SAUNDERS. Salisbury, Aug. 20, 1827. hear testimoiiV to tho truth declara tion. You cannot have forgotten tho early expression of niy opinions iu hostility to Mr. Adams.t These opinion* not only cxpressoil my opposition to Mr. Adams, but u preference to anv other man of political honesty.' I could here give the testimony of those members of Congress with whom I boarded in the winter of l825/thd letters I then wrote to my friends in this State, avowing my determination to vote lor Gcuoral Jackson with a majority of the Delegation from the State, ns our second choice, nud not from any fear of consequen ces—all evincing hut one conduct nnd one langungh, and that directly in opposition t« tho assertion and certificate of Gov. Kent. I do not dccill'it necessary to rely upon testimony at this time to repel so notorious a libel. As n politician, my course has been any other than equivocal, and my languago at all times free from doubt. I have not the most- faint recol lection of seeing Governor Kent on the day of election, and certain I am, I felt oeitlior alarm or any great concern at the'result. I was as well satisfied as Governor Kent, though particeps criminis t that tho vote of "tin refers to a statement made by his friend Mr. Francis Johnson, in the Home of Representatives. Thera was so much of tile bagatelle in Mr. Johnson's speech,and delivered so disjointrdly.thnt tiierewns no collecting a fact from wlmt he did say. If he made the statement, I did not hear il; but I nave no. doubt, • if made, it was upon the authority of Governor Kent. t Early in the Presidential canvass, the Editors of the Register refused to insert the famous “Political llofse Knee,” as refiecting upon Mr. Adams for bis supposed countenance ot the ' Alien and Sedition Laws. I then published several numbers over the sig nature at “ ilur.he,’’ in which it was my object to prove there was stronger grounds to support this supposition than the Editors imagined. That Mr. Adams was e- •acted hy the same Legislature of Massachusetts who passed upofi Mr. Madison’s Report of ’09—condemn ing that Report, and npproving of those obnoxious laws. Tliat, from the session of 18<*3, when he first took his seat in the Senate of the United States, up to tho session of 1807, he. uniformly voted with tho Federal party, therehy evincing his fidelity to tlie prin ciples ol those by whom he had been elected. That his Report of the hill for suspending the Writ of babe- as corpus, and his celebrated Report in Mr. Senutor Smith’s case, were the first acts of his conversion, by which he became while washed a Republic** From the National Intelligencer. Messrs. Gales <$• Seaton—I Imvo just seen thu fulso and scurrilous publication of R. M. Saunders; and until l toad it, I did not sup pose there lived an individual so devoid oftruih and decency, as lie liaVproved himself to be.— Defeienco for public opinion induces mo to ask the favor of you to publish tho fallowing reply: In the month of May last, I woio a letter to a private gentlem in, un old Congressional friend ill Frankfort, in reply to one rdccived from him, not designod for publication, as eve ry candid m in would at onco perceive, a* well fiont its style ns its subjoct, nud ho has since a* pologised for a portion of it finding its way in to the public journal*. In this letter, in consequence of Genorql Saunders' over-zo dons part in tho House of Representatives, the preceding winterj'fdie lot of <dl new converts) I adverted to a conversa tion he field with me the morning of tho Pre sidential election—every word of which I a- ver to be tho fact; anti I throw back upon Guncral Saunders tho vulgar cpithot ho has had tho audacity to apply tome. But a few minutes before thu election, Gcrf. Saunders approached the fire-place at tho south end of tho room, tupped me on the arm, drew me aside, nnd used the strong language I have ascribed to him; and furlhci, I saw.no indivi dual, after the election, better pleased than General Saunders appeared to be, iu conse quence of being relieved, as I supposed, from the dilemma iu which ho had considered him self placed. General Saunders approaching mo in that manner did surprise me, and caused me to recollect tho conversation (which I repeated to a friend a day or two aftorward,) because, un til that moment, I did not suppose ho could havo beeu furced to vote for General Jacksou. Our acquaintnnce was a* limited as ho states, but not more so than I desired, having never ■undo the slightest advance toward* an intima cy with him, because I considered him a vain.