Dixon Fs. Lewis,
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The Baltimore correspondent of the Florence Gazette in relation 10 the appointment of Mir. Lewis as a member of the Board of Visiters 10 West Point says:

 It has been gratifying, no doubt, to the whole people of Alabama, to wit- ness such testimonial of the Presi-. denl's confidence and respect towards Mir. Lewis. as he has shown in appoints ing him to that honorable position. You perceive that the people of New York have also evinced thelr high respect for your noble Senator, by rendering him public dlnne:. That honor, however,

 imagine will be declined for Mr. Lewis is plain republican, and is opposed to any great parade being raised on his account. He would prefer meeting his friends in plain unostentatious manner, and interchangng sentiments with them in social quietude. His health is said to have been better, when he felt here, than it has been at any former period for the last twenty years. He has been ardu- ously engaged here, ever slrce few weeks after the close of Congress, in the transaction of business of both public and private character. Amongst other things he has purchased some fif- teen or twenty thousand dollars worth of negroes, for the use of himself and son on their plantations, ft home. His fine judgment, in buying servants, has enabled him 10 make some of the finest purchases. The negro troders here and elsewhere, give it up that they know nothing of negroes, when Dixon H. Lewis is about. Alabama has rea- son to be proud of her big Senator for he is certainly one of her greatest men great, not only in size, but great in mind and soul. No man comes to Con gross with more of tho respect of the public than he commands. His ortho> doxy, his industry, and his capacities for business can never fail 10 secure for him the confidence and esteem of any deli, beratve body in which he may be Ca He'd to serve, By such means, he acquir1 as chairman of the committee of finance. high reputation in the U. 5. Senate, and, as long as he continues in that dig~ nified station, he will continue to enJoy that distinguished reputation.