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Recently, it IS said, Dixon fl Lew,s expressed an opinion in favor of Gen Taylor for the Presidency. The Washington correspondent of the New Oheans Courier thus accounts for ii:

 If tho newspapers do not beie D H Lewis, he mas sort O turned Taylo' man: and if he has, the key to this change may be found in the fact, that William R King is looked to by the great majority of the party in Alabama us his successor next winter. He is said to be probably aiming If he has changed) to defeat Mir King by playing 'aIly" to whiggery. By drawing off all Mir Calhoun's supporters in the Legis' lature Q! Alabama, and squad of g O. v democrats, 10 ,in the whgs--or in plain English, to make just such another combination in that State, as the other ally" abolifionism, made with federal ian to elect John P Hale. have too good an opinion of Mr Lewis to believe him capable of thus sacrificing his prIn- ciples for his own aggrandiz.ment; but in this manner do find men accounting for his rumored Taylorism here"

 We find the above going the rounds o: the whig papers of the country, and in many instances attributed to MT Lswis as species of log rolling 10 se- cure whig support in the next Legsla> ture, so as 10 enable him to return to Congress. It is unnecessary to say a word in contradiction of this to those acquainted with Mir Lewis fixed and unalterable opinions; but 10 those who are ready at any moment 10 grasp with avidity any thing that capital could be made from, we Can with degree of safety say that it is misrepresentation, or peIversion of what Mir Lewis has said. And we can go further, that Mf Lewis has never said, as has been attri> buted to him, that he "would support Gen Taylor, even if he was whig.' Dixon H Lewis IS not the man to be found engaged in work of this kind ,o secure what has become to be no new thing with him, q member of Congress Nor would he De found concocting surh plans against any man, as are attributed to him in the above par agraph, against Col King MT Lewis, we are sall,iied, Is like all other democrats, if Gen Fay, Tor, after an expoiiiion of his political views, is found to be worthy of support by the American people, he will no doubt support him. Nor will he pledge his support 10 any man for office, without first knowing his political views.