I take the liberty of asking a few moments of your time, if it can be spared without serious inconvenience, for the bearer of this Mr Barnard, who brought me a letter of introduction from the Honble Gideon Tomlinson, one of the Senators of the U. S. from Connecticut and formerly Governor of that State. Mr B. is from Hartford Connecticut, and is desirous of seeing every thing that is most worthy of notice, and of becoming acquainted with those who are most worthy to be known in our Southern Country—Most Respectfuly And with high Esteem