Martinsburg Gazette

A correspondence has been published in the New York papers, between Samuel L. Gouverneur, Esq, the superceded Postmaster of the city of New York, and the Clerks in his office, from which we copy the following pregnant paragraphs:

"Of the simple fact, gentlemen, of my removal from office, unconnected with a few circumstances to which I shall not at present advert, I do not know that I ought to complain. Never having sought in the first instance for place, I have had a tolerably fair participation in the spoils; and as the tenure of my office has never been distinguished by a mean subserviency to any individuals, it was as little to be expected that I could continue in its quiet possession, as it was rather greatly to be wondered how I could have held it so long. The loud and urgent calls, too, which surround the public crib, perhaps justly demand an occasional sacrifice, to appease the hungry expectants of a share.

" For the deep interest you express for my family and myself, accept our united acknowledgments. Fear not, gentlemen, for us; with the smiles of Providence, which we shall invoke, and my own exertions, we will take care of ourselves. However severe at the moment, the unexpected stroke which severs political ties, and for the instant withdraws the resources on which they have taught us perhaps too strongly to depend, I can assure you, gentlemen, it is succeeded by a sweet repose and a buoyant reliance on one's own resources, which, if it last only for a time, may well excite the envy the whole host of dependents on the precarious smiles of Executive favor.

Among you or elsewhere, my most grateful "Offering to every friend, whether a- a fearless defiance—and to you, personally- recollections-to those who are otherwise address me, an earnest reciprocation of all your good feelings and good wishes,

I am your friend and servant,

SAM'L L. GOUVERNEUR.

To J. Benedict, and others."