"Mr. Peyton has long been known to the public as a gentleman of great ability and manly bearing, and his associates in the Senate will sincerely regret a severance of the agreeable, social and business relations so long and pleasantly subsisting between them and him. We are happy to add for the information of Mr. Peyton's friends abroad, that there is now a reasonable prospect of his restoration to some degree of comfortable health. Such extracts from the papers of the day might be indefinitely extended and every mail came loaded with private letters to him of regret." After the publication of Mr. Peyton's letter, several announced themselves as candidates for the Senate, among them John McCue and R. S. Brooke, of Augusta and R. B. Barton, of Rockbridge. Considerable feeling originated among the aspirants and the difficulties were adjusted in the manner disclosed by the subjoined correspondence, which explains also Mr. Peyton's continuance in public life. LETTERS TO THE CANDIDATES, McCUE, BROOKE & BARTON. Lexington, April 17th, 1843. _Gentlemen_: You are fully aware of the difficulties which attend the Senatorial canvass, from the circumstances that three Whigs are in the field, and the consequent danger which may attend the Whig cause, and the Whig representation of the Senatorial District, of Rockbridge and Augusta. Having the fullest confidence in your political principles, and being well assured that either of you would ably and faithfully represent the district, renders still more difficult the task of discriminating among you. We, therefore, in order to secure a Whig representation, and in order to enable the people assembled here to-day to solicit a continuation of the able services of _John H. Peyton, Esq._, propose to you this plan, that you all retire from the canvass in order that a _call may be made on Mr. Peyton_, to offer his services. An immediate answer is respectfully requested. JOHN ALEXANDER. JOHN RUFF. WM. MOFFETT. WM. C. LEWIS. J. T. SHELTNER. CHAS. P. DORMAN. THE CANDIDATE'S REPLY. Lexington, Va., April 17th, 1843. _Gentlemen_: We cheerfully acquiesce in the plan proposed in your communication, and retire from the canvass with the expectation that Mr. Peyton will consent to become a candidate. Yours, &c., R. S. BROOKE. JOHN McCUE. ROB'T R. BARTON. Lexington, April 17th, 1843.