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 4 MANOUYRE.
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A MANUEL RE.

 A letter from another part of the Dis trict was handed us on Sunday by q friend, from which we make this extract: "Gov- ernor Pope has been, for some days, in Shelby county; and can state, from actu- al knowledge, that it IS the wish of many of the mutual political friends, of r. H.. Pope and His Excellency, that the former should withdraw as a candidate for Con- gress and yield the track to the latter, who, 1t Is understood, is not only willing but anx- ious torun." This but is confirmation of what has been distinctly announced to us on various occasions. We feel authorized in saying, that a correspondence on the subject was opened with Gov. Pope previ- ously to his arrival in the State; and, that he evinced. even then, a decided lncllna- ton to resign his office in Arkansas and be- como a candidate for Congress i'll this Dis trict.

 What plan of operations will he finally adopted by our opponents, we pretend not to conjecture. It Is obvious, that they are in a state of uneasiness bordering on des- peratien. AIr. Patrick H. Pope himself IS getting discouraged, and every day hls friends are becoming more and more con yinced, that his election, under existing cir cumstances, is altogether out of the ques- ion: and hence they are anxious, that some stronger man should take his place. Their attention is directed particularly 10 the Hon. 