{"character_count": 5601, "word_count": 1088, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9800000190734863], "ccnet_perplexity": [1294.699951171875], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
ani correspoadens' Major Downing, has commenced his correspondence, through paper, with the Pres dent, on the general subject Of hs present journey from inc seal of government eastward. We expect 10 communicate much valuable information tO the pubIic through the mediam of the Majors Iesters.- Acting now in the capacity Of agenf Of" zAe GOU ernment' his correspondence may be considered as official and therefore Ofso much the more importance

 ~. F. DGi. Ado. 10 GinerdI Jackson.

 PuILApELPHIA, 10th Sept. 1883.

 Dear Gineral--I have eny most as much trouble in gittin here, as had when come on with the Government spell ago; but telTd the folks had no time now to lose, and couldn't talk politics; aod that was on ur- .gent business. They all wanted to know how you was; and tell'd em you was as hard as granit, and no rot about you.

 As soon as I got here. I took look into Squire Biddels Bank again. and found every thing there pretty much as left em when was there aiore. Ifany thing he's got little more of the rale chiok., Squire Riddle was glad to see me, and was, plagy good natured He said he was sorry that the Government continued to feel kinder wrathy agin the Bank "but," says he, '' Major, we are ready for them." Jest then our old Quaker friend come in-the same old gentleman, you re- member, who came to see us enc snornIn and calrd you friend Andrew" and kept his hat on all the while. He was as spunky as thunder; and when Quaker gifts his dander up. its like norwester, He said he was sore troubled. and that he was afraid that evil dis posed folks was busy, and trying to finger you. He said he had been in trade over 40 years. and knew all about it, and Banks too; and that jest SO sure as his friend Andrew didn't put a, stop to this war agin the United States Bank, it would bring more injury on the country than universal nulfcatien." telFd him that you didn't want to injure nobody that all you wanted was, to git hold of the right eend of every thing, and then hold on like snappin turtle. And then we set down, and he talk'd for more than three hours, and till he couldn't talk no more. He is rale friend of ourn !; andthe last thing hc said was. he hoped you wouldn't let any ons deceive you about the bank, for tho the change might give few persons scme cream. all the rest would git nOthin but skim milk and boDny ciabber. am glad met him, for he tell'd me more than had any ide on; and the more sec, the more sartin an that Banks and Trade and money matters are pretty cOnsid- erable iickIish things {; and when you think a thing must be jest so, it comes out jest tother way.

 Squire Riddle don't look streaked at all when talk tn him about onr taikin our money away from him.. He says he don't care a but ton whether we take it away or not. And upon the whole, the Bank could do better without our custom than with it. He don't say nothin agin nobody but he is gittin toI be pretty saucy about it, I tell you. And well he rnay be, and if he warn'l good na tur'd crittur, he would be- crabbed and crook ed enuf by this time, for we have been pound in on him now nigh upon three years. He says as long as he sees black cloud ris- ing, he don't think it safe to make more sail and it's his business to keep as much sail On his ship as he can without splittin en-.

 Every body I see, here says, that Amos Kindle's journey this summer was nigh about as had as the Cholera Morb,ls last summer and on the whole. they don't know which is worst. You know I1elfd you as much alore he started; and the last thing Zekei Bigelow said to me. when we was In Dow ningvlle- says he, !" Major, don't you advise the Gineral to neddie with that Bank affair. see troub le in it," says he. and Zeksl is DO fuoi tell you. And Captain Jumper said, too. he would jest as soon think Of runnin the Two Poi lies threw Nantucket Shoals at midnis ht, without alead. All these things, and my own notion too. made me look iato it pretty sharp, to say notlin abont them plagy safety fund notes that got into our wallets, and stick there yet. The more sec here, the more sartin atn that Ihave got right notion ont. There is money enuf here; but it is pretty much as hearn tell on in the old war--the f0lks keen it stow'd away as long as there is trouble brewin. But wont say more about it now, till git to York, where they say they are worse off. I have been busy enuf eyer since I've been here; and they tell me things are gittin little more easy, on account of my telln em that you wont do nothin afore gi, back agn.

 have met only few here who think it would be best to have a new Bank, and mock this one down. But when Icome to corner em about 1t. 1t turns out pretty much like pesky squabhle we had o,,ce in Downingvil.e about Che school honse--oue said it warnt big enuf- and Ezra Gleason. n squiat eyed fellow said Nought to be a round one, and Seth Spragut ought to set right in the middle ont. Rol Zekel BigelOw made speech about it--and the Deacon was moderator :--and says he "we've got school house. and good stone one too--if it aint big enuf. we'l mock one s een'd out ont, and make 1t bigger. What ie you mean by nOckin ent all to bits--iest Ia &et more money out of the district !.--can yor FNt bettersfdf ont than it's got now ?.-cau you build better walls g--aud wla0 wants round one, with the mastef's seat in the mia. de ont ?--you know. Mr.. Modsrator, thai Seth don't squint; and no one can manage 2 round house unless he does and SO ~ a mus mock down our good old solid School Howse jesntO give new jobs, and build round on, 70 suit . man who caa't look another strait !,