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l when they thus WfOlc or SpOkc. A1 have rarely met with any production that seems to cover so much ground, in the shape of prophecy, as the following extract of let ter written by Major Downing to his old friend, "the Gineral," as long ago as Sep tembcr, 1883, now nearly four years ago. | The Major it seems had come on to New York from Washington, to ascertain for the Gineral' how things would work in case the deposits were taken away from the U. $. Bank, and given among sundry State Banks. He fell in with his old friend Zekel Bigelow, and they together entered into the inquiry, and the Major thus writes:

 "Zckel says there is just about so much hard money all the while, and it keeps goin round and round and all about creation, and they git the most ont and keep it, who are the most industrious and cute in inventin things. He says that paper money IS just as good, and leetle better than ha1d money, if folks don't shell out too much ont; and it is the natur of paper money makers to git off as much as they can and ii 1t Warn't for somethin to check it, it would soon be as bad as old continental times.

 "Zekel says, on the hull, that money mat ters, and banks, and trade, are all as curious as one of Peleg Bissel's clocks and folks had mt ought to meddle or alterin ont without knowin all about it. "And now," says he, Major, Pm of good mind to give you mo- tion; know it will spile the old watch, but want to show you my notion why think trouble will come, if the Gineral insists on knocking down the U. s. Bank"

 Zekel is one of them sort of folks and al- ways was, who are determined "to make spoon or spoil horn," and with that he out with his old watch, nigh upon as big as a tea cup, and wound her up, and then clapt her to his ear, and thento mine. "She is as true," says he, "as the tides" He then opened her. "Now," says he, Major, do you see that ere big chain pulling all the while? and then do you see grist of little wheels and springs and screws! Well, then, look here: on top is big aDheel, that is all the while goin round one way and back again, and jist so fast and no faster-that (says is what l call the kLicker, and if it warn't for that you would sec trouble in it right off, and I'll show you; but know it will send the old watch all to smash" However, he twitched out the Kicker, or balance wheel, and the old watch did aohiz for spell, tell you. Some ot them little wheels went so fast you could n't sec nothin on em for spell One at last keeled up, and another got its teeth knocked out. She stop'd spell, then spring snap'd and she ~hiz'd again, and the splinters flew, and by and by the hull scrape on em stop'd. Zekel slick'd his kew down and looked at me, and says he, Major, we have split the old watch, but don't vally the loss ont an at om seeing that you have got notion by it." And with that he scraped it altogether and wrapped it up in the Washington Globe.- "There," says he, Major, do you send that to the Gorernment, and tell the Gineral there is more there than some folks think on who want to meddle with Banks and money mat ters without knowing all about em and with that he took glass of switchel and went to bed. Your best friend,

 J. DOWNING, Major,

 Downingvlle Militia, 2d Brigade. Early Corn.-1Ir. Holmes :-I was pleas ed to see an extract from the Poughkeepse