MA1oR DowN1Na AND ruE 1.-TWO Po111Es."
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MAJOR DOWNING AND THE Two PoLI1Es'

 After long silence, we are happy to announce to our readers our conpicons that rich treat IS in store been idle The 4th of July our :" IRdependence day -is always great day in New York, it should be every wherebut the trial of skill in hauling out fhe much to its interest. We have been assured by the Major that the hull of the Two Polies is "as sound nut it could not be otherwise, and feat after the a sG mas s ss ms aer as al Daily Erp.

 To tue Editors of the Erpress-the same paper my

 old friend MT. Dwight had spell ago:

 ON BOARD OF THE Two PoLLIES," {

 Nigh the Dry Dock, June 2S, 1888.

 lsent a sarcuIar few weeks ago, to Square Riddle and all the other leading Bank folks about the coun- try, something arter this fashion:-" Gentlemen-The time is now pretty nigh come when some on us must be stirring our stumps to lend hand in rigging out the IWo Politics, and sticking things up about her for wage. as she has been now long enough ldle-and if something ant done about the matter we may as well agree to break her up. Gittn her off shore at Rockaway ony part of the difficulty, and the next is to reft and rag out" &c.

 In reply to this sarcular l got letter from the Squire saying that as he had no hand in getting the Two Poies into difficulty, he didn't see how in natur he should be ea!l'd on to get her out ont-tho' he you'd be yery willing to lend hand, providing that that didn't belong to him. &c. &c. :, got also hull hat full O letters from the Wall street tolks,-some proposln one plan ot " tttn out and some another-the most on um agreein to furnish ballast enuf, as they had as much and more of that than they knew what to do with-in fact they offered me so much baast that there would be no room left to stow cargoand the Iioo Pollies, nor any other So arter thinkin a spell I concluded that the best course would be to fix day for calling "a Concen- tion"-and give them trial. And so sent another sarcular, requesting that Square Riddle and all the other Bank folks would, on Independence day, next coming, be in readiness in their boats, in the East River, nigh the Dry Dock-where the Two Pollies'' is-and haul her out in the stream-1 seem to have a notion that in this way can tell pretty nigh how things are to work-by the way they will manage their oars. For if they haint got wit enuf to pull to- geher in taking vessel from the slip into the stream, don't think they ought to be relied on for managing matters in rougher weather.

 lam happy to say that all hands have agreed to make trial, according to my request, and so In letter will describe the matter.

 Square Didde says he'li be here with his four and twenty oard long boat and pepty of medium, (or rope suppose)-tho, he says, he don't like to meddle in the matter till other folks have tried their hand. So the honor of taking the Two Pollies in the stream will first be tried by the Wall street folks, and have no doubt they will finish e business if they ony agree to pull together, and in that the Square may take back his 24 oard long boat to Phadephy again and his medium along with him, for one thing am determined on and that is, that the folks who suc- ceed best in hauling the Two Pollies in the stream shall have the in rigging on her up for the wage which hope will be long and prosperous one, and no more gittin on shore or in the brakers

 J. DOWNING, Major

 . Dospain gUiLe MiLitia 2d Brigade.