CORRESPONDENCE oF JACK DOWNING
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WASHINGTON, 18th Oct. 1884. Tomy old friend, .Mr. Dtcigd, of the .Ne,c

 York Daily .adueqiiser.

 find by the returns from New Jersey, ike them of Maine, that there was leetle too much Post Office Iape, Blaaks S. siiiariine,' for the whigs--but that wont last for ever, and the only way IS to hang on and do the best you can, and as my old friend, Capt. Zebulon Goodenow used to say in tie old war, when he was batlin agin the enemy, and was obliged to retreat for a spell, well, says he, I didn't lick er, this time, but did give em most mortal whel- tin

 Taikin about the old war reminds me 10 Isay word or two about the pension bnsi- ness. There IS a plagy many rats at that too, and there is no telln yet how many | may be-rcoted out.

 Last winter the Senate got lookin into this business, and, as they thought that wherever there was any money to be had there the rats were at work, niblin, it was best to look into this pension matter. They had jist rooted up most everlastin raft Of rats in the Post Office. and they thouaht best to set the terriers to work smelin into the pension office, and see If there warn't Isome rats there too, but the trouble was how to get at it. they looked over the pen sion list, and one on em said, well, if Gen. |efal Washington had such an army of rale warriors as we have here, batin the number that was kill'd in battle (for they did fight