Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-11
y, FROM the Rome (aa.) s9utRordsn e
I Mr.. Bill Arp to Abe Iihkh6riY.,

ssg Mr. Bill Afpsto Abe Link kh0rn,s q N:
~ m sLinkhorns z hese are to inform
you we are all we'll and, hope these few lines
will find you in sStatu quo Wessgots your
prok lamashun, and as you have putais on nifty
short anotis, few Of aus boys l,us concluded to
writeyou, and ak for alittle more time, lrhe
fact is, we arc most tobleeged to have al few
more days, for the way things arc hapinin,
Its utterly onpossiblo for us to disporse Ii In
20 days. Old Virginy and Tennessee, and
North Carolina, are continually aggrayatin us
Into tnmults and Iarousmehts, and body
can't disperse until you put stop to, sioh on
ruly conductor their part Etricd my darnd-
est yesterday to disporsc aud retire., but il was
nogo and besides, your Marshal here aint do.
ing q dam thing no don't read the riot act
nor renionstrate, nor nothin, and ought to be
turned tut. IF you conclude to do SO, am
authorized to.rekoncnd to you Capt. Cooper
orMr McOlangs or, perhaps myself would
attend tothe bisncss as we'll as most anybody
The fact is, tho boys around here want watch
ing, or they'll take sumthim. A few days
ago. heard they surrounded two of our best
citizens because they was named Fort and
,SWmtcr. Most of them are so hot they fair
~ sig when you pour water on en-, aud that's
tho way they make up their military coi6pa.
mics here how-1-whcu a man applies to jino
the Volunteers, they sprinkle him, aud if he
s'szes they take him, and if he don't they
don't. e.
Mr.. Linkhorn, sir, privately speaking, Tim.
afraid I'll gitn u tite place here among these
bloods, aud have to clope out of, it; and /
would like much to have your Scotch cap and
cloak, what you Travelled in to Washington.
! suppose you wouldn't be likely to use the
same disgisc. agin when you left, and there
fore I,would propose a swap. Inns feet 5,
and could get my plow britches and coat to
you in 8 or 10 days if you can wait that long.
wsnt you to write to me Immediately about
things generally, and let us know where YOU
intend to do your 6ghn. Your proklai.4a-
shun says sumthing about takin rosscssin
of the public property at "AU Waxa,ds -
We can't fiud no sich a place on the map
| thought it must be about Charleston, or Sa-
yannah, or IIarper's Ferry, but they say it
amt any where down South. One man said
it was little factory on ali island in Lake
Champlaiu, where they made sand bags
My opinion is that sand bag business wont
pay, and its great waste of money. Our
boys here. carry their sand in their gizzards,
where it keeps better, and is always hundy.-
I'm afraid your government is givin you ard
your Kangaroo heap of unnecessary trouble
and my humble advice sif things don't work
better soon, you'd bottcr grouse it or trade the
darned old thing off, I'd take rails, or any,
thing for tiff L could-sce you I'd show YOU
II slight of hand trick that would change the
whole concern into buttons quick If YOU
don't trade, or do something else with it soon,
twill splc or die on your hands certain
Give my respects to Bill Suard and the 9th.
er members of the Kangaroo What's Han
nlbal doin! don't hear anything from him
now adays. Yours with care,
BILL ARP.
T. S.-lf you can possibly extend that or.
der to 30 days, do so. We have sent you the
discount i'll advance on u chcch ut IIarpcr's
Ferry, (who keeps that darncd old Ferry
now fits givin us heap Of trouble, but If
you positively wont extend, we'll send you
check drawn by jeff Davis, Bcauregard ell
dorscr, payable Oh sight anywhere.
Yours, B. a..
THE ARSENAL AT FAYETrEvILLE.-
think it moro than probable that this impor.
tant work is by this time in possession of the
State forces. 1t has been occupied by some
sixty United States troops. 1t is doubtful
whether they have offered any resistance, us
the attacking force was estimated at some
500, or 1000 men. If they have resisted,
anu destroyed the lives of unoffcnding women
and children in Fayetteville by firing on that
town. their lives to n man should atone for it
Soldicrly resistance is to be expected, but the
wanton destruction of the innocent by FEEDER,
al troops would be signally avenged.
We learn thnt there arc about 35 900
stands of arnsin the Arsenal, ~ 900 of which
arc of the best modern kind There are also
cannon, ball, powder, &c. These arms arc
needed, and the sooner they pre in the posses.
sion Of tho State the better
[halciM Standard.
EFFECTS OF MARYLAND's UpR1srNa.--
We learn flum Washington that the effect of
the uprising in Maryland has had very sig
mai influence upon the population at Wash
ington, and even officers Of the Government
who are convinced Of the inpolicy OF cocr.
con. designations in the Army and Navy
have been very numerous in the past two OF
three days.-Richmond DISPATCH.
TIE FEELING IN ARKANsAs,-Th Ma
poleon Planter, speaking of the probability Of
Llncoln's stationing troops in Arkansas to at
tack Mississippi from the soil Of that Stntc,
says =" Should they attempt to,land in Ma,
poleon, or in Desha county, our citizens will
fattcn tho catfish from Memphis to New Or.
leans with their Abolition carcascs."
WASHINGTON, Ntril 24-The rumor is
not ill-tounded that active and concealed cf
forts and preparations are in progress, espc-
oially in Secretary Stewards department, for
an exodus from Washington upon n ship or
'ships-of war. The administration, espccially