Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-06-18
Bill Arp to- -AhsLinkhnrn

MH' LINKAoRs-Sttf; These arp 10 i, form you that we are all well, and ho Tines may find you io s,a,n "op' " We got your. proklama,hun, and as g@ r have pnl us on mighty shot nolis f. vu Of Us boys has concluded 10 wrire ,o r.. and ax for lInle more time. The G.'.' we are mosl oberged 10 have few mn. days, for lhe way things is happip. us n' le'!y onposslble for ns 10 di>pryse in 9o days. Old FirginIy and Tennessee ,1U North Carolina, are coniinuaIly agprsy. ND Us into tunuIis and kasousemeuts ,a, q body cant dlspeTse until Jon but .,n,' 10 sich onruiy coDduci on their par,
 tired my dar'ides, yes,erd'y 10 dispers. and rr,iFe. bui Il was no gu; and b.xid.. your Marshal bere ainl dong dam,bnr he don't read he TO, ac, nor remous' tra.e, nor no,hin, and ought 10 be lurnps out If you conclude to do SO. am m. lhorlzed 10 rekommoDd 10 you Capt Com. CT or'Mr. McC!nng, or perhaps myself would attend 10 the business as well os most any body. The fac. is he boys alound here wan. waschin. CT they'll tata so,nrhin. A few days ago beard ,brv surrounded Two of oar bes, citizep. h.. cause they was named Fo1 and Sumter Most of them are so ho. they fairly s,z when you pour water. on 'em, and that's the way they make up their military com. panles here now-when a man applies 10 iine the volunteers, they sprinkle him and if he sizes they take hlm and if he don't they don't.
 MT. Liukhorn, sir, privately speaking, I'm afraid I'll git in a tight place here among these bloods, and have to eope ou. of It, and would like much to have your Scotch cap and cloak, what you travelled in to Washington. suppose you would not be likely 10 use the same disguise again when you Jeff, and therefore 1 wonld propose swap. I'm 5 feet $, and could get my blow brhches and coa, 10 you in 8 or 10 days if you can wait that long want you to write 10 me immediately about things generally. and let us know where you intend to do your igh,ln.
 You proklamashun says .somethin about takin possession of lhe public property at ".M Hazards" We can't find no sich place on the maps. l thought t must be about Charleston, or SavaNnah. or liar. pers Ferry, but they say ,, ain anywhere down South. One man said il was lit. tle factory on an island Tn Lake Cham. plain. where they made sand bags. My opinion is that sand bag business wont pay, and il Is a great vast of money. Our boys here carry their sand ,ln their gig. zards where Il keeps better, and is always handy, I'm afraid your government Is givin you and your kangaroo a heap of unnecessary trouble, and my humble ad- vice Is if things don't work better soon. you'd better grease it or trade ,he darued old thing of. I'd take rails or anything for tiff could see you Id show you a slight Of hand trick that would change tho whole concern inIo buttons puck. If you don't 'rade, or do something else with it soon, it will spile or die on your hands certain.
 Give my respects 10 Bill Suard and the othher members of the kangaroo Whats HannibaI donea l don't hear anything from hlm now adays..
 Yours with care. BILL Aar.
 P. S.-If you can possibly extend that order to 80 days, days, do SO. We have sent you the discount in advancs, on a check at Harper's Ferry (whe keeps shas darned old Ferry nows-ns glyin us heap of lrouble) but If you positively won, extend, we1Fsend you check, drawn by Jeff Davis, Beauregard endorssr, payable on sight anywhere.
 Yours, B. A..