The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-05-14
From the Rome (Ga.) Southerner.
MR. BILL ARP TO ABE LINKHORN.

- Mr.. LINKHoRN.-SIR: These are to inform you
VIC are all WE'LL and hope these lines will fnd you
in stdtn quo. We got our proklamashun, aud as
you have put on nifty short notis, few of US
boys has concluded to write you aud for little
more time. The fact is, we are most Obeeged to
havea few more days, for the way things is hap
inin, its utterly onpossible for to dispense in
20 days. Old Firginny and Tennessee and North
Carolina, are continually aggravatin into tu-
lnults and Endorsements, aud body cant dispense
until you put stop to SIGH onruly conduct their
part. l tried my darndest yesterday to dispense
and retire, but it 90, and besides your
Marshal here amt duing dam thing-be don't
read the riot act nor demonstrate, nothin, and
ought to be turned out. If you conclude to do
so, am authorized to recommend to You Captain
Cooper or Mr. McChng, perhaps myself would
attend to the business as well us most any body
The fact is, the boys around here need Watching
or they II take sumthin A few days ago [ heard
they surrounded two of our best citizens because
they were named Fort and Snmter. Most of
them are so hot they fairly sig when you pour wa
ter on EN-, and that's the way they make up their
military companies here, 1ow-wheu man applies
to jine the Volunteers, they sprinkle him, and
If he sizes they take him, aud if he don't they
don't
Mr. Linkhorn, sir, privately speaking, I'm afraid
I'll git in tite place here among these bloods
and have to elope out of it, and would like much
to have your Scotch cap and cloak. What you trav-
elied in to Washington. suppose you wouldn't
be likely to use the same Disguise agi when you
left, and therefore | would propose a swap. I'm
feet 5, and could get my pillow britches and coat
to you in s or 10 days if you can wait that long.
want you to write to me imm cdiately about
things generally, and let us know WHARF you in
tend to do your fghtin. Your proklamashun says
something about taking possession Of the public
property at "AH Hazards." We can't find no
sieh place on the map l thot it must be in
Charleston, or Savannah, or Harper's Ferry, but
they say it amt any where down South. One man
said it was little factory on an Island iE Lake
Champlain, where they made sand bags. My
opinion is that sand bag business wont pay, and it
is great waste of money. Our boys here carry
their sand in their gizzards where it keeps better
and is always handy. I'm afraid your government
Is givin you and your Kangaroo heap of onneces-
sary trouble, and my humble advice is if things
don't work better soon, you'd better grease it or
trade the darned old thing off. I'd take rails or
anything for tiff could see you I'd show you
asligh, of hand trick that would change the whole
concern into buttons quick. IF you don't trade
or do something else with it soon, it will spile or
die on your hands, certain. - TT
Give my respects to Bill Suard and the other
members of the Kangaroo. What's Hannibal do
in! doht hear from him nowadays.
Yours with care .-.. Bull ARP
j. S.-If You can possibly extend that order to
80 days, do SO. We have sent you the discount
in advance on a check at narper's Ferry, (whO
keeps that darned old Ferry now2-its givin us
heap Of trouble but if you positively won't extend
we'll send you a check drawn by jeff Davis
Beauregard endorser; payable on sight any where.
=. .........- . Yours, b. A.