Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-06-13
Sfletted Matter.
From the Rome (Ga.) Southerncr.
MIR. Bill Arp to Abe Linkhorn.

Mr.. LINKHoRN-Sir: l suppose my
letter we're taken by you as an insult,
tho it want so intended. have hearn
that you sent it to the Dead Letter Of
fis. Well l don't know of course but
my opinion you had better not put any
more trash in that Semetary, tor you IL
need all the bwying ground you've got
about Washington for other purposes,
soon. I've been doin my best to keep
things quite, and consulate you, but [
see you are bent on scrowgin our boys
into fight, so 1 can jest tell you I'm
agin you, and you can git as feroshus
as you desire. Your konduct has riz
my pisen-you've trod on my rattle
snake, sir, and every thing | handle at
these presents is infectious, so look out,
and if you don't want to swell up from
handlin this letter, you had better take
another drink.
We sent on few thousand of our
boys to see you and present arms, and
fix up this difficulty, but I suppose you
thought they was obeyin your 20 days
notis, and was carryin their guns to you;
and so come out with more procklama-
shuns and Marshall law, and Block
ade, and other nonsense, and now l
don't know what our boys will do. But
notify you they never give no bonds
TO keen the Peace before the left home
the fact is, they couldn't give securi-
ty; so, Mr.. Linckhorn, you can look
out for 'em and if you've got any thing
to kommunikate do it with Telescope
or some other long winded weapon-for
some of the boys is near sighted, and at
100 yards couldn't tell whether you
was an Andy-lusian mule or an Andy
Johnsonjackass. Be keerful, Mr.. Linck-
horn, keep thin, walk edgways, and
shinney on your own side or some Of
EN- mil ght take crack at you jest for
the fun of the thing, like Bill Ford did
at Squire Mitchell's old mule and dump
kart. Them boys is dangerous, shore .
and there's a few more of the same sort
left behind, only they are more pisener
from bein held back and wearin kurb
bit so long. I've jest come up on a it-
tie flrlow from Camp Brown, and when
left, the boys there were nearly all a
foaming at the mouth.
But I reckon you and your kangaroo
are properly alarmed, or you wouldn' t
sleep in your boots and live under Mar
shall law. They say that's a very good
kind of law for Black Republicans or
any other animals of a dark color
Spullock used it last summer on the
sea coast among them well known
thoroughbred imported-Africans, and
it scattered EN- from Carolina to Texas.
They never give the country a bit of
trouble, and you've no idea how docile
they are now to a cotton stalk.
Charley Lamar can give YOU any fur
ther information you might desire upon
this subject.
But your blockade is L humbug, Mr..
Linkhorn, and amt got no more pint
to it than your sandbags. In the first
and last place, you aint got thu Blocks,
and you'll never git any more live oak
from our swamps to make en-. Howso-
ever | didn't think about that overland
army of 100000 men. If you and your
kangaroo are bent on playing that dead
murch don't let elm ensure their lives,
as it would break every insurance offs
in your kountry. Sure as you are born
the ? might accidentally git back a
live, but them five ciphers, never would.
If you are bent on such extravaganza,
it would be great accommodation to the
Charleston boys to give EN- some 10
days notis, so they might import a few
more buzzards and lay in cargo OF
Darby's Prophylactic; give EN- reason
able notis Mr.. Linkhorn, do, if you
please.
You can read this to Bill Suard and
the rest of your kangaroo. / would send
'em my respects, but the truth is, re.
spects correspondin to their color, are
mighty scarce and high in this kountry
and I can't afford it. Yours,
BILL ARP.
N. B.-Tell Chase his and Helper
prayers are answered. The niggers riz
this morning about day break, all oven
the country in great number, and went
to killin-crabgrass. B. A.