American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-02-06
From the Rome Southerner.l
Another Letter from Bill Arp to Mr..
LinkhOrn.

F Mr.. Linkhorn-Sur, A Poet hav said that
I" Time untide waiteth for no man" To my
opinyun il are untide now and hasten on to
that eveniful peryud which you hav fixed
when Afriky are to be onshakled, when Mig.
gerdum to feel the power of YOUR prokly-
mashun-when Uncle Tom are to change his
base aud evakuate his kabin when all the
emblems of darkness are to rush frantikally
forth into tie arms of their deiverers. and
with profound and scenty gratitude embrase
your Hexcellency and Madame Harryet Beech
er's Toe What galorious day that are to
he F.! What sublime cry in histry What
proud kulminashun and konsumashun and
korrukashun of your politkul hopes AFTER
a few thousand hav klasped you in their eb
opy arms il viii be a FIFTEEN time Mr. Link
horn for Won to lay yourself down and die.
Human Hambishun can have no higher mon
ument to Kline. AFTER such a work you
might kumplete the immor al heroisn of your
karakter, by leapin from the topmost pinakle
of your glory and with spraddled and extend
ed limbs brake your shite polk neck upon the
yearth below.
But alas for human folly-Alas for all sub
loonary things-our pepul will not believe
these crazy rebels will not consder-Christ-
mas already here-only more breef
week To slide away before we must part. for
ever part with all our nigger heritage, and yet
our stubborne pepul kontinue to buy EN- and
sell EN-, and the shorter the lease the higher
the price they are payin. What infatua-
shun | do very believe they will keep up
their old ways until next Wednesday night,
jest as tho they didn't have to give EN- all up
the next day morning before breakfas. Sum
say the stay law affecks the niggers aud will
operate To make EN- stay at home-sum say
you haint got transportation nor rashuns
for milyuns of darkies-sum say your kali
are premature-but the majority are of opin-
yum that little difficulty you met with at
Frederic ks burg have interfered with your ar
ran Pyfp led q
siney die.
Mr. Linkhorn, Surf forwarned YOU about
crossing them sicklv rivers The Lee side of
any shore are unhealthy to your populashun-
keep away from those Virginy water korses,
go around EN- or under EN-. but for the sake Of
ekonomy don't try to 1t too
hard upon youi buryal squads and ambulance
bosses.
Mr. Lirkhorn. Sur--When are this war to
klose How much longer you renew
pour note of 80 days which you sed were time
enuf to settle thiz difficulty-do you pay the
intrusi How much territory have you sub
lugared, what makes kotton sell at 81 cents a
pound in your diggins-aint II awful scace-
what do you honey women do for stuffin and
paddin | heard they had to use hay and
saw dust and SIGH like. and thot it must be
very painful to thar tender bozzomes to have
to resori to such coarse kommodities-I
would like to send you bale, but Governor
Brown would seize it. 1t sed by many
that the war are about to klose bekause of the
Governors late raid on Leather-They say
the war begun with John Brown raid in
Virginy. and will end with Joe Brown raid
in Georgia. allow not. for think the Gov.
only tux that way of gittin the state rid of its
surplus, for he wanted to drive it into the
iinin states where things were scacer.
would like 20 see you pussonally Mr.. Link
horn. and hear you talk and tell sum of your
funny antido,es like You told Gov. Morebead.
| LATED when l read EN- till the tears fairly
rained from my e-lids-I know / could
make nv fortune Mr.. Linkhorn compilin your
wit-Maint be our Boswell and foller you
about?
But fare the we'll my friend, and. before
Won cross another rebikon advice you in the
eloquent language of Mr.. Burke konsider old
COW, konsider.
Yourn till Death BILL ARP.
P. S. Civ my respects TO Johnny Van Bu-
rem. hearn you and him were mighty thik
and aff,cshunaie Is. A.
P.S. | kant klose without lettin you kno
air worth two billions two hundred millions
over eff you will Jest KUN aud take it.
GRAsr,s CorTos Lass.-We learn by some
Federal prisoners captured at holly Springs
and sent to this city that General United
States Grant lost am amount OF cotton worth
aboui : 100 Oe0 during Gen. Van Dorn's re-
cent formal visit to that place. The Federal
army raised n long. loud aud Joyous shout
when they beheld The property III the sl'cca