The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-31

From the Richmond Times.
Another Letter to Bill Arp.
SrAlr OF NeRrH CALLrSy (.o call.d) J
Crismus day in tho year 1865.
Up Tree.
Peer Cusfen BHl I've been a wan,in
to rite to yu for long time, bu, it keeps
me 80 bizzy to git bite TO eat for the
ole umman and the childer, that | rally
haint bad the time TO rite and then the
males is SO onreglsr that I was afeerd you
never would git the letter. But Crisrnus
is cum. I've kid howgs, and I've tux
squrl hunt for the fust time sinss the
President sed We mout, and I've tux a
cup Of ais noe and l feel 10 the .perrit
Of ri,iu. Fust then about the Family
Ny family is still toIla pie we'll excep, the
eech. and l hope these few lines may find
you epjoyiu the Same blessiu. reckin
you would like to hesr sumth;n about the
s,ait Of the country up here iu ole North
Cailiny. Well, my vews amt 80 nifty
clear on .ha. pint. fur squire tous. va. a
rsdio in The paper to,her day that some
ole Teller in 'Congrus said We hahn, 90.
no stait Of the country down here 10 the
South. No mummy n powerful scace,
and times is powerful hard, 80 I've Quit
the world and tux = tree to make obser.
vsshuos. We've ben = harmoniz;n here
tollsble we'll sinse the surrender. Thar
haint been bu, one Yankee track on nv
fore. aud that was fsllsr cum 70 p.dd's
sur klers like, or some sicn thing. Well,
me and him torked on ,olabls frenzy, an
he sed he bad seen Ginl Lee, and ,ole
him Ginl Lee was the greatest an, and
the be't man alive (; an then We 90, to
taIkin bout the prisnsr.. and i tols him
node times when the prisners had meat
and the boys tba, wuz gardin Nv em
had none, aud that had seed a plenty
Nv Our boys that had suffered for bread
aud water q. Fort Dslieyw.r aud Pin,
Lookout and Jonson's Hand. Jes then
l slept out an cuzzsn John Pepper cum
IN; you know he WAS . monster rapid
h''n man, aud lodged the Yank. and 90.
to G'"eraI Johnson, when Lee surrender.
cd. Well, ldoant know What pas, while
l wuz ou'en the house. but when | cum
back they wuz harmoniziD, with their
backs turned to each uthsr, = redin over
Newspapers. But the beth Nv our fosks
is e'tn on ,ollabls wslf, .rcsp, the ole
yutun men. SO called !; them that u.e,er
be SO bara down on Pre.idsu, Dayis.-
Ihay peer TO me to be powerful sore.
headed, some ov um. ! hsarn squire
Jones a redin in the - paper ih.. Ginsr.I
Howard, or some sich a name, sbud Nv
ssd that tile yuneyun men was siesrd to
have the fredsmeu'. buro lux away, be
ksss they lowed ,bay. couIdn, liv here Of
II wernt fur the baro. fhs fac, 10 cuzz,u
Bill, most Nv th EN- yunsyun men sbou,
here is ondswIy skesry. They lux ter
rab'e .kssr WREN th. fu. drai, cum, and
. su'ser wun when the conskrip. law
wuz passed. and they tux to the woods
and stads thar tell they ven, bodds.hu.
ly Wild, Soma of Tia n.bn,. tall.
that sum ov um had horns started, jes
like wild beasts. Nobody siut e~ins TO
hur. sm, but they leok sor,si wild yit.
We ARE mi,y veil of in North CaIIioa
fur Go'srou.. Thar. Governur Holdin
he's purvishunsl Governur. | doant ad.
aackly updsrs,an What kin Of a Guvnur
tba, is, bu, know pu'visbuns !. power
fuI high, and thar's Guvnur Worth, tLiy
tell me Les been swors in, bu. ] hsiut