The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-10

laniv, and so had to circumference
around'by the way Of Selma, and the
, very day / 90. there, everlasGn,blast en-,
the Wilson raiders got there too. was.
cnt no more looEn for them Yankees IN
Selma than [ was for old Bcelzebub,
and both Of en- WAS all the '..rnie to me.
Blamed ifthcy wascnt shooting at me
before knowd they was in the State.
How N the dickens they missed me /.
don't know, for their minnie balls sung
yanky doodle all around ule and over
me and nhdcr me and betwixt use.
n tell you, Bnl, 4 run like mud tnr.
I'rI, lookin ahead of mo at every step to-
find an easy place to fall wien was
plugged. An old woman overlook me-,
and aNd nrr to take my watch and my
money Shc took EN-, in hurry and
put en- in her boozum We'll found n
gully at last, and rolled in kcrsplosh,
forit was about two feet deep in mud
and water. The mfrrnals found me
there jest at night, and rot me ont,at
,hc pint of the baynet. They marched
me to the wolf pen and there | stayed
till the fiiss was Over.
Fright here Bill, want.to make an
observation. There was "A frllrr with
me when ! was cotch'd, and l seed him
make a sortor Of sign to the captain,
and they turned him loose in two min
els, and ,hc Jest went about. anywhere as
natnrafasa King, while had a crnsscyA
dutchmnn standin over me with n havo.
nc. GRIMM from mornin till night
There was some Free Masonarv about
that, Bill, and if another ono of these
fool wars comes along, TIL jiuc cr>, if
theyllet me.
"But I'm Mt home now for good. I'm
gwine to stay hero like n sine die I'm
agin all wars and fgh,ins. I'm opposed
to all rows and rump,lsses and riots I
don't kcer nigh as much about dog
fight rs us"d to. Now. if one could nj.
ways see the ccnd ora thing n advance,
dndthe ccn9 'cqs all ught i wouldcnt
mind a big fuss, but tIicn vo,i NMtSw Il
mans iornsights aint,as good as his hind
sights. II they was this war wouldenr
have broke out, and I wouldrnt hav lest
mv'Stccr nor'watch. never seed that
woman before nor since, and I wonllrnt
know her. from anv other woman that
walks tho vearth-blam'd if I'm certain
whether she were white or black. Bill,
how is your oG$prmg?'
Hungry as usual, I thank yos my
frenl," scd 7.
"Ilow's Mr.. App"
"lfchrlious, John, vrrt; but I think
shel b" Observation-Disclosures
terwh'le."
Mr. Edltur, I will not relate further
Of these trying adventures at this Time.
Big John are now entirely harmonious.
and suppose his future' career will he
all screen.
Yours as ever Bill Arr.
p. S.-Mrs. Arp wants yon to git
back the letters writ her wien She
were sweet sixteen. Them offisnrs hav
got EN- and | suppose, have laughed all
the funny part. away by this time%;-
They contained some fool things TINT
boys will write when they tall il. ,ovc,
and my wife sometimes used EN- upon
me rs reminders Of broken promises.
She says, if theyl' send ccni, shell try
and forgive em---daerwhilc.
Don't trouble yourself much, Mr. Edi,
tur, and it will be all the same to me.
.,.I,, B. A. ~
The Cincinnati Gosetts published the fol-
lowing extract. of private letter, from.tlle
distinguished Ex Confederate General Long
street: ! see that somo,of tho spublfc men
of the North are still inclined to DOUBT our +,
loyalt: ut tho South, andt hold us inSonr
present condition for. further guarantees.
What can we DO to satisfy them? We ore /.
willing ana anxious to do anything that. is
wanted ofns, s,proydedwear are allewelto get on
some constitutional platfQrny 4 4 do notsup;
pose that there are thohsand men In The
South who think differently froth myself
onthis subject, .,andI have some doubts
whether there are Us many ns that Who
would lo've the Union to day Il ii 81 5 y sTs
offered the choice to go olE or return upon /.
terms of eqality." " Se
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