Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-05
Letter from Bill Arp.

LEwIsvILLE, Kaintucky, Nov. 20, 1869.
Mr.. -ERitlr uU the Repeay-Deer
.S,r: When brung my last lettur to
a kloas, war labOrin under a site
depresshun in sperrits, konsekwent
upon the givin out NV that ar sham
pane & other likkers, q the mellon
kolly feelins perjuced by the delappy-
dated appeerunse NV the Boys in
Blew" what was a sellybratin the
DAYS wich tride thar soles; and my
unhappy kondishun was enlarged by
thorts Nv the futur Nv LewisYille,
arter the trying Ordeel threw wich
this ere devoted sitty has jest past;
but nv konfidense in the Back Bone
NV Lewisville wur sumwhat restored,
on lurnin frum the Papers, in the
,,aornin, that the mex meetin NV the
GranG Army wur to bee at Cinein-
natto on thar own Dung-hill, whar
they could krow without bein very
much in anybody's way; so sed to
myself, ses i, Bill, les hooray fur Lou
isville: by the eternui, she's Whlppeu
'em out; thay aint gwine 10 Try
her no more; and while WnF
a boOrayin fur Louisville, AID 10
myself feller cum in dre5t
i'm the Confedrit uniform, l think
he wanted to git ackWainted with me,
because he tux me by the holler faS--
tber famillvarly; ses he, ole feiler,
Won mustn't make so much noise, as
Them ar ossifers is mad now, bekads
they aint many Flags hangin around
here, to greet 'em, d people ginrallY
aiut very enthusyaSstic, on TINS ere
crate ockasnan, ses i, its aWl rite, /
understand things, s. tney many OF
the Bows here; ses he, yes i've Sot :
mariners out thar at the door; ses /,
Ginrai, IN 90 and see 'em.; ses he, we
don't have any Giprals in our hunp-
nv. am a leWtennant AZ the perlice;
ses /. the devil you ar, thunK gOu
was / NV OuF faliers; ses he, we mus
! do our duty, bekaus We wear the
1 Grey; and we mus never talter until
! we reestOTe law & order to the c0un-
try; Z arter q little more eXplana-
( shuns NV that sort, he Sed et | Wooe
( keep kwiet, and treet, it wood be aWi
rte; wi0h ackOrdinly dun at wOnst; /;
q the Iewtenhant with his noble
Grey uniform, went on has way rejOy-
sin. while war left to my>Sad re55ek-
shuns, abowt the CRATE army Nv the
tennessee (sO-called) and the cav
airy Nv the west, d BrOwnlOw q Stokes
d sweet scented Hamilton, q Brother
Peern. and Ole Hunter Il John Brown,
whose sOles are a marchln On-but
then ! won't say it, fur reckon they
hev arriv, iudgiE frum the kummO-
shun we ar a haVin down thar; and
then / had Visions NV Grant a the
Spanish Bun Goats, & Beecher and the
Wimmins COnVeushun, " co forth &
co on, until / hey got rayther kon-
fused; and hev kCnkluded 10 leave
/ this ere flourishin Sitty, and 60 home
| TO GeOrgy, Whar thay ar Tellygrafin
fur me TO cum and regulate sum NV
the OVerreechin observation-disclosures, NV
I Mr. Grant d his Radical kongress,
Wjch our Crate American People Is
gettin tOlurbul tired Nv; my GeOrgy
( friends is about to do 'em as the Crate
/ Ole Volunteer Stait hes jlst dun,
/ throw the id Radical kOBEern over
/ Board, and start out on koTrect, h0h-
est prinsipuis, and not be afeard NV
the Devil or Ole BrOwnlOw; a when
90 to Kongress, as j will arteF the
0ex Election, j hev the prom
/ mis- uy nay ole friend, Col DICK
UiateySmith, "a distant relashun NV
mipe) Of the Crate Stait Nv kentucky
to meet me thar; and marchin ~
to the Halls Nv that Radical Den, IN
a solid Falanks together, we VIII tel
'em in emfattick tones, we ar Ihar!
find am gettip sumwhat eXsited,
so will konklude this ere 6 Pistol, and
rite you agln frum ole GeOrgy, whaf
wont be so much hurried, so know
more from your'n. BILL ARP
P.S. iheY jist bin Uniformed by the
klurk NV the Hotel, that sevrul w
them ar felleTs, is a lnkwirln ankshusly
about me, and that the indikashuns i,
favurabul fur me to leave this evenin
on the Rail Rode, but amt mucl
skeered, fur the feller what KEEP th'
Dore at WiseacTe Hall, said they wa
not more than ] hundred and 30 gen
| uine memburs,and about half NV then
left beefOur the grand Bankwet, be
kaws thay had TO pay fur thar supper
L am sorter buried, 50 Will jist mai
this at Nashviil as go thru. Nour'I
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