Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-05
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iy Exposes II Terrible Plot.
LYNcHBURG, August 29th, 1877:

LYNCHBURG, August 29th. 1873.
Sir:-As our recent Historical Con
vention at the Montgomery White has
kicked up a great muss among our
"loyal' brethren Of the North, whose
imaginations are disturbed 10y ''chim-
eras dire" and all sorts of queer no.
tions, / hasten to lay before the public
the following letter, this morning re
ceived from the Return Letter Office
Washington City. 1t Gems that the
officer having charge of that business
has, after opening and reading If,
deemed the letter of such value as To
cause him incontinently to subject the
Government to the payment of six
| cents III official stamps, and myself to
six cents in the ordinary stamps, in
order that | might receive the valuable
communication Con which the postage
was not prepaid) before there WAS time
for it to cool.
copy the letter literally, spelling,
pronunciation, and all, as far ~, ] am
| able t. Iccipher it and If will make 4
| fitting accompaniment to the recent
| charlottesville letter To the New York
| Times The name of the writer | call
not make ont, as it l. some unspclIable
as we'll a1 umprouounccablc German
name. written III what are to me hero
! glyphlcs-
NV YORK. August Is, 1873
"NnHthC,U GfHHChsTR IF the UistOri-
cat HociCty, 0,td rcry UomoraGtc
pyr%jtGhH, Mr.. ,I"but 4. EnLy,
general aud EsI"irc::
Dear Sit It IS my first occasion to
announce /" IL and all those gentle
| men wicil suffered for the southern
cause Il kind of a consolilary relief
'luIt anal al may give up the South
ern cause az IL lost cause. [ DO and
vii! not give up the idea, that the
| South and West must and will have
their independently from hnngrey, cor
| rupt. fiendish Irute yankee rule
"-inu L have the great remedy for
it!
4 am the inventor of perfect fly
| ing-mashine for to navigate the cur
rent; with that flying mashine every
;eronaut may lombard cities like New
| York, Boston, Philadelphia, and .ery
Yankee city, and burn it to ashes. If
we use it as artillery in the air, if other
civil war breaks out, and it will come
again, mark my words gentlemen. l
will dedicate my so important inven
ton for the southern cause and her i'll
dependenz, and keep 1t as secret. That
side of II government wish has employ
ed my flying mashine must be victori-
Gus because with my flying mashine
every Tronaut is able to destroy man
of-war Notifications of every descrip-
ton and troops on the battlefield, or
on the marsh, or encampments. 1 am
american citizen, but for the South,
more as better one rs for the North
[ am born in Germany, and hate the
swindling magots OF humbugging Yam
KEGS like good Christian must hate
the Devil
''Bismark's motto is Blood and Iron
"And my motto is Blood and Fire
I am in very poor circumstances and
seek for help with my invention which
are very valuable, for instance l have
invented new motors which are saving
100 lbs. of fuel and no danger of ex-
plosion possible etc and no more
eff had the honor to see any of you
gentlemen here in New York or send
me that much money for to 60 to Mont
gomery etc it would be for you and all
the greatest fortune
"Now General, Yours Respectfully
"Obt Scrvt