M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-01-09

CT urged tha5 hamilton was not
known ss an OHIO YgIunteor, or re,
fused to takea commission as an Ohio
Volunteer, or that his company had
no claims on us, in case they were in
need. 1t is not true that | applied to
the society for IS pairs Of gloves for
Capt llamilion's company, because |
merely read Col. Bolles letter stating
they needed nothing but mittens
which the boys would be thankful for.
| then asked what the society would
do2 And afterwards Miss Lacey made
the motion. Mrs. Johes says the
"Jcurnsl does not show the passage
Of snch a resolutiun, nor did any OF
the members excepting The Treasurer,
remem5er the passage of it, or that
any such resolution hal ever been OF.
Cered." lp reply | would say, first,
that the journals we re not well kept.
nor made on that evening, when the
motion was otf.red. Second, it is
falss that none of the members recol.
lect that the motion was made, be-
cause Miss Amy Brown, Miss Annie
Lacey and Miss Arvista Taylor as
well as myself remember it, is not
true that tne society left in my con.
troll 25 pair of mittcns fer Hamtlton's
company. but only 10 pair; the bal
ance o! 40 pairs has been received by
me since and ! have this day sent
item to Capt. Hamilton. 1t is posi-
lively false thatI ever mado any pro
mise to Capt. Hamilton to send him
these mittens without the consent of
the society, for Mrs: Jones told Mr..
Lowry that lad the mttens belong
ing to the society, for Capt. damil-
tons company and that the Capt. was
here, and that Mr.. Lowry bad better
tell me to give them to him, this was
before the meeting Of the l4th Of D &C.
We then had about 90 pair and after
MIS-. j ones told Lowry TO tell me to
give them to Hamilton, she took from
me Z pair ont Of the 90 and sent them
to the 18th Regiment, The 13 pair
Of mittens W rs Knit out Of yarn helon.
ging to the society for which the
money is ready when tie society calls
On me TOR it, this yarn being all that
Capt, llamlIon's company has re-
ceiycl from the society in any man
ner and the esormou5 amount (13 cuts
of yarn at 124 cents per Gu y about
which Madam Jones has made such u
I AgFfy sasss, gsgs s-s sss,a-,,.-s's -s'sess's-sas
Fifty cents was al! the money that
ever came into my hands as Treasur.
er. and that Mrs. A. Arnold was pres
ent when recei we'd and when eX.
pended it Tor yarn, Mrs. Jones was
chairman OF the receiving committee,
and as such, raceived all the money,
and has not yet accounted for it, IN
an official settlement with the society,""
| now call on her to slow what she
done with the money that was raised
BY the committee. as | am told con.
siderable was donated, but which do
not know whai became Of.
Icffer no apology Tor telling the
truth, and will at all times be ready and
willing to dissbusa the public mind in
regard to the action of those am as
sociated With. And permit me here
to say have no preference TOR SentIe'
men who arc pcriling their lives, in
defence Of our homes, and all we hold
near and dear, be they in Capt. Ham
ilton's company, the 18th Regiment
or any other Regiment. look upon
them all as our protectors, aud a duty
every American lady owes, to add all
we can to their comfort aud health
may add that ! knew nothing OF
amelia FairpIay's" communication
until seen it in the paper.
SARAH D. KING.
January 7th, 1862.