The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-26
delayed letter.
Letter From jamestown.
jamestown, January l, 1864.

jamestown, January l, 1864.
EDITOR SENTINEL:
Yes, Mr.. Editor, One thousand eight
hundred and stpty.tour. A happy New
Year to "yer 'Onor." "LOng may you
wave" and may devils" tremble when
they approach your form" or finger in
your pa"
In giving you some items of local news,
I shall notice one or two matters of pub
lie interest which occurred some time ago
and which will, perhaps, be news to some
of your readers, if not to those who live
in the immediate vicinity of this place.
About two weeks ago, the noble heart
ed farmers Of Silvercreek Township visit
ed jamestown in respectable numbers, and
said v sit resulted in a large reinforcement
f the woodpiles and pantries of the wives
and fau.ilies Of the noble boys who stand
between US and the element that seeks to
destroy US, and mar the happiness of geu-
eratious yet to be-" Iregret that I can not
give you the names of all the contributors,
and the kind and amount Of nccessaries
furnished.
But as the weather was very unfavor-
able on that occasion, and consequently
many who desired to contribute to this
good cause could not attend, it is now
proposed (at some time not far in the fu-
ture) to have a general coming together of
all the benevolent of this regi.n, and
make the hearts Of the families of voluu-
teers glad with an abundant supply.
When the time is fixed I shall give due
notice through the papers, and when the
occasion arrives your correspondent hopes
to be present, and make a report that will
do justice to the patriotism and benevo-
lence of our people. I must also mention
in justice to the noble buys of this village,
that they banded together, and with saws,
bucks and axes, converted large portions
of the aforesaid woodpiles into stove wood.
I.never saw a more happy band than those
Sa1O Buckeye boys, as they sang and saw
ed and laughed and chopped. happy in the
consciousness that their frolic was help to
the needy. l must not omit to mention
that we have had visit and speech from
Colonel Josiah Given Of the 74lh o. V. L,
and the pleasure of making the acquaint-
anoe Of that excellent soldier and polished
gentleman. At the commencement of the
ColonePs speech, the scrupulous exactness
Of his language aud the labored system Of
his Arrangement, combined with the fact
that he used manuscript, was perhaps pain
full to admirers of dashing elOquenee and
spread-eagle style, bu his arguments were
forcible and unlnswerable; his exactness
betrayed au admirable quality in a military
man, aud the impression which he made
upon his au Iience was favorable in the ex-
treme On Tuesday the 29th ult., the
ladies from jamestown gathered togethera
large supply of the good things of this
world in the edible line, and having spread
a table in Messrs. Syfers & Sons hall, in
vited the public to a supper at % cents
per head in the evening, Gas I learned from
the treasurer), realizing the sum Of s45 for
the Sanitary Commission. I regret that
1 can not particularize upon the good things
under which the table grOaned, and the
" gay and festive spirit of the crowd as
sembled and viii offer as an apology that