The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-26
Letter from jamestown.

Jansstou0n, January 16, 1864
EDITOR SENTINEL;
I stand before you to-day, a sorrowful picture Of
the emaeatcd remains of my former self Stripped
of my boasted Valor, and my Vaunted independ-
ence stand melancholy wreck, warning to
ambitious wretehes who have the hardihoOd to give
advice to ladies. Yes, Mr.. Editor, am con
quered province, subjugated nationality, in short
g a badly-used up man"
In my correspondence to the SENTINEL. few
weeks ago, suggested to the editress of the
jamestown Lyceum News" that it would be
proper to reject communications that were highly
personal, and had tendency to create i'll feelings
between members Of society. For that ofense, the
the aforesaid editress, cOndeseended to devote an
article in the "News " to my benefit That article,
Mr. Editor, repused me, but rallied and submitted
to the " News " q letter containing some ezplana-
ton of my conduct and some reasoning in self
defense, Although I was privately informed that
my letter reachedits destination and was afterward
"lost," yet no acknowledgment of its receipt, or
notice Of it appeared in the next issue Of the
"News." I saw at once, that by "masterly
strategy" the enemy had, by flank movement,
shifted out Of my range. Just at that time the
enemy taking advantage of my exposed situatiOn)
opened CALLING Obique fire from several points in
the "works . of the News" and I was "com-
pletely demoralized, and utterly routed" Not
withstanding my untimely ruin, I still love the
ladies. Yes, all of them, Mr.. Editor. Their So
ciety makes life tolerable. Their smiles Danish
dull care, and tighten the burdens of life. Their
hands minister comforts to the needy, the sick and
the dying. Their minds conceive the choicest
maxims of wisdom, and the brightest gems of
literature. Without them, we can contemplate the
picture? Without them, this earth would be howl
ing wilderness. Without them, many a choice item
Of domestic intelligence which is rapidly circulated
and elaborately discussed, would sleep in the quiet
of oblivion. Without them, where is the ingenious
Yankee who would undertake to invent an article
of diet proper for the subsistence Of Young Amer
leans of very tender age? Without them, who
would compensate the trppper of minks and pole
cats, and with semi-barbarous delight boast of the
number of scalps-7 No, not scalps, Mr.. Editor
but boast of the number Of tails which hang at the
girdle and adorn the person. Without them,
who would baye the hardibOOd to give vent to
admiration for JEFF Davis, in city where q Yam
kee" guard is stationed at every house? Without
them, who cOnld run the national blockade with a
cargo worth two thousand dollars, concealed in a
"hold" of crinoline2 Oh woman thou art an
enigma. Thy virtue surpasseth understanding,
and thy eccentrcites are the flowers Of mirth, which
bloom along the pathway oflife.
KoN-CoMBATANTs.
Is it possible, Mr. Editor, that the United States
Senate is likely to pass an amendment to the con-
scTipGop act, exempting non-combatants from LA
biity to draft? Wouldn't the Quakers flourish like
green bay tree" if that act should pass both
Houses7 Prospectively I see tremendous revival
among the Friends" little further, behold
fusion between the Quakers aud the church lately
organized by Rev. S0mmedary and Edison B. Olds,
LII. D. All! now see another class of persons
who are conscientiously opposed to all wars. They
are called towards. They are opposed to being
shot at and their rights Of conscience must be re-