The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-08-23

distance; and Distance" don't lend en-
chantment to the view.
LATER.
The patriotic and energetic citizens Of
Silvercreek Township. have convened at
jamestown ltbe Capitol and great Busf-
ness metropolis Of said Township and
having eplanbed dO,ru" more than ss,.
600, they sent an agent with the aforesaid
pile Of money, TO secure credits, which
said agent has done and returned, and
SIvereTeek Is out Of the draft. Silver
creek always pulls together, and she has
plenty Of good men at the wheel. Take
Sam Smith for example. Sam is over age
and an invalid. Sans only son. of proper
,a age is inathe service, and at the front Sam
says if be had a dozen more they should
all be fighting for their country if they
listened to his advice. Sam has very big
farm and he employs hands enough tUtill-
it we'll Sam also frequently rides 1'0ld
Rock" about the country and buys some
steers and hogs, occasionally some sheep
and wool; and aftetwar5 sells them al a
.1iberal margin" The result is there is
peculiar magnetic attraction about Sans
pocket book which draws large numbers
Of Greenbaeks to the samey Sam preach
es occasionally. Not for money, but for
tbe good Of society. Sam has still
more than this; he has a generous heart
that beats eompassionstely for his less for
tunate neighbors. As for instance, when
the present call for meu- lay heavily on
our Township, and call was made for
money, Sam was there He didp't com
plain about his heavy taxes, but he took
200 dollars out Of his pocket. book aud
handing It to tie treasurer, said he wanted
that to Save some of his poor ,nsighbors
whose families depended upon their labor
for support, from the draft, and their
families from want.
STILL LATER. TfL5 81
Your correspondent has Just returned
from that pleasant little village "Xenia."
This village has pleasant surroundings,
and contains respectable number of HI1-z
teliigent Contrabands.' The most re-
markable feature about this place, is, the
fact that tits so extremely unhealthy, while
to.al casual observer It would seem to be
located in a very healthy situation. But
my personal observation has taught ne
that notwithstanding the beautiful eOun-
try is unhealthy. I have reason to believe
however, that this state Of things viii not
continue long, and l will state my reasons
by briefly relating seme things which I
witnessed personally during my late visit
to the aforesaid village, as follows: When
I arrived in the eastern part of town on
Main street, bebeld a most melancholy
procession, marching toward the Court
House; men Of every color, age, sex and
condition were in this melancholy tbrong.
The lame, the halt, and the blind were
there. Every cOuntehanoe told plainly
that the physical organization to which it
was attached was 4 mass of disease, and
vas suffering che most ezcruciating pain.
While stood gazing sadly at this humiI-
iatihg spectacle, an huadred deep hollow
semi-pOsthumous grave yard coughs went
up in concert, and I inYoluntarily turned
my eyOs away from the heart sickeuing
scene. I soon learned upon inquiry that
these, people were not as l had supposed,
the inmates of a military hospital, but
disabled citizens of the County, who were
going to see a celebrated physician who
had recently set up q sho) In a juEyF
in the Court House. 1 hurried to the
Court House and there bcheld his bat
talliOn Of invalids moving slowly in four
ranks BY the right flank up the back stair
way and disappearing from view, A SOL
der sold tickets Of admission at the head
Of the stairway, and talked very politely 70