Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-16

allow one to sign the bond for the other
Cleyeland Herald.
Yesterday Ralph Plumb, Esq, of Ober-
lin, who was engaged in trying a case at
Wellington when arrested by U. s. Mar
slal johnson, and was permitted TO finish
the case and appear before the U. s. Court
at his leisure; and Messrs. John Vaudeville,
Mathew De Wolf. aud Abner Loveland, Of
Wellington, appeared before the United
States Circuit Court, Judge Wilson presi-
ding, and entered into their own recogni-
canoes of $1,000 each to appear at the
March term.
The counsel for the persons arrested are
Messrs. R. P. Spalding, A. q. Riddle, and
S. o. Griswold. Ralph Plumo, Esq, will
probably be counsel for at least one of the
defendants, as we understand he has just
been admitted to practice in the u. 5.
District Court.
we have published the very extraordi-
nary and very discreditable charge of judge
Wilson to the Grand jury, and sucb facts
as we then had touching the position of
one of the jurors selected by U. S. Marshal
Jonson. Further reliable information
facts doubtless known 10 the Marshal at
the lime Lewis D. Boyntcn was put upon
the jury-show how faithfully he has car.
ried out the spirit of that charge and of U.
S. District Attorney Belden, in indicling
some thirty-six citizens of Lorain county,
under law which even Judge W. says
''conlains provisions repugnant to the NOR
al sense of many good and conscientious
people"-would that paid q. S. Officials
could be included. The facts we learn are
these:
Saturday two slave hunters stayed over
night al the house of Lewis d. Boynton.
Monday forenoon son of Boynton, only
twelve years of age, took the horse and
buggy of his father and proceeded to tie
village of Obeilin. He found the colored
man John, told him his father wished to
hire him to dig potatoes, and induced tho
unsuspecting victim to get into the buggy
with him to proceed to his labors. When
about one mile and half from the village
a carriage came in behind the buggy at a
cross road, and soon driving up by the side,
the Boynton lad stopped his horse, and
the first John knew of the tolls set for him
he was seized from behind by the arms,
dragged from the buggy, pinioned, and
placed in the carriage between his brave
and chivalrous kentucky captors. The
carriage was driven rapidly south some two
miles to a road leading 10 Wellington, and
fortunately for kidnapped John after en-
tering upon the road an Oberlin student
was met who knew him, understood at a
glance the outrage that had been commit
ted on the rights of fellow being, and
gave the alarm along the road and at
Oberlin. The Boynton boy returned TO
the home of the Juror, with the gold OBJ
tanned for the inhuman betrayal of free
man into the life slavery from which Ee
had escaped. Do tie records of any Court
in the civilized world present another such
q damning record?
The circumstances attending the rescue
of kidnapped John at Wellington have
been published. Democrats were present
and active in cause which: reused the
noblest feelings of man, and made all eager
10 redress an outrage which all decent
SHAREHOLDERS reprehended. Not one of
these has been indicted, not even the Ober.
lin member Of the party who boasted that
he was among the foremost to mount the
ladder when pistol was presented and
death was threatened TO any one who
should attempt to enter the garret in which
Kentucky pirates guarded their human
prey. Why is this9 Why this discrirni-
nation? No man who has read the charge
of Judge Wilson, beard of the conduct of
Marshal Johnson, and knows the circum-
stances under which Lewis d. Boynton
was selected and served upon the Grand
Jury, will be at loss for an answer
Cieyelaad Leader.