The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-05-11

Here l found cooped mp, the objects
of Belden's fierce hate because they dared
each and all to put hun TO shame by the pu
rity of their lives and their devotion to prin
ciples he ouce professed., Though those
gloomy halls aud hateful cells, the Rescurers
aee scattered Ny old friend Hon. Ralph
Plumb was the first TO welcome me to his pris-
on home He is splendid specimen of the
best type of tie American citizen. He is
frm wiIhoit obstinacy, kind and conciIiatory,I
without obsequiousness. He has heart of
bouhdless sympathy, clear, cool head, large
in.eec,. and an iron WILL He was born in
Busti N. Y. Is 43 ears of age. He has
devoted wife and three loving and beloved
children. Mr. Plumb is q lawyer by profess
ion, and as member of the Ohio Legislature
has gained statewide reputation. No man
ever knew Ralph Plumb but to love him. and
in his cell he this day commands more respect
than the petty tyrants who placed him there.
s. Bushnell is small, black hai ed black eyed
man. 29 wears old He has q wife and one
child He is poor iG this worlds goods, but
rich in an unfathonable mine of love to and
for his opp essed fellow beings. Mr.. Bushnell
| is not physically strong man. and may die
while in the fangs of the vultures, who now
have him in their talons. but his ardent love
of liberty and free spiri, the cormoranis can
never col quer. He is native of Rome, n.
Y, and printer By trade He has been con,
vicfed of assisting to give freedom. to broth.
1 er man John Watson is native OF the old
dominion Al years of age. and has a wife and
two children. Mr. Watson is man of great
energy, and commands and deserves the re
spect of all WHO know him. He will never
finch, or ever appear to yield to the demands
Of the slave power. He is brick mason BY
trade p 'se+tS
James Bartlett is native of England aged
i At years and has wife and six children whom
he supports by his daily labor. as shoemak
er The minions of the slave power may starve
his family and murder them. but will fail to
crush his free spirit. 3 @s
| A. w Lyman is native of Ohio, about 25
years of age. He has gone through The Kan
sas strugsl lie as a Lieutenant in the free state
army He did not quail before Beaufort's
men, and will not before Buchanan's judicial
) cohorts.
y Richard Winsor is native of England, nd
% years old student at Oberlin, and a
+ young man of promise.
d Professor Fl E Peck is native of Roch-
ester, N Y He is distinguished professor
lin OnerIin college. Mr.. Peck is man oi
= great learning and by his scholastic acquire
L ments has gained an enviable position among
1t the literary men of the land. Quiet, uuobtru
If sive and retiring he is bold fearless and &C
II complished champion of freedom. He has a
wife who shares with him his prison home
and four children who nightly ask, why does
it not Pa come home He is SO years old.
Henry Evans aged 40 wears, cabinet max
e er by trade, and has wife and eight children
d Nelson Evans aged 30 years, and broth
e er of Henry, has wife and four children, Is
n native of the same stale; and is also a cabi
net maker. The bro, hers are nearly whl
and are both men of good sense, noble impnls
es and true hearts.
rs james NJ Fitch aged 43 years is a native
of Lima Livingston Co., n Has wife
and five children. For three years he was {
ia Missionary at Jamaica, West India. Is {
al bookseller in Oberlin. He is an active, intel
re ligent, splendid man. Mr.. Fitch is as true al
ID steel, and as firmly grounded in his convictions
as are the Alps upon their base His eagl;
r hafo ha n
Judge Wilson Beldens furious rant, ane
0. mad anticJ will never cause nerve of J. NJ
Fitch to trembie, or excite any other emotions
than contemp, in his breast.
John H. Scott aged 33 years, is m arried anc
has three children. Like most Caroliulans
% he tinged with African blood. He is [
e harness maker by trade. He is true man
s. w E. Lincoln was born in London. Is now
II about % years oln He has labored witt
John q. Fee for two years III Kentucky Hs
r. is the teacher whom Deputy q. ) Marshal
r seized, handcufed and threw into filthy Gel
last winter. He has about him the ring o
id true metal, and will stand fire every time.
ut Charles Langston This tale, led gentle
man was pat upon his trial mex after Mr.
10 Bushnell He is native of Old Virginia, ant
OF like many of the scions of her best famiieshat
le al aduixi ure of Afric blood. He is Sc
ce years old His co1nlenunce is. intellectually
al a far bet,er one than any of the government
10 hounds that are baying upon his track posses
'h ses 1t is barely possible that out side he may
ie be an imperceptible shade dar ker than Brlden
Inside-but comparisons are odous, aud
10 will do Langston no further injustice.
David Watson aged % years, native o
re Charleston, s. G., is married and has ont
child. He is fine looking young man. Il
ce a boot and shoe merchant in Oberlin. :
D. He has, no traces of African blood appa
rent He has the requisite ne We.
e. Mathew Gillett is the venerable patriarch
OF the glorious band of Rescuers. He ha
seen the frosts of seventy four winters Hi
hair is white as the driven snow. but age ha
not dumpened his ardent love of liberty. =
- The hero" old patrio, walks tie floor of hi
Iprlson cell with as proud an air as he woul'
g the halls Of palace He may die in a dun
geon, but he will never surrender his manhood
y The indictments against j. R. Shepard and
10 o. 8. B Wall, have been noied, because o
- an e. ror in their names.
~ This is the crowd with which spent ont
- day in an Ohio Jail. They gave, so the charg
u says, liberty 10 "a man by the name of John
:" This is the length and breadth of their offence