Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-02-01
HDIToRIALooRREsPoNDENoE.
(No. 16.
,CoLuMDUs, Jan.

islature. we will give to. day an unvarnished
account Of most brutal outrage commit
ted a day or two since, by certain Sam.
Davis, of this City, who is the Sub Deputy
Of Deputy U. S. Marshal, which has
caused very considerable degree of feel
ing, which We are happy to say is not son
fined to any political party, but is as hear
tily denounced by decent Democrats as by
any other class of citizens.
Some time in Septe mber last, this same
Davis. with gang Of other ruffians, un-
dertook to kidnap from Oberlin, one of the
Students of the College Al that place, on
pretense that he WAS fugitive slave. AS
There are some twelve hundred students IN
the College, with about forty Professors
and teachers, it was thought 10 be rather
bold undertaking to seize one OF this num-
ber as slave, and so he was inveigled
under false pretsnses to the neighborlng
village of Wellington, and there seized
b ut before his kidnappers could get away
with him the trick was suspected and large
namber of the citizens of Oberlin FASTENED
to the scene for The purpose OF seeing fair
rlay. AT The sight of the crowd, the
.owardly man-lhieves became alarmed and
fled leaving their intended victim to go
thence without delay. Here it was sup
posed the matter ended and would be heard
Of no more. But not so. Some time
last November. a packed jury in the U. s.
District Courl, found an Indictment against
about forty .. the citizens Of Oberlin and
Wellington. under some clause, of the Flu
gitive Slave Law, for refusing to aid in the
kidnapping OF this Student. or preventing
others from doing SO. Amongthe forty
indicted persons were Professor Peck.
Hon. Ralph Plumb, and one or two Con
:srega,ional or Presby leIian Clergymen,
and II number of Theological Students
/; is admitted on all hands that the State
of Ohio has no better citizens than these
men, although one or two of the servie
presses of the State to gam the favor Of
the slave power at Washington, speak OF
them rs ..telons."
. Soon after the scene oil September, Mr..
Lincon, young man Of ine education,
Theological Student, who happened to be
in the crowd came TO Dubin,i in this county.
and engaged to teach school. He happened
10 be one Of the forty who were indicted
Those who lived at Oberlin and Yelling
ton, as soon as they heard they were IN
dicted. repaired to Cleveland and surren-
dered themselves to the Court and de-
nandcd a trial The G urt refused to try
them, but dismissed them all aOihout bail
until the April term Of the Court. Mr.
L,ncoln being engaged in his school in this
county did not go. but wrote TO the Mar
shai where he WAS and his employment
and that if necessary he would go to Cleve-
land at any time, or give whatever security
might be desired for his appearance at the
lime To which the case had been continued
by the Court. Here the matter rested
until Friday last.
In the meantime this fellow, Davis, took
offers. 1T letter which he supposed Lin
coin had written and set about to seek re-
vcnye For this purpose he wrote 10 a
Deputy Marshal at Cleveland, and got linn
10 send on a warrant, unknown to the
Judge, fer the arrest of Lincoln. Armed
with this bit Of paper, he prepared himself
with a set Of huge iron mGnucL s, and
with two or three as brutal villains as him
sef, started to Dublin 10 arrest this little
school teaching Student. Or course IL
would not have suited the purpose of these
worthless TO have taken their victim with
out making the act as base AS themselves.
Accordingly, they waited until the teacher
had ope ned his school for the afternoon.
Here, then, was this young man surroun-
ded by his scholars who had learned to
love him for bis genie goodness. In this
position Mr.. Deputy Sam Davis and his
Accoinplices entered the school house and
se:ziuy the teacher with ruffian oalhs aDd
torturing violence, amidst the cries of the
frightened children, proceeded TO load him
with non manacles. Mr.. Lincoln neithei
bv word or act offered the slightest rssis-
rance. tir tOlu IneIh "e "ou'u 20 VIZ
them but asked the permission 10 take with
him change Of linen, which refusing
they started wi their prize to this city
But here again this beauty Of Marshal
showed himself in his trae colors. He
50 timed it AS to arrive in the city after
dark. aud knowing that Lincoln had friends
here, hurried hi M into The jail He begged
the privilege Of communicating with his
friends, but it was denied. AT last his
keeper promised to take letter to a friend,