The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-01

New York, in the year 1925, and is there
fore man about forty-eight years Of age, in
The prime Of a vigorous manhood. OF medi-
UNI height, with dark brown hair circling
the spot of badness that rises above
broad and slightly retreating fore
head, dark aud expressive eyes,
and chin whiskers surrounding
rather handsome, manly face, over which
kindly benevolent smile often spreads |
with the utmost naturalness. His whole
appearance is prepossessing. In his early |
youth his father removed 10 the Holland
Land Purchase in Chautauqua county, and
there became an intimate and warm friend
of Governor Seward. Embracing the
tenets o the old Wing party, and when
young Ramsdell was fourteen years Of age
settled in Venango county, Pennsylvania.
Here the subject of our sketch, after his
education at the Fredonia Academy, was
brought up, married, and resided upon his
farm until 1864. Agriculture has been
his lifelong pursuit, and to it he has devo-
] ted his best energies and greatest abilities,
as well as sincere devotion.
When the Republican party was founded
in 1856, Mr.. Ramsdell was one Of its ear
liest adherents, aud established the We
mango Citizen, the first paper in the county
opposed to the democracy, and entered
into the famous Fremont campaign of
i 1856 with all the manly ardor with which
his gallant leader inspired the young men
Of the north. lie was a delegate TO the
Republican national convention at Phila-
delphia, and there divided with Thaddeus
Stevens the Pennsylvania delegation be-
tween Colonel Fremont and Judge Nc
Lean. In the following year he was
elected to the Pennsylvania house of rep
resentatives, and reelected in 1858, and
then served fortwo years as journal clerk
of the senate. During the war he was a
firm supporter of the national administra-
ton, and advocated the settlement Of the
war questions on the vital principles Of
liberty and equality.
Directly after the war he removed to
Delaware, with his family, bought farms,
|, established colony, and founded town
and the Wyoming college. Subsequently
he bought lands in Surry county, Virginia,
and moved thither with his family and o
) colony of friends, and here again his first
act was to build fine school-house, and
church, and furnished it with fine organ
u and all the necessary appliances of secular
and religious instruction. Here, as il
:, Pennsylvania, aside from his many philan
thopic enterprises, he is wholly engaged il
agriculture, which pursuit he has brough
to degree Of perfection hitherto scarcel,
kown in tidewater Virginia. ta
In 1871 he was elected to the House G
:. Delegates, of which body he is now a
honored member, taking firm and activ
!. position ON the many subjects before tina
!. body affecting deeply the interests OF tn
: people of the commonwealth. The jaime
:, river and Kanawha canal completion re
: ceived his particular attention, and h
: brought the subject before the committe
!. on roads and internal transports
!, ton, and had the names of Robel
!, w. Husghes and Alexander Rives adde
. to the Conservative board of commission
= ers appointed by the Conservative legisls
|. ture. When Governor Walker sent to tn
q legislature his message depreciating thi
Il great work and snubbing the effort to max
it a national work, Mr.. Ramsdell offere
:, and carried through resolution in il
- favor, earnestly commencing it, and askin
- for Congressional aid toward its completio
- as a national work. He has. too, been
" lifelong and earnest friend to education
. and has stood heartily and firmly in SUI
port OF DR.. Ruffner, our state supe
:. intendent of public instruction
10 whom he justly regards as Il
90 right man in the right place, al
or whose wise and benefcient course has m
with his warmest Communications and
- as well as out of the Legislature he h;
taken great interest in, and made stror
IS efforts in behalf Of, popular education, az
a riculture, mining and manufactures, in
- migration, financial reforms, etc. OF
- strong and vigorous mind, warm hear
T. conscientious integrity, an able legislatt
Ia and eloquent debater. he will add no Ii
a tie strength to the ticket, and worth
- preside over the Senate Of the common
:, wealth of Virginia.
JUDGE FULTZ.
10 Judge David Fultz, of Staunton, Va,
or one Of the ablest legal minds in the stat
70 and for a great number of years has stoC
70 in the front rank of his profession Il
IA peer Of lawyers like the late Thomas
re- Niche, A. II. II. Stuart, John B. Bal
h. win, and others. He began practice
of Warm Springs, Bath county, but soon r
moved 10 Staunton, where his industr
honesty and talents in this wider field 500
secured him lucrative reward.
IL Such was his reputation and charact
Il years before the war, that he came ne
bainp collad fn a hiuh i1dioo1 pocifion n,