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(The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C*. By IIl'GU WILSON & W. U. BENET Wednesday, July 17, 1878. The Berlin Congress?The Amiexioi Cypress. The congress of the plenipotentiarie of European powers at iJerlin has at las concluded its session. The full terms o the international treaty have not yet beei published; but enough has transpired t> show that, lor the present the perplexinj Eastern question has been settled with out an appeal to arms? that in the sette ment, while England has obtained all sh askod for, Russia proposes to be satisfies with the result so far as his interests ar (oonccrned?that the Christian portion c European Turkey will partly be imlc pendent and partly under a prince, wh while subordinated the Sultan will be ap pointed by the great powers?but Aus tria, Servia and Montenegro have ha< removed from between themselves an< Turkey all cause for trouble. The states meu who composed the Congress hav< done their duty well by thus peaceful!.1 disposing of a subject which threatenei totuvolvc all Europe in a bloody war Bismarck, Beaconsiiekland Uortschakul have proved themselves to be diplomat ists of the highest Rink, and they wil take their place in the annals of civilizn tion as three of tho most renowned mak i>rs of history. A few days before the treaty was signer Beaeonstield startled the congress and th wholo world by announcing that a treat; had been concluded and ratified betweei England and Turkey, whereby Englam agress to take under her protection th Asiatic provinces of Turkey, fo whicu she receives from Turkey th (5? island of Cyprus. Another condition c | the treaty is that so soon as Russia slioi | give back to Turkey the port of Batour p on the Black Sea, and the fortresses c I Kars and Ar<Jaban, and the Circussia i frontiers, England will evacuate Cyprus ? So magnificent and successful a stroke c I diplomacy has few parallels in historj ' The subject-matter of the Anglo-Turk I ish treaty did not come within the scop of the Congress, and yet its effect Is t neutralize all tho advantage Russia ha secured. Those fortresses in the Nort of Asia Minor are valueless to Russia a strategic points when England has he garrisons and fleets in Cyprus. Russia policy in Asia is annexation, and it lool ed Jas if Turkey and Asia lay powerlcs unprotected before her,?being like ripe peach ready ttf be plucked, ready a most to drop into the hands of the C'za Suddenly the scene is changed. Turke leans again on the arm of her old alh Russia's hopes|of annexation arc blaste< England gathers the fruit which Russi had put forth her-hand to pluck. Earl Beaconsfield has compelled tl: admiration of tho wcrld. Acting on tli doctrino he pronounced some years ag when he said that England wasau Ariat power, he has made her to a preponderin * <degrce tho strongest power in Asia, an at tho same time the mistress of the Mec ?j? iterranean. Possessing Gibraltra at th narrow western entrance, Malta in th t middle. Cyprus in the Eastern, and tli j!|| Suez Canal, England is now stronger i H. tho South of Europe than any of th countries that lie there. ?| Cyprus is a Tortile island in the Easter I part of tho mediterranean, called th || Levant, 100 miles long and 30 or 40 Aile H wide, containing 300,000 Inhabitant' B . chiefly Greeks. It is a'prize which ho H . been coveted and fought for from the eai H - i jrjiost times. Its history has been on I constant chango of masters. Ileid i i| succession by Phoenicians, Persian; I Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Crusade; I * and Veoicians, it fell into the hands < |? tho Turks three hundred years ago. ] || possesses excellent harbors, where Enj land's tloet can rido at anchor, and in H vantage-ground that will enable its ne M master to command Asia Minor and liol I Russia in check. Tempests in Tea Fots. In many of the Counties the aspiran # for official position are agitating the poc tax-payer on matters pertaining to tl .advantage or disadvantage of this uiuol ' championcd individual. In our Count the politicians choose tho University an tho Bond settlement to excite the lei informed classes, but in Lancaster, seems that the candidates would by or fell swoop abolish all the County office: Tho Lcdyer of last week says: "The present systom of county govorr ment is eating out the vitals of'the pet pie. By the abolition of the offices < County Commissioners, Treasurer, Aut; itor and School Commissioner and th substitution of a tax collector and the ol Boards as they existed bol'ore tho wa the county will save annually twenty four hundred dollars. Let usillustrate Commissioners and Clerks $12( County Auditor- 8( County Treasurer 7( School Commissioner 3C Total f3,0( Salary of Tax-collector :. 6( A clear balance of $2,4( "The expenses must bo reduced befoi relief can come to the people. Just s ? * "" <nof cn lr?n XUHK tuunu UUiW3 Ok, J U?v wv ?v will the tuxes oppross us." All this is the merest bosh; and can o feet nothing more than perhaps to help 1 elect some of the candidates. The offlc< alluded to by the Ledger arc provided ft by the Constitution and it is impossib to abolish them. If it wero possible I abolish them it would In our opinion t worse than folly to do so. The pricos paid to tho various office: are in our opinion not too high. The in ? portanee of tho offlce of County Com ml sioner does not seem to bo appreciate here. Tho County Commissionerdisburi large amounts of the people's money ar .' ' on that Board should bo at least one rm ' of good financial ability, who is comp tent to keep tho aecount correct, and f his services he should bo paid a fair cor pensation. It is not every honest m* who Is competent to perform the duti of this offlce. A faithful discharge of tl duties of this offlce is more important us than the proper performance of t! duties of the offlce of 8enator. The pro os it ion to run tho (Jounty uovcrnmo for six huadred dollars is soprepostero that it needs no serious reply. The ec tor of the Ledger has been nominated i the Legislature and wo hopo to see hi elected. We believe no better man ct be found in Lancaster. We vote "ay" - Mr. Carter's case. f ??? Alarmists. The Charleston Journal of Comniei and a few other of our exchanges ooca tonally get terribly soared at the ghost Radicalism which is supposed to lu: around in the darknea of the night, reat to materialise at any moment, and knock the Democracy of the State "is a cocked hat." Ihia to our mind is all i imaginary danger and not to be thong of seriously, if the spirit and temper the people of Abbeville County is to 1 V. taken as a criterion by which we mt judge the people of tho whole State. can safely assort that the people of th County will not again peaceably subm to tho domination of the negroes, and v tako it that the people of Charleston ar other counties are moved by the sari patriotic spirit. In the face of the dete mined spirit of our people, wo belies there is not a white man withiu the bo ders of Abbeville County who would 1 $o foolish as to undertake to lead tl t negroes against us. -V ! Rev. B. F. Porter, President of the ! 1 1.. E. A. This well-known negro carpet-bagger _ j has been interviewed by a correspondent ! of tho Xcw York Ileriilil, and ho lays all j * | the blamo of mis-management and the I ' i neglect of tho health of the im-1 j ! migrants to others. He is still the same j ( . j oily sleelctongucd man lie was here in 1 j J Abbeville. He talks largely of the ready ' [cash that tho immigrants had on hand ^ ' and blows extensively about his ability J t s ; to build a ?30,000 shi:>. When hewas in j i t j Abbeville he was too poor to pay his lit- jc f tie bills. He will be recollected as one! i of the Badical candidates for tho Legis-! t > lature trom Abbeville county, and after i' ? his defeat ho lay around the military L - headquarters of the Federal bayonets i - who wero sent here to elect such trash. ^ o After even the army officers had become 1 1! tired <>f hi in. He went to Cokesbury and I c made inflamatory speeches as inccnsodi! IA? "A ?>?? ?<?!* urwvnnl ! ^ ?x I tne oommuim> =>" v....v .. .,r~. - committed would have waited on theL o! gentleman if he had returned. In his|< discretion was the better part of valor.lt -! He made Newbury his headquarters,* JI while holding his scat in the Maekev I' 1 House, about that time his wife quietly 11 - folded her tent and left Cokesbury, never j t c to return. J J 2 Reply to "Erskme." J 1 We direct attention to the manly and , * perfectly satisfactory reply of the trus- J < tees of the Do La Howe Estate, to the 1 1 ! matters alluded toby "Erskine" in the! "l last issue of our paper?the matter in U "Iquestion being the current rumors in ! ! reference to the management of that in- J stitution. The statement of tho trustees | c to be found elsewhere in this issue of the ] ^ Press and Banner is a dignified and { 'J courteous refutation of tho alleged r charges, which cannot fail to command i| 0 the admiration of all and at the same < 1 time convince the most skeptical, that.1 ^ the rumors are without foundation in | ^ fact. The answer of the Trustees is full i and complete. Elsewhere may also he ^ found cards from Rev. W. L. Pressly, j Professors J. N. Young, Win. Hood, and "Charity" in reply to "Erskine.'' Atten* tion is asked to their defence. >1 "jThe Primary Elections in Edgefield. , e | The Edgefield County Democratic Ex- , Q ecutive Committee met at the Court ^ j House last Saturday week, and after , j much discussion of the matter decided to w j hold the primary elections on tho 5th of f | September, which will'give the lucky j candidates sixty days to express tiieir | j love for the dear people and their exj ti'einc1 affection for the poor tax-payer. 581 A committee consisting of M. L. Bon* jaj ham, Sr., D. R. Durisoe and M. W. Gary r" | have been appointed to adapt the statu] | tory election law to the needs of the pri^ , mary election. The Abbeville County j" j Democratic Club will, we presume, at its *! next meeting take steps similar for this lA County. ic 1C .Motion Refused. ;o Hugh P. Kane, William Durham, Robic crtP. Scruggs and G. W. Moore indicted g.'in Pickons County for the inurder of d ' Ladd a few weeks ago, made a motion 1-1 through their counsel to transfer the case e ! to the United States, where such^ases arc ic generally lost, refused the motion. They ,e will be tried at Anderson in'Scptember. n ? ? ? e A Speech in Behalf of the People. I Speech of , delivered in n | front of the Abbeville Hotel, July 1st, 0 j 1S78, to a crowd that were in attendance 1 s I at the Central Democratic Club, of AbbeS ville County, as reported by a special re? porter on that occasion : Fellow citizens and friends of the Cen- j e trnl Democrat Club: I feel that I am called | n on to tell you how we tax payen farmers am posed on by this dyer bolide Hypurlu3? tin Hyrastocracy. They tell us that we | s, are raised on "buttermilk and rnush, >f sweetened with lasses, that our brains is * r. safr. and that we is untit for office. The senate and tho leglslater should bo ?" men raised on ham and eott'ee, sweetened a with sugar. They tell us that tho tnen w j which ware copperas briches and IJro,! pan shoes should make ourselves scasc | in this hyperbolical society. They bombaetiously say that we smell too strong of | ingurus and pcrspration conglomerate with the blastardly hyborn hyrastocracy. Feller citizeus, we havo stood this nigeraninious treatment as long as we are given to, and tharfore I hefve ris to spress " our dignation and to show our termina)r tion to sert our rights, and I am goin to ie do it rite here in the head quarters of the biled shirts and box-toed hyrastocracy that we intend to rule this county or bust, y We make the corn and the cotton and so d help us by thetarnal creation weisgwine yj to make the laws. Who cheats us outen . of all we make if it aint this same dio- j " logical hyrastocracy that smoke fine-cut ie cigars and ware begum hats ? lot us come s, down on them and smash up like rotten taters. lam not making a lectioneering! speech, it neath my indignity; but I am ; l" out for the legislature, and if 1 am lected j '* and I know I will bo, I will show em that I we farmers can cat ham and mako laws too. When I a .-a lected I will mako sich laws as will bo just and right toall. You ! " will not have to pay a striped socked r? lawyer ten dollars every time you knock 7~ a nigger down for sleepin while he is hoin cotton or corn. I call on you to rise up ^ and confirm your dependence and stigmatis?e the hole transaction and force these swells to attire backwards like sandtid10 dies to their holes. ~ In war times who carries the guns and {JJ shoots the enemy if it aint us ? in cam>0 pane times who wares the red shirts and ~ does the hollerin and votin if it aint us ? Who greeses the wheels of government >e and puts their shoulders to them if it aint 10 us ? Who rases the children and loves 2 the Avimmin if it aint us? Talk about book larnio, of what use is f- it? It wont make it rain worth a cent in a adrout. It wont make big punkins on dry ground nor peach brandy a frosty ' spring. It wont make hens lay nor eggs >r hatch, it cant make cows give miiK or lc good beef outen poor steers. The hole [C thing is a sanctimonious fraudulency and makes dandy Jenekens think they are >c better than their speriors. I believe in men of stupendity and sense rs and wharo will you find em if it aint j. among us planters and workers ? I believe in men of muscles and brains that can tote a sack of salt or a barrel of flour id ?whars the stocraey that can do it? We 3e want men that can drive wagons and hold the plow handles? these is the times when we want men liko oldCincinnatus. in that can load ther wagon's with the litical e- swindlers and hall off to the mill-pond or and drovrn em like suck egg hounds. We wants men that can make better kalkelations in the heads than these royal stiff *n necked self-sotup hyrastocracy can with es all their book larnin and dierbolical odehe cation. We will be Rofiscated and contaminate if we put up with these would-be he bosses denominating over us any longer, p. It aint us thate gwine t? let men go to the legislature to pay spurious bonds, or to build colliges to edecntc niggersaud rich us men's sons in or to build calabooses to put li- poor men in when they git tightand holler hnraw fnr Wnmntnn Feller citizens, we liave had talk enuff, in let us attire to the bar rcom and take a in littlored eye at my expense. in The crowd retire with loud applause and deafening cheers fortlio speaker. ?o? Probably no one preparation has received so much praise from its patrons, nor is so desorving of commendation as Hall's Hair Renewer I We but echo the voice of the millions who have used it when we pronounce it the best Hair of Dressing in the world. It stands unrirk vailed. Those who are affected with dis, eases of the scalp accompanied with itch^ ing or irritation find relief and renewal to in this invaluable remedy. When the to hair is inclined to fall off, a .moderate use m of the Renewer will strengthen the roots of the hair, and preserve it, and if it exbt hibits a tendency to turn gray It will roof store the natural color.?Fulton (Mo.) 5? Telegraph. Trru v?rtr cnmnllmarv notice, which r0 we published last week of Rev. J. L. Hemphill's sermon at Due West ls during the recent commencement was it taken from the Register and should have re been credited to that paper. I(* Save your children from a horrible ie death by worms. Shriner's Indian Verr mifuge will do all that is recommended (.e for it. You can rely on it. If success depends upon health, suroly health depends upon pure blood. Dr. 56 Bull's Blood Mixture maintains the ie blood in a state of purity, and health is the result. minimi rilE SATANNAII VALLEY ROAD, jj L'he Committee from Anderson and Abbeville Meet the Directors of the A Augusta, Knoxville and Greenwood | Railroad. The committee from Anderson and Ab- A >eville, composed of Mr. J. M.Latimer, >f Lowndesvillo, and Messrs W. W. Humphreys, E. M. Rucker and 15. F. A'hitner, "I' Anderson, met the Directors >f (he Augusta, Knoxville and Greenvood Railroad on Wednesday, at 12 /clock. (Son.P. II. Bradley, of Greenvood, who is superintending tlm grading i >t'the Augusta and Greenwood Railroad, vas also present. On motion Maj. J. II. Allen was called o the chair andJ. L. Maxwell requested o act as Secretary. slj Tlie chairman announced the meeting i,i eady for business. Pf Maf. Whitner, of the Savannah River J?1 ralle'y Railroad committee, said so far he organization of that road was only ll( >rovisional. Some tiuie ago they came ni o the conclusion that the road could on- n< y be built by general taxation, and that vas the .suhenie contemplated in thecharer. At the first meeting of the corpora- f? fin ! r , ors It was rcsoiVtJU m jj;i\ u mw ...., ... >pportunity to make private subserip-|c< ions. Under the charter the question of i ''j axation had to bo submitted to tlie peo-! cl )lc and a vote would soon be taken injcc Ybbcville. Tne idea was to grade tin: fa oad and then turn it over to sonic other lc sorporation to equip and run. Theycx-ljJJ looted to do the work of grading with vv ronvict labor. It was perfectly feasible ;u o grade the road from Anderson to tl Dorit's Mines for ?"?0,00!>. This he believ- J5'] ,>d could be raised in two or three years, j|; .vithout taxation. The people of hislm rountv were afraid ofdobt. They needed j l>i competition for their own salvation, but noro than this ho believed the building >1"this road would bo tun greatest itnpe-; tr us that could bo given the Blue Ridge iil1 ftailroad. That road was now in opera-jj* :ion to the foot of the Blue Itigde nioun- j j, :ains, Walhalla, a distance of thirty miles n jeyond Anderson, and more than one- e> lalf of the grading from there to the <?eor- j j?' ;ia line lias been surveyed from Ander-1 ^ >on to Knoxville. j fj Mr. Rucker said they had coine because i>: :hoy believed the citizens of Augusta P rt cre greatly interested in the proposed jnterprise. They would get much trade that did " not now comehere. I' Abbeville made .",0,000 bales of eot- * ton and Anderson iio,000, the greater j'j portion of which would como to C; Augusta if this road was built. But I a not only this. They believed that if this |" road was built the Blue Ridge Railroad ^ ivouhl be completed and a connection es- n, tablished with the great Northwest, ii True, Augusta now had a connection n with the Northwest, but Atlanta had the l< advantage of being the distributing point between Augusta .and the Northwest, j This would not be the wise with the new si route. There would be 110 intermediate h distributing point. If the people of Au- ^ pusta were willing to do so much for the 5 Augusta and Greenwood Railroad, would si tnpy not be willing to aid the new enter- g prise, which would increase their trade M so much? The fathers of Anderson " and Abbeville traded with Augusta and that people desired to come back here. What they wanted to know L, was, what wefe the people of Augusta ^ willing to do after Anderson anb Abbe- ? villc had ironed and cross-tied the road? << Col. Latimer said they had intimations V that after they had graded the road they Jj ..v.ni.i i.nvn tt'io assistance of somo corpo-1? ration in Augusta to iron the road. They a could grade the road with the interest on j> of the amount they proposed to raise by *j taxation, viz $2?>o,'(i00, in Abbeville and ? Anderson iti three years, and they would i( like to know what cnoouragoment the a people of Augusta could give thoin after this was done. n Mr.' Whceless said that on behalf of the r, Augusta and Greenwood Railroad and the u citizens of Augusta t hey wero very glad s to meet this representation. While they j! could not in their corporate capacity fl guarantee tho completion of the roads j they felt satisfied that, with good crops everybody would be willing to advance ii little money to advance their interests, tl He moved that a committee of three bo il appointed to draft resolutions expressive ? of the good wishes of the Augusta and ? Greenwood Railroad for the new enter- f( prise. n Mr. W. C. Sibley seconded the motion, a The name of the new road brought to his li mind a contemplated road of the same ? namo when he was about twenty years of ? nge. If tho Augusta and Greenwood si Railroad was completed it would certain- <1 ly be to their Interest to aid in the com- ? pletion of tho Savaunah River Valley ^ Railroad. * a General B rati ley said he knew the coun- U try through which the proposed road " was to run, and the sun never shone up- ^ an a fairer and more fertile land than the <j valley of the Savannah. This road was ? the first love of Augusta. The people of <1 Anderson and Abbeville don't ask for ? any money. They will grado and tres- ? tlo the road, and if this is done it will be c completed. This once done the route to b the West will bo an assured fact. lie " was often asked why he took such an in- *. terest in Augusta. He would reply be- ? cause he wanted to be neighbor * to a n great city. He wanted a market for his produce, from a strawberry to a bale of ? ...All f l.nf hnfnw . COllUII. IIU Mlt'U VUI J U1KIV uvivtv thirty years Angusta would use in man- p nfacturing every bale of cotton that would n bo brought here. Tlio factories in Au- * gusta and vicinity were manufacturing {| more cotton to-day than the whole United States did in 1832. Augusta, with her r great water power, ought to have 100,000 v more people than she had now. Railroads would pay if conducted on proper ^ principles. They ought to encourage the 0 new enterprise. * The longer they made o the road the more crcditthey would have. n They would have to bond the road to iron " it, and they would find it far easier to | borrow money on a long road than on a o short one. He didn't tnink they were in I any danger in telling their friends to go 0 home and say to their peoplo go ahead, J and there would be no trouble about tiie r complet ion of the road. v Mr. Whceless'motion was adopted and f the chairman appointed Messrs. Wheel- ? ess, Sibley and Verdery as the commit- ^ tee. ? Awjnst'x C/ironi'clc and Constitu- s tionalist. t r ? I : a Card of Thanks. <1 Editors Press and Banner: I ask a space in yourcolnnms for the v purpose of expressing sincere and heart- ? felt thanks, to the many friends who have 1 already so kindly and liberally assisted J me and mine in this our time of need. . ? As you have already been informed, on ? the night of the nrst ot June, wnuu a I and my family were away from home, an evil liand set lire to my premises, 11 which swept away my dwelling house, ? kitchen and smoke-bouse, with their en- s tire contents, together with a new two- t story building that was being erected, >' but not finished. Such was the hand of d the destroyer. We were left without a v mouthful to eat or a change of clothing, n but such was not our condition long. Our neighbors called a meeting on Mon- * day, and appointed a committoo of eight ^ {>ersons to look after the needs of my fam- v ly, and get such things as would supply thoso needs. They then appointed a clay to meet and build a house for us to live b in for tho present. In two weeks a house f< was built, and wo were furnished with c provisions, bedding and clothing, sufli- t cient to commenco housc-keoping again. s For all this wo are truly thankful. Tho ? kindness of those noble pooplo shall ever n live fresh in our memory. s Very Respectfully, i R. M. PRATT. g ? u ?-? d Lewis Grant, the Lunatic, Wants to get Back. P v Lewis Grant, the crazy negro, charged n with the murder of Hiram Weems, and 1 * - * *'--1 kit, 0 who deceived j ucigo .uacKej an tU A1IO I lunacy, writes the following letter : e Columbia, S. C., July J31878. ? Mr Josliua Jones ft Dear Sir I take the ploasure of writing n you these few lines noping these may p line you well as it leaves mo well at present I write to ask you if you please sir ?, to get up a petition and get me out an if u you do so I will stay with you one .(1) i< yearaflerl get out an if necesary I will stay longer and please whon you aswer this letter to send me eomo staps <fe en- }j velopes so that I can ans your letter n please write as soon as you get this, 1; for I am anxious to herer Irom you no "jj more to say at presen I remain ? Lewis Grant. Direct your letter in care of 1, J. w. Parmale. State penitentiary v ' *" t< Grauge Notice* The regular meeting of Pomona ? Grange, No. 15, Abbeville County, will bo held at the Abbeville Fair Grounds on Thursday, July 25th at 10 o'clock, A. M. ft The County Subordinate Granges are rc- ? quested to send ftill delegations. a W. K. BRADLEY, Master. o E. Edwards, Secretary. c T..l? iCfK 1C7B n o u1j ii * ? a d Shf.iuff Jonrs, wo learn is election- v coring in the Greenwood oonntry. We a are at a loss to know for what, as his eloction docs not come off this time. ? There will bo a meeting of Lebanon ? Democratic Club, on Saturday evening, fc July 20th, inst. U tudinond's Strange Story. _________ TALK WITH THE OUTLAW IN THE HEART OF THE RIDGE. rranging for an Interview -- The Journey--Facc to Fncc--The Surpnsc--llc5;inuins an Eventful Ilistory-?Life on the Farm and at the StiiN-Death of his l'arents--The Killing of Buckworlh ? How it Came About?A Narrow Escape for Redmond. 5 and Courier. Pickkn.-j (\ II., June 2S.?It is not necessary iat I should boat any pains to introduce tlic ibject of this sketch to any well informed an, woman or child in South Carolina, or ;rhaps in any State of the Union. That ind olliec has been pretty well discharged r me and for him, on many occasions wlthi the past few years, by his many frlcmlsand Imirers of the United States Internal ltcvcno Service, and there is but little that I can iw add, save in the way of truth, to what is been already said concerning "the great iminal," "tin; notorious desperado," "the oated bripand of the Hlue ltidee," "the inmous outlaw," "the red-handed rover"? I'wis II. Redmond! This is he that has turn1 two suites upside down ; set all law, hu iltl and uivme, ar.naugni; ik'hcu uiv jjimn ' tliehostgovernment the world over saw: uised Hs ollicers pellmell across a county; muni tied highway robbery; ambushed the ithful in the discharge of their duty; reused criminals front jail; frightened women id children, and cite grown men, into tits, id who, finally, ii the truth were known, as doubtless at the bottom of the disturblees in the Bulil Mountains. Arc not these lings so, beside many others like not here it down? The proof is not far to seek .since Is enemies declare it. and the law has confined it by setting a price on his'yomig h-nd id In givlmr authority to his fellowmen "to ring his body into court?alive or dead !" AT THE KATt OF I'CBMC OPINION. This last tiling has been rather diltlcult, not i say impossible, of performance it stems, fid has remained undone until accomplish1 by the .ViiiM and Courier, in the person of s humble representative, by wliom the rejubtable has been captured alive and who ow produces the prisoner in court; that real court of public opinion where he shall ? called upon to answer to the charges prerred against liini! It happened in this wise. , week or ten days ago, I was eommissioiied V the Xcu\i and Courier " to gonad lind liedlon.l," if possible, and to obtain from him a L'lsonal narrative of his eventful carver. A FRUITLESS QUEST. The quest was not very satisfactory, as I jarnc.d that its object, had lelt the country, nd no man knew of his whereabouts, consrning which I was further informed thai ley were changed with every sun. At the nd of the second day I was compelled to bandon the search and return to the viiloee nonce I had started, no whit wiser than lien I left it. Through the kindness and uperior knowledge of the gentleman who ccompanied me, however, I had been placed 1 communication with two of the outlaw's lost trusted friends, and hud left with them, ) be forwarded to some unknown postolUce, note addressed to him, In which I requested n interview at any time and place he might eslgnate and under any restrictions he tiould choose to impose upon me. Ills vcral reply granting my request was received londay morning, and for Instructions and uidance I was directed simply to accompany Ir. W. (J. Fields, of Pickens C. H.f whither.lever he might lead rac. Reporting to this entleman without delay, an understanding ras quickly had, and our plan of proceeding greed upon to be carried into efl'ect the saint light. THE RENDEZVOUS. By this time, and in spite of great prccanion, the fact of my first visit tothe mountain ad become known and Its true object susected. (The good people of Pickens have L-arned to be suspicious of strangers, and liclr every movement is watched with fond \ n u.-n? thci-i-ftirn accessary tc love with caution for Redmond's sake. as re!l as for that of thesneecss of my endeavor nd I have f inco learned that our pains were ot taken altogether in vain, as one or more nterested and would-be-captors of the fugiivewerc on the qui vice to learn the way we rent and other information which might 3sul to iiis capture. The 2Uh day of June eemed longer by several hours than the 21st, ut it finally came to a close, and about dusk walked quietly out of town alone into the: djneent woods and by a circuitous route cached the rendezvous appointed for the lght- Alter a few hours of rest, here wc tar tod for the mountains, which could be itnly seen by the light of dawn far off to the orthwiyd, and avoiding the town and more cqticnted ways by a detour of several miles rove rapidly until ofternoon. A HARD ItOAD TO TRAVEL. The country through which we passed and lie incidents of the Journey furnished abunant material for an interesting letter, but 1 m not at liberty, under promise, to indicate ur route, and am therefore regretfully coinoiled to keep silence, to my readers' positive >ss. The ro:ul was all that a road, even n lountain road, ought not, to be?but I forbear gain. At the end of it we stopped at a cotige in the hills, and after a kind reception nd excellent dinner, (leaving our buggies beind as being of 110 particular practical use, re were Joined by another guide and reamed on foot the Journey that was to connet us to the presence of the as yet unseen liief. My first companion did not now now whither we were bound, and our guide* new little more than that we were to follow certain trail until halted by "the Major* Or so Redmond is called) at. such a point a* e might choose to await our coining. The ail seemed to lead directly upward to somt eritable land of thesky, and at times took n ireet "cut" as It were in that direction by leading up a tree," as such paths are said tei o when they disappear in the undergrowth, r at the foot of an inaccessible cliff. My ompanion, Mr. Fields and myself were soon xhausted with the unaccustomed labor 01 limbing, and paused to rest while our unlown guide pushenl on aiicad to find Redlondand inform him of our near presence. lre were already nearly two hours behind tie appointed time, and it was feared he light weary of waiting for us and leave the nountain.s. FOUND AT LAST. After a short rest wo, who were behind, fol jwedas best we might in the direction our uide had gone, and had become nearly roken down again r.s wc toiled upward 1 -? of,,,.#. moil IIIJ IIIIIHIIIK 7.1JJ1HO nviv.im.iiv..., ........ ed into quickened life, mid my rapidly beattig heart sent into my throat with a mighty ound by tlic midden exclamat ion of my comivdo in advance, who whispered back to me ;ithout turning his head, "Yonder he Is.' He always keeps his word." Looking up uiekly, I saw, a hundred yards beyond and bove us, two men sitting at the foot of u pint nc of whom I recognized as the guide, thr ther of course was R dmond ! Me was yci t some distance from me, and I had several ainutcs for re!le<A(on before I reached him, Vtaftt my feelings were may better be iinagncd than described. Iliad nothing to fear, f that I whs well assured from the unvnryng good report I had received from his friends f the true character of the man; but the exlerlence was a novel one, to say the least.. 1 ras presently to be confronted by one whose inmc had been long associated in my hearins eith all manner of treachery and crime, and t whose mercy I liad now placed myself ^-ith no other guarantee of safety' than hi> ood pleasure. I was of course unarmed which fact had been assured by a careful earcli of my person at the foot of the mounaln, to which ceremony I submitted asn natter of ri^ht and reasonable precaution.; .nd there I was at last?face to face with "the Ireaded outlaw." face to face with iledmoxd. The dreaded outlaw rose up to meet mc rith extendedliaiid and unpleasant smile as ] .(ivunceui iuiu aitci n vuvuj uvw u?viU ng" from hira, and a (similar salutation in re urn on my pfirt, we were introduced in du( orm. Shaking my hand cordially, he invied me to a seat beside him, on the rock, wit.li smiling apology for the absence of oettei .ccomodattons. "This gentleman has comc three hundred niles to see you Major," said Mr. Fields, "He eproseuts the best newspaper In the State ml lias come to give you an opportunity tc ny something in your own behalf in answei ? the charges which have been madeagainsl on." "I am very glad to sec you," ho replied, ad ressing mo, "but I am afraid it was hardly forth t nc trouble for you to come so far to sec ne." I do not remember what I said in response 0 this modest speech so modestly delivered ly amazed attention was wholly talceto up rft.li the unexpected Jippcnranoo of the youth fhom I saw before me. NEITHER II00F3 NOR HOKNS. 1 am notatllberty again to describe him, ccameofa promiso made to his friends, heare seeing him, that I would not do so. 1 an only say, therefore; that he looked to be ndeed little more than a boy in years; (h? ias 6een only twenty-three winters, and eems youthful for even that age.) He Is oi lender "build," and one of the handsomest len I ever saw. I can scarcely refrain from upuorting this statement by presenting my eauers with a pen portrait at least of hit ice and graceful, active form ; but must forear. lest I should thereby make myself the nwllling Instrument of betraying him intc anger. I may say, however, that at my ear?.!t hn nnrmlttpri mo to Kketch hie eatures before our parting. The portrait was ronounced a faithful likeness by those whc rere presentat our Interview, and my Judgnent above expressed has been couflrmed by he few to whom I have shown It. NE OF THE BEST FELLOWS IN THE WORLD. His frank, open manner, lnnoccnt looking yes, and more than all hishoneHtsun-brownd face and pleasant smile, which no man ould wear and yet bo a villain, Inspired me t once with perfect contldencc, and placed le so much at ease that I hazarded a very crsonal remark. I said: "You don't look [ke a very bad man, sir." "I don't believe I m one," he replied. "I have only been badly reated, and accused of many things which I overdid." ("He Is one of the very bcstfeljw8 in the world," said the guide.) It Is claimed for him that ho can always iscorn between a friend and foe. at sight, by >oking into ftne's eyes. Himself says he beeves ne can read a man's thoughts. I had ot been very long in his presence accordlngp before I notloed that he was observing ray ice Intently. Possessing In an eminent egree, so far as he was concerned at lenst, a vem contcla recti, I hesitated not to look him quarely In the eyes, and, turning my own jstrouB orbs full upon him, he was enabled c> gaze down into their liquid unfathomable epths and read ''friend" at their very botom. The search satisfied him apparently? here is no resisting gullelessness like mine? e banished suspicion and treated me thence>rth with something more than confidence o long as I remained with him. A REFRESHING STREAM. After a few minutes' rest we arose, and Red. . 1?.UK nlimhnrl nrnnnrl the jona siiowms uionnJtv ? lountain side until we reached the bottom ol glen where foot of man or beast hath never r rarely been, and where certainly deputies easo from troubling and even a moonshiner iny be at rest. AVo halted on the brink of a tiling foaming stream, whose waters, clear salr, revealed the rocky bottom at any epth. and cold nlmost as snow, presented us Mtb drink sparkling as champagne and pure s heaven's own daw. Mlxt'd with mouutaln ew, colored like a rose with the tonic Juice f wild cherries, it constituted a draught rbicli might havo been likened to nectar owing down from somo Illicit still run In th<? rlvato Interest of the gods up there on the In? wooded Olympus above. It was a sJnuhorly wild?ril beautiful spot, even for a . r mountain glen, nnd any "clement of romano that might have been wanting was fully sup plied by the presence of the outlaw In on midst, whose somewhat picturesque garb wn not out of keeping with the character of tb scene. Amid such surroundings the huntci outlaw told his story while wc sat and lister cd until the setting of the sun heliind tli mountain's crest and the approach of darh iicss admonished us to return to the oute world while as yet the devious path might b safely traced. TITK OUTLAW'S TAI.E. The outlaw's talc was a long one, and wn not completed in the first interview. ltwil not be possible to repeat it in the limits c I one letter. It was taken down almost vei | batim, In short-hand, In a note book on m, I knee as he sat by iny side, and will ;be givci j as nearly as possible in his own words. Lent: ing his gun against a tree, but retaining hi I formidable side arms and keeping a brigli j eye on guard the while, he began his story : "I WAS HORN IN OKOHOIA," * j he began, ,'bnt we removed to this Stat when J was quite young. My father was pi | and inllrjn,and my mother was bed riddei II have had to take care of them, and of se\ I eral sisters?one of whom was a crippic, an I could not move without the aid of crutchesj Hiuc.e I was a child. I am now tweuty-thrc I jears of age, and will be twenty-four on th 21th of next October?if I live." This cond! ' *' ? ...in. o ^miio thiLt. was saddc j uuri wii.') Muuvu uiu? ? | tliun a sigh, and reminded us that th speaker's life was at the mercy of any ma who clitmses to take It, by day or night, o the highway or at home, or in the rocUy lal to which he lias been driven like a luinl ed wolf. "The revenue officers want t 1 capture me." he continued for the sake of n I wards which have been offered fUr me?It ! | easier for them to make their money in tfif j way than by working for it," (They ma find themselves mistaken in this view.) "M father owned a still all his lift, as did all th farmers about here, before the revenue law were passed, and he'could do very little, worked on the larm all day, and at the stl at nisht to make a living for us. I have a j ten worked a!l day ploughing and then ru j thestill at night until breakfast. I would I ] so tired next day that I have gone to sleep 1 I the corn row between the raough handle j and would wake up only wTicri my hor; stopped at the end of tlie furrow. This kin of life was too hard, for me ond soon broli j me down, so that I got to working o.e nigh j at the still and sleeping the next.?I workr !in the farm every day at the same tlnn They (they the revenue officers) pressed me t close after a while that I quit stilling an went to hauling whiskey and selling it i North Carolina.?Tiiey found out that I wi j doing this, and a warrant was issued for in I arrest. TIIK FIItiT TKOrlJl.r. i I hn?l with the revenue officers was all on m ! side, as they captured and destroyed for n |one hundred and twenty-three gallons ( j whifUcey. Iliad paid one dollar per bush for the corn that made it, besides eightcc dollarsa month to the man who run the stil The officers cut up and emptied three foarre j of the whiskey, and kept two barrels for the own drinking. They kept these two barre [ i hid In the woods, ntid would come book an I get it by the jug full whenever their suppl I gave out. Among those who got some of were Clem Cism (Chisholm?) and a fello named Hampden. Several people have tol me that they drank somcof my whiskey tha was captured at that time.?Old man I told me, the other day. tliat when they can; for the last of it they arrested him (!) a?i 1 took liitu oil', and all the officers stonp^d o ! the side of the rorid and filled their jugs wll ' --?- -!. fit.n iv ! inc WIllSKOy WHICH. MH-'J i?i*. , ... ; I Iledmond's Tlicy curried o/T twcnty-thri | gallons at litis load. FATHER AND MOTITEU KILLED. The next morning, it was Sunday, the of cor'srushetl into my houseand presented the guns at ?my father and captured him. I 1 was seventy-eight years of age, and niy^mot er who was contlned to her bod with pals was nearly ns old. Father begged them m ! to alarm her?she was badly frightened?nn he would surrender. They asked for me but was at the spring when they came tip sir saw them, and so escaped. Father told the I was not far oft', but I kept out of the wa , and they took him down to the church nei ! by. They captured several oilier mi ' in the church and the preacher sto I ped in the midst of his sermon at sat down. My father and several ollte , gave bail?the rest they took away with tiier . j My mother was badly frightened by it a .landdied a few days afterwards. My fath ; | had to go to Ashuillc. The journey and e ; postire made hint ill, and lie too, died a fc I weeks later. AFTER THE FUNERAL. ' j Both of them died before I could get back , them. I was then keeping out of the way, the revenue olliccrs were watching for 11 ' every time I went to sec either of them. ! did not see my mother buried, bnt when n ' j father died too. and my slslers weje left aim i In t lie house, I determined to go home and i ' tend his funeral and see after them at or ' risk.?(>n the road frrtm the house to tl ' grave, when we were following his body j burial, we met a revenue olllcer. He looki j at me very hard; but he was alone, and st ling thatl had some of my friends with n lie passed on, and arrested several of tl ; neighbors who had dug the grave and we resting 011 the road side. ; After the funeral I still kept out of the wa [ and as my sisters were alone and helpless, [ had to dodge in and out and try[to take ca of them as best I could. Tills was the begi ; ning of my troubles." The foregoing story was told as quietly though none of the circumstances narrat were matters of any special wondcrj In . mountainous revenue district, and my tv ' eompanionsseemed to listen to it in like sp I lias IO U LlillCU IVIU bull.-. A UIXV uu v.> menu to make and have refrained from evi the fceBle emphasis of italics.?After an i , I terval spent in conversation orlnditferent su , Jects, I led Redmond back to the matter , hand by asking what was his next "trouble . He replied rliat it was ' THE KILLING OF DUCKWORTH, and concerning this well known affair 1 gave the following aceoGnt: "When Deputy Mnrshal Lee was dlsclmr 1 ed from tlic revenue service h? bad in li i possession a warrant against me, which 1 turned over to Frank Case.?This wnrra i Alfred Duckworth, who had been recent r appointed on the revenue force, tried to g from Case, who refused to let hlin have Duckworth then swore he 'would take n ; warrant or no warrant, or would kill nie I the attempt.' 'He had taken one hjghllye ! he said, "and by God, he Intended to take a other.'?Duckworth had been almost raisi with ine from childhood, and we knew eai other well. He was very bigoted, and w always bragging and doing rush things.?I " rodeoneday by htsown grandtathcr's hout where there was a picture of General Was1 ' ington hanging against the wall of a rooi i and he shot several balls Into 11 through tl ' open door or window from wnere he snt < ' his horse. The holes inav be seen in the pi tun-and wall now.?People told nie what 1 had threatened against me, but I only sai 'surely he has better sense than to try to tat me without a warrant.' I said I would me ' 'Alf,'as I always called him, and try to laui 1 him out of it. He will give- iuc tl ' same chance he gives other people. A fc ' days later I had to haul a wagon load of coi 'and went over to get it. The driver was s 1 ting hy nie and on the road we saw a crov coming. I said 'There coinc the revenue oi cers now.' The driver asked, what will tin do? I said,'Nothing they have no warra: for me.' I knew that Cn>e had it. Th< came up to us and stopped and we talked oi ' hour and a half. DUCKWORTH SULKY. : I asked Duckworth about old times, hi I saw that he looked sulky, and there wi , something wrong. At last he said, 'Majo i did you know that I had awurrant for you , I said, 'No,' Ho said, 'Do you want to hes I it read?' I said, 'Yes, if you have oni . he got oft- his horse and drew from his pock i a bunch of warrants. I saw that he had oi ) for a man named Southerly, but none for in ; and I thought he was only joking, andaske him to let nie see the warrant. Ho said, 'N by God, there's no use in it.'?He then nsk< If I was going to submit to it? I replied, ' ' you don t want nie to handle the warrant, 1 L some of these fellows see it?that is all ' want. I don't want to tear It up.' He saj 'I suppose you don't Intend to submit to it ! I replied,'I am willing to submit if you wl ' make mo certain it is for me. I can give y< 1 security.' He said,'There Is no use in tha yon have got to walk before mo to Brevard t . night.' I said,'I don't know as I will s [ Brevard to night. I have other businej You ought to give mo the FHme chance y( gl re other men.' He then went to hie hor ! to get his pistols. OOINO FOR HIS PISTOLS. I knew what he was^colng for as soon as I > >< ? i ? r... ' I SUiriCU- J1I3 IIUIOC ntin r^'fo nu him, and! could have killed him before 1 i not hold of them. I did not want to kill hit however, (this was said earnestly and fee ; Ingly,) although 1 knew that he had threr , cued repeatedly to kill me. I said to hi: i that I hail not come prepared to tight bli but he only replied, that didn't make ar difference!' So lie went up to the side of h horse and took two pistols from the holstei and pointed one of them In my face. J *n ' the. Jive balls in the cjiurnbcrs. Several me ' were sitting around. ,and Jim Paxton no came up; he had been with them and ht ; heard what they were going to do. Ho spol ; to me and drove oni' He (oo, Jthew they hi L no warrant for me, and thought I wouldn ! be taken without one,. So be rode on, as 1 * didn't want to see any fass. Duckworth 1 pistol was aimed at iye, .and I said: Loc nere, Alfred, I don't vr<ant&ny man to dra 1 a pistol on me.' He Saidj/Get out of thi ' wagon.' I told him agalh to put up bis pi ! tol,and said: 'I have given you no occask 1 to draw weapons on me, and I want no fusi ' He then dropped his pistol from, my face > | my breast I was sitting In tho wagon whi * tlingastlck. I had no weapon, but my dr ' vcr had a pistol, a Derringer, belonging ; me and which I had given nlm to carry, had killed a rabbit with it as wo came o When I bade Duckworth a second time put up bis weapon. I said, 'Alfred, I want yc . to understand that I want no trouble wll ! you.' TilE FATAL 0nOT. I then dropped my hand Into the wagoner pocket and took the pistol and cockod It, an said again, thethlrd time, 'Alfred, I want r fuss with you?I want only ft gentleman chance.' lie replied, 'Get out of that wagon Ills pistol was cocked and alined at mo. drew mine and flred on him. As I did s and when the ball struck him, his pisti went off and the hall struck under thowaj 1 on wheel. I suppose his finger contract* when he was hit, and tflred off his weapoi He fell against the fence. Landford was b< hind the wagon and had two pistols in h hands. A man can think pretty fast in sue amomeat, and I thought 'the best thing ' oould do Is to run aroundand take Landfom ' pistols from him.' Then I thought thi wouldn't do,asho might kill mo I started u the road and had gone aboutthtrty-slx yard; whon Landford shot at mo and kept shootin until he had shot four times. He missed ir every time, and I thought 'If that 1b the be! you can do I will go back and kill you with rockf Then I thought as he had two pistol he might-kill mo, so x crossed the fence an went on up the hill. I waited for my wago to come on, but a man met It and turned I hack. ' . A VISIT TO SOT7TJI CAROLINA. I came over into South Carolina, and th next day tho news came to me tliat the; thought it was all right with Ducsworththe doctor had attended him aDd dressed hi wound, (it was in the throat.) and said li would get well if they didn't move hln They moved him, tho wound bled afTesi and he died that night. They examined hiu and found that ho had no warrant for m< Three men, however, jumped 011 their horse and went to Frank Ca.?e's to get trie warrar.i and he wouldn't give it uj>. Case soon afte sent me word that if I would come and glv him two dollars and a half (coste) he woul give me the warrant. I thought it would d me no good, and so I didn't go for It?He ha Ityet. The names of those who were pres c cut and saw the killing were Peter Lince, his Ma< i- son, William Lince, and Joo and Bass Glass- ly v r by. They could prove all I have said. * * In t s Duckworth's father told Jim Cantrell, the any c other day, that ois son was high strung and I i*e d had done wrong. That when lie- was llrst Ion i- killed he wanted them to get me, but since I tioi c had been so persecuted he would do any- con tihlng|he could for me. Ho hoped, ho said, up! it hat I would get out of the way. He said at flee c tne same time, that he supposed Iiedmond he< would kill him, too, now, If he got a chance; tioi but I would not hurt hlin or any other man If o unless thoy force mo to do so. Cantrell told Rcr * him as much, and that I wbuld como laugh- wit ' ing, and if I hnd anything to drink ho would my J' get It. He would be Just as good to you ;u> lie try would to rne.' 1 WILLING TO SUItr.ENDEB. p i- "The feeling against mo on account of as I s Duck worth'slkillihg has died out in North Car- my it olina." said liedmond. in concluding this por- mil Hon of his story, "and I would be perfectly tot willing to go there and surrender myself any Th< day for trial If my ease cou'd bo tried ih the bed , Courts. Iam not willing to stand it trial ih wal I a United states Court' where tho revenuooffl- fell ; ccrs would have It all their own way and wh * could swear what they pleased against me, or vof _ pay some one else to do it." to - plrv n 11 e Tho Uaid 011 Gary nnd Hendricks? ? The Pickens Jail Delivery?Chevy bos ? ri,n.owiih nn rhascrs?A Revcuac " Scnpegoat?Mackey on the War- Ut (r Path?Bcnch Warrants aud Bench Jo" 0 Warrants?Beating up a Neighbor- A hood?a Night Interview?An Es- bat it capcd Prisoner?A Boy Soldier? y Redmond's Appeal to (iov. Hump- in* "X rut s .< aid j Pickens. C. n.,.Tunc20.?Redmond's second Pai U and last raid was inadc against his own wish- n'11 p. os, was contrary to his Judgment, and, as he <?'*' n declares, is the only thing tie lias done for jro ,c which he condemns himself. The clreum- bet j, stances under which he told his brief story ?d s I concerning it deserve to be mentioned for sto o J many reasons which will presently appear. ert d an unexpected sensation. jjjjj At the close of our first interview, on Tues- cut ,, day afternoon, he accompanied my compan- hel ^ ion and myself to the foot of the mountain. pin " Before we had reu<:hcd that point, however, !(? and while we were sauntering ijuietly along _ " the "trail,'* we were suddenly sainted with . 1 . the summons "Halt and surrender! I am a inP ? revenue ollleej*," which proceeded from the Moi 1 bushes on our right. At the same moment *vn (he sound of horses' foct was heard in the road in our front; and for a moment I thought. P's v I was about to have an experience I had not i0 bargained for. The voice was that of one uj'l friend, however, ami the horse which quick- J.,CJ ej ly came into sight was bestrode by another, fUI >it wherefore 1 was spared any further sensation 1,1 j. than the numerous unpleasant ones I had I,u}' Is just felt in my mind in view of an anticipated WJ' l'r skirmish. The new-comers brought the In- }v" Ij, formation that a squad of thirteen "Revo- I i('j nues" had just passed down the. a mile or two "J-'J ly distant, with it prisoner, a friend of Red- J1'? jt inond's, in charge; that they were in search 'nf w of Redmond himself, and they had divided for an' lfl the purpose of "beating up" the neighbor- ?JV hood. Some of them might be expected any 0|<I _T moment at the house nearest to us (where I vo1 ,c had left my btiggy,) they salil, and It was ad - ------ - i.?* li11 l(| VIHIlDie lor US lO KCl'li ii MUtiii iwituiit. n sharp lookout was accordingly kept, but Rod- HU1 ^ mond accompanied us to the house and re- cr. jnalncd with us. and returned, by another c.rl route than ttiat by which we had come, to ao the mountain. I was quite 111 by this time, er3 in consequence of exposure to the hot sun, and of the unwonted and excessive exercise I j R- had undergone In climbing, but after supperI wj, ir started again toAnd them. cn c WIIO CAN STAND THIS SORT OF LIFE? em jj" It was so dark under the tree? and in the nn ?,* hollow of the hills that I could not sec my j hand held within an inch of my face. My K* j guide seemed to know tlie way by Instinct, , oowever, and one of I hern taking my arm bCl '( they led me by a devious path which seemed " endless, and only to lead into deeper and * deeper darkness until we came to apolnt ren- Pr' ;\T de/.vous. Here one struck a match and light- "y ed a small hand-lamp, and I learned for the vit flrst time that Redmond had Joined us some- ^ where on the way. We found suits on the ground or on rocks and roots of trees as best mi .] we might, and sut in silcncc around the ' flickering light while Redmond hastily ate 1 ^ the supper we had provided for him. 1 had .i0 *" brought a kettle of coffee at the risk of my Inl w neck, but he "never drank coffce," lie said, Meat there was in abundance, but lie barely Du tasted It. ''It was very seldom that lie ever ?i. to touched it." He appeared very thoughtful as and spoke but once or twice during the re- i,e AC past. Once he said to me, "Who can stand G? I this sort of life? It is enough to drive an in- no .u nocent man to do wrong. lin lie THE SCENE WAS IMPRESSIVE. to and gloomy enough. We sat within a nnr- crl row circle of dim light, hedged in by a thick }}\\ darkness that might have concealed an liun- ' a red enemies wltnln as many feet from the p" lamp. The trees scorned to be whispering sc- ;'11 :e* crets to each other or warnings to lis, and the 'll! leaves looked strangely as tliey reflected the ln! 1,e iigbtrroiii their under sides. The air was ou 10 heavy and oppressive, and we looked in each an other's faces with feelings not unlike what "P1 we might have experienced had all Instead of / one only been under ban and expecting be- wl rc trayal and a death-dealing volley out of the cr< n* night at any moment! it eould not have Y been worse bad we been on the frontier and n? surrounded by hostile Indians. Nor were *r c<l these feelings confined to that little group m< a out there in the forest. It was s'lared in kind a ' J'? by every household for miles around us. One 011 ,r* ot our party said: "There is not one man in y n* leu In this neighborhood, be he guilty or Insn noccnt, who will sleep in this house to-night!" "* "And you say true," echoed every voice but hl1 'r>* mine, within ins hearing. I, too. learned 18 it* truth in part before many hours nad pass- n)l ed. ?j THE RAID ON OAUY. j_ I reminded Kcdinoud of my errand, and his i no 10 promise to tell me of his "raid" after Gary, jet "It was not iny doing,*' he said. "I did not 'K* lead the party, and now I refused to go with lls them. They said they had gone with me "e when I needed them, and now I refused to "P ',l help them when they needed mo. Sol went, ho 'J' Gary bad broken up a still and behaved t>ad- 851 ,'j ly. and the man the still belonged to collected ?n lt* the crowd and went to thrash hi in. I said to ?e them, he has'done nothing to be killed for? 'H this thing of killing a man won't do; but I r> will go with you, If you wish me, to get satis- a^ faction for cutting u? the still." They said they did not intend to kill him but only to ^ 'put the white on him,' (i. e., whip hini. This J''1 'IS was distinctly understood before we started. " e vw. iiiii nut eharnj anv revenue ot fleers, but i ;c'< wont directly to Gary's house at. Liberty. lie J*1 "* was not there, and we* turned home. We 1,1 11? started one Monday afternon about 1 o'clock Pa 10 next morning. There would not have been >n anything said about this raid but for what K' c* was done at Hendrick's house. He* was a \c brother of'Van." and the boys hearing that " the overcoat and shawl which they had sto- oIJ len from me were in the house, I determined Jv' ? to take them away. sh lie f,c VISITING HENDRICKS. be] sw They found oil overcoat, which several said ni n whs mine, but I did not think so, and would wt it- not tatc It. They tried to persuade me to do ed id so, but I told them I would not weiir another cd 11- man's coat as long as I could buy one for my- an sy self. The shawl was not there, and one of the to til party was about to seize a saddle blanket in at ?y placo of it. but I stopped him, and made him dl? lie leave it where he found it. I told them that agi theofllcers had not stolen anything of the otl kind from nic, and I would have nothing but be; . what I knew was mine. I kent them from oil " taking away several other things, and took ly l^s nothing at all myself. The court met a few sei ,! days alter this, and a bench warrant was Is- li\ ? sued for stealing the two overcoats!" wt 2j' JUJJOE MACKEY'S PART. ct I have been Informed by an ofllccr of the iq Court of Pickens County ^hat when the e', charge was preferred In court against Redid mond of having led this raid and of having 1 o. taken thcovercoats, the grandjuryexamined tin ;d the witnesses and. finding no proof against In If iilm In cither matter, returned to the court- boi et room and handed In a verdict of "No bill!" sm 1 Judfte Mackey at once sent them back with spi 's. other witnesses, and again they returned w't'i be; ? the same vordlct. Ho sent them back the en 111 third time with the remark, "I suppose, gen- to )U tlemen, you have not had enough witnesses," h* t; and seeing that he was determined to have sol o- it, they returned at lrst with an indictment, he ee The proceedings in a grand-Jnry room are, of mt >s. course, sccret, (?) but it is said in Pickens mi >u County that the evidence upon which this an se one bused Its final verdict was two-fold, to th< wu; "r irst, imii iwo uverciwui wcru u?ncu uvi by ft party of men from Hcndrlck's house; he second, that Redmond wa? seen at Pickens agi j? Court ilouse next day with the same party! a a "J On this alleged evidence "the Court" issued no its bench warrant, ordering Redmond to bo po< brought Into Its precincts dead or alive. A tot J" posse 5was accordingly sent after him, they an 1 found him at work In his Held, and ordered na ? him to halt and surrender. Not knowing we " who they were or what they wanted, Ren- m< \> raond refused to obey, and tliey fired upon coi " lilni and continued nring until he obtnincd to shelter In the woods. Possibly being Just men they did not try to hit him?wc nmy n. hope not, at any rate. I W <1?| td TBE PICKENS JAIL DELIVERY ^ ce had taken place on the Saturday, the Oth, sat id preceding the ineffectual raid after Gary, jn ,t which took place Monday, the 11th, and or f0r ic course Redmond, who did not lead the Gary i]B i's raid, ledjthe Jail-breakers also. Of course he ml >k did no such thing. In point of fact, he was pC< w across the lino Jn North Carolina when the jj at Jail was broken, and know nothing of it un- bii s- til he was informed of the occurrenoe. There ml in are plenty of witnesses to prove that he was ua i.' In North Carolina at the time; and. if this Is qb to not enough, Sheriff Mauldln is ready to testl- ai0 t- fy that he was not In the parly who rescued g0 1- the prisoners from his keeping. Bat the aE( to timorous revenue officers declared that "Rod- me I mond and his gang of forty or fifty men" had x6( n. chased them across the country for two days tro to had until they found safety within tho walls off iu of Easley Station; some one had evidently J} stolen their sacred overcoats from tho (some- pjc times) inviolable sanctuary of a private for dwelling; Judge Mackey and all the mighty jng , revenue department were excited for the fate pe, * of the country, and an example must be for a made of somebody! Who so sultablo for tho Rti l(J sacrifice as Redmond?tho official revenuo me s scapegoat?the raging ram presently to be on( caught in the thicket! der 0 THE DATCH OF WARRANTS. Du ?i I understand thai at the samo time the * ? ?- aforesaid bench warrant was* Issued forJRcd- PV d raond four others were Issued for certain rev- J_-' n. enue officers who were also charged with suns dry crlmcs and misdemeanors. That one Is against Redmond, os we havo seen, was very h nearly put into fatal execution, and still ,, 1 hangs over his head; the others, I am Inform- .j 'u ort team rrralled heforo the court adjourned. it why were they Issued, and why and when p recalled? I do not know. 5> ANOTHER BIT OF HISTORY. <? And while I ara off my subject, let mo In- In i , form the public of another bit of revenue edf a history. I do not propose to defend those fair a who broke Into Pickens Jail, but It may be as and a well to know, for the first time, whom It was froi n they turned loose on that occasion. The res- I w u cued prisoners were three in number, one a lea^ man named Beasley, who was caught In an Bra Illicit still housr; the other two were a father cou and a son named Ktanstlll. The father was The e 60 years of age, and son 16. Both were arrest- cou y ed at their homes, handcuffed, carried to the _ Pickens and therelodgad injall toawaittrlal. Picl |8 Their neighbors released them, and they re- he'i ie turned to their homes and resumed their dai- and , ly labor on the little farm from which they star i* had been torn and marched off in disgrace, if I n' Re-arrested a little later by the connty officer I an * they were carried before the commissioner g(v< [g anu discharged, there being no evldenco Tell I against them. So much for the Pickens Jail wii! r delivery, at which one crime at loast,, gentle- mv o men, I charge you to acquit the pri^pner, fori d Lewis R. Reumond. and ? JUDGE MACKEY. to^ One word of explanation In regard to Judge bIod :key., I recognize the foctthnt it Ip scarce- law plthin my province to criticise Ills action the a ho matters above referred to, or that of will Judge of his ability in any matter. But knov el freo to say. that I am honestly of oplnthat lie acted with more zeal than discrei In thic ono Instance, and would havo no- A W lplished much more good bad he followed f01 Redmond 1?sb closely and the rcvenuo ofrs more so. To do him Justice, however, ?1 lid order the rocently reported investign- frc l, and would no doubt make pood use of it pportunlty were presented. To'return to In Imond. 1 have promised to end his story *? h this letter, and though I hope no ono of ai renders bavo wearied of him a*yet, I shall m to keep my word. A FALSE ALARM. "'J1, eelingreally ill from the efl'ectsof fatigue, the r have said before, I was compelled to close recci; second interview with him a little before "thai Inight, when he npuln accompanied mo comi he house of our mutual friend, my host, their ;re I bade him good-night, and wont to "thai I. while he and my host took blankets and vatc Iked oil'to sleep in the woods. I quickly jnt Into an uneasy scml-consclous state, ftom to hi Ich I Wni) startled an hour later by the nam ce of our kind young hostess whispering fonii my companion, Mr. Fields, to "get up, even nse, and strike a light; the revenues are gun around the house!" The frightened wife lHfai s el>Ul in her night-dress only, and seemed ncnt Ide hersclftwlth anxiety and alarm. "I houn ;e heard some one walking in the yard." jh isald, "and they always come about this co?c ic of night!" Mr. Fields arose and striking jn*tci inteh. (how hard they were to find!) went mum .lip winHnw mid culled. "Who Is there?" crpt.i voice Unswcrcd, ft whisper consultation him, owed, and at last ftiy companion ealite dian ;k and whispered to mt! that not the reve- by t] r:s but the prisoner they had captured the susp t bci'orc was without! I congratulatedhlin of tr my heart oil his escape, and Mrs. gCne nrnnged around and got him a supper. I tcrli I not see lilm, hut my hostess and my com- orlgl ilon told me they never saw a man cat so he ci ich In their respective lives. Then ho push- man on over the hills and far away to the home whe m which he had been taken the morning siste ore, and where, no doubt, lie was welcom- as ai as one risen from the dead. It was the old hisp ry of captors dozing, a suddni dash for lib- r.he y, a few bullets dodged, and freedom once grca ire. How Redmond?nay. how the whole Ami ghborhood rejoiced over the fact of his es- war, >enext morning! Pcrcuvi, but- I couldn't of la p it, nor could you had you been in my rent! ce. . of hi REDMOND'S BENEVOLENCE. HOW Redmond breakfasted with us next morn- J'ie ' and our hostess waited upon us and enuld Jv*' t do enough for him. The simple-hearted men of the mountains all admire If they nut love him, and neither his name nor a1"" presence have any terrors for them. Why , 11 vasonly last year, say they, that lie paid ' the taxes which were hanging over the ids of I am afraid to state how .many poor k?" nilies, and took his pay, when lie got any, "j.." "chips and whetstones" and other like vaiDies, anion" which was a veteran ram. ich one old lady forced upon him, and ileli he never saw after the day o" transfer, {"jj" preicrred her yard t* his, It seemed; and he vcr wtnt back for it. And besides all this, I he not ride live consecutive days, "work- J:""* [ for Hampton" during the liwt campaign, J " d on.election day did he not hitch up his 'Vj* n wagon and team and send eight or ten I men who couldn't walk, and who hadn't led'Cor years, all the way from their homes the poll at Kastatoe, where he dared not go nseif? And, outlaw, as he Is Is he not how j* .1 j|>orting his three sisters, who have no othdependence, and one of whom has been a .V ', pple for eleven years? Certainly he ha? {H" ne and he Is doing all these things, us cvr body hereabouts will tell you. OTHER GOOD DEEDS. Hod t was notso very long that n poor man, and lose oxen and four sheep which l?c had tak- pl*t ??iwlr/i, .?ni*n nn fiir IllTpfl fll Pick- COUl s Court llousc, mot "the Major" in the roud '>?" dasked l'or help and gotlL It was a small 'hlr m, only Sti ?">, but It wan n very large turn thir the noor former nnd to the despised Hama- or c an, but it whs given freely, nnd bus never of b en returned or asked for. No, the money 'Of?,s neither Ktolcn on the highway nor was It j return of any unlawful sale; Jt was the the Ice of produce grown on the outlaw's farm niui hard labor, and which faim he dares not evcI ;lt except at night and at long Intervals, at Jtui j risk of his life. "The revenues have been >t 1 sre after him very often," said olio, a rove- t"CJ 10 himself, to me to-day. A HOW RKDMOND T0I.D HIS TALE. |j^"t have mnde another digression I find, but cam not think 1 need apologize for it. Not to ju>d ich of good has ever been said concerning or ei wis K. Redmond that I need silence the son: bile voice of his praise on this the one sin- Fin : occasion of his justification. I have writ- c?rs i dotvn in these letters every won! which vie* hats said against himself in speaking of Ills ten n misdeeds to me. I declare the story was he j t told boastlngly or cvuslvely-rbut quietly flrsi d ns I believe truthfully. He was careful has be correct throughout, and whatever other mlr incs have been charged against hira no vlc\ nn 1ms ever yet accused hun ofjying. pret /hat he tells you you may rely on." Is the forr ilmony of all, and when Kcdmond gave' had rs. Barton lib word that he would not harm arro 5 worst?octny, her husband, she knew her shoi in, and called upon that busband to comc rise t and fare a dozen rliles In the hands of post gry men who were eager to kill lilin on the on <i at. Yon inay condemn some things lie has win ne, and of which he has told you. If you by I 11, but, for sweet Justice's sake, give him say ;dlt for the good that is in him, and oflnilg iicli other people tell you. What he has ofc ne we partly niny compute. Himself only i wh( lows wliat he has resisted. "He will take Mm arc cursing than any man I ever saw," said T1 nonntnineer to me. "I have heard a. man info 11 him a G?d d?d liar, and heonly laughed taki him. He tries to keep the peacc at all j in A nes. and never has a fuss with any one | pail icii lie can help it. He Is fair, and will hold and h end of the bridle, but when ho starts lie wor game. When he Hays 'ttnu's enough,' you can iy know it is a plenty. He is one of the thai jst sensible men I know, and only needs an Stat ncation to make him a leader in the conn- hea This may be poor logic, but It presents him bad picture of the character of its sub- to n :t. prc? TUE LAST INTERVIEW. Yfter breakfast oar party went once more org on the hillside where I held my third and (n r a Interview with the outlaw. The eonvcr- jia8 Hon was of a more general character than j,ut former ocoiislons, aiul liis thoughts nial re directed a.t last to a review of his early jnj, e. f( You were not old enough *o go into the tj,ej my during the war, were you?" I asked. pr0| 'Yes," said lie, "I ran away from home len I was thirteen years old, and went to ,jm m the company my brother belonged to. twn hen I first talked about going my father -phe Id if I went he would bring mo back and nre ilp me half to death. He sent mc to feed n,e o horses one night, and I took a pair of cr.nts and shirt and struck out for the nearest C0H] illon, where my brother was, and irol there wro it as the chickens were crowing for day. |njf y brother and the other men told me to to of t ck, but I wouldn't, Tlie company started (or ' that day, and we had gone but nine miles Cftr<: icn 1 saw father coming. Ho met us at the whi, ks of the road and stopped inc. I couldn't t|ftj lp from shedding tears to save my life. He (je? L'i?ed me to i>o back, and the men beeeed 6, so 1 went. Aly brother came hony alterirds on sick furlough, and when he return- ,nei to his company I went with him and stay- t|l0, six month*. lie v/nv shot and sent home am{ d they save me a furlough at the same time sHnl KO with him. The Yankees captured him home soon after, but I wiis so young they The 1 not bother me. I never saw my brother {j0n nin; he died in some Northern prison. An- ?nj lier brother, the oldest, came home a year (,y fore the surrender with iii.s right hand shot 1 and one shoulder shattered, and was bad- ?n(j wounded in the foot. He had received ,|?y . en bails in all. I have another brother ^ f ring in , (anotherStatc,) but I never lte to him now, and lie does not know of y troubles. If I were to tell him it would I ly distress him, and he might comcand get tiflW to a difficulty on my account." rola THE OUTLAW WEEPS. The outlaw paused, and looking up I saw icar it he was weeping and had buried his face jUg his hands. I bad been intent on iny note beer ok while he was speaking, and though I l,ui, spected the cause or Jook up until he ceased jy tl making. I was both surprised and shocked timi pond measure at such a manifestation or hou lotion in such a man. and knew not what and say, He tried to control himself, and ]ean iking at me with a smiling, tear-wet face, Whi jbed out in spite of all his effort: "1 can't was lp it?I can't help it. I am not u crying in, but when I think of these things and of f father and brothers, and how they fought 1' d were shot to pieces or died in prison, and tofoi in think how I have been served, 1 ain't IpcryiDg. I ought not to do it, but I can't wise lp it?I can't help it," he repcatod sadly, devl lin and Hgnin, as if in shamed apology for not I veakness he feared I would despise. I did whii t desplso him, I was sorry for him. I am a vlts r tender-hearted fool nfyself. at best. One *11 ich of nature will make mo feel akin to occu ybody, even a revenue officer, aud my best two ture was touched. Bohemian aud brigand, *n " i were together, sitting apart, with the Pjen juntalnecra looking on. That's an honest of n; ifession, and any knave or fool is aUlberty coaJ' Doke fun ut mo If he likes. I <*nd only give me a chance. ^re tedmond. the outlaw, dried his sinful tears, and d the smile he always wears camo back but iln to his face, though his voice was very lngi L and came from his heart when he eald oi> boa his simple uneffectcd way: "It looks hard lne 1 me to have to go through all this. If I obey d done anything worthy of It I would not dell( nd, but I have done ho more than other then jple, and why should I have to bear It all? lylnj they would only give me a chance (God help A i n!) like they give other men, I wouldn't man nd it. I have settled my troubles with squa rton and Hendricks, and this very week porti ry sent me word that if I would let him plolt >no ho would quit the revenue service and aboi to work on his farm. I have nothing mos linst him ar any man. If they would let Kid! alone I ccrtainly would not troublo them, the^ entwordsoto him, I wouldn't have any Chili uble new, but for this reward that has been glvli ered for my capture, aud they think they ly nc 1 get It if tncy ki?l me evon. It was for the uer. :kens Jail delivery and I was not there, and andi the raid on Gary, with which I had noth- Jail 1 > to do except what I told you. I want yiant ice, so I can go back to my fium and work a sot myself and my sisters, without being shot and I jvery day like a dog. They have shot at fort! twenty-six times already, and I think that colic jht tone enough. I am willing to surrcn- nent myself and stand my trial for killing mon ckworth. I know they would acquit me. forh iave no money to pay a lawyer, but I supr theg ie they would pay me the reward if I sur- whai dered myself, and he might take tbat! tale, jy say they aro willing to give amnesty to Mart tho other mon, and I don'f boo why they ccptJ mid leave moout. Do you think they will?'' very said suddenly. ence [don't know," j replied,"butl will speak a mn lov. Hampton for you."(di?I had promised tbos< a beforo tnls to do.) who the mes8age *0 hampton. (oll?' ter c roll Governor Hampton,"ho said earnestly almo jartlng, "lamapoor man and haVework* on tt or my living all my life. Ihavenoth?da ly's,< ohance since this revenue party came in, that I if he wadts a recommendation of me? drinl II my childhood up?I can give it to him. Thin ould rather send him one than not. I will certa ire it to the citizens of the country to ownt dley and Bowen and Fields, and other pliod nty officers here and in North Carolina, stand i Shcritr of Pickens and ^Transylvania the it nticswill sign It, and every good citizen on G! tknows ,ne will sign It. Every man In C. H, kens will sign it. and will sendit tohlm if sent I vants It. Tell him I only wanttogohome cepte live at peace, and would be willing to charj? ?rl f rial ovAn In fhfl TTnltpil Kfofna fVllirtS 111 tell thought I coutd get only a fair trial there, put, 1 o ready to surrender to-morrow, and can leped j ?10,000 bnll of good citizens, If allowed, not U Governor Hampton all this for me. I consl watt for newsfrom you. I know you are table friend now, and If you can do anything casoc ne wrlto and send me word, and I will go i cliarg surrender myself." Jarrll las! what can I do for him? Nothing but' eaclu sebly write down for his far off Impas-1 numt ed appeal to the ejecutors of that stern coutr rbich hnx outlawed him, nnd then await i nswer I innst send. What shall it be ? i they give hlra a chunceor not? I do not : r\ ' edding in tbp Mountains Fails r Want of an Important Witness rhe Ootlaw Traces bis Descent im a Revolutionary Hero -? No dian Blood ? Drunkenness nnd utality of the Revenue Raiders ustrated. kenvixle, July 2.?1"Indiscretions" and lg a Httle too far," arc terms iu which cvenuc hounds prefer to speak of their it outrage#. "I do not deny." Rays one, l some of the members of the forco have , nltted Indiscretions in the discharge of duty." "I think myself," says nnothcr, t they have gone a little too far into prihouscs." llscretions let them be; they will smell gh Heaven Just ns sweetly under this 0 os ll called by any other, nnd it may be d that going Just over the threshold, or sticking a fow feet of the barrel of one's just over the threshold of a private house enough tosend the trespasser perraaly over the threshold of a certain public e whose name shall be nameless. ave to make one or two remarks only ernlng Jtedmond, which I neglected to rt in their proper place,and will then rec In a general way the subject of indisons which was broken off by my visit to . The first of these is that ho bus no Inblood In his veins as. has been charged lie revenue ofHocrs for the purpose, as I eel, of investing his character with an air eachcry, and possibly of inducing the nil government to send 0.0. Howard af? ijin. Tftereis no trace of such alleged in In a single feature of his ftvee, nnd as in prove his descent from Irish and Ger1 nnpofifnrc if. rosillv !r? fmiiiviiin rc the Indian nlloy comes Jii. One of his r? Is fair haired and of ius fair complexion ly fraullen In Rhlncland. lie has too in lossession full documentary evidence of fact, that his grandfather for, perhaps, (grandfather) wasu. faithful soldier In the 2rlca.li army during the Revolutionary , anil received a 1 i-nsion and liberal grant ind "In recognition of gal hi lit services Icred" as such. Perhaps thin same parcel md Is that whereon the outlaw's sisters live, but whereon he sets his foot only at Imminent peril or his life. At least ho Id not leave It and them when an aunt In th Carolina offered to give him a farm in State, worth $1,000, If lie would come, e, and live on It. :e second remark Is that lie had no hand he shooting of Lee Fi?her a few weeks The cli euinstances of this affair are not rally known and areas follows: A squad n-enueotlleern went 011 one of their perlal raids to Redmond's house, and seeing 111 come out of it with a baby in his arm# r cried halt, and this .vnnmand being dlsrded, they as .-cual fired seven shots after , without effect, however, and he escaped, r leaving the house, and when somedls:c from It, the party was in turn fired Into 1 the roadside, and Fisher, their guide, wounded in the wrist by a single buek;. No one clso was touched. The man 1 fired the shot "was not more than fifty Is from the roadside," and was himself ! at several times by the party. Redmond ares thai he was not this man, and his ement is sustained by the fact that but buckshot of the load reached its aim. mond doesn't shoot that way. A man 1 could snuff a candle with a pistol ball, as hiond can. or who could kill a rabbit runr, or a bird flying, with a pistol ball a? mond can. or who could ride full gallop hitasmall sapling at fifteen paces with a ol ball as Redmond can, or lantly, who d turn rapidly on his Iteels and put six s one after another Into a small .treo at no /w.n T L-.1.T T piltvn, JIP IIUilllM'IIU V4?IJ( X fHfcjr A UVU V ik such a man would mlssa revenue squad ven their guide at fifty yards, ?Hth a load uckshot, fired from "a gun resting on a " It doesn't look reasonable, and it is ly going allttlc too fur to assert It. True, officers swore It was Redmond, but it it be borne In mind that they s?w?ar that ybody and every cow and sheep and np In the mountains Ik Redmond, and as s likely they are mistaken sometimes, r may be again In thlH case. third and last remark concerns tho outs moml character, which has been held 0 reproach on every possible occasion be'e of the relation he hiur home to one of d's sisters. It Is nota subject that I need ivre to say much about for obvious rca* but I may be allowed to say this much: it, that some at least of the revenue offlare not at liberty, from a blbllcul point of p, to heave stones at him to any cref.t ex-i t; and second, that the Injury he lios done jroposes to rcpalrpas Ihrus possible, ut the , opportunity, by marrying the tinman he itronged. She i/ms present for a few lutes on the occasion of my first Inter* v, having come to meet him for the e.x? is purpose of having tho ceremony periled by my companion, Mr. Fields, who also attended for this purpose. It was mged in my presence that the ceremony nld take place next morning about sun, with myself as a witness, as It was only poned from theappolnted hotirttntll then > :ccountof the absence ofa second witness, jse prest-nc<; for good reasons was desired ;oth the parties most interested. I could more If I were not assured that wbpt I htsay wonld probably lead to the presence ertnin uninvited girests at the wedding *>e peculiar object In being there at such a c I do not care {o further. ie readers of the New* and Courier shall be rined of the fact when tho ceremony fs place. It will he a veritable "wedding iah /(/>"?on the top ofa mountain. My ling with Rodmoml was a sad one. to him to me.. The feeling eloquence of his last ds?the appeal to Governor Hampton?I not give in any words, lutn only sorry i, the Governor, and every citizen of the c over which ho rules, could not have rd him and seen him with me, and I left 1 feeling that I had a high trust committed ay keeping In the vindication of an opiscd and persecuted man. I need not Ws tho offences ho hits committed: lie has that story himself without reservation vaslon, and I have followed his example epeatlngltas he gave it. The wrong he done, however, was notdone maliciously, from Umj natural Impulse every brave i feels to resent undeserved and repeated try. > those who nay ho should have borne m In putlcnce and uppealed to the law for tcetlon. I .have only to reply: Do iw what law wasln South Carolina at the c of which I speak, and do approve Ellennnd Hamburg, and then condemn him? rude unlettered men of the mountains not quaIItied to moralize prettily about abstract duly of Rood citizens, to take evcaseof Insult and Injury Into the nearest rt. Tlu?y only know when they sutler ii? and how to resent one, nnd not havbeen particularly edified by the results heir experimental applications to courts relief, they naturally concluded to take ! of themselves. When they violated it seemed to them an oppressive and parlaw, they found thut the hand of the cnil Government fell heavily upon them; inlLs oUlcers violated Just and common s, they found that the General Governit was equally ready and willing to shield :c from the consequences of their acts: the temptation to substitute certalaand miary punishment for nomir.al or no tshment. was well-nigh irreslrtlble. sc were the circumstances and considetas that have made Redmond an outlaw have come near outlawing Pickens counrhecaseof thatcounty to-day was, mululis india, the ease of the State two years ago. In one liberal sense Pickens itself Is towell represented in the person of Lewis tcdrnond. THE I.ADD KILLING, AOAIW. remarked In a previous letter that Jn the lavlts made by members of his family, tlvcto the manner of Ladd's death, no dewas mude of hisallcged attempt to shoot ie. As then surmised, and as I nave since net! to be tb? fact, this omission wasowto their ignorance of the charge having 1 made. I have since seen and questioned d's brother, who denies most emphatlcaliat Amos had a gun in bis hand at the ! of his killing. There was a rifle in the se, he says, which Amos had borrowed broughtthcre that morning, but It wan ing against the wall near the door by cli Kane entered the house, and Amos standing In the doorway opposite! OTHKK INDISCRETIONS, mvc confined my report of outrages herere to a stutenient, of evidence on tne subglvcn under oath. I deem this to be ttie st and most proper course, and will not lute from It except In such cases as are Included In the grand Jury'* report, but L-h as I know can be sanctioned by ailldalf necessary. e first.of this class Is on.instance which rred at the bouse of Mr. Yates, who lives miles from the village of old Pickens, is absence a revenue squad searched bis nlses and outhouses, ana tore up the floor Is dwelling in a frantic effort to And consd whiskey. Tliey found one Jug full emptied It on the ground. They came a nd time, and finding Mr. Yates at borne sited him. They searched hie house again examined trunks and drawers.as austral, went a little futher than usual by orderi young unmarried lady who was sick in to KCt up in order that they might examt also. She declined to attempt even to their commands, for reasons of the most ate nature, whereupon two or more of i lifted the mattress upon which she was f and deposited It and ner upon the floor, number of Federal soldiers under comd of Lieutenant Miller, accompanied the d that raided on Mr. Kelly's nouse, (reed by the grand Jury.) after which exthey returned to Pickenq Courthouse it sundown, and Miller himself behaved, t offensively to citizens on the street Ing up to Mr. Child,a lawyer residing In ,'lilRge, Miller demanded his name. Mr. i replied that he was not In the habit of lg it to any and every man, andcertaln>t when it was asked for in such manMiller again demanded It with an oath, i threat that he would take Mr. Child to f he refused to give it. Mr. Child indlgly defied him, and the Lieutenant called tad of bis men to come and arrest Child take him to Jail. They came forward ae purpose, but Miller seeing a crowd ctingand that a collision was imml, countermanded the order. The next ling he sought Mr. Child and apologized is conduct of the previous evening, on rround that be was drunk and didn't know ! he wa> doing\ And thereby hangs this that these officers of the law the deputy ihals, are said to be, almost without exIon. hard drinkers, and that they are frequently and strongly uudertne lnnuof liquor while on a raid. This Is puroly itte- of opinion, of course, on the part of j wno chaixe it, and of hearsay with me repeat It, but.I am Informed that the irvlng statements In regard to this matan readily be proved. First, that they st invariably carry whiskey with them iclr raids, and have been seen, as at Kelirlnklng it In liberal doses. Second, thev have been known repeatedly to c all they captured in bottles and Jugs. 1, that they have been known to spare In 6tills from destruction and their 'rsfromarrest on condition of belug sup, gratis, for their own vvsnta. I underI that such an arrangement was had In istance of one distiller, wbo runs a still lassy Mountain, two miles from Pickens , and that notes and orders for whiskey, j tiy omccrs in H)wii w> mm, ivcihuivi-i d and road by citizens. Fourth, It is ;ed that the officers have been seen at stills which were at the time, and are n operation. Fifth, others again are alto have bargained with the distillers ) molest them or make theili afraid In deration of a share of the profits. A noInstance of this kind occurred In the >f Deputy Marshall Jarritt; recently dlsed for this offence by Marshall Wallace. :'s fee was ten dollars per month, in ?se, and this sum ho recieved from a >er of moonshiners with whom he had acted. I do not know that be received other pnhMlimcntfor his offence than a dWcharge from theservlcf. IUximond, It will "bo remembered, declares that in one Instance when they captured live barrel* of whiskey from him they kept two for their own use, and this he said can be proved. All this and much more to the name effect Is matter of oomraon report In Pickens and other counties, and In view of tho known truth or th?chargos In mnny cn*cs, it Is not ? to be wondered at that the revenue servico hus benn brought Into contempt, snd that i to officers are loathe.; and resisted. 0. MCK. The Savannah Valley Railroad It is now more tlian twenty years since tho people along tho Savannah River, In tho north western-portion of South Carol no, projected a railroad to oounout that section directly with the city of Augusta, Ga., which had been their chief trading point front the early settlement of the country, ontii the completion of-the Greenville and-Oolttmbta Railroad. The project Wo a not carried out, for reasons it Is unnecessary to enumerate at this time. At different periods since tlm war tho the schemo has been revived ertbitontlally, . In ono form or another1, but until the last few months there has not been much prospcet of Its assuming real shapei so that the railroad miKUi UH IUUKUU upon wim nny reownaoiesM surunco of being built. Tho splendid prtmpcctxfbr tbc completion of tha Greenwood ami Adgtlsta Railroad have reinvlgornted tho Iriends 0/ tho original enterprise, and it is now proposed to build a road rrora Anderson to Augusta, Intersecting tbo lino from Orcen* wood iu the vicinity of Corn's Mine, in AbbovilleCounty. Ifwenre not mistaken,tbo projected road from Anderson is about fifty miles lu length. The people along the line are in earnest, and in addition to private subscriptions, tlic townships In Abbevillennd Anderson which are likely to derive benefit from Its construction, will subscribe to the rond by the issuance of bonds. A delegation from Anderson, beaded by the Hon. J. ??. Murray, will visit Augusta this week, in tho Interest of the Savannah Valley Railroad, and It is quite evident that they are to meet with cncourngement and tangible proof of the friendliness of Augusta lo the prevent project. NVe quote from the Chronicle anil Co)i*titutionalixt, I11 reference to the mission of these gentlemen: "This Is an important cnlcrprse, and we have been glad to note tho deep interest manifested In it by the people along tlie lln?. The Savannah Valley wilt open up a rich section of coutry and provo ? most valuable feeder t# tho Greenwood and Augusta Rood Tho route indcatcd can be gra* dedal comparatively riuall cost. As we understand the status, the people most directly interested in the road cxpecttogrado the tame. '1 he object of the visiting committee there* fore, Is not to solicit subscriptions, but to as? certain whether or not the citizens of A ugus* la will aid the company iu tnorouphly equip* ping theroad at the proper time. We feel no hesitation In expressing the belief that onf oltiftpus will chccrfully o-operatc with the Savannah Valley Company in' every reason* able measure that looks to the completion of the proposed road. Tho Aognsta, Knoxvlllo and Greenwood Rood must be regarded lis a tlixed face. It rlcnly deserves kucccsb; fbras to onr citizens, ltls purely tho result ofgrcat public spirit, backed up by cheerfully given private subscriptions. In the midstofan almost unprecedented monetary stringency, our wide-awake business men nave subscribed liberally to an enterprise that Is destined' to benefit our city far more than some are willing to admit." The completion of those lines to Aogrsta will drain one of the best sections of Houth Carolina, and furnishing that enterprising city a rich pabulum for tho support of It* population. It is only the Inevitable result of that folly which has been the destruction of our chief city's interest. Charleston ought to have retained control *>f the entire trade !n the northwestern portion of the State, since it hascontrolled the line of railroad permeating that section for several years, and It Is a remarkable flict that fresh impetus ha* been given to these rival lines since tbe South Carolina Railroad gained the ascendency. Increasing: with every year, as experlanco taught the people to regard their local Interest Imperilled by its management. TImb Air Lino uailmudcaused a large share of business to turn aside from Charleston,and these projected roads to Augusta will certainly cngrora _ the remainder of the busiuess of that region. The outlook Is far from clreeri ng to the rail* roads now controlled in tne interest of Charleston, and It does seem that the policy 11 i.der which they have been operated waa productive of the greatest mischief to thalr own interests, for they are struggllngjand lanKUlsiilng hs ucver before slnco completion. Is It too late to apply any remedy? Or must the traffic which naturally belongs -in thlsdlrectlonbc carrlcdoutsldctheState??Rtrfttct. A Gentle Hint. -A 1 In our stylo of elimato,' with Its sodden I chaugcs of temperature,?rain, wind and sunshine often Intermingled in a single day,?it ' 1 is no wonder that oar children, friends ana relative* ore so frequently taken from us by ncglccted colds, half the deaths resulting dl- , rectiy from tills cause. A bottle of "Boscneo'ir German Syrup kept about your home for Immediate use will prevent sarioos sleknesa.it | hirge doctor's bill, and perhaps death, by tntf use of three or four doses. For Coring Oonsumption. Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, fc'evero Pntwha Prnnn Ar onv nf lhA 'I nr ifanpx, its success Is Dimply wonderful,** >4 your drugzlst will tell you. GcrmaeSyrop Is I now sola in every town and village on this J olntlnent. Sample bottles for trial, 10c.; reg j o.Mrc7 .{ McOords Colic Mixture. ...1 For Horses, Males and Cattle. The undersigned have been appoiated' sole agents for tbciwle of "MoCOSD&C?LIC MIXTURE,"an Inftililblccurcvfor collo in horse* mules or cattle. This preparation was patterned June 30, 1869, und in the short time ' which has elapsed since has attained a repit- < tntion unequaled by uny patented mcdlcino, j on the globe. Wo liavo in our possession tec- ' . tlmonllasfrom numerous persona who have ~ used it: I have had two occasions to nse McOords Colic Mixture in cases that seemed desperate. The success In curing was apparently magical. it 1* administered without trouble or dolay. Is speedy In action, and I think 1s so val- * uable that every person who manxgos horses or mules should kecd It at hand. D. L. wardlaw. vt I saw Mr. McCord use his medicine oh a mare that had been travelling, and was seized with cramp colic. The animal was dropping down f equently and In great pain. la' u short time after the medicine was given?in ten minutes, at the farthest,?the animal was easier, and In an hour I saw the animal harnessed and driven otf, and learned subsequently she performed the Jo&rncy and had no more colic. THOMAS THOMSON. I have bad ono occasion to uso McCord's Colic Mixture. It was very effective and I think is an excellent medicine. a mcgowan. For Sole at Abbeville by ur T PPWVEV. DR.'ET PARKER. For sale by T. Baker, Lowndesvllle, 8. C? Dr. E. H. Edwards, Duc'Weat. Hare yoa Heard the News About Be qoeat T Having hod ten years experience as a liquor dealer, and being familiar with all the brands., besides having a practical knowledge of what is choice, be is Atily able to supply all who wish a pure article either as a beverage or for medlclDal purposes, of anything they desire in his line or goods, which consist of the following: Rye Whiskey, Port Wine, Bourbon Whiskey, Madeira Wine, Corn, (sweet and sour Sherry Wine, mash.) Malaga Wine, Crystallized Corn, Catawba Wine, N. E. Rum, 8cuppernong Wine, 'Centennial Rum, Claret Wine, Old Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Whs'y Scotch and Irish Whiskey, fine Imported Gin, Champagne, French Brandy. The ubovc goods will be sold In quantities to stilt purchasers, at prices from two to ten dollars a gallon. Pnrtfts desiring Christmas supplies will do well to give me a call. - ; < A. BEQPEST Greenville and Colombia Railroad CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. S Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays ex- . cepted, connecting with the Fast Day Trains South Carolina Railroad up and down. On M and after Wednesday. Nov. 14th, 1877, the fol- H lowing will be the schedule: Leave Columbia at. ? -10 10 a m B Leave Alston 110pm mm Leave Newberry - 2 23pm ICC Leave Hodges 6 15pm JH Arrrive Abbeville... ... 6 15 p m |B Leave Bel ton - 7 06pm Arrive at Greenville ? 8 36 p m Hj DOWN. Leave Greenville at 120 a m H LeaveBelton ........ 0 10 a m Leave Abbeville ~ 9 00 a m Leave Hodges ......_10 (7am Leave Newberry ......... 1 43 p m MM Leave Alston 8 20 p m Hfi Arrive at Columbia .......... & 00 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE 8? DIVISION. 9 Dally, except Sundays, between Bel ton and jfl Walhalla. Accommodation trains between BHi Bel ton and Anderson on Mondays, Tuesdays, H| Thursdays and Saturdays. BO up- ma Leave Belton ? ? ?... 7 05 p m BO Leave Anderson 7 60 p m MB Lcbvo Pendletoii 8 15pm Leave Pcrryvllle .......... 9 20 p m Ml Arrive at Walhalla. ....10 00 p m sH DOWN. ' W Leave Walhalla 6 50 a m MB Leave Perryville...?_ 6 30 a m MB Leave Pendleton ........... 7 20 a m Mb Leave A nderaoti 8 10 a m HH Arrive at Belton 8 50 a m gMB jjiiurens rsruucn i ntiut ituvu um wu onv.w tcm a. m. and leave Newberry 3.00 p. m. on Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays ana Saturdays. RB Abbeville Brunch Train connects at Hodges with dotfta and up train, daily Sundays ex- HH copied. bM THOMAS DODAMEAD, BW General Superintendent. I9H abez Xobton, Jb., General Ticket agent. jgB CAEPENTRY. I THE undersigned hereby gives notice MS that he is prepared to do all kinds EBS Carpenter's Work and IS Building. H He also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers and Fans. A full supply of Gin Material always on hand. Farmers are requested HM to bring their Gins up early in the season KHi to allow time to have them properly pre- K| pared. S9 Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, Bb the Brooks Cotton. Press, and all kinds of Rubber and Leather Belting!' jM D. B, SMITH, H Abbeville C. if., S. C* &R JflHH