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? Dquotqd'to ^j)iflqnHuri;, gortinuItnf)j, goi^li^ ^qono^^jPoli^^^l^, politics, and thu Current $nis o|[ lite guj. VOL. IX.?New SkimHs. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,. WJM. ?. .,. ^ ^ jiiww...-T e?r? ??"^gSsacg^Bgg?qjggggy?^^**?rr-r^ From tho News and Courier. redmond's strange story. ; a talk with til k outlaw in the 1ieakt ( of the uiixje. i pickens (J. II., Juoc 28.?It is not ncces- I sary that f should be at amy pains to in- i troduco the subject of this sketch to any i well iuforuicd man, woman of'child in South \ Carolina, or perhaps in any State of the i Union. That kiud office has Wen pretty I . ell discharged for uie and for hitn, on < % . ^uouy occasions within the past few years. 1 ?Jjhbis ntftuy friends aud admirers of the t ijf ' Uuitod States Internal Revenue Service, j mjl. V and-there is but little that I can now add, < 3jgbifof-av0 in the way of truth, to what has been t / .^^litFcliTnr^ni dToncorning 'the great orimi- t iial," "the notorious desperado,' "the bloat- i bd brigaud of the Blue Itidge," "the infa- 1 mous outlaw," "the red-handed rover"? i t Lewis II. llcdinond ! This is ho that has t turned two States upside down ; set all law, i human and Divine, at naught; defied the i power of the best government the world i i *. a i? * oyer saw; cuascu usninccrs pell-mell across -ajcouoty ; committed highway robbery ; am- j bushed the faith f^J iu the dischargo of their duty; released criminals from jail; frightened women aud children, and eke grown men, into fits, aud who, finally, if the truth were known, was doubtless at ttf!? bottom of the disturbances in the Hald Mountains.? Aro not ^hese things so, beside many others if.*-. liko not here set down ? The proof is?not $C'. far to seek ainco his enemies declare it, and -,-thu law liaa^ co^jrnicd it bv setting a price Sfcib on his young heauTaffStff^tVing authority 3** to his fellovHwcn "to bring his body into court?alive'or dead !" ^ AT TOP, hAlt OK PUBLIC OPINION. 'V >" ^his last thing has been rather difficult, * not to say impossible, of pcrformonce it -* seems, and has remaiucd undone until nc. oouiplished by the News and Courier y in the porson of its humble representative, by wboui the redoubtable has been captured alive aud who uow produces the prisoner in court; that great court of public opinion . whsro ho shall be called upou to answer to tho charges preferred against him ! It happened in this wise: A week or ten days J ngo, I was commissioned by the News and c Courier "to iro aud find Itoilnioud." if nos- ? hiblp, and to obtam from jyp a personal 11 ^^^j^uaFratiVe of his everftfH wareer. * * and no man. knew of hi* wherO^on'^^^^ ^ ccruiug-which 1 was further informed tli.it * they were changed with every sun. At the ' cpd $f the second day I was compelled to abandon the search and return to the village whence I had started, no whit wiser than v when I left it. Through the kindness aud 1 superior knowledge of the gentleman who i accompanied me, however, I had been r placed in communication with two of the i] outlaw's most trusted ljJcnds, and had left i with thorn, to be f^Wai'ded to some un- v known postoffice, a note addressed to him, I in which I requested an interview at- any itiuie and place he might designate and nil- i: -lor any restrictions he should choose to im- ' pose upon me. His verbal reply granting ! my request was received Monday morning, t jtnd for instructions and guidance I was di- i reeled simply to aeoouipauy Mr. W. G. n Fields, of Pickons C. II., whithersoever he . l.l 1 II .i! . .1 i inigui icau inc. iicporung 10 una geutic- a man without delay, an understanding was V quickly had, and our plan of proceeding s agreed upon to be carried into effect the same night. s TI1K KKNDK/.VOUS. l?y this time, and in spite of precaution, v the fact of my first visit to the mountains 1 had become known and its true object sus- 11 pcctcd. (The good people of Pickens lrtve learned to be suspicions of strangers, and their every movement is watched with fond L solicitude.) It was therefore necessary to I: move with caution, for Redmond's sake, as I well as for that of the success of my on- L dcavor, and 1 have since learned that our ( pains were not taken altogether in vain, as s qne or more interested and would-be-captors o of the fugitive were on the qui vine to icarn s fcthO'way we wcjpt and other information 4 b"tend todiis capture. The 21th s day of .June seemed longer by several hours 1 than the 21st,'but it finally came to a close, I and about dusk I walked ijuictly out of i: town alone into the adjacent woods, and by i a circuitous route reached the rendezvous t appointed for the night. After a few i hours of rest here we started for the moun- i tains, which could bo dimly seen by the 1 light of dawn far oft* to the northward, and c avoiding the town and more frequented | ways by a detour of several miles drove \ rapidly until after noon. ( A 11ARI) llOAI) TO TUAVKIj. The country through which we passed ( and the incidents of the journey furnished 1 abundant material for an iutcrcstiug letter, 1 but I am not at liberty, uuder promise, to i indicate our route, aud aui therefore regret- ; fully compelled to keop silence, to uiy roa- i ders' positive loss. The road was all thatfc " a road, even a mountain road, ought not to 1 he?but I forbear again. At the end of it we stopped at a cottage in the hills, and ( after a kind reception and excellent dinner, (leaving our buggies behind as being of no : particular practical use,) wo were joined by another guide and resumed on foot the journey that was to conduct us to the presence of the as yet uusceu chief. My tirst. companion did not now kuow whither we were hound, aud our guide knew little more, than that we were to follow a certaiu trail until halted by "the Major" (for so Redmond is called) ut such a point us lie might ihoosc to await our coming. The trail teemed to lead directly upward to some veritable laud of the sky, and at times took a Jireet ''cut" as it were in that direction by leading up a tree," as such paths arc said to do when they disappear in the trader;rowth, or at the foot of au inaccessible iliff. My couipauion, Mr. Fields and myiclf, were soon exhausted with tho unaccustomed labor of oliuibiug. and paused to rest irhilc our unblown guido pushed on ahead to find Redmond and inform him of our leur presence. Wo were already nearly wo hours behind tho nppoiuted time, and t was feared he might weary of waiting for is ana leave the niouutaius. FOUND AT LAST. After o short rest we, who were behind, bllowcd as best wo might in the direction mr.guide had gone, and had become nearly >rokcn down again as we toiled upward, vlien my faiutiug spirits wcro suddenly tartlcd into quickened life, and luy rapidly icating heart sent into my throat with a nighty bound by the sudd mi exclamation if uiy comrade iu advauce, who whispered >ack to me, without turning his head, 'Yonder he is." "He always keeps his rord." Lookiug up quickly, I saw, a hunIrcd yard^HfcJrond and above us, two men itting at the foot of-a pine, onoof whom I ecognired tttfe"Other of course vas Redmond ! lie was yet at some disanco from me, and I had several minutes or reflection before I reached him. What r?y feelings were may better be imagined ban described. I had nothing to fear, of hat T was well assured from the unvarying ;ood report I had received from his friends if the true character of the man; but the ixperience was a novel one, to say the least. was presently to be confronted by one vhoso name had been long associated in my toariug with all manner of treachery and srimc, and at whose mercy I had now ilaccd myself^ with no other guarantee of aw. FApK TO FACE WITH REDMOND. The dreaded outlaw rose uo to meet me. irith extended hand and a pleasant smile, as advanci^aud after a cheery "Goad tnornng" fron\> iiin, and a similar salutation in etuin on my part, we were introduced in luc form. Shaking my huiid .cordially, he nvited me to a seat beside him, on the rock, villi a smiling apology for the absence of letter accommodations. ' This gntlcmaii has come three hundred niles to see you, Major," said Mr. Fields. i!?i represents the best newspaper in the itate, and has come to give you an opporuuity to say something in your ovru behalf 11 answer to the charges which have been nade against jou." "I am very glad to see you," lie replied, ddrcssing me. "but 1 am afraid it was tardly worth the trouble for you to come o far to soo me." 1 do not remember what I said in reponse to this modest speech so modestly lolivered. My amazed attention was vholly taken up with the unexpected apicar'iiicc of the youth whom I. saw before ae. N Ki l l I Kit HOOKS NOU llOUNS. I am not at liberty again to describe him, iccause of a promise made to his friends, icfore seeing him, that I would not do so. can only say, therefore, that lie looked to e indeed little more than a hoy i?i years; he has seen only twenty-three winters, and cems youthful for even that age.) lie is f slender "build," and one of the hand* omest inon I ever saw. I can scarcely rerain from supporting this statement by proopting my readers with a pen portrait at east of his face and graceful, active form : nit must forbear lest I should thereby make nyself the unwilling instrument of betrayng liini into danger. I may say, however, hat at my earnest request he permitted | no to sketch his features before our paring. The portrait was pronounced a laith'ul likeness by those who were present at >ur interview, and my judgment above expressed has been eonfirtned by the few to vhoui I have shown it. )N E OF Til K IJKST KKM.OWS IN TIIK WOltl.l). His frank open manner. innocent looking \yes, and nioro than all, his houest Minn-owned face and pleasant smile, which no man could wear and yet be a villain, inspired tnc at once with perfect confidence, iml placed me so much at easo that 1 hazarded a very personal .^remark. 1 said : ^ou don't look like a tfory bad man/fcif."" :,I don't believe I am one," I13 replied. ('I have only been badly treated, and accused rif many things which I never did." ("lie is one of the very best fellows in tlic world," said the guide.) It is claimed for him that he can always discern between a friend and foe, at sight, by 1 ooking into one's eyes. Htuisolf says ho >elicves ho eau read a man's thoughts. I had not becu vory( long in his presence accordingly before I noftecd that ho was observing my face iuteiflgr. Possessing iu uu eminent degree, so ir as ho was concerned at least, a mens conscin recti, I hesitated not to look hiui smjarely in the eyes, and, turning my own Idstrous orb" full upon hiui, he was enabled to gaze down into their liquid unfathomable depths and read "friend'' at their very bottom. The search satisfied him apparently?there is noitesisting guilolcssncss like mine?lie banished suspicion and treated uic thenceforth with something more than confidence soflong as I remained with him.' _ . _ After a few minutes' rest we arose and, Redmond showing the way, cliuibod around the mountain side until we came to a particularly steep plaee down which wo stumbled and i'ell and scrambled and slid after him, and got up and scrambled and stumbled and fell again and again, until we reached the bottom of a glen where foot of man or beast hath never or rarely been, and where certainly deputies cease from troubling and even a moonshiner may be at rest. We halted on the brink of a falling foaming stream, whose waters, clear as air, revealed the rocky bottoui at any deptb, and cold almost as suow, presented us with driuk sparkling as champagne aud pure as heaven's own dew. Mixed with mountain dew, colored like a rose with the tonic juice of wild cherries, it constituted a draught which might have been likeucucd io uectar flowing down from some illicit still~"Turf in the private interest of the gods up thero oft the blue wooded Olympus above. It was a singularly wild and beautiful spot, even for a mountain glen, and any element of romance that might have been wanting was fully supplied by the presence of tho outlaw in our midst, whose somewhat picturesrjuo garu was not out oi Kccpmg witn the character of the scone. Amid such surroundings the liuuled outlaw told his BtSrj while wo sat and listened uotff the sotting of the sun bchiud the mouu^i^s ores# rfnd the approach of darkness- aamoulshed'u^ to return to the outer world wTiile as yet the devious path might be safely traced. TILE" OUTLAW'S TALK. 0"** fcbe outlay's, tyio was limits of one lettter. It was, taken dswn almost verbatim, in short-baud, in a note book on my knee as I sat by his side, and will be given as nearly as possible in his own words. Leaning his gun against a tree, but retaining his formidable side arms and keeping a bright eye on guard the while, he began his story : ' 1 WAS HORN IN riKOROIA," ho began, "but we removed to this State when I was quite young. i\Iy father was old and infirm, and my mother was bedridden. I have had to take care of them, ami of several sisters?one of whom was a cripple, and could not move without the aidvof crutches?since I was a child. 1 atu now twenty-three years of age, and will be twenty-four on the 24th of next October?if I live." This condition was culled with a smile that was sadder than a sigh, and reminded us that the speaker's life was at the mercy of any man who chooses to take it, by day or night, ou the highway or at home, or in the rocky lair to which lie lias becu driven like a bunted wolf. "The revenue jiUiw* awM>t to capture me," he continued, "for the sake of the rewards wln'cf. )i?ve been offered fur me?it is easier for them to make their money in that way than by working for it." (J'liey may ibid them_ _i a I. A i : \ Ai \l _ t'.ii. .. selves inisiiiKuii hi mis view.; .?i v mine! owned a still all his life, as did all tin; fanners about here, before the i eve.iue laws were passed, and I worked it for him. We were very poor, and ho could do very little. I worked on the farm all day, and at the still at uight to make a living lor us. I have cfteu worked all day ploughiujkfttd then run the still all night qutil hreaWmst. I would be so tired next day that I have gone to sleep in tlife corn row between the plough-handles, and would wake tip only when thy horse stopped at the end of the furrow. This kind of lilc was too hard for ino and soon broke me down, so that I got to working one night at the .-till and sleeping the next. I worked in the farm every day at the same time. They (the revenue officers) pressed me so close alter a while that 1 quit distilling and went to hauling whiskey and selling it iu North Carolina. They found out that I was doing this, and a warrant was issued for niv arrest. TIIK KflfST TllOUKI.K I bad with the revenue officers was-'all on my side, as they captured and doslioJriLfor 1110 one hundred and twenty-three, ^alrous of whiskey. I had ^paid uito dollar per bushel tor the corn that made it, besides eighteen dollars ft month to tno man who ran the still. The officers cut up and emptied tht-e? barrels of the whiskey, and kept two barrels for their own drinking. They kept those two barrels hid in the woods, and would come hack and get it by the jug full whenever their supply gave out.? Among those who got some of it were t'lun .('ism [Chisolin ?) and a fellow named | Hampden. Several people hnvj told me lliat they drauk suuie of my whiskey that was captured at that time. Old man ? told me, the other day, that when they cauio for tho last of it they arrested him(!) aud took biui off, aud all the officers stopped on (Im tide of the road aud filled their jugs with the whiskey which, they told him, was Redmond's. They carried off twenty-three gallons at this load. . FATIIEH AND MOTHER KILLED. The next uioruing, it was Sunday, the officere rushed into my house and presented their guns at uiy father aud captured hiui. lie was seventy-eight years of age, oud my mother, who was confined to her bed with palsy, was nearly us old. Futhor begged thom not to alarm her-?she was badly frightened-?and lie would _ surrender.? They asked for uic, but I was at tho spring wheu they came up aud saw tliem, aud so escaped. Father told them I was not far off, but I kept out of tho way, and they took him down to the church near by.? They captured several other ineti iu the church, and the preacher stopped in the midst of his scruion and sat down. My father and several others gave bail?tho rest they took away with thorn. My mother was badly frightcucd by it all, and died a few days afterwards. My father had to go to Asheville. The journey and exposure made him ill, and he, too, died a few weeks later. AKTElt THE FUNERAL. Both of thcui died before 1 could get back to them. I was then keeping out of the way, as the rcvcrue officers were watching for me every time 1 went to see either " of thcmvl did nefceeo my mother buried, but when my father died too, and iny sisters were left alone in the house, 1 determined to go home and attend his funeral aud sec attcr them at any risk. On the road froip^ the house lo the grave, wheu we were following his b jdy to burial, we met a rcvcuuc officer, lie looked at me very hard ; but he was alone, and seeing that I had some of my friends with me, he passed on, and arrested several of the neighbors who had dug Abe grave and were resting on the roadlidc. After the funeral I still kept out of the way, and as my sisters were aloue aud helpless, 1 had to dodge in and out and try to take care of thcui as best 1 could. This was the begiuniug of my troubles." The foregoing story was tokens quietly ted were matters of aDy. special wonderful a mountainous revenue district, and my two compauious seemed to listen to it in like spirit as to a thrice told talc. I have no comments to make and have refrained from even the feeble emphasis of italics. After an interval spent iu conversation on indifferent subjects, I led Redmond back to the matter iu hand by asking what was his next "trouble." lie replied * that it was TUB KILLING OK DUCKWORTH, and concerning this well known affair ho gave the following account: "When Deputy Marshal Lee was discharged from the revenue *?rvio? he had In his possession a warrant against me, which he turned over to l-'rank Case. This warrant Alfred Duckworth, who had been recently appointed on the revenue force, tried to get from Case, who refused to let liitn have it. Duckworth then swore he 'would take me, warrant or no warrant, or would kill mo in the attempt.' 'lie had token one highflyer,' he said, 'and, by God, lie intended to take another.' Duckworth had been almost raised with tne from childhood, and we knew each other well, lie was very bigoted, and was always bragging and doing rash things. Ho rode one day by bis own grandfathe 's house, where there was a picture of (Jen. Washington liari^in^ M^aiiiMl llio of* n. room, nntl Jio mIioI several bafts into it through flic.open door or window from where he sat on his horse. The holes may be seen in the picture and wall now. People told me what lie had threatened against me, but I only said, 'stvrely'he has better sense than to try to take me without a warrant.' I said 1 would meet 'All',' as 1 always called him, and try to laugh him out of it. lie will give me the same chance he gives other people. A few days later 1 had to haul a wagon load of corn and went over to get it. The driver wss sitting by me and on I ho road we saw a crowd coming. 1 said 'There comes the revenue officers now.' The driver asked, what will they do? I said, Nothing they have no warrant for me.' I knew that Case had if. They came up to us and stopped and we talked together about one hour and a half. mckwoiitii sulky. I asked Duckworth ahout old limes, but saw that lie looked sulky, and that there was something wrong. At last he said, 'Major, did you know that 1 had a warrant for you?' 1 said, No." lie said, 'Do you want to hear it road ?' I said, 'Yes, if you have one.' lie got off his horse and drew lYoin his pocket a bunch of warrants. 1 saw that he hud one for a man named Southerly, but none for me, aud I thought he was joking, lie read the warrant and called my name in place of Southerly's. I still thought he was only joking, anil asked him to let nio sec the warrant, lie said, 'No, by (Jod, there's no use in It.' He then asked if 1 was going to submit to it ? I replied, 'If you don't want me to handle the warrant, let some of these fellow sec it?that is all I want. 1 don't want to tear it up.' 11c says, *1 Oppose you don't intend to submit to it ?" I replied, 'I am willing to submit if you will make inc certain it is for inc. 1 can give you security.' lie said, 'There is no use in Hint ; you have got to walk before me to Drcvnrd to-night.' 1 said, '1 don't know that 1 will see Hrevard to-night. 1 hnvo other business. You ought to give me the same chance you give other men.' lie then went to his horse to get his pistols. oorxr. roi: it is i-istoi.s. 1 knew what lie was going for us soon ns lie started, llis horse was several steps from hint, and I could have killed him before he got hold j of them. I did not want to kill him, however, I this wns said earnestly nnd feelingly,) although know that he had threatened repeatedly to kill me or take me. 1 said to him that 1 had not come prepared to tight him, but he only replied, 'That didn't make any difference !' So he went up to <hc side of his horse and look two pistols from the holsters, and pointed one of them in my face. I *<nc the Jive balls in the chambers. Several men were sittiug around, and Jim Paxton now came u? ; lie im<l with them and hail heard what they were going to ilo. Ho spoke to nte and drove on. He, too, knew they had no warrant for me, and thought 1 wouldn't be tnkcu without ouc. So ho rode on, as he didn't want to see any fuss. Duckworth's pistol was aimed at nie, and I said:? 'Look here, Alfred, 1 don't want any man to draw a pistol on me.' lie said, 'Oct out of that wagon.' 1 told him again to put up hla pistol, and said : 'I have gDren you no occasion to draw weapons on me, and I want to fuss.' lie then dropped his pialol^ front my face to my breast. 1 was sitting in the wagon wniittlln? a ' * stick. 1 had no weapon,"but my driver had a pistol, a Derringer, belonging to me, and which 1 had given him to carry. 1 had killed a rabbit with it as we came ou. When I bade Duckworth a second tim to put up his w eapon, I said, Alfred, I want you to understand that 1 want no trouble with you.' "* ^ TilK FATAL SHOT. 1 tlieu dropped my hand into llio wagoner's pocket and took tho pistol and cocked it. and said again, the third time, 'Alfred, 1 want no fuss with you?1 want only a gentleman's chance.' He replied, 'Get out of that wagon His pistol was cocdcd and himcd at me. I drew mine and fired on hiui. As I did so, and when the ball struck hiui, his pistol went off and the hall struck under the wagon-wheel. I suppose his linger contracted when ho was bit, and fired off his weapon. He fell against tho fence. Laudford was behiud the wagon and had two to Ml'? pfWy lkll In such a moment, and I thought'tho best thing 1 can do is to run around and take Iuindford'a pistols from him.' Then I thought that would be n risk, as he might kill mo. I started up the road and had gone about thirty yards, when Landlord shot at me and kept shooting until he had shot four tunes, lie missed mc every time, and 1 thought 'if that is the this you can do 1 will go back and kill you wil/i a rock!' Then I thought, as he had two pistols he might kill mc, so I crossed the fence and ...nl .1.- 1.11 * " ? u|> up uis mi,. i nuucu ior my wagon to come on, but a man met it and turned it back. A VISIT TO SOUTH CAllOLINA. I came over into So ith Carolina, and tlie next day the news came to mc that tlicy thought it was all right with Duckworth?the doctor had attended him and dressed his wound, (it was in the throat,) aad said lie would get well if tlicy didn't move him. They moved him, the wound bled afresh, and he died that night. They examined hint and fouud that he had uo warrant^ - ? for mer TBYCe men, however, jumped on their horee^and went to Frank Case's to get the warrant, and he wouldn't give il up. Case soon after sent me word that if I would come and give him two dollars and a half (costs) he would give me the warrant. I thought it would do meuo good, and so 1 didn't go for it. He has it yet. The names of those who were present and saw the killing were Peter T.ince, his son, William Lincc, and Joe and Hnss Olassby. They could prove all I have said. * * * Duckworth's father told Jim Cantrcll, the other day, that his son was high-strung and had done wrong. That when he was first killed he wanted them to get me, but since I had been so persecu- ? ted he would do nnytning be could to help mc. 11c hoped, he said, that Vwould get out oC tt?? way. lie said, at. ib* wm? time, that lie supposed Redmond would kill him, too, now, if ho got a chance; but I would not hurt liiin or any other man, unless they force me to do so. Cantroll told him as much, and that I would come laughing, and if I had anything to drink he would get it. He would be just us good to you as he would to me.' * WII.I.INO TO 8IIRRKNDKR. "The feeling against me on account of Duckworth's killing has died out in North Carolina," said Redmond, in concluding this portion of his story, "and I would he perfectly willing to go there and surrender myself any day for trial if my case could be tried in the.Stutc Courts. 1 nut not willing to stand a trial in a United States f'ourt, where the revenue officers would have it all thuir own way, and could swear what tlicy pleased against me, or pay some one else to do it." The remainder of this story will be given to morrow. C. McK. [CONTINUED XKXT WEEK.] ? - Furnish the Dnuacisrs.?Few of our gardeners, perhaps, know how many articles of trade they can supply their home druggists with. Go into a properly supplied drug store, and you can find dried sage leaves, rosemary, hops, coriander, sweet fennel, thyme, calamus, and u host of roots, barks, guuis, dried flowers, etc., all indigenous to our soil and climate; but which the druggist is obliged to purchase abroad, while we allow them ti grow in or about our gardens without utility. The druggist could buy them at home, nnd be much more certain of their freshness and purity, while home resources and industry would be eneournged. There is no proper reason why this should not be done, if for no other purpose than to civo employment to a class of the population standing in need of such pat ronage.?SavunnaU Ncxcs. Scene in a horse car. Scats all occupied. Filter a person dressed as a lady. Uriglit little boy rises nnd oilers his scat. Lady drops into it with an air of slight disdain. Hoy?oh. I beg your pardon, did you speak!' Lady?"No, 1 didn't say anything." Hoy Oil inn I llwiiitrlif ?aii tioi.l , ) - . 'thank yon.' " Lady, in high dudgeon? "You u?ay liavc your soat." Hoy (resuming it)?"Well, I'll thank you." Passengers convulsed ; Lady disappears at the nest street crossing.?Boston Trama ij>f. ....... A young lady ol' Washington (J. II. Ills.> ?recently attempted suicide by taking u large dose of indigo. She had the blues.