The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-03
Mcdowell County, North Carolina.

Mcdowell County, North Carolina.
Revenue officials have recently
hccn committing most atrocious out,
RACES in Western North Caroline.
i: must send Il flash Of Indignation
throughout tho length end Lrcndth Of
the land, when tho pcrpc'ra,ion Of
acts OF lawl"&"ness like those we &C
going to rclatc arc made known to the
people We gather our Information,
trjm the Hicimont Press. Onc Dta-
yer, Il lawlcss revenue c.Iic;aI, with
squad Of United S;atcs soldiers, has
been ptcwlius over Mcdowell Coun-
ty, committing the most hcilish Gccd,
of violence aud blood On the 18Th
instant they arrived in Marion, bring
ing with them from the uppcr end of
the County some parties whom they
Il arrested for scme alleged viola
tion of the revenue laws. The rris-
oners were arraiSucl before the Uni
ted States Commissioner, and dis.
charged for 7oant Of cridcnce. The
next day, it seems the marauders lcf;
Marion, and when I; few miles from
town, hunting still houses, &c, they
found n jug Of whiskcv, which they
ruthlessly seized AID drank dry.
Pursuing their journey, they sorn
met young man about sixteen years
, Sof'agc, named Gardner, out huntiny.
':Dcnvcr seized the boys gun, shot it
off, and after breaking tho lock
with rock, handed tho gun back 20
hin. Not satisfied with this.
the Federal official ana the boys
N blue made Graudncr sit lcwu
while they amused themselves
firing OF him with thoir rifles and
pistols! When the devils we're tired
OF This sport, they ordered him to get
up, and as he dill so, ono of them
shot him jnst below tic waiS;lanh.
Dcavcr then ha,l him carried three or
four hundred yards to house, laid
him IN the room. arrested all tho in
mates OF tho house aud some noi.h-
bors who happened to represent saying
II orc Of them left tie prcmi:cS Or
went outside ofthc yard for frur hou:,,
the last ono would 'c killed and Tie
house burned down. After that time
they could send for physician or
leave. The posse then jumped Oh
their horses and left.
Such an act Of deliberate, cawnr,ll,
brutal and lawlcs' atrocity merits IT, Ee
.twlitcst and most conhign punishment.
Federal officials, who abuse their
trusts, should be severely dealt with.
Revenue officials are nothing hu!
hired servants Of the Government, or
people and should be taught to know
th"ir places.
peavcr and the commanding officer
of tho squrd Of soldiers, Lieutenant
James l.. Mast, were arrested on The
2oth and brought before Judge
Cloud, at Morganton. lie rcuuirc,l
them to Civ" bond for thcir appear
anrc at court, to be tried for assault
and battery with intent to kill. -
CH0r(ottc Observer.
go, . -s-.
The Marlboro ll.ncs says: "A
colorcd man died %oma mites below
tins place few days ago whose last
illness was attended hy some singular
circumstances. He had been in bad
health Tor three or fonr months, and
was supposed by some to have been
coniurcl or bcwitchcl. In o,ler to
.. decide this matter, a conjurcr, so.
cafted, living near the line Of M.rl-
boro and Marion, WAS called to sec
INN. This man, aftey. making an OK
AMMUNITION, said it was trmo That Tie
SICK man had been coniurcd tfrn:,
his body WAS full of snakes, lizards,
co"trrs, rabbits, a., but that he could