The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-30

UNITED STATES SOLDIERS ANb REVENUE
OFFICERS. Revenue officials have re-
Gently been committing most atrocious
outrages in Western North Carolina. It
must send fash IF indignation through.
ont the length and breadth Of the land,
when the perpetration Of acts Of lawless.
ness like those we are going to relate are
made kno WI to the people. We gather
our information from the Piedmont
Press. One Daaver. lawless revenue
official, with squad OF United States
soldiers, has beeu prowling over Nc
DoWell County, committing the most
hellish deeds OF violence AMI blood Oa
the 10Th instant they arrived in Marion,
bringing with them from the upper end
OF the County some parties whom th, y
| had arrested 10. some alleged violation
OF the rcyehua laws. The prisoners
wore arraigled before the United States
Commissioner, and discharged for rant
IF eri,fenca The uuxt day. it seems the
| marauders left Marion, and when few
| miles from town, hunting still houses,
40, they found d jug IF whiskey, which
they ruthicaely se,zea aud druuk dry.
! Pursuing their journey, they souu mrt
q yOang mau al ,iit sixteen ycurs Of age.
nhmed Gardner, out hunting. DeuYrr
seized the boys Snu, sho. i, oil, aud
after breaking .Es lock with rock
handed the ..nu back to hin Sol salts
fed With thus, the Federal ..ficial anl
the boys in b!uc ~ .,le Gardner sit down
while they amu~+l themselves firing at
him with their riff. anu pistols! When
the devils were tired of ti.ia sport, they
ordered him t. get up, and rs he lid 80,
n If -
band. Dcayrr then mad him carried
laid IN :. room, Li:.stel All the iLr,utr,
o! til ;,pu+r all so;mc hris..bors who
happened to De present. an: told then.
all nie.:, 'ToGl"n "i:t. ca.i,;ics.. If our OF
t:.rin ieft the premises or "c,i: oatsi.!r
oi ti.c YARD (vrjr"s ir",, III, last our
wua.;t H. i:lilc,! A,:.i Tie mousse baru",i
down. Alter tina: tiiu., sE.y could SEN!
Tor 4 physician: az :.dT1. Tie posse then
jainpcd on taeir horses a:.i left
Shch nu act ii d,!:,-r::sr coxar,!lv,
brutal AID las!c.., a:rucity merits TIC
S"1.tcst ard most cpud:H;! punishment.
Federal officials, who abuse their trusts,
! shon!d be severely deal: with. Revenue
cilicia.s are nothing but l!:r.l servants
nf the Government, or people, aui
shon!d he taught to know their places.
Deavcr and the commanding officer Of
the squad .! soldiers, Lieutenant James
L.. III .st, were arrestri Oh the Goth and
brought before Judge Cloud, at MorGau-
ton. He required them 10 give boul
| Tor their appearance nt cDnrt. 10 hc tried
for assault and battery with intent tu
| k!ll.-CIurDn4 O;,4rr.r
An extraordinary d;spl,v O! violence
WAS recently witnessed on IL passenger
train Just outside of St. Louis and
bound for Kansas City. The train had
stopped temporarily for the purpose OF
having some distractions removed from
The track. When .Ic train started the
conductor cutcra,i the rear car to col
lcct the fares uf :: party who had go.
aboard They refused! 20 !,ay, giving ls
reason that they were n vigilance com
mlttcr "a search Of horse thieves, nr,
declaring their purpose u search the
passengers. Tht conductor told them
that unless they could show their au
thority they could aot search anybody
upon that train, wnereupon the ruiliar>
drew their weapons and said they. were
prepared. Each nun WAS armed with
two ravr revolvcrs, and the conducto,
tnrned to thu passengers and said that
II cnoaga Of the passengers were armed
and would stand 10y linn he would pre-
ven. tho design Of the run;4ns. Imma-
diately the passengers, to the number
OF fifteen, drew rcvO!vers aud ranged
themselves With the conductor. The
women and the children hurried from
the ear, and the tio!.l was left clear for
! what promised TO be u 1eSpcrate en-