The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-26

ou ouc VI tnell perlOulcal raids to Red.
mond's house, and seeing a man como out
of it with baby in his arms, they cried,
halt, and this command being disregarded,
they as usual fired seven shots after him.
without effect, however, and he escaped
After leaving the house, and when somo
distance from it, tho party was i'm turn fired
into from the roadside, aud Fisher, their
guide, was wounded in the wrist by single
buck-shot No one else was touched. The
nan who fred She e,shotsswns not more than
nifty yards from the roadside" and was
himself fired at several times by the party.
Redmond declares thac he was not this man,
and his statement is sustained by the fact
that but one buckshot of the load reached
It's aim Redmond doesn't shoot that wav.
A man who could snuff candle with n
pistol ball, as Redmond can, or who could
kill rabbit running, or u bird flying, with
pistol ball as Redmond can, or who could
ride full gallop and hit a small sapinc at
fifteen PAGES with pistol ball as Redmond
eau, or lastly, who could turn rapidly on
his heel and put six balls one after another
into small tree at thirty PAGES, as Redmond
can, say don't think such man would
miss q revenue squad or even their guide
at fifty yards, with load of buckshot. fred
from "a gun resting on n log" 1t doesn't
look reasonable, and it is really going lit
tie too far to assert it. True, tho officers
swore it was Redmond, but it must be borne
in mind that they. swear that -aSssybod aud i.
every COW and sheep and stump in tho
mountains is Redmond, and as it is likely
they are mistaken sometimes, they may be
again in this case.
A third and last remark concerns tho
outlaws moral character, which has been
held up to reproach on every possible oc
casion because Of the relation he has horne
to one OF Ladd's sisters. 1t is not sub
Jcct that need or care to say much about
for obvious reasons but | may be allowed
TO say this much: First, that some NJ
least Of the revenue officers are not a. lin.
erty, from biblical point of view, to heayo
stones at him to any great extent and sec.
ond, that the injury he has dc. he promo.
ses to repair as far as possible, at the first
opportunity, by marrying the woman he
has Wronged. She was pres mt for few
view, hav.n a6hs D meet 6is, for sfe sp,... -.
press purpose Of having the ceremony per.
formed by my companion, Mr. Fields, who
had also attended for this purpose. 1t was
arranged in my presence that the ceremony
should take place next morning about sun.
rise, with myself as witness, and il was
only postponed from the appointed hour
untll-on account Of the absence of n soc.
ond witness, whose presence for good rea
sons was desired by both the parties most
interested, could say more if were pot
assured that what ! might say would prob.
ably lead to the presence of certain nui--.-
yited guests at the .wsaA;.s, whose peculiar
object IN pelng there at such time do.
mon care to farther.
The readerssof the NeUs and Courier
shall be informed of the fact when the cere.
mony takes place. 1t will be veritabIe
wedding in high Efe"-on the top of n.
mountain. My parting with Redmond was,
sad one, to him and to me. The feeling,
eloquence of his last wcrds-the appeal to-,
Governor Hampton can not give in any
words l am only sorry that the Governor.
and every citizen Of the State over which
he rules, could not have heard him and
seen him with ne; and left him feeling
that had a high tSust committed to nv
keeping in the vindcation OF an oppressed
and prosecuted man. | need not ignore
offences hc has committed he has told that
story himself without reservation or evasion
and L have followed his example in repeat.
ing it as he gave it. The wrong he has
done, however, was not done maIiciouslv.
but from the natural impulse every brave
man feels to resent undescryed and repeated
injury.
To those who say he should have borne
them In patience and appealed to the law
for protection, have only to reply: Do
30" know what laW was in South Carolipa
at the time of which speak, and do YOU
approve Ellenton and Hamburg. and then
condemn him? The rude, unlettercd men
of the mountains are not qualified to moral
ize prettily about the abstract duty of
good citizens, to take every case of insult
and injury into the nearest court. They
only know when they suffer wrong and
how to resent one, and not having been,
particularly edited by the results of their
experimental applications to courts for re-
lief, they naturally concluded to take care
of themselves. When they violated what
seemed to them an oppressive and partial
law, they found that the hand of the Gen~
eral Governments fell heavy upon them;