The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-11

toward daylight the bandits grew very impatient
and threatened their prisoners many tines At
eys out on Ss
IN sSs EsSaS The voice Of
San 1s the desecuve was heard saying, u sur
Henry Berry Lowery. George Applewhite ana
mand was heard TO take the prisoner on TO the
Back swamp Ia z few moments Henry Berry
ave have got the buck we wanted"
Henry Berry Lowery then turned TO Malcolm Mac
Ne ana s% SSa seqs have
you before. You have been hunting me for years.
You are young: stout ana healthy however. anu !
don't want to take your blood. / hate to interfere
done So much to have me hanged or ssot that i
viii let You 60 this time, however; DSs you make
yourself scarce In TINS country. Your foiks may
know when your time has come. Get out OF this
country mighty quick. Your father may stay here
TELL HIM TO WALK CHALK LINED
Young MacNeill then retired, covered with the
rine Q! mis- unsppeasable foe and he los; no time In
ders, whose voice ne recognized. was never seen
again by mortal eyes except by the outlaws.
on the testimony OF the people detained AT his camp
by the Lowerys, three persons were arrested as
guardians OF the road and entrappers Of the unf0r
tunate Sanders. These were Dick Oxendine, who
now Keeps Darroom at LumbertOn, John samp
the end OF the unfortunate Sanders was related
by Henderson Oxendine one OF the outlaws prior TO
MS execution, anu ID fully confirmed by Heury Berry
LOwery himself, who sald:-"The efficiency and
nsorae o. my command compelled me to XIII San,
would have mad no right 10 XIII John Taylor or any
VI the rest"
small island in Back swamp, near the residence Of
the late Zach I. Chandler, and proceeded forth
oes over ms Sas 81 S% with s Gy
STOCKS and cluos, and finally by administering doses
OPENING HIS VEINS WITH pHNKNlPE.
r rS5 three GAYS or until Thursday these nor
he reminded every hour That escape or mercy were
hopeless Human or savage nature, happily, seldom
presents picture 80 atroci0us as one decoyed and
disappointed man guarded In the Wild swamps OF
Carolina but almost within sound OF Christian fire.
sides, looking into inevitable ana violent death
after days Of pain. the victims Iortitude and
philosophy earned the respect of his murderers, and
before % MS sentence into 'hey
injured wife and family, which they posted by man
with sort Of grim and military observance OF
justice. The object oi Keeping Sanders alive tor the
whether due to divided counseIs love Of persecut-
information IRON HIN. he had reason to lament
tnat he ever lett his residence and associations in
enlightened New England, to die thus miseraDly IN
the swamps OF the Pedee region, among the
human moccasins tnat infested It.
his time had come, and they olndlolded mis- eyes
and tied him to tree He made a lew words OF
the darkest Indian oil the group
EAPrIED BOTH BARRELS OF HIS SHOT GUN
into the helpless wretch.
i've soldiers and citizens, led by Mayor Thomas and
Lieutenants Horne and Simpson, followed the drec-
found the camp where sanders had been confined.
1t was IN the densest part OF the swamps, ana
tered around were the spade used for digging the
grave and some cooking utensils
They proceeded to search for the remains, and
found them decenlly wrapped In q blanket, and de-
N a al
manner, and the daugerreOtype Of
THE MURDERED MANS WIFE
reverently placed upon his breast. These cool
particuarIties and deliberations make the ira
gedy even more helnous by The awe which they In
regn,y and martha right. The occurrence SV win
brighten the rising generation OF Carolina Tor the
THE ANARCHY CAUSED BY THE LowERYs.
One looks IN vain for any other cause Of tnis fate
full and scandalous state OF anatrs IN an Old ana
sedate part OF North Carolina than the anomalous
tact of large free negro settlement III period OF
slavery, and the shiftless, predatory and msolent
dominion OF few families In 1t of corrupted ana
savage blood, which could pc tanned with difficulty
ana never quite suDJugaed. Freedom Tell with al
most tropical heat and spontanety upon this settle
who proudly essayed 10 compete In military quail
ties with the late sIavenolders and Confederate sol
dlery. Party politics has only avaed to intensity,
prolong and dignily this strife, while meantime
eaoa ona eor a ana aa inc s @ are &
Lowerys to give them tribe OF an apology, but the
condoa Of things Is now sG NC 1T, tnat al classes OF
throw or these scoundrels, who are worse than Ku
KluX-they are Apaches. They are turning the
heads OF the colored people and prompting negro
THE VERY CHILDREN OF sUFFLET0wN
are growing up barbaiians With the lust Tor plun-
der ana raplne
There is little to choose between the politicians of
the rival parties The undOuoted existence Of ku
KiuXism-nOw persisted utterly anu without
mOurners or apologlsts-has made the republicans
take the part OF the Lowery gang as necessary re-
action and return OF resistance. But the LOwery
feud began In 1863 before the Confederacy was
suppressed, and proceeded entirely from causes in
separaple from the war; The leader OF the gang,
and, indeed. all associated with It, have shown
ferOcity, Fermentation and insOlence frghtful
to understand ana destructive OF all example and
order Inc State and county authorities have done
their best aud accomplished nothing. The despera.
ton and confidence OF the outlaws Is greater than
ever They lear nothing and terrlfy all.
Can Congress or the President permit the cOlOred
people OF the South TO be longer debauched by this
spectacle OF few mel OF color deiying Slater