The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-22
Andrew Strong and Steve Low.
cry Give Him q Lecture.
ScuFFLET0AIANs SEEKING REVENGE.
The DOnOhue, Or Mcqueen, To Be Muir
dered by Boss StrOng'S Brother.
VALUE OF THE CAPTlvE's LIFE.
Uncertain Movements of The Gang
and Local Speculation.

WILMINGTON, N. c., March 81, 1872.
Since my despatch of last evening startling
intelligence has reached me of the peril by which
your correspondent is now menaced. While the
HERALD readers continue to follow the excit-
Ing narrative of this hazardous undertakings
journalistic feat unparalleled, so far as am
aware, on this continent-which has pene-
trated the swamp home of the most desperate
gang Of murderers that ever disgraced cvili-
cation, while the State government of
North Carolina looks on irresolute and
tmidly waiting for some favorable op-
portunity to strike blow for the
ennihilation of the outlaws, and the federal
authorities unable to decide whether or not to
declare martial law pro tenn. and thus perform
> duty now absolutely devolving on the in
habitants of the region, the gentleman en-
trusted with the mission to see the Lowerys
remains captive.
robson COUNTY wIsEACREs AND THE HERALD.
As previously set forth in this correspond
ence, the suspicious and terror-stricken citi-
sens Of Robson county, unable to rid them
selves of the presence Of the gang smarting
under the tyranny and cruel taxation of these
)"Sons Of Thunder" impotent to declare war
against the destroyers of their peace, the
savishers Of their daughters and plunderers Of
their homesteads, have turned fiercely against
the correspondent whose only desire is to give
to the world through the great representative
Journal Of the country the disgraceful story of
crime and outlawry prevailing in their midst.
If anything can tend to arouse the govern
ment to a due sense Of the burning shame to
be created by any longer tolerating the
domination Of these outlaws it is the enter
prise of the HERALD, which has already 80
wildly and truthfully portrayed the scenes of
murder and robbery in Robson county. Sur
rounded by so many evils, and scourged as the
people In Lumberton, Scufletown and other
places have been for years past it is incon-
ceivable how these infested districts can pre-
tend to side with the Lowerys and resent the
purpose of your journal, which aims to arouse
the pride of the people to an effort In behalf
Of humanity and civilization.
BANDS OF MEN ORGANIZING.
But the labor of the HERALD has already
been productive Of great good, and the call
made has been responded to by organiza-
lions In different sections of the State by
men who are determined to no longer sub.
init to the criticisms so profusely showered
upon them. 1 also learn that the general
government is gravely considering the quo
mode Of Kidding Carolina of these pests of
sooiety, although no decided action has so
far been taken, or, If taken, not made public
or carried into effect.
THE CORRESPONDENT DECLARED AN OUTLAW.
It seems now that darker feature 10 to be
huueu W tue LoWery nurTatVe anu INC uu-
successful attempts hitherto made to subdue
them, and it will, doubt not, appear incredi-
bic to the people of your northern cline, that
the correspondent whose life has been cour-
ageously risked in the discharge Of his
part Of the mission Is now in greater dan
ger from the colored people of Robson
county than from the outlaws whose
crimes OF bloodshed, rapinc and wrong he
seeks to expose to the country. From the
ioiowing extract from to-day's Ro5esonian,
newspaper published at Lumberton, the
county seat of Robson county, your readers
Will be made acquainted with the truth that
the HERALD correspondent has been declared
On outlaw by the authorities of Robson
county. II will be seen from this extract that