The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-26
COMMENTs BY THE cHIvALRY.

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How tho Southern Press Regard tho LOwery
Outlaws and Herald Entcrprise-Everybody
in General and Nobody in Particular to
Blame.
II anything were wanting to show the hopeless
state OF ignorance Of their country which pre-.
walls in certain portions OF the South it will be
found mirrored IN the following Elegant extracts'
from some OF their Journals 1t would be impossible to
classify their stupidites and blind b0OdthirsJiness
which always manages TO strike the wrong man and
blame simple enect to the wrong cause, probably
the lost one. We commence with q well informed ~
journal in the Palmetto STATE which in turn quotes
from another equally WELL posted In the same state.
The casual observer VIII be charmed to observe that
1t Is President Grant who Is to blame all through.
The first paper has for ITS motto TO thine own self
be true and 1t must follow the night the day thou
canst not then be false to any man." Let us see
how this glorious selfshness justtfes ITSELF
GRANT, NOT robson C0wARDICE, TO BLAME
From the Keowee Courier. walhalla, s. o.,
LowErY. THE OUTLAW .0 NOT IT brAp.-Hepry Berry
towery the notorious North Carolina outlay, Is not
dead, as reported q few days SINCE It Is indeed o
marauders have been allowed to carry on their de-
Predations in as populous a section OF country as
know, Is the Infamous and audaclOus negro
For three years past the murders, robberles plum
derlng and dark crimes OF all Kinds Of Lowery and
to the country ar large. Compared to the bloody
ferocty ana insane brutality OF Lowery and hts
have been deeds OF gentleness and mercy. Lowery
Is Ioyap man and plays Into the hands OF the
the respectable white people or North carolina.
has ,s,s been for week
tn
the report turns out to be untrue and Lowery
still lives to murder and plumber. And while he
citizens OF Sampson, the adjoining county, are being
arrested right and left branded as Ku KIux for re-
rsy Of the Grant government In It's treatment 81 the
South Is more apparent IN Sampson county, North
Carolina, than even IN Union county, south Caro-;
soldiers torment and disorganlze this good and
peaceabe county, arrest Its prominent citizens with
state OF profound CONSERVATION, while Henry Berry
Lowery and his bioodthrsty gang 60 ar large IN
Robeson county, numbering aud robblng with i'm
punity. And the best government the world ever
saw looks on complacently and thinks 1t is all
thus thus Killed aud outraged. As regards Lowery him,
SELF we deeply regret to learn that he still lives
Georgia shares our wonder that the old North
State cannot crush three desperadoes. 1t is
Indebted to the Wilmington Journal for its news ~
on the point; but Ats brutal recommendation i'm
prison the HERALD correspondents oil Its own.
SAVE US FROM INTELLIGENCE.
From the Savannah !Ga.} DAILY Republican,
THE NORTH CAROLINA SWAMP ANGELs.-The
Wilmington Journal OF wednesday has the fol-
l0wing:-
Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong q Moss Neck
yesterday the train on the Wmington Charlotte and
Henderson the there nor
How be Of Of qsf the %ory for
whom large rewards have been offered, can appear
In public AMI stroll around railroad stations at
u
puzzles our comprehension. 1t would be well to
put the Lowerys and Henderson IN the same jail.
They are not all as brutal as our Georgian friend.
The paper below named combats the idea OF Nc
Diarmd, the sanity editor Of the R06esonian. for
which oasis in the red desert we are thankful. 1t
Is very odd, however, that the Wilmington daily
should never think Of finding out for Itself what Is
doing only sixty miles away:
THE HERALD CORRESPONDENT SHOULD BE LET
ALONE.
From the wilmington ssqon q y cl Daily Journal
THE OUTLAws.-There Is nothing Of any partlcu-
lar importance from the seat OF war In Robson
tons repeated assertions OF the death OF Henry Berry
Lowery. 1t Is SAID that he was killed by his BROTHER
outlaw leader may be seen spattered on the wan OF
crib on Tom Lowery's premises
The RooesOnian also states that Mr.. Henderson,
the NEW YORK HERALD reporter now with the
gang, has been outlawed Dy Board OF Magistrates,
and tnat posse Is now IN pursuit OF him but we
glad to notice IN another article and for which
the press was stopped that the report OF the out
lawry is untrue. We would regret exceedingly to
good could possibly result therefrom. Mr.. Hender-
son Is, undoubtedly, recognized newspaper CORE.
paper and whether his report should be true not
true as regards the people OF Robson county it
might be hard to establish completely on his part
with the gang OF outlaws
OUR CORRESPONDENT SEEN AT MOSS NECK.
From the same journal, March 23.1
Mr.. A. d. Henderson, the HERALD correspondent.
passed that point. He was apparently alone,
although he stated that the outlaws were near at
hand, and had forbade him to leave them yet. He
spoke as though he was now really In fear OF them,
they having searched him and taken his pistol from
him immediately on his return to them from Lum-
berton They appear to entertain suspicious In re-
gard to his business among them, and seemed to
fear particularly that he might attempt to stupefy
them with chloroform should ne entertain any idea
OF efectlng their capture He stated that he had
70 go Win mem 9 s n more VET 70 s
they are to release him and he will return again TO
civilized life
That they have given up all serious idea OF captur
ing the outlaws will he seen from the following
The star evidently thinks 1t more profitable 10
detail the movements of our correspondents See
how we generously help them to news
A FEATHER IN HIS CAP
From the Wilmington Star, March %.
No news Of Importance from the ''seat OF war;"
x xndrew sns Strong and Stephen Iowery were s
there, but Henderson had gone OF somewhere In
company with Tom Lowery. Nothing as yet ae to
the whereabouts OF Henry Berry. We learn that the
HERALD correspondent Henderson. had The dis
unguished honor OF riding home from church with
Henry Berry's wife on Sunday last, which will be
quite "featner in his capt. when he returns to his
home, and will be very respectable item In his
forthcoming history OF events among the "Swamp
Angels.n
The subjoined clipping will give fair idea Of how
the news which the HERALD correspondents 60 on
the ground to gather is picked up In fragments
down tnere:-
REPORTS, RUMORs, HINTS, INNUENDoEs.
From the same paper.l
Nothing further connrmatory or otherwise, IN re-
gard to the reported killing OF Boss Strong has as
among great many on the line OF the road that ne
was certainly killed. There is rumor TO the elect
that Henry Berry Lowery has lett the county, he
having previously disguised himself with false wnis
kers &c go that mis- most intimate friends and as