The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-21

ana the land or the outlaws, relates nn
incident, pftiful at kAsE to- Northern
ears, Of thA iRuorance tf ti19 robbers,
and 2 the l h9pslAsssAI fight 81 !thft MhsX III are
making within TIE, ,1imita ,of ,aM that
is available, to them, ~ Adjutant- Gen
eral, Gorhafn, who, directed. the late
ignominious campaign against the
Lowrey band where, by current REL
ports, the main victories gained
were over the mu1atto women, tie
soldiery driving the husbands forth
to- insult and debauch their wives
said that Henry Berry rLowrey, when
askbdlto withdraw! from the State,
replied: i'''3 e t''/'77 ''i n'.t l''i
'taRobeson County is the only land
[ know. I can hardly read, and do
not know where to go # I leave these
woods and awamps, where I was
raised. If I con get safel conduct
and pardon, I will go anywhere. I
will join the United States army and
fight the Indians. But these people
will not let me leave alive, and I do
not mean to enter any jail again. I
will never give up my gun"
Mayor Martins solution of the
difficulty, is for the United States to
declare martial law over the whole
Congressional District in which
Robson County stands, and make
q systematic search with, regular
troops for these outlaws He says
that when they frst,took to their ex,
cursions they were, comparatively
sober, but of late have taken to drink
ing. and about four weeks ago they
all, except their lender, got drunk at
Ed. Smiths store, Moss Neck, and
lay there all night! "Whiskey,' said
Mayor Martin, twill reduce them in
time; but they arc very careful whose
liquor theyo drink in these. days
Henry Berry Lowrey left his flask
hanging on q fence few weeks ago,
and when he returned to get it, he
made everybody at the station drink
with him." ,na
Early in the morning, Monday,
February 26, I took tho train for
Lumberton, and from the forward
car to the tail the freight was Low
rey. In the second class car, escorted
by the two sheriffs, MacMillan and
Brown, of Robeson County, was Pop
Oxendine-the previous said. to be
his literal name-brother of Hender-
son Oxendine, the only one of the
outlaws who was ever brought to
trial and hanged. He was. chained
to d regular army soldier, who had
recently, murdered negro at Scpfle-
town, and he was remarkable look
ing mulatto, with yellowish olive
skin, good features, and a handsome,
appealing, unreliable, uninterprcta-
bic pair of black eyes. So good look
ing mulatto man, with such COM
plexion, I had not seen. Like the
rest, he had Tuscarora Indian blood
in him, with the duplicity of the
mixed races where the white blood
predominates. He was ironed fast
to the seat, and looked at me with
look inquisitive, pitiful, evasive and
ingenious by turns. If 1 should de-
scribe tile man by the words nearest
my idea, I should call him q negro
Indian gypsy.
The passengers were npprchensive
and inquisitive together, wanting to
know all about Lowrey md dreading
to encounter him. The fullest and
often very intelligent explanations
were made to me, and every facility
was rendered to assist me to form ac-
curate conclusions MS to the characters
in the band
Col. S. l.. Fremont, General Super
intendcnt of the Rutherford Railway,
will permit no passenger to carry
arms for the purpose of shooting
Lowrey to rido on his train, rs he
fears that such permission will en-
danger the safety Of the railway.
Lowrey could toss train off almost
any dry, but he seems to hold super
stitious respect for the United States
mails. Il
A few weeks ago, q man by tho
namo of Marsdcn, announced that he
meant to travel up and down tho
road rs Il detective and kill Lowrey
on sight. To put him to the test,
T I,OWrey and his bnn1 onnnoro1 with