The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-15
Low.ry-A Chance for Barnum.

Henry Berry Lowery is the greatest man
that ever lived Compared with him julius
Cesar, Tom Thumb, Napoleon Buonaparte
and Ben Butler dwindle into mere atoms.
For twelve long years he has detied world
YEA North Carolina in arms. State, Con-
federate and Federal powers, all combined,
have been brought to bear against him in
vain. JEFF Davis could do much, but he
couldn,ts conscript Lowery. Uncle Sam is
nearly omnipotent, but Lowery is too wary
for Sam. He is the wonder Of the age, the
marvel Of all time.
Part white man, part Indian and part mig
ger, and rather more OF either than OF the
other two, he iniests the swamps OF Robeson
Comfy and hurls defiance at the universe
and particularly at North Carolina. Palisa-
ded TO the abdomen with pistols, and bias
sea as to the back with revolving rifle, he
perambulates the vicinage Of classic scuftie-
town, kills man or two q day, and mocks
at the calamity Of North Carolina. Unable
to defend herself from this stupendous ruf-
fan. and ashamed to call on the United
States for assistance, North Carolina offers
s45O0O for his head, and screams for the
New York Herald. Bending his sympathetic
and yoluminous ear to this piteous CRY, Ben
nett dispatches Geo. Alfred Townsend to the
rescue. Townsend is an interviewer OF
colossal parts. The thing or man that Town
send cannot interview and capture with his
captivating pencil must be direlul indeed.
But Townsend gives it up. He describes
his man far more accurately than II he had
ever seen him, but owns frankly that ne Is
afraid to face him face to face. A regular
tar-hesl panic has befallen Townsend.
Time presses. The world is in suspense,
and North Carolina is suffering, while
Lowery RACES around Scuffletown in the
plenitudeoi murderors impudence. what's
tn he dones The Herald cannot wait till It's
African correspondent finds DR.. Livingstone
snd ietches him to North Carolina to md
and fetch Lowery. Governor. Walker has
refused to allow the bloody-minded militia Oh
Virginia to pay their own expenses and be
DESTROYED to the last man for the paltry sum
OF forty.fiye thousand dollars, and no
Lowery.
What, We repeat, is to be done? A
thought, a happy thought, catapults u.s.
Here is a chance for Barnum and the Re-
publican party. Let them boss the job.
In the City of Washington there is man, a
valiant man, the valiantest OF men, and
master of the art OF war. Let the clarion
call Of the clashing cow-horn call him to the
front. Let him put in practice his great
theory Of attrition. As the molecules OF an
average sized brickbat are to the molecules
of piece Of chalk no bigger than the end
OF your thumb, go will Ulysses Simpson
Grant, with abeut two million five hundred
thousand brass -buttoned, blue coated men,
be to Henry Berry Lowery, solitary and
alone, with his picayune army Of pistols and
his revolving rifle Set Grant and his
army down at Greensboro, at safe
distance from Hennery Berryry. There let
him side-step TO the lell, II IL lakes nlh
all summer, and hall his troops die OF green
peraimmons, until he has completely hanked
Robeson County. And now let him slowly
and cautiously advance upon Hennery Ber-
ryry and gradually wear him out, till he sur
renders one pistol and one man at Scufle.
town some time next fall, just before the
Presidential election. This will save Grants
bacon, avert war with England about the
Alabama claims; with Germany about the
Gale OF arms; with Russia about the indig-
nifty to Catacazy; with Spain about Cuba,
and with the rest Of mankind about nothing.
This will cover up Leet and Stocking and all
other corruptions in blaze OF glory. And
q very small percentage on the money
which Barnum will make by showing Hen
merry Berryry, who is much too good and
great rascal to be hanged, will pay off the
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