The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-25
THD SWAMP AIGlLS.
What the Editors Of the ChiValry Think
Of Newspaper Enterprise.
CLIPPINGS FROM LUMBERTON
What They Don't Know of
Their Own County.
How They Protect the Outlaws by entlawlng
~ Newspaper Correspondents.
TERROR AND SAFE BRAVADO.
Piety anH Preaching I'm
E2ObesOn.
Society Of Both Colcrs and the
How They Protect the Outlaws by enilawlng
~ Newspaper Correspondents
TERROR AND SAFE BRAvADo
Piety RnN Prea ching I'm
RObeSOn.
Society Of Both Colcrs and the
.Lowery Gang.

WILMINGTON, N. G., March o., 1872.
have been an observer upon the various pheno-
mena Of Norm Carolina life for some time, and
take lively interest 10 the prospects OF the SOUTH
ern people. Permit me to say and 10 prove some
things relative to the extraordinary interest you
have awakened In the deeds OF the Lowery gang Of
outlaws
The CONSERVATION created by that small body OF
nterate and condemned men OF color has rot been
exaggerated. They are Affecting our LAND Interests,
our labor and tho very security OF society. The
people Of color, at arst terrified by their deeds,
have grown to look upon them as the representa-
tive military leaders OF the blacks against the Ku
Klux. This position they do not want. for Henry
Berry LOwery is o natural skeptc and disbeever
In human nature and II he had been
allowed his way would have been an
orlcer in the Confederate army and distinguished
tnara. lie and several OF his family hate what are
called the "Yankees," ana look upon the South as
their native heath The war they are making is
perfectly Southern war, sucn az Yeager and others
waged. They have enough false heroism to kill,
NOT enough real herOisM to die. They are muir.
derers; they love the life Of the merry greenwood,
time ana tide have accustomed them 10 the condl.
ton Of Outlawry And they now
DESIRE TO IDOLIZE THEIR CAREER
by Identifying It with some moral purpose polti-
cal party. need not say 10 you that the Lowerys
are doing more injury to republieanlsm tnan Bour-
bonIsm, They are heavy load upon the national
party In this State.
SOCIETY IN ROBSON COUNTY.
Robson county the land OF the outlaws, is not
benlghed county. 1t contains many able lawyers
and solid farmers and traders, and has the
''stockn to adorn civilization at some future
day. But It's people, OF clear Scotch descent,
do not possess the capacity TO forgive
,ythtn
had not the philosophy TO think that negro's
crimes could be condoned SO they followed The
Lowerys up and developed by persecution The origi
mol villain In them TO the full. Like Frankenstein,
they fear and hate the demon they have created,
but only hate the human person VINO will show
their agency III creating him. Hence, the impartial
story Of your first correspondent, Classifying as
equally reprehensible the crimes Of the Lowerys
and the crimes against their kin, was the first turn
Ing OF the mirror upon the whites Before long they
will get used to this and apprehenG that IN the
estimation OF the world white man killing an in
offensive black, debauching that black mans family
terrifying the aged and depriving OF their wages
tho meek and INDUSTRIOUS are crimes as black as
Bteve LoweryTs or Boss Strongs, and as mean as
Andrew Strong's or Tom Lowery's.
THE HERALD IN WILMINGTON.
In wilmington city the HERALD has been the mir
lcle paper. Nobody could read enough. Our little
never July related the bloody anomaly in our midst
and curious as we have been to read 1t, we have
been amazed at the every-sided perception Of the
writer and the illuminating unsparlng light he has
shed upon this long succession Of bloody crimes
Nobody can dispute the facts OF the deaths OF all
the persons he names but our Old slavehOlding ele
ment had not estimated that the life OF make"
SandersOn could ever be put in the scale against
that Of John Taylor; That Murdoch McLain's could
be matched by Allan Lowery's, or Brent Harris
murder be equally helnous with three mulato chill
dren committed personally by him. EYE for eye
lie for u life p Truly it seems sol
1t IS our hope that the HERALD letters will awaken
the good elements Of our people to the knowledge
that the world is looking in upon us, and that bar
barlsm and darkness will be discovered and eX.
plored whether We will or no.
To make this letter reasonable TO you, ! send
you Interior sketches OF North Carolina,
WITH FREE EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
That no correspondent need be implicated this
time put the extracts from the rural journal in
question in their original type, clipped with the
scissors for your information.
At Lumberton Robson county, N. C., in the land
Of the LOwery's IS published
A WEEKLY POLITICAL ORGAN,
the only one in the region, called the RObeSonfd'a
1t is edited by Baptist preacher named W. s. NC
Diarmld, raw-boned, semi-surly, mercenary type
or the christian editor OF the South, who like too
many pseudo Christian editors OF the North, is
laborng for the loaves and fishes instead Of seek
Ing to pacify the bad passions OF society ana bring
men OF every CLINE into accord quote from the
last number OF this paper March 2D to show the
want Of political and social sagaciiy among the
whites in the land OF the Lowerys and their own
estimate OF things down there. 1t may be said by
way OF preface that the outside pages Of this paper
are printed in New YORK and shipped to the RODE.
soBfdn-tne county Of the outlaws being satisfied
with seven columns OF reading matter per wees.
HERE is THE FIRST NOTICE.
soldier named Tom Brady, q wretched fellow OF
the regular army, killed in cold blood recently q
negro of respectable family named stephen Lock-
lear who resided in Scufetown. Here is what
Robson county's enlightened citlzenry did about
IT.
On Friday morning Thomas Brady, the United
States soldier chaiged with the murder OF stephen
General Gorman against me outlaws last TALL was
put upon his trial. The State was represented oy
the Solicitor, and the prisoner was ably defended
by Colonel n. A. Mclean, Colonel W. Mel. Mckay
and Thomas h. Sutton. Tue case went TO the Jury at
me p NJ VINO retired and @e g an ansehcS o, nine Inc
release OF the prisoner ne was Immediately sur.
IGnnded by the citizens, without p0lvfai Of ohe.
concentrations and testified tneir sympathy by the
donation OF full suit OF NICE new clothes and about
iory ooiafs III good loyal greenpacS currency.
The above being the price OF killing an offensive
c0iorod man In scuilletown who viii wonder that
the Lowerys retort IN kindly
HERE is a PICTURE OF RELIGIOUS MORALS
In McDiarmid's town.
DIsGUsTlNG.-There y certain class OF Young
men ID our town who make II point to visit our
m.iuerenV chlrcnes Oh Sabbath evenings, and, IN.
s.eau % entering the house. remain the vestbule
snoklng cigars ana conversng In such loud tones
US 70 annoy beyond expression the minister OF tod
, hlu those who desire TO be taught the beautiful
LESSONS contained N uls molly Word. Ills sight
" ~ zee those whose paep nave been careful In
,,nss.rueung Them III what Is due - God and then
''"o" in4" going 10 contrary dlrect,,n'
IL 'neso young men, as well as tie moi0lls5
keDarmld, wVuld lake 70 hunting the ttQworyy