The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-25


have appeared 10 the NEW YORK HERALD purport-
lug to be written from different ponis in this
county and from Wilmington, and pretending 10
give fuil and account Of the trouoles In
this county, their origin causes &c. These letters
BY by the HTRAGD fer the osenslsIe purpose Of col
leciing information ia regard to these meters and
e and Every ne WIN
malicious bitterness against the whites, against
whom these letters abound in the vilest ana most
unfounded ISLANDERS, wnie by the most unscrupu-
ous perversions of truth the bloody atrocities Of
the outlaws are palliated or excused.
Here ~ paragraph In the same paper OF this
cletical edltor:-
No preaching IN town on Sunday last.
AZ LumbertOn contains !. 800 people, it Is good
commentary on Its religion that 1t had no preach.
ing, with one clerical editor, McDiarmid, and
ONE "FIGHrING PARs0N,n
Rev. BTlgader General Sinclair Here are two local
Items showing the social condition at Lumber.
ion;-
Something very mysterious has occurred In ony
being cosnizant q ali the facts Of the case. we for
bear mentioning any. There's plenty oil fun brew
As tns demand FOR DrickMnot Porneroy. hui clay
ls daily increasing, we would respectfully suggest
TO some OF our liberal capitalists the idea OF estab-
lslng one or more bflckyards In or near the city.
Peoplo that read "Brck, gently limited at afore-
snld, i've IN the glass houses OF civilization and
shy OF naIa, stony TRUTHS See what they know IN
Robson OF facts - tr
TIE CLERGY NAN,s lHFORMATIoN.
We learn tIaI the se.styied reporter for me Nav
istrates, ana q posse Is now IN pursuit Of HIM.
THAT'S the way TO 40 It. Let every sstQlllng Yankee
work OF plumber aud blood be held to strict ac-
counraoillty before me law as accessorieS 70 their
map III Lum0erton anu did not travel beyond 1t. N
HIS CORRECTION.
In another part OF the same paper we md = M
We stop the press to say That the report noticed
n I'm a 1
BY the consisoles posse Seems 70 have been I'M
h y mss
n. s.-Tnas the drst HERAID correspondent did
must be aware from the long ana Interesting con.
versatols he repOrts - having occurred between
&c sIent in Colonel W,saarts house q. Snoe Hcs
aud paid for IT. Who can doubt itf p
Here IL how this Lumberton editor, himself
shrinking derdes the best editor beyond the seat OF
daDger:- Na f3 gg
The wilmington star has discovered that the
Lowery band ID not 80 strong as II was. We hope
the editor of that paper Will nave more pleasant
dreams hereafter =
McDiarmid took the above from the HERALD cor
respondence. He believes that.
HERE Is 'souTaERN HOSPITALITY"
We have suffered enough already from these 80.
called reporters, detectives, Ell ID o1e lott scanps,
but these same detectives and reporters have given
the outlaws the idea that 80 long as their depreda-
RS aIs New % be proecea orr A. least Tolerated.
by the governments who bat these same reporters
ana detectives nave united the almost nnsni%ons
the outlaws I'D the avengers VI tne wrongs OF the
negro racei
Now see how gladly these people in the same
paper hail The news OF aid from the North
MORE DETECTIVES COMING
telegram from Now York states that one Abbott,
alias JACK Allen, s org anlzlng company OF des.
y the outlaws Tor the rewards
observe how this Gospel heralder refers to the
attempts IN the best country to stop the killing Of
inoHepsive blacks by white cowards:-
SORRY FOR Ku KLux.
From the Sumter g. O. Ns,cs we lear learn that the
county arrestlng pr0mlnent citizens and hurrying
them away 10 the mllitari prisons: perfect reign
ment the world ever saw" and under the aomlnis-
tIa,lon q 9 President who vas elected under tio
Take for the rest a few local paragraphs, to
show how little the Robson county white Ku Kux
know about the proceedings Of the outlaws they
! pursue by killing thes inonensivc kin:--
| HERE Is NO. /.
we understand there here, 1s great excitement in
peDed among tue mulattoes There Is said to be an
and O. anS Hw
them. Strange stories are anoat, and the very air
seems pregnant with some important development
great outlaw Chief Henry Berry Lowery, is certainly
dead; inat he iel by the accidental discharge Of q
him ana the man who made his comm are identt-
fed. Still IT W asserted by Others that both II. b.
reported accidental shooting OF the FORMER is ali q
hoax and that the latter was but slightly wounded.
| OF Boss strong on. Friday night, stephen Lowery
| visited store at Red Banks to make some little
he replied mat ne had gone over the swamp 70 look
! after Boss strong.
IL il now positively asserted that the report cir
culaled here TWO or three weeks ago that H. b.
Lowery had met his death at the hands OF his
great outlaw may be seen spattered upon the wall
OF a cro CD Tom Lowery's premises. Again, 1t Is
reported that Boss Suong, circumstanlal account
Of whose death we gave last week, was no; killed at
| ALL and bat slightly wounded. In regard TO the
outlaws 1T seems we must adopt the old rule" BE.
lieve nothing you hear and but hair you see."
| THE THIRD IS THIS.
manv T1mops and reports thai have been IN cifcuia
on here for the past ten or twelve days having IN
the PgOc mind now accepts the
| Scuflletown:-Henry Berry LowerJ was not
drowned or killed by himself or his BROTHER but has
quietly left The country taking with MIN the largest
share Of the proceeds Of the robbery of Mr.. McLeods
safe Boss Strong lie not dead, but badly wounded,
and soon as he 10 able to travel The rest OF the
band Will follow their chief.
Again, this paragraph, ia the same paper with the
| other three
There Is much uncertainty in regard to the actual
state Of things IN scumeLown, ana all KINDS OF re-.
| ports in regard to the outlaws have prevailed Tor
! Several DAYS past. One lining, however, seems fully
made out, aud may be accepted as trueIHenry
| Berry Lowery Is not now with tue band. Either he
| Is dead, as reported last week, or, what Is more
probable, has lett the country Boss Strong too has
disappeared, ana, though the other members OF the
band except Henry Berry, have been seen frequently
| OF late Boss mas not made ms appearance since he
| was reported 10 have been shot and Killed by Nc
Queen. The remaining members OF the band
soutly deny that Boss Strong IL dead ana represent
! him as only slightly wounded. They very reti.
| "
| tons in regard 10 him in vague and evaslve
| manner.
| Now no wonder tnat paper as little aware OF the
| dolngs I'D its own county a. the Ro0eSontafs
| should say az lolows;-
DON'T LIKE ENTERPRISES.
The thing OF reporting" the situation here
| through the Northern newspapers is getting to be
L sI.a Of fInl1