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

Fit.never engageshim to the exclusion
Of vigilance and activity, it also shows
what may be traced lin some degree
to his Indian nature the hsil}g eof
MoHenafs m auxiliary to war ana
pluHdef. He has debaached a num-
per 0f bis prisoners with the mhlatto
girls OF ScufHetown, and the. charms
Of these yellow-tinted syrens broke
UP the morale of the late campaign in
force against the outlaws; while, as
some allege, the discovery of the De!
tectiYo. Landers' plan to capture
Lowrey was made by a girl in Low
rey's interest. with whom Landers
spent his time. Lowrey has said,
and laughed over it, that he devised,
at critical point in truce between
the contending parties, that bcvy
OF the prettiest and frailest beauties
in Scutfictown should come up and be
introduced to one of the officers high
III command. After that the Marc
Antony in question had laid down
his sword and gave practical evidence
that the hostility of races is not so
great rs the slavery statesmen alleged.
Tho indifference Of the Indian to the
loan of his squaws finds some paral-
lei in Lowrcy's tactics. He himself
is tho Don Juan of Scufiletown; but
he sleeps on his arms, and will 20
into the swamps for weeks without
repining. Women have been en-
p!l.o,yed to give him up, but they
either repent, or he discovers their
purpose by intuitiyo sagacity. 'i,
Tho white society around him gnve
Henry Berry Lowrey n lesson in
sclf-schooling and sacrifice, SO far as
women are concerned. After tic
murders of Barnes aud Harris of
fences which some think ought to
have bcon included i'll the proclama-
tlon of oblivion for offences commit
ted by both sides before the war;
J1owrcy stood up by the side of
lthody Strong, tho most beautiful
mulatto of Scuffictown, to be married.
Aware of the engagement and the
occasion, the sheriff's posse, with
cruel dcliberation, surrounded the
house till the ceremony was over, and
then rushed in and took the outlawed
husband from the side of his wife,
He was removed to Lumberton iail,
and then sent still further away to
Columbus County Jail; but he broke
through the bars, escaped to the
woods with the irons on his wrists.
and made his way to his bride.
They have throe children, the fruit
Of their stolen and 1udely Uninterrupted
interviews
AS [ rode down on the train from
Shoe Heel to Lumborton, on the 2Sth
OF February, the conductor, Colonel
Morrison, came to me md said: eff
you want to see Henry Berry Low
rey's wife, you can find her in the
forward second class car" She had
taken the train Mt Red Banks for
Moss Neck-points between which
the whole band of outlaws frequently
ride on the freight. trains-and at
the latter notable station I saw her
descend with her baby md walk off
down the road in tho woods and stop
among the tall pitch-pines, rs if wait
ing for somebody. The baby-the
last heir of outlawry-bcgan to cry
as sho left the train, md she said,
mother-fashion: "No, no, no, T
wouldn't cry, when I had been SO
good nil day" This woman is the
sister Of two of the five remaining
outlaws, and wife of the third. The
whites call hor, satirically, "the queen
of Scuffictown;" but she appeared to
be meek, pretty-cycd, rather shrink
ing girl, of q light color, poorly
dressed. She wore many small brass
rings, with cheap red stones i'll them,
on her small hand, and dark green
plain dress of delainc, which lust re-
vcalcd her new black morocco "store"
shoes. A yellowish muslin or calico
hood, with IL long cape, covered her
head, and there was nothing beside
that I remember, except q shawl of
bright colors, much worn. It was
sad enough and prosaic enough to see
this small woman, with her baby in
her arms, carrying it along, while the
husband and father, covered with the