Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-11-24
From the Memphis Avalanche.
ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES!
PROPOSED NEGRO INSURRECTION IN
SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE.


PROPOSED NEGRO INSURRECTION IN
SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE.
Preliminary Examination Of Follower O
Rroun- w. r. Palmer Held TO Bah-
Members ofthe Provisional Government ii
Memphis.
Yesterday morning, DR.. William Rus.
sell Palmer, as he calls himself and O.
whose arrest ON suspicion Of being CO.
conspirator with Osawatomie Brown We
gave the particulars in our last, was tax.
en- before magistrates court, composed O.
Justices Josiah Horne, Of this city, and J
w. A. Petit, Of Germantown. His exam.
InatiOn occupied the attention of the court
from 10 clock in the morning until 8 il
the evening, and was listened by nn eager
crowd Of spectators, deeply interested in
obtaining full knowledge Of the facts oi
the case, and they are substantially as mar.
rated by US in our paper Of yesterday.
II seems that q traveller OH railroad be-
tween Philadelphia and New York observed
fellow passenger, who occupied the seat
in front Of him, rise up and walk out Of the
cars. In the act the young man dropped
two letters and memorandum, which see.
ing, the traveller picked up, but was una
bic 10 restore 10 the loser. Glancing q,
one Of them he discovered that it was ad-
dressed TO Capt John Brown Harper's
Ferry, Va" This vas on the 22d Of Oc-
tober, only few days after the issurrection
at HarpeI's Ferry. The traveller, naturally
enough. on seeing the address, concluded
that the documents he had accidentally be-
come possessed OF related IN some manner
to the affair at Harper's Ferry, and, on ar
irving at New Yorh, dispatched the letters
and memorandum 10 Gov. Wise.
Upon receiving the letter and examining
the contents of the others Gov. Wise deem
ed them Of sufficient importance 10 send TO
Gov. Harris.
Gov. Harris considered that il the grave
charges which Thatcher's letter conveyed
against Palmer, were true, or had sem
blsnce Of truth, the conspirator sheuId be
brought 10 justice. To hat end, the Gov
ernOr dispatched 10 this city the Hon. John
c. Burch, Arrived here. in quiet way
inquiries for DIR. w. Russell Palmer were
instituted, and that Individual discovered al
he Bedford House. Special officer w. F.
Meacham, OF Nashville, who accompanied
Col. Burch, walled upon the Doctor, and de-
sired 10 see him on private business.
DR.. P. took him 10 bis room, when Meach-
am stated that he was from Indiana, and
member OF the new Provisional Govern
ment and had come 10 confer with him as
10 the course TO he pursued since the Har-
per's Ferry mishap; that the (Dr. p had
been represented 10 him as friend Of the
cause, etc. The Doctor replied that he was
himself Yankee, and thought the Harper's
Ferry insurrcction would prove unfavora-
ble TO the cause of Abolitionism, as it would
induce Shareholders at the South TO watch
their negroes more closely, and be more on
their guard; that he was no Aboliticnisls
himself, and did not sympathizs with the
recent oulbrake. Meacham then told him
it was not their Object 10 shed blood, but
simply 10 arm The slaves and march them
out Of this country, and that he intended 10
50 as long os life lasted; he also stated 10 p.
that if he was not friend Of The cause he
had placed himself in his (P.'s) power, and
it would be death for his character 10 be
known in Memphis. Palmer replied that
disclosures; that he had always been friend
10 Northern men, and if he (Meachar) got
into difficulty on account Of being North
ern man, he should receive all the assistance
in his power. Next day Meacham met
DR.. P. in the bsr-room of the same house,
and RECOMMENDED conversation on the same
subject. The DR.. informed him that he
could have no further communication in
regard 10 the matter; that he had better 20
back home and 60 at somsthing else.
The interviews did not elicit anything
10 be sure, but it is more than probable that
Palmer, who is said to be in Thatcher's
letter, keen, shrewd man, was not to be
caught so easily, especially when Brown
was in limbo and very likely TO swing for
his pains. However, the fact that he did
not, while protesting TO be Southern man,
At once denounce one who had confessed 10
having been party in the late treasonable
and murderous OiIair in Virginia, bore lard
lgainSt him; as did also the fact that all the
contained in Thaicher's letter
10 Brown in regard 10 Palmer and his fam
ly affairs, upon inquiry, was found TO be
strictly true.
Having obtained, as he thought, iestimo-
~ sufficient 10 arrest Palmer and have him
committed, as having also completed his ar
for the arrest Of other suspects
led parties near Paris, in this State, Col.
Burch determined 10 secure the person Of
Palmer, and for that purpose went before
Esquire Horne and made an affidavit.
Sheriff Bird arrested Palmer on Tuesday |
md lodged him in jail. The case was open
ed by the State with the introduction Of
Col. Burch as witness, who testified 10
what he knew of the mater. as WE have de-