Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-24
WHOLE NO. 445.

40 with ME, and 10 the evening Intro
r. duced me to several merchants, an
he Others, in Memphis, who are With u
le heart and hand.
10 From my icterview With Mr.. Pal
st nsr,l judge him to be shrewd mar
le and through bis position and iuflu
q ence we'll calculated to become ous
y of our principal leaders in the South
a lie seems to thoroughly understand
IS the r. Il. business. / would scarce
b ly expect to find in a Southern city.
d situated as Memphis is. in the midst
OF cotton growing country. SO large
f a number Of whites ready to aid as.
5 and stIike. VIXEN necessary for our
!, cause.
Z cir. Palmer says you must write
to him every week and keep him
posted as TO our plans, and he vii.
act IN concert with US, in eYeryihiu.
on may direct
/ | think be is brave Conscientious
man, and you need not fear him.-
tie has no Gou6t been severely a.
bused wherc he lives, and bis Mrepgs
have made him desperate. | have
been through large portion OF Ar
kansas. and have found We have but
few friends among the whites in that
State, as most OF them are blood
Thirsty shareholders; but the slaves
are all willing and ready, and SO far
eutnumber the whites that a bold
stroke OF one day viii overthrow ths
whole State. | leave Memphis to-
morrow. by way af ClarksviIls, for
Mammoth Cave, where / wish 10 be
Tor a number of days before anything
comes e there William Horaer
has jast arrived here from New Or.
leans on bis way to join you at Har-
per's Ferry. Nothing could have
happened better for me. | guess I
must be in streak Of coed luck
| feared to write particulars to you
by mail for the dangers Of intercep-
'tion. But rs William is bere write
you in foil and trust it to bis care.
He s8ears to me that be viii de-
liver it 10 you in person, or die Try
ing. He is good boy. and may be
depended npon. Now, say, be eau
tious, and let Us have strike soon.
1t cannot come too quick for be-
Iieve from what / have seen, that tie
whole South is ready for it. I have
10 be very careful here, as the peo-
pie are very suspicious Of Northern
men. / sometimes register one
name and then another, to suit tho
circumstances, as | travel about
pass for q travelling
preacher, and at others as New Or
caus merchant, locking al the crops
md talking Of speenlations in cotton.
&c. Southern people sre easily gull-
n. If there will be any failure iu
Harper's Ferry strike, let nae know
4 tine. You shall hear from mo
oon.
Yours faithfully.
LAWRENCE THATCHER.
P.S.--Dr. Palmer says you must
ddress your letter to him as follows.
DR.. w. RUSSELL PALMER,
'resn Bottom, Shelby county. Tenn.
At the conclusion of the reading
# the above, the prosecution in.
roduced J. c. Lanier. Esq, Clerk
nd Master Of the Chauesry Court,
Tho testified that the statements
made in said letter, in reference to
he family Of DIR. Palmer, the Law.
nit, ETC., were correct. Judge ".
{. Brown was also called by the
State, and eorIoborated the above.
The prosecution then rested their
ase. The counsel for defense ad-
nitted that the first intelligence Of
he insurreetion at. Harper's Ferry
Eas rot iiiade in Memphis until the
9th OF October, and that it vas not
Known here that there was Consti-
ution for a regularly organized Pro-
Iisional Government until the 22e.
Counsel further admitted that Il re-
luired four days to transmit letter.
rom this city TO New York, shich.
t was argued by the prosecution,
'roved that the letter to Gov. Wise
,ould not have been eoncocted here
because if it had bsen written here OF
.he ed, il could net hare reached
New York uniia the 26th-four days
altsr 1t was really mailed from New
York to Gov. Wise.
The accused was beld TO bail iotbs
sum Of s2,500 for bis appearance be-
fore the Circuit Court, in default Of
which he vas committed to Jail