Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-17

man In whose posseon they had been excited his curl
osty not little Tbsde. flashed to he mind he had in
hi, possession somesg which would throw light on this
SUBJECT He accordtgy perused the open letter which
greatly confirmed hi6 G>picons. On hs arrival In New
York he addressed CT. Wise, Of Virginia an .nnony.
%ous letter snsiSsn s stating the crcum
suspicion On their rsesipt Gov. Wise Immediately for
warded them to Gov. aris, who thought the matter Of
sums,sn. mIortanes r demand an Investigation He
TO this city who ars some time last week and after
various inquiries and Investigations arrested Palmer As
The court room dulldy his examination vas den.elv
crowded and great Of excitement vas msnifested
Ahera thorough exsnaiion into all the facts of the
i.e o. The Pasr vas required to into bonds
OF 500 for his Appearance the District Court In de-
fault Of which he vas sonnitted to prison.
n. wu,. p,znIassuso. Oct. 20. 1859.
town this evening" ccei not help writing you line by
him. You arc so he-6strOng you win not listen to me
Do Tor Gods ske-dsat 60 10 Harpers Ferry nov; YOU
can do nothing you gvs i fear for yosr fe You can
keep the letter for Capt Rrown until all Is sae You can.
not give to him yen would be suspected and Ia
ken up; Come back and wait at chambersburg until
Capt Cook gets here. afraid this business viii get
Us Us into trouble yet Last night never slept wak-
Do come back for sAe be crazy until you return s.ie
Now Tor once do h'tsnaO your loving wife.
The other letter Is signed Lawrence Thatcher IL Ia
addressed from Memphis. to Capt Brown We make the
following extracts:
states and am now my way to Kentucky In ms last
letter to you mentioned that should give the States of
Tennessee and Arkansas thorough securing did go and
am satisfied that OF all the States in the South Tennessee
and Arkansas the best fitted make the first strike in
These two States have but few whites in favor of slavery
while they contain an immense number of slaves already
ripe and ready at the first ntimation to strike decided
blow for their freedom; while the largo mass of the
whites are against slavery. and will be ready to assist
them At moments warning. Several OF them stated Ia
me that they had far prepare arms for their
slaves and instruct them in their use and how TO ACT
when the worst comes to the worst. While at Browns
vile Tenn, Hdresseda letter the school teacher
MT II, aud he came 70 brownsville to see me-
'he says there il avocaton In which man can do
so much good for oar that Of school teaching
because all the country around have 80 much coudenee
IN school-teaeher who conducts himself right He saws
that the large majority Of coored people in his mart OF
the State are ready TO take up moments warn.
ng and large number Of whites are ready to oin them
tie says we must send ont wequalifed men to the
south as schonteachers and work them in where
The writer then states thai arriving at Memphis he
had an interview with Palmer who sympsthi1ed with
Capt Bso<n. He tPaimer) had made arrange ments TO
take hve hundred h0lsand slaves Off TO the swamp,
of Indiana That he had friends In Cinclnna who had
promised to have Of the largest and swtest
on the river sent TO tie and wait them at the mouth
OF Hatehie river under the pretense of undergoing rt
pairs.