The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-11-17
Number 45.

maps Parls, Tenn, or the region IN the
vicinity of Mammoth Cave.
The following is the letter to Horner
to his wife:
Mary Horner's Letter.
Dear William AS Mr.. Martin
goes down to Hagerstown this even.
ing could not help writing you q
line by him. You are so headstrong
you will not listen TO me. Do, for
Gods sakc-Don't go to Harper's Fer.
ry now; you can do nothing il you 60;
! fear your life. You can keep the
letter for Capt. Brown until all is safe.
You cannot give it him now; you
would be suspected and taken up
Come back and wait at Chambcrsburg
until Capt. Cook gets here. am
afraid this business will bring us into
trouble yet. Last night never slept
a wink. DO come back, for shall be
crazy until you return safe. Now,
Tor once, DO return to your loving wife.
MARY HoRNER.
I. ST. will not 60 home until you
come for me.
The following sthe Thatcher letter,
which purports to have been written
from Memphis to old John Brown on
the 3I of October last, and which was
picked up, sealed, in the cars between
New York and Philadelphia on the
2lst. just two days after the insurrec-
ton was known in Memphis, and for
warded to Gov. Wise in the same con-
dition, in which it was found, 1t was
enclosed in large document.like en-
vclopc. addressed to Captain John
Brown, lIarpcr's Ferry, Va" and in
one corner was "Politeness of Mr..
llorncr- to be delivered in person."
Ihatchcr'S Letter.
MEMrms, Tenn, Oct. 3, 1850.
To Capt. A. BroUa, GENT Commander.
in.Chief Of Provisional Goccyn.
ment Of U. $. A.
DEAR CArr:-l have just completed
my tour through the Southern States,
and am now On my way to Kentucky.
In my last letter to you | mentioned
that should give the States of Ten.
ncssce and Arkansas a thorough
securing. did so, and am satisfied
that Of all the States of the South,
Tennessee and Arkansas are the best
fitted to make the first strike in
Those two States have but few whites
in favor of slave2y while they con-
tain an Immense So" Sf slaves,
already ripe and { l'rsa iHsD
| tlmatlOn, to Stril ~ -
their freedom; while the large ma>.
of the whites are against slavery, and
will be ready TO assist them at mo.
mcnt's warning. Several Of them
stated to me that they had gona so
tar rs to prepare arms for their slaves
and instruct them in their use, and how
to act when the worst comes to the
worst. While at Brownsville, Ten.
rcssec, addressed letter to school
teacher, Mr.. Il, and he came
to Brownsville to see me.
lie says there is no avocation in
which a man can do so much good
for our cause as lhat of schooIteach.
ing, because all the country around
have so much confidence in a school
teacher who conducts himself right.
He says that the large majority Of
colo'cd people in his part Of the State
arc ready to take up arms at q mo.
mcnts warning, and a large number
of whites are ready TO join them.--
He says we must send out more well
qualified men to the South as school
teachers, and work them in every
where. He gave me a letter of in-
PRODUCTION to your friend Mr.. Palmer,
who is an extensive farmer near Shell
by Depot, on the Brownsville Rail
Road. | did not get out at that de-
pot, for on enquiring Of passenger
in the cars, | learned that Mr.. Palmer
did not then live on his plantation, on
account of a difficulty between HIM
self and wife and an injunction on his
property, and a writ pending a di-
vorce, and that he would be hard to
ind--so concluded to 20 on. When
arrived at Memphis, | accidentally
met with Mr. Palmer at the hotel
where stopped. handed him Mr..
HIS letter. After reading it he cor.
daily shook my hand, and invited me
to take a walk with him. We went
up to place on the bank Of the river
called the old Navy Yard, and took a
seat on some bags in secluded place,
where he said we could talk freely
lie said he had sincerely sympathized
with you, Captain, in all your troubles,
as he had been martyr Of slave hol-
ders himself. lie said he had been
working silently, but steadily, for our
cause for two years, and that he had
married a widow who had number
Of slaves, for the purpose of establish.
ing himself in the good opinion and
confidence of the slave holders about
him. That he had at first intended
at the first good opportunity, to trans.
fer all the slaves he had got in his
possession. by marrying, to our friends
by way Of Cincinnatl; and that he had
a great many more, belonging to his
neighbors, that were ready to go with
them; but a difficulty had occurred
between himself and wife, and that
she had with the secret advice Of sew
eral Shareholders andscoundrels about
his plantation, suddenly elected him
from the place, and without a mo.
ment's warning. That he was still
suring her for his rights by marriage;
and that the Supreme Court had Civ.