The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-19


ty gave him, and the power to effect his end, was
all that he asked for; but that the doctor had in
tertered with him in other ways for which he would
| yet have his hearts blood
| warned him to be not so blOod-thirstv and, in
all he did not to spill blood unless in sefdefence
! or in lighting for freedom. He said that though
born in North Carolina, he had from a child hated
slavery, and that in spending number of years at
the North, he had learned to appreciate the pbilan-
thropic motives of our friends, and that he had
pledged himself to work faithfully to that end ever
since. He said he had great influence over most of
the slaves in his part of Tennessee and that he of
ten met them on roads and by-paces, and had long
talks with them, and that he always found them
| ripe for the cause. Mr.. p. then returned to the
| hotel with me, and in the evening introduced me
to several merchants and others, in Memphis, who
are with us heart and hand.
From my interview with Mr.. Palmer | iudre
| him to be shrewd man, and through his position
and influence, well calculated to become one Of our
principal leaders in the South He seems tho
roughly to understand the R. Il. business. | would
scarcely expect to find in Southern city situated
as Memphis is, in the midst of a cOttOn-growing
country, so large a number of whites ready to aid
us, and strike when necessary for our cause.
Mr.. Palmer says you must write to him every
week, and keep him posted as to our plans, and he
VIII act IN concert with us in everything you may
direct.
| think he is a brave and conscientious man, and
you need not fear him. He has no doubt been Sc
verely abused where he lives, and his wrongs have
made him desperate. | have been through large
portion OF Arkansas, and have found have but
few friends among the whites in that State,
| of them are blood-thrsty Shareholders; but the
slaves are all willing and ready, and far outnum-
! Der the whites, that bold stroke of day will
! overthrow the whole State. leave Memphis to-
morrow, by way of Clarksville, for Mammoth Cave,
where wish to be for a number of davs before any
thing comes of there. William Horncr has Just
arrived from New Orleans, on his way to Join you
at llarpers Ferry. Nothing could have happened
better for me. I guess l must be in a streak of
good luck. | feared to write particulars to YOU by
mail, for the dangers of intercepton. But rs viii
liam is here | write you in full and trust it to bis
care.
He swears to me that he will deliver it to you in
person, or die trying. He is a good boy and may
be depended upon. Now say, he cautious, and
let us have strike SOON 1t cannot come too quick,
! for believe from what have seen, that the whole
! South is ready for it. 1 have to be very careful
here as the people very suspicious of Northern
men; sometimes register one name and sometimes
| an0ther to SUIT the circumstances, as travel
| about Sometimes pass for a travelling preacher,
and sometimes as n New Orleans merchant, looking
at the crops and talking of speculaons in cotton,
etc. Southern people easily gued. Ifthere
will be any failure in Harper's Ferry strike, let
| me know In time. Uu shall hear from me soon
! ours, faithfully.
LAWRENCE THATCHER.
r. S.-Mr. Palmer says you must address your
| letters to him as follows:
DIR. w. Russell Palmer, Green Bottom, Shelby
! county, Tenn.
At the conclusion of the reading Of the above,
| luc prosecution introduced j. 4. innler, EsQ.,
Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court. who tcs-
| tilted that the statements made in the said letter
| IN reference to the family Of DR.. Palmer, the law
| suit etc, were correct. Judge W. T. Brown was
| also called bv the State and cOrroborated the
| above.
| The prosecution then rested the case. The cOun-
sci for defence admitted that the first intelligence
OF the insurrection at Harpers Ferry was not made
| known in Memphis until the 18th of October and
that it was not known here that there was Con
| shtuton for n regularly organized Provisional
! Government until the 22d. Counsel further admit
ted that it required four days to transmit letter
from this city to New Ork, which, it is argued by
the prosecution, proved that the letter to Governor
| Wise could not have been connected here, because
1t 1t had been written here the 22d it could not
| nave reached New Y Gork until the 26th-four days
| after 1t was really mailed from New ork to Gov.
| Wise.
The testimony having closed, the counsel on both
sides argued the at length, when, after brief
| summing up by the Court, the accused was held to
bail in the Of 81 800 for his appearance before
the Circuit Court, in default Of which he com
mitted to Jail.
1t was understood that DR.. Palmer would make
| application for his release writ Of ha5,as
corpus.
POLITICAL.
The Milwaukee Sentinel of Saturday has re
turns from three-fourths of the vote in the State
and in the counties heard from Gov. Randall i
about 2,995 ahead The same counties two years
ago gave 9G6, showing gain thus far Of 1000
-NlucLecn more INSTANT counties, vet 10 ne Heart
from, gave an aggregate Republican majority TIVE
years ago of 200. If the Republicans have mad
similar gains in them, his majority will be from
three to five thousand The rest Of the Republi
can State ticket is elected by at least equal ma
: JoritY. The Legislature is largely Republican.
} returns are now in from nearly all rthe coun
ties OF Iowa, most of them official, and they give
Republican majority for State officers Of abou
5000. In the Legislature the Republicans vii
have two majority in the Senate, and fourteen il
the II ouse-a Joint majority Of sixteen.
The Georgia Legislature has decided not to q
into an election of United States Senator at TIL
session, deferring action until its second assrmb
ling next year.
In the Louisiana Legislature there will be
clear Democratic majority Of eight in the Scnat,
and at least twenty-five in the House. A ful
} House consists of ninetv-eight members.
An election for State officers takes place il
l Kansas ON the 4th of next month. Samuel Mrdary
} is the Democratic candidate for Governor. and
l "Gov." c. Robinson the Republican candidate Tht
latter was a prominent actor in the bloody kansa
trouo!es, ana warm Sympathizer with old Brown
4 and his deeds
The following petition to the Legislature is il
5 circulation in Maine: "The undersigned respect
fully ask you to put an end to slave hunting il
Name, by enacting that no person, who has besI
held as slave, shall be delivered up by any oc,
or court, State Federal within this State {,
any one claiming him on the ground that he owe
service or labor to such claiment br the laws o.
l one OF the slave States Of this Union
The Democratic State General Committee q
MlSSOuIl nave appointed the 4tl uaV OF .Japu9r
5 next as the time when the Democratic State Con
yention should meet to appoint delegates Il
n Charleston.
n ARIZONA SmyEE.-We had the pleasure last even
T ing of a visit from Hon. Sylvester Mowry, latel
n elected delegate to Congress from Arizona. Lieut.
Mowry arrived by the last overland stage and Is q
| route for Washington city, He brings with hin
# about 4G pounds of silver from that territory
t consists Of various specimens, from the moulde
3, plates to the common sample, are found in Ari
It Zona-pure silver, after the mercury is expelled
c reduced by amalgamation; silver reduced by melt
ing and run in sand mouldS; silver aud copper ore
e and large quantity Of rough silver ore, from tn
e mountains in the Rio Grandc valley. II miles from
e the river near the celebrated Stevenson mine
?, The whole region promises a rich Weld. Tho ore
IS are principally 0rgntferoUe g7ieD0 and reduced
o a pure plate at very small cost-H. Louis DcRl
e crGt, lIh.
d The st. Louis Republican saws: Mr. Mowrv ha
/ likewise set of jewelry, consisting of necklac,
d brooch and earrings all of pure gold, and ftbr
d Gated by Mexican who keeps little adobe sho
e in the village Of Los Cruces. The articles az
p, unique in design, and resemble somewhat. thong
ii not closely, the old style of hagree work. Tn
e artist brought into requistion only few rude tool
in their manufacture and they wonderfully ar
n elegantly executed considering the limited tacil
Dl ties he had at command. The fellow who mad
20 them is celebrated throughout the country for hi
IS extreme cleverness as a worker in gold. He work
Of assiGuously any order he may get, until it
to completed to his patrons satisfaction, pockets th
re HoHcS loI tnc IpO anu iuen, WIN lNe proverbs
IS improvdence of genius, squanders it to the la:
le cent in drink and riOtous living.
v The gold mines Of the Ciila river which excite
to some attention year ago, Mr.. Mowry says, hav
n by means failed completely rs has been 4,
!. scribed. Several hundred persons, chiefly Mex
o cans, ordinarily there, and very MANY cOnriv
J. to get gold worth two or three dollars day.
1t :, JEFFERSON TERR1ronY-We had the peasur
q yesterday of a visit from Hon. Beverly d. Wi
liams, Delegate elect from the Territory of Jetie
son. Mr.. Williams made the trip from DenvG
.+ City to Leavenworth, distance of GGG miles
I seven days and nine hours lie visited the Tcrr
~ tory in May last, taking with him forty wagon
four hundred mules, and one hundred ana sixt
"a men and women, and laid out the frs road for tt
Il Express Company. The present population of II
"a Territory Is about five thousand; many of a
a. miners having returned to the States with ii
r. intention of going back in the spring with the
re families About fifteen hundred amply supple
il with provisions, will winter at the mines
n No doubt whatever exists of the great richness
MP the mines, which yield from two to fifteen ola
"a per day. Russell and Nevada guchcs are the ric
~ est vet discovered. Mr.. Williams showed us Sc
" ~ eral specimens of scale gold and nuggets.
~ a provisional government has been formed. an
r iu a Governor and Legislature have been elected
y, VI The Legislature met on Monday. the 7th inst.
- The inhabitants of the mines will petition Co
~ gress at its next session, for the organization of
al Territorial Government to be called the TerritoI
NJ of Jeferson.-LOuisrWe Courier.
e. On Monday evening the negroes of Cincinus
as held meeting for the purpose Of pettioning Il
he Legislature to protect them against kidnappin
at 1t was declared, in speeches on the OCCASION TN
at Rice and others, who have been remanded
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