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

| !N"oHNl''ct WIN a'colHpunlcu COl. d.,
waited upon the Doctor and desired ia
see him upon private business.
DR.. p. took him to his room, when
Meacham stated that he was from In
diana, and a member of the new Pro
visional Government, and had com,
to confer with aim as to the course te
be pursued since the Hnrper's Ferry
mshap; that he (Dr. P) had beer
represented to him rs n friend Of the
cause, etc, The Doctor replied that
he was himsclfa Yankee, and thought
the llarper's Ferry instruction would
prove uniavorablc to the cause of alb
olillonism, AS it would induce slave
holders at the South to watch their
negroes more closely, and be more on
their guard that he was no abolition
iSt himself, and did not sympathize
with the recent outbreak. Mcacham
then told him it was not their obj ct
to shed blood, bat simply to arm the
slaves and march them out Of the
country, and that he intended to do 50
as long as life lasted; he also stated
to Il. 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 to be known in Mem.
phis. Palmer replied that witness
needn't fear; that he had made no
disclosures that he had always been
friend 10 Northern men, and if he
(Mca 'ham,) got into difficulty on
account OF being a Northern man, he
should receive all the assistance in his
power. Next day Mcacham met DR..
II. in the bar 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 to the mat
ter; that he had better go back home
and go at something else.
These interviews did not elicit any.
thing, to be sure, but it is more than
probable that Palmer, who is said to
be, in Thatcher's letter, a 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 u Southern
man, at once dcnounce one who had
conlessel to having been q party in
the late reasonable and murdcrous af
fair in Virginia, bore hard against
him; as did also the fact that all the
information contained in Thatchers
letter to Brown in regard to Palmer,
and his family affairs, upon enquiry,
was found to be strctl y true.
Having obtained, as he thought,
testimony sufficient to arrest Palmer
and have him committed, and having
also completed his arrangements for
the arrest Of other suspected parties
near Paris, in this State. Col. Burch
determined to secure the person ,of
Palmer and for that purpose went be-
fore Esquire Horne and made the
necessary affidavit.
The warrant was placed in the
hands Of Sheriff Bird, who as before
stated, arrested Palmer at the RcdIord
House about II o'clock on the night
OF Tuesday, and lodged him in jail
AZ the examination yesterday, the
accused was represented by able coun.
sci in the person of Il. d. Brown, Esq,
while the prosecution was conducted
by Attorney General John +. Sale and
Col. John G. Burch. The case was
opened by the State with the introduc-
ton Of Col. Burch as witness, who
testified to what he knew of the mat
tcs, as we have detailed above. He
also testified that at the time Of tue
arrest Palmer denied at first Of having
had the conversation with Mr.. Mcach-
am, which we have given; but on
being pressed to acknowledge the fact,
Palmer stated that the conversation
did not amount to much, and was only
such as could be heard at any break
fast table since the occurrence of the
outbreak.
Col. Burch was followed by Mr..
Meacham who rehearsed his conver-
sation with Palmer, which we have
given above. The Court introduced
as testimony the letter from "A Trav-
clcr," together with Gov.Wiso's letter;
the memorandum referred to in "a
Travellers letter; u letter written by
Mary lorncr to her husband, and the
Thatcher letter. The following is the
memorandum as written on folded
piece Of paper and makes four pages /:
THE MEMORANDUM.
The memorandum read by the pros
ecution is on piece Of paper folded
and written on four pages, as follows:
lst page. Left New Orleans, Sept.
2Sth; paid passage to Cincinnati, Sl2.
Got from J. Sharp, on that boat, $40.
Maxwell gave inc So.
Ii. f., Oct. 18th.
VI. u, Oct. SJtll.
Page opposite above;
W.. 4 so.
S. b., 1850.
L. b ll2.
VIM. llalsey, Paris.
Tennessee.
Sd and 18th pares.
Memorandum Of Expenses.
Overcoat ESQ. Boots 4.5O. . pail
pants Sl.75-$2.50. Suspenders SO
cents. Socks, A pair, 81. Segars sc
cents. Paid A. ~ Co. expenses, 81
Hair cut 25 cents.
Jno. Matthews, New Orleans.
c. G. Harding, Baton Rouge, La.
The above does not look very i'm
posing, to be sure, but there are a few