Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-24

or that he bad married a widow wi
IS bad number of slaves, for the pu
iffpose of establishing himself in Il
u good opinion and confidence of I'll
n shareholders about him. That
it had at first intended, At the fir
d good opportunity, to transfer all sh
it slaves be had got in bis possessis
k by marrying, to our friends by wa
S tof Cincinnati, and that he had
It great many more, belonging to hi
c nelghbors, that we're ready to go Wit
u them; bu. difficulty had .occurre,
a between himself and wife, aud tha
she bad, with the secret advice @
several Shareholders and seoundrel
| about bis plantation, suddenly siec
ted him from the place, and without
a moments warning. That be va:
still sGeing her for his rights by mar.
riage; and that the Supreme Court
bad given decree in his favor: and
that be would soon be in possession
Of bis slaves again; and that wheL
he again got full control Of them be
would, at favorable moment, arm
them and between four and FIVE
hundred more, and make start in
the night time from Memphis; that
he had friends in Cincinnati who
had promised to have one of the lar.
gest and sHiftest steamers On the ri
YER sent TO tie up and wait for them
at the mouth Of Hatchie river, under
the pretence of undergoing repairs.
That he had all his arrangements
complete, and whenever he said the
word, could take from 500 TO 1000
at atrip, aad land them safely at
Cairo, in the swamps Of Illinois. where
they would at once be free. | found
Mr.. P. very bold schemer, and a
man of good address and wi0ning
manners, and the very msn fot our
purpose; and IS it is known be is
STAKEHOLDER himself, no Que would,
for moment, suspect him for being
concerned with ouI cause. | shos.
ed him our constitution for the Pro-
yisional Government, with which he
was much pleased, and / advised him
not TO make the stampede of slaves
he expected TO make, but to keep I
them at work, secretly preparing
each other, and as many others as
they could get to join them, for orr
October strike. He said lie would ,
DO SO, and that he cenld guarantee
900 armed slaves, who would be
'eady to 4 ring together at a mo- !
nent's call, and that as soon as ep- ,
9rations we're commenced with them, ,
hat other slaves would flock 10 {
hem by thousands wherever they I
vent, through all parts Of the !
State. He is very severe on doctor =
q his neighborhood. who has been G
Ippointed by the Court as receiver &
# his property, and am afraid bis
niger toward that man vii. cause i
lin to be guilty Of some rash act, S
which will expose his plan of ope-
ations. / told him he hadn't ought
o give too loose reins 10 his pas.
ion. but curb it until the proper a
ime. He says that this Doctor
gas the adviser of his wife, and had {
limseli appointed receiver so as to
rustrate all his plans, but that he .
Gould disappoint him yet; and that. /
nee he had him iu his power, he .
Tould not spare one drop Of blood in :
Existence. He said that this Doe
or had dishonored bis marriage bed; I,
'ut that he did not care for, as be
ared nothing for bis wife, as she 4
vas 3 southern fool; that the posi- s
ion her property gave him, and
be power to effect bis end, was all .
le asked for; but that Doctor had :
nterfered with him in other ways, :
or which he would yet have his :
leart's blood. | warned him to be not +,
o blood-thirsty, and, in all he did. |
lot to spill blood unless in seicde- :
ense or in fighting for freedom :
lie said that though born in North 8
carolina he had from a child hated :
layery, and that, 10 spending num- {
'er of years at the North, he had !;
earned to appreciate the phiIanthrop- .
C motives of our frien1s, and that he ,
lad pledged bimselfto work flittful- !,
y to that end ever since. lie said ,
le bad great influence ever most of
he slaves in his part Of Tennessee;
ind that he had often met them on
.he rsacs and by-pIaces and had IongI
.aiks With them, and that he had al
says found them ripe for The cause.
Mr. Ps then returned to the hotel |