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

Also Tue lacI t1at all the lDIOrmatl,
contained in Thatcher's letter
Brown in regard to Palmer, and b
family affairs, upon enquiry, W
: found to be strictly true.
RI Having obtained, as he though
testimony sufficient 20 arrest Palm,
and have him committed, and ha'
ing also completed bis arrangement
for the arrest Of other suspected pa
ties near Paris, in this State, Co
Borch determined to secure the pei
son Of Dr.. Palmer, anG for that pul
pose went before Esq. Horne an
made the necessary affidavit.
| The warrant was placed in th
hands of Shiriif Bird, who as beeor
stated, arrested Palmer a: the Bed
ford House about IL o'clock on III,
night of Tuesday, and lodged him il
Jail. At the examination yester
day, the accused was represented by
able counsel in the person of r. ID
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 introduction of Gel. Burch
as witness, who testified to what he
knew of the matter, as we have de.
tailed above. He also testified that
at the time of the arrest Palmer de.
MED at Grst Of having had the con-
versation with Mr.. Meacham, which
We have given; bot ou being pressed
to acknowledge the fact, Palmer sta
ted that the conversation did not a.
mount to much, and was ouly such
as could be heard at any breakfast
table since the occurrence ofthe out
break.
Col. Burch vas followed by Mr..
who rehearsed his CONVEX
sation with Palmer, which We have
given above. The Court introduced
as testimony the letter from "a Trav.
eler," together with Gov. Wise's let
ter, the memorandum referred to in
"A Travellers" letter, a letter writ
len by Mary Horner to her husband,
md Thatcher's letter. The follow
ng is the memorandum as written on
olded piece of paper and makes four
pages:
THE MEMORANDUM.
The memorandum read by the
'rosecution is on piece of paper
olded and written on four pages, as
ollows:
1st page. Left New Orleans, Sept.
18th. Paid passage to Cincinnati,
IL. Got from J. Sharp, on that
oat, $40. MIR. Maxwell gave ne
8.
H. F., Oct. 18th.
NJ. c., Oct. 25tb.
Page opposite above.
w., $50.
s. B., 1850.
F. B., l12.
VIM. Halsey, Paris.
Tennessee.
Sd and 4th pages.
MEMORANDUM OF EXPENSES.
Oyercoat, Sc so. Boots S4 so.
pair pants 81 .75-S3 so. Sus.
enders soc. Socks, 4 pair, 81
'egars soc. Paid A. & Co., expenses,
A.. Hair cut 25c.
Jno. Matthews, New Orleans, t,
&C. Harding, Baton Rouge, La.
The above does not lock very i'm
osing. to be sure, but there are lew
hings ID it which may be worthy Of
ttention. For instance:
H. f. Oct. 18th, might stand for
1arper's Ferry. 1t was on the 10th,
My one day later than the insurrec-
ion occurred.
NJ. c., Oot. 25th, might mean the
1ammoth Cave, where, it is under
TODD from some correspondence found =.
mong Browns effects, an outbreak
as to have occurred, and the date
1sy be at the time appointed.
The figures opposite the letters
v, S. B., and F. b, may be iute nd
d to give the number Of whites,
laves, and free blacks in a certain
,cality-perhaps Paris, Tenn. or
he region in the vicinity Of Mann
10th Gave.
The following is the letter to Hor-
er from his wife:
MARY HoRNER s LETTER.
CnAMBERsBuRG, Oct. 20, 1859.
Dear Wllsam:-As Mr.. Martin
,oes down to .Hagerstown this eve
ing, could not help writing you
Inc by bin. You are SO headstrong