The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-10

u'Fo III mioBNl1lS III leuItlHS yoUI
aid to any one accused of crime, or
in giving him tho best of your
power and skill Nor is there any
danger that the State which com
mands the best talent in the market
will not be equally careful in seeing
that the public good docs not suffer
from any superior skill of yours
The prophet" Palmer in Plymouth
Pulpit.
"Dr, Frederick A. Palmer, for
merly physician of New York" +"
delivered brief lecture in the Ply
mouth church prayer meeting last
evening on "The Truth about
South Carolina" A search in old
directories has revealed only one
DIR. Frederick A. Palmer, who in
1874 was ''magnetic physician" of
this city, with sign saying as much
displayed IN front of his house in
West Twenty-seventh street, near
Broadway. He first came into
notoriety in New York during the
attempt by q band of professed Com
munists in the second week of Jan
uary, 1874, to arrange formidable
demonstration of unemployed work
ingmun. This demonstration cul-
minated in what is known as "the
Tompkins Square riot" OH january
Ii. The Park commissioners the
night before the riot revoked q per-
mission they had given for an as
sembly at Tolnpkins Square and the
"Committee of Safety" rs the Or
ganizers of the demonstration called
themselves, neglected to inform the
worllingmen of it. The next day
the unlawful, although in great
respect innocent, gathering, was
broken up by the police, and some
thing like a riot "ensacd, which the
"Committee Of Safety" did not come
in q mile of. This committee, of
which CDR" Palmer was o. member,
met several times at his house in
Twenty- seventh street Mrs. Eliza
beth La Pierre WAS also q member of
the committee, and affected the red
of the Commune in her dress-at
the meetings at least. She was n
clairvoyant, the divorced wife Of
Herbert DaTiels, and the inventor
of stocking suspondor, which, in
February, 1871, she had m office for
the sale of in Broad street. During
this Communist business she was
landlady of the house in Twenty
seventh street, and let rooms to
CDR" Palmer. Being divorced
from Mr.. Daniels the following
March she married OBJ" Palmer a
few days after. Before that she
had assisted him in treating his
patients as spiritual medium" for
pay. She was, it will be remem-
bcred, witness for the defence in
"Tilton VS.. Beccher," testifying
principally that she had seen the
plaintiff kiss Mrs. Woodruff and
put his arm around her, and
heard him call her "Vickie," oil of
which Mrs. Woodruff denied. DR..
Palmer has for year or more lived
in Aiken county, S. c., and written
letters North, some OF which it is
said have been published in the
New York Times. MIR. Beecher
introduced him, Saying there had
been some doubt about the wisdom
Of having a lecture upon the true
condition Of the blacks at present,
but lie thought tho church could
stand it.
DR.. Palmer spoke with much for
vor. The government of South
Carolina" said he, "is still white
mans government, and the native
whites heap insults and indignities
upon their colored follow-c citizens
that would drive any other people
to inaugurate q reign Of terror such
as the world has Lever seen." He
then proceeded to say that the
Southerncrs were as determined as
ever not to have the negroes educa-
ted talked of school teachers be-
ing threatened with tar ana feathers
unless thew stooned teochino, nepro