Staunton Vindicator

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1 The Irrepressible Conflict

"This is but the beginning of the storm, and unless at once dispelled, the small speck 'no bigger than a man's hand' which lately hung over Harper's Ferry, will soon shadow the whole south."

Seward Mr. Wise Gov.

Vindicator frets that if the Abolitionists and Southern Whig types get together, they may very easily elect a man for president who would have as constituents "the remains of the Harper's Ferry detested army."

Burke William A.

Wm. Burke of the Virginia Central Railroad has certificates to see the elephant at the Richmond Fair.

There is a man in Staunton who is an expert in the art of determining counterfeit money; he proposes to teach individuals at $5/person.

2 The Doings at Harper's Ferry

"So mad and hopeless an enterprise could hardly be credited. But it is true, and no less strange than true. . . . They must have been not only the wildest and silliest of fanatics, but wholly unacquainted with our State and our people."

Discussion of the events at Harper's Ferry. Initially, the residents discounted the idea that the men involved sought to free slaves and instead thought that these were the actions of "discontented operatives who wanted an increase of wages."

2 The Insurrection at Harper's Ferry

Lengthy series of telegraphic dispatches from Harper's Ferry that describe the actions of Brown and his men.

4 Appendix

Judge Black's arguments against Douglas's "squatter sovereignty."

2 Married

Thompson Horatio Rev. Brown Stuart S. McCutchan Isabella F. McCutchan James

Married on October 13.

2 Married

Beard Rev. Ocheltree John P. Switzer Eliza

Married on October 13.

2 Married

Coarsey J.W. Dr. Pauley Irene

Married on October 4.

2 Married

Crawford C.F. Mackey Lizzie Mackey S.

Married on October 6.

2 Died

Kinney John Chesley Kinney William Esq.

John Kinney, son of William Kinney, died on October 13. A tribute of respect from the West Augusta Guards is included.