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Staunton Vindicator: October 21, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

The Irrepressible Conflict
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Summary: 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."
(Names in announcement: Mr. Seward, Gov. Wise)

Full Text of Article:

"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."

[No Title]
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Summary: Wm. Burke of the Virginia Central Railroad has certificates to see the elephant at the Richmond Fair.
(Names in announcement: William A. Burke)

[No Title]
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Summary: 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.

The Doings at Harper's Ferry
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Summary: 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."

Full Text of Article:

"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."

The Insurrection at Harper's Ferry
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Summary: Lengthy series of telegraphic dispatches from Harper's Ferry that describe the actions of Brown and his men.

Appendix
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Summary: Judge Black's arguments against Douglas's "squatter sovereignty."

Married
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Summary: Married on October 13.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Horatio Thompson, Stuart S. Brown, Isabella F. McCutchan, James McCutchan)

Married
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Summary: Married on October 13.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Beard, John P. Ocheltree, Eliza Switzer)

Married
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Summary: Married on October 4.
(Names in announcement: Dr. J.W. Coarsey, Irene Pauley)

Married
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Summary: Married on October 6.
(Names in announcement: C.F. Crawford, Lizzie Mackey, S. Mackey)

Died
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Summary: John Kinney, son of William Kinney, died on October 13. A tribute of respect from the West Augusta Guards is included.
(Names in announcement: John Chesley Kinney, William KinneyEsq.)