Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-22
THE HARpER's FERRY TRAGEDY.

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brown o. "''"""h'e N"''7'l arrive" y" ""''''e'," -
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raj S'ene where the Potomac passes tue h"e s' "''cn
sihiy settled uoMn To cultivate 'he "rIh' N"'h'"s WIS
uoush' OF 'hS' peeA"7e ms Oh "'o years pV'"' WY
common i"r northern FARMERS 10 occupy anu I'LL m ~
'Hghh' WIN view vi f"s'hB cropa 'or INV "'N'''"'
philadelphia New YORK and Boston, subsequently, i"'fe
arrived man. notorious u connected win Inc Npnnr'h" VI
slaves through Ohio.
Brown WIS accompanied by his sons and there seems
also to have gradually assembled around him other white
men, either from Kansas or Ohio At first these move
ments attracted M attention hut at length suspicion was
aroused and some one sent secret warning I" he govern
ment ut Washington that trouble was brewing NJ ltarH
Ferry No attention was paid to H. An agent Of the can
arators appears to have been In Baltimore and bought
great qansiiics of percussion caps and perhaps other mil
tary ammunition Browns farm served US sccurc rem
delyon- and there It would seem, blacks and whites as
semled cautiously and planned that dreadful thing, SER
vile insurrcction.
ofthe motives which prompted this movement we have
some hint Brown was the leader Of the Kansas people at
Osawatunie where his son was murdered by Missouan4
and his homie destroyed Those events fund him mocr-
ate man In his views and len him. 50 far rs we can ulg.
ly his subsequent acts bold violent interruptions rock.
| less and turbulent NOT content with the peace
which has been established in Kansas he attempted
| leanernte raid unnn tho M.sa,r harder and II l.,
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Souherners seems have taken complete possession of
brown. As he could not free the slayeain Missouri which
he tried hc hit upon this last scheme Of freeing the slaves
| IN Maryland and Virginia.
II was the freak of man whose wits had been crazcly
his domestic calamities And vet he seems to have found
followers as reckless as himself how many is still uucer-
tain though probably twenty or thirty would probably
be the largest number concerned In the outbreak So far
as We can mako il out the nlan WINS TO seize tho town of
IIarpcra Ferry and the government arory and arsenal
ami hl tho,n ma G,rtinnton l., yylc, hn slaves Iru
n,i,,rin eoun,ry m,h, emma and orc,nizc fir milf
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,nt h,v th,,,sand stanl of ar. and with thc.p md
ahunnnc, f nmnunon II ,vnd bc e,sv Ia arm all The
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dt"usy lhhi the whole town vi" III their possession; and
cppcnlly they Ind seized the government nrin,ry nrre,nl