December 7, 2025

Abolitionist in Asylum; Lehman’s Letters

Gerrett Smith, the abolitionist, is insane. He is confined in the asylum in New York, and in his ravings, frequently speaks of Harper’s Ferry, and imagines himself under arrest. Pity but that all of his comrades […]
November 19, 2025

Murders on Washington Railroad

Shocking Outrage.– We learn that a most outrageous murder was committed last night on the Washington Rail-Road, 8th section, about 18 miles from Baltimore. It appears that a dispute arose between some of the workmen and […]
November 18, 2025

O’Donovan; Chemist

HARPERS FERRY, (Vir.) July 17.Medical Discovery.– Doctor T. C. Smith, of Dublin, lately obtained 5,800 premium from the English Parliament for the undermentioned recipe for Typhus malignant Fevers. Six drachms of powdered nitre, six drachms of […]
November 16, 2025

Temperance Procession

On Saturday last, the Harpers-Ferry Total Abstinence Society, joined by other societies, had their procession through the village, and attracted deep interest and attention. At about 10 o’clock, the societies came forth from their respective places […]
October 19, 2025

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700 LABORERS, To whom One Dollar a day will be punctually paid. This work is in one […]