4pp., folio, 24 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. Disbound. A rare, pre-Civil War Florida newspaper containing a lengthy, early inside page report of the Harpers Ferry insurrection led by radical abolitionist John Brown (page 2, column 7).

The report, states, in part, "The plan has been concocted more than a year; the parties rendezvoused at a farm a few miles distant, hired for the purpose. Capt. Brown, of Kansas notoriety, under the assumed name of Bill Smith, was one of the leaders.

A "Later Dispatch" continues, "A battle was last night fought, mainly by Railroad men. One conductor was killed and two conductors were wounded. It is thought the Abolitionists will be hung as soon as taken."

The final dispatch indicates, "The insurgents at Harpers Ferry, black and white, have surrendered. The leaders confess that it was an Abolitionist movement."