Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-10
FROM J4.M.ATC.g.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 3O.-By the schooner
Henry, ice receiced Falmouth, (Jam.) papers
to the 7h INST. The ertracts bciov sheiD, that
q fer misguided tcretches in that island, at
tempted, at the late Christmas HOLIDAYS, to err
cite rerot amongst the siares on one or two
plantations, ichtch terminated as all such i'll
Judged Efforts must terminate, IN the erecation
Of the detuded Instruments engaged in the des-
perate enterprise.
Falmouth, (Jam.) Dec. 31.-We stated in
our last that sererdi negroes had been conrict-
cd at Port Maria Of a conspiracy. There ,ccre
eight put upon Meir trial, namely, Charles
Broion, James Stirling, Charles Watson, Rod
neg Uehngton, JFiltiam Montgomery, Rich
ard Costey, and Maurice Henry, belonging to
Frontier estate IN Saint .RGry's, and Henry
eiibs TO James Waiter, Esq. Of Port .Naria,
charged icifh being concerned IN re6ellious con-
sPirocieS, and committing other crimes 10 the
ruin and destruction of the whitc people and
Others an this island; and. TOR causing, erciting
and promoting Others to aid and assist there
IN; and also for being concerned IN rebellion
or rebeltious conspiracyto commit murder, fc-
tony, burglary, robbery, and TO set fire TO Ger
tam houses, out-houSeS, and compass aud ina
ginc The death ofthe ,ohite people in the parish
81 81. AHaTy-cf viiich charges they w7e all
found gully
~ .PPCeHeo Hf eCtucUCt, tnUL Ine PRISONERS
had intended to set fire 10 the trash-houses on
Frontier estate, on Hednesday night, the nth
'nSt. and as the ioliite people and free persons
81 color came TO the estate to assist in ertin-
gushing the flames, they acere to hare been
murdered /; Gftercdrds the rebellious negroes
icere to hare proceeded to Port Maria, set the
toion on fire, and massacre the ,chole of the
i0tite Inhabitants and free persons of color
The proceedings Of the trials trere tor,card-
ed to has grace the Governor, icto signed the
tcarrant for their erecution, and on Uednesdau
last the eight unfortunate and deiuded indivi-
duols icere hanged at Port .naria Four com
Pan'es Of the st. .Narys regiment of militia,
and part Of the troop Of horse attended on
the occasion and the sentence Of the ia,c icas
carried into erecHtion IN the most solemn man
ner.
The Rev. HIN. Girod, the Rector, and the
Rep. Mr.. Cooke, Curate, of st. .Mory's, attend
ed me conspirdtors IN their last moments, and
Mer erhortations 10 repentance lcere not lost
on the eutPrits-one only confessed his quit
The ,choie declared that they had alaca1s been
most kindly treated By those appointed to SUI
Perintend them; bit a mistaken idea that then
mere to be made free, had led them to form, the
dia6oticat plot for ohich they hare atoned with
their Ines
January 1.-THE militia guards ,Cltich ,cere
mounted an this parish on the Esd ult. at Hu2e
HAL and Good Hope estates, and Falmouth,
acre relicced daily until Monday, ,chen then
tcere discontinued
a letter from, the overseer of Balcarres Man
tdt'on, st, Georges, dated the a7h uH has
been receiued an Kingston. IL states that four
negroes, belonging TO that property had been
arrested and committed for trial, on the chi
dence Of negro belonging to .UuHeH Hal
estate, for attending nightly meetings, for the
purpose Of training or drilling. They, ho,c-
ever, expressed q aoiSh 10 confess every thing
they leere acquainted ,sih and it ,cas hoped
that they 'ooltld escape any seriouS punishment
for the Information they lciH gire
.9nother letter from ST. Georges, dated the
esth uft. to a respectable gentleman IN Kings
ton, has also been receiped, ichich states, that
thirteen negroes were to be tried for being con-
cerned an the ADORE cOnspiraCu-hat 1t lcas
supposed that the magistrates had got much
amportant Information from a negro belonging
TO EuHett HGN (tcho had Implicated has o,on
6rother,) and some to BalcGrres. Almost all
me properties, more or less, acre concerned an
the late business"
IN consequence ofthe Information given by
the four negroes or BaIcares estate, thirteen
negroes hare been aPprehended IN st. Georges
for oeing concerned IN rebetlious purposes, and
are to be forthwith tried by The .slave courts.
On Wednesday euening last TACO negroes,
Henry and Thomas, belonging to Miss Hood
icorth, Of st. Georges, acre sent to Kingston
under charge Of a party Of maroons, and, an
consequence Of The Information they gaze, a
negro named Chance, belonging to Dr.. Daron,
ieas appreciated, and underwent an eranlina-
t'on on FRIDAY, and icas remanded.