Washington telegraph., 1854-09-06
Jamaica and Greytowu.

Wv" ANAL - .nouSul oI IN Jamaica. and
presents Lieutenant Jolley to us in a riaicr
lous light The bombardment was d.
graceful affair. but England will barslr
venture to disgrace herself by bombardinr
New York Philadelphia Or Boston y. .n
ges'ad by the Kingston journal 81.
wouldn't destroy either " these ei,ie. =.
Capt Hollins did Greytown, becau.a-.ha
can't. Capt Hollins deserves eensure h.
cause he has done A. England never tail. "
do-trampied on the powerless.
Eom RE NJ o. PioqraHeI
by the steamer Star Of the West which
arrived At the port Of New York on tba I'll
from San Juan, which she left ON the oa,i,
nlt-- we have few days later news from
the Island of Jamaica.
The chief news from Jamaica Il The u
feet Of the bombardment of Greytown upon
the Kingston editors. They are gone mad
with rage. We gave something of this
from the lsthmus papers, on the arrival If
the Charles Morgan. The Kingston .Jour-
nal Of July. 10, thu. announces The neus;n
flaming capitals:
Arrival Of the Dee-Excitinc IntelIi-
genee-Greytown Bombardcd and Destror-
ed-The British Flag Insulted-UnskiiI-
fulness Of American Gunnery-ProbabIe
War between Great Britain and the Unit.
cd States, &c.''
We make few amusing extracts. The
Kingston Journal. after stating that II i
without details, proceeds to say that the
American guns were most lubberly served Y.
that It is believed Comr HoIlins was in a
state Of intozication when he issued his pro-
clamaiion that the British Consul's flag was
shot down; and that the Consul hinsalf
was elected from his house BY bombsheu.
which however, did not explode. 1t coes
on thus:
Great Britain has 10 alternative but N
avenge the Insult offered to her fag. and
the injury done to her ally. She j. bound
to do 1t, on every principle Of honor and
Justice Ii he shrinks from the task. then
~ her yaunted protection of the weak against
the oppression of the strong, a in the case
VI Turkey. an empty boast She has ships
in sufficient numbers laid UP in ordinary.
which with little activity. NAV be soon
equipped and commissioned, with which
To bombarl New York, Philadelphia, Boz
ton or any one Of the American seaport.
W. a just measure of retaliation for the out-
rage On Greytown The bombardment of
Odessa wa lid act Of retFibution for the 81
nope massacre; aud nothing. less than sue
ces-sul attack Old some large American sea
port will teach Americans that they must
abstain from attacks similar to that On
Greytown, unless they be in accordance with
the laws of nations
And still further
What aid Sir Henry Barkly will be able
to afford the people Of Mosquito. we are at
a loss TO conceive. 1t would be dangerous
we imagine, to send cut of the island sin-
gle company Of the handful Of European and
black troops In it, as. with the example Of
GreytoWn before our eyes, we know not how
soon we may receive hostile visit ourselves
As to 4 naval force. we have only the steam
er Argus at Port ROYAL.
TIE Star of the West. on the 29th ult.. left
I'D the port VI San Juan the English mail
steamer Teviot. the English brig-ofwar Is
peigle, sent from Jamaica with relief fur
The citizens Of San Juan. the surveying cut
ter Bermuda, schooner Liberty. ana an
American schooner, name not ascertained
Dut hlra N rhe funniest inrii4r. ot -
Tba Bri'ish war schooner Is San Juan l1-
rInz lhl ululrimau- hlFiu4 rgmataad
que, ana returned ~ Jamaica. went baeE
on thc IoLh. auI ,hure uer commander. A.
ID JOLLY. Gle Cyane having lef. " course
Distinguished himself hy plamulga rle
following proc.amliions
PROCLAMATION
1t having been brought to NY notice,
that i'm consequence of The late cruel out
rage committed by the U. S. sloop-of-War
Cyane, that many deprcdations and thetts
have been committed on property necessari-
ly left unguarded, | hereby proclaim that
any person brought before me with sufficient
proofs Of having committed such thefts or
depredations, shall be severely fogged on
board H. 3. NJ. ship Bermuda under my
command
Given on board f. b. NJ. ship Bermuda
at Greytown, this 18th day Of July, 1854
A. ID. JOLLY,
Lieut.. Commanding.
PROCLAMATION.
In consequence Of the non-existence Of
all civil authority in this city of Greytown,
(caused BY the late outrage, being charged
as far as my power extends, with the protec-
ton Of lives and property, do hereby pro-
claim the city and territory of Greyto#n,
A. described By its constitution, under ''mar-
tial law
Given under my hand, on board Fl. B.
NJ. schooner Bermuda, at Greytown, Mos
quito, this 18th day of July, 1854.
"A. u. JOLLY,
l. Commanding.
Fugitive Slaves.