The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-15
IMPORTANT FROM JAMAICA

RESURRECTION OF THE BLAcKs-The Courier de,
Etats Unis has private correspondence from King
ston, Jamaica, dated March %, from which we
translate the following:
Encouraged by the acts of their neghb0rs the
Haytians, our blacks appear also disposed to at
tempt a revolution. In the parish of Westmore-
land has recently been imposed a tax, to which
the negro population not willing to submit
Some of the disaffected raised the standard of re-
volt and entered the little village of Savannah
where they destroyed some property. The police
having arrested four or five of the rngleaders,
tn cir partsans far from being discouraged contin-
ued their work of destruction, menacing with fire
the City Hall, if the prisoners were not released
Informed of these facts, Governor Darling has
despatched against the revolters a body of five
hundred men under the command of Col White
field.
GAS these troops marching towards the
place of embarkment, they met long file of carts
uptn which were perched number of blacks,
attracted thither by the sound of the drums and
trumpets. These people blocked up the passage
from the soldiers, and the colonel ordered them to
retire. His order producing no effect, it was ne
cessary to unsheathe the weapons, and the sword
of Colonel Whitefeld, which probably had not
the light since the battle OF Waterloo fell
upon the shoulders of more than of the poor
wretches.
"Soulouque, who lived near by, beheld these ex-
ploits from his window. Far from grieving over
the strokes under which the negroes suffered, he
contemplated the with evident delight. 'Ah!'
cried he the whites at last begin to understand how
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| them; they need blows and knocks.''
| Protestant CHURCHES IN FRANCE.-The Uoaiet,G.
| publishes report, addressed to the Emperor by
| the Ministers of the Interior and of Public Wor-
ship, on the subject of places of Protestant wor-
ship, and which is mainly intended to prevent the
recurrence of disputes such have recently taken
| place:
"The report commences by saying that although
the existing laws have established complete freedom
of conscience, they have not admitted uncontrolled
liberty in the exercise Of public worship, and then
proceeds to state that, by direction of the Emperor
| the question had been carefully examined to
what fresh guarantees could be established to
attention and impartiaty in the examination of the
demands for authorization to open new places of
worship. The result of this investigation is a re-
commendation that for the future the authorization
| for opening places of Protestant worship shall be
| given by Imperial decree the advice of the
! Council of State and on report from the Minis
| ter of Public Worship. The Council of State being
| exempt from all local passions would give its opin-
ion with all the authority and independence which
belong to it, The report then quotes an article OF
| the organic law which expressly declares that no
deberative assembly of the ministers of Protestant
worship can be held without the permission of the
government, and that no church or minister could
hold relations with any foreign power authority,
and that no ministers could be allowed to attack in
the pulpit any religion authorized by the State.
The report then states that the excesses of pros
elytism come from abroad, and as the violence
sometimes made use of in preaching must be pre-
vented by administrative measures, the plan thus
proposed would be the best means of preventing
such an abuse. Places Of worship already author
! lied will not De interfered with by the present
change. The ministers recommend that the pre-
tects OF the departments shall continue hitherto
to grant authorizations for the temporary exercise
of public worship, but that in the event Of Difficult
ties arising, the matter is to be referred to the
Council of State"