The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-08
NEWS FROM JAMAICA.

Details of the Negro InsurrecttOn ut st.
Thomns-The Last Indiscriminate Mas
saere OF the White Men, Women and
Children-Horrible Butcherics and Bru-
talies-Eighty-One OF the Insurgents
Captured and Sentenced to Death
Martial Law Proclaimed, &c.
The bark Reunion, Captain Tracy from Port Antonio
jamaica with dates TO October 49, arrived here yeser
day, bringing some details Of the instruction in the
island OF Jamaica The fearful excuses
mited by the negroes and the nsurrection ragged in all
It's fury The rebels in full possession Of Port Mo-
rant and had killed several Of the officials and citizens
including Baron Ketteholtz, the cusos chief officer
Of the city.
The following letter from the Collector Of Customs at
Port Morant gives the fullest details Of the destruction
Of life and property at that place.
LETTER FROM THE COLLECTOR OF PORT MoRANT.
On BOARD HER MAJEry's SHIP-oF-wAR WOLVERINE,
PORr ANTONIO, Oct 10, 1885, !
The above will inform you that not in the old
quarters Port Morant but under the protection OF
a ship of.war
We have had fearful rebellion In st. Thomas, the
East and at the time am writing there is not single
white inhabitant the parish The rebellion broke out
at Morant Bay Wednesday last, when tho following
persons were killed.
Baron Kettleholtz, the custos.
Mr.. Walton, proprietor Of the Retreat Estate.
Two sons OF Rector Cooke and twenty other per-
sons belonging TO Morant Bay
Captain Htchins Lieutenants Hall and Reid the ON.
Of the Bath volunteers and poor Herr Of Amity
Hall Estate, who killed in his house rstho pres
Of Mr. Creighton and Dr. r. s. Crowdy, the latter
Of whom was lying sick and whose life was saved by
his taking oath not to dress the wound Of any white
man.
Shortbrdge, Harrison and Chisholm had narrow
escape SO had their wives and children Mrs. Harrison
and her children Mrs. shortbdge and her children
the woods for three days and nights but were
rescued by the military and taken TO Kingston In gun
boat.
am here with only the suit Of clothes on my back
went up into the woods until the military came Ny
servant boy Thomas behaved well and saved my life,
soldiers came and 60 sot on board the ship war
Everything In my house has been taken away.
The brutality y s anything yGp ever heard Of
from trunk TO heel; was Walton and Htchins; and
black man. lately member Of the local Legislature and
an educated man and much respected; his belly was
cut open and the entails taken out while he was alive,
and this was done BY women Dr. Major had very mar
row escape and 80 had his friend Warrington; the lat
ter however, Is dreadfuly cut up.
Martial law s proclaimed The Governor Ia here in
person and 30 is the General We have large military
force
Many prisoners are taken Eighty.ons are already
sentenced 70 death, and large portion Of them have
All our lady friends ct Port Morant were taken 10
Kingston by gunboat All the stores in Manchioncil
cleaned out, including our friend Kirkland.
Mr. jackson, the magistrate, was severely wounded NJ
Golden Grove, but he Is not dead Yours, In cad dis
tress, GEO. A. HAGUE.
Reports from Our Consul ~ Kingston.
WARRINGTON, Nov Z, 1906
The United States Consul stationed at Havana under
date Of October 81 informs the ssate Department that
the Captain General OF tho Island Of Cuba has rendered
TO the British Consul General troops and vessels 10
90 and assist the authoiea The vessels were &C
cepcd and two OF them sailed the date Of his des
patch from g. Jago do Cuba
The Consul at Havana enclosed 70 the State Depart
ment despatch from Consul at Kingston In which
he states that his predecessor who has had four
years experience with the slande expresses fears that
win require several months to suppress the nsuec
ton enectuay. He expresses the hope that Amor.
may be a. once despatched 10 that port
and that there the Island Of Jamaica about
four hundred thousand inhabtants Of which only ten
thousand are whites about seventyn thousand mu-
lattoes and the remainder three hundred and fifteen
thousand blacks The present outbreak evidently has
been long contemplated, and is intended to be Of
determination by tho blacks against the whites and tho
great disparity Of numbers gives the former great i'd
vantage They have chosen time when there
but few English troops at that station, and but
small English war 1.-THE Woverinc) at tho island