The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-23

off by the. rebels, while only three or
I rtour dead bodies We're all that were left
upon the ground when the rebels had
retreated, When the first vOlley had
been fired, we all retreated within the
court house, where we barricaded our
selves tot the time. We were here as
sailed by hundreds of stones and brick
bats that came showering from the
windows. The volunteers then picked
of from the windows men who appear
ed at intervals to shower in Yolleys of
stones, and in this way they managed
for a time to keep the rebels at dis
tance. ff r.
Finding their men picked off by the
volunteers from the windows of
the courthouse, and fearing to approach
by the front, they retreated from the
/ square to plLnder d store for an1nuni-
ton. AT this juncture, a few of the
volunteers who had been secreted below,
made their way to the top-door for adj
mission, and, dnding1 he uuare33c Cleared,
was, as by inspiration, instinctively
induced to leave, committing myself to
the care of an oyerruhng Providence.
81 left the court house alone, and pro-
| Geeded quietly, and without Interrupt
ton, down stairs and down the hill,
until got about halfway to the road
Here 1 was interrupted by four or five
| people, who made, a rush to strike me.
II Immediately folded my arms, and
4 1ODhNluKt lace, SAlO,
\ SHow dare you strike an old man like
me-=a minister of the Gospel! who has
flabored among you fors SO long time
who has always been your friend-your
/ firm friend-and done everything for
| your They seemed surprised at this
!, unexpected address, and paused for a
moment. One man, bolder than the
rest, made a rush at me; he made a
I blow at me wit b his stick, which ward
| ed off with my stick, and second blow
knocked off my hat sAman and a wo-
man then sprang upon me, crying,
on shall not strike him; no, you shall
I not strike him." andcoyered me SO COM
/ pletely in their en1bracejtha no blows
| could reach me that did not firstfall up
on them. 'ls. ess-A -tm
T. 81 was then lifted into the buggy
standing at the foot of the hill, and was
| driven Oft in great haste to the rectory.
"AIy son Arthur was following me,
and was just getting into the buggy
| with me, when he was beaten and LEFT
for dead upon the ground Millie' Fra
ger, hearing that he had been killed,
went in search of the body; finding that
he was still breathing, begged the man
1 who was standing over him not to strike
him again; but even this entreaty was
disregardad, for he gave another heavy
blow across the face, which drove
my sons eye from the socket, and left
I him 4 He was now dead, and this faith
| ful woman pulled some bushes and
Powered his face, to conseal the horrible
ddisfgurement and to keep away the
| flies. 5E-t.5 irn
| i "After dusk, zNIillie Frazier Mrs.
Taylor, and Mrs. Darby assisted in
bringing the body to the Mission house
ut Highbury, where I and my family
had takenSrefuge. = -.
On the morning of the outbreak,
some Of the rebels told my icoachman
before night; but the poor fellow, with
I an amount of forethought hardly to be
expected, said, mol mol you must not
do that; massa owe me a lot of money,
and if you kill him I'll not get a qpattie;
you must not do that sOhl well,' re-
piled the rebels, if that's SO we won't
touch him. This boy knew what was
logic for the negroes, and although L
did not owe him shilling, have no
doubt but that interposition Of his did
me service, 2.I n5t- r-
ION the wednesday evening, while
wewere at the Wesleyan mission house,
two men walked in at the rectory gate.
where they were met by an old Woman
who was standing at the gate. She
asked them what they were going to
do; to which they replied: 'To burn
the house, to be sure NO, you donit,l 2
she replied, stopping the way, dis de
parson house; you shRn't do it: if it
been beggar to-day >" 70
cannot, in single letter, trnce the
,insurrectio through the different towns
and settlements of the island. a per-
| feet reign OF terror prevailed every
where. The most dreadful trumors
were everywhere prevalent. The work
of plumber and murder went on for
days, almost without hindrance, for
there was no GOncert.of action among
the whites, and it was impossible for
thetnhabitants of one village to COM
municate with those of another, the
roads being everywhere held and guar
ded by the insurgents. But on the 18th,
the troops sent for by the baron arrived
| from Spanish Town at MoFant BaV.
Immediate measures were taken to put
down the insurgents.
From Morant Bay the troops were
marched toward the interior, where the
rebel forces were assembled. OF course
they had no regular organization, no.
thing that could be called an army; but
Throughout the parish they had es-
tablished camps, where they gathered
stores of pro visions pIundered from the
whites. Their war5cry wasJ death to
the white man, and the atrocities they
practicediu upon the defenceless citizens
were beyond all description. rH
The presence of the military put an
end to these outrages, and seemed to
quell the spirit of the rebels. The first
insurgents taken prisoners were tried
and immediately hung. These sum-
mary measures had thefeffect to induce
great numbers to throw away their
| arms and surrender themselves, at the
] same time asking for protection against
the military and their doWn friends.
Most of them were atOnce handed over
| to the magistrates. Wherever the
troops marched the rebels dispersed at
once, and arresting and furnishing,
rather than fighting, became the duty
of the military.
b 1t was we'll known from the first that
the master spirit of the instruction
was a white man named George Ges-
hegon, who, for the sake of reyenging a
private. wrong, had for months been
fomenting spirit Of discomfort among
the PEASANTS. This man, finding him
self in danger of arrest, gave" himself
up to the military authorities. he was
Immediately placed in close conhne-
ment, IN which his only solace was
singing psalms and praying. On the
10th he was taken to Aforant Bay, and
on the following day he was put on
trial. He looked pale and emaciated,
but was not wanting in GOODNESS and
deltberatnn. He took notes during his
trial. The court was dissolved Mt $3.50
O'Clock, and separated without passing
sentence. On his removal rom the
court the prisoner was taken to the p0-
| justice claimed him as her own. The
following day being Sunday, he passed
the entire sabbath reading from the
4 Bible. Late in the day preceding his
execution, SAW him pale and thin,
and us If dreaming, although awake.
i a hxed, earnest, settled stare was on
his countenance; stare evidently be
speaking mental torture, and a heart
I torn with remorse the most acute. -