Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-22


radicalism is attempting, to, sIhrow oyer the
prospects of reconstruction is rapidly dispell-
cd under the genial sun 81 his 1iberality.
r. " The Jamaical 1nsumrrectioon., IRE
+ The.Nov York" Worla, Of the 4th, says /:
We are permitted to copy the following ex-
tracts alettersrecsived by a merchant
ofthis city, from Kingston, Jamaica, by way
Of Ha9ana: e '''.S: +s&1',''1 :,
: ~ : &c, * K5sssTo'ss Il 10 October Is, 1865.
Ere! !this reaches New York, you. will no
doubt Aave. heard of the unsettled state of
the isAad, ,:caused by tho diaaffecsion;of the
negrdsThe widest rumors prevail here in
King gaFding the,reported atrocities Of
the b! the interior sections fsthe is
land. 3 st cause the blacks are in se-
;belion ais owa.. Government, re-
mains to,be ascertained. /: In Jamaica,,a ,,as you
are aware, the colOred people Have the pre-
ponderance, bothsin numbers and Influence.
TIE Legislative Assembly, corresponding to
your Congress, is virtually and, to al pur-
poses poses negro assembly, as not more. than
oue-Gfth OF. the members belong to the. des-
pissed white race. The black population Of
the island outnumbers the,z white twenty to
lones The Mayor Of Kingston is q c0lorod
man, although he is believed to disagree with
the majority Of the icolored people s ii their
fa,nciful and md Visionary , theories. More than
e.fo,,rtbs of the magistrates and officers
Of tho ColouiaI- 11oyer nmept are colored men,
and sevcral-ofs tho. best educated and most
o,r5mincut Journalists 6e.the island ars< also
eojoreas ejes s fassns The pioiisosare, With very few
:eSseptions; Sstobgi1s to ths same race. Still,
:aitIouSG edducatii6tmr. 5ssa Il enerally difused
EIo,t 49, -. s.a,,, 70 - h a.
;sSsi soo1;. - asaSaS s;ssis-od ,aa,rd
.h.c ..,;,o ,;ner;t,, ~ ra-t sos .ho M
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e-ovo' nv.
- -; pt,neiRa. = s " :, is ,..las ,ses
'ee u.sS .l sa,1 : ~ -
=. y : 80 :; o. s.sss;i
'He ~ Hs,-. s.ee Is = a @
u .;,,; 80 So M 80 -: ~
.s.,~;s-s. IS .ho;. .aS.m;,1;nn ,es.s,ss ,phoes
s.oandre,s nr.ocn tho doctr;ne 'of oo,f,een nnd
,;ndenoids1t rooro rannbl;, ,o I,bos;s;s ckief.
~, !, o,c;strocv tbsv Svonid elevate tho brutal
soIlcaue al present sff.r residing At Kingstop,
"
or some of His mushroom ilb 70 ;1 sobilitv We have
also in our midsta large nunber of negroes
IGNORANT and brutal IN, ;,tbeir. ins.;ncts from
the ne;phboripe island of,st,, Douai;nea who
woplrI not faiI in case oea eeneeas oS,bfas,tk:,
IN follow in tbe. foatstens of.,bs .;nbG,,san
bntcbers If s.5iftbac CHANCE uaa ssfffeaF;,ed
z IL. raraoTa ,,er tint tba sbJsrks ss
sent petition detailing their fnanciar gr1ev--
ances to the Queen some time ago, complain.
ing oftho high ratc-of provisions and'other
uecessaries Of life,c' and demanding some
means ofrelief. 2 - g - :, % 8
The answer from the Home Government
was, in substance, " 60 to work !" but this did
not please the half-barbaioous descendants of
the Maroons in the interior o. the island, and
since then, there have been mgutterings sndsc-
cres plottings on the part Of Inc blacks, en-
couraged aud fomented, as i am aware from
personalcxperiences by men who should know
better, from lhcir'intelligenee and education.
There arc great number of helpless white
families, withoutprot ection, scatteredt Through
out the more remote sections. of, the island,
inaccessible to all assistance in. case ,ofran
emeule. In. Kingston, vedepend for our safe
ty upon a fleet Of war vessels, "a :handfal.of
white troops, and q regiment of African ne.
groes from the Cape of Good Hope, who
strongly evinco bytbeir bravery and conduct
the same feeling Of hatred toward the color
cd natives Of the island that the latter mani
fest toward the white population. In case.of
o universal rising all over theiislaud. I anti:
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