Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-16
1Y,. .lnmn,cn Tnsurrection.

sABythe Tyne, we'have files of Kingston
(Jainaica) papers to the 10Th instant, giving
1 the particulars of the insurrection OF the
| blaoks in the parish of st. Thomas IN the
| East, and the brutal butchery OF nearly all
the leading men in.the parish. For some
time past great deal OF disaiiectlon mas
prevailed among the lower classes or black
population, on account OF tne ullhcuicy
thew found In procuring a living, the cause
being attributed to the ruling powers, but
we think II more justly due to their. own
disinclination to work. This spirit of dis
Affection appears to have been fOstered by
some leading men in the island, fanatics;
| by the teachings and writings of some Bap-
tist missionaries, prominent amongst them
one DR.. Underhill ;by a newspaper known
as the anti Slavery Reporter, and by design,
| Ing menswho had everything to gain anu
| nothing to lose by inflaming the minds OF
| the peasants against the property classes.
| The discomfort had lately manifested itself
in secret military organizations with the
design to follow the example of 'Hayti, to
Kill or all the white and mulatto inhabitants,
| and make themselves masters of all proper
| ty In the country. Itseems that the demons
| having fully eoncocted their plans, deter
mined to carry them into effect. Tbetirstl
symptoms of an outbreak appeared on the
| 7th instant at Morant Bay, when mob res
cued from the police man arrested for
some crime. Warrants were issued for the
parties engaged in the rescue, but could not
| be executed owing to the strong resistance
| made. The excitement steadily increased
until the llth, when it reached its climax.
| On that day the vestry OF the parish met at
! Morant Bay, and after transactiDg theusual
/ business were about to retire for lunch
| when mob of some four or five hundred
| men, having torcibly entered the police sta
ton and supplied themselves with arms and
! ammunition, approached the court house
| In which the 'vestrymen were, ana
| when within a short distance OF the
building made q furious attack upon
| small body of volunteers, some eighteen In
| all, stationed there, in apprehension that
| some trouble might occur. The volunteers,
| in self-protection, after the riot act was
read, fired upon the mob, killing and
wounding several; but they were soon
overpowered, and Obliged to retire to the
| body of the court house and barricade the
doors. Skirmishing was then kept up with
| fatal effects on both Sides between the in
mates of the court house and the mob, until
| it was discovered that the building hadsI
| been fired and the roof was in flames. The
only choice left to those inside was to be
| burned to death or face the .infuriated de-
mons. The latter was decided upon by
nearly all Of the party, and the most ficnd-
ish atrocities imaginable followed. The
unfortunate victims were captured and
slaughtered, after which the bodies were
mutilated In every conceivable way, the de- |
! tails of which are too sickening to be re-
peatet IdiseDl botueted decapitdted and diSmen,-
bered, toRg,es ceh ont, and eyes destroyed; IN
manu- instances the cruelttes being committed
lchilst ihe victimS tcere still Huing. The fe-
males, of whom large number had joined
| the mob, performed the most disgusting
part of the work. The military were i'm
mediately called out, and the most active
and summary measures taken to quell the
disturbance. The principal mover of the
| insurrection, George w. Gordon, OF Kings |
| ton, a member of the Legislative Assembly
| for the parish of st. Thomas ye East, and
the leader, Paul Boyle, together with a
very large number of the insurrecti0nists |
had been arrested and were being tried by |
court-martial. Most of them, it was be- |
lieyed, would meet with the fate they de- |
served-the halter. Already large num- |
Der had been executed. The balance were |
being closely followed up by the military. |
From our exchanges we have not'been able |
Ito learn the exact number OF casualties, but
from private sources we understand some
thirty y-one whites were butchered, and that
about one hundred blacks had been shot
and thirty hung. This may be exagger-
ated. TR stFe M
"A correspondent OF the Standard, writing
from Morant Bay, October IL, says: REF
ugees from all parts of the parish come in
| from morning to night-oyerseersa and book
keepers, white and colored Inhabitants, who
reside in the mountains. 1t Is heartrending
to see among these women and children
who have been in the woods, and amid man
groves, stepped in bogs, having slept in
swamps for nights, passing barefooted and
bareheaded into town, some Of whom are
on their way to Kingston. Infants In arms,
saved by few faithful black servants, are |
among these. All the mountain residences |
have been ertered and pillaged, and some |
of them more or less demolished, and there |
vet remains in the woods hundreds of hu-
man beings who have not, up to now, been |
| fortunate enough to make their escape. The |
evidence found upon some of the prisoners
shows that it was the intention OF the in |
strfeetionists, as heretofore stated, to spare
none Of the tchite or cOlored people, but TO
slauqhfer all ipdiscrin,iiidtely. Thanks to the
energetic and summary measures adopted
| by the authorities, they have been ,baulked
| In their designs. or the number OF per-
sons murdered in cold blood no estimate is
made In our exchanges, but we fear it is
very much larger than we have heretofore
stated; and of the blacks shot or executed,
we believe the statement made In our last
issue is also below the mark; they were
shot down in all directions by The military
or tried by court-martial and hung; some.
not very deeply implicated, were let of
with good flogging. sg- ...S.
A correspondent of the Standard, writing
from Morant Bay, October IL, says that 80
rebels had been hung at that place on the
previous day; local preacher had that
morning been sentenced to three years In the
penitentiary, and The rebels all ouer the c0un-
try ,oere being Killed right and left By the mill
| tary. From other localities reports OF
similar nature are published. The most
summary measures were necessary to nip
the uprising in its infancy. Most of the
| leading men in the move have been secured
| or disposed Of. Besides those mentioned
before, we notice VIM. Carr shot; Grant,
wilkes Miles and Chrisholm captured, all
| rebel chiefs. The Revs. j. III. Cole and Jas.
\ Roach, two of the prominent 'instiSators,
| have also been arrested. hecapture Of the
leaders has dispirited the rebels, and the
/ latest reports say many of them were COM
i ing in and giving themselves up. The
h Wdtchulan office had been closed, and yaz.
Kelly Smith and others connected with itI
arrested on the charge OF publishing sedi-
| tious articles. The mar00ns have acted very
bravely, and saved many valuable lives, at
the different estates. No apprehension Is
felt of any fnrther trouble. mr
Il "A Piece OF History.