, 1865-12-21
BRITISH ATROCITIES IN JAMAICA.
Shooting, Floe.fnG and Hanging: tho
Dlnckk-Gommests ON Tho PEcsendep


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me lslsnd OF Jamaica has become pande
monium, Whefe cruelty and terror reign = ~
pIene sag 1ne osst Lnns 70 oe Gona ey He
Mnjesty's Government Is 70 provide ior th'
supremacy o. tne laws Wnsa tns omciat
appear 10 nave so nstefV tfooden unue
h1I -.-c:.,
by anf i 'aIt h,a Mah H. mg g, aao t., accounts o. sn
,as manner y ~n1 ,ne eu aansa n ho "eE
dencs could e found, hanging men 1o'
seoTnng nnaes me lasn, ana shooting priso
neIs as matter o. convenience. The Eccen1
accounts Supply 1fesa instances OF an amount
o. ne.notaiasauon 5, aau @ Groelty y On the 70 PAT Q
oulcess, Hol1efs ana sailoEs' "hicn = Perfect
y sPpallng: hefe despa1chs 1or n
Stance, isom Lieut.. Adeock, or the @ Gth regt
hN' menl' 70 nng. osn. , se.sons ea.ea @ sosa Oeto
here 1ier nal Eatmg thai he had onynt sevel
nonses. bot eouia oot zee one rebei during ~
4 efEcdnion1 1e proeceds 10 say, fhst he re
!tulngu 20 do1een ~ . osose ~ me evening". ~ at
found there q prisoners = sent him BY tho Mo
rcons, nna o. tnese ne disposed" OF as mani
as possible, but was too tired to continue IT
ter dark. Now, We Eould mol, IN ordinary
circumstances entertain any dark suspicion
as to the nean'og q the word dispose, =
! 4Ne LAN A%9FHtCA AtSN4A Vt1AoAsS LII ~ JuA-l
what Tho word Is intended to convey, !" Or
the morning OF the 24th, )" ho Gays, ~ started
for Morant Bay. having first 1ogged and hung
SIX rebels" This lieutenant, although neal
headquarters, hung or logged his prisoners,
and then proceeded lcisurcly. On =his way,
ali Of whom he logged. He varied his am11ss.
meut by burning seven houses and one meet
Ing house in Beckiord, and four houses IN
Johns Town. The inhabitants of the VII
lages, "the rebels" as the gallant chapel.
burners terms them, about zoo III number.
regret, "1could not get single shot, the
I bushes being 60 thick" A Captain Ford.
not apparently In the regular service, but
equally engaged in the duty Of repression,
stntes that On The march Of his troops from
Morant Bay they shot two prisoners and
catted-that is tho gentlemanlY Jamaica cx-
preston for fogged-1ye or SIX, and then 1c-
feased the latter as these had only been con
ce,ucd In plunderine, not murde1me. The
kind Of trial or evidence upon which
the poor wrctchcs were convicted Is, OF
course, too tdyial a matter for the Captain to
made raid. and returned to headquarters
after having fogged nine men and burned
three negro houses. They Ind in all from
fifty to sixty prisoners Several, the captain
says, we're flogged without court martial,
Anderson, To kind Of parson or schoolmaster. y
of course the captain Is not to be expected
| to acknowledge TINT auy man with black
| skin Is q real parson OF q real schoolmagter-
! got fifty lashcs another person cot one hun
drel 1ashes; eight were to ba hanged
OF thot In the morning. The black
rooms, but party Of the ist West India
| regimcnt-drew forth the special admiration
| ofCnptain Ford. They shot about one hun-
lred and sixty people on their march ftom
Port Antonio. to Mauchioueal, hanged seven
in Manehioncal, and shot three on their way
tini law" be exclaims: tbe ] Soldiers ~ eniov a
1t, The lnbabitants have to dread it. Il tby tbeyy
run On Their approach. they me shot for mn
ming away.'s' aud thus Il Is Blisih soldiers
led On by commissioned officers, deal with an
thew run awaT thsy hang o2 soot nnyo tboss Whn
rcmuin, it they think item guilty, but Of
what crime il Il iiffIruit T. ffetryT7;ne cnd
If tLev ind them innocent tIer josh them b.
fore relcasine them, Nor must It BE- ann
held who thus act. The snectai corrcsnond.
eut of the ColoniaI Syandar,d mentions That m,
rt.ma1t{al wno hs1a ot Mo-snt H. w. ~ az ~
nrfiny. Nov 4th, Int ~ vcs held r. tbe A..
trict prison. There nfncty.nine n1ssnners NJ
both sexes ,nrafnst whom Il Ii snccsaliv men.
iIcn released. A's'''e>A e>''0 :
y The Maroons have been fndnstrJous IN The
voII Of M s1nnabter. @ % They have hv no N 1ncsns sns
helie1 The expectations 81 ther f1isnds Thcv
teII how at me snot in thcfr dcvastatfny ~.
rnn, a. .aho1. -, -. .,.1,,.a ss,s ~ s".-S
d.er ]ns a ~ ,.s "unGI ano gtoHn cn-
saa ulen, a., 80 'ney NeN cMs!nl 70 mentlnn 70
Prosg nom ustns tna appenauon o. tepeiWa'
.h.t iuss eh @ .ae Ss ia.seiY !lneSn
aosaian. ns aIa h1.i LEY moa i s5 % sa ihe
MaS,.aS n.atar ousu, % ~Hsaams sne ae,
~ .xbi;at sant on ~ tf1ais 1oau sng
auu Hatist uot one " luelr men was lo8t,
e,a5 sne a5oes i,. ws1o III - atet aoHn, ana tne
SWW SiW9oru s''e~u % WIZ saen asao 'o94ss. na
.nd h. "oi'an, 1,t+,. 'u kaoMn cnia
au,a ~ ut .as a. - LILLE. LILLE sunalen, Wno
~ S1iu not ~ aof 1esuge 81 .as lfee-tope "nas
VI e.,.t. hnm ~ l Mnen tre % %gIouna- % enmDefea