The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-08

Fyon sg5Os,-1sE'airs at eJansGica--T The
EGrFaGNS Court Maftidi-44za9sOas7ace1sa of
the Death Sentence to WirS. ss6Js
~ efea5 WASHINGTON, Nov. z.
The U. S. Consul, stationed at Havana,
under date of Oct. 3lst, informs the State De
partInent that the Captain General of Cuba
has rendered to the british Consul General
troops and warsvessels to go and assist the au-
thorities of Jamaica. lIhe war vessels were
accepted, and two of them sailed, en- the date
Of this dispatch, from St..Jago de Cuba.
Our consul at Havana enclosed to the State
Department, from our consul at Kingston, in
which he states that his predecessor, who had
had some four years experience with the
islanders, expresses fears that it will require
several months to suppress the instruction
eifectually. He also expresses the hope that
an American war steamer may be at once des-
patched to that port, and states that there are
on the island Of Jamaica about 100000 inhab-
itants, Of which only 10000 are whites, about
10000 mulatoes, and the remainder blacks.
The present outbreak has evidently been
long contemplated, and is intended to be a war
Of determination by the blacks against the
whites, and the great disparity Of numbers
gives the former great advantage They
have moreover chosen a time when there are
but few English troops at that station and but
one small English war steamer, the Wolverine,
at the island aE asai3loI
HE Fafra5ut Court Martial to-day took no
the case OF Commodore Craven, charged, un-
der the rules adopted for the better govern
ment OF the navy, with falling to do his utmost
to overtake and capture OF destroy anv vessels
which it was his duty to encounter; the rebel
ram Stonewall being in the harbor of Ferrol
and he in command of the Niagara at the
time, and the Sacramento and another ship of
war being in that port to aid him. The ac-
cused being called upon to plead to the charge
and specification, he asked for time before
doing So to allow him to procure counsel,
which was granted. The court then adjourned
until tomorrow. a.F m8
Yesterday afternoon about 4 O'clock, Gen
eral Augur commanding Department oe Wash
ington, accompanied by Major Russell, Provost
Marshal, and Capt Geo. r. Waldbridge, COM
mander of the Old Capitol prison, proceeded
to Captain Werz's room, and having informed
him OF his unpleasant errand, read to him the
death sentence and the time fixed for his ex-
ecution, viz, Friday. next, between the hours
of six A. M. and noon. The prisoner listened
to the reading with much apparent composurc,
and when asked by Gen. Aagur il he had any
thing to say, he replied 81 have nothing to
say except that / desire to state to you that
1 am innocent of the charges brought against
me-" Having been asked about his wife, he
remarked she was in Kentucky, and could
hardly come here in time; besides he did not
wish her to experience the trouble in which
she would be plunged at seeing him in his last
extremity. The prisoner made request that
Father Boyle, and Louis Schade of his eoun-
sci, should be sent for, which was granted
before the officers retired Capt. Werz is repre-
sented as saying -" have been prosecuted,
and it there Is such thing as a spirit coming
back to Earth 1 will come back to prosecute
those who have periured themselves to hang
men ss Ea s& "