The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-21

to the authorship of certain officious
friends of General Lamothe, that he
had been declared guiltless by the au.
thorities of all participation in the late
cOnspiracies in this island, in connec.
ton with the rebellion. The General
it was added, was detained prisoner
on board of the Aboukir until vessel
could be placed at his disposal i'm which
to remove himself to some other coun-
try, as the government would not allow
| him to remain here after he had yio-
lated the asylum hitherto afforded him,
to get up aid to the rebels against the
government of Hayti, which is at peace
with England.
The report took its rise from the ALE
CATION that General Lamothe had writ
ten letter from on board the Aboukir
to his wife here, announcing the facts
stated, and We learn from another source
that one of these eager sympathizers OF
the General had overheard the state
ment from the lips of high official who
was communicating it to a friend. We
made inquiries from every source where
the truth was most likely to be known.
and we can safely state that at least up
to five O'Clock last night, when my in
quiries closed, we could discover no au-
thentic ground whatever for any such
report.
We may adj that any opinion formed
from letter of General Lamothe's
would not be quite reliable. All must
remember his hypocritical correspond
ence with Governor Eyre, and the af-
fected Indignation with which he repell-
ed the charge of abusing his asylum to
aid the enemies of President Geffrard's
pn ul,ilot hn
it has been since discovered, doing the
very thing Besides, it has been stated
that Davis, one of the arrested cOnspira-
tors, accounted for some concealed gun
powder in his possession by asserting
that he was keeping it for General
Lamothe, whose daily guest he was well
known to have been. These are hard
things to get over.
TIE RELIGIOUS ORGIES OF THE NEGROES
Rev. Mr.. Sloan, one of the survivors
of the massacre, furnishes the following
account of the religious" ceremonies
of the assassins: Under the mask of
religion the negroes living in the negro
houses OH the estates. and in the noun
talns on plats of land where they had
thievlshly squatted or honestly pur-
chased, had been imbued by certain
wicked and desperate men with the
doctrines that the soil belongs to the
blacks, that the whites are tyrants and
and that to exterE,inate,
root and branch, the latter would be
doing God SERVICE" and cause to dawn |
on the island an intending dav of han
plness. Among the thick bushes on
the mountains, where most of the ne
sroes live, in novels of their own erec-
lion, down in the gulIies, ravines. co J.
venient spots for hiding and holding
secret meetings nightly, and generally
from midnight towards the morning.
assemblies were convened, addresses
made and hymns sung under the lead
'rship OF some one intent on work of
blood and piiiage. 1t was impossible to
sleep on moonlight night for the
lOWlings of the wretched delusfonists.
frequently the promoters of these or
'les of darkness might be seen riding
long, dressed in the Anglo-nigger style,
all hat, black suit, with white necktie.
Extending from ear to ear, grinninp
neerngly whenever white man pass.
them. The same supercilious man
er, too, was manifested by their igno-
ant followers.
THEORIES VERSUS FACTS
Quoting an article from the New York .
Fabune of Oct. II, on Jamaica affairs.
ne Colonial Standard of Nov. 4 appends 4
lese comments = 1t
Mr.. Horace Greeley has been, it will ,
@ seen from the above article, exer.
lslng his powers en- amateur on the
l1ject OF Jamaica. AS our columns are a
present engaged in the chroniclipg of a
vents in the history of this island.
hich Mr.. Horace Greeley never dreamt
in his philosophy, and which he and
hers like him will have some Difficult e
in reconciling with certain theories, f
e have not room just now to 90 through ~
18th the lengthy though easy task of =
lswering Mr.. Greeley. We will, how u
er do SO very soon. In the meantime 81
g perusal of the article may unfurrow #
e brows now bent in painful thought n
our planters, and produce the agree u
lie effect i'm these awful times of pro- IL
king a smile. 1t is thanks to such re
en- as MIR. Horace Greeley, DR.. Under Al
II and others, that the poor negroes =,
are deceived into furnishing ~
their own acts the best possible argu. HI
,nt against negro freedom. m