The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-08
TIL E DAILY ii HERALD
THE JAnAIoA ISsUaxEOTIo1.

THE JAMAICA INsURxECTION.
Cause Of The Trouble on The Black RiUer-Crifi-
eII State Of Afdirs- Bloody Work IN the In
terror Of The IsIand-Black Emissaries from
the United States said to be the InstigatoTs of
the Rebellion.
Prom the New York world
We are permitted TO copy the following ex-
tracts from q letter received BY merchant Of
TINS city from Kingston Jamaica. by way of Ha-
vana:
KUesroS. October Is.
Ere this reaches New York you will no doubt
have heard of the unsettled state of the Island
caused by the disafiection of the negroes. The
widest rumors prevail here in Kingston regard
Ing the reported atrocities OF the blacks ia the
interior sections of the island. For what cause
the blacks are in rebellion against their own
Government remains TO be ascertaned. In ia
maica, a. you are aware, the colored people have
the preponderance both In numbers and influence
The legislative assembly. corresponding 10 your
Congress, is virtually and to all purposes ne
gro assembly, as not more than one fifth Of the
members belong TO the despised white
The black population of the island outnumbers
the white twenty to one.
The Mayor OF Kingston is a colored man. al
though be Is believed 70 disagree with the ma
ority of the colored people in their fanciful and
visionary theories. More than three-fourths of
the magistrates aud officers Of the colonial gov
eminent are colored men. and several of the best
educated and most prominent journalists Of the
island also coiored men. The police are
with very few exceptions, belonging to the same
race. Still, although education is generally diff
fused throughout the colony. there seems to be
an internal feeling of hatred displayed toward
the whole minority. on the part of the negroes
The principal causes of this feeling toward the
white man is said 10 be the introduction OF a num-
Der of incendiary emissaries from the \ 0rthern
United States. who 10 about among the half
educated and debased blacks, instilling false and
pernicious ideas into the crsniums of their too
willing hearers. These scoundres preach the
doctrine of a free and independent negro Repub-
lie, to whose chief magistracy they would elevate
the brutal Souloque (at present residing at Kings
tsn,) or some of his mushroom nobility. We
have also in our midst a large number OF negroes
ignorant and brutal in their instincts, from the
neighboring island OF st. Domingo, who would
not sail in case of a general outbreak TO follow
IN the footsteps OF the inhuman butchers of 1893
II the chance was afforded them.
lou will remember that the blacks sent
petition detailing their financial grievances, to
the Queen. some time ago, complaining Of the
high rate of provisions and other accessories OF
lite, and demanding some relief The answer
from the home government was, in substance,
Ego to work." but this did not please the half
bsrbarous descendants of the Maroons in the in
terror OF the Island, and since then there has
been mutterings and secret plottings on the part
OF the blacks, encouraged and fomented, as
am aware from personal experience by men who
should know better from their intelligence and
education. There are great number OF help
less white families. without protection, scat
tered throughout the remote sections of the
Island, inaccessible TO all assistance in the case
of emeute. In Kingston, we depend for our
safety upon fleet OF war vessels, handful of
white troops, and regiment of African negroes
from the Cape of Good Hope, who strongly
evince by their bravery and conduct the same
feeling OF hatred toward the colored natives OF
the Island that the latter manifest toward the
white population. In case of a universal rising
all over the Island, anticipate an indiscrimi-
nate massacre of white women and children as in
former Instructions.
As | am about to close this letter for the
mail, have received some very bad informa-
ton from St. Elizabeth parish, through our
agent there. He states that there has already
been fearful work In one or two of the parishes.
Several white men have been murdered in cold
blood by the infuristed negroes, and their bod
les mutllated IN shocking manner. Ii is also
rumored that three accomplished young ladies
belonging TO one of the best families in the par
ish have been first tortured to ascertain the
whereabouts of valuables, and then murdered in
most fendish manner. Terror reigns supreme
IN the vicinity OF Black River, and the planters
and lsw-abiding citizens preparing them
selves tor the final struggle by arming aud bar
rcading their dwellings. Nv family. as you
know. reside in the vicinity of the outbreak, and
l am in dread anticipation OF receiving news of
their slaughter every moment. | must close
my letter, for am unfit TO write any farther.
r. E T.