, 1865-11-21
THE JAMAICA INSURREC-
TION.
How the Rebellion Was Crushed
by the Authorities.

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The Drop InceS~autly Fal1tng-0ne
Thousand and Fifty Kebels Hanged
and Shot In Single Parlsh-The
Land OHenAfVe from t0rpseH-Amerl-
can Vessels Under Espionage of a
Britfsli Steamer, DC.
[Mo,ant Day {oct. so} Cor. Jamaica st.ndsrd.l
As mark that tic rebellion In st. Thomas
in the East Is crushed out, llavc to mention
that the laborers in the riyer district, rs we'll
as those upon Coley and Hall Head estates,
haEe tuned out actively to work. There
can be no doubt that tho salutaty examples
which have been made Of hundreds Of these
rebelltous negroes hare driven terror into the
minds Of the maay who are: left aliEg, and
forced them to. return to their usual aVoca-
tipu5. The estates arc being visited for the
purpose Of Identifying those who have been
engaged In this bloody massacre, so that 1t Is
not unlikely that even among those who
have TUNED ont to work, there may be found
many Of the rebel negroes.
Tie Court Martini, presided over BY Lieu
tenant and Commander Brand, resumed its
sittings, On Saturday, at about o'clock.
Eleven rebels were tried and condemned;
among these were two women who took con-
siderable share In the insurreetion. TAer
.rcre executed The same evening at about 51<S
O'Clock. Several we're Gated and released.
One, o notorious villain, after receiving oue
hundred lashcs without 1nurmur, Was sct at
liberty. On his WY he met nun to whom
he administered IN oath that be would take
up arms and join him against the authorities.
He forced this man TO accompany him, and
while pursuing their journey onwards,
two loyal subjects appeared. The man
whom he had made to swear allegiance
to, called upon them In the Queens
name to take him into custody. This
was Immediately done, and the rebel Of one
hundred lashea was safely recouductcd here,
he Is now awaiting bis trial. Ills chancc of
escape Is little. Many such characters have
have Just recorded may be taken rs a fair e1-
ample Of the character Of some of these
rebels, and Of what we might ereu now re-
ceive here at their hands If We were not pro-
tected BY the troops. The question Is asked
here By men and women, 'tIs there no place to
Le transported9'' It's indeed hea1t.rending
to sec the stntc of alarm in which the
pcaceab1e and loyal subjects Of Mozant Bag
nre Especially tho respectable 1adies),
placed By the' very thought that some Of
these released rebels have It yet in their
erel Rere are N not to bisms. Can you ii ths
Kingston Penitentiary to overfowing? Where
would you put light hundred or thousand
rcbe1sy Then the only alternative Is TO scour
their lacks we'll and let them 30, in the hope
thar the severe castigations which they re-
Al.f
.swin be caution to thcm," md will make
them "wiser and better men,"
On Sunday, at about P. H., the Wolverine
came OF tho port, having Ia tow the schooner
Oracle, reported to have been seized at Port
Antonio, with General Lamothc and others,
and carro Of gunpowder On board. After
waiting short time, she steamtd OF for
made her appearance Of the port, and M
American schooner, apparently bound for the
south side Of the island, being In sight, she
proceeded In that direction, It was thought
Tor The purpose Of oycrhnullng her. report
being current here that large cargo OF arms
New York for Kingston during the present
month, In furthcrance of the mammoth lnsur-
rcctfon that YVES fixed in Kingston for DeccIn-
Der 20. have heard nothing Of her since.
The couEt-martiai, presided oyer by Lien.
O'Clock to-day {Monday). Sixteen Of the reb-
els were condemned to deatht and one to be
tloggcd-one hundred lashes. Late In the
evening twelve were hanged. Among them
Is tie notorious Cowcll, OF whom wrote In
my last dispatch. This fellow pEetends to be
Bogle's chapel at Stony Gut. Tie was in an
extremely cmacsated condition, and could
hardly support himself. nc called upon the
people to take warning BY him.
There Is one continual scene Of hanging day
By day, md It becomes q matter for consid-
Grafton, whether the burial Of SO many peo-
pic, packed as heard Blue Jacket say,
like sardlncs," In the town, is not likely 10
produce some serious epidemic hcrc-already
the ef]uyium of the dead bodies commences to
taint the atmosphere. Last night, particu-
larty, dtsagreeahle ct1uvta arising from the
graves in which these dead bodies are In
terrod, peryalcd the entire town, and 1t WAS
not without difficulty that one could avoId
getting nauseated. This ought to be looked
niter. 1t Is a matter OF vital Importance.
TUESDAY, October 31-7:10 o'clock.-Wc
hare had y narrow escape Of being buried in
the bowels Of the earth. Evidently God Is
We have just been visited By IN unusually &C.
we're shock Of earthquake The undulations
were from north to soutl, and lasted between
five aud six seconds. The house in which
was shook like an aspen leaf, ns II at each
shake 1t would be torn from its foundation.
er, as II cling1ne to each other for protection.
I do not remember having felt 50 severe a
shock.
It mar not be altogether unfntercstlng to
your readers to know that slightly over one
thousand and fifty rebels hare been hanged
East up to date and 1t Is not at all unlikely
that ere the different courts martial close
their sittings, there will be far over two thou.
sand who will hare paid the penalty Of thear
rile attempt to exterminate the white and
colored races Of this isiand. It IL HOW
quarter to three o'clock, and Henry Boyle.
with bis mother, Mra. Moses Boyle,
hive Just been brought in. The young rebel
is 50 severely wounded that he had to ride,
his feet being placed in hampers. No doubt
these two notorious insurrcctionists will meet
the same doom that has ushered Paul Boyle
into another world. At six O'Clock this morn
Ing, tho lfteen condemned to death were exc
cutcd ut the usual p!acc. The rebel prisoners
arc not kept idle-thelr services Gre turned to
account. They are engaged In cutting down
tho rank vegetation round and about the
town-nlso at Headquarters, the Volunteers
Quarters (Belle Vue}, the Police Station, aud