The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-22


Americans Engaged i'm the Insur.
rection!
MIGRANT Bay October 3O Correspondence Of Jamaics
Standard.
AS mark that the rebellion i'm st. Thomas
in the East is crushed out, L have TO mention
that the laborers in the river district, as well
as those upon COley and Hail Head estates,
have turned out actively to work. There can
be no doubt that the salutary examples which
have been made Of hundreds Of these rebellious
negroes have driven terror into the minds of
the many who are left alive, and forced them
10 return 10 their usual ayOcatOns. The estates
are being visited for the purpose Of identifying
those who had been engaged in this bloody
massacre. that il i not unlikely that even
among those who have turned out to work,
there may be found many of the rebel negroes.
The Court Martial, presided over by Lieu
tenant and Commander Brand, resumed its
sittings on Saturday at about o'clock Elev-
en- rebels were tried and condemned: among
these were two women who took considerable
share in the instruction. They were execu-
ted the same evening at about 81 o'clock.
Several were Gated and released. One, no.
torious villain, after receiving one hundred
lashes without murmur, was set az liberty.
ON his way he met 4 man TO whom lac admin
istered an oath 20 take M arms and Join him
against the authorities lie forced this man
TO accompany him, and while pursuing their
journey Onwards two loyal subjects appeared.
The man whom be had made swear allegi-
ance To him called upon them, in the Queens
name, TO take him into custody. Thswas i'm
mediatey DONE and the rebel Of one hundred
lashes was safely reconducted here. He is
now awaiting his trial. His chance Of escape
Is little. Many such characters have been cat
ted and released, and the instance / have just
recorded may be taken a. n fair example Of the
character Of some OF these rebels. and what we
might even now receive here at their hands If
we were not protected by the troops. The
question i asked here by men and women
E" Is there no place TO which these rebels who
have been Gated can be transpOrtedS" Ii is
indeed heart-rending 20 see the state of alarm
in which the peaceable and loyal subjects of
Morant Bay are especially the respectable
ladies, caused by the very thought that some
Of these released rebels have il yet in their
power to do secret injury. The authorities
here are not TO blame. Can YOU ill the Kings
ton Penitentiary tOoyerflOwingy Where would
you put eight hundred or n thousand rebels?
Then the only alternative il TO scOur their
backs well and let them 90, IN the hope that
the severe caStigatiOns which they receive Ito
quote from the worthy Provost Marshal, )
Will be caution 10 thCm.' and will make
them " wiser and better men,"
ON sunday. M about z, NJ. the Wolverine
came of the port, having in tow the schooner
Oracle, reported TO have been seized at Port
Antonio, with General Lamothe and others,
and cargo of gunpowder on board. After
waiting short time, she steamed of for Kings
ton. At about the same time the Lilly made
her appearance of the port. and an American
schooner, apparently bound for the south side
Of the island, being in sight, she proceeded In
that direction. IL was thought for the purpose
Of overhauing her. a report being current
here that large cargo Of arms and ammuni-
ton was expected 10 have left New York for
Kingston the present month. in furtherance Of
the mammoth instruction that was fixed i'm
Kingston for December 70. have heard no
thing of her since.
The court martial presided over by Lieuten-
ant Commander Brand. met at II o'clock to-
day Monday Sixteen Of the rebels were
condemned 10 death. and one TO be logged
one hundred lashes. Late i'm the evening
twelve were hanged. Among them Is the no
torious Cowell, Of whom / wrote in my last
dispatch. This fellow pretcnds TO be "A Baptist
parson, and often oiliciated AZ Paul B0gle's
chapel. at stony Gut. lie was In an extreme
~ emsciatcd condition. and could hardly sup
port himself lie called on the people 10 take
warning by him.
There is one continual scene Of hanging day
by day, and IL becomes a matter Of cOnsidera-
ton. whether the burial of 80 many people.
packed a. ] heard a Blue jacket say. "iike
sardines, IN the town. i not likely 10 produce
some serious epidemic here already the efllu-
Nium Of the dead bodies commence 10 faint the
atmosphere. Last night, particularly disa-
greeahlc chiuNia arising from the graves i'm
which these dead bodies are inferred. per
vaded the entire town. and IL was not without
seated. This ought 10 be- looked aftcr. lisa
matter Of vital importance.
TUESDAY, October 81, 40 o'clock-We
have had narrow escape Of being buried i'm
the bowels OF the earth. Evidently God /,
pouring out his displcasure upon the land
We have Just been visited by an unusually
severe shock Of earthquake. The fluctuations
were from north 10 south. and lasted between
i've and six seconds. The house ia which
was shook like an aspen leaf, n il az each shake
II would be- torn from It's foundation. The
very gravel on the ground rolled together. A.
If clinging 10 each other for protection. | DO
not remember having felt 50 severe a shock.
II may not be- altogether uninteresting TO Your
readers to know that slightly over one thous-
and and hfty rebels have been hanged and shot
IN the parish Of H. Thomas in the East up 10
date; and 10 l. not al all unlikely that ere the
different courtS-martial close their sitting.
there will De- FAR over two thousand who viii
have paid the penalty Of their vile attempt 10
eNtcrminate the white and eolored races Of this
island. IL i now a quarter 90 three O'clock.
and Henry Boyle. the son Of the late Moses
Boyle. together with hi, mother, MIR. Moses
Boyle, have just been brought in. The young
rebel l. 20 severely wounded that he had 10
ride, his feet being placed m hampers. No
doubt these two notorious insurrcctioni~tS Will
meet the same doom that has ushered Paul
Boyle into another world. ~ ,iX o'clock this
the fifteen condemned 70 death were
executed nj the usual place The rebel pri~-
oners arc not kept iale-'heir services are
turned q account. They are engaged in cut
ting down the rank vegetation round and
about the town--also a. Headquarters. the
Volunteers Quarters Belle Nue. the Police
station. and other places where the troops are
stationed.