Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-25
BIoruaf Boy lOei sJ} Cor. Jamaica SiqHdrrd
THE JAMAICA INSTRUCTION.
How lhe Rebellion was Crushed
a PROLONGED SCENE OF EXECUTIONS.
The Land Offensive from Corpses

Lititl ALalt OF llAlQIEA= OF LLlI-E LEDEd
Ii0us negroes have driven terror into tn,
minds OF many who are left alive, anC
forced them 70 return 20 their usual avo
cations The estates are being VisiteC
for the purpose Of identifying those VIII,
had been engaged en- this bloody massa
ere, so That il is not unlikely that ever
among those who have turned out O
work, there may De many Of the rebe
negroes.
The court martial, presided over 10y
Lieutenant and Commander Brand, re-
sumed its siJtings on Saturday al about
three O'Clock. Eleven rebels were tried
and condemned; among these were two
women who took considerable share IN
the insurrecIiou. Ttsy trgrC executed
fesUqc eVgHiVg az about fire and G-h0J
O'Clock Several were Gated and re-
leased One, q notorious villain, after
receiving one hundred lashes without a
muTmur, was set at liberty. On his way
NE met q man 10 whom he administered
an oath that he would take up arms and
Join him against the authorities. He
forced this man 90 accompany him, and
while uursuinEthe Journey Onwards, two
loval subjects appeared. The man whom
he had made swear allegiance, called upon
them in the Queens name 70 take him
into custody. This was immed ately
done. NHlL LLIE TftsEt NL Nlat LAllNEEL lt-LlE-
yvas safely Heconducted here. He is now
awaiting his trial. His chance Of escape
l. little Many such characters have
been Gated and released, and the in
stance 7 have lust recorded may be taken
as fair example Of the character Of
some Of theea rebels, and Cf what We
might even now receive here at their
hsuds if we were not protected by the
rroap- The question i asked here by
men and women: as there no place
1n which these rebels who have been
oatteG can iae transported " y IT is
indeed Ggart-rgnuEg 10 see the state
of alam in which Ihe peaceagle and
I1val objects Of NoTaut Bay are .eSpec-
sally tLe respectable ladies' caused 10y
she very Thought that some of these re-
leased rebels have Is yet in their power
10 do secret injury. The authorities here
are not 10 blame. Can YOU'LL the Kings
ton Peniteutiary 20 0yeFiloHi1g' Where
would vouBut eight hundred Gr q thousand
rebels" Then the Uniy alternative is 90
-eour their backs well and lei them go,
in the hope that the severe castlgauoBs
which thev receive TO quote from the
worthy Provost Marshall, ''Will be eau
lion 10 them and viii make theH
''wiser and better men,"
On Sunday. at about two -. ~, the
Wolverine came off the port, having in
tow tlIe steamer Oracle, reported 10 have
been seized at Port Antonio, with Gen.
Iamothc ali others, and q cargo of gun
powder on board. AfJer waiting a short
fime She steamed of for Kingston.
At about the same time, the Lily made
her appearance of tAa port, and an
American schooner, apparently bound
for the -as,iI side af the island, being ia
sight, she proceeded iE that direction, 1t
was thought Tor the purpose ei overhaul
ing her, a refz5ri being current here tiiat
"A large cargo Of arms and ammunition
was expected 10 have left New York for
Kingston during the present month, h
furlherauce OF the mammoth insurrectlon
that was Gxed ia Kingston tcT December
twenty-sixth. 1 have heard nothing gf
her since.
The court martial, presided oyer by
Lieut.. and Com Brand met at twelve
O'Clock to-day Monday. Sixteen of the
rebels We're condemned tOdeath, and one
20 De flEged-Uue hundred lashes. Late
in the evening twelve were hanged.
Among them Is the notorious yOWcll, IF
whom I wrote in my last dispatch. This
fellow praleuds % be a Baptist parsOn,
and often uflioiated i'm Paul B3Ele's
chapel al Stony Cut He was in an eN-
tremely emaci8ted condition, and could
hardly support himself He called upon
the people 20 take warning by him.
There Is one continual SefuC Qf hanging
dan By Sl1t. and it bec0mes a matter for
consideration, whether the burial of so
many people. packed, as ] heard a Blue
Jacket -aV. " like sardines, % in the town,
is not likely TO produce some serious epi-
demic here-already the ettluVium OF the
dead bodies commences to faint the at
mospiiere. Last night, particularly, dis
agreeable efiluvia, arising from the graves
i1 which these dead dOdies are inferred,
peryaded the entire town, and it was not
without difficulty Lhat one could avoid
Getting nallseated. This ought to be
looked after. il is a matter Of vital im-
TUESDAY. oct. sl-7.l0 o'cloel.-We
have had a narrow escape Of being buried
I'm The bowels of the earth. Evidently
God is pouring ugt his displeasure upon
the land. RIc hSye just been visited 10y
an unusually severe shock or eartiii uaii e.
The mdulati0ns were from north 10
south. and lasted between five and six
seconds Tic hOlso in which ! was
ssoOk like an aspen Leaf, ~ !; - e2eh
sbske it would be torn from its fouEha-
fioD. The very gravel on the ground
rolled together. as ( clinging 10 each
other for protection. ] do nOt f6lselnoeI
having felt so severe a shock.
IL may not be altogether uninteresting
10 vour readers 20 know that slightly 9ref
one thOusand and ffty Tcbcis hare oeeH
Equged and shOt "a The parish q ~
Thomas i1 tbc Ei1st up 20 date; and IL =
not o. Oh unlikely that ere the different
rou-t martiais close their Gittipgs, there
f-fH D. fgr 0rer tB6 thousand 2rho iiah
Egre Ddfd tie EepQifV Of thar uasdttempt
10 c7flruiudfCthC yettte aud c090rcd races
attn, EaHd. IL il now aquarter 70 tnfoe
O'Clock. ana !enry Bogie, the son q
The late Mues Bogis, together win
mis- mother. Mrs. Moses iiogil, nave
iuat been brought in. The youf7g reliel l7
20 severely wounded that ne had 70 rae
his feet being placed IN hampers. 10
doubt these tWOnotOrious iusurrectlonisl7
VIII meet tle same doom that has ush-
cred Paul Brgle into another world ~
six O'Clock this morning, the fifteen cons
demnei 90 death were executed al the
usual place. The rebel prisoners are not
kept idle-thoir services are turned 20 ae-
count They are engaged in cutting
down the rank vegetation round and
about ths iewn-alSo al headquarters,
She volunteers quarters Belle Nueb the
poiiTe station, and several other places
where The troops aTa stationed.
GORDON, THE INSlsg AUlR,
George ". Gordon, one Of ths first
instigat1r o. the revolt, was "a mulatto,
or. ns people of his color are called u the
West lndie>r i-awn man. As already
mentioned ne waa possessed af consider
able landed property, buf his character
for malice afd FiGdicliKcEe-s vas Cf thf.
worst. Gordon Nas O. paifeot frebrand
in ST. Thomas ia the East. The author-
ities could get no rest for him. He on
posed everything, and as through him. I'm
one way or th6 other, every popular elec-
iion in the parish was rontrsled, the
feopIe became time after time more
iuriulent Of character, while their sus-
picion and dislike Of the paroohial au
ihorities. whom they were taught 70 re-
card as their enemies, " grew by what i
fed on and became intensified.
Gordon has held the Office Of Church
warden o. the parish. But he became
Baptist. aud at the neat election was dis
qualified for suca an Office. His mlnlons
however, returned him, and the Cusios
the Hon Macmillan A. NOn ketednolt
refused 10 allew him a seat at the Vestry
and ON his persisting 70 hold the seat, or
dered him 10 be elected Upon this Cor
don instituted law proceedings agains
the baron, and thencefOrward, within an,
without the walls Of the Assembly, anl
wherever he went he was unsparing il
his denunciations of the baron and th,
parochial authorities Of st. Thomas il
The East.
His suit against the Baron was tried il
the Circuit Court before Sir Bryan Ed
wards and q special jury, and verdic
was given against him. lie then applieS
10 the Supreme Court, obtained rul
fir a new trial, when again il wen
against him, and again he made applica
Il "a aud ltsd inst obtained another rul