The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-12-27

The jamaica "insurrGction"---
British FGrocity in its Suppress
son.

British FGrocity in its Suppress
S.on.
The itrociols cruelty and wickcdneS-
which have characterized the suppress.
! sion Of the inSurrecliru in Jlmaic.. se"m
to have surpassed all f3rmc7 examples
of British brutality in der!in$ with re
volt, and dema%i the c%ccra;ion and
pro Is; of the whole cirilizsl world -
! rhc Toronto GtoL> co:amcH:s upon ;is
uuricrous proceeding, as follows:
Oar correspondent, estimates the nam
Der Of insurgents shot and hanged a;
two thousan.l. Large as this es:imat"
! is, it is par;iliiy ccrrr2orntci u tn
correspondent OF the N2w I"rI IT@"$
VINO say. that "at lea>; !ir;csn hn"!reI
OF the wrctchrs have suffered the penalty
Of the outraged law. aud hy til. CORES.
ron,!cnt OF the Kingston (Jamaicai C,i".
nii .Shm.lrrI. wr!iin" t'r"m M"rA"'
, BIv, on the 3l<t ot. U:!uhcr. vino say
tha, up to that date "sli;:h'ly over l.o1o
rebels had been hanged aud shot in
the parish vf 81. Thomas in the EI>t.
and tha, before the different courts mar.
tial closed it VS. not unlikely that the
uumb.r would reach two tnuuSInd -
! Even the number cXc.n,cl up To the
end Of October was vastly in excess o.
/ tic Insurgents, and must have incIn!a"
large MURDERS who were not guilty OF
actually participating in any Of the mnr
! Jers, taoash held guilty. no doubt. Of
abc,:iay the conspiracy. The trials
were by court martial, and in one in
stance consii,u;cl--onc consis,:n; of 4
militia colonel. militia clptaiu, anl {"
cavalry captain and Ii: Other Of two
second !i.rtenanH. Commanders o! gnh'
boats and an ensign ii West India
REGIMENT. Little ;imc was consumed i"
putting the cases through: aul in nearly
/ every case the sentence WAS death. y
! trial Of some hours WAS accorded 10
! Gordon. and 4 Sunday in;crvcned BE-
tween his trial an,! hi. execution. Usu-
ally The execution followed wi,hin lev
! hoars Of tie sentence. Tie terrible
urcvi!y Of ms: CT tie trials l. >",:.c:'
tive Of t." possibility oi' fatal m!st1kes
! in somc cases. rhcre are instances re-
parted in which prisoners were shot
! wi,hou, tri1l. y pr;>oncs in the hands
! Of the regulars confessed thu; he tnew
where Pau! Bp.!a, who had not then
been caught, VAS concealed, bu: said II.
preferred to be shot rather than reve''
hi, hitin. place. The newspaper re
porter says, in expressive ii not class;
cal langalye. that he WAS instantly
popped down." Where Tie only Grim,
proved was that Of using threatening
iangur.. towards o: in rerereEc, t,
white people, the pcoalty awarded was
usually tia; Of "ca:;;H; the "i:;iE
.e;;ia:: t;!ty or hundred las:'eS. The
resu. oi' one case Of whipping is thu
:4i.tca :---"imo"g ths rebels w. GEO
, Mlr>ha!l, Il brown mAl ri a3oa' - year.
Oh. wAl on receiving - la-.: .:cS. =ruun.l
his teeth. and gave fr"cl'n' book -!
defiance at tie Provost Marsh al. IL:
was Immediately ordered TO be taken
from the.nn anl hanged. No time t.:
Ios,. and he WIS accordingly strua. np
in the presence o! the in>urrcc;ionis:s.
! |. must be confessed that "a icrcciprs
lnok OF IrGrncc VAS Sii- ht cXcuse for
han.iaga man whose preSl"nS offences
had Lr.n r.iirdgcl to merit on!y Il
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