, 1865-11-08
TIE JAMAICA RESURRECTION.
Cause of tho Trouble On Black River
Critical State Of AfTA1fB,
rt,royr tho Nnx.- V,.r- W,-gd.1

Cause Of the Trouble On Black River
Critical State Of Affairs.
[From the New YORK World]
We arc permitted to copy the following cx-
tracts from letter received by merchant Of
this city from Kingston, jamaica, by way OF
Havana:
Knasros, October Is
=, Ere this reaches New To;k you will no
doubt have heard of the unsettled state Of
The Island, caused By the dIsateetion of this
negroes: 1 The widest rumors prevail here in
Kingston regarding the reported atrocities of
the blacks in the interior sections Of the island
For what cause the blacks are In rebellion
against their own government remains TO be
ascertaIned. In Jamaica, US you are aware,
the colored people hare the preponderance
tive assembly, corresponding to your Con-
grcss, q virtually ind TO all purposes q negro
assembly, as not more than one-ffth Of the
members belong to the despised white race.
The black population of The island outnumbers
The white twenty to one. The Mayor Of Kings
Ion Is a colored man, although be Is believed
to disagree with the majority Of the coloFed
people In their faucitul and visionary theories.
Moro than three-fourths Of the magistrates
and officers Of the colonial government arc
colored men, and several Of tho best edlcated
and most prominent Journalists OF the i5l0nd
are also .colored men. The police arc
with very few exceptions. of the same
diftused throughout the colony, there seems
to he IN internal feeling of hatred displayed
toward the white minority, On the part of the
negroes. The Prtncipal cause Of this feeling
townrd the white man Ii said to DO the Intro
ductten Of number q ineendiary e1nissa-
about among the half educated and debascd
blacks, instillfng false and pernicIous ideas
into the craninms OF their too-willing hearers.
These scoundrcls preach the aoetrinc ot q free
and independent negro republic, to whose
chief mngistracy they would elevate the bru.
tai souloqne lat present Eesi1ing at Kinsston},
or some oil his mushroom nobility. We have
also in our midst large number Of negroes,
ignorant and brutal in their Instincts, from
the neighboring island OF st. Domingo, who
would not faIl IN case of q general
outbreak, to follow in the footsteps
of the lnhuman butchers Of l7o3, 1t
The chance was afforded them. You will re-
failing their financial grievances to the
Queen, some time ago, complaining Of the
high rats Of provisions and other necessaries
OF life, and demanding some means Of relief
The answer from the home government was.
not place tho half barbarous DESCENDANTS Of
the Maroons in the interior Of the island, and
since then there has been muttet1ngs and
secret plottings on the part Of the blacks.
encouraged and fomentcd, as I nm aware
from personal experience, BY men who
should know better from their Intelligence
and education. There are q great number Of
helpless whito females, without protection,
scattered throughout tho more remote Sec
lions Of the islnnd, inaccessible to NIL assist
ancc In case Of an e.nuete. In Kingston, we
depend for our safety upon fleet Of war
vessels, q handful Of white troops, and q
regiment Of African negroes from the Cape Of
Good Hope, who strongly crlncc by their
bravery and conduct the same feeling OF
hatred toward the colorrd natives OF the
islunl TINT the latter manifest toward the
white population. In Sasc Of a universal
riiug ill over the island, I anticipate an
in0iscriminate massacre OF white women and
children, as in former inssrrsc,.ons. y
Asian about to close t1ts letter for the
tnail, l1ave received some very bad informa-
tion from st. Elizabeth parish, through our
agent there. He states that there has already
been fearful work In one or two of the par
| ishes. Several white men have been murder
cd In cold blood hy the infurfated negroes,
| and their bodies mutilated In shocking 1nan-
| ner. It Is also rumored that three accom-
plished young ladies, belonging 10 one Of the
best families in the parish, hare been frat tor
tIred 10 ascertnin the whereabouts OF valua-
| bles, and then murdered in q most iendlsh
manner: Terror reiens supreme In the Ticini.
| ty Of Hack River, and the planters and law
! the Anal struggle by aF1ninG and barricadint:
| their dwellings,. Ny family, ~ you know, re.
side In the vicinity Of The outbreak, and am
In dread anticipation OF receiving news oi
| their slaughter every moment. must close
| my letter, for1 nm unit to wr1tc any farther.