Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-25

lives were sacrificed at two thousand and three
thousand, and spoke of " eight miles Of dead
bodies" The fact now appears that the whole
number killed will not, at the largest estimate,
exceed a fourth Of the lesser Of these two
numbers. Many of the worst cases Of cruelty
appear to have been the work of the Maroons,
unauthorized by their officers. These Ma
rooms all sided against the negro insurgents
/ Colonel TYPE, one of the witnesses before the
commission, gives a sketch of these Asroons'
lie says they are the descendants of the orlgl-
nal runaway slaves-Afriean with no admlA-
ture of Carib blood. They were numerous
when the Island was captured from the span
iards. They are morally and socially OF
bi,ber Grade than the negroes. They oelons
| =. a., ,b,rcb of England, and great many OF
| -, ..k. the sacrament. Many of them can
-, "a write they have school, and they
"a mill the last few years, a resident eier-
- Some of them have enlisted IN the
-. and are said to make good policemen.
A. arst il was so difficult to subdue them that
a treaty was made with them allowing them to
enjoy their ownlaws and customs. This treaty
expired in 1888, and they then became merged
in the general population, still, however, Occu-
pying particular districts.
The severe punishments inflicted by Cover
nor EYRE do not seem to have crushed out the
iusurrectionary spirit of the Jamaica negroes.
They have latterly manifested lawless dis
position in some places. Negroes have settled
on lands unOccupied by their owners, and have
dealt with them as their own, have felled and
sold the timber, erected dwellings, planted the
soil, and now claim the right of property. In
the case of lands known as the " HARTLANDs
Estate" the negro squatters, to the number oil
I 500, or 1000, determined to prevent by force
the survey of the property on which they had
squatted. The Kingston correspondent OF the
London Times, writing under date OF March
18th. saws sOn Monday the police inspector
q of Spanish Town and the surveyor who went
% to run the lines under the Judges writ, were
81 told that they would not be allowed to per-
6, form their duty, and withdrew to avoid NAL
% treatment. The people interrupted the read
9, ing of the warrant by various cries. That
s no Queen law they said That Governor
d" EYRE law New Gov'ner bring out new law !
"a Him for we.' They were told that the SOL
q" diers would be employed to enforce the law.
50 we no care for soldiers some of them re-
d" piled We life and land go togedder.-
" They constructed a rough barricade of trees
g across the roads leading to the settlement to
A." keep off intruders. They finally sent two
9. deputations to the Governor, Sir HENRY
90 SroRKs, to treat on the subject. The first
&" deputation seemed inclined to treat as ENJOYS
sc from some independent State, and would not
9, guarantee the surveyor and his party against
"a resistance. Some troops that had been sent
&, to the settlement were kept there. This
90 rendered the second deputation more tract
&c able. The Governor gave them to under
50 stand that the law would be enforced under
90 any circumstances, adding that any grievan-
81 ces they had to complain of would be en-
90 uuired into. The result was that the lines
90 were run without further hindrance, the
,' squatters signed an undertaking to pay rent
6" to the real owner of HARTLAND's, and the
90 soIdiersreturnedp eaceably to their quarters"