The New York herald., 1866-03-20
"a NJ AIC A.
"TRYING TINES" IN THE ISLAND.
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The British West India Fleet Ordered
10 Halifax, N. 8.
Strong Feeling in Favor Of Annexation to
the United States.
60. &c. &e.
"TRYING TIMES" In THE IsLANI


Our Jamaica Correspondence.
KIsosros Jamaica, March Z, 1900.
The steamer Montszuma arrived from New York day
before yesterday and leaves again for that port ~
O'Clock to-day
YEooREE OF m cousT or noUmr-rscr ypcEup.
The Royal Commission SIN sss at Spanish Town, daily
wadng through an immense mas Of evidence concern
ing the late outbreak and the condition of the island
generally We can only guess si the impression made
The minds Of the Commissioners by thls testimony
ana the conclusion they likely 70 arrive sl There
abundant evidence prove that the outbreak not
riot, but deliberately planned nsurrec,ion. 10 has
bcss proved v csrssin sxtsst and further prcof
bs bed, that kind Of military organization Of the ne
goes throughout the counties Of Mddlossx ssd Surrey
a. least existed No greater proof be offered than
that s9usis % for dnIl repeatedly 10 vanons
parts Of thoss oountiss Within lee than . mile
from wbsrs I sistIns y Geld wbsre The
Kingston "volunesrs'' drilled thrcs or four times
week Numbers Of perons ere familiar with The
fact that thoss organizations had their fsd and
star ofncsn. squad Of thess men was dispersed
only I've or sx weeks since, Wills In the houss
OF Of them hundred and eighty ball csrrdgss
were found This. too a. late as last January Then
the conducs Of Paul Bosis VINO instantly assumed som-
rnand general n-chief and whose authority - such
Was instantly recognized BY bio deIuded followers. who
addressed him ss "hy Lord" Threatening expressions
used BY negroes far back a. last May and the proven
fact that the insuuection looked for In August
additional proofs Of deliberately laid plan 30 strongly
convinced Of shis that not conceive hoe shs
Commissioner arrive at different conclusion.
s equally plain that tho objec, Of the nsurrccson
murder drive Of the island oil the white
inhabitsnts Tho murder Of fcv colorcd people
ono Of Bogis's bunders II was never intended 10
DIR them ndscrmnafely; for u well known that the
original plot the work Of ''brown men," certain
class of coored persons here called ciass rgardsd
the dangerous In the island because n,el
gent cunning and designing than the uathinkIng and
indoIent negro DO know whether this latter point
could BE- proved 70 tho saifacon Of jury 10 the
satisfaction Of the Commissioner bat 10 the opinion
deeply and firmly entertained by The white and most
spectacle coorcd inhabitsntso of Jamaica
II s announced in ,o-dsy's papers that the coumis
sonen viii leave fov England on The fs,b instant
rsrroxsr-
Thirty ssven Of tho norsns nay Insurrsn,s placed
,rs day before yvsser.y, all psrs blacks - fsr ss
women and the whole set dccldefy poor specimens
Of the educated" pretsts of Exeter Hall Tho fsI of
these pcopis viii last several dsya
puAsSrss % nEIriss rtsrr
Admiral sr James Hops, commanding sll The West
India feet received despatch Las, saturday ~ snndsy
from eir Frederick Brgce, her Britannia hs1sstys Minis
tsr wA<hingon. raessing him 70 order si the sss
sells under bis command these vsfefs " rebfezvous
a. soon - possible a. Hslfss, y. 4 Coo itsf.sls ss
element has b<en caused In oossequepce. Id mnch
snsety ssisu 70 ASCERTAIN the cause u NE alaissrs
prs~sng rs1nen Ihs general suppesiilon y thss ne
has hxnxen out opce more rbs Afrir<is f<r-bsp the
Duncan, ninety suns, vi s.il IN too os thrs- csya
rr rtcfr ocrkuA
here a fs~ dsys slsrs from Ns- Fsrs, ,sssbs, ".
hcrc, a ecme cfhex piso>< On TIE wsy ! bad TIE
ri>assrs q sisins % b>&rs eesss q ssss sses. %