Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-08
FROM JAMAICA.

p .,grsrF FROM JAMAECCA.,s an da,d~
sir Henry SlOrks Ingtalled,a ,as GovernP
Or-meeting OF the LegiSIaturc-Ex-
p citement ana had EffectS or Governs oi
y or BTre's SusPensiO6.i or ,anOb yilqno1q
b, BythearrivalO of the steamship Salesman %
we have Kingston dates of Japuaryl9,o Sirioc
Henry Storks had been installed as Gov,
ernor. A''' -
Mr.. r. Williams, member of thee6nIo
ylonial bar, had been retained 10 act as eOnn-O
sci for Governor Eyre. eti ,aitrl.i,,sr adj a,
Mr.. Gordon Duberry Ramsay has been
suspended from his functions as Inspector
of Police for the Parish of st. CatharineuntlIn nl
his conduct while acting as Provost MaF-iu
shal at St. Thomas during the outbreak, had n
been inquired into.
ALLEGED EXCITEMENT CAUSED BY GOV,
b EYRE's SUSPENSION. ID "'9D tAoIn'
J. ' tFrom the Colonial Standard.l % .S ts77g
. The evil effect of the suspension of MrJya
Eyre ON the minds of the lower orders of NJ
the people has been remarked by every per- T.,
son of intelligence in the community. The
news of that suspension and the Virtual ID,
Judgment of the questions relating TO the
late rebellion, which 1t apparently indicatS1
ed have been industriously disseminated
throughout the country, to the most
remote hooks, by certain rebel public
writers and politicians, whose constitutional
malignity, depressed before the late news &
by the most abject fear and cowardice, has 81
begun to react. 1t is commonly believed, ,
and. indeed, it is openly expressed among
the lower orders, that Gov. Eyre and cer-
tain active agents of the authorities during ~
the rebellion are to be hanged; that His 4
Honor the Custos has escaped from the 1a
island; that the Queen has pronounced her
self against the retaliation used toward the .
rebels; in fact, stories without end are cir Id
culated which, Notwithstanding their pal-lg
pable eXaggeration, are renevertheless adopt
ed implicitly by the orders of the people
referred to as proofs of the signal satisfac-
tion which is to be drawn from their sup q
posed enemies. Many gentlemen from the q
country parts have told us of the violence
of speech which they now hear INDUCED
in by men among the peasantry who form
erly held the outrages of the rebels in Mo- 80
rant Bay in especial horror. -. r-a.uT
MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE, .try,g
IJamaca Morning Journal Jan, ISL ,r,r.ia
Yesterday Old st. Jago de Ia Vega was
unusually enlvened by the meeting of the
Legislature for the " dispatch of business"
1t is not within the recollection of the old y
est inhabitant that an extraordinary ses-
sion has been so brilliantly attended,. - ID
Precisely at three o'clock his EXcellency-
entered the Audience Chamber, follOwedbyI
large retinue of military and naval Of
tieers. His Excellency Sir Henry Knight
Storks, X. G. B., M. G., seated himself at the
head of the table. On his right were his
EXeellenby Sir James Hope and the Right
Rev. Bishop COurtenay; on. his left was
Major General O'Connor, with their several
staffs. . ..' u ,f.'
| SPEECH OF SIR HENRY sToRKs. M
| l have requested your attendance here
to-day in an extraordinary session, and L.
am afraid at some inconvenience to your
selves, for the purpose of submitting to you
bill to provide certain statutory powers
which will enable Royal Commissioners to
compel the attendance of witnesses, and to
| examine them on oath under Royal Conn {
mission about to be issued by her Majesty
the Queen for an inquiry into the origin,
| nature and circumstances of the late dis q
turbances in this island, and with respect
| to the measures adopted for the suppression
of the same. The bill will be placed before q
you without delay, and confidently trust
| in your wisdom and prudence to give the
| Royal Commissioners snch powers as will
facilitate the inquiry ordered by her Ma
jesty. T"7f'
SCENE IN THE HOUSE. Euiuu
Mr.. DeCorGova submitted an address in q
answer to the opening speech. oil Gaarf
Mr.. Nathan rose and addressed the House
in very energetic speech. He said if he
spoke warmly it was because of the absence 2
of one of the best members of the House.
Where, he asked, was he? Why was his
place vacant? He instanced that Jamaica
was one of the best possessions OF the Eng
lish Crown, and in point of loyalty second d
to none, to which history would bear testi-1 Il
mony; for it was on record that this cOun- =,
L. ii Nl,,
| to George III. The country wanted peace; =
but until the death of member of this 4
House was inquired into it was no use to
talk of peace. His death demanded redress,
and till then the preaching of peace was an
empty word; for the men who now preach
peace and concord had been the men who
had violated it. The honorable gentleman
warmly and lengthily addressed the House.
| After much excited discussions, an adj
dress, promising every assistance to the
Governor in prosecuting the inquiry, was
eventually adopted, by 16 to 8. ~,
STATE OF AFFAIRS AT ST. THOMAS IN THE
| EASTSS -'i ~
| [Jamaca Morning Journal, Jan Isl EiiG irt9
A correspondents has sent us the follow-r7
ing: Several of the estates have tome to a.
stand still for want of labor, the negroes ..
having refused to work. 1t is said, how
ever, that the reason why the people won't
work is that the overseers refuse to pay
them for the work done the week previous
to the rebellion. There is a rumor afoat
that the ''cat' is still used to negroes on a
certain estate in the River District. G0v-si
ernor Storks ought to learn il indeed IL be N
true. The Island river and Morant or
johnson river rose, and were for days I'M |"
passable in consequence of the strong north .
winds forcing the water down.. A writ hasff
been issued for the election of represen-
w. Gordon. 'egi"N ."
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