The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

From the JAMAICA MORNING POST.

KINGSTON, August 28.

We hear from Kildare estate, in St. George's, that a few days ago a party of five new Coromantee negroes, and another negro who had been longer in the country, all belonging to that estate, conceiving themselves ill treated by the overseer for punishing one of their wives, resolved to take ample revenge for the supposed indignity; for which purpose they had a private meeting, in which their leader, whose name was Charles, having made an incision on one of his arms, obliged his associates to suck the blood as it flowed warm from the wound, by which and some other infernal ceremonies, they bound themselves in a solemn league, and to murder every white person on the estate, and to stand by each other to the last extremity.

In consequence of this bloody resolution, they forthwith armed themselves, and seized upon the overseer and a bricklayer, belonging to the estate, both of whom they were about to dispatch, but the latter falling on his knees, and imploring mercy in the most moving terms, they consenting to spare his life, provided he would kiss the soles of each of their feet, as a token of his submission; which being assented to on his part, the overseer took an opportunity, while the ceremony of kissing was in agitation, to fly to a large fowl house near the spot, which he luckily reached and made the door fast. The conspirators, leaving the bricklayer, immediately pursued the fugitive, and attempted to force into the place of his retreat, by cutting away the wattles with their bills, while he made his escape out of a back door in the garden, and mounting a horse that was ready saddled at the bottom of the garden, which his boy, who had been an eye witness to the whole transaction, had generously provided for him; he alarmed several gentlemen on the neighbouring estates, and a party of maroon negroes, who, after arming themselves, proceeded to the estate to seize the insurgents. Upon the approach of this force, the conspirators took to their heels and endeavored to effect their escape, but being closely followed, they turned upon their pursuers and a bloody contest ensued, in which five of the rebellious negroes were wounded and taken prisoners, at the conclusion of a stout resistance, and their leader, Charles, who obstinately refused to be taken alive, was slain, after being shot through the body three several times. One of the gentlemen and one of the maroons were also wounded, though not dangerously. The Coroner's inquest examined the body of Charles, and brought in their verdict, "Killed in open rebellion." In consequence of which a magistrate ordered his head to be cut off and stuck upon a pole over the mill house, and his body to be burnt, which was accordingly carried into execution.