Democratic banner., 1846-06-13
FANNING'S MEN,
Or,
THE MASSACRE OF GOLIAD.

oPHN0hN -" NNHl III 14Sli , (
from the pen Of II. Nuremberg, a yous.
German, who served through TIC h1.cf bu
terrific struggle in 1925, between Texas an,
Mexico, who took Part in Some Of tie mos
fearful scenes of that campaign, being like,
wise one of the three or four vino escaped
from the ~treaeAsrous massacre at Goliad.
where Fanning's men were murdered in
cold blood Is order of Santa Anna. En-
renberg gives the subjoined account of the
scene, which we think will be read with i'll
t~erest, though the incidents are i'll some de-
gree familiar.
CATER the names had been called over,
the order to march was given, and we filed
through the gate of the fortress, the Greys
taking the lead. Outside the gate we were
received BY two detachmen:s of Mexican
infantry, who marched along on either side
of us, in the same order as ourselves. We.
were about four hundred in number, and
the enemy about seven Hundred, not inclu-
ding the cavalry of which numerous small
groups were scattered about the prairie,
We marched in silence, not however. in tie
direction we anticipated, but alongti.c road
to Victoria. THIS surprised US, but on re-
hecting, we concluded that they were con-
Quoting us to some eastern port, thence TO
be shipped to New Orleans, which upon
the whole was perhaps the best and short.
est plan. There was something, however,
in the profound silence ofthe Mexican SOL
diers, who are usually unceasing chatter
ers, that inspired Inc with a feeling of I'M
e~asiness and anxiety. 1t was like afuntra!
march, and truly it may be SO called. Pres
emily l turned my head to see if Ni!ler'Sr
people had joined, and were marching witt
US. But to NY extreme establishment, Eci-
ther they nor Fanni :c's raen, nor tie Gcor-
gia battalion, were TO be seen. Ticy Ilaa
separated us without our observing ii, ans
the detachment with which I was marc:.ing,'I
consisted only Of tie Girys and Il few Tex
an c~olonists. CHANGING at tie e~sco!t, lie
absence of all baggage, nos for Tie first
time struck me. thought of the bloody
scenes that had occurred at Tampico, San {
Patricio, and the Alamo, Of Tie false and )
cruel character of those in whose power wei
were, and | was seized with 4 prcscntiIncm, |
of evil. For a moment | was about 10 rom t
municate my approximations: bat hope. which !
noT,or dino a,rai, ooucn1 mn f.. I. In . ~ So, ..
cheering view of our situation. Acvcr;ho-r
less, in order to be prepared for Ike worst, Y
and in case of need, 20 be unencuinbcrcd in Y
my movements, watched my opportunity, i
and threw away among the grass of the {
prairie a bundle containing the few things. |
that the thievish Mcxicans had allowed me t
TO retain. il
A quarter Of an hour had elapsed %s:nce.t
our departure from the fort, when suddenly a
the command was given in Spanish 10 wheel r
to the left, leavingt the road, and as we did i
not understand the order, the officer himself o
went in front to show us the way, and my /
companions followed without taking any
particular notice of the change of direc-'r
To our left ran a muskcet hedge, five h
or six feet in height, at right angles with the O
San Antonio, which flowed at about a a
thousand PAGES from us, between banks c
thirty or forty feet high, and of which banks v
the one on the nearer side of the river rose b
nearly perpendicularly out of the water.-,u
We were marching along the side OF the Y
hedge toward the stream, and suddenly the
thought flashed across US, ''Why are they
taking us in this direction?" The appear t
ance of a number Of ~lancers, cantering a. =
bout in the fields on our right, also startled t
US; and just then the foot soldiers, who had i
been marched between us and the hedge, r
changed their places, and joined those of a
their comrades who guarded us on the other v
hand. Before we OWNED the meaning Of i
this vancouver, the word WIS given to hall. $
1t came like a sentence Of dealt; for at tie e
moment it was uttered, the sound OF II