Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-02
THE END OF A SAD STORY.

lish Coldstream Guards, passed from Mat
amoras over to Brownsville, last year, he
says-in his book recently reviewed in
our columns--that he was received very
pleasantly at the rebel headquarters, where
he found number of charming gentle
men, who offered him a hearty welcome
and unlimited whiskey. He owns that
they were little rough; they swore a
good deal, and they had some other vices
but then Col. Fremantle is man of
the world, and did not expect to find
saints in camp. Among these southern
gentlemen, in whose company he relates
that he spent some pleasant days, was
one whose name he cautiously represents
by ---. He was a genial soul, a
little fond Of whiskey, and somewhat
rude in his manners, which last-meptioned
fact was brought to the English officers
attention by story talked about at head
quarters, of which Captain --- was the
hero. ra rt
Col. Fremantle found this story to afro
cious for belief, until the gallant
told it to him with his own exulting lips.
1t was the history of how and
some other good fellows had caught a 10y
al Texan officer, respectable gentleman,
Capt. Montgomery, had taken him as a
prisoner of war some miles out of. town,
and there coolly assassinated him. -
boasted that if the story was doubted,
his English friend might satisfy himself of
its truth by visit to the body, which
had not been buried, but only half COW
cred but he must go qickly, as the wolves
we're at it. The same day the Colonel
was riding out with a friend, when they
came uhon the body of Capt. Montgomery.
They found it slightly buried. with the
head and arms above ground--the rope still
about the neck, and the other end dang
ling over the boughs of the tree to which
it had been hanged. Dogs and wolves
had been at the body.
The English colonel was little shocked
at this--but he remarks that these men,
though in the main good fellows, are prob.
ably not little hot-tempered. So were
the mntinous Scpoys though the rsAec-
ton does not appear to have occurred to
him. He thinks so we'll Of the rebels
that he easily gets over this and other ev-
licences of barbarism.
Captain Montgomery was gallant and
loyal Texan, a regularly commissioned
officer of the United States forces He
made his way into Mexico over year
ago, for the purpose of recruiting there
some troops for our army among the
large number of American citizens who
had been forced to fly from Texas to save
their lives. His business was to gather
them together and transport them to New
Orleans, where they were to become part
of our army. While staying at Matamo-
ras he was captured by party of rebels,
-.
who invaded the neutral territory of Mex
leo for the purpose, and was "left.' as
Colonel Fremantle's friends facetiously
put it, in the manner he has described in
his pages aA .@ l.. '..
A private letter from Brownsville. dated
December l4th. tells the remainder of bis
sad story: s1.gaa dJa
Yesterday, on requisition, Governor
Serna arrested and sent to this side man
named Hamilton, charged with being one
of the assassins of Captain Montgomery.
On Friday party went down fifteen
miles to where Captain Montgomery was
hung, to bring up his remains, in order
to bury them near the flagstaff at this
place. They found the bones Of his
right arm suspended in the fork of the
tree from which he was hung, and the
rest of bis bones Except the skull, which
had been carried off as trophy, buried
about foot deep under the tree. They
put the bones, together with his shoes.
which were tied, and contained the skel-
eton and mould of his feet, into sack
and brought them to town.
"0n Saturday night ] happened to call
at Col. BIS room (Col, B. is Texan, o
neighbor of Capt Montgomery, and is