The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-07-16
Notes From the Ohilian War.

a NIHTTaEU
for that morning were executed the de>ertins
officers aud sailors Of the torpedo Ea{end
Everybody knew these dark DAYS wher
hydra-heaoied rebellion il tightening his simN
coils about the Capital and the whole country i
suffering 50 bitterly because of the STRIFE
tnmented by few-that the men must die. THAI
would have been Il tortgOne conclusion in an,
other country, even had our own proVcrbaI,
Sott-hearted Lincoln been at the helm; for whel
Il government vessel deliberately turns traitor
III time of war and got> over TO the enemy. tht
dcserterS. if captured, expect nothing less thar
the death penalty. But it was sad nevertheless
As executions always art, however much the
condemned may deserve their doom; and in
tins instance il was particularly narrowing be
cause not one trembling wretch, but MANY
were sent into eternity by their own country.
men. Some of the prisoners had families living
in the city. most of them were personally known
to many people both in Santiago and Valparaiso
and II WAS hispered that among the sharp
shooters Who We're detailed to fire the fatal vol.
ley We're more than one brother, cousin and in
Inmate friend Of men to he killed.
The de>erters had been keptSome time in the
Santiago prison; hut the stories that rebel SYM
nathlZer> have circulated in The North, to the
fleet that they We're tloLLrd Starved and tor
tnred, are entirely false. This ! can vouch for
on the authority of relatives Of the condemned
men. who visited Them often during their in
calcer~tion. The prisons of thiti at best are
horrible places. ana the Keepers of them. like
others Of their class the world over, are not the
most refined aud tender-hcarted individuals
Indeed, believe that in all countries, aerS, as
a rule are not selected with 4 View 10 those Viz
tuus, since prisons are esrccially designed as
places Of punishment, for persons presumably
merritt = the same.
At day break on the morning Of the 3Oth,
The dt>elter> We're led Out into the plaza,
where troops wt re already formed in A hollow
stitIare; hes. ah0nt 10 ,ir wrrr rangel in line
with their faces toward th,. brghttuinv east
PRAYERS were sHid, and carh man Kissed tbe
rruejiiX; tlleu, while thyir Hands verc being
tttd. A COMPANY Of infantry >telued quickly to
the front presently the word Of command
rang oul sharp ana rlear. / tuick rattle of
nu>kttrv was heard and aii was over.
OF course the insurgtnt, characterize tbi,
awful bat necessary proceeding a~ ..intamnus
hUtchtrN On the lart or BaInncp,la. but il is
precisely What would HAVE bapurned. undpr
similar circumstances. III cpIntfit, far more
civilized thau this. and II i. nothing 10 what
may ttr cXi,cttu should tht rpl,ei horde >ur-
rrtd in tGcir mad design ut rnptlring the Ctp-
it4i, uNrrturniu4 the Fclerai government AMI
carving uut Their oft-rrt,..,ftI threYts If
han.ing the President III, Cabinet, AHA the
most prominent loSaI citizen, to the Iamu-
pu~t- III Santiago ~ pnid that li.S ijrlr ar
rive. li&N none Of my rountr,inrn. Or couutry-
women. lie here TO ,ep, The rc.cIlar ARMY of
Aiit il had enough, Heaven Knows. NM the
jrrc>I.u1i>ibIe rif-raf. composed of atlyenturers
of ever, class. runaway criminals. And thr on
>cuulilt.s Of the county tbut would natur;,llv
ca-i iu their L,t witl >urh u scheme fnr the
UNrrthraW of llv aud pr,L.r Nh. :, fLnu.nnd
times more 10 bp dreaded
" ithin a Wtek bombs h.yt. Lrpn thrown At
midday IN the crowded >trrtt> nt thi. nn,p
lam t.4IpItAl. Win thr de~iun VI ulurarrinu thp
ttinet Ministers A. thry wer. ia, iu.r thp