New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-31
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denunciations of Spanish officers and
Spanish tyranny began to be spoken
quite freely among them, while the
printing OF more than one pistol was
looked to and more than one sword
was loosened in its scabbard The
Spanish general was not a little dis
composed by these unpleasant DEM
constructions Of gathering trouble, but
he still remained firm, and the process
sion moved on.
The British seamen, who were
grouped apart from the officers,
seemed even more excited than the
latter: and just as the prisoners, poor
Ferguson among the number, had
reached the. horrid scene where their
companions lay piled in bloody heaps,
the attention Of all was arrested by
the loud yell Of an Irishman, who ran
swiftly down to tie fatal ground,
shouting at the top OF his lungs:
"Hold up. We coWardly spalpeens!
To the diyil wild We, now, for a set of
muir herin beasts! Would you shoot
a white Christian gentleman that way,
nov? If ye does the like it'll have to
be through Barney O'Reilly's body"
While lleyes were fixed upon the
scouting Barney. preached the doom
ed file oflprisoners, infront OF the musk
cts OF the eXecutioners, and, throwing
his arms around the neck Of poor
Ferguson, fairly yelled out IN tri-
umph:
Now, fire away, We yaller nagurS,
and sure an it's the British lion yell
soon hear roaring around We, ye MUIR
dering thieves. =
These remarks were spoken in Eng
lish, and not Spanish, and were not
understood by the Spanish soldiery,
or it is quite possible Mr.. O'Reilly
might not have lived to repeat them.
"Call back your fellow yonder, Sc
nor CAPTAIN, or I will not be answer
able for the consequences, said the
Spanish general to the British cap
tain.
b "Not I!' was the sharp reply; and
if hair of his head be injured, look
to it, Senior Commandante, that you
do not wish that you had never seen
this day, for he, sir, is a British sub
ject and und r the protection Of the
British hag"
There was a hurried consultation
between the general and his staff, and
then an aide dashed forward and de-
livered an order to the officer in di-
rect command of the infantry, who
seemed to be in doubt as to what was
proper for him to do under the cir
cumstances.
This order brought Lorenzo Fergu-
son from the fated file and gave him
life and liberty.
OF the 500 doomed prisoners Lor-
EMO Ferguson alone escaped the
death decreed by the fendish Morales,
and on the spot where they fell many
of their bones may to this day beseen
bleaching in the sunshine and storm,
for they who murdered refused them
burial.
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.
The One Longed for Revenge. and
at the Last Moment Hesitated.
OF all the sad tales Of civil war,
Anclayic can produce one OF the sad
dest.
Not far from Standing Rock is an
old deserted house where once lived
the Welcome family, composed ofthe
old mother and her two sons, Frank
and George, Frank having fallen in,
love with Southern girl, went South
and soon obtained possession Of a.
large plantation.
The great civil warsoon commenced.
Frank Welcome Joined the Confed-
crate forces, and his brother George
after much begging, got permission to
enlist in the. Union Army.
1t was after the battle of Fair Cakes
that George received the news of the
death of his mother, which was caused
by a brokenheart. and the enlistment
OF Frank in the Confederate Army.
George felt much hurtby his brothers
action, and longed for revenge which
soon came.
A short time after his mothers
death, he was transferred, his regi-
ment being ordered to storm part OF
a Confederate breastwork. There
was some smart skirmishing, and q
hot, contest; but the Union forces
gained the parapet. George was one
OF the first to get on it. Already two.
Southerners had met their death by
his bayonet, and he was about to.
haunpat no hind
He hesitated. A wild gleam Of 10y,
mingled with madness, lit up his eyes,
and for a moment he stood still.
The rebel had drawn his pistol and
was about to fire when he also stopp-
ed. Something uncontrollables seemed
to prevent the one from firing and the
other from sending his bayonet
through him.
Suddenly q stray bullet entered
Georg-'s heart, and he dropped his
gun. The bayonet wounded the South
erner, and the next instant George
fell IN his brothers arms.
The next morning the two brothers
were found dead close beside each