The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-01-08
The Capture OF Gen. Walker.
FULL PARTICULARS.

The Telegraph has already an.
nounced the inglorious end Of the
recent fillbustering expedition OF
Gen. William Walker. The Aspin.
wall correspondent Of the New. York
Times gives the following full and
interesting account of the capture:
The Wabash arrived off Grey.
town on the 9th. The next day
Comlnonore Paulding hoistcd his
flag on the Fulton, and immediate.
ly set about his preparations to cap
ture Walker and his men, whom he
found encamped on Punta Arenas. -
1t appears thht the Commodore had
received by the Fashion, before he
sailed from Aspinwall, a most pre-.
sumptuous letter from Walker, in
which the writer styled himself
president of Nicaragua, and Com.
mander'in Chief OF the Army OF
Nicaragua"
This letter complained bitterly
against Capt. Cha,ard and his off
GERS, for presunIing to question his
rights rs sovereign OF the country,
&c., and among other things asseve.
rated that when he threatened Lieut.
Cilley, of the Saratoga, that he
would shoot him if he came near
his head quarters, the Lieutenant
was without his uniform. and conse
quently he had NJ rightto claim that
he was United States naval officer.
In this letter Walker ave wed his in.
tcntion OF asserting his right as
President of the Nicaragua by force
OF arms, if necessary.
On the 18th Commodore Paulding
sent, through Captain Engle of the
Wabash, his reply. This reply was
a model Of breyity, but was couch.
cd in languages so plain AMI pointed
as admitted OF only one interpreta.
ton, and invited no rejoinder. The
Commodore blunty disputed all his
facts and premises, plainly telling
him that his expedition was an ile-
ga! and wicked one, and that he had
come there to break it up. AS re-
garded his threat to Lieutenant Oil.
ley, he could only say he had tho
Llentemnt's authority for saying that
he was IN uniform, and it concerned
General Walker to know that any
violence used by him towards an Of.
ficer OF the squadron would result in
an act OF rstr'bative justice towards
the oilende. The dispatch conclu.
ded by commanding General Wal
ker to lay bwn his arms, and sur.
render him'elf and his men to the
United States nav al forces.
| Commodre Paulding had provi
ously blociaded the mouth Of the
River San Jian, so that there was W
chance Tor the escape OF the fillibus'
ters. On tie 9th the broadside o
, the Saratoga WAS brought 10 bear on
General Walkers camp. Cap. En-
gle had the tay before received hi:
written ordes as to the arming and
, disposition II the launches. III,
was directedto land, when he should
be at convenient distance from tn,
, shore, with small arms, and imme
diately to present the letter and sum
nous above rlerred to. In case oi
! resistance, he was directed to seiz,
, the principal ,thcers first, using only
just so much oree AS was necessary
} to accomplish his purpose. Every
) thing being rRdy, 100 marines from
the Wabash and $50 sailors frou
! the Wabash md Saratoga, jumped
l into the laucles, a tremendous 30,
: making the feat very difficult Of &C
D complishment, yet the utmost regu
r larity and the most perfect disciplin,
Q were observed throughout.
The landing was effected withou
r the slightest accident. There wa
q no appearance Of any contemplated
9 resistance on .lie part OF Walker,
y When Captain Englo stepped fol
}. ward, and presented his demand 70
7 the surrender, General w. reptile
q at once: CAPTAIN Engle, I am vnds
l. your 0rders.' '''' -
Some 70 men were immediatel
It embarked o. the Fulton and Sari
Il toga-WalEer on the former ,vesse
b Some 40 or,30 more sailed away II
8 to the bushes. Captain Eagle (,
9 once placed 0 marine, guard ov'
y fha aforaa ahd n,initioha az war an