Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-01

Saratoga ana fulton / was misinformed in - VI Tie
about Walker having landed six iedpeces irony ss
Fashion. The mistake arose from my nformanotn tie
ing seen some cannon on Punta Arenas in ~ nav,
SCOTS sheds This artillery was that left by
last March, and was taken possession of nv CArdg
Chatard before the commodore arrived I was dapaA
error in saying that the Fashion landed Walker a. a
ia Arenas the same day he landed Andersops Ds,l
the Colorado The last here landed twentytwpp" lV e
before the debarkation at Punta Arenas AOps
Commodore Pauldng, | have good reason to bor.
in taking the extreme measures he did, acted ensl
his personal responsibility. That his honest, ENJOY
conduct will be endorsed by every right minded boes
BILE man in the United States, fully believe. S VA
was to be given to Com Pauding and officers at Aoa
wall on Christmas eve P@
GEN. WALKER on BOARD THE FULTON
A ilibuster'' correspondent of the Herald finn.
scrbes the scene board the United States steve
Fulton, at Punta Arenas, when Walker after his .t
render, went on board ~
had preceded him, and was standing abaft the y:
zenmast when the general came over the rail- Fr~
eye in all the crowd of officers, sailors and marines ~
strained to see the "gray-eyed man" and thou@Ss
sympathes wereexpressed for his fortunes Com Pand
inquired of me if that the general ?" and on ~
ing told that it was he politely removed his can a'1
gracefully advancing, met the general half way betvan
the gang-way and cable saying " This is Gen. Wall.
believe" at the time extending his hand ~ ~
General Walker" responded the prisoner" and taka
the commodore's hand both stood for moment in rnS
pense the large and commanding form of the naval al
Ger almost shading from sight the small but comn
figure of the civilian and military chieftain TbptT
took chairs to converse when the general was so o
come by the great injustice of this sudden and appa
reverse that had thus stricken him down in his vcoro
career that his eyes red with tears. have pvp
reason to believe that the commodore expressed cyr
pathy for his fortunes but plead the memorable calls If
duty in extenuation of the step he had thus taken
GENERAL WALKER IN NEW YORK.
IN Tho Nnrtbp Tirrbf To harC oo1,S~
York Gen. Walker Immediately proceeded on shore, and
accompanied by Capt Macdonald, took carriage and
proceeded to the house of Gen. Henningsen l40 Twelfth
street. The General is now in Washington but his wife
who about retiring for the night, received Gen
Walker and rendered him the Inequalities of her house
General Walker seems to be in excellent health and
spirits, and is quite confident that the authorities at
Washington will discountenance the action OF Comma
dore Paulding, and set him at liberty to 60 where be
pleases. He is determined to assert his claims as the
President of Nicaragua and he is confident that he can
not be long kept prisoner He denies that he violated
the neutrality laws of the United States and details The
circumstances preceding and attendant upon his arrest
as given above
LETTER TO GEN. WALKER.
The following letters had been addressed to Walker
by Com. Chatard previous to the capture of the former
by our naval forces
U. S. S. SARATOGA,
SAN JUAN DEL NoRTE, Dec. L. 1857. {
SIR: Lieut. Ciey, the bearer of this is one of the
officers to whom you yesterday offered the gross ndigni
ty of threatening to shoot them Now such an Insult
to officers of the United States Navy is national Of
fence You certainly act with very little policy for
surely if you were to dare to touch of my officers
would feel justified to retaate to theextreme and would
not hesitate to do so. will lay the matter before the
Commodore when he arrives, and no doubt he will feel
the insult more deeply than myself received your
dispatch and will forward it to him.
Respectfully,
FREDK CHATARD, Commander.
U. S. S. SARATOGA, Dec. 2, 1851
Sir AS | am entirely opposed to harming any one
unless know have full right and very good reason
do so, wish to notify you in time that your the
point in the way of any shot may have to fire
bring vessels to for am determined to bring all YES
sells to, so that may fully inquire into their character
OF do not admit your claim to the SOIL nor can
you yourself in earnest imagine that any nation of the
civilized world can do so either.
Resp'y, FREDERICK CHATARD, Comdr.
Com. Paulding's Account Arrest Walker
WASHINGTON Dec. 29.-The following is Flag Officer
Pauldngs letter the Secretary of the Navy detailing
the circumstances under which he arrested Walker;
FLAG SHIP WABASH,
! "Of Aspinwall, Dec. Is, 1887.
"Sir My letter of the 18th instant informed the De
partment that had broken up the camp of Gen. Walk
er at Punta Arenas dsarmed his awess followers and
sent them to Norfolk in the Saratoga. The General
came here with me, and will take passage in one of the
steamers Tor n eW Ork where he VIII present n1&I
to the marshal of the district
"The Department being in possession of all the facts
in relation to Walkers escape, with his followers from
the United States, as well the letters Of Capt Chat
ard and Walker to me after he landed at Puna Arenas
the merits of the whole question WILL presume, be fully
cOmprehended. | could not regard Gen. Walker and
his followers in any other light than as outlaws who had
escaped from the vigilance of the officers of the Govern
ment and left our shores for the purpose of rapne and
murder and saw no other way to vindcate the law and
redeem the honor of country than by dsarming and
sending them home. In doing so, sensible Of the
responsibility have incurred and confidently look to
the government for my justification. Regarded in its
true light the appears to clear one and the
points few and strong Gen. Walker came to Point
Arenas from the United States having, in violation
law, set foot military organization to make up
on people with whom at peace He LANDED
there with armed men and munitions of war; in defiance
OF the guns of ship of placed there to prevent bis
landing with nothing to show that he acted by author
ty. He formed camp and hoisted the Nicaragua
flag and called it the headquarters of the army of Nc
ragua and signed himself the commandern-chief With
this pretension he claimed the right Of lawful govern
ment over all persons and things within sight of his flag
Without right authority he landed fifty men at
the mouth of the Colorado and seized the fort of Ca
10, on the San juan captured steamers and the good:
OF merchants in transit to the Interior killed and
made prisoners of the peaceful inhabitants sending to
the harbor of San Juan del Norte ssme thirty forty
men, women and children, in the steamer Morgan Id
doing these things without the show of authority they
were guilty of rapne and murder, and must be regarded
as outlaws and pirates. They can have no claim to be
regarded in any other light Humanity, as well as aN
and justice and national honor, demanded the dispersion
of these awess The remnant of the miserable De
ings who surrendered at Rvas were conveyed in TINS
ship last summer to New York, and their suferngS arr
yet fresh in the memory Of all On board
Besides the sutferngs that must necessarily be ID
tcted upon innocent and unofendng people thes
aWess followers of Gen. Walker misguided and deeee
into career of crime, would doubtless have persisted