Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07
The FilIibuster Walker.


The late expedition of Walkeri into Cen
tral American has been broken up by the
intervention of Com. Paulding, of the Ma
Wy, who landed from his man -of-war, and
took the entire force of fillibusters prison
ers, and sent them home, except small
band of fifty men, under Col. Anderson,
who is fortified at Fort Castillo. The or
der of events commented with the surren-
der of Walker, seems to have been as fol-
lows: On the 3Oth, Commander Chatard,
of the U, S. steamship Saratoga, off Grey
town, sent a note to Walker, warning him
at his peril not to intercept the English
mail, which Walker had threatened 10 do.
The English Consul joired in this note
Walker had also threatened TO shoot
the U. S. navy officer, who should presume
to land on Punta Arenas without regard
ing the hail of his sentinel, or obtaining
permission of his officer of the day. Com.
Chatard notified Walker, in a letter, if he
attempted to carry that threat into execu-
tion, the guns of the Saratoga would give
him shot and shell until he was annihila
ted. This letter was taken by Lieut. Cillv,
who, with his men ready for action, guns
loaded, marched without ceremony into
Walkers camp, and the letter was delivered
to Walker, who, instead of apologizing,
seemed bent upon making enemies of the
U. S. forces, and made some foolish an
swer.
On the 9th, Com. Paulding arrived in
the Wabash, accompanied by the English
line of battle ship Brunswick, and Paul
ding sent Walker word that he (W.)
would resist to the last. The seizure of
Walker and his men was as follows:
The marines and sailors from the Wa
bash were sent on shore. These united
with the men from the Fulton and Sarato-
ga, made force of $50 men; 45O on the
Point, and 800 in boats. The force on
shore surrounded the fillibuster camp, the
boats advanced to the headquarters of the
pirate chief. An officer thereon jumped
on shore, and called upon Walker 10 haul
down his flag and surrender to the United
States. After all his boasting, the man of
destiny made no resistance, but surrender
ed himself and his whole force. The whole
affair did not occupy ten minutes. The
flag was hauled down and Walker carried
a prisoner on board the Fulton, Just as the
steamboat Morgan came down the riv-
er. She was Immediately surrounded by
the armed boats and taken possession of
for the United States; she was under the
command of De Brissot, an old fillbuster,
with Mr.. Macdonard, an agent of Garrison
and Morgan, on board. There were also
on the steamer 40 or so Costa Ricans, tax
en- prisoners by Anderson at Castillo, and
on board the steamer La Virgen.
WALKER SHEDDING TEARS.
Our Aspinwall correspondent states it is
reported that Walker shed tears when he
hauled down his flag on surrendering to
the United States forces. He states, fur
ther, that the captain of the Brunswick ex-
pressed his intention of dislodging Walker
if the United States Comodore did not do
so, and that Walker and his men had re-
solved to tight to the death before sur
rendering to the British, though they had
determined to yield to the United States
authorities. A mine was laid with all the
spare ammunition, and the British were to
have been blown to eternity. Walker was
well provisioned and had plenty munitions
of war. Among the prisoners brought down
the river on the steamer were two desert
ers, who would have been shot had not
Walker been compelled to surrender Pan
ANA Star.