The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-13

lRARIncrLARS OF THE CAPTURE ANn
1 ExGcrrIoS or wALEER.
I We had the pleasure this morning Of
lang iotervieu With Major Dolsn and Cap
i tan West. lsts Of General Walkers expedi.
/ ,;ea "a uordprss, Who reaches the cisv To-
d.v BIZ the Charles Morgan, from the Qua.
rant,ns Station, to which station they ssra
brought. With the others Of Walkers party
a. th. Bri. ieh ship ef-vsr the Gladiator,
which rss lies ii the Quarantine Station.
From them ve gather the following par.ieu-
lars Of th. operations and capture q WAX
er's party 10 Honduras.
We pass rapidly over the events Of she
erseuaison Of Trux.lio By General u aikrr.
The British sioop learus, CaDnanter Sal
man, anchored before tbs Fort Of Truxillo.
then occupied BY Walker ui,h his command
Of nine,y men. and on the 2ls, the eamnand-
er demanded that Walker deliver the fsrf, 81.
bis arms snd provisions 10 the Hondurenean
authorities, should gay $4,000. which Il
Was sIIesedhad been taken By him from the
! Custom house, and that if be, Walker,
would arcsp: these terms, the British COM
ma,jef weuid guarantee him safe psosec-
ton home, in such transporsa;ien a. WAX
Or could obtain.
| For some time Gen. Walker vas undeci-
dei as to bis course bat finally, be eoneia-
dsd be would march GU: Of the fort that
night, and proceed down the coast TO the
mouth Of the Roman river, and thence 10
swan Island, whence be could open commu-
uica,ions With Rua,an, the people OF which
warmly sympa,hized with him.
Accordingly, at midnight, Walker having
destroyed all bis surplus ammunition and
arms, and leaving eight sick men. including
CoIonei Henry, who had been desperately
wounded, and was then in dying state,
marched out Of the Fort, With eighiy-eig
men, and proceeded doxn the coast IN the
direction OF the Roman river. A vigilsns
look out on board Of the lcarus, which lay
about . thousand yards from The beach,
would hare detected this movement. But
uishou. interruption the little band proceed
,d several miles, until, they reached the banks
of river which their stupid guide told them
WI. iordable. Here they were lost and be-
wlidgred By the ineapacisy Of their guide,
and concluded % encamp. When The morn
ing came, General Walker found that tie
va, bu, fve or s.x miles from Tru1illo.
Rc,umins his match he proceeded further
I'd the river, and after two days tedious
marching the little party reached place
abou: thirty miles from the mouth OF the
Roman river and on lis banks known us the
Cotton Tree. Here Walker encamped to
recruit bis wearied men. The men were
accordingly, On the morning Of the 2i,h,
resting aud lying under the trees, cleaning
their guns, and Otherwise engaged, without
tha sIghtes. suspicion Ut an enemy being
near, when suddenly large force Of Hon
haI hc
thieke,s and commenced firing. Several of
General Walkers men were wounded By this
fire, bu. be quickly llec,ed his little band
Together, aud forming them into two com
pnnles ordered them to charge 10 tferent
directions, one up and tho other down the
river. Major Do!an, with Company Is,
charged the principal party with great im-
petuosity, but Gen. Walker, having got
little ahead Of his party, was fired ut by
lloniurenean at u distance OF ten PAGES aud
wounded in the face. The General, how
ever, quickly brought down his assailans
with bis ten shooter, and the rest Of the Hon.
dureneans fled in great confusion, leaving
their killed and wounded behind. Of this
party 0. one hundred and forty, but thirty
got back to Truxi.lo. When it is consider.
cd tha. Walkers men were all veterans,
and were armed with Mimic muskets, this
loss is no, ut all improbable. 10 this action,
of Walkers party, George Pomeroy was
killed, and tho following were wounded:
Lieutenant Ryan, isly, Priddy, Coffin, ilcgs,
walgamote, Fuller and Porter. Mono of
these men we're very dangerously wounded,
but one Of the wounded, named Smith,
German, who was in charge Of fellow
countrymap, named Strecker, was murdered
by il llondurenean. Ills friend met u like
| fate.
On the night after the battle, which oc-
cured in the afternoon, Walker took up his
| line Of march to place further down the
river, called Limon. This place they reach
cd in safety, with no ether causalsy than the
severe wouuding of Major Hof by the FIRE
Of soma struggling Hondureneans. At
Limon, Walkers party was kindly received
by tho native Carybs, who constitute the
population Of the place, and who are invet-
era,e in their hostility to the uondureneaus
generally, and all Spainyards. They spoke
English, and gave Walkers men an album
dance Of such provisions as they had. Con-
tlnuins their march from this placc-press-
!ps through several Caryb villages, where
they were always kindly entertained, aud
receiving now and then struggling shot
from some prowling Houdureneaus, the ht-
tie band finally reached place on the sea
coast called Little Rock, where they remain
cd for day, receiving much kind treatment
from the Carybs, and where they procured
boats to transport the sick and wounded TO
the place where Walker had arranged to
have his rendezvous.
Leaving Little Rock, Walker proceeded
towards Black River, stopping on his way
at the house Of q hespisablo Caryb called
John Ball. At3 p. VI. on the 2,ih August,
Walker reached in safety the Black River
| Trio Negro), or Tinto, and encamped at the
trading post Of. one Deming, an Enghshman,
who has li7cl in the country twenty
wears. Here the men obtained provisions,
ana Walker remained for three days. The
| post is bu. two and half miles from the
|! sea coast.
| On the Sd Of September two British cut
/ ters carrying forty men came up the river,
and Capiain Salmon Of the lcarus, accom-
panied By Gen. Alvarez Of the Iiondurencan
army, stepped ashore, and walked to the
house IN which General Walker was, and
a.ked an interview With him, which was
granted. Captain Salmon, burly, bluf
young British officer, Of avery pompous,
authoritative manner, ia,rcdocin. himself 10
| General Walker, informed HIM thai her
British Majesty's sloop- of-war Icarus lay
| off the mouth OF the river, and that anchor
ed near her was a ship, which had on board
80 Iloniurenean soldiers, and be thereupon
demanded the surrender Of Walker and his
command.
! General Walker asked whether this de-
mand was made by Capt. Salmon a. u Brit
ISL officer. and whether il he surrendered
| it would be to the British authorities?
To ,hi. inquiry Major Dolan and Capt
West, who we're present at the interview
solsmnly asseT, tina. Salmon replied, "Yes
yeu surrender to ne, as q British officer
The same question was repeated by General
| Walker. and the same answer given BY Gen
eral Salmon, who rather haughtily and Pat.
lronixiusly added, s.Ysu may thank me, too,
that you have whole bone in your BODY
The General then told them tha: unde'
these cireamssaness he would surrender. -
Daring the interview between Walker and
Salmon, Alvarez, the lIandarenesn General
stood stths door listening. The men were