The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-09-27
Capture Of Walkers Expedition.
PULL AND IMPORTANT PARTICULARS,
Ger. Walker and Col. RudIer Shot.
TIE Rest Of Ills Men SEM Home.
I From the New Orleans Pies, une.l


From the New Orleans Plea, ,une.l
by the receipt Of our Havana Mail in
full, since our last, we have been put in
possession df full and important particu.
lars Of the capture Of Gen. Walker and his
expedition to Honduras, the probable fate
Of the leaders, and the disposition Of the
men, upwards Of seventy in number, most
OF whom are natives Of the United States.
On the Cd instant an expedition was
fitted out from the port Of Tru4illo, for the
express purpose Of the capture Of Walker
and his men. This expedition cSneisted
OF tie British steam slOop Of war Icarus,
Commander Salmon. and q smaller yesss,,
name and nationality not given. Bu, she
is presumed to have been Hondura
coaster. Both had on board native Hon.
duran troops, under the command OF Gen.
Alvarez, Of the department in which Trux.
lilo Is situated, the same VINO took posses.
sion of the city after Walker had abandon.
ed it.
This expedition. thus fitted out, AT
whose suggestion is not stated, proceeded
down The coast to the mouth Of the Rio
Negro, on or near which Walker and lis
men wore encamped; the troops sent up
the river in the small boats Of the Icarus;
Walker and all his men appareully With
out resistance captured; taken down to the
steamer aud tberce I'd Truxillo, where
they were formally delivered over into the
hands Of Gen. Alvarez.
According to the report before US, there
we're at the capture, some seventy men,
besides Gen. Walker and Col. Rudlst.--
The exacted number was probably seven.
ty.six. including the wounded. MANY
OF them We're sick, and nearly all in de-
plorable stste," all Of which We can well
believe.
On delivering the prisoners up to Cen
eral Alvarez, Commander Salmon is said
10 have demanded that Walkers follow.
srs, both officers and men, except Colone
Rudler, shoald he permitted to return un
harmed TO the United States. This, how
ever, only on condition that they netei
hereafter to serve in any expedition against
Central America. Their passage home,
moreover, was to be paid by the American
Consul, Mr.. Follin. In the meantime they
were lodged in the castle which they had
SO recently abandoned.
In favor of Walker himself and Col
Rudler his second In command, no con.
dilions were e&acted. They we're deliver
&c up to be dealt with according to ,be
laws Of the country. and it is believed
have alresdy been shot.
This important news Was brodght L
Havana by the Spanish war steamer Fran
cisco de Assis, which left Omora, Hondu
ras, on the 9th, and Truzillo on the 7,h
This steamer, it will be remembered, leh
Havana on the ed, fol the Central Ameri
can coast, no doubt to watch this very ex.
pediIion Of whose capture she Is the frs
10 report back the news.
I HISTORY OF TEE E&PEDfrtoN.
Thus euds the last expedition to Cen
tral America under Geheral Walker, o.
which we have recently heard SO much
The first lnstallment of it sailed from New
Orleans the Goth Of April, and arrived a
Ruatan Island on the 3lst of the sam
month General Walker himself however
did not arrive till the 18Th of June, sool
after which the expedition was otgabized
There were eight officers.
On the 2lst Of June the entire party
with General Walker in command, lef
Ruatan for the Island Of Cozumel, off tn,
coast Of Yucatsn, where arms, ammuni
tions and provisions had eeh collected
Thence they sailed again on the 9th 70
Ponduras, but not direct. As before men
toned the British man of>war Icarus wa
watching them, and over a month wa
consumed in watching her id turn. Or
the Gil. of August, however. while the of
fcers Of the Icarus we're enjoying them
selves at Belize, the expedition quietly ef
fected landing at TruxiIlo, and took pos
session of the city. The rest is too vel
known tO need reciting.