Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-21

BreRlkinE mp Of the Honduras Expedition
Capture Of General Walker and Hh
Men Particulars of the Event The
British Interference.
Tuesdays New Orleans papers place us in
possession Of the particulars of the capture
Of Walker and his men, of which we have
been advised by telegraph.
The Havana Prensa of the 18th inst. says:
Walker having been notified to evacuate
Truxillo by the commandant of the English
steam gun-boat IcdruS on account of the
Custom-house of that port being hypothe-
Gated for the payment of the English debt,
left that place and proceeded toward Inion,
ten leagues distant, the city returning to the
possession of the Hondurenean Government.
On the I'd, the Icdrus and a sloop left that
port, both vessels carrying national troops,
under command of General Alvarez, and
proceeded to the Rio Negro the troops en-
tered that river in the boats of the IcGruS,
and there captured Walker, Rudler, and
seventy other persons-among them many
sick-all being in deplorable condition.
These persons were taken 30 Truxillo, with
their arms and baggage, and there placed by
the commandant of the IcdruS, at the dispo-
sition of General Alvarez, under condition
that Walker and Rudler should be treated
according TO law, and that their seventy fol-
lowers, officers and soldiers should be per-
mitted to return to the United States,
taking an oath not to serve iu any expedi-
tion against Central America-and the
American Commercial Agent defraying the
expense of their passage.
General Alvarez accordingly took charge
of the prisoners, and placed them in the
Castle 1t was believed that the two chiefs
would be Immediately executed.
The Havana correspondent of the New
Orleans Delta writes on the same day:
The men of Walker were suffering from
wounds and sickness, and were to be per-
mitted to return to the United States--the
commercial agent of the United States to
provide passage for them-and they are to
take an oath never to return on military ex-
peditions to the States of Central America;
Walker and Rudler to take the pasSdge-at-
drmS-that is, to be shot--for which they
were being prepared on the departure of the
ASis. The execution to take place on the
7th or on the morning of the 9th, at the
Castle, where they were placed by the COM
msnder of the IcaraS, who will be long re-
membered for his brilliant services. 1t is
probable that both Walker and his compan-
ion have been killed, and it is possible others
of the command, for the authorities of Hon
duras would pay no respect to the pledges
given by them to the commander of the
Icarus; or, if they were shot, they could not
well take the oath required of them, which
would make the apology for execution.
The Pcdy7'ne gives this history of the ex-
pedition;
Thus ends the last expedition to Central
America under Gen. Walker of which we
have recently heard so much. The first in
stallment of it sailed from this port the 10th
of April, and arrived at Ruatan Island the
3lst of the same month. Gen. Walker him.
self, hswever, did not arrive till the 18th of
June, soon after which the expedition was
organized, as follows:
Gen. VIM. Walker, General-in-C Chief Col.
A. F. Rudler, Colonel commanding; Major
John V. Hoof acting Captain of Company
A; Major Thomas Dolan, acting Captain Of
Company B; Captain ]. S. West, Chief of
Commissary Department; Captain Small,
Chief Ordnance Department.; Lieut.. John
Ryan, Chief of QuaTtermaster's Department.
Foah j. Parsons, First Lieutenant Company
A The sub-officers and rank in file num-
bered in all some hundred men, from all
parts of The Union.
On the 2lst of June the entire party, with
Gen. Walker in command, left Ruatan for
the Island of Cozumel off the coast of Yu-
catan, where arms ammunitions and pro-
visions had been collected. Thence they
sailed again on the 9th for Honduras but
not direct. AS before mentioned, the Brit
ish man-of-war Icarus, was watching them,
and over month was consumed in watch
| ing her in turn. On the 9Th of August,
| however, while the officers of the Icaru8
| were enjoying themselves at Belize, the ex-
pedition quietly effected its landing at Trux-
! lilo, and took possession of the city. The
! rest is too well known to need recitiug.
AS already stated, a special condition in
| favor of Walkers followers was insisted
| upon by the British commander, when they
were delivered over to the Honduras au-
| thorities, and we have no reason to doubt
it was faithfully complied with We may,
therefore, expect them back by the next ar
rival.