The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-10-11
THE EXECUTION OF WALKER,
PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH,
Ills DYING SPEECH.

execution OF General walker,
by q correspondent. The captured par
" were returned to Truxillo on the
9Th inst.
Upon disembarking, the marines
marched first; tbs Handurcan troops
came next, marching in hollow square,
with the prisoners in the centre.
With the exception Of n few fillibus.
ters, all the party looked like corpscs,
and somo of them were apparently in
the last agonies. With their sad and
languid looks, they appeared to curse
the leader who had brought them to
such dire extremities.
The march at the entrance was slow
andsolcmn. Walker, at the head ofhis
fptople, marched to the tap Of the drum
'and was the observed Of all observers.
As soon as Walker entered the pris.
'on he was heavily ironed, and asked if
he wanted anything. He only asked
for water. 1Io then sent for the Chap.
lain of this port, and protesting his
faith as q Roman Catholic, he was seen
thereafter almost constantly knecling
at the feet of the priest in front Of Il
small altar, on which, by the dim light
of the tapers, the image of Jesus was
distinguished. Among other things,
he once said to the Captain-'I am re.
signed to die; my political career is
concluded"
On the 11th inst, at 7 o'clock, P. NJ,
Walker was notified of his sentence Of
death, and to this startling message the
only reply he made was to ask at what
hour it would be executed, and wheth-
or he had time to write.
On the 18th, at s o'clock, A. NJ, the
culprit was marched to the place Of ex-
ecution. He walked with a %crucifix in
his hand, upon which he bent all his
regards, looking neither to the right
hand nor tho left, but listening piously
TO the psalms which the priest recited
In his ear. He entered the hollow
square formed by the soldiery in the
place Of execution, and there, full of
resignation, he pronounced the follow
ing words:
l declare myself to be a member of
the Roman Catholic Church. | declare
that have injured the people of Hon
'duras to a great o%xtent, being led to do
q o by the people Of the Island of Rua-
tan, who, after calling me, deceived me
and left mo to my fate. | ask pardon
for those poor men that accompanied
me, for they are not IS guilty as | am.
Ifmy life can be ofany benefit to socie-
ty, / lay it down with the greatest read
mess, pardoning my judges, that | may
be enabled to obtain my pardon in the
noxt world.
Walker died with remarkable forti-
tude. His remains were received into
a tomb, and rest in peace for a pcrpct.
ual example.
One day OTTER the execution of Wal
ker, tho American schooner John Il.
Taylor, with reinforcements and arms
for the fllibusters, anchored in the port
but she soon afterward disappeared,
having recognized tho forces of the re-
publican power.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Delta ofthe 29th gives the fol-
lowing account Of the execution Of
Walker, obtained from Charles Schoifer,
al eye witness Of the scene. Schotfer
was n Of Walkers party; but is
charged by the Delta with having de-
sorted his post as sentry one night, as
ho vas never after seen in the ranks
Of Walkers men
Gen. Walker was led, on the morn
ing OF the 18th, from the fort in Truxil-
10, to some old Spanish barrack ruins,
about three hundred yards from the
fort, and there shot.
The procession from the fort consist
''od of two priests bearing church EN-.
blems appropriate to the occasion, Con.
Walker following, carrying q crucifx
and lighted candle, the IIondurean To-
cal officers in authority, and the sold
iers with muskets who were to perform
tho decd of murder. General Walker
was calm and Observation-Disclosures,
storm and digniied in his bearing, and
mid these old ruins stood as a hero and
brave mar only could stand before the
pointed muskets of his murdcrcrs.
After the first volIey of six muskets
was fred, the General fell over, in
front, in the agonies of death, when a
dastardly wretch rushed towards him,
and placing the muzzlO Of a musket to
the Generals left ear, drew the trigger,
and shattered the head of him whom
they all feared. This was done on SUI
,porstitious grounds, since they all be-
lieveda blue-eyed man was destined 10
BIO their ruler, and they had been told
by foreigners that General Walker
was that man, and therefore they a
ted to be sure OF his death,
After this, an American, an unwilling
spectator, proceeded to act in the bur.
ial Of the General. His remains, how