Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-13
The Capture of General Walker.

Inc rapture OF General Walker
The New Orleans papers bring us full ac-
counts of the surrender of the Fillibustcrs.
The Delta says:
After cvacuating the fort, under the threats
OF the British commander, Walker retreatcd
with his men down the coast to place about
twenty miles from Truxillo, called Roman,
where he was attacked by party of Hondu-
rams, led by n French desperado, who had
been released from prison at the Beliz, where
he was under sentence of death, with a
promise of pardon on condition that he cap.
tuned Walker. The Hondurans, under tile
lead OF this rufhan, made vigorous assault
on Walkers camp, but were met with great
stcadlncss and coolncss, and rcpulsed with
the loss OF half their men. During the fight
the French bmgand who led the party made
desperate effort to capture the General, and
succeeded In wounding him, but was finally
killed by the General himself. Rctrcating
in good order further down the coast, Wal
ker reached place called Cotton Wood, or
lIlmns, where he was again attackcd, and
again rcpulscd his assaillants Continuing
his retreat, he reached the river called Tinto
or Black River, where he encampcd. The
natives still pursued and threatened him, but
Walker kept them at distance until nfor
nation having been sent to Commander Sal
mon, of the Britt IL ship Icarus, who was off
the coast, accompanied by schooner having
ON board force of IIonduran sodiery-and
the British Commander sent up strong
force, composed Of sailors and marines of the
lcarus and of the IIonduran soldicry who,
surrounded Walkers camp, compelled his
surrender. He surrendered to the British
Commander, who asked him and Colonel
Kudlcr of what country or Government they
nrA
That of Nicaragua" He was then asked
if he desired to place himself under the pro.
lection of the British flag. He replied,
No: that he had no claims on that Govern
mcnt."
"Thcn," it is said the British officer re-
piled, cas- you have no Government will
insure you ONE" and ordered that he be de-
livered over to the IIonduran officer, who
had him and Colonel RuGlcr ironcd
1hc whole party was then taken back to
TruNilo, and the men were placed under
British protection, and Walker and. Rudlcr
were Imprisoned Gin irons) in the fort
hen Walker was surrendered to Capt Sal
mon, he made the following prot2st:
hereby protest, before tho civilized
world, that when surrendered to the chp
tain of her Majestys steamer Icarus, that
officer expressly received my sword and ps-
tot, as we'll as the arms of Col Rudler; and
the surrender was expressly and in SO many
words to him, MS the representative of her
Britauic Majesty
WILLIAM WALKER.
On board the steamer Icarus, Sept 5, 1860"
1t is stated that tho English occupation of
the Bny Islands is to continue for six months
longer, the garrison to be maintained at the
expense of Honduras. Much dissatisfaction
is felt at the neglect of our Government to
send national vessel occasionally to those
waters, the lust visit having been made by
the Hornet, more than thirty years ago
e.
CREMATION IN RUsIA.--A strange affair is
related in the Russian journals ut Moscow.
Nccently the occupiers of vast house mt the
corner of Great West street were awakened
by the glowing and cracking of q fire, and OH
getting up, found that large pile of fuel, con
sistlnG of logs of fir trees, which had been
collected in the courtyard, was in Aamcs-
The cnn!agration was cxtingushed as soon as
possible. On examining the remains of the
ire, the calcincd bones of female were found,
and it turned out that widow, named The,
ieska =, about forty years of age, who
had lived in the house, had disappeared. =
Nothing could bc heard of this woman, and
as she had repeatedly declared that in these
times the sacrifice of human victims was nee
essary to appease the wrath of God against
sinners, the conclusion was come to that she
had lighted up the fire and placed herself in
the u DIST of it TO be consumed In the Rus
sian empire, the Moscow Journals state, self
cremation, from motives of religious fanati
cism, is not rare. I'm the province of Olonctz,
for example, in the course of last spring, not
fewer tnan fifteen persons, men and women,
burned themselves to death, in the belief that
they were performing an act pleasing to Cod
STUDY OF THE FAcE.--A story is told of
the great French Satirist which finely illus
trdtes his knowledge of human nature. He
was travelling i'll Germany, in entire ignorance
of its language and currency. Having OBJ
tained some small change for some of his
French coins, he used to pay coachmen and
others in the following manner: Taking
handful of tho numismatical specimens from
his pocket, he counted them, one by one,
into the creditors hands, keeping his eye
fxed all the time on the receivers face. As
soon as he preceiyed the least twinkle of a
smile, he took back the last coin deposited
in the hand, aud returned it, with Che, re.
mainder, to hispocket lie afterwards found
that, IN pursuing this method, he had not
overpaid for anything.
+, a .RoNANcE-REApINu young man was one day
passing a mmir-land farm, which was half COW
covered with furze and heath, and a fine back
groandSoH bafrer rocks and dark pines. He
said "a the farmer who was grinding his way
through therugGed earth. !" a magnificent 10.
of