Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-10-18
TIFF CAPTURE AND EXECU
TON OF WALKER.
Walker's Trial by Court Marfial-His
Last Dying Speeeh-His Full Contes-
sion on tie Place Of Ezeeution-He is
Satisfied wih his Sentence.

sion on the Place of Execution he
Satisfed soiA his Sentence.
Translated from the Diaro della Marina, Sept q
By the steamer Osceola, which arrive
yesterday at Batabano from Truxillo, W
have received letters that give us an &C
count Of the tragical end of the great fill
buster. We insert them below; and it
highly satisfactory to note the Christia
death of the celebrated fillibuster. 1t is
great pity that man capable of such sen
timents should have led life during whicl
be caused SO many disasters to humanity
1t is not less satisfactory to US to SCI
how mercifully disposed the authorities o
Honduras were to the gratuitous disturben
Of the tranquility of the country. Tn,
gift of life conceded TO the second in com
mand is an eloquent demonstration of th'
noble spirit which prevailed there, as is alst
humane and generous treatment shown t.
the officers and soldiers of the expedition
The writers who daily insult these coun
tries-for which they cannot find epithet.
sufficiently bard-may here learn all thai
there is respectable and honorable in the
sentiments of which the authorities o.
Honduras have just given proof.
Here are the letters:
TRUx1LLo, Sept. 1s, ls60.-The capture
Of Gen. Vim. Walker. and some seventy
individuals of his party, having been ef
fected by Gen. Alvarez, who with two hun.
dred men pursued them in connection with
the steamer Icarus, l am about to narraie
to you, circumstantially, the particulars
of the entrance and execution of the chief.
tain.
On the 5th inst, at the moment that
Gen. Godoy, with the auxiliary troop Of
Guatamalia, set sail with two vessels to
join Gen. Alvarez, the schooner Cerreo
came to anchor in Alvarez himself. The
Icarus remained behind from motives of
convenience, but she also came to anchor
during the night.
The next day, at four o'clock in the af
ternoon, three great launches (the very
ones used by the invaders,) were brought
alongside of the steamer to receive the
prisoners, who came ashore under guard of
the marines of the Incarus.
Upon disembarking, the marines march
ed first; the Hondurean troops came next,
marching in hollow square, with the pris-
oners in the centre.
With the exception of few fillibusters,
all the party looked like corpses, and some
of them were apparently in the last ago
nies. 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 and
solemn. Walker, at the head of the peo-
pie, marched to the tap of the drum, and
was the observed of all his observers.
As soon as Walker entered the prison
be was heavily ironed, and asked if he
wanted anything. He only asked for Ua-
ter. He then sent for the Chaplain of this
port, and protesting his faith as Roman
Catholic, be was seen thereafter almost
constantly kneeling at the feet of the priest
in front Of small altar, on which, by the
dim light of the tapers, the image Of Je-
sus was distinguished. Among other
things be once said to the Captain-"I am
resigned to die: my political career is con-
cluded."
On the 11th inst. at Z o'clock, P. N.
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 whether he
had time to write.
On the 18th ult, at o'clock A. NJ, the
culprit marched to the place of execution,
He walked with crucifx in his hand, up
on which be bent all his regards, looking
neither to the right nor to the 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 following
words, II am a Roman Catholic. The
war which 1 made upon Honduras in ac-
cordance with the suggestions of some
Ruatanoes, was unjust. Those who &C
me are not to blame. alone
am guilty. Task pardon of the people
receive death with resignation-would
that it may be for the good of society"
Walker died with remarkable fortitude.
His remains were received into tomb, and
rest in peace for perpetual example
One day after the execution Of Walker,
the American schooner John E. Taylor,
with reinforcements and arms for the fill
busters anchored in the port; but she soon
afterwards disappeared, having recognized
the forces of the Republican power. The i'm
mediate arrival of an American man-of. war
steamer, is announced, and it is considered
very probably that other vessels with REIN
forcements for the unhappy expedition, will
arrive, as the promoters thereof in the Uni
ted States are ignorant Of the fate of Walk.
er.
TRux1LLo, Sept. 1s, ls60.-The band of
mauraders, which the buccaneer Walker
commanded with the title Of General, hav-
ing been captured, the Commander of the
port, D. Norberto Martinez, proceeded to
Try by court martial Walker and his Sec
ond F. A. Rudler. The case was referred
to the chief of the restoring force, Gen. D.
Mariana Alvarez, who after having heard
the criminals in their own behalf, sentenced
the first to capital punishment, and the sec
ond 10 four years imprisonment, both being
satisfied with the sentence.
The defence made by the criminals them
selves does not contain any attempt at ex-