Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-17
The Capture ana Death of Walker.

From Major Dolan and Captain West, late
of Walkers expedition to Honduras, the New
Orleans True Delta learns that Commander
Salmon, of the British vessel Icarus, demand
ed, on the 2lst of August, that Gen. Walker
should deliver the fort of Truxillo and all
his arms and provisions to the Honduras au-
thorities, and should pay 100000, which, it
was alleged had been taken by him from the
Custom House; and that if he, Walker,
would accept these terms, the British COM
mander would guarantee him safe protection
home, in such transportation as Walker could
obtain. In regard to the charge of having
taken 100000 from the Custom House, Walk
er pronounced it a fragrant falsehood that
there was not cent in the Custom House
or in the fort, when occupied by him. The
correspondence concluded by pcremptory
demand on the part of the British Command
er that Walker should surrender on the terms
stated, giving until 10 o'clock the next day,
the 22d of August to determine For some
time General Walker, was undecided as to
his course, but finally he concluded he would
march out of the fort that night, and proceed
down the coast to the mouth of the Roman
river, and thence to Swan Island, whence he
could open communication with Ruatan, the
people Of which warmly sympathized with
him.
On the Gath, the party having reached a
place about thirty miles from the mouth of
Roman river, a large force of Hondurans
fired upon them. Several of Walkers
men were wounded by this fire, but he quick
ly collected his little band together, and form
ing them into two companies to Charge
one up and the other down the river.
Major Dolau, with Company B, charged
the principal party with great impetuosity,
but Walker having got little ahead of his
his party, was fired at by Honduran at a
distance Of two PAGES, and wounded in the
face. The General, however, quickly bro't
down his assailant with ten shooter, and
the rest of the Hondurans fed in great con-
fusion, leaving their killed and wounded be-
hind. Ofthis party of one hundred and forty,
but thirty got back to TruXillo. When it is
considered that Walkers men were all veter-
ans, and were armed with Mimic rifles, this
loss is not an improbable one. In this action,
of Walkers party George Pomeroy was
killed, and eight wounded.
On the Sd of September, while the party
was encamped on Black river, at the trading
post of an Englishman, Captain Salmon, of
the Icarus, stepped ashore, leading body of
marines, and accompanied by a Hondurian
General. He informed Walker that Her
British Majesty's sloop of-war Icarus lay off
the mouth of the river, and that anchored
near her was a ship which had on board two
hundred and fifty Honduran soldiers, and he
thereupon demanded the surrender of Walk
er and his command. Gen. Walker, with
characteristic coolness and dignity, asked
whether this demand was made by Captain
Salmon, as British officer, whether, if he
surrendered, it would be to the British au-
thorlties9 To this inquiry, Major Dolan and
| Captain West, who were present at the inter-
view, solemnly assert that Salmon replied,
"Yes, you surrender to me, as a British ofli-
GER" The question was repeated by Gener-
al Walker, and the same answer given by
Commander Salmon, who rather haughtily
and patronizingly added, "You may thank
me, too, that you have a whole bone in your
body" The General told him that under
these circumstances he would surrender
The prisoners were taken back to Truxillo,
+
the 5th, the men of Walkers party were
marched off the ship and paraded in front Of
three hundred Hondurian soldiers. General
Walker and Colonel Rudler were then for
mally delivered over to the Hondurian au-
thorities and the men were marched off to
to prison under a guard of the British ma
rines. While in prison they mourned the sad
fate of their late beloved and heroic COM
mander. Walker and Rudler, after being
delivered over to the Hondurians, were hea-
vily ironed and placed in dark cells, and no
person allowed to communicate with them.
On the 1lth Of September, the prisoners
were informed by Mr.. Squires, an American,
that the General was to be shot the next day.
Accordingly, on the morning of the 18th,
the doors and windows of the prison were
all closed, but through the port holes the sad
spectacle was witnessed by Major Dolan, of
the cortege which led the General to the
place of execution. He walked between
two priests, and was preceded and followed
by strong guard. In ten minutes after they
had marched by the prison, volley Of four
muskets was heard, then a volley Of FIVE
and finally a single shot, followed by loud
hurrahs. And this was all the prisoners
knew of the fate of their brave commander
until the doors and windows of their prison
were thrown open and the fact was an
nounced to them, with great glee and eXult
alton, on the part of the Hondurian officials
The body Of the General was left on the
ground by the soldiers, whence it was taken
by two American gentlemen and decently
buried with the aid of two Catholic priests.
Colonel Rudler was sentenced to four years
imprisonment, and was seen by the prisoners
riding on mule into the country, sunder
guard of soldiers.
1.-THE Deltas article, from which the above
is condensed, we find in the Union.
OUrRAeE-A gentleman from Puget Sound
informs the Portland News of singular out
rage committed by the British authorities of
Vancouver Island upon the American flag in