Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-03

fart1culars OF the capture Of General
Walker and His IIen-The Latter Trans
ported to TruxiIlO-The Execution Of the
''NIan of Destiny''-Inhuman Treatment
of His Body.
Saturdays New Orleans Delta contains
lengthy account of the capture of General
Walker and his men, from which we clip the
annexed information:
At three P. M. on the 9th August, Walker
reached in safety the Black River (Rio
Negro or Tinto) and encamped at the trading
post of one Deming, an Englishman, who
has lived in the country for twenty-one
years. Here the men obtained provisions,
and Walker remained for three days. The
post is but two and half miles from the sea
coast. ......
On the Sd of September two British
cutters carrying forty men came up the
river, and Captain Salmon, of the Icdrus, ac-
companied by General Alvarez, of the Hon
durenean army, stepped ashore, and walked
to the house in which General Walker was,
and asked an interview with him, which
was granted Captain Salmon, a burly, bluff
young British officer, of a very pompous,
! authoritative manner, introducing himself to
| General Walker, informed him that Her
| British Maiesty's sloop-of-war IcdTus lay off
the mouth of the river, and that anchored
near her was a ship, which had on board
| 25O Hondurenean soldiers, and he thereupon
demanded the surrender of Walker and his
| command. UE .t.l -
General Walker, with characteristic cool.
ness and dignity, contrasting strongly with
| the pompous assurance of the British officer
| asked whether this demand was made by
Captain Salmon, as a British officer, and
whether, if he surrendered, it would be to
British authorities2
To this inquiry, Major Dolan and Captain
West, who were present at the interview,
solemnly assert that Salmon replied "Yes;
you surrender to me, as a British officer"
The question was repeated by General
| Walker, and the same answer given by Com
mander Salmon, who rather haughtily and
patronizingly added, "You may thank me,
too, that you have q whole bone in your
body"
The General then told them that under
these circumstances he would surrender
During the interview between Walker and
Salmon, Alvarez, the Hondurenean General,
stood at the door, listening. The men were
ordered to form, and their arms, even to
their knives were delivered over to the
British marines, who formed guard over
them. 80. -.-..y t- 'f.
That night, when the men were all asleep,
General Walker and Colonel Rudler were
j taken under guard to the Icarus, and in the
morning all the men were taken on board
the same vessel, where they were closely
guarded, and not permitted to hold any con-
yersation with General Walker and Colonel
Rudler. On the 4th, the Icdrus weighed
anchor and steamed up to Truxillo, where
she arrived that night. ...a,H i.,
On the way, all the officers and men of
Walkers party. were searched for papers
4 which might be used for his conviction In
addition to the British sailors and marines
on the Salmon, there was force of about
200 Hondurenean soldiers. On the morn
ing of the 9th, the men of Walkers
party were marched off the ship and paraded
in front of 300 Hondurenean soldiers .-
Gen. Walker and Col. Rudler were then
formally delivered over to the Hondurenean
authorities, and the men were marched off to
prison, under guard of the British marines.
They were confined in a wretched prison,
with an allowance of 81 80 day for the
whole party, and closely guarded by fifty or
sixty armed men. During their detention,
however, the unfortunate prisoners received
many acts of kindness from Spanish citizens
residing in Truxillo, for which they express
themselves in terms of warm gratitude.
While in prison they learned the sad fate
of their late beloved and heroic commander.
Walker and Rudler, after being delivered
over to the Hondureneans, were heavily
ironed and placed in dark cells, and no per-
son allowed to communicate with them. On
the 11th Of September the prisoners were in
formed by Mr.. Squires, an American, that
. 10"
l Accordingly, on the morning of the 18th,
the doors and windows of the prison were
all closed, but through the portfolios the sad
spectacle was witnessed by Major Dolan, of
the cortege which led the General to the
place of his execution. He walked between
4 two priests, and was preceded and followed
by strong guard. >-.If
The party soon disappeared from the view
of the prisoners. In fen minutes after they
had marched by the prison, volley of four
muskets was heard, then volley of five,
and, finally, q single shot, followed by loud
hurrahs. itf g.. 8~ 9
And this was all the prisoners knew ofthe
fate of their brave commander until the
doors and windows of their prison were
thrown open, and the fact of his execution
was announced to them with great glee aud
exultation on the part of the Honduras Of
ficials.
= 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,
under guard of soldiers. m iaFf
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