New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-04
FULL HISTORY OF THE WILKER EYPE-
DITION
THE SEVERAL BATTLES FOUGHT ny THEM DE-
FEAT OF THE HoNDUhEANs IN EVERY
TATTLE-THE CAPTURE or THE PARTY
EXECUTION OF GEN. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PaTMPAT OF HIS RODY.
TMENT OF HIS BODY.
From The ". 0 Delta. Se1


TREATMENT OF HIS BODY.
From The ~ o Delta, Sept %
We have had fe pie sure this morning OF long IN
trvisw with Msjor DJlau and Capt "rs' Ia0J "a u
G-n. Walkers expedition TO Honduras VINO ret,uou
the civ 10 day by the Charles Morgan, from the ns
ant e Station 70 which station they were oroogo,
With the OF, ers Of Walkers party on the lsn snip
Of ar the Gladiator which now lies at tue QaaranIihe
STATEN. .,.o e.o =, ao,.r q,
,l Onorant n. Station /, the manly and decisive a.
ton of DIR Foster the Quarantine Physlciin, VINO Ia
form ed he British oces that the mel were enut ca
10 on ashore md if they could take the Oah demaod7d
bv the Qua faniine law they could go up to the ely
Major DoIao. Cap. West and Msjor toOf secordiDgy
wegt lahore in DR. Foster boat. Major Hoof, beiIg
xxoupoed, renamed the Quarantine Station; the
h.r two officers were BY the XII Ones of Dr. Foster,
furpth.d with passage up tho ri ser From them @e
paher rbe following particulars OF the operations ana
capture of Wa k.r's Iarty IN Honduras.
We pafs over The of he evacuation OF Iroxlho
nv Gener,l Walker. Tee British s)Op lcarns, Com
nspd.r Salmon anchored before the Fort OF Tuxlo,
ten oc uped by Walker with bis command OF ninety
men and on the Dist the commander den .nded that
Walker shoud deliver the fort all his aims aud pro-
v,ot 20 ihe HODduraneaa authorities, should pay
SEQ 600 which it was alleged had been taxed by hi
f,om the Gust u House, and that he, Walker " ud
accelt there terms, the Bnsh commander would guar
ant. him safe pro'eenon home in such tramp rtton
AZ Walker could obtain. General Walker replied ana
ssk.d ty what authority British commander made
salmon replied by inquiring by what authority he,
an Individual without a fig, made war against
Laii0n. . M r
the NcsrsguaD Republic he made IVES against Sta'9
which had invad d the State of his adoption
Saline claim d that B j ISL commerce was ger ously
injured by Walker occupation OF lilo, and las
the do les and port charges Of tue port we're psdge1 %
ma, detts doe f. girh ciizeus Walker responded hat
his OCCUPATION If ruAilr 60 far from uI lnJuly at
feet pe he gh sof gish citizens, woud result great
| ly TO their advantage. >.o oooe
la regard TO the charge Of having taken SEQ OOOf IN
custom house lie pronO0n ced TIA agant ias71oodi
that there wac cent III The cusOmhonse OF III Tue
fIt when occupied by him. TIE correspondence con-
| euded by a peremp DRY demand on TIE part Of
the British com nander that Walker should eur
render on he teTus sa'td giving him unl I'D o'clock
| lie pex day, tie 22d of August, 10 determine tcr
| some time line Gen Walker wa' undecided as TO h'
| course but finally, he concluded be wodld mar oas
of the Iot that night and proceed down the coast W
| The mouth OF the Roman River, ano thence 10 swan
| IL aud whence be could open communications Win
| Ruatan, the people Of winch warmly sympathled WIN
! him.
all HIS snruus an munion and arms anc leaving elgnt
| sick men Including Col Henry, who had b,en desps
| ately wounded and hen Ia adying state marched
of the fort with eighty eight men, ana proceeded
down the coast In the direction OF Roman RIVER
vi. liant Isrd Of tue icaTus, @led lay ABOUT
bousard yaIds fir IN the beach, would have dstected
| his movement But without interruption the lt
band oceeted several miles, uunl they reached the
bao BE river welsh their "a Id guide told tue was
fordsble Here they were lost and be@lldere1 by tue
Tcspacty Of their guide, snd concluded 70 eniAmp'
| When the morning cane Gen. Wa ksr founi that he
| was but five or six mil from TfuXillo.
| ResumDg bis march he preceded further up the
river. and after two days tedious marcniOg the it'll
party reached place aDOul thirty niles l ON IN
mouth of k man River and ON it banks known az the
| Cotton Tree. Here Walker eUcamped TO recruit bis
| eearied men. The men weTe accordingly, on the
mo, ming Of u 24h resting aud yiCg under the trees,
Il, aiming their euns, and otherwise engaged wiihct
q slightest suspicion OF an enemy bell near, when
sudOel large force Of HI nduraneaos marched upon
| them frtm the ihckets and commenced hdug. S,U1I
| of Gen. Walker men were wounded ny tuls hre, but
h. quickly collected his little band together and form
ing hem into two companies ordertd them 70 'rge
III different diIec ione up aud the other down the
| river Major DoIaI, with Company B, charged tue
| prin,iIa party with great 10 petuOsiy, buG Gen.
Wa ktr, having got lit l. ahesd of his party, was
fred 10y HOpcu a. an at distance OF ten PAGES,
| and wounded in the face.
| The General however, quickly brought down bis
asesant with his ten shooter, and the rect the Hon
daraI eaUs f 10 great c1nfosD leaving tner klllsd
and oundtd btbiud. bOf this party Il one hundred
and torty out thirty got back to IrOxo. When It s
col sid,rtd Il at Walkers men were al veterans, and
ere armed with Minnie mukets, this os Is njtat al
sn ic probable lie. In this action OF Walkers patty
George p, mercy wss killed and the folio ~ x we're
| wound. Q: Lleutei ante Ryan, ley, Prddy Collin
| Ho, e Walesmoie Fuller oDd Potter. None Of these
| men We,e very daDgerously wouhd-d but one OF the
| W om d. d, Dsu,d - Smith, Germ an, WHO 10
charge II fellow. cou trymaD named Strecker,
murdered by the HondulaAein s. LIS friend met
Ike fate
On the night IF the battle VIII h occurred in the
afternoon Walker took mp his line of march to place
fuitbeT d. WIN the river csll,d LmOn. This place thy
reacte I'd in safety with other sualty bu he
wounog cf M or Hoff BY the fire of come stragS log
| HonouIansaDs. A. LimOn Walkers party Was kindly
received ty the native Carybs VINO constitute ho pop
ulaoD OF the place. aud VINO arc inyelerate III their
| hostility 10 tie HODdurane,n. generally aud to slI
| Spanisrds. They spoke Il gish aod gave Walker
| men an abundance OF sn,h provisions ss they had
Con Iuipg heir march from this plAcspasi through
sev,Ia CaTyb villages whers hey ~tre al ways k1dly
entertained and receioiJR GOV a hen stc1gSlng
shot pro~lin. IOIddraneaIs the little nat
finally r-aobed place on toe sea coast allied L't',
| Rock here they IemaOfd for day, receiving much
kmd treatment from the Carybs, and where they pr,
cUr boats to transport the sick and wounded 10 The
| ,l.ee where Walker had arranged TO have his reGdez
vops. -
| Living Little Rock Walker proceeded toward
| Black River, stopping on bis wsy at the house OF
nos liable Caryb called John Boil At D. NJ. on che
| q AUgust Walker reached in safety the Black
| River (ltIo Negro or Unto a1i e, camped az the
trs6oQ-po,t If one De ming, sn Englisaman who has
lived in he country for twenty one wears Her, tue
m,n obtained provisions, and Walker r.mained f)r
three days VIe pvst ID bat two AMI nan miles from
| the coast
On the Sd of September two British enters carry
irg forty men, up The river, and Cypt S1lmou OF
| tie Icarus accompanied by Gen Alvarez Of the Hon
| du AM an army, stepped a'hore ana walked to me
house in which Gen Walker was, aao asked an inter
| view with hin, which w5s granted. Capt Salmon,
! bUr Y, tluB young British oii,e Of very pompous,
| authoritative manner introducing himself to Gen.
Wa ker informed him thst her Bri lei MAJ sOOp
of-war carus 10y off the mouth Of the rive and mat
anchored near her wss stip which had on board 30
HOnduren,sn sodieIs aud he tterenpon demanded the
suIIeI De- Of Walker and his command
| Gen. Walker, with Characteristic GOODNESS and dig
nity contrasting strongls with The poupous .uIauce
OF The British officer a-ked whether tins demaud