The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-23
BALTIMORE.
THURSDAY. AUGUST %, 1860

our American Garibaldi General WILLIAM
w,1rpp has commenced new campaign IN Cen
troll America by the capture of the Port OF Trux-
No in Honduras, and the rout OF its tattered and
horefooted garrison The defence of the place
ryas by no means brilliant one as the troops
only stood long enough to fire OIL single gun,
and then, evidently alarmed at the consequences
of their own proves, took ncontinently to their
heels, probably believing with FALsTAFF that
udiscretion is the better part of valor." The
town of Truxilo, although it is one Of the three
principal ports of entry for the Republic of Hon
duras, is neither very large or very populous as
it numbers not more than twenty-five hundred in
habitants, fifteen hundred of whom are Carbs, the
remaining thousand being styled by courtesy
white With the exception of the fort and catne-
dral-almost the only remaining rehcs Oh 'iie oiu
Spanish dominion and these very much 'he WORSE
for wear-the architectural features OF lruXillo
are not at all imposing; many OF the dwellings
be;np constructed of those primitive ma
terials bambo canes and palm leaves
Il is difficult to understand, at present, from this
reckless and unwarrantabe invasion of the terri
tory of Honduras, what Interior object WALKER
has in view. If his designs point to an overland
march into Nicaragua, either through Honduras
proper or through the adjacent Mosquito territory,
of which Great Britain has recently abandoned the
protectoratc the rashness Of the attempt can only
be exceeded by the bold bad ambition that has
prompted it. To traverse the Mosquito territory,
where the least resistance is TO be anticipated,
would subject the lawess Adventures 10 the
deadly influence of the malaria arising from the
swamps, and marshes, and exuberant vegetation
of that scantily peOpled district; whilst any at
tempt to penetrate into Nicaragua by way of Hon
duras, would unquestionably be strenuously OPP
posed bv President GUARDIoLA with all tile forces
he could muster 1t is not improbable, neverthe-
less-if the reported capture of TruXillo should be
confirmed by subsequent advices-that WALKER
conemplates charging the scope of his operations
in Central America by including Honduras also in
his scheme of conquest. He is not the man 10 have
forgotten that in 1856 GUARDIoLAI fought against
him in Nicaragua, and was one of the principal
agents in bringing about that coalition ofpetty Re-
pubhcs whose combined forces finally succeeded in
forcing WALKER to take refuge in Rivas, and in
reducing him to such straits that his capture was
almost inevitable had it not been for the inter-
position of one of our naval officers in command
on that station. The extreme unpopularity of
GUARD1oLA, whose ferocity and cruelty have
obtained for him the designation of ''the
'Tiger of Honduras" offers strong ground for
supposing that, in order TO expel him from the
country, his enemies may have sought the CO.
operation of WALKER, and may have promised
him assistance in rc-estabshing himself in power
in Nicaragua. However this may be, it is certain
that the people of the Bay Islands, recently coded
to Honduras by Great Britain, vehemently
opposed to the transfer, and that they have in
vited Americans TO settle amongst them and
assist them in securing their independence. As
the period has arrived at which the Islands
were TO have been turned over to the Hon
duras authorities, WALKERS occupation of Trux-
lilo may possibly be in the interest of the
revolutonis,s. If he can succeed in secur-
ing to the Islanders an Independent form of
government he secures, at the same time, base
for his operations against Nicaragua, and port
from whence he can receive supplies and fit out
his expeditions unmoested by foreign cruisers.
1t is well known that the people of Ruatan drive
q lucrative trade with the mainland of Honduras
ny lulo lNVpupllC many
commodities, which, passed through the custom
house at Truxlo, would be subjected to a very
heavy duty, The possession of Ruatan by Hon
duras would do away with this traffic, and the
indignant Reputation of the rule of GUARDIoLA,
the part of the settlers arises quite much from
the prospective loss ola profitable business, as from
their repugnance to the man. II WALKERS plans
take-as they possibly may--the wider range TO
which we have alluded he must not only expect
to be Joined in his march into the interior by
many who are connected with the faction which
desires the expulsion of GUARDIoLA, but he must
also look to the operation of body of fillibus-
tiers from California, which, entering the Bay OF
FonseoO, would find very little difficulty in ap-
preaching Comayagua, the capital of Honduras,
from the south, whilst WALKER was advancing
upon the same point from the north. All this of
course is necessarily wholly speculative; '"' taken
merely as conjecures, they IRE worth recording,
in view Of t,o Ienacity of purpose which WALKER
mas so frequently eyinced; the evident sympathy
with which his expedition is regarded in the Gulf
States, and the interest that surrounds any strug
Gle for dominion-however awless in its inception
which may take place between ''the barbarians
''of the North and the mixed races of Central
America.