, 1860-10-03
THE END or L F1LL1BUsrER,
Particulars Of the Capture and Exeeu.
ton Of Walker.


tion Of walker.
tFton ths n. o. D.lt., Sept 81
We had the pleasure this morning Of lonr
interview with Major Dolau and Captain Wess,
lAto OF tfeueral " Waiker'a expedition to Hondu-
.as, who reached the city to-day By the Charles
Morgan, from the Quarantine Station, to which
ststton they were brought, with the others Of
aiker's party. on the British ship Of war the
Gladiator, which now lies a. the Quarantine
station; From them We .Rather ths following
| pa9t,caafs OF the opeEatioL8 and capture Of
Walkers party IN Honduras.
We pass rapidly over The events Of the evacu-
1slon Of lEo11lio BY General Walker. The
E1ltsh sloop lcsrus, Commander Salmon, an
ehored befoIe the Fort Of TruxllIo, then occu-
| ped by Walker with lia command OF ninety
men. ann on tho 2lAt the command-r demanded
| taa1 " alker deliver the fort, al his arms and
| PROVISIONS TO the uondureoean authorities,
enoo'o pay $6o'o0o, which it was alleged had
| been taken by him from the Custom. house, and
that II be: Walker, would accept these terms,
lne bf1usn commander would guarantee him
sa!e proteesi9n home, in such transportation II
Hnkef conlo obtain.
| foT some time uea. Walker was undecided
~ ato MS course; but, finally, he concluded he
| you'd march out Of the fort that night, and
| proceed DOWN the coast to the mouth Of the
| homan liver, and theccs to Swan 1a1and,
whence he could open communications with
| Ruatan, the people Of which warmly ryupathix.
Cd With hin.
Accordingly, at midnight, Walker having de-
| stroJed all his surplus ammunition and arms,
and leaving eight lick men, including Ce1o1el
| Hensy, who had been desperately wounded, and
vas then in dying state, marched out OF the
Fort, With eghty-eght men, and proceeded
down the coast in the direction Of the Roman
rytr. V'g':aut look out on board Of the Ic4rus,
whlSa a ny shout = thousand yards from The
| b Zach, would hare detected this moveEs1t But
without interruption the little band proceeded
several miles, until they reached the banks Of q
nscf Wu1cn tneir stupid guide told them Hxs
iordaoie. Here they we're iost and bewildered
BY the 1ocapae!tJ Of their guide, and concluded
to TO- encamp. When the morning came, General
from Tru1illo.
hesum1ng his march he proceeded further
up the river, and after two days tedious march
lng the little party reached place about thirty
miles from the mouth Of the Roman river aad
on its banks known As the Cotton Tree
| lieTe Walker encaTped TO recruit Ais wearied
| men. Tho nea we're accordingly, on the morn
ing OF the 24:h, resting and lying under tho
| trees, Cleaning thar guns. and otherwise en-.
gagged, without the slightest suspicion Of an
enemy otlog near, when suddenly large iotc7
Of Hondureneans marched upoa them fsom tho
thlcktts az snd commenced h'log. Se'eral Of
| Ieaeral WFlkers men we're wounded BY this
| hre, nut he quickly collected bis little band
| together, and forming them into two companies
ordered them to charge IN dlherent directions,
oue up and the other down the rlver- Major
Dolan, With Company Is. charged the principal
party with great lnte'a 'sty, but Gen. Walker,
having got little ahead Of Lis party, WIS tired
at by Hondurenean At distance Of ten PAGES
aud wounded IN tAe faee. The General, how
ever, quickly brought down his assailant With
| his ten shooter, and the rest Of tho uondure-
means led in great confusion, leaving their
Af1S hHA 1T Hi ID rmf
one hundred and forty, but thirty got back to
| Truxillo. When it is considered that Walkers
men were all veterans, aud were armed with
Minnie muskets, this loss il not At a!l improba-
ble. In this action, Of Walkers party, George
romeroy was killed, aud the following were
wounded: Lieutenant Ryan, Isly, pr1ddy. Cof.
lin, Hogg, Walgsmote, Fuller and Porter.-
None of these men were very dangerously
wounded, but onu Of the wounded, named -
smith, sGerman, who was In charge Of fellow
countrymau, named Strecker, was murdered
by Hondureneau. Lis frieud met like fate.
0a the night Ailer the battle, which occurred
IN the AFTERNOON, Walker took up bis line Of
march to place further down the river, called
Limon. This place theY reached in safet7. wish
no other causalty Than the severe youndinp Of
Major HoE By the fire of some a.raggling lion
dureneans, At Limoa. Walkers partT VA.
kindly received by The natiye CarybsF Win c,n.
stitute the population Of the place, and who aIs
inyetera:a ia their hostility 10 the IIondnrene,
ans generally. and To aIi i,uainynTds, To+v
| spoEe Euylish. and cayo Talker'a men an
ubundauce Of such prpr;siona "A thew had
Cnntinnny thrir mnrch frorn tlia ntaca2nr.ss'
inv thronrn several f,auh v;,jsgea wha,l thav
;yrre alwxya kindly ectsrtainrd md rrcs;r;1yy
now and then a strnryllug slot from some
provijav Houdureueans. tie little band finally
r.ached a place On ths aea cnast called ii,tie
Rock. where they remained fnr a ds1 rsre;r;n1
1uuch kind treatment Irorn t},e Caryhs and
where they procured boats to transnort he sct
End wounded to tie pssce where WALKER hal
arranged tn have his rendezvous.
Leaving Little Rock. Walker proeeedrd to-
vardx 1sIart n;var atonninr ~ Il. 80 ~ ~
house of l,o,nl,ahio Earvh called Iobn RnI1
Mar ~ m t},e o-th 1u,;,,at W,lts- r..rhaJ
in sataty tha N,a,t EiverfR;,, Saorn1 ~ T;nso
and encamned VT tha trn1,n- mss ~ cna t,s.,.,'
;r,r. an Eo5lish1nan WIN ha3 jiveJ in ~ c,,n.
trSt~antysnne years ucra tha ~, abt.;asd
nravis;ons az W-ltar r.r.;raJ ~ .hxas
f.zu frhs not i. hrt tS, ..J 1.",r-;t,~ 80.
~ .sa aaa,t " Wv "10 ''''A1 D1''e' - ot14
m H. ~ of Sarte,rhar ~, Rr;t;.h ,,,.t..u
-.-.s;n.< tn-,r ,,aF o.n,a ~. a. -;.asIn sae.a
ta;n S.i'non oe 10 Lar. a.ea,na.a;Is h"Gp
Afrerv- ~ tha fien,1r-sna.. ar".. siJi
ashore and wa1trd tn ,he ton.e - j., .b;st fl.r
eroi Woiks- 49, sand g., ;ntar .n;.t,
him. .hich wax rranted. csnt.;n : ;n" .t,"o" "'n
hurly. htuir xounp H-it,sh ct,icrr If y vsrv
nomnons n;1thor1tatire manner ;nt-o1,.;ay',
EimseIf to {;eneral Walker. inf,rrned Inn ths7
nfr ~, n,orth ~ ~ r;var nn5 10. a1at.3
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