The constitutional union., 1861-03-22
From lhc New ! ork Mercury THE SIEGE OF TEUXILL0,
 AND 7UE DEI1H OF GEI UILLT1I H-ILHEL
BT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS.

i TIE DLIIH OF GEA. UILLI1U HILAER.
 DT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS.
 The death of this remarkable man. and lis yarya7 clulac.a and military in1asions, have la.cy been o,ca, ol .uo.c interest His bold attempts, while they c4u7o Us U ceusure h.s l,,sAucs7. still, by thcir very bravery. elicit our admiration propose, in th!s ! sketch. 10 -Ae a correct history of hs life, Wigh uil its yalcd incidents and quick transi- tlOns oI fortune, as seen by HI eyewitness, from the memorable s.e5c of 1ruXllo to the pcrod of his death.
 General Walker after about three months active preparation, sa.!eI from the port of New Orleans on the fifth day of June 1860. lie had 1ut few men with him. on board the yc -el .n winch Gc saucI-4s Gc- tachments had y5io Deou sent from tue to tune. to the rcD.ll-yU- ag Hua;an Island, ill the bay oI Iun...u- then. and now, un- der the british flag.
 Iherc IS d treaty now existing between the United States ana England, by winch the latter Was to lcnouncc all cam to the Bay As.auds, and remove their flag ana forces 1t d ccr,aln Gate. j his treaty hus hecn wholly oisreglrucI and the islands still remain iu the Dos. css.on oi the British 10 this fact may be attributed, in part, the downfall of the General. iU.au Island was the rendezvous. and It Was the ;ntouIyn of Walker b take possession of the is..uu as soon is the British should yacute it. winch event was eXpcctcl to take place on or about the first day of JuN. isGJ. The people who Ahabit these Eay Is- lands alc Hosti5 15lft4., ssb }4ae c.-I.cl from the ncI -ADoun- &tltcs, or have been brought theie by trad ug esse-s: their principal trade is in lruIt, vii ch is pienaluIly yielded by then rich aJI and s Brought to New Or leans i'll large quantities.
 Ihc natives of HuJtau were greatly opposed to beng delivered over to the nondrasian Goye.nmcut ly the English. and they there fore resolved to establish an independent guy- elnment, subject to no authority. flo effect this. they agreed to allow Walker and his men to idni, and occupy portion ot the island, until he should have collected a sufficient re- enforcement to proceed to Nicaragua; for this privilege he Was to assist the people in gain ing ther independence 1hc English Gov crnment was Inlormed of these facts; and knowing fuil well th1t General Walker could not remain at sea in hs crowded vessel, did not remove its flag or governor from the island on the lst of of July as Was confidently cx- pectcd, even by the officials, themselves
 ihs unloyked-for casualty completely dis arranged all of Walkers plans and placed him ill most critical situatiUn He had. at this tune, ninctwo men on two small schoon- CTS, called the iewdrop and John A Taylor and recntorccmcnts were expected to arrive from New Orleans every day. .s
 Walker HOW saw plainly that to remain at sea longer would be to rum the expedition so he determined to unite his forces on one vessel, and make a descent on some point iii Honduras. and, if possible, sustain himself until the arrival ol the expected reenlvrce- ments. In accordance with this plan, the men from the Dewdrow were placed on board of the john \. Taylor and the captain was oriered to iand Us at the port of Iruxillo; q town ou he coast of Honduras, containing tAca tA5HsanI inhabitants. anu d strong span I-a tort mounting nue heavy pieces uI artil- cry. We reached tile entrance If the harbol about dark, aud aateI for the moon to rise ln few hours the siIyey light of the moon showed ns the bcautIul bay, and the gloomy parapets of the 1ort ill the distance We dI rccted our course close to the yerdaut banks and commenced embaIkng in lile-boats, ol which we had five. The landing was effected safely, and without alarming the natives
 We had procurel guide, who informed the General that a sandy beach extended tive miIes to the entrance ot the town This dis tance must of caasse be tv5vcrscd as quickly and silently as pos Ible; accordinly, an ad yanced guard Ol ,e1 men WAS sent forward tC guard against surprise, and the order to ad vance was given. l he troops had proceeded about half d mile, when a rapid firing was heard in front, followed by an alarm gun from the fort. All was now excitement, the men glad to be released from their close quarters on ship-board. were fresh, and ready for bat tie, and eager for plunder. The order was given to charge, the men gave d cheer and the whole force started on a run Suddenly the advanced guard was seen to halt, and then in the distance, scarcely visible by the strag. giing beams of the moon, now partially ob- scuicd by elodas, Was seen advancing to mee Us. strong body of natives. Now. then were our foes before Us, and our men not al al! aba>hed, wee eager to meet them Tho natives gave the Span,sh challenge: Qutcn Cjcc ?' Our an-wcr was shower of Minn balls, anu aiser returning the compliment they retreated toward the fort We charged rapidly after them, and as the fist streak ot day illuminated the east we came in full view ot the fort of Truxlo. This was a fort o considerable strength, and properly managed would have commanded all approach for a halfmle around Immediately on pcrce.vnl us. they discharged thuty-two poander charga6 wi fb erf.ava o nd caoiSta dour, n, l n, a5eexcept to scatter the sand in every direction