The constitutional union., 1861-03-22
DIES ARC ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 22 l0c1

| We had now come to small rver which supplies the town with water, this we. forded and entered the lower end of the town Here
 we had hot contest, all the houses and build .ings of every description were filed with na- tive, who dept up q servere fire on us, where ever we went. These we had to charge upon. and take one by one. Finally, we obtaine 1 possession of the principal part of the lower end of TruXillo. and now came to the fort. Here was to be our main effort and gaIlantly was 1t made
 As we looked up the hill on which tho fort was built, and saw the frowning mouths of nine large pieces, any one of which, if well di- rected, was capable of sweeping our little | army into the sea, many brave mans heart misgaye him, and we came to the conclusion that if that fort was taken, as 1t certainly must be, for our expedition to succeed, 1t could only be done by desperate charge.
 i After resting about five minutes, the order was given to charge the fort, and with wild yell that carried with it dsmay to the heart of the natives, the men sprang up the hill Our ranks were broken in the charee and every man fought as it seemed best to him.
 The natives never frcl gun, nor stood our onset a moment, but fled precipitately in every direction and cheer after cheer an- nounced in an unmis@,kable manner that Truy-
 lilo and it's impregnable fort had changed mas 1 te~
 We found the fort in excellent order, the guns were mounted in the best manner, anu the arsenal contained guns sufficient to equip a thousand men, besides powder-cartridecs and cannon-bals in abundance. Never was a fort so cowardly abandoned Almost any other nation could have held 1t against ten times our number
 The town was completely deserted, all the natives having fled in terror at our onset. The British Consul alone remained. and he cX- pressed his surprise that So smal. force should dare to attack 50 strong position Walker, in reply, only laughed, and said his name alone was worth thousand mon and so it was | Walker Immediately commenced preparations to defend the place in case of an attack He then saw, for the first time, wi,t lie had not considered before, that what he had so casly gained could not so easily he retained. Coma ya4ua, the capital of Honduras. is but u.ao days journey from IruXIio; and the govern ment can casily raise, equip, and send to the coast one thousand men in f.teoa days S0 our position WAS anything but sato Walker erected harrcaGes in the mos- lpQ-e places. torGIying the strongest houses, and bult d strong circular barricade in front of the main entrance of the fort, containing port holes and commanding the plaza, or market lace of the town, at all points.
 This being accomplished we awaited tic coming of inc enemy, confident th9t we couid sustain ourselves against any number of na- lives that might make their appearance. Matters remained in this state for u1ou. two weeks. when one morning thc sentry on tlo ramPart~ reported q very large vessel il sight. ' ltuWcI to bo II. 5. Nj. Steamer Ic4ragas. a wm-ve-sc. of eht guas-s;Xry y-two 12uu les. She saile nIajo,,lcaily in, and came t0aach1r directly front ot the lort He had suppose ! that the English would have given up the.r aUtaority n ;Le i-,4gd gt tho appo.nol t.me :, but happened otherwise; About four o'clock that same day. British officer came ashore. and pre- cneel Walker with communication 1 from the commander of the vessel. Had he compiled with the requirements If that note. Doth General Waikcr-wh0 met such an un timely dclth-and many a b:avc mln, wAy died during h,s fatal march, w0u.d have been saycJ; bu, flto j. ordered otherwise. The c2u,cnt-of thonote were to this cf'ocs 1t sta,el that, as General Walker had Illegally invade l q territory over which Great Britain held q protectoratc, the English Government WIS 1 bound by treaty to assist the IIondugasian ! Government in dialodg;ng him. No.w.th- standing all this. the English Government generously offered to Walker the use ot a large vessel to convey himself and men to any part of the world he might wish. General Walker indignantly refused the offer; and he wa4 giyenten hours to leave the fort by the British commander, before commencing cannonade. The contents of note were keptsecrQt from the men, who were told by Walker and Col But- Ter, that if we surrendered to the English, we would be given mp to the natives, and all would be murdered without mercy and that lie intended to leave the fort and go into the l interior to await itrc-enforccments
 At dusk, the same day, everything in tie fort that Was of any Use, or that could be n- ' jured was destroyed. and Walker and his | men marched out of the fort they had 50 gal | lantly won. Silently and still they went and | not sound was heard to signify that such an | important event was being made. The men carried nothing. ezccpta rife and ten pounds of personal property was left behind; but, worst ofall, we hand no provisions whatever. ! And now. we commenced march but little ! heard of but which was alinGst unparalleled ! in hlrdships and dangers. We marched down the beach. in the direction we had first come, tor about ten miles, until we came to q river We could not ford. We proceeding Up the banks of this river about five miles, and rested to await daylight
 At the dawn of day, we again set out; and at about nine o'clock, we came to farm, whose owner, native, informed us that we were on the wrong road, and were only five miles from the fort. We then found out that We had made circuit, We now leaynei Walkers intentions for the first time. He had, before leaving TruxilIo, chartered a schooner of one hundred tons burthen to await us at the mouth of Roman River where hc expected to be in ten hours. And if he had forced the native who owned the farm to show us the trail we would have reached her in safety; but Walker was man of great energy of mind, and very seIfreliant and would take no mans advice; and merely getting the right direction, he let the native go
 We traveel all that day, expecting every