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He hardly had thirty six years old when he died. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1824, was educated for lawyer. His father, a Scottish banker, occupied a prominent position in the society, and enjoyed the respect of the community in which he lived. The son was an incorrigible one. He failed like lawyer; he proved the medicine, and he did not achieve any success in that profession; finally, he dedicated himself to the media, and thus, in 1851, in orto of the civilization in the slopes of the Pacific, one stands out like publisher of a newspaper in San Francisco.

It seems probable that the anxious and turbulent spirit of the people whereupon lived, formed the vague aspirations of William Walker. He did not have long time in California and was making a good business, when suddenly he crossed the border, and illegally occupying uncultivated terrains in the North of Mexico, he proclaimed "an Independent Republic of Baja California."

This farce did not last much. There was agitation between the Mexican authorities and a imitate of monitoring between the troops of the United States; but the truth of the question was that the "Independent Republic" and governing his just constituted did not have anything to eat. Walker and its group were given to the customs civil employees of the United States, it happened through a judgment form, and was quickly acquitted. At that time the filibusterismo was fashionable.

Not learned lesson by the experience, but rather animated by the affection that his not very glorious feats had carried to him, Walker, two years later undertook his second filibustera skirmish. The Democratic ones of Nicaragua offered twenty thousand earth acres to him to fight to their side against the party aristocrat. A similar supply took to Sir De Lacy Evans to fight against the Carlistas in Spain, to General Guyon to take the control in the Hungarian army from independence, to Lord Cochrane to a position of importance in the South America; Lafayette and Steuben fought by less in the United States, General Church satisfied itself less by in Greece and Colonel Upton in Russia. General Walker still more put conditions in please his men, soon chartered his boat.

Five years ago, last May, that boat, the Vesta, was in the port of San Francisco, with the General Walker and fifty six men on board. It was obstructed. A civil employee of police was in possession. To the midnight of Monday, 4 of May, Walker asked the civil employee to lower to their stateroom to examine papers. The innocent civil employee acceded. The door was closed and was informed that was prisoner.

"There, Sir," said Walker to him with his slowed down voice, "there are tobaccos and champan; and also, spouses and crickets. Him request that it chooses."

The Civil employee, a sensible man, took from first, and was in very glad mood when he was put on board of the tugboat that took it to the place from return of its official duties.

In the month of June General Walker arrived at Nicaragua. The Servile ones were prepared in mass to resist it; It maintained to a battle every three weeks. The taking of Granada immediately was followed by the massacre of Bay of the Virgin, and the necessary installation of General Walker in the power of Nicaragua.

Walker was, doubtlessly, a harmful man, better outside this world than in him. It never demonstrated a constructive ability; their energies were totally destructive. He was brave, perseverant and energetic; but it had very little or no forecast, no scruple of honor or conscience and nor a spark of human mercy in his heart. Their works, of the first a the last one, were rather harmful that healthful for the world.

In the course of a small interval a treaty of peace between the parts in discord was signed; a native called Patricio Rivas was named President, and Walker, Commander in chief of the Army. This was the culminating moment of the race of Walker. It maintained the true one to simply be able in the Government of Nicaragua, being Rivas his instrument. Operation altogether had a good route of the transit, the one that brought hundreds of immigrants every month to him.

Great Britain and the United States, tired on the failed attempts of the Hispano-Americans to establish stable governments, was both ready to recognize it and to help him. In this country, specially, all were to their favor; it could obtain money and men in any amount just by to request them. Finally, there is reason to think that the best people of Nicaragua were fascinated by her shining success, and really thought that he was destined to being the regenerator of his mother country.

All this beautiful building of being able present and future perspective. Walker now came deliberately to destroy. It shot to Corral, its old enemy, head of the Servile ones - a Central American horseman in high esteem - accusing it to have conspired against the government that together had managed to establish. It revoked, without cause some, the concession of the Company of Transit, and obstructed the steam that belonged to American citizens, isolating he himself and to the country of the outer world, and closing the door to immigration. It waged the war to him to Costa Rica, and directed the subjects so badly that their troops were defeated to the first encounter. It lost the patience with Rivas, it dismissed it and it usurped the Presidency. From that moment to the end of the campaign Nicaraguan its history was one of defeats, disasters, disappointment and sinkings.

Nicaraguan and the Costa Ricans were united against him; they threw it of all parts, and finally they harassed so much, that if has not been by the presence of an American corvette military, that on board received it with its followers, he had perished there same. Thus the second filibustera expedition of Walker finished.

The third and fourth expeditions, both directed against Nicaragua, can be described briefly. Both were bad advisees and badly planned; both failed miserably; both had finished fatally for Walker and its followers if it had not been by the opportune intervention of American and British boats military.

The fifth and last filibustero assault originally was destined against the famous Islands of the Bay that Great Britain is exactly now yielding to Honduras. Several Anglo-Saxon residents of the islands had expressed their inconformidad in being given back to Honduras; Walker saw the opportunity create a new independent empire. Unfortunatley for him, Honduras previó its game, and requested to Great Britain slowed down the cession of the islands. Disillusioned in that form, Walker sailed by anywhere in the Bay of Honduras by some weeks, Looking for literally to that to devour, and finally, for its ruin, fell on Trujillo. Forced to evacuate this place by the ship of guerrra British Icarus, it was persecuted until being cornered by the Hondurans; and refusing to request protection or she was British or American, it died the death of a soldier at hands of the Honduran authorities. The details of their execution will be in the columns of the news.

HONDURAS: WALKER'S CAPTURE

We have the details of the capture and death of Walker. After evacuating Trujillo the night from the 21 to the 22 of August, he ran coast down and finally encamped in the shore of the Negro river. A letter of Honduras decribe therefore the sequel:

"the 3 of September, two British sloops, taking forty man, arrived at the river, and the Captain Salmon, of the Icarus, accompanied by General Alvarez, of the Honduran army, lowered to earth and walked towards the house in which General Walker was, and requested an interview with him, the one that was granted. The Captain Salmon - a British official, of reddish color, pomposos and authoritarian modales - appeared General Walker, He informed to him that the corvette military Icarus of Its Majesty was anchored in front of the mouth of the river, and that near her was a boat that had two hundred fifty Honduran soldiers on board, and soon him demanded its surrender and the one of its command.

" General Walker, with it's characteristic cold dignity, in opposition with the firm security of the British official, asked if the demand was made by Captain Salmon as British official , and if his surrender was to the British authorities.

"To this question, the Greater Dolan and West Captain, that were present at the interview, with solemnity affirm that Salmon answered: "Yes, you do surrender to me, like British official." The question was repeated by General Walker, and the same answer was given by the Commander Salmon, that somewhat humorous and pleased added : "You can also be thankful to me, for having a healthy bone in your body."

"The General said to them that under such circumstance he would surrender.

"That night, when all the men slept, General Walker and Colonel Rudler were taken under safekeeping to the Icarus.

"Day 4, the Icarus weighed anchors and it went to Trujillo, where it arrived that night. General Walker and Colonel Rudler then were formally given to the Honduran authorities.

TO PRISON

"The walk when entering was slow and solemn, Walker, walking in front of his men, dressed with much simplicity, marched, marking time the compass of the drum, and was the object on which all the eyes were fixed. As soon as he entered the prison were put heavy chains, and being asked if it needed something, it answered with single word: "Water" "Shortly after it sent by the Chaplain of the port, and attesting his faith like Roman Catholic, knelt down on the feet of the priest, before a small altar, on which the vacillating light of candles, tenuously discovered the image of the Savour. Among other things he said to the Chaplain: "I am resigned to die; my political race is finished."

THE EXECUTION.

"the 11th of of the current month, at seven that night, Walker was informed into the sentence of dictated death against him, and its only answer to the fatal message was to ask what hour would be executed and if it could have time to write.

"day 12 at eight in the morning, the condemned was taken to the execution place. He went with crucifix in the hand, without watching nobody and listening to the Psalms that the priest intoned for him. It entered the seat, where, in the place of the execution, the troops were formed, and there, resignation plenty said:

"I am Catholic Roman. The war that I did to Honduras, by hint of certain people of Roatán, was unjust. Those that accompanied to me are not guilty. I am the only culprit. I request pardon to the Town. I do receive the death with resignation. I would wish that it would be for good of the humanity "

"He died with extraordinary serenity. Their despoliation were placed in a coffin, and rest peacefully like a perpetual example."

ANOTHER VERSION.

An American writer from Trujillo: "General William Walker was shot the 12 of the current, to eight in the morning. He always showed the greater cold blood, not even changed of color when he walked from the prison to the seat where he was executed. Two soldiers with pulled out of a scabbard swords went in front of him, and three, with bayonets pierced, they followed to him. In its right hand it wore a hat, and in the left a crucifix.

Before taking seat in fatal cauquete it asked the priest who accompanied him, since he could not speak the sufficiently high thing to be heard, to say to the town that him beg pardon to all those to whom had injury in his present expedition, etc.; what is diversely informed by several people.

Then he sat down, a row of ten soldiers advanced and shot immediately. He died right away. The soldiers gave three cheers and everything was finished. Their rest decently have been buried, with the usual rites of the Church. I Believe that there was a deep feeling of affection by its end from the town in general, and does not seem that there is no spirit of revenge from the Government nor of its civil employees. Rudler was condemned four years of prison, but I believe that it will be freed before long time."