of slate. Sam I Williams for the war department. Rhodes Fisher for the navy dcparlmenl. Moseley Baker Aly Genl. & Wm Jack chief-justice heavens what a cabinet and president will the people calmly submit to have all their rights placed in the hands of such men if so be il but il is al least our duty to exert every faculty we possess lo defeat lhem if possible-and it is possible we figh L Lhe Baltic al the pools with the Ballet Box and shew lo the worrld that there is moral and political virlue slill lefl in Texas. The ticket we shall nm here and in all western Texas will be Henry Smith for president & James Montgomery for vice president do all you can for the citizens and soldiers lickel the citizens of Texas now in the army will vole this Ticket almost unanimously. Communicate freely with our friend Capt. Lewis on the subject he can give you much information as lo our situation and prospects. Judge Hanks started home yesterday morning. .I wrote lo you hy him prely much in substance what I have now staled. Your friend & obt servl Henry Millard Give my respects to Doctor Everett tell him I am sure he is with us in the good cause & I should like lo hear from him I have written many letters lately to the east which I am in hopes will do some good.
Adios H. i\l.
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Velasco, August 23, 1836. Sir: I returned a few days ago from Galveston and that neighborhood. The easternmost encl of that island is garrisoned by lhe Texans, who have hastily thrown up a mud fort and erected a few cannon. General Cos, with forty-seven other Mexican officers, and about four hundred men, have been confined lo that post since the battle of San Jacinto; the rest of theprisoners, with the exception of General Santa Anna, are dispersed among stations in this vicinity. On the 16th instant, I was present al the embarcation of the officers for Anahuac, a small town on the north side of the hay, about twcnly miles from Galveston, whither they had been ordered by the President, so as lo diminish the risk of tlw garri:::on in lhc event of a naval attack by the Mexicans. This placl' is undt~r lhe command of Colonel Morgan, with lwo companit•s of regular:::
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