J 0lh insl. they had en~aged lhe sloop before menlio111:d lo sail l'rum Anahuac for Velasco, and had pul llwir properly and pruv1s1011s on board, 1ml were prcve11l1~d from sailing l,y !wad-winds, Lhal during thus their <lclay. Capl. Thompson returned lo Anahuac, and embargoed lhc sloop in which the subscribers had inlcndc:d lo sail, although lhcri: was al the same lime a schooner of ahoul the same si~e and more sea worthy, lying idle in Lhc porl, Lim! the said Thompson being called on for an explanation said LlrnL he had fallen in with Capl. Pcllil of the Schooner Bravo, who had given him despatches from General Cos, directing lo return lo the Bay of Galveston, and await the arrival of lroops al lhal place, and lhal having important despatches, and officers on board his vessel for Matamoras, he was under lhe necessity of having a vessel for LhaL purpose, and that no other lhan the one he had taken would answer, Lhal the properly of Liu~ subscribers was ordered lo be put ashore, and the vessel taken alongside the Correo and refilled, and lhe lwo subscribers A. C. Allen and A. J. Yates further slate, that they were subsequently informed by an officer on the hoard the Correo, thal lhe said Thompson did nol lake said sloop for the purpose of sending her to Matamoras, but merely lo cruize on Galveston Bay, and further said that Capt. Pettit had given Capt. Thompson no new despatches, and il is in the knowledge of all the subscribers from the owner of the sloop, or his agent, that said owner fearful of loosing his vessel entirely, proposed lo T. thal he should purchase her, and T. offered one hundered dollars there for, which amount said owner was compdled lo accept, though the same was now considered more than half her value. And said T. further slated lo the subscribers that he had declared lhc purl of the Brazos in a slate of Blockade, and should lake all ves.5ds 1:nlering there as prizes, Lhal he had notified Capt. Peltil lo that effect, and should lake him if he fell in with him. That the Steam Boal Cayuga was also a prize, and he intended lo take her as such at Llw fir~l opportunity. Thal he had landed 300 troops al Copano, and that a full and sufficient force umlcr General Cos would be immediakly introduced into Texas lo rclain il in submission. Anti I. N. Moreland, one of the sub:;criLcrs hcrelo, furtlwr said that he lll'artl lhc said T. offrr one thousand dollars reward fur llw apprdwn:-ion and delivery of Mr. 1\ilr. Travis lo him and adding llwrt'lu. that lw. Thomp:;on, would swing said Travi:; al his yard arm, in le:-.. . than
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