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days; and agreed to go off if the young man 42 22 bales of Tobacco= this was acceeded to & executed & the robbers departed, driving off however, many cattle & several oxen. Lasantos, had previously robbed the store of Tobacco & domestics - Powers was taken to Matamoras, closely confined few days - put on parole of honor - remaind so five monts, when Woll came there _and gave him permission to return to his family on condition that he would deliver himself up again if the Genl. Govt. at Mexico should demand it - Power's release was chiefly owing to the numerous friends he had in Matamoras among the old & influential citizens. No. 2438 [184-?] THE DISTURBANCES IN COAHUILA, MAY-SEPTEM- - BER, 1835 48 1835 - May & June we.re months of excitement The Govr. of the State was a prisoner, the Constitution was broken down, and all Coa- huila overrun by the military, On the 24th. June a meeting was held at San Felipe to take into consideration the state of the Country and recommend the course to be pursued, It was resolved that volunteers should be raised and sent to Mon- clova to sustain the Govr. It is also resolved - That it was expedi- ent to reduce the garrison of Anahuac, Several Gent. on the next day started to Harrisburg, raised there a companx 25 or 30 men Travis was called to the command, They went on [boar]d the sloop [ ? ] & set sail immediat[ely] on the river, In the evening of 30th. June She anchored off Anahuac, The men were landed in a small boat & one six pounder which had been brot with them, Tenorio the Capt. of the Garrison sent a messenger to Travis to know what was the object of his visit, he was answered by a demand to surrender the fort, & all arms &c &c, One hour was given · Tenorio to consider of it; When the Americans marched up to the Barracks of the Mexicans, they" found them entirely abandoned, and the M soldiers had [taken] to wood a short distance off, Tenorio entered into terms, He o[ffered t]o surrender all his men & public property, And engaged to return to Mexico, and not again bear arms against Texas, He was allowed 12. muskets and 10 rounds of a.munition, to protect them against Indians &c on their return, Tenorio was recd. on his way to Mexico at San Felipe by Wiley Martin who had ass[umed] the office of political Chief in the most Kind [ & ] courteous manner He induced Tenorio to remain in San Felipe, He published an edict ordering all the arms &c of which he T. was "robbed to be immidiately returned," Tenorio had the gratification to know that the men who took him were discountenanced by rthe] ruling authority of the countrv, and by a rsmall] number of citizens, but this was of short dura[tion], and in a few weeks he marched for Bexar 42 The writer must have meant to say "would give them" 22 bales of tobacco. ••Anonymous. A? D.
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