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ised to fight. But news reached him of Fannin's surrender; he imme diately took up the line of march for the Brazos as he had fled from Gonzales on hearing of Travis fall at the Alamo. His force then was 1500. Sesma's was between 7 and 8 hundred. The day previous to his removal from the Colorado his muster roll exhibited 13 hundred men rank & file; on the same day he was joined by Capt. Roman with 50 soldiers and Capt. Fisher with 50 citizen soldiers; and there were besides citizens in the neighborhood of the camp ready to join in battle but. not willing to join the army whilst it seemed to be Hous ton's intention to retreat & leave their families behind.
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[1855?, M. B. LAMAR, RICHMOND? TEXAS]. HOUSTON'S TREATMENT OF COMMODORE "E. W. l\WORE. 100 Houston in secret session,1 advised congress to sell the Navy, at a time when it was known to him that the Mexican Govt. had greatly increased their strength on the water and had issued a Blockade against Texas; and was preparing to enforce it. These facts were known publickly - yet he procured from Congress a secret order 2 to sell the Navy - At the very same session he told Col. Morgan "that there was to be a formidable invasion of the Country; that it was gone; that it would cease to be a Republic in six months." - Very soon after telling Col. Morgan this, he appointed the Col. Commis sioner, to go to New Orleans and sell the Navy there. Upon the ar rival of Col. Morgan in N. 0 - the information which he received there, that the Mexicans were preparing to attack Galvezton, in the Spring, so fully confirmed him of the truth of what Genl. Houston had told him concerning the meditated invasion, that he at once deter mind not to sell the navy at a time when the county was in such a crit cal situation, and suggested to Commodore to sail for Yucatan 3 and break up these preparations of the Enemy. This the Comodore done - he sailed down the Gulf, encountered the enemy at great disadvantage, yet after much hard fighting, succeeded in upsetting the arragmts of the enemy & drivig them from the coast of Yucatan; who was at that time our ally, and was furnishig money for the outfit & supply of our navy. - These things being done and great service thus rendered to the country, a Report of them was made out by Morgan and despatched to Texas. As soon as the Report was received by President Houston, he immediately thereupon, issued a Proclamation,4 dencing [denouncing] Commodore, and all with him as Pirates, and calle<l upon all nations to capture & treat them as 1<"'A. Df. 'See Winkler, E. W., Secret Journals of the Senate of the Republic of Tea;as. 244. 'Ibid., 316. •7 vessels of war, & 6000 troops had been besieging Yucatan 7 months, & were preparing to leave thence & turn upon Texas.-[Note in document.] 'This Proclamation is in the Executive Records of the Republic of Texas, Book 40, p. 228 under date of March 23, 1843.
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