Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841 - Page 15
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he thought could be done in fifteen or twenty days after
our arrival. I accordingly got under-way at once, in the
Ship [at] 7 P.M. leaving orders for the Zavala to raise steam and
follow up with the San-Bernard in tow. At 1 A.M., the
Zavala came up and took the ship in tow, having Genl
Anaya & Secty, and Mr Eugene Eyls the French Consul
on board, he having requested of me a passage, which
I of course gave him with pleasure.
The next morning we overtook the Federal
Brig and took her in tow, about 3 P.M. met a Courier
with the intelligence that the town had capitulated.
Anchored at dark, and got underway the next morning
at sunrise. At 4 P.M. anchored off the town. Lt Col
Sentruanat [?], to whom Genl Gutierez had capitulated
came on board. [T]he force under Col Sentruanat
amounted to but one hundred, and forty men, and
those of Genl Gutierez, to nearly six hundred. [T]he latter
had sent a Priest to the Bar, with the offer to capitulate
to Genl Anaya, who remained until this Ship had
crossed, and two hours after his arrival at Tobasco
Genl Gutierez capitulated, and lost no time in getting
out of the way. Salutes were fired immediately after
our arrival, from the Federal Brig, the Fort, and by
the Artillery in the Square, to Genl Anaya[.] [H]e was on
board the Ship, and on his disembarking, I saluted
him, and the French Consul; both Salutes were returned
from the Fort, and the next day I saluted the town
twenty one guns, which was returned.
The day after our arrival I received from Genl
Anaya one thousand dollars, which was distributed among
the officers of the three vessels, and in two days after, I
received two thousand more, which was placed in the
hands of Purser Hurd, as was the first.
The night of our anchoring off the Town of
San-Juan-de-Bautista (Nov 20th) a Meeting was discovered
through
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Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841. Texas Navy Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.