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August 21, 1845
Movement of the Troops. — Capt. Miles, of
the U. S. army, returned to Pensacola on the 18th inst., from
Mobile, whither he had been for the purpose of procuring a steamboat to
transport the troops now stationed at the three forts near Pensacola to
Corpus Christi. Not having succeeded, he was at the last accounts
endeavoring to charter a barque, then discharging at Pensacola, for the
purpose.
The commanding officer at St. Augustine,
Florida, has received orders to send three companies from that post to
this city, and the schr. Gen. Worth, now lying in St. John’s river, has
been chartered for the purpose of conveying them hither.
We learn from the Norfolk Beacon of the 12th
inst. that two companies of the U. S. troops at Fortress Monroe have been
ordered to Texas immediately. They are to be conveyed by the U. S.
steamer Col. Harney, now at Norfolk.
Orders were received on the 9th
inst. requiring Capt. Duncan, now at Fort Hamilton, a few miles below New
York, to be in readiness at a moment’s warning with his company of Flying
Artillery to march for Texas. It will require two small vessels to
transport this company with their horses. Their destination is the Bay of
Aransas.
The ship queen Victoria has again been
chartered for the conveyance of troops from this port to the Bay of
Aransas.
Source: The Daily Picayune, August
21, 1845, p. 2, col. 3.
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