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July 14. The Austin Commander Moore & ? Capt Lothrop with Col. Morgan one of ? Commissioners returned to Galveston from Yucatan. refer to my notes 16 July 26. Mssrs Bryant & Brashear Naval Comm? handed to Commodore Moore & Capt. Lo? Lothrop? their dismissals from the Texas naval ? for disobedience of orders &c. Houston political opponents burnt him in effigy the Market place. A Court Martial was ? by the Secretary of War & Marine to assemble the ? 1844 for the trial of Commodore Moore & such other as may be properly brought before it , under ? resolution approved 5th Febr 1844. The Court to co? Sherman, Somerville, Moorehouse, Calder, Riely, Hardin Hamilton & Montague. August 6th The "John Barnes" formerly the "Antoinette" property of Frankland & Co. of Galveston the first of [?] Texan colors that has sailed to Liverpool. 7th Left Galveston for a tour in the interior