The following is a list of the property given up to the
State of Texas by
Gen. Twiggs:
1,800 mules, valued at $50 each | $90,000 |
500 wagons, valued at $140 each | 70,000 |
950 horses, valued at $150 each | 142,500 |
500 harness, valued at $50 each | 25,000 |
Tools, wagon materials, iron, nails, horse and mule shoes | 250,000 |
Corn (at this port) | 7,000 |
Clothing | 150,000 |
Commissary stores | 75,000 |
Ordnance stores | 400,000 |
| |
Total | $1,209,500 |
Exclusive of public buildings to which the
Federal Government has a title.
Much of the property is estimated at the original cost, its value in
Texas being much greater, and worth to the
State at least a million and a half of dollars.--
San Antonio Herald, Feb. 23.