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Doc. 39.--Twiggs' treason.

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 each70,000
950 horses, valued at $150 each142,500
500 harness, valued at $50 each25,000
Tools, wagon materials, iron, nails, horse and mule shoes250,000
Corn (at this port)7,000
Clothing150,000
Commissary stores75,000
Ordnance stores400,000
 
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.

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