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from 7 to 800 troops there,
but they struck a surprize
not so very easy accomplished.
Mr. Solano & Mr. Buffington
are abroad upon parole. Mr.
Miller & Sandenmyer have never
been in prison. The gunboat
in the harbor mounte 9 guns
& is a splendid boat. A good many
reports are pretty much as Mr. Ponce
reported but a great many are
of that material called “gas”.
Most of our men heard more o
r less from their homes &
families but as usually not
one word for me. Mr. Bravo
said that Mr. Price from
Jacksonville with his wife