Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-25
Commodore Ewin Ward Moore, Of
the Republic of Texas.

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Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, OF
lilo Texan navy during the exist
ence Of Texas rs an independent
Republic.
The deceased was native Of Al
exandria, Virginia, aud belonged 10
n good family, whose connections
included many OF tho most distn.
guishod names of the State, extend
ing back to the famous Gov, Berke.
lev, of old colonial times. AT four
teen years of age Master Moore was
transferred from the Alexandria
Academy to the United States Ma
Wy, with a midshipman's commits
sion, and, beginning with an extern
sive cruise in the sloop ,ofwar Hor-
net, he was much in active service
down to the Texas war of indcpen-
dence in 1886 At this time, by
regular promotion, ho had become
first lieutenant, and as an intelh-
gent, active and enterprising young
officer, he was singled out by the
government Of Texas to the chief
command, as Commodore Of its ma
val establishment. which had yet to
be created.
Young Moore, resigned his com
mission IN the United States service
gladly accepted his new appoint
ment, and FASTENED to his new field
of labor and adventure. This was
in 1887. He was a Commodore in
the cause Of a new Republic which
was without ships and without
money. He contrived, however,
partly from the credit of the Re-
public and partly from his own re-
sources, to purchase in New Orleans
two small ships, which he fitted up
and equipped as vessels ofwar With
these and a tender he set sail from
New Orleans in the spring of 1843
for y trial of strength with the
Mexican feet awaiting him in the
Gulf. This feet consisted of eight
or ten vessels, including two steam
ers, the Guadalupe and Montezuma,
built in England at an expense of y
million of dollars. SO great was
the disparity between these two OPP
posing forces, that, to save his ships
from what he believed would be
their certain destruction if they
were overhauled by the enemy,
President Houston repeatedly or
dered Commodore Moore to seek
shelter in the bay of Galveston; but,
disrcgarding the orders or failing
to receiving them at New Orleans,
Moore boldly put out to sea in
search Of theenemy. The Mexican
fleet was at length sighted off the
coast Of Yucatan. A succession of
hot engagements followed in the
bay Of Campeachy, in which the
Mexican squadron, invariably beat
en-, was finally routed and dispersed,
with heavy losses in ships and men.
The success of the TEXANS made
quite noise in the world at the
time, and the skill, in rapidly and
effective handling of his ships dis
played by commodore Moore, COM
plctely silenced in Texas disobedi-
ence OF President Houston's orders
and his proclamation of outlawry.
In consideration Of his services
the Congress of Texas-notwith-
standing the removal Of Moore by
President Houston, and the veto of
the bill for his reinstatement by
President Arson Jones' passed the
bill into q law, which included the
liquidation of balances of money on
account of the navy to the sum of
over seventy thousand dollars, and
the grant of a tract Of land to the
Commodore of thousands Of acres.
Af6er the annexation of Tevas
the Commodore and his ass ciate
Texan naval officers applied to Con-
gress to be reinstated in the U. S.
Navy, with the rank they held from
Texas. This proposition was de-
feated.. A compromise was finally
accepted, in the shape of an appro-
priation to these officers, as officers
of the Union on leave pay from the
day of annexation to the passage of
the bill. OF this appropriation, the
share accuringto Commodore Moore
was some seventeen thousand do
lars.
His time subsequently, was large
r. occupied In experiments on new
mechanical Inventions During the
late war he was occupied in this
city upon new machine, which he
was sanguine would cast all other
inventions of the last hundred
years in the shade as a motivepow-
er, and create revolution in the
saving of coal such as the world
has never dreamed of. On the day
before his death he said, Next
week we expect to astonish the
world.
After his return from Texas,
Commodore Moore, in 1S49, mar
ried q beautiful, accomplished and
wealthy young widow, Mrs. Cox,
nee Stockton, of Philadelphia, who
survives him. During the late war
she remained with her mother, one
of the Parish family, of Charlottes-