The _Invincible_ sailed away unhurt, and the next day met and captured the American brig, the _Pocket_, which was on her way to a Mexican port with a cargo of supplies for Santa Anna’s army. Captain Brown brought the _Pocket_ into Galveston, whence the supplies were forwarded to the army. The _Invincible_, lying at that time in the bay, received from Captain Calder the first news of the victory at San Jacinto, and Captain Brown at once “turned loose Old Tom” to express his own joy therefor. The _Yellowstone_ came down from the Texan camp and landed the Mexican prisoners on the island; she then proceeded to Velasco, having on board the President and his cabinet officers, and General Santa Anna and his staff. The _Invincible_ was ordered to follow, and after signing the treaty, Santa Anna was conducted on board, and Captain Brown received orders to sail to Vera Cruz with the defeated general. The Texan commissioners empowered to treat with the Mexican government were also on board. As already related, Santa Anna was taken ashore again and placed in prison. The _Invincible_ with the _Brutus_ was soon afterward sent to New York for repairs. The _Liberty_ conveyed General Houston to New Orleans, and was there sold to pay her war-expenses. The new Congress was without means to meet the cost of repairing and refitting the _Invincible_ and her sister ship. They were on the point of being sold when Henry Swartwout, the collector of the port of New York, with great generosity provided the money from his private purse. They were completely equipped and sent to sea the same year. In 1837 the entire fleet set out for a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. The _Champion_ and the _Julius Cæsar_ were taken by the enemy on the 12th of April. Both carried valuable cargoes, and their loss was a keen blow to the young government. On the 17th of April the _Independence_ encountered near Velasco two Mexican brigs of war,—the _Libertador_, armed with sixteen 18-pound guns and manned with one hundred and forty men, and the _Vincedor_, with six 12-pounders and one hundred men. The _Independence_ had but thirty-one men. The action, in which the Texans behaved with great gallantry, was a short and severe one. It ended in the capture of the _Independence_. The crew were sent as prisoners to Matamoras. [Illustration: Old Capitol at Houston (1837). From an old Print.] A little later the _Invincible_ and the _Brutus_ captured the Mexican schooners, the _Obispo_ and the _Telegraph_. Both boats were sent in as prizes.