THE AUSTIN PAPERS 261 no duro mas qe. 5 dins; po. 15 antes estaban bloqueados, privados de todo auxilio de mar y tierra. todos estos pr menores los vera V. en Ios partes qe. tendre cuidado de remitirl~. Supuesto el restablecimiento de mi salud es probable mi regreso a Tejas; po. es algo dificil la condicion pr. qe. me han atacado las calenturas proprias del clima, de qe. me librare, si tengo la fortuna. de qe. me releven pronto de este encargo, qe. me puede costar la vicla. V. me dispensara la pequefies de esta carta, y dando mis exp• al Sr. Williams reciba mis congratulacs pr. la felicidad de nra. patria, y disponga como guste de su muy afecto Am. 0 y S qe. con la mayor atencion b. s. m. MANUEL DE MIEn TERAN [Rubric]
JoHN M. McCALLA TO AusTIN
Lexington October 6 th 1829
MY DEAR FRIEND. Just one year ago you wrote me a letter from Texas, by Mr Gregg, and now by the same gentleman I send a reply. I shall be glad to renew and to perpetuate our old friendship, which on my part, I assure you is undiminished. I never recall the happy days of boy- hood, but you appear in the list of remembered friends, and many scenes which we enjoyed together are among the" greenest spots" in my recollections. Our female friends Eliza and Paulina, for whom we both had pretty strong penchants, I see occasionally, but that little" paradise" in which we were both sometimes admitted, is grown up with weeds, and its fair inhabitants transplanted to other scenes, and surrounded by other objects. The first you know married Tho• A Marshall. She lives in Bourbon county, has 6 or 7 children, breeds like a rabbit, and looks almost as well as ever. Paulina was married to Brooks who died and she remai'ned some years a widow, and 18 months since married a second time, to Capt. l\faurice Langhorne who now keeps a large house of entertainment at Louisville. I saw her last week, she does not look so well as formerly, in conse• quence of a spell of fever. She is however pretty much the same. especially the tone of voice, and her lively agreable manner. ~Ira January is still living, also her sister Sally (Mrs Todd). Jas. B January is barely living being much reduced by excessive intemper- ance. Mr• Todd has a large family. Will O Butler, who married Levi Todds sister, has no children. Nannette Price who married Tom Smith is also laughed at as childless, altho her husband is pretty generally blamed for it. I have heard several jokes acrainst Smith coming from Mr Clay and the ladies of the family. 0
Powered by FlippingBook