THE AUSTIN PAPERS 509 they would do there Colony more harm than good, if he introduced a parcel.of Irish into it-speaks of Zs having plenty of money at command, talks of his being very popular with a large majority of the people of l\iiexico, and calculates on a change in the present state of things, when he will be a great man, if not at the head very near it, they Calculate to go out next Spring, to make a commence- ment, and thinks that in less than three years they will have Ten Thousand Setlers in their land, that there will be 40,000 inhabi- tants in Texas in that time, what fine calculations, in that case your reserved lands will be very valuable at the end of three years- I shall send you some newspapers by which you will see the effect of the French revolution on the different powers of Europe, a revolution has commenced in Spain, and we are calculating to hear every day that it has become generral throughout the Kingdom, no danger of Ferdinands ever troubling Mexico again I presume,- Several rich Spanarcls, who were obliged to leave Mexico leave this for New Orleans on :i\fonclay, with the expectation I presume of soon being admitted into Mexico, and I think they are already coming back from Europe with the same hope-I was at .i-\..mboy the other day, and while there I told my youngest daughter, Lou.i,pa Mary that I had been getting a seal made to send to you in conse- quence of which she has made a safety chain ·and sent me to forward to you, being as she considered a very good accompaniment to the seal, which I have put in the Box with it, I tied up some seeds which we consider of choice Kinds, among them are some mellon, and I believe pumpkin or squash seeds, which a friend of mine collected in Mahone and gave to me, he told me they produced the best fruit of any he ever taisted-I ment to have sent you an ear of our Jursey Corn, to ascertain whether yours was of the same kind or not, it is prefered for the Madeira market, and Mr P has almost e\"ery year an order for some, that we sent this year cost here 61 cents p bushel- I have written a letter for you, which I send to morrow under cover to Mr Breedlove, I shall send it by private conveyance to save postag<?, the postage on letters or packages from this to New Orleans by water is 6¢-I suppose I must be in Mr B' debt 18¢ and perhaps 25¢ as three or four packages have passed through his hands- We have heard that Henry has arrived with his Steam Boat in your river, if he can meet with sufficient incouragement to remain, the Boat must eventually do well, and be of great importance to your Colony-Tell him his family are all well, and are now living in the family of parson Curtis, in Oxford, Connecticut-
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