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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
We will have 100 men from La Bahia or Goliad in a day or two, The troops are all driven away from the Irish town on the Nueces a consider- able battle took place in which 6 or 8 mexicans were killed and several wounded and the balance dispersed- N. B. The reinforcement that is coming on consists of 60 soldiers and 300 convicts. I think we will be able to take the 60 soldiers and untie the convicts Some days agoe I thought. the army would be broke up as th~y were all tiard of waiting for the cannon and hearing no news from the colony and desertion more or less every day: but now every body is in good spirits and reinforcements expe~ted etc Grant brings news that the federal party is gaining ground in the interior. Bexar must fall in a few days or it will not fall at all Uncle is better and tiard enough of commanding militia I will write by the next chance if any thing occures, We have skirmishes every day M. A. BRYAN [Rubric] [Addressed:] Mr James. F. Perry Peach Point. Texas
]OHN ]. SCHULER ET AL. 'fO AUSTIN
[Carlisle, Pa, November 19, 1835 Committee consisting of John J. Schuler, W. Carothers, Alfred Creigh, W. B. Parkinson, John W. Noble appointed by meeting last night. Company of fifty or sixty would go to Texas as volunteers, if expenses were paid. Total military strength of the county is 6,243 men. Many would go to Texas, perhaps, if expenses were paid.]
ROBERT COLLINS TO AUSTIN
[Macon, Ga., ~ovember 20, 1835. See Calendar.]
ROBERT WESTCOTT TO ]AMES F. PERRY
PhiladL 2l•t. Novr. 1835-
JAs. F. PERRY Esq MY DEAR SIR,
The Bearer, Stephen Decatur Hurst Esqr. atty at Law of this City-is my nephew-and under the influence of warm zeal and deep interest in the sacred cause for which the Texians are nobly contending against des- potism, bigotry and superstition, has determined to rally round the Texian Standard and devote his energies in its defence- He has been Captain of a handsome volunteer Company and recently appointed-Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in this place--
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