THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 531 him. Speak to the Baron nnd Don Erasmo on the subject-I receiYed a Jetter from Dr Andrews stating that Milum [Milam] and Cristy hncl made some exkavagant threats about the Govr· you must act eautiously and keep clear of those men if you find they intend any- thing against the Govr·-they are very imprudent men and I fear will get themselves into difficulty-all you have to do is to stuck hard, and say nothing about: Politics nncl be attentive to church-I have received two letters from you since my arrival here, in the last you say you begin to "jabber Spanish" I am rejoiced to find you are improving, it is of so much importance that I cannot too earnestly press upon you the necessity of close application,-! shall pI·obably not be in Bexar before the 1 of September, but do not ho discouraged at my detention, all will be well, at any event·a cor- rect knowledge of the language will get you a situation for life if you wish it, so that the application of this summer will lay the founda- tion of your fortune whether I succeed or not-- This city is truly a magnificent one, as regards the external ap- pearance of the bujldings, and altho I at first thought it not larger than New York, I now think after a better examination of it that it is muci1 larger than any city in the U. S. and much more populous- The population however is very much mixed and a great proportion of them are most miserably poor and wretched, beggars are more numerous than I ever saw in any place in my life-robberies and assassinations are frequent in the Streets-the people are biggotecl and superstitious to an extreem, and indolence appears to be t.he gen- eral order of the day~in fact the City Magnificient as it is in ap- pearance is at least one century behind many other places in point of intelligence and improvement "in the arts" and the nation gen- ernl1y is in the same situation ... [Eight lines are here torn away.] Should anything of consequence happen write to me directed to the care of Dr. R. Andrews Saltillo and I will get the letter as I pass-Remember me very particularly to the Baron and speak to him about the surveying for II. Elliott write me to Saltillo how many families have moved in since I left there etc-
}.1oRGAN AND OvERTON TO AusTrN
Mr. George Feaz}e the bearer has been an inhabitant of this parish for about eight years and has conducted himself as an honest indus- trious Citizen }.fr. Feazle being about to visit the Province of Texas for the purpose of making arrangements to move his family-I therefore
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