THE AUSTIN PAPERS, 901 Browne Betsey Is married and Living in.the Allabamy It is no difference to her wheather we·go or stay-I am under many obliga- tions to you for.the statement you gave me dated lQlh august 1823- . I also Recd one Dated July 17-Emediatly on your nrrivel from Mexico-I have done Every thing in my power to Cause the people to Emigrate to that Country, but so mnny fals Reports Comes from there that If a man has not been there he is too apt to believe such Reports and Decline going for my part I nm better pleased with the Country than Any I Ever saw-I was some uneasy when I heard that Iterbicle was about to go back, but I saw In the St. Lmis pa- per that him and two priests ware ·on their way to Spain and landed at some Spanish Island and ware arrested and he was tried ancl Condemned and shot •I do not at this time Recollect what Island It was since that I understand It has made Its appearance In sev- eral other papers so that I hope It is True and hope you will have peace if It is so that he is Dead, the priests Remained in Confine- ment-I wish you to give me an acct of whare you Expect [to] Erect or Establish your port of Entry and tell me If any thing Can be Carried from this Country for your Markit that will comand Cash or Cotton Let me lmow if there will be much Cotton made there Next senson, Let me know If you would have any kind of Business you Could put me at that I Could Mnke money at for n fe-w months I have a wish to Come again and visit that Country-If I Could do it to some advantn.ge I would be willing to stay a year if I Could get Into Business that would justify sta-ying I Can do nothing here more than Live, If there is the Least appearance of my making money directly there Is an Execution and Disconsirts all my plans so that I have Intirely quit Trying for any thing more than to Make what we Can comfortably Live on-all the Inginuity that has been made use of against me bas Not Deprived me of Living toller- able well and I hope will Not, My Boys are got to be able to Carry on the farm very well now and to Do business in their own Names So that they Cannot take Every thing as they have done before- please to write me frequently as you Can send to me by mail If you send it by private Conveyence to any post office It will Come Safe most Commonly, but If I send to you By mail It stops at the ·outside office and the post masters will not Try to forward them, when John Jones wrote me and Requested the post master at Natchi- toches to forward it on to the Colorado But it stoped there, until I Came in, on My way home and was that Day I applied for It, had been packed up to send to post master general's office, I sent 6 or 7 Letters to Natchitoches and had put in the office and all Came safe to my family-Only Letters you Can git safe in to the Office will Come safe No doubt, I had several Letters from Different
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