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confusion. The alarm proved to be false- Alcorn and Miller ha,d overheard two l\Iexicans who out in the prairie, guarding a cavayard of horses, in conversation, as they were lying on the grass; and mistook them for the spies of Gouiana, The convention met the next day, and a,fter appointing the officers of the Govt. ad interim, then dissolved- consult the journals to see the precise date when the ofncers of the Govt. Ad interim were appointed; uncertain whether it was on the 16, or 17-
No. 979
1839 Jan. 1, LEWIS H. SANDS, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA, TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR], HOUSTON, TEXAS His own family connection and services to the United States gov• ernment; inquiry regarding prospects for an army appointment should he emigrate to Texas. A. L. S. 3 p.
No. 980
1839 Jan. 1, l\L HUNT TO M. B. LAMAR
New Orleans 1st Jany 1839
My Dea,r Sir :
The detention necessary for the arrangement of my private affairs in this country has been far beyond my anticipa- tions when I wrote to you last and I regret to state that my departure from this city will be unavoidably protracted until the Cuba sets out on the 8th. This dela,y is a source of more regret to me than it possibly can be to any one else but I hope it will not ceriously effect the operations of the Department which you have done me the honor to place me in charge of. Your cabinet appointments have given great satisfaction to the friends of Texas in this country, and your inaugural ad'dress has received a,nd continues to receive universal admiration. I will take the liberty to state that I think it one of the ablest state papers of the kind I have ever seen. There is not an untenable position or one that I do not most zealously subscribe to in it, and so far as it may be in my power, whether as an officer of government or a private citizen, you may ca,lculate on a warm support of them. I am exceedingly gratified to learn through the news papers that our steam ship and six sail vessels have been purchased by one of the government agents It will enable me to enter upon my new duties with peculiar pleasure. Indeed if I were desired to select I should under the present circumstances prefer the Department to which I have been appointed to a,ny other in your cabinet. , I hope that the other ofncers are equally pleased: with their positions. ·Farefax Cattel Esqr. late secretary of our Legation at ,vashing- ton city will accept the appointment of consul general at New York and I should be extremely gratified to see the office tendered
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