of a respectable nalion, even aflcr the agreement had been commenced." I do not prcch;ely comprehend the character of the treatment objected to, and would have been pleased to have had the specifications. If your Excellency alludes to the accommoda- tions which have been assigned to you, I would reply that I have cheerfully subjected my own sick family to many hardships in order lo render to your Excellency the best accommodations in our power. That we arc at present destitute of the ordinary comforts of life, is mainly attributable to your Excellency's recent visit to our new country, and on this account we feel less regret lhat you :;hould partake of our privations. Your second protest relating to the treat men l experienced by the Mexican General, Adrian Wall, involves some facts which I do sincerely deplore, but for which this government is not strictly responsible. Your Excellency is sensible that we have done all in our power lo guaranty the safe return ofGen 'I wall to the Mexican camp. But our orders have been contravened by the Commander of the Texan Army, at a rcmole distance from U1e seat of government. The reasons thal have actuated that officer have not been fully detailed lo us, but we are informed that they are predicated on some alleged imprudences of Cen'I. Wall, whose discretion we know has not been very conspicuously manifested during his stay amongst us. The third article of your protest is "against the non-fulfil- ment of the exchange of prisoners, stipulated in the ninth article, inasmuch as up lo the present time, not one Mexican prisoner or war has been set at liberty, notwithstanding the liberty given to all the Texans in possession of the army under my command.'' Your Excellency seems to have a more minu le intelligence on this subject thaa has come to my knowledge, for 1 have no official information of a single Tex.an prisoner having been given up under the treaty. Some of the intended viclcms, the compan- ions of the murdered Fannin, have happily effected their escape and safely arrived amongst us; but these cannot be consid- ered as liberated, in the sense or the lreaty.-as liberated, in lh<' sense of the treaty.- Whereas this govcrn1ucnl hasgrntuilou!:ily discharged several Mexican captives, and ddrayt~d Lheir cxpcn:;es lo New Orleans, lhc dc::.linalio11 which tlwy solicited.
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