question. Still we are told by one of our ~lerchanls who has seen the ori!rinal that is from a respectable merchant in Matamoras a Mr H W 1fowell -We also enclose a teller from Gen] Houston which was enclosed in il but came by way of Tampico. Two vessels having arrived here this morning-The report that everything was tranquil at Tampico but a bad feeling existed agaiinst the foreigners there-the dates are to 14 Inst-We are confident they intend eventually to enter Texas-but if Urea & his men were destroyed it would in all probability prevent & slop their purposes- Enclosed we hand you the report of the proceedings in Congress on 4 Inst-The Good Hope has on board from 152 to 200 Volunteers-We have shipped by her 8 casks Tin were containing camp Kettles Coffee Boilers, Tin cups, mess pans, Tin canisters pr Shot & canteens. 345 Sacks corn 83 Do Beans 3 Cases containing Cotton & Duck Shirts & pantaloons, and wrote to Col ~!organ at Galveston to hold the s~me subject to the order of the Executive- By the Julius Ceasar, we shall send you the paper ordered for the printing establishment at Brazoria-and she will also have on board some volunteers- We must urge upon you the necessity of sending up the Scrip to place us in funds to meet the demands of the Government-I am
Yours Respectfully Thomas Toby & Bro
Mr. P. P. Rea New Orleans Dr. Sir,
Copy 1st July 1836
Through the medium of your paper I think it highly necessary that the Govt. of the U. Slates, as well as the Texians should be informed of what presents itself so odious in my opinion in the character of General Urrea the Mexican Commander in Chief, too unpardonable to be overlooked, & should be immediately attended lo by the U. States. We have at this moment here 6 or 7 Indian Chiefs, Cherekees & other tribes with their Interpreters from Texas those Indians arc on a mission to the General, & have had several private meetings with him, there exists no doubt, of the business they have come on, and have made propositions to the General, Lo join the Mexicans against the Tcxians, which appears now to be concluded, as Colonel Waterchea is to be dispatched tomorrow to
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