that no orders had been given on the subject by his department, and he belic,·ed none had been issued by the War Department; but he would, however, ask the Secretary of War for information about it. You will recollect, finally, that on the 12th of the same month the said Secretary of State, in presence of my secretary, Don J. E. Gamboa, assured me that he had learned from the War Department that there was nothing certain in the said rumors; that they were mere newspaper talk, &c. Well, sir, bearing all this i11 mind, now read the accompanying translation of an order published in the Globe from the Secretary of War, lo General Gaines, and then admire the good faith of this Government. On the 12th of July, I am told, with reference to the in formation given by the Secretary of War on the 11th, that there was no idea that General Gaines should move; and yet, on the 11th, the same Secretary of War wrote to General Gaines, authorizing him anew to cross the Sabine. I think that no commentaries are needed, to show the true character and value of such conduct. God and liberty. M. E. De Gorostiza. To the Chief Officer charged with the direction of the Department of Relations of :\Iexico. (4032] [GOROSTIZA to :\IINISTER] (Washington, August 18, 1836] \lore lately, the New Orleans newspapers, upon the authority of the passengers in the steamboat Caspian, from Natchitoches, have in part contradicted the statement that the movement (the passage of the Sabine by General Gaines) had actually taken place, although they continue Lo insist that it cannot but he carried into effect in consequence of all the preparations. The laller opinion is also confirmed by the documents published in one of the corners (vincones) of the Globe, as if they · wen: of Jillie importance. These documents arc, two orders issued by General Gaines, as the immediate forerunners of the movement. One! of limn, dated July I0, is addressed to the officer commanding the lJnitcd States tro~ps al or near Nacogdoches, and conveys to him instructions as to the conduct which he is lo observe in case the \I,:xicans, the Indians, or the T,:xans, should
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