/ of forwardinu some wafers, of which I stand very much in need. The cause pr~gresses and it has received considerable impulse from the last action, insomuch that I now entertain expectations that Bexar will fall, and with it military rule in Texas. With that triumph WC-Oll!!hrro-resCcontentcd-and then·endeavor to consolidate our I:> self-government. I wish I could give credit to the business which have hitherto issued from the Convention and Executive for more precision in ideas greater force of language and ever correctness of style & diction than they do actually evince. The Council Circular dated the 19th ult. pleases me in those particulars, and I feel the more disposed to praise it because our friend Capt. Wyly .Martin, who passed this here yesterday, told me that it was written by yourslef.
Adieu Edward Gritten
Intercepted Correspondence
Translation of a note addressed lo General Cos at Bexar, from a gentleman residing al Matamoros, supposed lo be G---Z, a native of Spain, but now a citizen of the United States of America: "Information for General Cos." Colonel Butler, Charge d'Affaires from the U.S. of A. lo our Government, arrived at this City the day before yesterday and pursues his journey to Mexico in order to deliver up the Legation to his successor. He passed through the revolted colonies and was at Goliad on the night of its capture by the revolters. I have twice conversed with him and on both occasions has he manifested himself persuaded of the triumph of the Colonies and says that they possess force, firmness, and resources sufficient for carrying into effect their enterprize of their emancipation, for Butler agrees that the principles of federalism proclaimed by them serve as a cover only for their real designs, of which the Mexicans who accompany them are not ignorant. Mr. B. has declared lo me that if thypersonal enemy of Mr. Stephen F. Austin, of which I had some previous notice, he says that the perfidy with which he (Austin) has betrayed the confidence of the Mexican Govt will leave a stain upon his reputation, which the very triumph of the cause he leads will not be able to efface: he adds that when A. arrived at the Colonies, the party inclined to peace & union with the Republic, was then predominant, hut that he alarmed those who most confided in the promises of the Govern- ment, for it was easy for him to convince them from the idea they entertained of his being placed in a Situation which necessarily attached him lo their interests. After all, B. asserts that Zavala is the prime mover of everything and that A. does no more than follow
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