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give you mosl of_ t~1e informalion we have here. More particularly Lhan I can by wri tmg. A negro boy of Thomson's has just arrived here he stales thal he lcfl Lhe Brazos yesterday about twelve oclock-that the _enemy were encamped on this side of the River, on the bank, he thinks lo the number of one thousand. And a great many on the olher side-Lhey Lold him Lhcy would attack vou in three or four days &c.-IL is probable they will not leave the River for a few days. This information I give you-You can judge as well as I can, the credit it is enti tied to-that the enemy are there in considerable force, there is no doubt-There are not enouah here lo form a picket guard. i:, Mrs. Martin is not to be relied on if statements are true. I am with great respect yours David Thomas
act Sec at War
[addressed:] Gen. Sam Houston
Head Quarters Texas Army By Col. Jack
[2763) [TORNEL DECREE]
Secretariat of War and Marine Seccion Central Mesa la
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Themostexcellentad-interim President of the Republic of
Mexico has seen fit to send me the following decree:
"The ad-interim President of the Republic of Mexico to its habitants, know ye; that the National Congress has decreed the following: 1st Those taken prisoners in the war of Texas to the date of publication of this decree who have incurred the sentence of capital punishment in accordance with the law, will be absolved from the same even though they have been captured with arms in hand. 2nd The same indulgence will be granted those who volunterrily place themselves at the djsposition of the Government in accordance with the terms and manner stipulated by the same. 3rd Those to be exempt from this indulgence are: the principal motivators of the revolution, those who compose the so
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