lo join Lhcir companions in Arms-Williams, While, Sayre, Morgan, Yales, Allen etc etc, agree that united you have nothing lo fear for the result of your present difficulties, but able lo cope wilh any force Santa Anna Can send againsl you and that there is little doubt in Case of need you will receive timely aid from your neighbours-The excitement here is however great and late news sought after with the greatest avidity- Some 8 or 10 Vessels have cleared from here within a short Lime, Coaslwise and direct- destination Texas- lo Louch in at Lhe mouth of the Mississippi river for information and to proceed thence together that their united Strength may protect Lhcm in Case of need, being mostly Armed-was it practicable nothing Could give me more pleasure then to join you at the present interesting moment and regret Circumstances put it out of my power. You have however my most Sincere prayers for your wclfarc and the success of your Cause, as you will ever have any services that may be in my power to render you. I would here beg leave to lender you my best thanks for your very kind and friendly letter of 23d. June from Mexico-the more Gratifying to my feelings as it confirmed my previous expressed opinion with regard to i\lr. Meigs withholding from me the perusal of your letters, or at least proving that it was not for the want of Confidence on your part, which I could not Credit al this time Althougl1 Mr. Meigs' manner went far to justify Such a Conclusion. I wish I was deserving of half the Compliment you are pleased to beslow upon me, but thal as it may I trust you will never find me ungrateful or the betrayer of Confidence. You Say if I will slate wherein I am interested in Texas lands, you will give me your opinion with regard to them. I wish I was so i11tercsted but my sole interest lies in the Success of your enterprise and Welfare of Texas. If 1 except a small Share in the purchase of Cloppers Point Galveston Ilay-by Jas l\lorgan associated with a few Gentlemen Mostly of this City, in which our Mutual friend Dale has also an interest. two Vessels have just Sailed for the point wilh fuU Cargoes lo touch in al the l\louth of the Mississippi where Mr. Morgan, who goes over land, is lo join them- He has laid out a sile for a Lown lo be called New Washington, and is intended lo run one or both Vessels between there and New Orleans. All of which Can but lend Lo bcnifit your own possessions as 1 hold lo be the Case of any improvement in the Neighbourhood. Often Have I rcgrcllcd that I could not take
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