[633] [UGARTECHEA to COS]
[Domingo de Ugarlechca 1 Bexar, lo Marlin Perfecto de Cos, Matamoros, informing him of arrangements for allempling the arrest of Carbajal and Juan Zambrano.]
[634J [SEGUIN to UGARTECHEA]
[Erasmo Seguin, Bexar, to Domingo de Ugarlechca, Bexar, declaring that, as Comisario, he cannot advance sums asked for, hut that as postmaster or as private individual he is ready to assist him as far as possible.]
[635] [BARRETT to AUSTIN]
Col. Austin Dear Sir,
I do not now recollect the language used in my letter lo the citizens of Mina relative to commissioners and the effecl of the law of last session upon Robenson's contract-but I well remember that I was informed at San Antonio that the govt. had not made or perfected the apt. of Judge Johnson and Dr. Peebles as commissioners under the law which contemplated that apt.-nor am I now advised as to the extent of their powers- I was anxious lo quiet the feelings of unsettled colonists, and advised the apt. of other commissioners which the new slate of affairs as represented, fully justified. But in doing this, I had not the least apprehension that I was interfering with any apt. actually made, and of men, whom I know Texas approved-as well as my humble self- On this subject when heller informed, 1 shall comnu111icatc with you freely-for the present- I shall spare no exertions l'o give cffrct to the object of their powers, so far as I understand it, and sec the interests of the people protected- As rcaard the upper colony-I was profcssionallv t:, • consulted, as to the operation of the law of last april, (I think) in
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