for Lhe flag-Gen: McCaUa the Staff and spear head. I have expended ahout S30 of my own funds for work and materials besides what we have clone and whal has been given. 1 have not a doubt but all will be wcU. M.A.1-1. I Mary Austin Holley] Mr. Charlton Hunt gave SJ 00 and a horse to Col: Wilson. And was very active here and elsewhere. Since writing-It has been suggested that at the presentation of the Flag in ~lrs Harts lawn-you being present to make a speech-1000$ or more might be collected You had heller come. Gen: McCalla just came in-says come by all means. What a pity you did nol come from Maysville. he has writlen by this mail- About coming here, I have endeavored lo spread out the matter before you- You must judge. A gentleman of family of Herrodsburgh brought his Son, a youth of 17 to put him under the especial care of some officer-as he would go. Young men and boys can hardly be restrained from going-they run away from their parents when they will not consent. Santanna is on Galveston Island- Bradford says the Devil could not get him out-Is ~Ir Wharton with you- Let him come and harangue his old Comrades here- Please have this letter delivered immediately. Should Gen: A have passed on lo N Orleans, please let it follow pr steamboat.
[Addressed:] Gen: S. F. Austin Louisville [Readdressed:] New Orleans Louisiana [3246) [HOUSTON to WHITE et al]
New Orleans, 1st June, 1836.
Gentlemen:-
With much pleasure I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 31st ult., and the resolutions accompanying it, commen- datory on my conduct in the struggles of Texas for liberty, as well as your advertance to the part which I sustained in the last war, in defence of my native land. Nothing can be more grateful to a soldier, than the assurance that his good fortune has secured lo him and to those who have perilled life with him, the confidence and esteem of the virht0us and patriotic portion of mankind. It is a source of pleasing reflection that our first aids were promptly furnished by our friends of New Orleans, that your unceasing exertions gave us hope, in the darkest moments of the past. W3
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