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PAPERS OF l[IRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
up- Powhattan raised a small company of a dozen or fifteen here and returned by way of Franklin, with a peremptory order from the Secty of War, for the prisoner- We have heard nothing more. Teulon in publishing an Extra a few days ago, containing Lafittes Syllabus &c, & the Prodamation for holding the elections, ushered them in by some remarks of his own, which gave the whole the appearance of a "by authority" publication; and in the midst, stuck Sam Rous- tons Gonzales letter, upon which he had previously exercised what he termed a severe criticism, by striking out a few objectionable words- Fortunately we discovered it, before it was made public and Doct Chalmers & I, upon consultation, concluded, if we could stop it no other way, to threaten the publisher with the loss of the patronage of our two departments- This was not necessary however for as soon as it was mentioned, he seemed for the first time to perceive that the pub- lication, of letter at the time, & in the manner he was about to send it to his subscribers, might be construed as an insult to me, by the Sanction of the Secretary of the Treasury- The letter was taken out intirely, and the Extra appeared next morning without it- Mr Mayfield has not yet arrived, but is expected every day- Letters are in town, I un- derstand stating that he would leave, about the 1st inst- When he gets here, having nothing to detain me, I sh2.ll return at once to Gal- veston. I hope to find you there, for I have no idea you will return to Austin before 1st Sept. You gave me no instructions about opening letters, but I have taken the liberty to open such as from the direction &c, seemed to be on busi- ness of a public Character- Am I right?- Upon an examination into the charges against the Post 11aster, I was satisfied there was no sufficient ground of complaint- Besides I could plainly discoYer that his dismission was sought for on party grounds alone, and that too by a party, with which neither you nor I, entertain any very great Fympathy- I did not therefore act under the authority you left with me- We have not been compelled to issue any new money yet, and I beo-in to hope we may get along without it- If it is possible, you may 1~st assured it will be done- People are arriving eYery day or two from the East & red river- They all tell the same tale You may rely on it, "old Sam" will be run to the throat latch- It would be easy to beat him, as little as iH thou<fht of it in Houston & Galveston- Your friend Saml. A Roberts Upon examining Bryan's certificate & the bill posted on the back, I find that he still charges $2. for it- I inclose it that you may have the evidence & take such steps as you may thing [sic] mo~t proper- [ Addressed] [Endorsed J His Excellency !f. B. Lamar Galveston S. A. Roberts· Austin July 14th 1841
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