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things as such. Within three years I think it will be separated from the Mexican Confedracy, and remain so forever- Letters _from Co 1 Butler 3 state that every thing is unsettled in Mexico and that Revolutio1i is going on- Gen• Bravo, and others are in the field- Success is not certain on either side- Gen 1 Santa Ana is absent, and the Vice President- 1 Administers the Government. I assure you Santa Ana aspires to the Purple, and should he assume it, you know Texas is off from them and so to remain- You may reflect upon these suggestions-They are not pleas- ant to me, but you may file them, and see' how well I prophesy- Write to me directly, as I must set out on Thursday for the West. Should I have left here, my letters will be forwarded to me by a friend Houston To Mr. James Prentiss [Addressed]: Mr. James Prentiss Wall Street New York Mail. [Endorsed] : Genl Saml Houston 20th April 1834 1 Jamcs P1·cntiss Lcttc1·s, The University of Texas Library. 2 The National (Daily) Intelligencer, April 17, 1834, carries extracts from a letter from a friend to Houston, dated Nacogdoches, February 9, 1834. The important statements in it are: "The murderers of Charles Luigi have been discovered; they have been convicted and were hanged yesterday, the 8th inst. Their names were Samuel Looney, Barney Finch, and John Saun- ders. Looney was an accessory to the murder before and after it; Finch committed the deed; Saunders allowed it to be done in his house and did not expose it. Saunders is eighty-two years old and a hardened villain. None of them made confession. Charles S. Taylor was the acting alcalde and showed himself a man of perseverence and much -moral firmness. The jurymen have done their country an honor. The prospects of Texas are now truly cheering. The law of April 6, 1830, has been repealed. Col. S. F. Austin has come home, but we have no particulars from him yet. There is still a continual stream of emigration to the country." 3 See Houston to Prentiss, June 27, 1832. •Gomez Farias was Vice-President of Mexico at· this time. He was a staunch Federalist, but had little confidence in the avowed loyalty of the Texas settlers to the country of their adoption.
To JAMES PRENTISS 1
Washington City 24th Apl 1834 My dear Sir, I received your favors, and the Map sent by your son, but had not the pleasure to see him. I intend to call,
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