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WRITiNGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1860
To CLEMENT R. JOHNS 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, July 11, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller. Dear Sir, I have on the 10th inst., appointed John L. Ha)'nes 1 Quartermaster to the troops called into the service of the State by the Governor. He will arrange and examine all accounts of the Quartermasters of the various Ranging companies and transfer the same to you. His bond will be filed in your Department. Sam Houston. 1 Compt,·ollers' Letters; also Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 197, Texas State Library. 2 John L. Haynes was born in Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia, on July 3, 1821. He joined the United States Army in Mississippi and fought throughout the Mexican War. After the treaty of 1848, he settled at Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas. He was elected representative from Starr County in 1857, and was reelected in 1859. While he lived in Mis- sissippi be edited the Lexington Advertise,·. See William DeRyee, The Texas Albzmi of the Eighth Legislature, 105-106; also, Members of the Legisla- ture of the State of Ttxas, 1846-1989, 29, 34.
To CLEMENT R. JoHNs 1 Executive Department, Austin, July 13, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller. Sir: You will pay Mr. Arthur Pue, 2 as a first lieutenant, in Captain Littleton's Company according to the Muster Roll of said Company. Sam Houston. 1 Exee1dive Records, 1859-1861, p. 197, Texas State Library. 2 Arthur Pue, the father of Arthur Ventress Pue, of Bandera County, was a native of Maryland. He came to Texas when he was a very young man, settled in Bandera County, and engaged in the cattle business. See the New Encyclopedia of Texas, I, 490.
To E. F. GRAY 1 Executive Department, Austin, July 13, 1860.
E. F. Gray, Esq. Sir: The Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company having completed an additional section of five miles of their road, and
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