WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1860
convicts and you wish to know if any more can be drawn from the Treasury. Replying I would say that no more money can be drawn from the Treasury for that purpose. Fifteen Thousand Dollars only was appropriated for conveying convicts for the years 1860 & 1861. Half of that amount has already been drawn, and you will see from article 12th, page 471, Oldham & White's Digest, that no more can be drawn until after the first of Sep- tember next, the commencement of another fiscal year. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 123, Texas State Library. See Hous- ton to Thomas Caruthers, January 18, 1860, for some information concern- ing Caruthers.
To A. K. RAMSEY 1 Executive Department, Austin, April 9, 1860.
Hon. A. K. Ramsey, Chief Justice of Bell County Sir: There being one company of minute men from your own County, and several others from other Counties ranging North and West between your County and the frontier, and Bell being regarded as an interior county, I can see no longer a necessity for a: detachment of minute men to be started in your County. You will therefore muster Lieutenant Davidson out of service upon receipt of this, receiving such Government arms as he may have in his possession, and receipting him for the same. Sam Houston. tExecutive Records, 1859-1861, p. 124, Texas State Library. In a letter of the same date Houston asked the postmaster at Belton to report the time at which he delivered this letter to Ramsey.
To WILLIAM M. WATKINS 1 Executive Department, Austin, April 10, 1860.
Lieutenant W. M. Watkins, Fountain Median Sir: Your letter of April 6th is just to hand. In reply to your inquiry I will refer you to the copy of orders herewith en- closed, from which you will see that you will have to provid~ for yourselves, keeping just and correct account of all the days you are in the service. Your detachment, as are all other detachments, is not expected to be in service, except when emergency requires it, of which necessity the Chief Justice of your County is to be the
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