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can no longer entertain a hope of their safety, nor will he feel it any longer his duty to use any exertions for their preservation. He hopes that we may not yet have to exclaim in the pathetic language of the Sacred Volume, "the season is past- the summer is ended," and add, Texas is not saved! Sam Houston. 1 Jo1wnals of the House of Re7n-esentatives of the Re1mblic of Texas, 7th Cong., 1st Sess., pp. 210-211. Executive Record Book, No. 40, pp. 197-198, Texas State Library. The Morning Sta1·, January 24, 1843. Telegra.ph and Texas Register, January 25, 1843.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, Washington, January 11th, 1843.
To the Honorable, the Senate: I herewith present, for the advice and consent of your honorable body, the name of Thomas Harvey, for the office of Notary Pubiic for Matagorda County. Sam Houston 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Pave1·s, Seventh Congress; also Executive Rec01·d Book, No. 40, p. 205, Texas State Library. E. W. Winkler (ed.), See1·et Jo1wnals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1896-1845, p. 268.
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1
Executive Department, Washington, January 11, 1843.
To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: The Executive hastens to reply to the resolution of your Hon- orable Body of yesterday's date, asking information in relation to the imprisonment of Antonio Navarro~ in Mexico, and the measures adopted for his release, &c. The resolution is the first official announcement that the Execu- tive has ever been favored with of the fact that the subject of this inquiry is retained as a prisoner in Mexico. His regrets in reference to the disastrous expedition which led to it, have been expressed in various communications made at different times, which are herwith enclosed, marked No. 1, 2, and 3, and which embrace his public correspondence on the subject. It will be re- membered that Congress has never authorized the Executive to
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