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30 replying - You may worry Old Sam & make his ? - Annexation may take place, but Mexico will never count Texas amongst its provinces again - True it is that Texas is poor, without ?, money or credit, but the population must increase, the Corn, Cotton &c will grow & with perseverance & industry, the Star of our Country although it may be dimmed, will not cease to shine.

  Houston has some fierce enemies with opposition, who ? nor have been displeased to have seen him make his exit from the ? "any how".  & the following was current amongst others on ?   A tall fellow clothed in buckskin leaning on his long rifle asked a party of Houstons opponents what they wanted to do with Houston - hey replied "To shoot him'  'Well citizens I'll shoot him or any other man if you'll pay well"   "What is your price'  "Why ... 1500 Dollars".  The dollars were not forthcoming, the hunter sloped and Houston opened the extraordinary Congress - he tolerated it, for after much time spent in stormy debate a Bill was passed, the object bein to invade Mexico & giving to Houston full powers to act (what he quietly put his ? to on the ground of it being unconstitutional.)
   On the 6 July * left Galveston for part of Eastern Texas.  X  Steaming across the Bay, in a few hours having passed the Battle field of San Jacinto, arrived at Houston.   Much has been written relative to this ? batch, in which the flowers of the Mexican Army perished and where Santana was made prisoner, but I beg to outsiders the following as given to me by

X for other ? Vide Geographical Soc. Trans.