Saltillo March 4th 1823
Dear Austin
Anxiously and impatiently have I waited your return but at last
shall have [to] go without seeing you. My business proved to be
so bad here that I leave this [place] in worse circumstances than I
came. I now go [to] the Acienda de los Hornos to cure the family,
and shall also practice some in Parras. I am not permitted to go
further on account of an order of the all wise govt but perhaps I
may break the order. They may talk of 'falta buen gobierno' but
that is not the complaint, all the government in the world would
not make them worth the powder that it would take to blow them
to Hell—that which God made for a Jack Ass can not be educated
so as to make a fine Horse.
There is nothing to be hoped from this govt for a stranger be him
ever so fine. I shall set out in the morning for Parras in which place
I shall remain one or 2 months I shall keep up a correspondence
with Dn Grigorio Montaņez in Saltillo with whom I leave all the
letters from your brother, and from whome you may learn something
concerning me a french gentleman named Francois Michaud offered
to take me home at his own expense but I would not impose on his
goodness. I remain your ever sincere friend
Andrews
[Addressed:] A Sr Dn Estefan F. Austin Presente