Goliad Dec. 21— 1832
Col S. F. Austin
Sn. Felipe
Dr. Sir/My respects in reply to your esteemed favor of the 6th insi
were addressed to you at Bejar on monday last by a private
conveyance
Nothing very material has occurred here—the Election for
Municipal officers has resulted in Mr. Aldrete, a worthy and energetic man,
Alcalde—Jn. Anto Santos Regidor—and Nicholas Gal an Procurador
The Chief of department remained here a few days and proceeded
to Guadalupe and thence to La Vaca where he is now said to be—
our friends here think he is not as warm in the cause as your letter
led us to anticipate— I endeavour to persuade them that he is,
but that he does not wish to appear too prominent at this particular
moment— that the affair may even appear to have originated in
and emanated from the Ayuntamto of Bejar and not from him nor
with his official coadjutorship—
Mr. Alvan Wetherby will probably hand you this— He is the
Gentleman I mentioned to you when here— He visits your City
for the express purpose of obtaining land in the litoral Leagues and
becoming a colonist of yours—he is a person I much esteem—is a
Merchant—will take considerable property into your quarter and
in a word is an acquisition to your community— I hope and trust
you will grant him his request— As for myself I will say nothing—
I expressed to you when here my desires and intentions, and leave
the rest entirely to yourself confident that you will do or have already
done all the requisite and much more than if I were present
Your friends here all join in the warmest expressions of
friendship and desire me to present their cordial Salutations
Thomas G. Western
A person just in from Matams reports that Moctezuma had
defeated Bustamte at Sn Luis Potosi—