Mexico July 13 1835
Dear Brother,
I expect to leave here for home this week by way of Vera Cruz or
Tampico unless I meet with company going by land in which event I would
go that way, as the fever is generally bad on the coast and in New Orleans
so late in the summer.
Everything is tranquil in this part of the country— Congress is to meet
in extra session on the 19 of this month— There seems to be no doubt
that the system of Govt will be changed from federal to central, tho it
probably will be some months before the new constitution can be framed and
published
There are many reports and falsehoods circulated here about Texas.
I believe that the most of them originate with persons who wish the Govt
to send the most of the army there, so as to leave an open field for
revolution here, in the absence of the army
This has been a very hard trip upon me, but I anticipate a quiet life
with you when I get home
Keep the children at school They ought to learn Spanish. it will
always be usefull to them. Genl Santana is at his hacienda near Vera
Cruz
S. F. Austin
[To James F. Perry]