"It is eonfco.i worse confounded."
Having pi'ifi.rincd a match of more than
2,000 miles, and their tt rm of scrvi -o
r.pidly expiring, thry are restless to join
the army under your command. Still
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ii c e.ini.ui te ui c tins put in Bllel V lor SOir.O
days the imrricau merchaii'.s here op
pose il violently, and have stvetal hun
dred thousand dollars at stake. Thrv
have sent me a mt inonr.l, nnd my deter
mination has been mailt known to ihrm.
A topy of bulb they will bind jou. Of
one ilnng il is necessary to inform you :
the merchants admit that their goods
could not be sold here in live years j anil
if thry go south they will he as near lu
the markets of Duiango and Zacatccas
as they now are. I am anxious and w il
ling lo protect the merchants s fur as
practicable; but I piolrsl against remain
ing here as a mere wagon guard, garrison
a city with troops wholly unfilled for il,
and who will soon be w holly ruined by
impioper indulgences. Having been
originally ordered to this poini, you
know the wishes of the govrrnmant in
relation lo ii, and of course ynur orders
will ho promptly and cheerfully obeyed.
1 lear there is ample use fur us with you,
and we wuuitl greatly pnftr joining you
before our term of service expires.
All information relative lo my previous
I operations, present condition, &c., will
ho given you by Mr J. Collin", tht: hear
er of these despatches. IK- is a highly
honorable grntlemni, ami was an amateur
soldier al Sacramento.
