PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
79'
From the 1st. December to 4th. inclusive, we drew 71 bushels. $71.00-4 days. Total 5 days from the 13th to the 17th Octr. $79.50
105½ :rno-
9 days at Comargo-- (nothing) 13 days from Wardow to Laredo
284.50 194.00 126.00 151.00 7100
194- 126. 151. 71
9 days from the 9th. to the 17 N ovr 6 days from the 18th. to the 23rd.- 7 days from .the 24th. to the 30th- 4 days from the 1st. Deer. to the 4th.
$906.00
Bushels 947½
53 days
Thus will it appear that from the 13th October· up to the 4th De- cember, the Quarter Master purchased for the Command 947½ Bushels of Corn, Costing 906 dollars; 639 dollars of which he paid; leaving the sum of 290 dollars to be settled for by his successor.
No. 2303. RAFAEL URIBE TO LAMAR
[Translation from the Spanish]
[Laredo, Texas, 1846 ?]
The Hon. Comt. of the fortress of Laredo. D. ~IIRABO B. LAMAR SIR.
Being obliged by the circumstances in which I find myself on ac-- count of the hostilities which frequently the wicked Indians have made us to suffer together with some of my fellow-countrymen, I soon took a notion to start some small cattle on the road for Texas, and we beg you if it be possible please to give us the aid of some soldiers in order that they may serve as an escort for our drivers of said cattle; and with nothing further to say I am your obedient servant RAFAEL URIBE [Rubric]
No. 2304. EDITORIAL: LAMAR
[Matamoros, )Iexico, 18461 We regret exceedingly the necessity of calling the attention of the superior officers of the army, to the abusive exercise of power on the part of the Guard in this City. Not content with a full and faithful accomplishment of the objects for which they are placed here, they seem to study the most effectual means of accompanying their duty with insult indignity and personal outrage. That the population of the -city should be kept in proper subordination to the laws is readily admitted; but ,te deny the necessity and repel the injustice of execut- ing the task with that degree of ferocity which has heretofore been pursued, and which seems to be daily increasing, and apparently for no other purpose than the gratification of a bullying and tyranical temper- A1l unnecessary vigor and hardships, is tyranny. The op- pressions of mankind do not result so much from the laws themselves, as from their abusive cruelty in ·their execution. For ourselves we do not perceive why a soldier, any more than the civilian, should be en- couraged and patronised in the practice of brutality. Humanity and mocleration is as incumbent upon the one as upon the other; and when
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