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Impressment* \ •Editor News :~A few days since, a government officer, clad with authorit r fromSen* Magruder, visited this neighborhood, calling for half the mules, wagons andWear. [t bu been said that agents or a like char-»c f will be ten throug out the State tor-ibis purpose. Can you state whether that i the design of Gen. J{agruderf If it to, It s desirable to know to w bat tues he {ateadaipplying suoh an enorm a* supply ofn to*b•S'*If the impr«*nt t® to be con-Ined to a few counties, easily accessible, hen it is a rank outrage npon them; The sales taken have been valuedat $326, and if others »?e sought (and th found in adequate supply) to replace the:bey will coat from $800 W $lOUO. And as;o wagons, one gentleman bad to let bis ron-axle wagon go at $400, and the nextat WOCL , A *h© wisdom of this measure in com-jtrable to that which prompted the kili-ag of the goose for the goide% egg, from he fact, that this belt of country, stretching rom the Trinity to the Colorado, must be he main reliance for subsisting dur armfes n the coast, and, if it is to be thus eviscerated, none but a simpleton would other* vise expect than that there would be a failure la supplies.Upon the heels of this order, two regi* neats of State troops passed through this neighborhood and impressed several other nules. This is regarded as a piece of petty iespotiam by all, and if every official clao with Infinitesimal power is at liberty thus to override our civil figbte, the time Is sigh at btnd when we may justly conclude bat they have been entirely absorbed byhe military. *One oi the officers of these regiments sent *a order upon a gentleman for 1600 bun-iies of fodder. He never called, but left areceipt at a neighbor’s house tor only 1479 bundles. #The people of this neighborhood bavsnot been behind those of any other in the 3tate in meeting call* upon their patriotism. Let them be assuied that the calls made upon them are wise and just, and we willguarantee their hearty compliance. But,if their plow-Unoas are to be taken in such number*^ to deprive them of the ability ®?K*n£1;J2a1*’ crop.**, be aiiae they are accessible, they protest Every measure ofthis kind vwill be scrutinised, and whenwrong is done it will be brought to light. If you s$y that we are too suspicions, thenwe reply that Jacte have made us so As for instance preeements, that corn in two months warn worth $ 20 per bushel ini Houston. Who can haul provisions now?. And 1f thosehaving only a team (who were exempt from imprwaeat) were inclined to do so, theywonld. not; for fear of having them also fobbted up:.The wri er would ask if it is not time that the uegro*efrora Walker county shouldbe returned v aud,/if othelfs are wanting, tohave their places supplied from those sec* Uons that have beeu overlooked t But, it ia believed that there are already more negroes in the Stute, from Arkansas and Loiilaiansi than would be required for gov* ernment purposes, and that they should be used instead of the negroes of residents. Every planter Is expecting to get his negroes, and Is provided with provision for them. This he will not sell, The govern* meat is now feeding these negroes, and they are actual consumers, whereas, if they would employ the negroes of refugees, they would only consume what those of residents are now doing, and who. If athome, would only use the food now'in •tore for them.I am no croaker, but from all the inform* ation I have been able to gather, such will be the immigration into the State that provision! will reach enormous prices beforethe next crop is gathered.; Indeed, such Is aixiady and will be the accessions to oiirpopulation, that we shall be running anau?ful hazard if we do not plant (mother yftjg.* much larger proportion of bread*
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Nov 30, 1863
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