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We read. our public [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] state print:  every day. More or less: we read of the freed. being Murdered. or rapes. Were committed on them. and no arrests Made for Such: and when arrests is Made. they Turn the Murderer. Loose. because. he or they. have Murdered a freed person.

the Legislature. have passed an act to arrest. the desporado. and horse thieves: devastating. Law biding men. of fire arms and this act. Steals. the horse. Cocks. the revolver. of the desporado: which they knew when they passed the act: and were Told of it at that period:  but they knew. these evils. would overtake. the freedmen:  therefore. pushed it through. in defiance. of Justice. or right: they are only Making Money. at present. Not doing Much else: and there's no drilling. for freedmen but at Austin. and on the San Marcus:  there is freedmen here. from various parts of this State. and they of all give in evidence. that there is no drilling. to the exercise of fire arms. but here. and hays Co yet. they write to you. that the freedmen are drilled all over the State:  I will give you. another witness)

I wrote a letter. for a young freedman on the 26th Inst. to his father in Dewitt Co. Texas: about a horse. that were taken from him: and Sought. for him. at Same Time. to kill him. and he being notified by his father. fled to this city: he said they