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ber 27, 1810. This proclamation stated that on the evening of
September 16 the Priest of Dolores, Don Miguel Hidalgo, joined
by two captains of the Royal Dragoons, Don Ignacio Allende
and Don Juan Aldama, raised a revolt against the royal stand-
ard of Spain and succeeded in sacking the cities of San Miguel
el Grande, Chamacuero, Celaya, and the Valle de Salamanca.
Venigas proclaimed that orders had been issued to all loyal
troops and citizens to take every precaution to apprehend those
guilty of the rebellion and bring them to justice, in order that
they might be punished for the enormity of their crimes. The
proclamation further offered a reward of ten thousand pesos
to be paid immediately to those who might kill or capture the
leaders, with other rewards for restoring the country to a
state of peace, and closed by directing that the offenders should
be brought in dead or alive.21
The revolution, however, was. not easily suppressed. It
gathered strength, and the mother country was hard pressed.
The pinch of depression caused by the war was keenly felt in
Laredo, especially after avaricious merchants began to profiteer
on the citizenship. The authorities at Laredo took action to
stop this practice. On March 29, 1812, Don Manuel Dovalina,
the attorney general of Laredo, acting for the city council,
issued a decree stating that "as one of the primary considera-
tions for the government of a civil republic is to guard the
equity and economy of the body politic and with particular
attention to those in needy circumstances and the poor," the
sale of various articles of prime necessity was to be regulated
and the price, weight, and measure of such articles fixed. The
price of meat was fixed at five pounds for one real, wax for
candles at four ounces for one-half real, and bread, after it
was taken from the oven, at twelve ounces for one-half real.
Cornering of the market on any one commodity was prevented
by requiring all peddlers to offer their goods at retail in the
public plaza for three days before a deal at wholesale could be
made.22
As the revolution progressed, the insurgents became strong-
er, and it was necessary to adopt stern measures to combat
them. Remaining loyal to the Spanish crown, Alcalde Joseph
21Proclamation issued by Viceroy Don Francisco Xavier Ven6gas, Mex-
ico, September 27, 1810, Laredo Archives.
22Decree issued by Don Manuel Dovalina, Sindico Procurador, Laredo,
March 29, 1812, Laredo Archives.354
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