Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-21

Yours, &C., G.w.K.-
"Three gentlemen IS the State Reg
lister says, .'well known in this State"
were appointed TO apEraise these lands,
and these men were no less personages
than three Locofoco Office. holders. Mr..
Sherman of Cook, Mr.. Matteson of Will.
and Mr.. Redrick of La Sale, hangers on
along the line, il not the highest bidder.
largely interested, having their pockets
stuffed with preemption claims to valuable
lands. town-lots, and waterpowers, am
ountiDg almost TO monopoly, were sell
ected by the state to apPraise the value Of
what they had already fobbed. But the
Veto power of the Trustees steppsd in
between them and their cherished desires,
and the obnoxious law was promptly re-
jected by the Board.-Chicogo Journal.
The above is taken from an article In
the Journal, in reply to the article in the
State Register, which we copy in to-
days paper. We confess that we read
the charges made above with astonish-
ment. The Journal in thus assailins
Messrs. Matteson, Reddick, and Sher-
man is certainly laboring under misrep.
resentation. or induced TO it because they
are Democrats.
We have the opportunity OF knowing,at
least as far as regards Mr.. Matteson, that
the charge of his shaving his pockets
stuffed with pre-emption claims to valua-
bic lands," &C., is without foundation.-
He has no claims on canal lands, and
we are informed that be never has had.
In no way is he interested, if disposed, to
stoop to such discredible means as are
intimated above-and we in the most
peremptoTy manner contradict the sccu-
sa'ions; for they are calculated-and we
suspect, deslgned--to produce unfavorable
impressions and suspicion among the peo-
pie along the line. But Mr.. Mattesonr
and the gentlemen connected with him
in this matter, are too well known as
faithful and honest officers to be effected
by such unjust attacks.
The following in relation to this matter
is taken from the Chicago Democrat:
Thus has found its way into the Journ-
al what certain disappointed SPECTATORS
have been whispering through the ceun.
try for the last six months. So far as the
Journal is concerned, its real reason for
attacking the appraisers, is that they are
loco focos. Had the same men been
wings, not word would have escaped il
in opposition. On the contrary, it would
have eulogized them. To be loco fo-
CO with its managers, is to be thief, q
liar and knave in general.
But the Journal is not the author of this
attack. 1t originated with men whose
character is notoliouly exactly what it de.
scribes that ofthe appraisers are to be.
We are safe in asserting that these very
disappointed men charge on Messrs.Sher-
man, Matteson and Redrick the very des-
igns they themselves had in view, viz:
that of p!undering the State.
Neither Of those men were applicants,
and all at first refused. But the dmoo-
racy saw this gang ofwhigs ready to use
few tools of theirs for the basest OF pur"
poses; and they rallied and united upon
these three men as honest and capable,
as men Who knew the sharks swi mining
after the canal lands. Their crime with
this gang is only their honesty and indie
pendence. Should either of these men
die or resign, the same charge would be
rung against any man who the Governor
might appoint, unless be might be whig
or some pimp of that party hanging on to
the skirt of democracy who votes q wing
ticket. and yet calls himself democrat
for office. 80 .asss
Whatever either of these gentlemen