Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-24
. COMMUNICATIONS.
"EMBEZZLED MONEY!

Door. HoLT.-Wlll you be so good as
to inform the "Property Holder" who
has made a base insinuation, over the
signature Of ""Citizen'' that the money
which was contributed by the ladies (or
rather their husbands and sweet-hearts,)
for tho purchase Of Fire Engine, has
been paid over in gold and silver, to Mrs.
Doctor Finley, said to have been elected
Treasurer, rice Mrs. Jones and Boothe,
remoued; that the said money is believ,
ed to have been in quite as safe hands
when let out at 10 per cent. interest, as it
now is, in the delunct Miners Bank,
where it does not accumulate, and which
has given, opine no security, as ,oas the
case. .H
Inform "Citizen" too, that this fund
was never given to the City by the ladies;
and that, as it was given as he says, e for
a specific purpose" it cannot Aonestzy5e
diverted to any other purpose. You,
doctor, don't know as we'll as our old citi-
zens do, how this City has been shame
fully and most corruptly defrauded out
Of large 'fund' which she would now
have in her Treasury, but for the NAL
practice ola certain would be censor, who
can, now that he is out Of office, see into
the corruption Of office holders, because
they get their salaries increased by lao.
Is it not passing strange, that the Edi-
itor of the Telegraph allows Govt. Of.
ticers to be thus cas,i gated through his
columns, when it is known, that he was
but yesterday, one of them, under dem
ocratic President too!-and is, at this
very day, receiving government pap from
the Surv. General as Office rent to the
exclusion Of honest men!
now propose to borrow of the ladies',
the money ($l25,6O} now in Bank, and
will pay at the rate Of 10 per cent. inter-
est thereon give bond and security to
refund the prnci pal with interest for the
purchase Of Fire Engine whenever
sufficient sum is added to il to do so, and
to be under the direction of the City au-
thorilies or any others to whom the said
Ladies may desire to give it.
MULLER.
Mr.. EDlroR:-I incose herewith a
newspaper sheet, published in this City,
Aug. 18th 184l, which contains an adj
dress Of some six printed pages, signed
by FRANCIS GEHoN, late Marshal of the
District Of |. Il.
A glance at this 'publc document"
Dcct. Holt, will give you some idea Of the
UNANIMOUSLY corrupt official and private
character Of w. w. CorrelI, the present
editor of the "Teegraph" of this City,
who has, Of late been viIilying you as
Editor, and others as "corrupt Gover,,-
ment obicers."
This printed sheet shows "by the fig
ures, (Which old Bullion says never lie,'0
that our City was delraudcd out Of up
wards Of "One hundred and t,Uenly three
thousand dozlars!n' in the sale of our
town Lots, through the corruption and
collision Of this public morazist, Coriell,
who has had to quit the Democratic par
ty because it is now composed Of none
other than corrupt office holders and Of
flee seekers" Why, sir, stranger to
Coriells quandam course in life would
now suppose, to hear him speak, before
the leader of his party here Professor (of
the cat-guD Morse, that he had never
held office under democrats, and that the
bare offer of one to him, if even by Cd
lack, II elected President, would be in
sult:ng to the purity Of his character.
Oh, Temporal! Oh, morcs! Wonder, Sir,
if he forgels how he begged our veneer
able and pure old democratic friend, DR..
Langworthy, now alas! no more, for the
chief Clerkship in his Government Receiv-
er's Office, and for the removal of that
accomplished gentleman. Judge Cookery,
who then held that post?
But, Sir, that do not wish to wound |
the feelings Of members of his family, for
whom l have respect, would ask you,
now, to copy into the Express, para
graph or two from the sheet which send
you. Mr.. Coriell, Sir, lives in glass
house and should be careful howhe thro VS.
stones, lest some Of his own misdeeds be |
thrown before his eyes, and those of the
community in which he lives. How
strange it is, that the many fathars of the
Telegraph should select Coriell for its
Editor. Do they think that the people
here, have already forgotten his course
as Editor Of the News, or as Commission
err? They may hide the political princi-
pie Of the brave old General under whom
they are expecting offices, but they can't
secreet the infamous conduct..of their Edi-
tor here.
GEoRG1cUs.
~ Bell, the man supposed to have