Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-10
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
Washington D. c.

March 18th 1949.
DEAR DocToR:-You will have heard
| presume, before this reaches you, that
Col. Fitz Henry Warren Of your State,
has been appointed to the Office Of end
Assistant Post Master General, as a re,
ward for his services in the late cam
palgn for the Presidency; whilst on the
other hand, the very able and talented
prede ccssor of Col. W., Hon Mr.. Brown,
has been ostracised for doing the same
thing that Warren has done in aid Of his
party.
This is Wing consistency with ven
geance, and is strongly indicative Of the
sincerity with which Old lack promised
not to prescribe for opinions sake
But sir, in the appointment Of which
have spoken, there is, as ! am credib|y
informed, regular bargain and contract
entered Into, that this man Warren
promises to use his utmost endeavours to
revolutIonze the States of Iowa. Illinois,
and Wisconsin, and to pave the way for
the admission Of Minnesota into the Union
as Wing State, and from what can
learn Of The man, he will leave no means
untried to fulfil such a contract.
The Office Seekers are much more nu
merous here at this time, than they we're
ever known to be on any former occasion,
and are infinitely more eager for blood
than they have ever been, except per-
haps in l94l, when they ideally smoih-
cred their President by The crowd
Old lack has had the firmness to drive
them from the White House, and to shut
the Mansion dools against them.
lie first announced that he would see
his friends from A. NJ. till midni ght.-
He was soon however, driven from that
stand by his discourteous visitors, and
was obliged to give notice through the
papers, that his house would be open only
from l2 A. NJ. to 8 p NJ.
Notwithstanding he informed all Office
Seekers that their applications should be
presented to the Departments and not to
him, still they continued to overrun his
Mansion in search Of blood, and at last he
issued bulletin, that their intrusions
would not be tolerated except on Tues
days and Fridays and then only from 12
NJ to 8 P. NJ.
The Departments are now kept open
from breakfast time tilI l2 o'clock at
night, to allow these spoilsmen to pre-
sent their recommendation, and crowdS
of supplicants are constantly seen in their
halls. The reception of these Office
Seekers, and the registering and filing,
(tor they do not now pretend to read
them) of their applications snd petitions,
constitutes nearly the whole business OF
the Departments, and has done so since
the 4th inst.
A matter Of interest TO you, will be the
decision Of the Supreme Court upon the
question Of boundary between your State
and Missouri.
"Sullivan's ine," $50 far as i, was run J
and a line due west from its western ter.
minus, is to be the boundary, and Joseph
G. Brown Of Missouri, and II. B Hender.
shot Of Ottumwa Iowa, are appointed by
the Court, as Commissioners to survey,
mark and establish this line, by erecting
cast Iron pyramids at every ten miles dis
lance between the Des Mones and Mis-
souri, Rivers.
You may expect communication from
me occasionally through the summer as
circumstances of Importance may trans
pire. Yours truly,