The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-31

from The Burlington Hawk-Eyel
DuBrauE, Iowa, May 4, 40.
DEAR HAWK EYE:--l arrived in THE
place yesterday aud find business quite
lively.
The genera! topic Of conversation il on
the Course Gen. Ta,lo intends to pursue
in regard 10 the government office here.--
II seems that Surveyor General Booih 70.
ccived instructions few DAYS since, 10
enter ioto new bonds with the Home Do
partmen'. This the knowing onea say, 4
mounts to re-sppointmcns, aud the sane
authority says that he will be retained bv
Gen. Taylor for the next four years.--
Dodge and Jones, assisted by the two Sen.
ators from Wisconsin, hive the credit, a.
mong their locofoco friends, Of bringing
about this result. There was no douh, :
deep scheme laid at the time they obtained
for Mr.. B. tho appointment.
They were well aware, - are all that arc
familiar with the history VI the northwest,
that this office sincc il was first crested,
with the exception Of the time il vas in the
hands u that sterling Wing. the lion. James
Wilson, If New Hampshire,) has been a
powerful engine in the hands Of the Dodge
faction. To the patronage Of this more
then any other cause, they are indebted fvr
the honorable stations they now hold.
They know this. aud they now cling TO il
~ the life blood ofthc Locofoco party in
Iowa and Wisconsin, and the new territory
Of Minnesota. What care we, they say, if
all the petty post Offices in our State are put
into the hands II our opponen,s, ~ long %
We have the appointment Of iifty deputy
surveyors to I've selected BY us from among
tho faithful, from such parts Of the S,ate, 40
the interest Of our party require, At fnt
compensation Of from $1,000 to $1,000 for
u Few months services. To see the benefits
and importance of tho office to their party.
that thcy have only To Look nj the dispense.
tion Of tho favors during Jones' term
Who have Ind the contracts? Lawyers,
Doctors. Ex-Secre,aries, Ex- Midshipmen,
Ey-Jndgcs and Ex- Congressman and faith
lul Legislators. Even the illustrious Az
gnstus C.rsar, during tho two years no was
waiting to be appointed to the U. s. Senate,
found il convenient to d"a jnb in surveying
just enough tokecp soul and bo1y togcth.
cr. They are determined To keep the Office
in their interest At any sacrifice. Some Of
the locns 20 20 far - TO say that one ol tho
conditions on which Jones nnlD odgc voted
for The Home Department bill. WINS that the
Surveyor Generals office should be retain.
ed in their hands. Aud also that tho four
Senniors from Iowa and wiaconsin. have
made Il personal mattcr with Gen. TAYLOR,
and threatened him with the wrath Of the
Senate, unless he ncceeded to their wishes.
These arc acme Of the assertions of somo
Of the :ocos here. They oil agree in ono
thing and that is. that Dslse and Jones
hive succeeded in heading Fhz and tho
whole Wing party IT Iowa in this matter,
and that MI Jones' promises II contracts
given 10 secure him the sent he now occu-
pies will he fulfilled by his plant tool; and
fifty loco foc" deputy Survevors in Iowa
and Wisconsin, will he comfortably provi-
ded for nut &c the ST., 900 appropriation,
which Booth will so,n have tho handling
IT. You onght to have sight ut the locn
f"co deputies abmn Dubuque, and hear
them crnw over tho wings a, this victory II
their masters. The tx Midshipman who
figured At Iowa City md Washington last
winter, and who Mr.. Polk forgot 10 reap
point is here. and is figuring largely a.
one Of the daddvs Of the Home Department
Bill. Strange il is that the wheels of gov.
ernmcnt eau move without his presence At
Washington. lie il patiently waiting tho
arrival Of Booths instructions that he may
get the promised contract, TO satisfy him
for bis valuable services in log rolling Tor
Jones last fall. The Wings here think
that the locos are exultinQ . little sooner
than the circumstances justify. They can
NOT believe that the interest Of tho whole
Wing party in Iowa and Wisconsin is 10 bo
sacrificed in this manner. They have con.
fidence enough in Old Z,ch and Hon.
Thomas Ewing 10 believe that they will
not permit this Office to he longer basely
proslitutcd 10 carry out the views and wish:
Is Of designing politicians.
From the violent effnrts the loco fco
Senators are making he must SEQ tho i'm
portance they attach to this Office, and can
not suffer this man who vas Violently thrust
upon Gen. Taylor's administration in tho
last days of Folks reign, for the purpose
Of embarrassing il, to remain in office 10
cnrry out the wishes Of the designing men
who place him there.