The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
The Boundary survey.

This great undertaking, which has been thus
far, as 1t would seem, made matter of"foolery,'
by the Wing Administration, is in way to
excite the particular enquiry of a Democratic
Congress next winer, or we, as well as the
public atl,rgc, very greatly mistaken
Under iha treaty made BY Mr. Folks Admin
istraion with Mckee, this boundary line was to
he run within ene year from The rsthcati"n.-
Col Weller, the capable Commissioner first APP
pointed. was superseded by The new '.no pros
criptinn" Wing, Native American, TAYLOR
| Admin SRA cn, and the appointment. which,
| like dogs after bone hid been lus ny scram
bled for fell to Pr. Bartlett. VI New York city,
who hailed from Raodr Island for the occasion
| Well, Mr. 3 wen, tn work. firstly, to draw
| the s'appr aprIati"n," as br,rg The important step
in the matt r, and his since been very lrisurrly
.'taking his time all along shore between
Washington and Sierra Nevada All sorts OF
petty disputes about precedence aud the like
have retarded the progress of the survey, ant
the competent officers are retiring in DISCUS
from service in charge uf incompetent
blnckhead as this MIR. Bartlett has proved him
self To be. nwhilp, that ''vlctIm of mis-
placed confidence Uncle Sam, suffers in purs
and reputation. However, in 1852
"Thcre good time com ng, boys!
Wait little longer.
The last New York Hcra' d hits Off this matte
to T. 1t says:
"By the treaty with Mexico, if we mstak
not, the boundary line was To be surveyed, ruf
y and marked, in one year from the treaty. VI
u wards Of three years have elapsed, and it Is NJ
g vet done Who is To blame fer this, IT woul
$ seem as if the government of the United Stat,
d , cannot get anything done in double or trebl
: the tune, at less than five times the expcns
>, that individuals or private associations can.
h the; get things done by the job, nr on contrnc
they are cheated in the work. The great seat
v the disease is the lust for Office, and l'ngr
:, 10 make money out of the Government. Wht
= the office of Commissioner to RIM this bnundnr
q under the treaty, was created, there we
r hordes of applicants for It, from every quart
.. Of the Union, for it gave $4,000 year, brsiu
the pickings and s,ealings. Mr. Bartlett, fro
Rhode Island, was the accepted sutor am,l
those who paid :heir addresses for this offic
- after Col Weller and Col. Fremont had DO
- been discarded. Col Emery and COL N
al CIelIan had both been employed TO do I
lie scientific part Of the business; but they we
dispensed with, and Col James d. Graham,
the phical Engineers, was ordered
8 perform the service We lean that Mr. G.
W. ham and Mr.. Bartlett have got n, loggerheads
~ relation to some question u rank, on their rol
y through the goods!
=. Indeed, the Commission appears to be il
" :. bad way. The last express received in N
-, Mexico, from the "coppe- mines" on the BAG
is bone Of the Rocky Mountains, states that
-, =, Apaches had hooked all the mules, horses, OK,
=, sheep, and even victuals and drink, from
y scientific and military expedit IL How is
this to end When will the boundary W
~ Mexico be run ~ Detroit Free Press