Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-15

f,.o ~, rse.-aaoa S.soallEs, as will
ed D. here with reported. "' mark,
The monies neceh4ry to dsfrsv i.
pences incident to the intercourlse u ss e.
reign nations have, till lately be spa io,
to the fecgetary Of fate, who ufs1 >a =. pall
bnrise the fame. The accounts Of Mo- NJ aa
Jeftr.on, Marihall, and MadiloO ''t'
nave at various periods filled sha, ,n n sA
nent, have been Iettled, and no h bpvlnt
is due theseon. A fuit, not decided ' &c
been inlfituted agaiutt Mr.. Random . a''
naerly lecletary of fate, tor bal,n r.'of'
accounted for by him. The accom-, w.
MIR. Pickering are not yet finally ls,, I
He re'nal0s charged with fun Of Ivy ~
dollars and 20 cents, erreneouay nj, %'''
him for the freight of veael luppot:d y
have been employed by the coDcI
Trlpoli, and with another fun Of 80
dollars and SO cents, being the bsIaSo'ss's t :
an advance made to Samuel Holpdon g.
the purpofe of being RENTED to NJ A.
Humphreys at Madrid, in part Of Ri, +
larry, which Mr.. Humphreys did nor r
ceive. Both thele (ums, it is BELIEVED
may and will be recovered from tn, ~.
fons to whom they were respectively j
yanccd. But the principal realon vhr,
appears to have prevented an ultimate I,
element with him arifes from the circrn
Rance Of his not having applied the vh,L
of the money drawn by him from the ,re,
fury to the fpecihc objects for which i
was appropriated BY law. For the extent
and rsful, Of this multiplication, the CON-
mittee refer TO the fatencnt marked c
accompanying the communication Of til.
lecretary of the treafury under the a,eo
Tie I'd Of March. From this fatener,
iraPpsars, that Mr.. Pickering drew from
the ereaftry under the. appropriations made
/" for defraying the expences incident to
the intercourse with foreign nations, for
negotiating treaties with the Bsrbat
powers, and for the contingent exprncss
OF government, the fun of 5000 col,
lars and 81 cents more than he applied to
thoie legeral objects, which together with
the fun of 1858 dollars and 81 cents
gained by him on the purchafe of bills Of
exchange for the ule OF government, for
an aggregate of 1888 dollars and II
cents. The fame itatement c. will hes
thar the whole Of this fun was expended
by him On objects of a public nature, "a
far as the committee can aicertain thefa1l
but this expenditure, having been maze
from appropriations deGgned for ctheio o..
jetts by law, the multiplication Ct The
money has prevented the comptroller Of
the treafury from iettling his accounts
Although the committee Will not lay
that there are no cafes in which public
officer would be juaihed in applying mo.
MES appropriated to one object, ito expsa.
,litures on another, yet they are OF opln'
on that in every deviation the neceH'y
for the application ought to be fol
iome obvious benefit TO the United otafeS
and in every fuch cafe, a dlfcloiure theIe'
of TO congreis ought to be made, at 'hs
next fefion which ihould immediately
thereafter enfue.
The monies which have been advanced
to the fcyeral fecretaries offate, have been
femitred by them principally 70 mnliter'
sonfuls and other agents abroad whole &C.
counts are not yet rendered, (al'hoagn ma
ry of them are of an old date and the com.
m;ttee cannot fay how, or in what n'pD''
the money has been expended.
The advances necefary tor deffayNS
the expesces of the military aod na'altr
,ablihment were formerly made Ia paf a's
individuals who have accounted dlfe.W
with that department: but fnce the :e ~
of the 10Th of July 1898, the whole e. Wv,
inonies have been paid to the trea'a !, S,r.
agent for the(e two departments, ana l No..