Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-27
TO THE PEOPLE OF TIE UNITED
STATES.


Report of the Committee Of Inveaiga.ion,
was committed to the prels, have ditco-
vered that after t5s ring Of. Congrslj, a
fec nd edition Of that Report, with num-
Der OF documents annexed, was printed by
order of the houle of Representatives. and
dlitr:buted to the memhers Of Congrefs. -
This fact, which has but lately come to
my knowledge, appears TO require from
me few observations, in addition 70 my
former ad dreE.
The accounts open in the books: Of the
Treafury appear in the aatemens which
was iranimitted to the Committee, under
new arrangement. Under the title
/" Domsfle expenditures, o5r q miJcellaneons
ciOil0atare," are included variety of
expenditures, which lave hitherto been re-
ferred TO d..fiua heads in the public prin-.
ted accounts; among thefe are advances
for the payment Of military peg6us, kgbf
bos/ss, The mint efabh@ment, and lean
70 THE eity Of WglBmgtu; alto other ad-
vances, in confequence of ipecial acts OF
Congreis.
Some ofthe observations in my addreis,
with reference TO the accounts of the e;vil
LIFT, were made upon prefumption, thar
the ancient arrangement of the accounts
had been continued. | do not mean 10
lug 1eit that the new arrangement is an,
improper one, and / mention the fact,
merely to prevent misunderstanding OF
my observations. l, however, perceive
no caufe to retratt the opinion, that the
public 1ujA/4fsr no is/5 q0bafever III The
payment Of the comteH/atioa and lalarirs
The members ofibe AgJ2ati8e, Eeeeutive,
and jJuaieiul departments q s. evrry grade,
trom The eqaJlj@ms1t Of tie Coge,amlat,
and | am convinced, that few thouiand
dollars will cover every lois, on a fettle
ment of the accounts of the marlhais, and
mott probably al{o, all the accounts com
pretended under she new head, entitled,
+" Domofic erbsnaitayes, eSa m;lceAsaae9us
cfpil nature"
The committee reported the cxpcndi
lures for the Navy department, from the
efablilhment Of III Department in I7oS,
10 the silt of March, 1901, wclnEvely at
tie lam paid BY Tie Tyealayy 10 indiviaa, !.
ais, as amounting to q,9SI,3I3 dollars
and u cents. Anexaminst;on OF the do
cuments recently publifhed, enables me to
fate, that this fun eomprites the expendi-
lures defcribed by the committee to The If
Of Jauuay, 1907, nsarJ ten mont5s after
the commencement eff5e .are/sat ndmiujfra-
tian. was miAaken in conideriag the
Committee as having reported the fun be-
fore mentioned, as computing the payment
made at the Treafury. 1t is a fact, that
only part of the payments made to in-
dividuals at the Treatury was included
The fun fated by the committee is howe
YER, erroneous, as il appears from the do
curnents annexed to their report, that IN
Gliding aNtbe advQness made to udivida-
ais ct The T,ea/ay, and including the
fork Daed mbaymeat Of tbe ve0eL bull BY
The contributions of'tbs merchants, rne ex-
penditures for the navy Department to the
gift of March, 1901, amounted to no
more than s,643,45s dollars and ; cents
there has, coufequently, been an over
charge. of at leaf $4,000 dollars.
The amount Represented by the COM
mittee as /" unaccounted for or unfettled."
in the May Department appears to con-
fit of balances on the books OF the Ac-
countant on the II Of January 1907, be-
ing 4,I7o,65I dollars and IS cents. The
accounts to January 1902, inelude <r.
penditure, uuaer The b,e/enf ,adainiara-
ti0a exceeding tbe [am Of 100000 doM.
/ am not able to alcertain the proportion
of this FUN, which remained unaccounted
for, when the Report was made, bur it
mutt have been comfortable.
In the enumeration Of the principal ma
val agencies, that for, Neqv-Grk was