Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-22
!" spaaih treaty,
Geasral La l'ayet.e,
Dolls.

r deiire!auy candid man to rcrue " " ~
Oh the committee * the letter Of MIR. en- I reps
pronounce whichpre!enes the n,oA in, o.'s'a.ilaS
we''as favorable representation Of ,ba '0ea
tons of Mr.. Pickering. = TIC tFaa.a;.
: Mr.. Gallstin expressly admits thu, ~
f'cksEing's accounts have been ysvt s-'
and FAted BY tbe a1dita, and thu, "4 ..:a
the exception of two items (11n. VIA
f'r 7eaat IF voaebers, or dybsted2 !, q
tarties be has accounted for aNt5,' ~. ~
hcmonies received BY him, 70 IA, m''
i@5e7U, that TIE svdole has been aba.1t.'
public Puppies. With the excen,;on j"
| Mr.. misunderstanding, oF.which ! h,'
no knowles1se, | can aGers, that no tsr..
fary offsts h. eye, .a.tmsted ;, * II
0thsr mans<,. %Unle(s in relation ia T., T.,
| exPen lituEes for objects W tain the IJo;,.i
SAFES, neiehar Mr.. JeRerGon, Mr.. P,' h
dolPh, nor Mr.. ManhalI, could a, 4, q
time their accounts were fcttled, do no,. h
than exhibit vouchers for monies paid ~
them 10 accountable, sgeuts aftbe taBf /
The ultimate account, which is,o exhbi,
| the at1Aeatia If The marcy nfbe ateni
o6jel, NUT f.om the necelity of the c.I.
be exhibited by tie mmj;er,, eovlI 4
agents and BANKERS, sftke U. Stats.n /
| rs,3a countries ION tkis poiae, the a.
cunts Of MIR. Pickering Aand on t,nl
! gyca1l with shole of eitker of tie ecp
taries.
:, In win 90 we feek, In lne4epor, cft,a
committee Tor the important facts, th,
the accounts of Mr.. Pickering have bea
Ratea ~ THE auditor and that lsbhquut
appropriation, BY law have Ean4hnlE
fbs prfaatolbayfef the fun of 1885
dollars and II cents. which they repr,en
as a mj/aptAieat;m of money, which pre-.
vents The comptroller from fettling the &c.
counts. Ia refpea to the Igpenatd and
dyputea rsms, there is a poGtiye opinion
advanced, that ore Gam, being 1888 dol.
zo cents. was erroneouly paid for TIE
freight OF q sedel, fuppofed TO have been
employed by the conful at TriPoii - and
TIA. the other lm being $3.50 dolls:s and
80 cen S, is the balance Of an advance
made 10 S4mlel Hodgdon" for the pu.
pofe Of being RENTED to Mr.. Humphrey
at Madrid, in pafs Of lis elalary, whiea
Mr.. sEomphreys sdii not receive" !:
appears clearly, thar the oai:cFs Of 'A
treaiury have termed no dehnitive opinion
on thefe claims: i, is certain that the7
relate dilediy to two Of the mott abarae,
litiga;ed, and ar,idcia! principles of law
in any event, they involve no queRlon Ct
reputation. Why, therefore, was ii men.
toned, chat Col. Pickering remains
charged" with tkefe fumsi Way vast
70 emphatcally reprsiented that he con.
duaed>" erroneoaily," ef eciAly if the
opinion is conGdered correct, that both
lhcf- lums "may and will be recovered
from the perions to whom they were re.
fpettively advsnced~?"
The committee have repeatedly repre-
fented, thar there has been mJ|ati5h-
cation" Of the public money, ard that tbs
Multiplication has prevented The ietllemen'
of the accounts. Without enqolrlng whe.
Their it was intended that this wO'd, Of
doubtful Import, llould or houid not he
unde.aood by The community in an otlou'
lcnfe, or the propristy OF applying IT 10
this fubjea, in any fnfe il may be co., %
fideatly aacrscd ,ha, the amount 10 applied
has been greatly exaggerated by the COM
mittee. The fun ijatedby the committee
is 1855 dollars and y cents, & 'h0oSa
it appears flsea the fatement annexed 10
MIR. Galls;io's letter, that there eSlt'
ponmai aa:vaufes to this amount, yet u
alfo appears, that without tie a|t,s!
yecn5t or payment Of one dollar by ! ' Is
mere form of i1aing qca't01fs, and "Hll"
tyarla47iou tbe2aws aafhoryfd 7'bfH TX
repa1 qvas made, thefe balances may. os
reduced to l4,76a dollsrs and ce"'''
The & fem Of fpecihc appropriations &c,
quires, that, uutilfhs/t SrGr,A"h are Vr n.
- ooo,,,s O,ould remain In their pIeieh'