Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-22

that the Wno!e OF this }um was expanded
by him, on Objects Of public nature,
las far as tie committee cQ0aitertaiu The
faaJ but this expenditure having been
made from appropriations dehgned for
other objects by law, the mVatplicafiox
of the money has prevented the comDtrol-
Ter OF the Treafury from fettling his ac-
counts"
! With view to a due explanation Of the
true fate If Mr.. Pickering's accounts, /
| deem it proper to tranfcribe the obfsrva-
tions Of MIR. Gallasin upon the accounts
of the ieveral Secretaries of State, that
they nay be moIe conveniently romtered
| witbthof Of the con,tnittee. i is, how
ever, proper to.premife, tina, ire divefllty
betweea the two approximations rtlpetting
the accounts of Mir. MlatAsa!l, is TO be
| attributed to letslemen,, fubfeaueas to
the date of MIR. Galatians letter on the
ID of March, and prior to the report OF
the committee on the a9.h Of April,
IlSoz.
/" In relation to the accounts under the
controul Of the department OF fate, thoie
Of Mr.. JeFerGon have been fe,t!sd fince
the gift ofDecember, in the year 1895,
and no BALANCE is due thereon. Thole OF
Mr.. Randolph have beeen adjufed, and a
fuit inAituted, ever Gncc the year 1872
for balance of about = 1000 dollars,
zvbick, uetzulIGeadiag he ,ers1u oGs .ef-
fsyts eri,5e eomenoHsr,, to Jring 'sf0,Dsf,
has NOT yet jesa Ateiatd. Tie dgFeuly to
=. covey boloscts die 10 Tie Uaied States,
brig are IF tie great mpeaimezts to Tie
pubAe (erviee, sxtrGe9s If tie forrspsa-
ds1rs sftbe dieri;3 0tfor1ey efVHg'ajG,
on that /aJjr7, xn4rked Il, jare anaerfd.
The accounts of MIR. Martial! have been
rendered, bur are not tettled. Thofe of
the prelent fccrctary Of aate, for the .ihort
time, during which he received public
monies, ere lettled, and no balance is due
.theIetn. 'i.lrole'o Mr.. Pickering have
,een rendered, and his general account has
bren E4scd ~ tie audH@. BY tbisK ap-
pears, thu qwfb the exceblim Of t0g0
items, /uLprneea for q0ant Of Uosebers, or
I,dy3uted ~ Tie parties, he kas accounted
jar all Ike tu5Je moat, reeeiced BY him,
70 far as II l5aev, that The qeb7ls has been
applied far babM tn,p3hi. But as he
has only deagnaeed tic rcrions to whom
the monies were, advanced BY him with
out fpeciiying, under their REFLECTIVE Y,
preparations, the Objects for which they
were thus advanced, It is not practicable
to fate, with preciGcn, how much has
been paid by him rnder each dd5jqPiu7 bead
of expenditure. Il is, however, evident
from the account i,fels, and from fke,ch,
Ga,ed ~ Mr.. kimball, late clerk in his
department., that although he drew the
monies from the trealury, under dyqmf
abbvpriauoas, he diduas Efficiently aHead
10 tbs/r, il the application Of the money,
but has in many i.iifances, applied the
fums drawn under one hea5, to another
head Of expenditure; and has therefore,.
in lome cafes ent leGs, and in Others
s1ore than was authorized by law. The
Ratement lC.) fhews the exeefs, which it
appears has been thus expended, 70 far as
the fame.can be afcsrtaiced. THE greater
peri oftkt Iams tins exteadfd 70, ee,taia
o6jeds, is e0veyed BY nbbrotratioas mAas
principally after the expenditure bad taken
blaee; and In order 10 enable the comp
troller TO pats the whole of the accounts,
j5me tath5sr aPPrgpriatioas ere FH nees/-
Tie i}stement marked ICj referred to by
Mr.. GaIlatin, exhibits abe following iums
expended BY Mr.. Pickering igo4d The
inns dr0qvu by bim, unatr the afpgprja-
non 10 7ghteb they refer:
uuacr the head OF Prize c4ules 1921 IS
3 treaty 27o94 IS
Span:ll treary 31.747 50
Payments BY James Munroe, Efl to
madame De la Fayette, $500 ST
T,tal dole -f2 *, TT