Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-28

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Capt. Tuck, who arrived 1t Boean from
Oporto, furnifhes the following letter,
which he received while at thar place -
Ll6sn, Jul, II, sSoz.
| wrote you yeferday, confirming the
report of War being declared By tie En-.
peror of Morocco asaiatt the T.. States,
and annexed now hand you The ctticiai
copies of dispatches received from our con-
iuls at Gibraltar and I'angier (,heie have
been pubiilhed.l II is reported that d
Mooriih brig, mounting rs guns, black
fdes, white bottom and flnall figure
head, painted white, is cruiGpg en- this
coafs therefore adv lie you TO keep we'll
10 til: Northward- 1wopirates Rave been
fsen ciefe to Corvb, Weitesn iliand, they
are fas falling fchooners.
You will pIeak make this oona1unica-
ton as puoiic as pofiible, wherever yep
may write or 60. Your humble iervart,
THOMAS BULK ELEy.
Capt William Tuck.
IN ADDRESS on tie laIyeR ofthe q, e
porfefa committee If TIE Hsale ef Re-
3rleutat;ves, By Oliver WoLco1r,.
late lserisry Of The tre4/ay."
EcoNrINUEp.
9th. The next oblstva,ions of the Gem
mittee relate TO the advances for the fer
vice of the War and Navy Department.
The whole finn aeharged 20 the War
Departments, from the year 1897 10.
lSoI,< both inc!ufve," is tlateu by
the committee tD be,
Dolls. io,a13s1l6 -
Of which shey report,
" thar ssih5 accountant
{" has iettled, and render
ed to The I'fealary &C
" counts TO sheamoun, of 6,;35,os3 90.
/" Leaving a balance Of s,s77,f9, So
+" unaceouatea f5s, and nat
j" lnled."
It 70 be oblcrved, that the drf fun
iacludes the amount of all balances open on
tie hooks of the accountant Of tie War De
paftment, on the Ia Of January, 1897,
tompr1fsg <1ey us,sttlsd aeeoant, 1rom
tbs efabL.@meat Of his eGcs, berg
1886, 39I dollars IS cents.
The expenditures Of the War Depart
penr, during The five years from 1897,
to 1901, ineluGve, were therefore ony
o,246,oo3 dollars a9 cents. This lat
amount COMPLIES al! the expenditures Of
the year 1897, year when the army
was on very reduced efabliihment, and
before any neafures, attended with cx-
pence, had been adopted to repel the hof-
Utilities Of France. Ii alto compyiies al
The expenditures of the Year 1901, al
though the new army was difbanded in
|, the iummer of the year 1850, and though
the expenditures fnce 90 March, 1891.
baVs beer made undsr tie direction Ct tie
brs/ent administrator.
I The expenditures Of the War Depart
ment, on a. reduced Feace e&aa.ifhmeni
before the year I7eS, may be eaimased
at one million two hundred ihouland dol
| lars per anhna; this for Eve years would
| amount to 5000 900 dolls.
The extra expenditures of the War
Department, in confequcnce Of the Prcpa-
rations againit France, therefore, amount
ed TO nomore than 3,S74,ooo dollars.
| This laf fun not only compriles the
pay, fubfaeoce and cloashing offhe new
army, but all expences of Notifications,
magazines, the fabrication of Cannon and
other arms, and the purchafe of military
I.Rorcs the valu. of thele objects may be
| eltinated at one half OF the fun laa men
| toned.
| A part of The military Nores were con-
| fumed in fervice;; the reGdue, contti,ut-
ing a liberal aOPpiy compared with the
Quantity on hand 10 1907. with all the