Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-21

salaries, or monthly pay, have been occa-
sionally employed on other business tor
short time, and on account Of extraordlna-
trouble and expence, attending suck en-
ployment, have received, in addition TO
their ordinary compensation, the per diem
allowance, fixed by law or usage for such
service. The present is believe the iirst
instance in which such an officer has been
employed, every day in the year, Tor two
##or three years in succession, and has been
permitted to receive, in addition to his en-
tire salary or monthy pay, per diem al
lowaace exceeding his salary or monthly
pay, and the whole of his expeuces. me
/! salary Of Judge Ellsworth, while employed
on a foreign mission, had been received
during his absence, BY his attorney, But
was refunded, and he received only his COM
pensation as foreign minister-and in the
! case Of Mr.. Jay, his expenses only were
paid. There can be no proprety Ia such
allowance, and remedy ought to be pro
vided.
There has also been allowed and paid in
| the war department an account amounting
to s 6,619 II for the table OF general vii
kinson, and governor Claiborne, from Dec.
| 9TH, 1908, to april oath, 1904, four months
and Z days, the time thai they were en-
ploved as commissioners to take possession
| of New Orleans, and tor private secretary
! S 548 and Cor stationary s e Sc amounting
! in the whole to S 1905 ~. The allo"ance
! Of this account is under the hand oi the Sc
! cretary of war, who states that it was done
| by direction O. the president OF the United
States. As this account had no relation el-
| ther to the military service or to Indian al
| fairs, / am unable to say why it was carried
for settlement to the war department., and
not to the accounting officers Of the trlasu
ry.
Il appears by authentic documents which
| have examined, that there has been pad
! to general Wilkinson, this favorite Of the
! administration, Qor think none other than
favorite could have obtained frOmthe trea-
sury Of the United States money to such
an amount) the following sums, VIZ:
For his pay as brigadier gene
raj from March 10th, 1902,
the date OF the law, to Feb. 1,
| 1909, at e25 dollars Per
| north, 1860 SO
For extra rations quarters, &c.
as per amount before stated, 2,oss 16
For his compensation as lndl-
an commissioner, from July
II, 1901, to July 12, 1902, 2,o79 Fl
| For his compensation as lndl-
an eo 192as; IP6m I fnd r lg,
| 1902, to 1st June, 1904. $500
For his personal ezpenccs, for
| 1909 and 1908, 2,715 20
| For his salary as governor Of
Upper Louisiana, from Tnlv,
4, 1905, to March 2, 1907, $3.50 2
/ For amount Of monies and sup
| plies furnished him by pub
lie agents, with which he is
charged On the public books,
! and for which he has not &C
counted, 1891
| For monies charged BY John
Wilkins, late quarter master
general, as advanced to gen.
Wilkinson, and for which he
h as not accounted, $3.50 II
For secret service money re-
ceived January 10, 1909, on
the certificate of the prcsi-
dent Of the United States for
that sum C oisbursed for OBJ
iects in relation to the con-
tingent expences of inter
course between the Unied
States and foreign nations,
the specification of which dis
bursement at this time is
deemed inexpcdient, 1,195
For his compensation as wit