Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-13
FRor THE BosToS GAZETTE.
rp.s.-t.d Ra.auces aiie to The L. Nt'ss.

Mr.. .Duval, the co.nptroiitr o! Tie 's,'a''
stating the balances appearing to 3 "a; 10
,h. United States which. report, s1'1;h""
~ Other, reached the democrats seVefa'
weeks since. 49,.
Could i be tina, there was design to
"a, = hue and cry to cover the real d''''-
e,,;on. Of Brown and CLARK, two demo-
cra,ic officers, who, within 6 weeks, have
made way with nearly 100000 dollars:
There are some Interesting observation:
which ocrur to us upon the paPe's' ana
which We submit to the rublIt. -.
1.,. Mr.. Duval apo'"ssrs for lst''nT 50
mann hundre,l, and such ,n0rr'"rs hs' AAcrs
remain due, and unsu%d :or, bec"ase Inc
parties were nSlkrown, and Enr,r Si,"a'!ons
:snd residence not asccrtaInrd.. 1 !''s'~lIi
no, apply to col. Pickering OF Mr. U"rc--
that could not'be the reason OF nrsisc"nS
10 call them to account.
adly. Much less could it be pretended
tina, any friendship for 'krse gentlemen pro-
,duc,d the turhearanc>--Nc afe 10 learn
the real cause in the bird remark.
sd.y. Ii appears bv The re- ~ 'tsrf' on
the face of it, lhae neither col. Pickering
or MIR. Gore arc debtors to the y. States
ea= shilling.
MIR. Duval, the comptroller Of our trea'
sury, expressly rs tatrs, tina, he h:s sobloIn-
ed remarks to each a'tic!', explaining I'll:
reasons. Why the accounts arr not sttt.tl,
end the actual situsti0n Of th'7n.
We find THAI Mr.. Cores p.rs5na' charre
IS stand to be on account oi salary, the
other chat sc was merely Official, in which
lie vas coupled with MIR jeh~rson's favor
i,e minister Mr.. %Hinkn,y. 4; appears,
moreover, that CO... ? ckering did u,t.Aly
eShibi, his accounts, and that they were
satisfactory ALSO appears, because ~t,neyer
anv accounts are not so, the fat issr, oticcd
Nv nIr. Duval and the only r. ason assigned
i. the case OF col. Pts, that the approx ia.
ton was no. made by law, though TIC mo
ncv has been satisfactorily proved % nave
been paid by COZ. Pickering, Tor the US and
benefit Of the u. S.t,t hei' foreign minis-
tiers und agents.
What shah We say then to the hcror md
honesty Of certsia officer OF II: t.. S. in
Boston, wac G'st received Ibis rrr,rt and
spread the rumor Of the balance ;xaia..
Mr.. Core, aud purIoseb omitted t. r,,n-
,iun that the money was st"t>d to ave hsrn
| paid on as~ouu. st sala.y, ~"d .!iat cnion-t
-ss'ssskrring is stated also ~ kavr Delivered
in his secouu's, sslins: which, no;hir. but
a merely formal obj. ction is raised?
But we thank the Aon,raJIs' s.!y (air
friends Of tn. administration, for Fro. vi l..
ins this enquiry, as it has led us to exam d.
ine dis subject to tn foundation, and we
shall give the GtGcien accounts aYn cn:r.
nous uuste under ihe present aGn,rs,.a A.
ton, with Mr.. Duval's r.ma.ks. W. shall
keep nothing back.
NJ. sore has been mrn; ionsd rs having
received 5G,2!22 dollars on a.,oua, oi SAL.
~. It was less than his Gue-but his COZ
league, MIR. P.nknry, Mir. )ctIclson's n, +,
Mister, is charged with 42,l77 dollars, No
commissioner under the srv~uth article.
salary and 4 further SUM OF s s5,G4o, az
besid-s his proportion OF Inc 4o,o43, paiu
TO- C. Gore and others, which they never
touched, but which went 20 ply the clerks.
assessors, stationary, and Other experces @.
the board.
Ii is not to be doubted, that Mr.. Pink.
nsy can honorably discharge himsr,:, bat
he stands charged, in his p1yat- name,
with nearly twice as much as Nj Cor.
We shall now give list Of ds.nocra.ic
balances many ii which are real io,srs-
the remarks added are rhos: OF Mr.. DuyaI
our Compt'eller-not our own.
John Becky, Clerk Of the
House of Representatives, $3.50
Judgment agairsl IKE culors.
Isaac Briggs. surveyor OF
southern ial'd', 1867
No a."ount rendered
Republic O! France, for reiu-
gees Of St. Doningo-a
debt Ct honor, $4,000
-, Not repaid.
Custsves Scott, and others.
commissioners for the CITY .
ofWashiugton, ;. 10000
Acts rendered, vouchers