Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-12

15t day OF way, being the ld5t Gay y. VIC
session. and the same was ordered to be
printed. The repor, with the documents
accompanying il, have lately been printed,
and make volume, which ought 70 De
read By every person in the United States.
The committee, however, say, from the
limited period it, which they have acted, &
from the extensive and complicated nature
of the subjects, they are under the necessl-
y Of stating, that they have not been able
10 make thorough and conclusive nvestl'
CATION of the objects OF their enquiry"
The fourth object of enquiry, to which
the attention Of the people 81 tie Y. States
is flszv particularly called, was principally
confined, as appears by the report, to Cen
Wi.kinson's Obtaining money from the pub
lie treasury. The extravaganza OF this
man, IN his expenditures OF the public mo-
new, has long been known to the govern
ment of the United States, rs well as to all
those who have become acquainted with
his character. His charges against the pub
lie had become SO enormous, that on the
10Th of March, 1902, congress thought It
necessary to pass law, expressly limiting
The sum, which he was to receive annually
as 'brigadler-g eneraI, to S 27Oo; and this
sum vas to be a full and entire compen-
station and without a right to demand or re-
ceive any rations, toaage, travelling tx.
pcnces, or other perqulalte, ar emoiumene
whatever, except such stationary as may
be requisite tor the use OF his department. F"
Notwithstanding this law, 1t appears, by
The report ct this committee, and other do
cuments whcn nave heretofore been pub
l;.bcd. that from the 9Th of March, 1908,
to The 3O.h September, 1909, he nas re-
ceived an additional sun OF S 1854 40 tor
rat:ons, making IN the whole ADDITION to
his salary, S 3+97 SO tor ra,ions, and
charges tor quarters, stabing, &c. Not
only so, but that dur 6 the same time he
has likewise got INTO his hands many lhou-
sands of dollars, from different mlhtary a
gents, for pretended secret services and o.
Their purposes, and tor which ne has SIM
nlv Given his receipts, and tor winch he
has never yet accounted. Not satisfied
with thus obtaining tae public money, not
ony without law, Dat expressly contrary TO
law, it appears by the cc.nmIure's report,
that in order 70 htch MONEY from the public
treasury, fer the pufpos: OF supporting MS
rxiravapance, he mas descended TO practices
and articles SO mean aud Pltl;ul, IS could
not be credited OF any public officer, mucn
less Of a commander IN ch'ef ct the army OF
the United States, were not the facts vouch-
ed nv unoucs,ionable testimony. The iol-
loving statement will show some OF the ar
tfces, which the general has Praci'sed, 10
obtain money from the treasury, and TO
which the attention 0! the people OF the ".
States IS particularly invited.
During the winter OF 1909, when de-
tachmrnt of the army was moving down the
Ohio and the NJ lss;ssippi to New Orleans,
under the command OF capt George .Peter,
Gen. Wilkinson gave orders to capt. Peter
to stop a, Louisville in Kentucky, and
to take into his boats 9 or 10 horses, which
were the brioate proberty Of the General,
and which his agent had purchased for him
in Kentucky, and undoubtedly at very low
price-Captaia Peter, agreeable to his or
lers, stopped at Louisville, with his de-
tachment, consisting of six companies, and
took in the generals horses, after delay of
two or three days. For the purpose Of
transporting these horses from Louisville 10
New Orleans, a distance of about fifteen
hundred miles, abubHe b9at was provided,
at an expense not less than one hundred
dollars, and the horses were fed and taken
care of a, the public expense, from Louis
viii. TO New OtIr2us. After their arrival
at New Orleans, the horses were also fed
and shod at he public expense, unit! May,
1909, when man by the name of Frederick
Sandhagen, who had been formerly a driver
of a hack in the City of Washington, and
was a servant of general Wilkinson. and