Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-04
From the Connecticut Airror.
SCIENCE OF DRAINING MONEY
... FROMTHE TREASURY.

FROM THE TREASURY.
After the consular commissioner. tor ne
cociating a peace with 1ripol' in baIrsary'
had sicut d the treaty Of the s'h OF june
1905. STIMULATING the payment OF money
end the abandonment Of Derns, with It's de-
,rndenciss. 10 Jssut Csramsnli as the 6a'
shaw there apps AIRED in The United otates,
zswarthy turban'd Turk, who was received
in quality of tubKe missionary FROM 1mS'
The aecomme da.ions provided tor him,
with his attendants and slaves at inc Guy OF
Washington, and On the Journey through
the country from Washington 70 boston,
and back again to Washington, must nave
t. cot sums Of money, that might afford re-
lief to many a brave man of'he tPa,r'ot ar
rhv Of the revolution, now impaired or bro
ken down, after honorable service under
Washington.
WHO would ultimately payfor these se'
cormodations, was not officially eomrnunl'
Gated for public information, while the sx.
rendi,ures were in progress. Such state al
fairs. had relation to the province OF the Sc
cre,ary OF state, subject to the general d.
Yec,i0n of the President: And 1t was
time, when public inquiry on the SUBJECT
might have been undesired, or useless. ! he
Tura from Tunis, was known 70 have ar
rived in the United States, with his umosr'
I'll and ier.y retinue, and stotk OF ANIMALS.
The tie rad glare Of novelty. tie was
the first mehammedan public missionary
tha. had come TO This country.
It was near the close Of the wear 1905
when he arrived. He was understood to
have departed from the United States,
sometime in the latter part ofths year 1900
leaving whatever he had imported, and de-
hvered as presents, to theasxeeutive ma.
nagement. OF these, some specimens OF
the horse kind had been exposed to public
observation, in the vicinity Of the pres'den'
tial ealace, As to the rest whatever they
were
From what is now known, there IS rea-
son for the opinion, that the animals, while
under the executive management, were not
v.ry profitable. 1t seems, the 1urco. lu-
nician missionary had left this country, and
been absent some what more than year ana
a dav. when three of the horse presents
were snld expense appears to have been
charged for keeping them to the 7th OF
January, 1908, although Nd credit appears
for their services. The deduction in &C
count, for the whole snm received on the
ssle Of three Arabian horses, falls bnt little
more than two hundred and fifty dollars,
short of the amonnt charged for one watch
and chain, given by the American consul
general in Barbary, under the appointment
OF president Jefferson, as appears BY the re-
port from The treasury department, trans
ni,ted 10 the senate of the United States on
the 22d of Jan. 1910.
By that document it is now made mani
fest, that the persons styled, in executive
language, the Tunisian ambassador ana
suite, were furnished with various eccom.
modations In the United States, through
the operation of expenditures, adapted &c
draw money from the intercourse funs, BY
transactions at home, in addition to the
SONS drawn off by the management OF eTn'
ploymenrs abroad. So notable was the pro-
6eirncy m the peeuniary science OF eontln
Seneies. -.
Wfthou, detailing The cost of such pretty
matters as the silver mounted polygraPhs
purchased of a Philadelphia, or such tasty
matters as the supplies of rice, purehasee
at Charleston, for the hey, OR such com
Portable matters as the mattresses, pillows
and blankets purchased at New York, fo
ssn,e of the Tunisians for their passage 4
I.ondop, Jet Us note the asgre gates Of oshs
. AharQss, relative 20 intercourse with Tuuis
ssoSe Of tAe -Rafbary powers! These char
e.s. we observe. were for matters ant
tb;Sps IN this country. They were among
ths Sari.t;.s Of one OF the species Of tn
contingencies, ass;gusd't to the province O
the secretary of state, under ths authority
IS ne president Of she Uaised Ssases. Char
sss were made BY gesias 1sar q ssn.sl