Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-04

forty Eve dollars and twelve GEMS
ny the SAN. .erod, the ,Soena;., Ic:
he Pos! tfice department auo,m'e, q
ne million one hundred and ,,,IS h
housand EIGHT hundred and eisby "'s
iollaIs and nifty one cents, and co1., .'e
OF the following items; comp.nsa, "sNsO
postmsslers, three hundred and i;flv V ~ o
thousand nine hundred and nin.,n UTE
dollars and ninety eight cents: mc,,o we
expenses, thirty thousand eight hnnlnai
and sixty six dollars and thirty seven rsa.
transportation OF the mail, seven hn. nus;
and eighty tour thousand six hundred ~
lars and eight cents; payment. in;0 D w.
treasury, tour hundred aud twen,, h. lug
dollars and eipbi cents. On the 6, ree
July last there was due TO the DIV
ment. from pustmasiers, One bundredr ,
hHty hive thousandiwo hundred and ,' wv
tive dollars and twenty eight Gems. y
late postmaslers and contractors. two bnD I
dred and ilty SIX thousand ,eveu tun% %uu,
and forty nine dollars aud thirty one rsn,a
making total amount OF balances dino =,
the Department. at three hunir ~
ninety one thousand nine hundred d n' '"N
~ tour dollars and nifty nine Cent? Th.s.
balances embrace all delinquenci.s Of \ =,
Masters and contractors, which ba,, ;,
ken place since the organization a, 70 10
Department. There was due by the n iI'
partment TO contractors, On ihe irN d.v,f
July last. twenty SIX thousand FIVE i,' '"
dred and forty eight dollars and slx,y I'm,
cents ''
The transportation OF the mail. With,
fve years past has been greatly exrelr.G
and the expenditures OF the depsr,u, n;
proportIonsbly increased. Al,housh ,as
postage which has accrued within the last
thee years, has fallen short of the exnsn.
dIluIes two hsndr. d and smly.tso hms.
and eight hundred and twenty one doll,r
and forty SIX cents, u APPEARS that cullec.
tiOns haYe been made from tie ou,st,n
ing balances TO meet the principal uarlof
the current demands.
| Ii IS estimated that not more than ,vn
hundred and hry thousand dollars OF the
above balances can be collected aud tia,
considerable part OF this run can onh 4.
realized by respr 10 Legal process Sone
improvement 10 the receipts for po.t,ge
is expected A prompt attention TO the
collection OF moneys received by post.
masters, II 10 believed viii enable he
Department 10 continue us operations
without aid iron the Treasury, unless the
expenditure shall br Increased by The es.
Enlistment OF new mail routes.
A revision OF some parts ot The Dos Of.
fee law may be necessary: and II Is sub.
m,t'ei whether It would mol be proper 10
provide Tor the appoint ent OF poslma,.
tiers, where the Compensation excte's a
certain amount, hy nomination TO I r Sc.
nate ds other othcer- OF the genera GOV.
eminent are oppOIn'ed.
Having communicated my views 10 Con.
grpss. a. The commencement OF The u. sts.
sion, respecting the encourag. msnl hich
ought 10 be gwen loOur m nuiac ules. and
the principle on which it should be found
ed, have only TO add, that those views
remain unchanged and that 1.-THE present
state OF those counties with which We
have tho most immediate political rea.
tons, ana greatest commercial Inlerr
course, tends 10 confirm them Unds.
this impression | recommend review Of
the tariff. for the purpos. OF sfordIng such
additional protection 10 those articles
which We are prepared to manuiacturr, or
which are more immetIa ely CONNECTED
with the defence and independence OF our
country.
lu. actual state OF the public accounts,
furnishes additional evidence of the eli
OF the present system ui dtCOun abilny, 10
relation 10 tn. pubic exprndilue o. The
moneys drawn ron lhe ireaspry since
tie fourth of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventeen, the sun remain.
ing IN ,ccounted tor. on the thiriieth o.
September last, is more than million and
hall OF dollars less than q tn thlrimtt
Of September preceding; and during the
same period reduction OF nearly NIL
hon OF dollars has been made 10 the a
mount Of the un.ellled accounts tor mo-
neys advanced previously 10 the fourth O.
March, Uns thou and eight hundred and
seventeen II will be obvious that, in pro-
portion as the mass OF accounts Of The lat
ter description is diminished, by settle
menr, the difficulty Of settling the residue
is increased IRON the conside ration that
in many inst ,nces, j. can be obtained only
by legal process. For more precise details
on lbi. subject, | refer TO q report from The
Err omprolier OF the IIeasury.
The SUN which vas appropT ated at The
last session, for the re. airs OF The Cunber
land road, has been applied with good Ell
iecr to that object. A final repor' has Do
yet been received from The agent who wa!
appointed to superintend IT. As soon a!
it is received, it shall be communicated It
Congress.
Many patriotic and enlightened ci'izer'
who have made the subject an object Ct
particular investigation, have suggested
an improvement OF still greater lmp"r
lance They are OF opinion that The va
lers OF the Chesapeake and Ohio may be
connected together, by one continued -
nal, and at an expense Tar short oil the va
lue and Importance OF the object TO be OBJ
tanned Il THIS could be accomplished, q
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