North Carolina Newspapers

: v L : -4' TERMS. 4 t:-r f wchmLw atr berener fcj hti for m r! .4 i rift CeaU Oct TW f v i KKtf hew. jwbscnbers wl?o wiU BS wtfioflj the Yama diss shtli VfS f let m. htU xoolbae, i$0gthf wilt be-charged mm, gther mcfcscn- fed thrtee Dollars in ill cases. L will be receired for less ihma I diseootiaQed bat t tbe op ess All arresrges . are paja the Editor most be pest -.-. : it-. & ' ' - r' kit fAttersto jjToUersrwo tbejr will certsiulf of I beat- ISlfcemtnl wil U inserted f less finr.r.AS. i -. i iV- . iio rlllK (imitinaed aatif orders uJruUM5u w...; , r:--j ------ ; SlJtjd ta stop thecoi t where oo directions &ei?4e iear orsU months will Mtbepne ofchaoaring tbe bmj erery r , OF : H SHEPPERD. OF NORTH CAROLINA ON; THE CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ; DiPLOMATlCEkPENSES 05! THE GOVERNMENt. r FOR 1836.- i 1 ! . Ehtjf Rtprtsejitatives April 19, 1836. 'gfjMtle..of 'the Whole, on tho State b idoni-Uppn a motion to strike from the mrtMiyafjmitonst Jar lh Uivil -frw year ,1030,7 me iiems ut "itiiriy inoa Hcd dotimni- lor coniingent espenaes of tor- i i ' fordoheM -arid -V thirty, .ihonsand'. dyl- iifen, fori cosuogeni eayenaes 01 ; au ne mw lw tbsidf sndils(i,,.ti redu'ee the appropri liioflrlW the expenses Intercourse wih the ;ittarj Powers, from $17,400 to 10,000," jlt A. f SHEPPERD addressed the 3iBittee,.MibllsU-V'. I -;, j ISlr Cbairrotn, jii the observations that I t$ ibout to Submit, upon the pending; pro kiiioDSto amendt I wish to be understood ii doing tpj not jinerely as an individual limber of ijiisodyj biit as in obedience, $ tome decree, to the direction b( t he &aiiteej'''J$harged with the dut? bt ex- nog into U9 accounts or toe atate ! jje jajtannu ' ' ; :; : f",' ' L - iaoir, st thit by, this eflort wo may iMifl to seeic a consequence, and -gijro to lIcf an importaHce which, perhaps, ten cot int :odedfnor desired, in lie ar rtrgement o) the icobrnittees of this buse; til ouch as-pthers ma" have undervalued ?i!ted t$e duties, peculiar to this com lee, I hope wo shall be pardoned Tor at ijpung to show that i there is, at least, a Friety, if not necessity, in instituting Sc jrecutiog ;the svanbus enquiries which .puily UI1 within the scope of the au if kj delegated to us by the rules of this ?w, jet I tome not with a loniz anu j for qvmpfyMqtnniul ablicatioa: otlho expert ditdra) and Tre thay then free ourselves froO the trouble cr trying to ascertain how Irttb cf ti people's money jwill- probably dojloclr o?!y care will then be, to be sure, end rire enough! i This nrincinle will verv greitlyt dioibish "mod amplify the labour of legnlatiOQ; indeed we spall iben ijave .very, iittls to do, otber than to place the surplus revlnuk ojf. the country at the 'discretionary dispositioo of the President; and the Heads of DepartraentsvAnd bete, sir, we are a gaib forcibly reminded of the striking con trasl, o rather 1 incoosistencyt to jwhich the extxemes bt party mre continually exposed. To-tdav8. a centlerrian from Tennessee thinks it anitt)p6rtant to'Iook to Ibe amounts of confineni sppropristion; yeL to 1828, m rnctjviber from tbe.samo State! (Mr. Blair) andtklwi ?e the tre3ent gentleman oppos ed4t t lito admioistration, in a report, torching t us very :Department of the Gov ernrnent, ecommebds not rnetely to di rajmlsb the? contingencies applicable to Vnis 8ipnabroadt' '. bui that no appropriation wliaf everbe- made for that object. Iu my cstirlateoi publicj men, and ib my pursuit of rjublic r measures, 1 have ever laboured to gc arb agau ist that political excitement,under the influence of which we are tpojapt to con dernb thit to-day,! which a change of party views roy lead'ua to approve tomorrow;4r althughkn this Way.! may have acquired thb unebviabfej distinction of not being thor ouglj ib rny devotion to party, 1 have an Ta bhling consciousness that it is ; the only course off conduct that can meet my self-ap- provll; orj that. would tend to prpmote tbe peiuianeni jinieiesi oi mose wnom I uave the Ibnorj to represents I ; Pardon, sir, this momentary digression from! the rnie matter of business; lor which I mainly kr.ise to address you,: Bel ore en tering boWpver, upbii a notice of any par ticular items of expenditure, upon which 1 feel tnyselfcalled to remark; I must here pause to express my surprise that the Secretary of Stajtb shoill have sent in an estimate and that the Committee of Ways nd Means should haU reported the bill now under considerately, with a clause gijring" thirty ihousjind dollars for tho 'contingent expen ses of forejgn intercourse,' and a like sum for kcontiiiint expenses ot all the! missions r. a- - - 'iof which a lamentable illustrMtion ik iO tne faruOUS ttrenrlimfril riunnrta lit Wam !J i T ' : ' - 7'l,oinae auring tne session ot ! I?" -Not content with noticing ;:.citifg from .he books of the Trea sury and th detailed disbursement furnish ed tl committee to which 1 belong, that neither of these heads of expenditure, us u ally exceeded twenty-thousand dollars,an nually, and (hat for the last year, that fcr misliions abirbaol'was only 16,221,37 doU larst4was ieady to objci; and did, intend, eventunderjlliis view of the subject, to pro pose p reduce the appropriations to some thing like fllie expeiiiJi'ure; hut, sir,' what wasj mjr surprise w(ien by rt-ference to the balances inhe office of the Register of tl Treasury lljtscertai ned the fact,'tliat at the close of thfij last year there was on hand thirty thWusiid dollars, applicable 4o the service of t!jo present year, under the head of -'jOpntingnries pf Foreign Intercourse; andjtlie sutji 6 40,503,00 belngin to that of -all jthe missions abroad Thus we see;, sir, thst, under two heads of appro- f priation, iisugtlly covering an annual expen diture of, no qiiite forty thousand i dollars, therie fs already at the service of t(ie present jear, the suin of seventy thousand: five bun dled mid eijht dellars; and yet the 'fSecreta ry of .State r quires a farther appropriation of sixty thousand, dollars! j; Jl! is true, Isle that ; the chairman of the Co nmitlee of W ays and Means, fMr Cam- brelpg S44cpded by the rLairman of the Committee an Foreiirn AlTairs. (Mr Masuit) oiuo become prevalent in our attjwnpU now looves t slrie'this sum olaUty thou- Fr correaineauuses or govern- sand Holhiri (rom the bul, andl should probahlyhuve contented injslf, n jthis pait ol Xim crise with! merely voting lor the a- MffeDchienti report lior am 1 expected HP? Wit tb ooibt to. or disru thosnouti fepolhiciipptmbns iol those whof'!have' f concerapd in an of the Poverhment ittctioosib which 1 maV advert: dur lai have Ijbope ben 'prosecuted with a poselbatrlse8 far above that miserable 1: PwtJ ipirit whit h has Wft .. I! ! , i rrJ coursd was in truth COiCOS. and for oi9 sions abroad, 46,C33,87. s . i - Thus the lhret first qaf-ra cf the yesr had been met, and more than met, without trenching on ; the . appropriatiba of 183, surely 'then one short quarter of the'y was not likely to do much in diminishmg this amount; but,, eir, really very liule, bi osually little,' was at that time left to cbft jecture or estimate: for by reference t the Warrant book of the Treasury, it ; willfbb seen that as earl v as the 4th of May. the mi- gent of the department of" state ! had urio the requisilion of the Secretary drawD frbm the Treasury! thi sum of twenty thousand dollars, on account of contingent expense! of foreign intercourse,' which embraced jh wbolelexpenditure of the year with the ex cepliba of 1,436, 66. which remained of the amount drawn out of the i reasury in 1834. t , Hi 1327 prac- mendiiierit, hiid not a very strne attempt been , made by the latter gentleman (M r Al i- soii to 8hovyt". thjit the Secretary J ul blale could. not. aVthe tune ol Ins estimate, for the Vtar 183$ (which was made about the brst;r U-ioler 1335) know Hint any very cong'ltlwible i)alanre would rnmalb, at the linj end tf the year 1835, or that the; addition thousand dollars, under each of i!d ! ta.'(iitll nnl Im rvnnidil Wu e nave not nnit enivoroii iiinu h i i....v ..Uw....' .r i fi ri . . ..T ; "r V .- -iMw., I iiqi piivnufj sr-riu mat 11 imu uei"ir pM" ttfc kdminisiratlon, whicli evi mt. deserved the bublie ceniiri i..d Wm.J I. .1 ! I . -! . . ! T: io.uie necessity or legislative cor- --"v eacess oti party zeal restfoyed, f Fit degree; the usefulness of tile la HMffarts bf thaii Ja. w ttkui, j H 1 j circumstances tfio tri- of thirty i 5tjjd ,4 mbmerlt's serious cohsiii- tl,eiiiea fc6.H4-.-lt.-. :-T. i ."V 'LrV, t2V ' f t 'B - ' hat erud. b tit re- not ht tig on hnnd, the sums proposed in ttio iT 1 81 au,n3 Jnl oppositt ouuoalte I billiaild askeil hv the secrelarv. would h.i lailKoo -rl ' i ' ! . been iauiinUimily ilarge, ani indeed more rUrillt. ! . .. ... lic a- lltldlj; BlllilUICIIt. OUL H8l UlpOSIllOIl Cn iitii . . .1 ji "me win 1 1 ue Kecrciarv.iir u;s uieuu. maKO 01 in 1.1 . hi ,r ?genl ,,Jndt ndedfor the use norlobus .-bum, of upwards or seventy thou- wpajUnent he hdd, amoncstl other san dollarsW forlif it be said, he could not n? lor ; Ins office a mint !of th 1 h. :!irih - r Uf n....0.ni.ar i; .,1 a, s - 1 It has not been usual for the agent to be possessed, at bb early m day, of the. whole sum, ljkely to be disbursed during the ejnl tire year ; bu I presume, itj was so donejir this instance,! for the reason, that morb than trie usual amount of the annual expi diture was about being incurred at an ear iy period, and within the 1 first quarter .o( the year of this I may speak hereafter;; there was then in October last, nothing ljeft to conjecture and estimate under the head of contingencies: of foreign intercourse, and by reference to the expences of 'missionsa broad, We find Uial only $5,375, 89, wja required during the last quarter of the ytjar 1835. iThis bum then turns out to be the ojiljyps upHdlwhich ii is-'now contebdrj ed that, notwithstanding the balances j I have shown to be on hand, at the begin ning of 1835, and at the close of the third, quarter of that; year, the secretary could not hivelknown, that' the sum of sixiy thousand dollars would not be necessary. in addition thereto for the year 1836! jlti has indeed been ; intimated by the gentle-1 man, from Virginia, (Mr. Mason) that, in oruer 10 maice a saie estimate, me oecreia ry of State must wait until all the various items or accounts of disbursement, have been presented, and audited at the Trea sury; but instead of this view bei correct,! in principle, or tending to justify the course of the secretary, it will if admit ted, showja sti 1 larger balance, especraliy of the funds applicable contingent ex penses of missions abroad ; for even nojr, sir, the whole amount transmitted -for set tlement, ahd passed by the fifth auditor, does not exceed fitfe thousand (lollars. Yjt the expense incurred, under thi heatl fipr the year 1835, is set down at $16,221,37 : that being (the sum actually paid out of the treasuiy. Upon individual account, or by funds place J in the hands of the foreign Bankers, cjr otlief agent of ilie govern menU U be disbursed in the pay ment of the nJi merous items of account, into which uen a he id of expenditure neces-'anly diyiilejs itself, but tvhifll cannot in t'hein!elvps le looked to, las the : standard tf expemlimre under any particular head of appropriation, are not so considered at the Treasury ; hut; on t'e other hand, t!ie sum so drawn from the 'lr?as'iry. and the finds pureha eil, and placed iniths Ii.hmIs of our Hankers and otTier ij;ents, are considered and treat ed as expended, ialihough h may, and fre quently does hippen. th it upo i tl're ulti mate and (letailed fettlenient of ;dl l!ie ac counts involved,, balances may be fo-id unexpended, in the hands of these njrenls, but whichjare coisiilered as s entirety out of the Treasury, jthai a warrant drawn for their rf payment, or resuration, t tie head of appropriation from which they wre taken. I ' i ' ' Thus. you see. sir, the 'actual' disburse ment undbr any particular head of apprl- ptiation. may prove to he less, hut cannot ? .ft I ! well turn out to oe more, ilian Hie sums o j advanced by the ffovrn'O'-nt. It is, tliere fire, mt :dy idle, but ifally tS: peiitle man fro.ojVirj;inia ( Mr. Mason,) does hoih himself aijd the Secretary of State erertt jr.- justice, wpen lie co'tiends that the efh- uiates for t e Depariiueut are regulated hv the actual tate of the individual accounts, as settled jt the Treasury ; for, I repeal, were this Ue case it would make-the-niat-ter still wrse. hy sbowitie that the pres ent estimate of sixiy thousand dollars for lMingeniMes offForeign intercourse and Mission, ahroad.; had been, made, with a much larjrer halauce on hand, than CeUlinlv it i nr iroool favor or.sneb a coorrs cf ; letsiatioru - thu the money is noiiWznsdi crtd that tts ahoulj reward the economy of ihose who have charge of the public funds; by pla cing; tsns of thousands at their I will and P,c5r o' mad -sbo vb the: accustomed wants cf ihervcrnmlntl Ghch blind con fenci'ij unworthy; of jtiiat ivigilance and care whieh should ever characterise the representatives pf the people Hi," f I MWM6M ra 1 nave jusij nil mateu, 1 have no particular charge of i extravagance totnakei louchinsr : the- dMbbremnt that I have examined, yet ip the prngressof uuic lurcsugaupn, wnicn ny me coynrbiueel was authorised make, 1 met with some , items 1 of elpebditure which wrerejat least, in their character somewhat extraordinary, if not wlmllrj objectionable. Iii thisj cfasm Ijould plajce" sumi I paid but of the apprbpriationsj forlContingeiclea of Foreign Intercourse,, py direction of the President of ibe Uiiitec ISiatesi tb obe Ed. niund KooerU a citizen! of i New Hamrw In the; year 1832. Mr. Roberts missioneu, or employed, by the-. President of the: United States, to vis'it the countries of Mujscat, Siain, CchinCh:ina and Japan. The object of this Eastern Mission sesms tp have been the formation of treatiem with the Sovereigns' of these demj-barbarous. na tion (to; aid iiijits fulfilmeni,i pjesents pn behalf of our government, were made ! to about the amount of three ihonsand three hundred dollars: The compensation of this government agent warn a tlis lime fixed at six-do(iars per day, but fje Was also allow ed, in thb settlement of Ilis accounts, fire jpeir ceril-. 'commission upojn till sums sb dis bursed by him in presens. He returned ih the Spring of 1834, having, as I under stand, j concluded a treaty with v the Sul tan of! Muscat ; but failed in doing jab with the other Powers ui wliomi be Was sent, j ! jp- - i j Hi , 'I y '. In the Spring of the last year, Mr. Rob erts ws$ again despatched with i fresh In structions, at an annual salary of four thbui sand four hundred dollars which 1 was Ji rected to be p iitl him from the first of the year ; and to strengthen ibe hopes of still greater j success present! amounting to 319.530,79 were purchased in the City of ixew Xork. and ulaced at! his docnosition wi h aview of being emnl buying or concdiatiug the power$-to whom he had been before, in some degree acerelited. This expentli oyed by him, in favour pf those tfn PHe tervics bat three SJ?t ? to,411? iUvt llr i: t forocJ! eay Ijalftajvcnh th. tj I H1 t&Zzxfill TripulJ. VThiaaahrirf eqmrMnsiut dw's. 5 to iTle1 h citcr r Ut fcst 4 : em this cto of Consuls frcoi arTii ;edUa nay fcav.lcca azztl f I sncB of three thousand dilUr r pnwta td iha Goveraroeote where they rpsids, aod nay even exceed this amount, upon ths written ptrmkskin of ibe President of ihe United States. UU m r; this law ges still fartbrr, and easily shows that whiU it wis the parpree of iCongrrss to cherish oar commercial ibtereuorse j and to pro servo peace with tbeta Puwrs; it aUo intended to pruvide thai the agents eropluyH in disbors iog these ft tot of 00 r GuTernuvothold bs com polled to tender a strict acaooat of jthe manner in whieb tbey shtiold I psrfbrai this service. V ith fhi viw th sixth Seel loo onsets. J ' J -That itshall be the duty if the Consols (re siding on tho Barbary Coast, to transmit to the Jretary of tbn Treasury anfioally , an account of all moneys received and of all disbnrsementa or xpenditnres mide by theaa fVspertivrlytfur or on aeeoQQt of th U.S. & the particular pa rpose to which ths monys have been applied Jcihe vouch ersjo support ibe same j and the $eeretaiy of the Treasury shall transmit lo Confess, within two muntbs slier ths commencement of tho first session thereof, in eery year, a statement of sll the niooeys disbursed from thoTrssary of the United Ststrs (ut expenses of inierpoarse with ihe Barbary Powers, during the preceding year; 1 herein noting as far as eah besscertiined at the Trt-asury , thesnms receivedby the respective agents or Consuls, snd the purposes tp which ihe same have been applied., j I I woidd here mphstically enqmrb of the old est members ut ihu body, thus most Experienced in th slterations and amendments which oar laws have undergooe, wbeiber the section that I have just read, has ever been repealed, or even modified, in scy wsy? Fur mye!f havs been unable to di&cuter any thing Sbowiog its repeal, or alieraiioQin any paiticular whatever. Ta king it therefore, tabs the law of lbs Und, the outnnittee waited fur the expirationbf the two months, within which time the Secretary tf lbs Treasury is required to make commjinication;of this conUngeoi disbursement to Coogffss. But, sir, we waned in vsin. Yei supposing the delay was; pMbably owing to this press of business, or mumentsry inattention, I was SutburiSed by the coiuiotttea without resorting to the forpality of a resolution on the suhjoct, tuehufre ibtu the rea son of this delay that reason, jor answer, is giv er, in the Secretary's note of , 16th February, in which he says, thai Consuls have never made any returns to this department, 'under the act regulating the tame, or they would prvbally have been submitted to Congress. j ; 1 Can it bo true, sir, that ihtsjwise ahd prudent I isla live provision has been wholly peglecled? X, ir, it ki emphatically turejtor instead ol be itijf observed and carried into execution, it's very furei waJsj-iii'Mirred within ihe last quarter of 1 existence seems to have escaped the attention of the jVe&ii 1834. and the!! first Quarter of I all those, uliose duty reuuired them ! to see its Si! ! "I ' i . . 7 ..v. ..ii.--s. . ut the present day, or the presejtt sda)nistratiUn, 1835 ill have not merely Icon ten ted myself With ascertaining the amount of tins boun ty or umiation.oii behalf ol pur government but in obedience to a seu4e of duty, have lobkfed ihrouli the eiitir ;IUt, or ;$eriesof articles id merchandise of which it has heen jimjM;;d and have taken care to See that, kiccordnlg to law and tiiei practice of the NC2overittiieiiU this hi run :ihil iimiiiul itis pU'remeirt has receive 1 ihe proper1 certifi- ittes oil the President aijjd Sdcreiary ol ians with ihe direction for it? payment. oiil d tfie hind for ('oiilirjijeiicies id" Fir- elgu.;iurnaurse. Tie iUe.iiaii employed' in iliis ,bnsi iissjisrii hvorabl'y spoke. of, i by those wi kijlw; ti 1 111 , and judging froui what '3kipwli'it$ ioy iuvetioaiipi nas alTrilel lul ol iilnietiaracier, lain iii.j.oei to thitik iwii otitis .qualificaiMuisl !r hticlt a mts- liVn'.! Itfpr ant 1, sir. nof in; tpu'.iin the policy .ol whic:ii tt-eks' to extend coi.oiterttiil inierouise Willi ibe nations, uiiora-lj in this euterpre, i-and l?iat too aliuoujli gifts ui;;y (c i.e sary tojr4ipiti jlii their -favour, or centri? lo us the mere Sn'rivitegfiVf tradiuij wnh them.' .Ijo hir. hut is equally chargeable to those lhatj have pre ceded u i lor 1 believe in mo language 01 me decretarj of thoTreasufy, ouMCoiisul. have never made any returns,"; according io the ie- H8itui:is ol the. act of 1810 had not showo a manifest ibtttssUw ta iU hvr'i Iii3 Lis duUes, t or that si lttt Igxf-U pvutg this adiitiunal svUssce cf ctcf in : r our Cottar, at Tangier, he had eeca nzzltzl hr1 cf the Treaary : fur. tir. fcawtver tl!s bts gentWotn, with otbsrs. ma v idti -ti 1 projs to scouoat fee all ibeir disborsstarcu. a plaint provuioj. bf .w; ij an exaoSs k tiit" I ought , to bs favored or adal2sd. 'lid tit. I th,a myaly objection. oonnectJd with lbs of Mpendiiurtjwhich 1 1 am now , tsferrbii 1 for! in them 1 11, we have t &tifa toi of the great impropriety f peroiuirV surplue amooois to aecamalats. bbi!V.,. ml . ft. , ",. . .. - - - . wr. s Mgva( oeaa 01 ai&oarsement,;by cot attesdic? to the state cf the appropriation, at the dcis cf each auecessive year, or al any time, whee ls may be proposed to make so addiiinn.i : atioo. os.attheendbfheymlg34hV ! IolhT?dVno,y ih h':t Interccartel with the Barbary Powers. the sum of 1807- Z 00 mure than enou!?h to meet ihm nen.i expenditaie j yet, ta 1835. We have the old ap- r. r. . p , pi vmg aa avauaus a----mccnt for tbat year of SS.00O ; oat of this baa J been taken this extraordinary I expeoditsre ef nejr twenty thoosand dollars! for preseaU to the ? Emperor of Morocco. . - ',1,, But. sir, I woald enaaire who Via Tcdeff fcr tbe unual appropriation . of the last ytar, iraaMa-4 d he was giving an extra fund to be eaplovsd 4 ... uj wuei exuaoraioary way, and ta t w propnsiy 01 wnicn his i stteutwa warn request, snd askinsr a sneeirlfi snmnnnitl this particular objecW Thereby affordier the i VOMTA nfln..lr:n. S.I. . 1 J!-..? ? . iu uiu.tnr in. other ooosoal disbursement, may supposed lo -"' icing to (Uiem toe aimosi useless task of merely enUchribg the expenditsrs after itshall hare been mads rem a ; fund creaL u wiiuvat an laumauoc irorp any qaarter ozsa inisotion to tpply it to such a purpose. When . so event occurs tbat is really feontineent mad nr. gent in its character, such as could not hava- oeen especially looked to, and provided for fey congress, then the President kroaldl he efssrlr l jusufied in meeting any expense tbst raar aa . crueoot of the common, standing contingent mp propria lions : but it cannot be said that the de termination to institute negociaiioos with the Emperor of Japan, the SalUnW Muscat of King ol Siaro,.or to apply! for a renewal of IhS treaty with the Emperor of Morocco partake at all if this character: these were objects presenting time f.r deliberation ; and were certainly of aaf- ' ficient importance, even from the large expend!- iuio ih wuica tnej nave given rise, to navebeeo presented directly to the consideration of Coa- gress. Bat, sir, the principle for Wpleh I eontend is i, whu h we had a legal right mment, in relation to this ysry treaty with Secreiarv of tbe Tressory 1 1 Mori eo : for when, in. 176.1, it was - proposed ig.insob.eothei sy,to learn w make presents to the new Emperor.in ordsr : . J. - II 1 I . ...It. . m - - Having ihus entiiely foiled in obtiining the previous example or oar, gov- r : l . . . . .. . . UlUCII IUMIIUIIIUIIi iu eXecl trout 1 1 e ,f uractieahle the dispoitiun tblt had been mads lo ob?io his recognition of Ihe treaty which it is ..I toe tarjr su.us of money placed, froqi lima W "ow 'nifna o tmpney wss Dot fa- o.ue, at the! will and pleasure of tbtse disburs- kcn lhe P'eaideat from the .contingent fund, aenis..fti,eGl.veriiiuent. t And, isltboogh. wn"J ppropnation, foij iDterconrst with 4.9wiiave jost ien.snnual tatetneis of ek- hat power, but a apecifie appropriaUoa was , t nditure have hot been iorwardU in tb Secrets- mZ w passed for thst parucular purpose. ... .a . . nia ib m n twwmrjnwstm sis mmmmm m . .m z .x a i.f uih Treasflrv. and bv blm suhmttua to T' . . V urw wW'.w; w ioia prep i red to call our ovtr:iuieni id sirtiniftlieu our Uiroas. a b liapens. IbatlwbetL t has pre- i(ih sincerely wish had beea fol- c.ly sailed the con vei.ier.ee of oar Consuls to ,owv3',n ".,nc" Tfn,CIli.1 ? OOW aa. ,loso.ihey have, ilinntli - theT Department bf IMte!d f "d , trnly re- ! uie.co,,an.catedeinue acJdnt of (their do- Pab,CTn tnne, of srificsprpriaUoM.gaiB n.jrs to ,H,r Government. By efeiente to the tnB t"? J. J- .eaa ibat perceive the w:ws .f the Treasury where ihlseui.Uera have rnsnifestatioo of a disposition to lose sight ef ; L'i..U A.,it,.r I f hnii Ihil wwchmi MircUwIUtlKl m ID lDPnJTiasnrA U i mt..A I. 1 I. i u i J...,r nrotcknl A Tanirier nd onsotborised expenditure of tbe treasure cf bTtled ny iccou4since-bi. V'VTk k" J l" S ap1- i..,u.r t. winch was m 183S ; and' that tile "d that we have, tt present, a aolsal !Hfsl4.Jl7 41 stands, as a charge aga.nSt ! ffl PphcaUoo of the eablie CbooW ol tbeTrl8ury.ll sboold ooy, not in the cantioMMeeOie i provls&fof ' 7.... . Mr iU rnd. oorlsws spnropristioffit.bat id the sound and jiilliiJii iiiby well fie, ami he riht;aiid yet nv ltie Secreisrt of btate.for farjher advisement, ll- ..PVooW tt, I aslr, be wise to rely pea lis yjefV 'gr4vej. questions' ma f arie, as! to tho 1 ln chism q'leuco bt iis Jinbraciogxtravagant ex propriety of applying tii, cotitiugeht luud t' I continuance of such a security fj -I Yes, sir, si! rosy now be welt I " .'i : T I J 1 , O lo 'paytlit'iit of a ealaned bfficerl who. tlioui(i tie! has for years sustained a sortol ililoiuatli character atiro iu, and has actu ally tiegorialed a ireaiv, aud is v now gone ipou a second iiissiou, ai an expellee of! Mventy-iour ihousatul dollars, : haS uever llufitiii alf this time been liobnnaied to the benate hri appoiiitiiieui :! or, in . auV oilier way? been inade known to the coutary, as hoiinectedl with au important loreiini ser vice. l!kniw It IS 8d id ibL, t"3 2lrd salust the .s ' nei:duures made by him on a visit tobs JSmpf- '"' TT.- -JrJlV TT: i vi , t .hu.it f Fr. t luni winwiwnui maoce cs, as irgisuTors to : r.i ol Morocco at the city of tf. - i Iook ibtt lew inxiooiiy to th4 oeana of foicre Samuel U. Heap, present i Unsol a tT anis. Mfely Those may hersfter possess the execa- is debu.no ihe smoont of 10,723,6 . his tivs rule in oar government, vrhtsw ambitioea not settled aoy sccouni smce-Slst lite 18il propengiueg, oTwhose sordid love of money, ins - D-niel S. McCayly, Consul, at Tripoli, la lead them, to construe not only liberally, hot charged with a balauce against himjf 3.72 1,79. most; miscbievooaly, their power over such por- His last setileuirnt was on SOth Johe, 1833 . tionsof ihe poblie tressme aa rbsy be placed la From 18l0,Io ihe present time, I ffiud that their hands, without strict legs) limitations as to ! the sum of $7 00.000 has been expended, or paid the objecis of its application : 1st os i cot thtre- out.on account iTuur intercourse with the Barba- fore, set an example of. blind and implicit con fl ry Powers, exejusivs jf various disbursements, dence which may tend hereafter j to endanger et Which are usuallv embraced under tbisbeas ol I destroy tbe Iiberues of oar country. exiendiiute ; but which do not properly, belong to . ' -m tmm .4 I .k A.. 1 : 1 .II"--. - W r -&1 I I . 9 j .. . i - t'cu ill . . I :. . ,,mm,im SKQ K77 BH IHili DMn 1C I I nr n rv tlllU iWlrttT that for which 1 have cuilended : and. in- S j -j :i l .i ........ ,i .. .. ,.i . I . . t.. k..t .t.na. .,. in Innv hat of I stead ol tustifviifcr ihe aonronriation of t Ft J .1, ...J. ' . ...J i... . .... i h.i.. I ..i.n...,.,i.iii ..nr ureaent. sod oreeedins eoo- I The furest means Wo can use 10 XTnVa $17,400, akel bir the present year's ex-;Uii: iu ih for iu Luis, and emntriercial agents. , A at a true estimate ol ourselves, 5 lo ESdCtll, pense of our Intercourse with the Barhary iis.ead of bb disiotsed n go!iaur succeeding in I 1 Mill not. sir, be so personal aa to sp-cny i the secrect lautts ana vices tnat IOTK Wtuua rowers wouiu snow thai the JJenartment 1 jeiuou.i &upicou, aim euecong me ousiiies w mnHigiwui iruiuw ui i y-rr-. i us, is to cxiiuiuq uuikitc ut uiv turn uibvioctuir. hid lurm i ue uruioi imsii juhimw..,...' - i wblCn 8XB laiU OOWu IPT OUT OlTCCUOa kfrt;:,, Tr 7 w,,uvu iOtaies. at lliq pnee ir??!m, Bht what hale we tainly there rould have boon no dilhcultv in 1 menls of the last vear's annriw)riaiion hive ascertain i ngow It stood at the end of the I been forwarded bv our Consuls and settled jeari is 94. eti source j " - a was yet unauiiiorized to asK any amount whatever for this service, as no disburse- disposition to ques fter or 'exleiit of rontinaect "T ."tuniH.locaiti! in.! :nepproiiiationi for the iSecrti"J v y disbursemnt.lhst apptopriated $3(000 to each of these ob- have been afforded. But it see h a at "lay hat aul,0,,zeat jcb; givirjg, for 1835, an entire euro of this little trouble has not been s ihoa1niM?li',cl9 .-hPfSM-fbl ei6iBO.top4 -:SujppsiapaV thai.iiia'othsir the only enquiries have probabl 7-MtTw'SV " Ufil "cbmerjtrnifiht or liter dat of calculaUon were attainable, much was fvoted last year? ..nytobsrrasSroen to thjs by ihe sccreUry, than those to which I have nought How i much more tl fe 5!!pu!te !f1T,ce- There is, justfeferrcddors not every body see that, a matter" that has not 1 k Li . sf of. 'II rw nnlk. B . . - w - c t.j. I unless. 3 tittl, 'ul waiting to j scan coiiilncences of foi eign ini ieiiiI:!air'd"Xs Rtrte by. iho pioptieiy wa!Sa0,QO0 yeji for ISSSl py .r'fernce to the Same un- ,of Information,: and by a mere tnotneht's inspection we are! informed to J thai tinder the. bead;of Cctingenciea of missions alroad,T the sum on hand on the S islJDccemVer, 1834, was $26,729;' and for ntercourse,' there there! was also at the Treasurvi inu .ruinfiiKnl wuixMit liiiusliMiire. I lie UierM lacl I lw rfoht.irs til tneir POVemweUt.DUl auau cunicnt I m,m ImiA Hnarn - fr I r "6v?vcp- j ' ' '... I ; . . : , . . . i wumu , Ml attruibiinj: to d so will, in must iiistauces, b m)sell by bsving merely pisnteo oui ioe panic . t history; and to compare OUT llTCS 5 touod to a wi. ken unusual curiosity, and to give l ular sums that are cnargesow to mwq now iu i . f . : . . f k iM.sWi;oeeviotlib otuid iliemisait-.. wlrli office fi.d. i. favour ut whom & is proposed to with the life . Hip wrlir op lo-lba ii. ,..' .h . .1... . . i. ' .:o r.L.u.w,r..iUi..r 417.400 em I oerteeiion oi numarj naiurenau tos aao; iMiiuiu nut uv Miiieu, iiau : uiaiu I aiiu iqei inn wmn i.. f mi v I .. I m . .i t But the truth is, as I have asserted ; and have been a secret busi less, the president hundred didlars for contingent expenses, sno Urines. 9 . . i ' a . . L . i s a.. ,.i...ii.,....i at ....i.i.... ..,r...i s a. . a, v. k a .1 ifniiarsi inr awsirn aaa uirsw auicw i as the boofcs ol the J reasurv show. t the M"f UB,,6'?U crT,r?,,M,,';,M,u"; . -r; t - " -.T I year's expenditure is considered as regu a- ll-PIT "w .Vf 7 7-1 VZT . . -ss'JV ihVaet 4f 1810 alreadv I A5XCDOTX 07 ALCIBIADtS. -TMS etia- J . r !. I d.L er-ultiitr Llit nhH-elB U,t whirh It his been I inir ta the DfuVlSlunS ut tu6 SCt 0I AOIO aaiC OT I , .. ? l '-t -,'tt?-j - t 3- r. T ; f i - i r-. -: ii.f.iii firMn ttiiMniin tan Mtimi ma ted by the sums: drawn out for disburse-' 1 ment : mese amnnnia ran tppn t i : . . -. i i ..j -.j- :.l as every other, during bis sdmtoisir-tioni with his he disbursed in presents, isions of the act of 18 ID : : . Bm4ir this is not all that It is propowd to do. I very; handsome dog, of jigiooa i f scte EVP even to- bestow more fly eelimated for; sndso far NbafH.f e.Jr?!jlrUefimi f P? th! extreme tf cbnfi- T TenBi i Bai 100 ge"leman 1, iajn-r J Ar. tU.. Johnson,) has rT--W8dhat-as we cannot foreaee fll1 TOOUnl linay.Ve-. oeedfd, tin- ! - wulJtod0Dt or annroonation ms amadment fre ment's glance. The Secretary of Sutb had j usiatfraolbiess aild ibdepejidoc of ij character, or has re-emly been dvoei to favor or patronise I wbifh bad cost him; 70 mipea (about 710 these aluiKi jriesp'oaioie ouicri- e American uouarsj ana ona mj twi u meut. ibe ireatv wtnen nas;uo-wn?u or nar ..U . t;..n. aarol turriM nn,l h.il himlaav. rilran I Kftm w r hJthVm ID1S UNIVeTIUrai -HU U W isof the expenditure. I Moneu, Deing soi'ui o rr.r, w. t- which wss bis greatest beauty to fee, est Ilia friends censor ed lira Tcry ; cssh ihi scrount. and said i the whcls atv hlsmed him exceedingly for r epeilisj the besQty of so ?ery fhaocxasa av crcitsre. This is the very thing I wanted, nys ts tail, ofX on thft I ..Jw.L;..; f... .1 .l. . .u...S,.;.. I 1..1 t.-n laul uul in lh cilV of New bv direction of the President, -he 1 head of the DenartmenL. until mii raA ..r .ui .A ..... J..iu in.J v...ir k. ih.rHirTuI theJStatM. under the ! ill mtl ! would hlTS tha 'r: Jjhssissa ? , . , . . , j, ., ;'j' " -iim''wHi ici.im iua acouuui iu' buiu ,m- ', . -7 ' I w,f - ,i 1 T ,; ,'- - selves with sajwj thira tbest Mir4?..l,y tngentedtbe'.disbaiaementsJcently.. iL ; litisatiubJaii from tie itatare4it'tbsvaebi to mer-1 aetliritr Piidt. ia-fwreJSiase 1 discourse abootwhatl have dens lo cy durinc tho year 18S5.enough an abundant 1 1 r5fou wilt bear in mind, sir that I m tint 1 it. inustiib some derre. Viva i nublicitv to the 1 verv treat vsoety of foreign and domestic pJa. ! h-k .- D1T net CStertita tlisa - . 11 . . .s ! " I : - . . ; 1 i O m ,T r T. .1 " . . t . .1;. :w 1 'JT . .-... - - : . ; - si hive remained tonne pres-i now indulging in any objection to the al wbois ttansaciion. 4; I ,( iSi ; 1 wncn nave oenau.ppru u urea rem .or. utw. res with f: thout any mddiUonal appropna- J mounu annually expended, under these n hMten, sir, to notice the dwborsemeots 1 atd sre iniwea ww nj mat presen ea w i f f 1 r I ' heads. o VfrV"? rU r "7 7" 1 .T" m?uT9Z w Tuuwroeniss.wtw t tolwltJoaSal General, resident at Alffters. and I disbursed 1S33, the unexpended balance,! uuoer tne i ine conUnoed repeuuon of annual demands two thtisad to each of oaiother Cbawils;! sent 1 of 1835 head nf jnnfmninpiia. fnr fore ion inter I, for eTtvvnt nt nt.l.r. ..n.An:..:L. i I .A j;or.... nt. 41J-..J cl.. m. " at K'I i tt . t s ."ri'Ta"-T4i mmm t'Pivuii&uyua ctcaa sjajsajj owes ouas. w if-' At a dry goods estalishraeat la Brcadway, d in that cooniry ,11 bt ihe ariprupratioo there is a single paias i ef GUsa which feep 5;Wiioacooaafawliivbis to be iottltbe wmMsrkrf Trry- i'' f being faffr.!i:,rd t;tnfrts. t 'I .'41 .- .1! - :t"4 Sit ! I ; ' t i J - ' ' - " -u I -! . - y ; ' ' I - i 1 ' ! -' . . i - ' ' H ' !' I -' - ' i ' ' it ? ' - - J ' ' ' - j :' " ' " - A ! - : ; I ' ' 'M; it . "1 v j -s ' '- i f , .--ij' . j-' '' i - !;, :" j j ' I" ;': ! ' ' ' ' V ' ' ' '' "' Tl "' J - s -: i i -: t 1.1 -S i- a ft - 3 . ;- -- -. ; a mi