Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-22

ssd Of il TOR d,c benefit of AIR Timbe sko. have
sought information from u quarc,s where there
was hope of obtainng IT, 49,
On inspecting the officers receipt hook, produced
oy Ar: Norman appcu rcd that the amounts enter.
ed under date Of 3ist Marcb tsa8 exceeded :, Ooo
dollars. Of these entries, about twenty had baen
hotoriousy erased, altered, and reduced in
aiter the accounts had been added up; and tho uddi
lion was otter PR Undertakes death. These nj
tcrations are IN the handwriting Of Mr Norman
who would give explanation of them: their eff,ct
Vas TO deprive AIR. Tiinberale Of credit, which he
would otherwise huyc received tn the exact amount
OF the reduct,ons tho aggregate about 470 dollars
Eh,nking that some OF the officers might rene ber
whether they received the money entered under liza,
date, from Lieutenant Randolph, or not or had Rent
private accounts which would show, I addressed
Nters :" men, asking information. Copies are
annexed, marked ~ (8) (9) to these I have
received the various answers NAKED fIO) 20 ,e !
nave also addressed duplicate letters % Mr. Ladco
Naval Storekeepe' ut Port Mahon, (oOl TO which
there has not been time for un answer.
In the letter from Lieutenant Shields, mark ed
toj This paragraph: To tho best of my recnll.c
t'on, MR. Timperlukc kept two receipt books one
which he kept always at hand. and in which small
amounts were generally entered. The other was
used on occasions of general settlements. whom all
these email sums were added together aud receipt
Tor IN as one sum and when he receipts in the for
ner book were accordingly cancelled. think it
quite prooable that the sum you mentioned ia your
letter lone hundred aud veny four dollars and four
cents,) embraces, in this way. various sna II sums
which may have been paid to me at Different times,
R par, ~ Dir. Yln,beriake' and par, possibly by Mr
Randolph, on or previous 10 3Ist March 1923.
On examining the loose papers ur Mr.. Tlmberake
the first book alluded 10 by Lieutenant Shields, be-
ing mere memorandum book, was found Upward-
of 90 dollars were found CHARGED ON II TO Lieut.
Shields IN Mr.. Undertakes own h-nd writing
which were included in the entry on tho larger re-
ceipt book, under date of 3lst OF March Up,-ards
OF 400 dollars were, IN the same manner, charged tn
Commodore Patterson 100 dollars 10 Assistant Sur
vi TO H.,
30 dollars to Mdshpmsn Marshail 100 dollars to
Acting Master Pope; IL dollars to Lieu enant Val
Lotto; 10 dollars to L!eu.en,nt Randolph himself and
considerable sums many other officers All these
Gums are brought upon the officers receipt book I'M
Ger date OF 3'si March This is conclusive that all
The sums upon that book under that date were not
paid alter Mr.. Timber axes death as claimed by
Lieutenant Randolph aud stated by Mr. Norman
1,deed, of 1853 40. charged to Commodore Pat,cr.
son on that day, his private account shows that CT2
13, were paid by M. Timherlale himself previous
to his DEATH The balance, DC dollars was paid by
Lieutenant Randolph on the 9TH April This sum
Is charged on ar Timberakes book 10 Lieutenant
Eandolphs hand writing There are charGes in
bis hand on the same book, TO the amount of 463 So
Which ne probably paid OIL, OF Mr. Tnberlakes
money. The deductions made by the alterations on
The same book, amount to q little more than the
same sum, and is probable tina, one wus intended
20 balance the other. On the whole | was forced to
consider Lieutenant Randolphs claim to the amounts
entered on this book, under date of March 3Ist
1928, as totally uafounded. With executions aIrea
dy mentioned, the payments are believed to have
oeen made before shat day by Mr. Tmbelake, or ON
that day by Mr.. Norman, who attended 10 his bust
ness during his sickness.
II will be observed, that Lieu,enants Vallete and
fallmadge state. that Lieutenant Randolph kept ~
pen aud sold Mr. Timberake's private stores during
the return voyage With the memorandum book al
ready alluded to- was found another, of the private
stores sold to the men. II commences on the Goth
February, 1885, and the lates, entry in 1t is dated
the a4th juno, of the same year Down to the LIST
~f AArtl itA .aw.. L., ~k>
Nr. Timberlikes name. and have been passed to his
credit
All those dated ed Of April, and afterwards, have
been charged in Lieutenant Rundolphs name
and have passed to HIS credit. As II was on tho Cd
of April Mr.. Timbe.lake died, and not until the Sd
that his money and effects delved over TO Lieu
tenant Randolph, and the latter entered upon the Pur-
sership It IL evident that all sold That and
the preceding day. must have belonged TO Mr. Tim
berlaks2 Lieutenant Randolph has therefore GER
tainty received credit for some Of Mr.. Timber
lakes stores, for which he has not accounted Blu,
there good reason to believe that all nearly all
the stores entered this book, belonged to Mr. Tim
berlake, and ought to have been passed hs credit
1t is not stated in the book where Mr.. Undertakes
interest ends, or Lieutenant Randolphs commences
1t is not known that LIT. Randolph purchased any
stores until about the 18th May, at Gibraltar Ofth.
kinds Of stores enumerated by him in his requistion
at Gibraltar, viz: sugar, tea, tobacco. &c &c none
found charged in this book after that date exc of
tobacco, and the tobacco being charged at one dollar
por pound. hardly be- that which he purchased nj
Gibraltar, which cost but twenty six cents II is
therefore beloved, that Lieutenant r ,ndolph has
credit for several hundred dollars account of stores
which belonged to Mr.. Timberlakc.
That he has credit for portion OF Mr. Timber
lakes sops, apparent from the face of his account
He is charged for Stops with s 742 90
He 10 credited for Stops distributed
to the men 1851 Sc
Returned into Naval store 764 81
--t,6iG so
Excess OF CREDITS over debts 1893 80
As the Purscr is allowed but ton per cent. OIL slops