Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-25

Fourth Auditor and in reply to u question: stated,
that none of Mr.. Undertakes private stores were
sold by him; that the chest containing ms goods was
nailed up at the time OF his death, and not opened
until the snip arrived in Boston, where they were
opened and sca by order + the Navy Depart ment.
III
1t. l.. A. L Valette states that after the death
OF Mr. Tmherlake, he received verbal order from
Com Patterson to have inventories taken of all prop
erty lett by hum on board, public private; he rave
to MIR, Randolph, and he thinks Mr.. Amasa PANE
Mr. Lord, and probably Mr.. Norman, directions to
take the Inventories and at the same time rave M
Randolph the key OF Mr.. Undertakes iron chest
which he had received from Com. Patterson inven-
torres OF Mr. Us clothing, and articles that he
had purchased for his wife and family, gwen to
him, (Valette) which he produces; he did not
see the inventories of Mr.. Undertakes money, Stops
and stores; but he always understood that such were
takcn and supposed that they the possession
OF sir Kandoph. and copy forwa ded to the Fourth
AUDITORS Ohlce memorandum OF the amount of
money was given to him, which he gave To- Com
Patorson but he does net recoect the amount
There Was consdef able amount of gold in the iron
chest, and there boxes of Spanish dollars
SAID to contain two Thousand dollars each and anu-
Their box, part of which had been used He reculccts
that Mr.. Randolph told him nf the boxes fell
short twenty dollars Mr. Randolph recently told
him at Philadelphia that there were upwards OF Gle
ven thousand dollars of the money.
| There was large chest continuing shirts vests
and other articles, belonging Mr. Timberiakc
! +.
oy him tor sale OF the articles, charge of Mr. Nor
man; anu MIR. L had also, he time of his death,
vare'y OF small stores for sale to til boa I'd,
all o. which Were delivered To Mr.. Randolph Non"
OF thes were included in the Inventories produced to
him. nor does he know that they were accounted
tor lie can form opinion of the value OF these ar
tcles. lie has kuo wcdge, nor did he ever hea
on board that Mir Randolph paid any of the sums
entered ON Iimberlak-s pay ROLL closing the 3 lst
March. 1928. nor did he hear of Mir Rand. lphs paw
ing any debt whatever of Mr. TiIber.ake's at Port
Mahon He does not kGow what was done with n
single dollar OF the money lett by Mr. Timberlak,.
on public account.
All of Mr. Undertakes papers, public and private,
were etl IN the care uf hIr Randolph He thisks
HI saw, before the ship arrived in United States
packets ut papers tied up and marked private bur
does not recoleet whether they were under ST ol or
not lie had an oval brass seal engraved for Mr.
dImberiase, about year before his death, with his
initials upon IT. but does not know what became nf
llt. Mrs; Eaton recently tod him she had II He
has no knowledge that Randolph issued any of Tim
berlakes Stops, or a:iy other, after Timberlake S
deat 1t Is not usual for the men, IN the latter part of
cfu'se' TO draw many sops. Stops might have been
Issued without his knowing it. He was very intimate
e with Mr. Ilmberlake, and much attached to him.
lie never knew or suspected him guilty of any want
OF integrity He never knew of his renting money
to any person in the United States. H. knew no.
thing about the disposition ma of Mr. Tmberlake
Slips at Boston having left the ship before thew were
taken OUT fie understood from Mr.. Randolph that
some ca pets and her articles found slowed
not included In the Inventories and that thew were
delivered to Mrs Timberlake
He has no recollection of ever opening or seeing
MIR. Undertakes letter book and knows nothing of
the mutilation exhibited in it, Nor does he know
any thing of Timberlake's last book, CONTAINING the
private accounts Of the officers. The inventories of
MIR. Undertakes clothing, &c are dated April 3D.
1928; he thinks the money counted, &c on TIL.
same day.
Mr. Norman acted steward to Purser Timber
AXE and continued to act in the capacity for
Dir Randolph, until the ship arrived al Boston. He
wes taken SICK at Boston, and Randolph go, z Cal
der lr to aid HIM in closing his business Mldship-
man 3 Stockton Gided Timberake in his account
al Mahor. The recapitulation Of Tnberake's roll
he thinks Is made out Stocktcn's hand writIn0 T.,
was at Port Mahon, during the latter part of TIM
6erlakes hfe that Stockton aided him.
flmberlake was disabled from attending to his bu-
siness o!,y Tor few days, hardly week before his
death Until he was disabled, ne attended to all his
business IN person, with the aid Of MIR Stockton and
was remarkably careful In his pecuDiary affairs He
was seiisioie that death was approaching DAYS
oeioie us eeath and expressed no concern in relation
to his property to him LIT. V. and never heard of
his expressing himself TO any O. her person.
certify, upon my honor thai the foregoing state
eni is true, according the best of my recollection
| and belief E A. F. VAIIET'rE
Bhrmerty ls Ii. Of The u. S. SLIP Constitution
w AsuINGToN, Feb 1850
l have just seen an oval seal with MIR. Timberlakes
INITIALS engraved IN brass, with q wooden hande
winch have no doubt is The seal referred to IN the
| above.
E. a T. VALLEPTE
J.
Lieut.: Benjamin Tallmadge, jr states that he was
on board lie trigae Constitution at the time of Dur
ser ); Is IAmbe lakes death that he does not know
nor DID ne ever hear Oh board The ship, hat Lieute
nant Randolph paid any CT said Tnnberlahes debts,
either upon the pay roll of the ship or otherwise at
rort Mahon, or elsewhere, of money left by the
latter at the time of his death thai, after Timber
lake death he saw articles in large ches Oh deck
such as shirts, vests, &C. exposed sale under the
cure o. MT Norman who had acied as his siewa d,
and continued 10 act in the same capacitv for Mr.
Sa6d"lph and that said property was SAID to beIopp
10 Mr.. Ilmberak that about October last Mr.
randolph sent for Ann at New York aud he accom-
panied MN t" Brooklyn 10 81 Norman that Mr.
Kandoiph saw Norman and was vithhima few MN
utoS' when he joined him, (Talmadgr) and said, Nor
man had promised To come to the hotel The nexr
Jay and TAI 1t over; that he had previously suggest
ca to Atr Randolph the proproiy offavinG some GER
son WIN him when he colversed with Norman; that
MI Randolph told him, when they arrived in Brook