Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-13
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The Fourth AnA,orhss rsa Li.u' r b. Randolph.
address to the pnbc tie will enter into no formal r.
ply; but wishes to call public attention fs sy prom
nent points
He never charged Lieut. Rlnlilph with wiling The
anonymous letters. On the contrary no exDre.slv
stated that he did believe him 10 be the al ,gn of The
day." ~
What Lieut.. Randolph means BY his insnua.ioa,
relative to MIR. Tmberlake's muIia,ed letter book he
neither knoUs respects. He di! not koow of Tho
exi''cace OF such book until wa, pre.ents 10 lin
in October, 1929 by the Clerk mIafed as IL ,o,o is
Neither before nor since, has been out Of the Off
since he has been in it, according to the hest o hi,
knowledge and belief II il believed nevsr 70 h,vs
teen in possession of the individual supposed to be al
Inded to- II it waseven by him 10 the office
or ou on business dag " amt on busnrs, 1y
lie admires the prudence Of Lieut. R,nIoIph in k.sn
Ing to himself the evidence which his insinuaon.
based.
Lieut. R,n'olph states, that he know. no,biny n
The erasures in rmberakes oil. RS receio, book II
was d'livered into his possession at Port M,hon and
was produced by his clerk in this cice All the alera
IONS were made between the dates OF these events
Lieut. Randolph s,ates that letter w,s wri,,sn n
him by Mr.. Norman, "unIer J,t> o. the l6.h of No
vember, Q929) unler cover to Mr. Kendall, who in.
stead OF handing senIng il 10 mo so arranged IN
matter that on the 26h, having received n repIv from
Mr. ~. proceeded to New.Yorb, and op nv return
70 Wellington founi my letter in the post Off ce, with
the handwriting Of NJ Kendall" "
oi all this Mr. Krndill knows no,hing Verv pos.i
ny 'ucA letter came under to him; and a. in all
ohsr like cases, he returned TO the p,,t Off 80 IN no
charged according 20 law. Tae "enl,rsensnt IF ,he
amount oil postage" is not in his hanJ.wriIino m,
&c -; SAEH IL was made at In, p,st Office where
mad Li,u klrdo'gh applied, he wonl doubtless have
found The letter ~ due inc. Hal Mr Norm put hi.
own nam: well IA Lieut. II ,nio his on hs ouisiIs
OF the letter, Mr. Kendall would have known thai
there was correspondence between them.
OF any remihDces made by Mr Tmberlake 9TH ,r
than those menIio ed in his report fhs Fourth Auditor
knows nothing. That he dill pa-chase stores in Nv.
York tor the Of the ship both before and after the
sailing OF The Constitution and pay for them is very
probable.
That any inventory of SIR. Tmberlaks'. pn5lie an,
private stores WIS egec ttksn the Ari,or does M,
know. ih' an ordtr to That effect was given. he
not doubt Nor can tie donbt, that Com. Patterson
was told Boston. thai the inventory hal bsen for ,rd
cd 10 tho Fourth Auiiior's office.
Lieutenant R'nJoph s'ate1 tha, in relation TO The
money ce'ved 10y him, there has been mo conceal
menr-"my condact," says he, "haa been open frank
and consistent with truth" No evidence Of hi, rsceiv
Inc any money lett by Nr. Timb>take, appears in hi
papers. II did not infor the Aulitor INA hs Il a "a
ceiVed any unl it was discovered from other sources
When asked to furnish the anouot he ,ad his sccoun
current, when made Ou', would show. He dill no
flae the amour, to Commodore Paterson, the Second
Comptroller, and the Fourth Ardiior, ahoueh he ad
miited he had memorandum which would show Sine,
the Fourth Au'Of's report male he called al tn
Office to make an account current from MIR Timbsr
lakes papei', AMI when required frs to put down tn
amount OF rinherake's money received by him. rsGtS
ei TO do 50. Hs does not state the amount in bi
address TO the public I, this "19 concealmen,, 60
pen and irank?'
Lieut. Randolph explains nothing liz does not .,a,
why he did not charge himself with Tlmbsrlak.'s mc
ney received at Mahon, and take reccpts for liz di
burscment a. 40 much paid by him for J. u. Timber
lake. a. he did for payments male out Of the money
received al Gibraltar.
How it was that he paid away en- public accom-, ne
$1,000 more Than he has acknowledged 10 have r.
ceived, before the arry al Of the ship al Boston:
How II happened, that the amounts paid by him
Boston, added TO the amount returned TO he Treas
~, fall short Of the amount there by more than SII
600:
How II wSs, tbai af'er making all his PAYMENT, r
ceivng al his pay, ezpenses, and emolunants and r
TURNING 10 the Treasury the amount found due
still had lcfi, for hs about 10000
How II happened, that he took hoins to Riehmon,
check IN he Uned United SateP Branch Bank the
for 50 900:
Or, why be took creIi, Tor twice as many slops a,
charged with:
Nor ~ he exclaimed the hel snrsisd by Lieutt
ants VaiIste aud Tsmadgc and confirmed by
Stswsri's inc ncfandum In this Office that h- CT
tiuued TO coll Mr.. Tinhersk-s store after his de A
and "a NOT accounted rs thr procee,s
Tic Auditor did no, make these facts He f,u
them in existence. None viii deny that they ,
mysterious. lis reports show that he has attempt