Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-25

commences.
1t is not known tina, 1t. Randolph pureha.. any
stores until about the IL May, Gibralter o. the
mus OF stores enumerated by him in his requis, loo
Sioraitar, viz: sugar, tea, tobacco &C. &C. none are
ound charged in this book after thu. date excep, obac
CO, and the tobacco being charged at ono dollar per
pound can hardly be that which he purchased al Gil
braar which coat hut twen,y six cents Ii il there
Tore believed, that It, Randolph has credit Tor several
nuured uoiia's on account Of stores which boons ed
to Mr.. Tmbeilake.
That he has credit for portion Of Mr.. Timher.ks'.
sIoP', IL apparent from the lace OF his account.
He 10 charged Tor slop, with q 742 so
the men Ss5, Sc
Returned into Naval store 76i 81
Exee'' OF credits over debts Ss63 so
A. the Pur.er Is allowed hut ten p.r cont an ,o,.
distributed. it i. e~'den, tia. 1t. Randolph Ia,
an improper credit for siop..
a receipt OF hi. for upwards Of 4 600 dollars worth
Of .lops got of Mr.. L,jro a, Port Mabon. VA, @",a
in the office, whirh hal been charged cow
nexed, marked (2l) Its form required that Il should
it, and called him 10 account for thrr r.fr,in.d
from doing so- under the impression that he could no,
nave got 20 large an amount Of ssp.. and wrote to
Mr.. Ladico for iaorm alton. ~
About the 1t OF April last I rrseiveJ from n
Chamber, Senator, protesting 10 act a. Chairman of
special committee Of tho Senate, note ~ curing CO.
anne xed copy Of thai note marked (22) with INV
aud The extract. marked (2s) con ain all the informs,
ton possess rela,ive 10 the nj If an
w and' houses or oher property. in the city Of wash.
ton' or in the stocks in Washington or ..vhrr.
required in the resolution Of the House OF Repre.en
tatives.
-Four clerks In thi'"fice reeeve! notes Of tho same
date from Tho same source, reque sting the m to call on
him The Chairman at hi, Io,igings Al Mrs. Blake.
Pennsylvania Avenne, At an hour when the Senate Ia
ns' IN se':on or dSrng session hours at tho Senate
Chsmber 10 answer certain inquiries. which he stat
ed he was "chsrscd to make" SC With nv appro.
baton. they called the Honorable Senator who ex
amined them apart. They were not broush, before
any committee, hut They t-L they would bs il il
hould be thought necessary. No committee ha, call
cd on me for explanations. have not besn informed
OF any thing in my "cffirai conduct" which ..reo
err explanation or notice" from me. CAY
On tho lat May, received through You, another
note from tho same source, dated 30ih April calling
Tor copy OF MIR. Timberakes account. settled 10
1878, embracing his Purssr,hip Of the President gate
at the tms Of h-r capture My reply, marked (26) 10
annexed W I"
recently occurred to me. that Il might be ,,eer,in
ed with 'olersbe certainty what were Lieutenant RAN
doph's receipts and payments from the 81 APRIL the
Time he assumed the PursershiP at Port Mahon to Ju-
y, tho time Of th- ships arriv, At Boston; and ain
from tho 'hps'artiva 10 tn. settlement of his accounts.
minute investigator exhibit tho following result,
viz:
His receipts anil payments before arrival. ware a..
follows, shown by his accounts and vouchers viz:
Received in 'ops at Port NJ .hen S742 so
Received IN cash al Gibraltar IL 900 90
Total receipts Sill 7I2 81
He Is credited with payment. to officers and men,
Excess OF payments over receipts, IS ssT 4s.
There was no known fund out Of which this eouId
have been drawn other than Mr.. TimberIske', none,
received at Port Mahon. But in addition to tbe.. nav
men', he paid Tor tobacco at Gibraltar SIis IT, little
OF which wa. sold to the crew, in consequence Of IL,
stores Hoy much Of ihi. wa, replaced by issue. Of
me same stores, the papers do cradle me TO ascer
tain.
After arriving at the above result. r examined into
l. sapIp II.
IN Boston. The result exhibited baiai ce Of receipts
over payment corresponding with the excess of pay.
mens over receipts before his arrival.
From these views Of the subject il wa. ,pp,r.nt IN
my mind. 1t, Randolph must have had left in bank AZ
Boston, after paying of The crew, sppropratag all hi.
own commissions compensation, and expenses and az
ter returning into the Treasury the nornt found du.
from him on settlement, at least $4,000. At nv re-
quest, the Secretary OF the Treasury applied for hi,
hank account. The reply OF the bank. with 1t. Ran
doph's account Is anne xed marked (26) IL fully con
firms my previous eIu.ion, IL ,ho ~ that, af;.r IL
Randolph had finished all hi. payments, h. still had
left in bank Sl9,s73 90 Before bs left Bottom he
$l5s IT, in check the Norfolk Branch and 50 900
In CT eek the Ri hmond Branch leaving prsri..y
$40 OcO in Bank. This, with S257 - siterwsrd. d..
posted was all Of the Sl9s7s 20. which ever came in
TO the Treasury.
But comparison Of 1t. Randolph. bank accom-,
with his account ia this office makes spparen that ne
had, during the progress Of his payments. drawn out
considerable sums on his own account Hi, ,rcoun,
current. and abstracts from bic payroll arc ann. xed
marked (27) Had he deposited all the money he re .
ceived in Boston, and drawn none sxcep, for m.
payment OF the ships crew. the balance in bank would
have exceeded $4,000 A careful examination Of all
the accounts gives the following result; which have
no doubt are accurate within few cents:
1928, July 8. Lieutenant Randolph receiv.
cd Of the Navy Agent al
Boston, in anticipation Of
=. remittance. $1,000 90
IL. Received the amount OF Ho3,.
00remed, dcducting ths
foregoing item, 81 500 co
Received for Timberlaks's
stores, Sid at auction, GOT Fl
Received for dead mems and
seserter's clothes sold, IL 90
nshi receipts at Boston, S9364s 30
Whole amour, paid officers snd mon at
Boston, III 1914 40
-
Surplus remaining on hand, s19,S73 %, Of
which was in Bank, as his account shows 22253 30
or this sum there was returned into tho
Treasury only Ioa57 A
Leaving in Lieut. Rsndolph's hand, all so5 o.
or this he has accounted for the following items ON,
ly, viz:
Expenses at Chsrlestown, 800 90
Postage, OF
Paid II. Calder. as clerk, 7s rs
His own commissions allowed, 2,267 "a
Travelling expenses and per di-
EN-, while settling accounts, 107 10
His own pay pay roll, 262 SO
His own pay for August and Sep
tember, 200 81
ss,oos 40
Leaving In feut Rand.iDJ,g. b.od. .,LsJ