Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-28


when he first sag H.
| | communicated these facts 10 Lieutenant
| Randolph. lie declared thai he was ignorant
oi the existence Of any inventory ; but adult
ted that Mr.. llmhetake len IA sum Of money
which he alleged. he bad expended In paying
Is public debts in the Mediterranean. lie did
not state the amount OF money nor specify any
one debt which he paid but said Mr.. Thomas
Norman, OF New York who had attended
10 his business, could explain the whole
matter, and promised TO procure his ntten-
dance
No: having seen Lieutenant Randolph for
about IA month, aud hearing nothing from MIR.
! Norman, wrote In yon on the I'D January
last, requesting gu 10 order LII Randolph, III
talcue. aud Others, who were Supposed tn
know something uf the money and propert,
leit by Mr.. Iinueraha 10 repair to this CITY
Lieutenant Randolph soon after reported him.
zee 20 ssas fst4 a. yaa IN rmed me admt
ted that the money iufl by Nh Undertake
exceeded ten IhuusaAd dollars. Lieut.. kaiirite
shotny after. mi0raed me that Lieul Ran
dolph recently tJld hIm Il exceeded eleven thou.
sand.
Not wishing 10 act singy IN an affair 80 dell
cate and Important, ana piesnming that the
Second Comptroller might nave 10 deeldr IN
the case, suggested 10 the President the eh-
pediency of fequtsllng him ahd Commodore
! Patterson, who commanded the ship, 10 aid
IN the investigation On the 18th Instant We
examined Lltntenants Randolph. tallrue, and
falImadge. The statement Of tieutennat Ran.
doph WIS not closed because II was iatended
to ques ion HIM iul ther after examining the
! other gentlemen but he was called out on
| business, aud did not return on that day
Comnodore Patterson has. II, my request. Al.
adj. nj II. ,I.tI,v a
10 me. snid he WIS confident the amount Of
money Was nearer twelve thousand doRars
than eleven. | also submit the statement OF
Nj. Getty aud Mr Handy. the Two clerks who
| settled the accounts OF Lieutenant Randolph
| and MI. IImbrtlaka Il. II J, Is |. M
Lieutenant Randolph asSnred me, that he
Ind endeavoured 10 procure the at endanCe Of
MI. Norman, aud had sent money Ia bay his
travelling expenses, inquired whether
"rIIIng 10 hnn would expedite his ARRIVAL, aud
was anarered that II probably would, Il |
I would promise that his travelling expenses
should be pald by the Government. Alter CON
,uliuy YOU, on the infant wrote HIN 10 thai
! effect IN reply received Two letters, one
tom Ms. Norman stating that her husband
was III. but would come nn AS soon as he WIS
able the Other from MIR Norman, II few days
subsequent IA date, in which he informed me
he Cond not without AN advance Of his hay-
elng expenses.
In the mean time. doubling whether auen.
dance could be procured ia this CITY, | took
steps 10 have hun Intercepted ~ New York
On the 22d instant, | received hon J. X. Paul.
ding, Esq. Navy Agen, IN tha CITY, a letter
dated 10th INST OF which tue following is AN
extract
After the receipt Of your letter enclosing
the queries ui Com. Patterson, | concluded 10
send q request Mr. Norman that ne would call
and see M at my uihCc, and ne Catne this nor
UIng. Ga my stating 10 HIM the reasons Tor
my requesting tbs interview, his reply wan,
that he knew nothing On the subject of The
money or property len by Mr.. Undertake,
except having understood generally that there
mas some money aud property. What became
OF II he could not tell He nenher assisted IN
counting the one Or taking an inventory OF the
ot1cT
lew minutes after | had received this let
ter, received word from Lieutenant liandolph,
through Lieut.. Bell, that MI. Norman Was IN
the city. aud that he would introduce him 10
nle nexi morning. | did not see Inn until this
day. He now alleges, that Nj. lmberIhke
money, which was counted ON the 81 ur ID
Apr'I, 1928, was paid away, or Il, least IA PAT
OF II, on his payroll, which Is dated aud clos
ed on he 3l,t March. and Lieut. randolph
requests access to the pape,s aud pay roll Of
limberldbe. all dated before his death, Tor the
purpose OF selecting items and making out an
account current, TO show Nhat was done Win
the money lett bv hun. On Con7uitdtIDu,
Cpm Patterson, me SECOND COmpueler,anh
my self, we're unanimously Of opinion. that AZ
CESS ought not 10 br granted, unless some gen
efal description Cusld IN be gwen 4 the iienls
Claimed, aud some tact stated, Tending 10 snow
The probability of clam which conlradlcts
all the records and papers, which Was never
before heard Of by The other officers 0i
the ship, and which Is wholly inconsistent with
Nj NOrndDs declarations 10 MIR, fduld
Ing.
5upposing it possible that something which
might throw light on the subject had been Over
looked. | recently directed two OF NY Clerks
Messrs. Handy aud Itlves, carefully 10 exa-
mine Nj Timber lake 5 books and papers, one
by one Inc only rnattrtal result was tie dis
coyrry toat Nj. fimberlake's latest account
book with the officer, III tue snip, II book often
referred 10 ia the papers, aud very pssootial
To an investigation vt his accounts, Was also
missing.
IL Is impossible vet, to determine what
balance, it any, 10 due RON Mr.. 1lmbrrake
to the Government. In various settlements
Of his accounts there have been Suspensions 10
the amount oi many tnousaad dollar, n por-
ton OF winch may ultimately come 10 hIs cre-
dat but that Is IA branch Oi the subject have
not investigated.
Upon these facts Sir. you and the Senate
may be able 10 lotm some oplulon upon the
subject oil their inquiry.
ne means by which you aud mvseli first
received information of the existence ri hlHJoT
Eaton's letters, nov on file IA lhls Diice. aud
The motive OF Our informant appear 10 me
10 constitute ~ essential pat OF In" history al
this Transaction. II IS proved that ihnse letters
were read aiond IN the Office, aud copies taiscn
oni, Il was ny an anonymous ie'ler winch
you showed 10 me. thai you first brcame ap-
priced uf thrir eKislence. lew days after
wards received one o. winch the following IS
cops
SIR; Yon are very vig ant in discovering
abuse among public odirei5 is 10 money INIT
tiers, but Why vent your SPLEEN on worms
Even these can tnrn, you may hnd out Let
me say 10 Yon, inquire what hrcame of the
money drawn by Purser undertake, that wa