Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-05-29

Extract from the Report Of the Fourth Auditor
to the Secretary of the Nary, in relation to the
accounts of John r. Timberlake; and Robert
B. Randolph. May IS, 1880.
1t recently occurred to me, that it might be ascer-
tanned with tolerabe certainty what were Lieutenant
Randolph receipts and payments from the Sd April,
the time he assumed the Pursersh at Port Mahon to
July, the time of the ships arrival at Boston and
again. from the ships arrival to the settlement of his
accounts. minute Investigation exhibits the follow
ing result, viz:
His receipts and payments before arrival; were as
follows, as shown by his account and vouchers, viz
Received in sops at Port Mahon $742 So
Received in cash at Gibraltar 1900 90
Total receipts Il,742 so
He is credited with payments to officers and men,
disbursements in the Mediterranean Stops and stores
Issued, and Stops returned to naval store, twenty
thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and
nnety-eight cents. Excess of payment receipts,
eight thousand nine hundred ana eiShy seven dollars
and forty -eight cents
There was no known fund out OF which this could
have been drawn other than Mr. Undertakes money
received at Port Mahon. But IN addition to these
payments, he paid for Tobacco at Gibraltar one
hundred and forty EIGHT dollars and seveny-two
cents, little Of which was sold to the crew. IN conse-
uuence OF its inferior quality and considerable
for other stores. How much of this replaced by
issues of the same stores, the papers do not enable me
to ascertain.
After arriving at the above result, examined into
Lieutenant Randolphs receipts and payments after
his arr ival Boston. The result exhibited balance
of receipts, ymens corresponding with the eX-
cess of payments over receipts before his arrival.
From these views of the subject, it apparent to
my mind, that Lieutenant Randolph must have had
left in Bank Boston, after paying off the crew, APP
propriutiug all his commissions, compensation
and expenses, and after returning into the Treasury
the amount found due from MIN on settlement, at
least ten thousand dollars At my request the Secre-
tary of the Treasury applied for his bank account.
The reply of the bank, with Lieutenant Randolphs
account is annexed, marked (26) 1t fully confirms
my previous conclusions. 1t slows that, alter Lieu
tenant Randolph had finished all his payments, he
still had left in bunk nineteen thousand eight hundred
and seventy three dollars and twenty-three cents.
Before he left Boston, he ont nine thousand eight
hundred and seventy three dollars and twenty-hree
cents of this seven hundred and eighteen dollars
and SIX cents Ia cash hundred and fifty five dol
lars and seventeen cents, In check oil the Norfolk
Branch, and nine thousand in check on the Rich
mond Branch, leaving precisely ten thousand dollars
in bank This, with two hundred and htty-seven
dollars and forty three cents afterwards deposited,
was all of the nineteen thousand eight hundred and
seventy three dollars and twentythree cents, which
ever came INTO the Treasury.
But IA comparison of Lieutenant Randolph's bank
parent that he had during the progress of his pay
ments drawn out considerable on his own c.
count. His account current, and abstracts from his
pay roll are annexed, marked (27) Had he deposit
ed all the money he received in Boston, Il drawn out
except for the pay ment OF the ships crew, the
balance n bank would have exceeded twenty 1.-TWO
thousand dollars. careful examination of all the
accounts gives the following results; which have nc
doubt are accurate within "a few cents:
1928, July d. Lieutenant Randolph received of the
Navy Agent at Boston, in antlcipa-
ton of remittance, i ,5OO VI
| u. Received the amount OF thlrty-slX
| thousand dollars RENTED, deduct
ing the foregoing item, 800 O(
Received for Undertakes stores, sold
at auction, GOT q
Received for dead mems and deserters
| clothes sold, 4l Os
Totalrecepts at Boston, -93,648 81
Whole amount paid officers and menat
:, at Boston, H,594 Al
Surplus remaining hand, nineteen
/ thousand eight hundred and seventy
three dollars and twenty three cents,
! of which was in Bank, as his ac-
count shows, e2,253 81
OF this sum there was returned into the
Treasury only lo,257 d
Leaving in Lieutenant Randolph's
hands -ll,995 8:
| Of this he has accounted for the following items
only viz:
Expenses at Charlestown, go 90
POSTAGE. 207
Paid H. Calder, as clerk, rs Is
1 His own commissions allow
1 ed, 2,267 42
Travelling expenses and per
diem while settling ac-
Il counts, lOl Az
His own nav on nav roll, 262 SO
His own pay for August and
/ September, 200 50
5000 a
Leaving in Lieutenant Randolph's
/ hands, aehoUy uaaccouated for,
i after allowing all his pay, emo
i luments, commissions, and ex-
penses, 1897 d
To this amour, in cash. must be added, to ascertain
what was really detained by Lieutenant Randolph
the money on hand when the vessel arrived the valu
of all stores on hand, Geducting his profit thos
sold to the crew, and any debts which might be du
to him for money lent TO other officers
7 Is it possible that all this could have been Lieut.
Rand0lph's money! By acting as Pnrser less thai
four months, did he make, by means unknown,
1887 a
By commissions, 2,267 a
By Lieutenant's pay, 1862 8
In all -ll,5l7 I
And in addition to this, an unknown amount il
stores and other things which do not enter into hi
. public account.
Il These facts admit of but one construction. Mos
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