Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-06

siderati0n. tie has been Iuily anu nonorably L.
Quilted on each and all Of the charges and sus
cifications on which be was tried The balane.
appearing, in the settlement Of his accounts
agans, him, has been, together with the accounts
turned over to the proper officers 10 the Treau
~ Department for adjustment; and that there can
be no difficulty on that score will at once be seen
when it Is stated, that the apparent deficit exists
from the fact Of his having given receipt. "a,
stores. which were brought home in the vessel
aud deposited at CharIestown; and which, d,
course, the Government received in fall.
We need not say how much srailhed We an,
personally. at the result Of this business. T.
those who know, as We do, the amiabIeness Of
Lieut.. RandoIph's charactcr-his worth as a M,
his high and honorable feelings, it mus, be
source of pleasure to find that their own es,m,
ton Of him is sustained by the ,trictest scru,iO,
, We hnd the folio inc notice Of Lieut.. R,r
dolph, given by the Washington CurresponJsr.
of the Journal of Commerce:
| The most interesting incident of this wee. /.
the Report Of the Court 1T Enquiry 10 the c,,,
| of Lieutenant Randolph. The short notice n
this very Interesting case in The Globe of Wei
nesday last, is true, 80 far as it goes. 10 h.
matter Of account. the Court has reported A L
lance against Mr.. Rand"Iph. TOT the want Of no
per vouchers. Of 81. $50, a.. IN the immense d
bursementlin three or four months Of SllGl;I
So L.. Randulp pin is perfectly confident that i.
will vet be able to furnish vouchers to extingui,l
the balance.
The matter Of account, however, was Of ,ra
smallest concern to him and his many an.iop.
friends. Ills honor and integrity had been a,
sailed in the most yindic,iye manner. Thank,
to the justice Of The President and the Secretary
of the Navy, he has been afforded an opporluu.
ty, before Court Of liberal and intelligent off,
GERS, to vindicate himself. lie has been acQui,
ted of all the foul aspersions on his character
The Court has relieved him from all suspicion,
of impure motives or sinister conduct Nothing
now remains for him to do, but to adjust uha, he
may owe, if any thing, with the accounting ufi
GERS Of the Treasury Department. This event
will be hailed throughout the Navy as the tn
umph Of one Of its most popular officers. over
all the stratagems intended for his destruction.
1t. Randolph has passed most even'iul he
in lis glorious profession. He was with Dec.
tur when be captured the Macedonian. He vas
with him when the President beat the End mvn
in the face Of an approaching squadron Of the enc
my; and was with him in 1915, when he a'ssed
the Ageilne Corsair, and awed the Dey mt,
submission to the authority Of the U. States -
He is the young officer who. to vindicate the
character Of hrs country and the honor Of bis
commander, 10 1915, logged the British Govern.
ment printer publicly in the Kings square Of
Bermuda. who had aspersed both, for which he
made his escape from the island IN large trunk
let down, head foremost, into the hold OF az
American schooner, the captain Of which 'a'
frightened almost out of his senses, when he made
his appearance on the deck IN his shirt and tros
sers disguised as a sailor.