Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-10

sident several members of the Cabinet accompanied
by many other gentlemen, going to Fredericksburg,
stopped on her way for few minutes at Alexandria
Many persons from the wharf board and among
them Mr. Randolph, late lieutenant in the Navy Ho
made his way into the cabin, where the President was
sitting reading newspaper; and advancing towards
him, as II to address him, began TO draw of his
gloves The President, not knowing him. and suppong
II was some person about TO salute him, and seeing
him at some difficulty in getting off his glove stretched
out his hand towards him. saying &c Never mind your
glove, SIR" Randolph, having then disengayed him.
self from his gloves, thrust hand violently into the
Presidents face, and before he could make use of the
other, received blow from gentleman standing near
with an umbrella Almost at the time two other
gentlemen in the cabin sprung upon him, and he was
pulled back and thrown down. The moment he was as
sauled the President seized his cane, which was living
near hun ON the table, and was forcing his way
the gentlemen who had crowded round Randolph insisting
that no man should stand between him the villain who
had insuted him: that he would chastse him himself
Randolph, by this me had been borne towards the door
OF the cabin and pushed through the deck He made
his way through the on tho deck and the wharf
being assisted, ass believed by ruan
and made his escape He stopped for few minutes at a
tavern in Alexandria, and passed beyond the District
me- The Grand Jury, then in session. in few minutes
found presenment against him, the Court issued
bench-warrant. magistrate had just previously issued
warrant; but before the officers could him. he was
gone"
wAsHINeroN, May s--we have received a state.
ment, signed by six gentlemen, who were present when
Randolph thrust his hand into the Presidents face II
corroboraes almost every particular of the account given
10 our paper OF yesterday with regard this shocking vio
lence.-Giobe.
evade the decision OF the Court of Enquiry finding him
defaulter. We publish, also the Opinion given by the
proceeding from very vorably disposed
the accused, yet contains view Of the case which he
was unwilling the public should He, therefore, omit
ted the publication OF this very important adjudication
which he nevertheless claims acqutal.
preliminary to an understanding Of the CASE we give
from the Report of the Fourth Auditor dated 25th Nav
1881 an account OF the i'm which he
the dealcaon of Purser Randolph, previously concealed
settlement closed under the supervision oTobas
L ErQfn axtra 4 ha N
dolph three days before landing Boston, from the state
OF his own accounts, showed that he received from the
United states but 8 ZAP 90 cents, while he claimed to
have paid for the Government than $40, 1000 |!
When he asked by the Clerk in Mr.. Kendals Office
whence he had obtained the $4,000 surplus which he had
paid OIL while at sea- and which had been reimbursed to
him by the GOVERNMENT he could give account of it,
He did not pretend that he had any money in possession
of his avance-and the w as
that the idnd out oil which this amount
obtained, derived from the money and stores of
Timberake, OF which no inventory returned. This
led TO the opening OF the settlement and the
of the Court OF Enquiry.
From the inspection Of the Opinion of the Court it will
be found that they allow Randolph credit for what he paid
on Undertakes account, well his account;
and offset 1t against the of $l 66 rs, which, it is
ascerained was left public money the Golfers of the
previous Purser and still he is found defauer to the
Government in the of $4303 H. without reference to
the articles OF which no inventory returned, and of
which, circumstances show that Randolph must have
awaited himself to have been enabled dsburse upw
oil 2OOOO (orin other words advance 50 900 the
means which, from his own accounts, he to have
had in hand
To get rid Of the deficit of S4 1903: II-he has again
trumred up an account which appears in his publication
marked CO., created Gas understand of items, for
which he received credit in his former settlements was
understood by the courto paid by Timberake be
fore his deah.and OF claims which he Randolph has
opposed to the finding of the court have been rejected by
the Fourth Auditor for the assigned in the Pres-
dents note dsmissing Randolph from the Navy. The
Fourth Auditor, who is on visit in New England
will probably explain this matter in detail his
turn.
The opinion delivered by those gentlemen of the NAVY
who Investigated Randolph's case, is marked by some
striking features They find him guilty of almost every
important charge brought against him, yet the
cutive.
They find him defanlter from the face of his own ac-
count-declare "hdf the amount Of money left in the
possession Of Lieutenant Randolph, ,chen his accounts
,oere settled at Washington in 1885,, forgetting the
$4,000 cleft in his possession and re,nited 6y him to
Pirginia on his landing at Boston from three months
cruise) "toas large that IL ought to hare ercifed
doubts in his mind as to the correctness of the accounts
tchoh ne had rendered. &c. &c., and yet they EXPIRE
the opinion that he not chargeable with any ne-
ton to defraud the Government Mr.. Tmlber1ake!p'
The court OF opinion that the threatening conduct
and language OF Lieutenant Randolph towards the Second
Comptroller and Fourth Auditor of the Treasury ,oas
not intended by him to embarass intimidaie either
Of hem," &C. &C. This charitable conclusion drawn
rather from its failure TO have the effect the officers
ferred to- than from the known character and violent
nunciaions of the individual in question Ii is fair too
to presume that gentlemen of the being wholly in
accessible to fear and incapable of being from
their duty by the threats OF desperado conceive
public functionaries.- Globe.
| [FrOm the Alexandria Gazette OF May 6l
TO THE PUBLIC.
Robert b. Randolph late Lieutenant in the Navy of the
United States, having recently bis ismssion
from the service by the President will undertake
for the information of his fellow citizens generally and
OF his late associates attached to the Navy expose the
circumstances which led TO this catastrophe
In the spring of 1928, John b. Timberlake purser OF
the U. S. rgate CONSTITUTIONS died at Port Mahon, from
the effects OF arrangement in fit Of which he had I'M
fortunately MANNED himself, by cutting his throat Com
modore Patterson then Commander of the rigate direct
ed verbally, TO assume the duties OF Acting Purser,
as the successor of Mr. Tipberlake About become
the recipient OF the money sops and other effects belong
ing to the United States, which left by my prede-
ii not my duty count the money, take
inventory OF the effects. Common might teach any
that the counting of the money and surveying the eff
fects, devoved upon others, before could be made
sponsibe. participated in neither.
Ii has been testified, however, by Captain Patterson,
that he gave verbal orders his first Lieutenant
the money TO be counted and account taken of il be
delivered to and also TO designate three officers of
the ship to make inventory OF all the public effects, be-
fore they should be delivered Captain Patterson has
further deposed, that Lieutenant Vaete the gentleman
TO whom these verbal orders gveD reported to him
that all had been done commanded. But the persons
named by Lieut. Naette those designated to perform
the duties before MENTIONED discaim their appointment,
an inventory, counting the money and had any
knowledge Of the money effects left by Mr. Timber.
lake, except from heasay.
These strange discrepancies in the evidence of gentle
men, made under the obligations Of their oaths necessa
ly called for the mnutest examination by the Court and
my Counsel when, at length, il positively ascertain
ed that there had been inventory taken oil the public