Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-26
Mr. t,oode on the SituutfOu.

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The Baltimore Gazette CONTAINS the follow
ing account Of an interview with the Hon. John
Goode, OF Virginia:
Hon. John Goode jr.. Of the Norfolk dis,
trict ot Virginia. said The State Convention
Of Virginia will assemble 90 the 3lst instant.
Erom Information have received am salts
fed it pli be largely a'tcuded by the represcn-
taivc men Of the party throughout the State.
My opinion is that The Convention will deciluc
tpcxpressa preference for any oil the distinguish
cd gcuteucn nam ID IN connection with The
nomination at St.L ,uis They will select their
Wi.rst and best men as delegates, and they Will
20 t. ST. Louis with implied understanding that
they are 10 couier freely and fully with our
brethren from all parts Of the country, and then
exercise their bcs Judgment in the selection OF
the strongest and most available Candidates.
Our pcupic have not permitted themselves to
become excited about men in this contest.
Their motto, is in the days OF good father
Richie, Is Everything for the cause, nothing
Tor men. While they rccogulz' the fact that
We have many men IN our party who would al
rlir sirr with honesty fidelity and ability, they
do feel that there Is no man So prominently
distinguished above all the rest as to give HIN
permanent claim for the place. They want to
win this fight, aud they intend to do so, so lar
as they are concerned They will rally with
enthusiasm around the standard OF that man VINO
is able to lead to victory, and thus rescue the
government from the bands OF the spoilers who
have so long prostituted its high places aud
caused the checks OF honest men to blush with
shame. Having spoken thus much Tor the Dco-
pie Of the State, | will sly for myself that my
views have undergone change since the a.
scmbing of Congress. | thought before that
sound policy dictated the selection OF the can
didate from the Western States. The recent
unfortunate trouble 10 OHIO has brought my
mind to different conclusion. In my Jute-
mcnt che safest calculation we can make cow Is
upon New York, Nav jersey, Connecticut,
Colorado California, Oregon and The South
rrn STATES, except South Carollua. thlok the
wiscst thing the St. Louis Convention can do
will be to nominate a ticket which has the best
chance to carry those States. While | have
an opinion as to the availability of the differ
ent gentlemen who have been most prominent
ly named, | forbear to express it now, Tor the
reason that it may be materially modified by
the result Of the Republican Con veution at
Cincinnati.
The Congressional Investigating Committee
on the Emma Mine Affair made report yes
tcrday, concluding With the following resolu-
ton, and unanimously recommended its pas
sage By the House:
Reso1red, That this House condemns the
acton OF General Rnbrt G. Schenck, United
States Minister at the Court OF St. James, IN
becoming director Of the Emma Silver lin-
ing Company of London. and his operations in
connection with the shares of said company
and the vendors thereof, as iadvisrd, un!or-
tunate and Incompatible with the duties of his
official position.
The following letter appears 10 the evidence :
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, May s. 1876.
SIR: have the honor to acknowl,dge the
receipt Of your telegram OF yesterday, (Sun-
dayy)1-- 9th r .u
two thousand shares Emma stock Telegraph
brich;, and write FULLY"
To which | have replied this morning, as fol-
lows:
Have written fully to day nail. as request
3D." 1t would be impossible for me briefly
in telegram to answer the Inquiry satlstac.
tory
The facts j. the case are. that on the II h Of
December, 1872, WAS 10 Paris, when General
TIE evening Of the samc day he receiv d infor
NATION thai tie price of Emma stock had de-
clined RAPIDLY and largely, ADD he came TO me
iu much anxiety. saying that he would have TO
90 over 10 London Immediately unless | would
90 for hun. | consented to d. SO. He re-
qucs,td me, on NY arrival in LONDON, to sec
one or two oil tho directors nf the company, to
ascertain their views as TO the condition OF the
st rk, &C., and then to instruct Jay Cooke,
McCuoch l. Go. about selling out some shares
they were Carrying for hun. % the 18th De-
cenbcr received the following telegram from
General Schcrck
Keep my 47j Investment; sell at discretion
1000 Park account, $50 Woodruff.
did NOT act upon this telegram further than
conveying Schcnck 5 instructions to Jay Cooke,
McCulioch Il Co. to make sales Of the shares 10
their hand-. They sold the 500 shares held
for Woodruff and Schenck keeping his original
415 shares.
After General Svhrnck' return 10 London
carried instructions from him to McCullOch Il
TO. to sell 20o shares,
This comprises all that have had to do in
the buying or sci! of Emma stock for General
Schcnck, and have had no interest whatever,
directly or Indirectly, in these transactions, or
10 any other transactions which may have been
maze lOr III III.
| am, sir, very respectfully, your obHdicnt
servant, WM II. CHESEBROUGH
PREsBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY AT the Presby-
tcrian General Assembly, 10 New York, ycstcr.
day, DIR. Talmadge said he had telcgraphed to
Dr. Noses Htge, oil Richmond, asking If any
steps could be t; KIN by this Assembly to meet
The views of the Southern Assembly in promot.
ing union between the Church "North' and
the Church South" and received reply that
any spontaneous resolution OF our Assembly
would receive most resp ctful consideration
DR.. Taimad ge then offered resolutions setting
forth that all expressions Of an offensive nature
between the two sections of the Presbyterian
Church be buried, and that the hands OF inv-
taion be stretched to their Southern brothers
m mite with them in fra iprnal rplotinns ani