Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-18
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1875.

A communication signed "a, dated Nor
folk, Va, April 18th, 1876, and published in
the National Republican OF to-day, does the
grossest iriustics to this paper and TO Hon.
John Goode, of Virginia. Iu that communl-.
cation the charg. is made, subst .atialy, that
the suicide of the late L. H. Ch:udlcr was
caused by an attack made upon him in the col,
umas of this paper, and that said attack WIS
inspired by Mr.. Goode in order to destroy the
reputation of Mr.. Chandler ADD 10 get rid OF
him as prospective Republican candidate Tor
Congress. This charge is wholly untrue IN
every particular. N, allusion was made ID
these columns to Mr.. Chaudler's monetary
Transactions with the Government until the
subject had been freely discussed by newspaper
correspondents throughout the country, aud
the editor of this paper Is solely responsible
for the article which then appeared. 50 tar
as MIR. Goode is concerned, W. have ascertain
ed, upon Inquiry, tina: the facts are as follows !:
Sometime Since he WAS approached BY PROM
iueut gentleman aud told that as investigators
we're the order Of the day. 40 inquiry should
be made into MIR. Chambers deliUquencieS.
MIR. Goode replied that he knew nothing and
had heard no hing derogatory to the othtlai
character of that gentleman. Whercupon ne
was informed that the records of the Uulted
States Court at Richmond would show that
Mr.. Chandler had improperly applied 10 bis
own use a considerable SUN OF money to
which he was not entitled, and which be-
lonsed to the Government. Mr.. Goode felt
it to be his duty to have those records
examined from which the following fact
appeared: In the year 1872 the Govern
ment recovered against the Ssaboard and ko-
snoke Railroad Company considerable SUN
of money on acccuut OF taxes 10 arrear. lu
1874 the court adjudged that Minor j. hose,
an lnterna Revenue officer at Portsmouth,
was entitled to $4,000 as informer In SAID case.
Subsequ ,ntly au application Was made tor
reheariug, when the court rescnded It's former
order aud directed Rose to refund the money.
1t then appeared that Of the SIS, 900 Mr.. Chan
dler had retained 81 500 as attorney Tor Rose,
81 900 had been paid TO q. /. Barry, clerk OF
the court at Norfolk, aud the residue 81 5OO
had been retained by Rose. A rule was made
upon Mr.. Chandler to show cause why he
should not be r; quired to refund said money,
and upon the return of the rule he W IS ordered
TO pay it into the treasury of the u. s., /. APP
peariDg to the court that the same had been
enormously paid to him. Mr.. Chandler failed
to comply with the order of the court, and an
execution was issued against him and returned
no effects" Thereupon the District Attor
ney made up the record of the case and for
warded it TO the Treasury Department for the
purpose, as it is supposed, of having Mr.. Chan
dler pay as Pension Agent stopped and ap-
piled to the satisfaction of the execution. 1t
having been represented in the newspapers
that the execution had been satisfied in this
manner and the government saved harmless,
Mr. Goode made inquiry at the treasury and
ascertained that such was not the fact; that
the District Attorney made his report Oh the
Oh of February, sioce which time 40 action
has been taken by the Department 1t will
thus be seen that Mr. Goode has had no con-
ucxion with the transaction whatever, except
to make inquiry as to tho facts after his atten
ton had been called to The subject by another.
Will the National Republican do the parties
concerned the justice to publish this state
meut?