The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-29
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uan,ssn ro po-THE TRIAL OF JUDGE
amrrIy; TESTIMONY CLOSED
sc,~r. .ron,,eucc OF the Rishmond uspsscn.I
tcorr''p0"'' MARCH q, 1885,.
Thu renresentstiye, Of another impor Az
..s,s".d srternrise were In this city tc-' ny
,sI'.uau ~ w Van Derlip, Of WASH Ig'rou,
MIo s..,or r. n. smith, or Nelson .. 1t Is
W.. .nu ps.nn,orI and Southwestern s--or, In
w.. u.so. words The Gloucester p sbet and
parnd Gan-railwny. These gentlemen
have s,arted on a canvassing pRr Of the
western counties. They spes X with The
utmost confidence OF the eariy construction
NJ the road. Il Is TO be do ie'Ie-track mar
row-oauge line. The distap ce will be some
thing over 400 miles. II ie route vii! be
from Gloucester Point to richmond, thence
"a Lyuchburg or ihrou-l Amherst. thence
on 10 Craig county, and tircnce through the
counties OF Giles. 81 ma, Tazeweli. and
Russell, to the Kentu cky line. The COM
psny has organized, iuS has sevcra! corps
OF engineers IN the d ED making reconno's-
sances Of the dliiert mt routes. They have
made large pur sh5ses ut Gloucester
Point. which Is sid to be the bnest
harbor on the Atlantic. The ROAD
Is to be built ma inir in the interest OF me
trade OF Boston, .whsch has been inlufiously
affected by SON cf the railroad operations
Of jaw Gould nd Vanderbilt, and am IN
formed that 3osten capitalists are largelv
concerned in. IL. 1t is said that 1t WIZ De
450 miles sh' Jrter from the far west 10 Dos
ton than by any other trunk line. It's also
l.A
Glouceste Pont shipping portion fore'gA
trade. j lx-Governor McCreary, OF Ken
lucky, is one OF the directors. and has
subscri BED 10000 acres OF land TO the
capital stock OF the company. MI.
Leigh r. Page, of Richmond, Is also
eae 0f the directors. The road was
char ,ered during the last days OF the
late Virginia Legislature. and the Lcgisla-
tur. of Kentucky has since passed an act
aui borizing The road to pass across that
State. have gathered these facts from an
interview with Major Van DeIlip. and
thought they would he OF interest to the
readers Of the Dispatch. Senator II. A.
Atkinson. of Richmond. has been engaged
10 canvass the eastern counties in the inter-
est Of this project. know nothing myself
OF its prospects; but, II successful, it Will
certainly open up some very fine sections OF
the State now locked up by natures bar
riers. Their representatives say that the
company will erect rolling-mil and make
their own rails. This company has GER
tanIy jumped with alacrity into the field,
and would seem to " mean business" The
more the better.
TRIAL OF JUDGE GRIFFIN.
In the United States Court this MORN
ing the trial OF Judge Griffin was pro-
cecded with. FIVE or six witnesses were
examined, amODg them the accused him.
self.
JUDGE GRIFPIN'S TESTIMONY.
The Judge being called to the stand.
said that he bad never paced negroes Oh
the jury; that he had always been actn-
a,ed by desire 10 secure The most intel
ligent men for it. In his opinion there
were no colored men in Roanoke the equal
of the whites that he cid select; had good
opportunity TO know the people. white
and colored; froID the knowledge thus
acquired he was satisfied that none
OF the latter were competent. He had
said that he would select negro iuries when
ever it was desired, and under these cir
cumstances be would choose the most COM
petent he could find. He thought il his
du,y TO select the best men be could find.
and be bad always done so, selecting per-
sons with reference to mental and moral
character, and freedom from prejudice
against he colored race. He would not
have stricken off the name OF colOred
man il he believed him competent. This
closed the ties imOny. and the Judge said
that he would only hear two speeches for
the defence. TELEPHONE.