Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-07
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.

VI
RICHMOND, Va, January Goodwin IS
said to be certainly doomed. He is certain
" blue over the amount of testimony put
in against him, and despite the secrecy OF
members Of the committee, faces Indicate
that the investigated judge will have uphill
work to dsproye the charges made against
him.
The only bill over which Senators, regard
less of party, have divided, was that passed
yesterday exempting from jury service
farmers engaged in gathering their crops.
Mr.. koirer is the patron OF the bill and ii
now goes over to the House for considera-
ton. The discussion there also will doubt
less he warm. The grounds urged against
this bill are that it will encourage the pro-
fessional juryman. Mr. Berry and other
lawyers declared that they had no ohjec-
ton to the professional jury. ii has been
noticed in this city that ccunSe! "a a rule
do not object to these professional .jurynen,
and that counsel for prosecution or de-
fence rarely strike off their names. Those
| hangers on and regular attendants &c. q
smattering of law and haunt court rooms
when they are not on the jury. 1t has
sort of fascination to them. Whether the
amount of jurisprudence gained Is OF actual
benefit enough for them TO settle kGotty
points properly is of course matter for cou-
| lecture, but the fact remains that many
| LAWYERS prefer to have them on juries.
Mr. Dick Wise, Superintendent of the
| Eastern LuDatic Asylum, writes long card
to the State this evening in reply to that Of
Mr.. r. 7. Armistead, late Director. Mr..
Wise gives the following reasons for not
challenging .Ir Armistead 10 fight a duel:
'He has been personally and politically OPP
| posed TO me for some time; opposed my re-
election as assistant physician in 1881, and
has not spoken to me for n long time.
dismiss him as unworthy OF my notice: and
shall not pay any attention TO his remarks
about me hereafter | might by cheap
show Of bravado bave attacked or chal
| lenged him, but | do not intend TO be led
into personal difficulty about matter re-
latipg TO my official acts no do | mean to
put myself in a false position when my con
duct Of trust funds is called in question.
am sustained in my reports BY the official
records ard by competent Board. To
| these alone. TO the Legislature and to the
| people are my official acts responsible.
| Moreover, efforts have been made to get me
into difficulties in Williamsburg lately, and
| this late attack may or may not be one of
| them AT any rate, | shall not heed such
attacks, made when a law exists that
Every person holding an Office or post under
the laws of this Commonwealth who shall
| hereafter fight duel, or send or accept u
| challenge to fight duel or who shall
knowingly be the bearer Of q challenge or
acceptance TO fight 4 duel, shall forcfeit his
said post or Office, and be thereafter disqual-
flied from holding a post or olce under the
laws thereof" &c, so long as | hold my
present position, under the existin. cir
cumstances. considering as do those who
are dependent upon me by their official
positions or otherwise, | shall not he forced
into any such false attitude"
The first copy Of the Campaign Richmond
edition. came out this evening. Its cartoon
"Humor Of Investigation is very rough on
Malone and Riddleberger: the latter, how
ever, has been SO kicked and auhetted about
by Page McCarty and Richard Beirne that
be is Il pitiahle object TO behold. The car
toon has Mahone drawn as a baboon up
tree. Upon another branch is "Eiddie,' d
Allen is climbing the tree Fin the east
the smiling SUI, labeled "1SS4," is rising
and the figure of ',iustice' leading blood
hound is making havoc among Il fleeing
menagerie, consisting OF lizard, labeled
"Clairborne," an ass marked Mays" 4 de-
apidated cur marked Judge" ard u raj
marked ''Supt Lunatic Asylum" Other
rats are playing about and dancing into
their holes and the lizards tail is scattering
cards in every direction. Underneath the
picture is the following: "Mahone-My,
| position is too high to be attacked except
ny my equals in rank. Riddle-Me-too y
The Campaign comments upon this as fol,
lows: The man who says that official
rank can lortify bully, need only look at
our beautiful picture OF the Baboon States
man up tree. and then read what Senator
Pauza's mother said about the monkey"
The Malone members of the Legislature
were astonished this morning when they
heard that Mr.. Rue had decided not to run
for the Senate in Norfolk. Mr.. Banks said
he did not understand it at ALL He said to
reporter that he intended TO go down their
this evening and try to get the Mahoneites
IN Norfolk 10 nominate the blacklist Niger
they could find in the district"
1t looks pretty much now as if Callahan,
straightout republican, and bitter oppo-
nent of Mahoneism will be elected. The
democrats generally will support him.
STRoNGBOW.