The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-28
LOCAL MATTERS.

/ LOCAL MATTERS.
Vino RAr1rIcArIoN MExrISG.-About ons
Thousand persons assembled In the Capitol Square
90 Saturday evening to respond to the Wing nom
nations At Baltimore, for the Presidency and VICE
Presidency. At half past o'clock Sherman Nc
Rae called the meeting to orde: and put In nomins
ton as chairman VIM. II. mcfarland, which nomt
nation was unanimously accepted. Mr.. John Scot
OF the Times and Alexander Mosely Of the Whit
were elected Secretaries of the meeting. Mr.. Mac
farlsnd, on taking the chair, delivered shor
speech, highly eulogistic of the character and ca
reer of General Scott.
MIR. R. T. Daniel then rose and, after expressing
his hearty concurrence In the nominations, read
two resolutions for adoption, expressive of tn g
cordial endorsement by the Whiss of Virginia Of
the platform ofprnciples and the nominees. The Sc
resolutions were adopted unanimously. Some per.
son the outskirts of the meeting cried out "No,
but his voice was Immediately hushed by the ex-
camation of roaring bass, that the mo- came from
the Governors house, This little incident gave
rise to many bad jokes and broad laughs amongst
| the crowd.
Mr.. R. E. Scott of Fauquier, one of the dele
gates to the Wing Convention, was then introduced
to tbs meeting. In the course Of two hours
speech Mr.. s reviewed the action of the Southern
Wing delegates from the time of their first
blage at Washington affirming that the platform
which they had adopted in caucus was accepted by
the Convention, and that the majority Of the 66
delegates who voted against it in favor of the
| fugitive slave law. He also defended the action
of the Wings of Ohio and after critcisng in avery
pointed manner the claims of the several Wing
candidates for the Presidency entered into lengthy
vindication of General SCOTS Southern predilec-
tons, uaion patriotism and constitutional bravery
and craftsmanship.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. SCOTS speech, MIR.
J. NJ. Bolts, another Wing delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, took the stand In obedience to per
feet storm of calls. Mr.. B. in the course of his re-
marks, explained his action 10 Bsltimore-de nj led
having any collision with Seward or his clique -
and developed the prominent points of General
SCOTS character in a very eloquent manner
There was considerable manifestation of enthusi :
asm, during Mr.. B.'s speech-an enthusiasm which
did not mark the argument of Mr.. Scott At to IL
O'Clock the meeting adjourned-with niae chez r
Tor the nominees to meet again at the Afr lean
Church on Wednesday next.
DIscHARGED-The continued case of Edw ard
Boomer charged with embezzeing $500 in mon
ey, the property of Marcelus M. Archer, betwee
the 9th and the 18th of June, came up before the
Mayor on Saturday.
Mr.. Archer testified that some few weeks since,
ne had large sum of money in his vawer, which
Boomer saw, and on seeing it, remarked to him
(Aarcher3 "you ought not to leave the money there
some one might break into the house and steal it,"
Thereupon he asked Boomer to keep it for him,
and Bloomer said he would. He gave the money
to b. on Wednesday night. The Sunday night fol.
lowing, Bloomer came to him, (A) and said that
some one had stolen the money from place wnere
ne had secreted it behind his counter The amount
OF money that he gave Boomer to keep for him,
was $4,000, of which he drew $5O0-the Saturday
previous to the time that Boomer said he lost the
money-for the purpose ofbuying negro Bloom.
er had told him that the money was taken from be.
hind the counter while he was sitting in his back
door.
John Dryer deposed. He was brotherin-law +,
Bloomer, and that the money which Archer en-.
trusted to the care of Boomer, he put in Rs hand
Boomer did not want to take it. fearing that he
might loosei it. He saw Boomers gro girl, Luz
cy, on the morning after the money was lost, talk
ing to Archer. He, witness, asked Archer to 20 to
the bank and get the numbers of tue notes lost and
advertise them, but Archer refused to do So
Boomers negro girl Lucy ran off as soon as she
heard that the affair would come before the court.
1t was his opinion that the negro gA took the
money.
Officer Page stated that he had been automatically
informed that Lucy applied to two or three ladies
some days SINCE to obtain pass to go in the couu.
try, but without success. She had obtained a pass
since, however, and left the city
Other testimony was presented, but it went to
prove Boomers innocence, which was so mani
fest that the Mayor summarly dismissed the com
plant. The substance of the testimony was pre-
cisely similar to the statement of the affair which
we published in Fridays paper. The money was
given Boomer by Archer TO keepafter much persua.
sion on the part of Archer as Boomer did not like
to take the responsibility of guarding and preferred
that it should be deposited in the bank Boomer
missed it come two weeks since and on Wednes.
day. Lucy, negro girl in his employ, hearing tina,
the case was to come up in court ran off Bloomer
thinks that she stole the money, and from fear of
discovery, left the city
EXcURsIoN.-"The cry is. still they come" -
The iocalizer of the Dispatch acknowledges with
heartfelt pleasure, the receipt of courteous invi.
taton to participate in the union slebraton of the
First and Second Baptist Churches, on Monday,
July 9Th. The Dispatch will certainly be repre-
scented ON that occasion. Want of space compels
US to omit today any extended notice of the nag
nincent arrangements made by the Baptist schools
to commemorate the natal day of Republicansm
We shall endeavor to present our readers a more
detailed account of the order of proceedings they
have in contemplation, Tomorrow
MOONLIGHT ExcURsIoN.-As will be seen by the
advertisement, the Eagle Infantry will make their
fifth annual excursion this evening down James
River in the steamer Curtis Peck. Two splendid
bands OF music have been engaged, and every exer
ton has been used to make the trip delightful one.
Lovers of the fresh river breeze musc and DANE