Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-28
STATE REPUBLICANS.
TIME AND PLACE OF HoLDINaTHE STATE
CONVERSION.
No Losses in Petersburg by the Raleigh
Bank suspsnsion--A Sheriff Indicted
Municipal Politics.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspntch.I

PETERSBURG, March n, 1855.
The Republican State Committee will
meet at the residence of the chairman,
General William Malone, in this city,
on Thursday tue Goth instant The OBJ
ject OF the meeting il to decide as to the
time and place of holding the State con
vention, which is TO appoint delegates to
the national convention and adopt a
party platform. 1t is said that the Re
pubicans of Petersburg AID OF the
South Side are in favor Of holding the
convention in Petersburg, but it is also
understood that bids for the convention
will also be made from other points
notably Richmond.
The only hall in Petersburg suitable
for the accommodation OF such a body is
the Academy OF Music, which up TO this
time has been virtually closed to political
assemblages, no matter Of whatever
character. But a formal application
having been made for the use of the
building for the Republican conven-
tion q meeting OF the directors has been
called to consider the matter
The Republican Executive Committee
is composed of thirty members three
from each congressional district. The
object OF Thursdays meeting is primari-
", rs above stated, to name the time
and place 0f holding the State conyen-
ton. Other matters may, however. be
informally discussed, such, for instance,
as the plan to be adopted for party Of
ganization and government, which has
recently been 30 prominently brought
to tho front by the letter OF Hon. John
S. Wise. In this connection it may be
stated that no expression has come to
the public from General Malone in
reference 10 Mr.. Wise's letter. Whatever
he has said has been committed TO the
care of his immediate and personal
friends. The public are, therefore,
somewhat at r loss in the premises, and
may be said to be divided in opinion as
to the purposes aud effects of the letter.
The announcement OF the suspension
Of the State National Bank OF Raleigh
caused q decided sensation here to day,
where North Carolina matters are always
regarded with interest. Upon careful
inquiry, however, it is learned that none
OF the banks Of this city are sufferers,
as none of them had any financial deal
ings with that bank.
At the recent session OF the grand
jury of Prince George county Sheriff
Youngblood was indicted for negligence
in allowing the late escape OF two negro
prisoners from the jail. These iugitiyes,
as announced in the Dispatch, were
subsequently captured in Charles City
county and returned to prison. The in
dictment will come mp for trial at the
april term OF the court, but it is not be-
lievcd it will come TO much.
Two well-known young men OF tins
city were before full bench of mags-
trates this morning, charged with At
tempted HOUSEKEEPING. They were ac-
quilted Of the charge.
We have had four consecutive days Of
clouds and rain, with scarcely on inter
val Of sunshine. The ground every
where is saturated with water, all farm
ing operations are in allegiance, and the
streams are high.
Mrs. Wager, wife Of Captain Yagcr, Of
the Richmond and Petersburg railroad,
died this morning Of consumption, after
al illness OF several months. She leaves
one child.
New candidates for the Republican
nomination for city Offices are springing
up, and the most persistent kind Of
elccticneering is in progress. The city
convention will probably be held some
time next month, and from present ap-
pearances will be a lively body. among
the addition to the list Of aspirants Is
colored man for the Office OF commits.
sioner Of the revenue-a nomination that
he will hardly get. The colored brother
does most of the voting here but gets
very few of the good-paying Offices.
RoBIS ADAIR