Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-04-26

often ysarsin the Albany penisentary. Be-
lore passing sentence, Judge Fisher addressed
and reminded him that aS Ss hsd n made very
narrow escape from the hanGmans rope, for
II ne perjury of which he was CO avicted had
tesuited IN the capital punishment OF any one
No would have been liable to trial and con.
yiceon on the charge OF murder. Oonover, it
Will be remembered, was not tried and con-
ficed for perjury based upon the q timony
given by him before the military com issi ION
which con vicfed ths assassination cOnspira-
tors, and which onviction resulted in their
execution. but OF perjury In testifying before
the Judiciary Committee Of the House of
representatives, in relation to certain evil
nence given at the time of the ASSASSINATION
trials. Had he been tried aud con victed Of
perjury In direct connection with his testi-
have Jared much verse with him. He was
tried and convi cted under q general statute
and was sentenced under . special statute
having relation to the crime OF perjury in the
District OF Columbia, and his sentence is to
suner the full penalty prescribed. His coun-
sci, Mr.. II. u. Gooding, has therefore APP
pealed from the senten &c to the Supreme Court
IN odnc. He contends that Conover could only
De sentenced to suffer the penalty prescribed
by the general statute under which he was
convicted. The court does not meet IN barc
TOT some weeks yet. and, in the meantime,
Conover will probably he sent TO Albany, as
Judge Fisher intimated that it did not mater
much whether he was in the Jail or in the
penlten iary; for even in the event of the ap-
bnnc,
wonld. still have a penitentary sentence to
iulhl. warden Brow n leaves for Albany next
week, and Oonover will, no doubt, be among
the prisoners taken there at that time.
REAL ESTATE SALKs.-Messrs Green &
Williams, real estate auctiOneers, sold yeSter
dsy, the following described property Lot
ID, IN VIM. Il. Todd's subdivision 500, with a
two-story frame house for 5000, to W Dek-
stadt; lot %, same purchaser, both fronting on
MARY land avenue; the three-story brick house
fronting on X street north, between Sd and 4th
streets west, lot having 10 feet front by 100 feet
deep, to Mr.. John Bresnahan, for 81, $50: two.
story frame house with two rooms lot 2Ok
feet mont, los feet deep, on Ridge street, be.
tween am and 5th and and N, to Jas. Cole.
man, s6l5; lot A, subdivision OF square 557
having Tx feet front by 75S deep, to David
Rloroan, for 40 cents per square foot Also
the following property, belonging to the estate
OF Jesse Is. Haw, deceased Lot IS. to L. To-
bragan, at * cents per loot; lot GO, to Jerry
Matlock, at * cents per foot; lot 6I at ~ cts;
lot %, at * cents: lot 81, at 81 cents lot 65 at
cent; Iot 90, at cents.all purchased by W.
Munder; lott 81 to :. 5. Hoover: lots IS and 60
10 George ESln. at < cents: lot 20 to L. To.
bragan, at cents; lots II and ~ to VIM Mum
der at 5k and SI5 cents; lot % to Mr.. w Bur
dette, at cents; lot "a TO II. e.. Windsor at
~ cents. The same gentlemen sold the lease
OF T. +. Que ems store. between 9TH and Sth
streets, opposite the Northern Liberty Market
lot $1,000 the lease running nine years and
subJect 10 ground rent.
*. NJ. HALL sold yesterday, at his Real
Estate Exchange, III Louisiana avenue to
Iohh n. EiNans, Esq, for $4,000 cash down,
the large farm OF Mrs. Barry, adjoining the
Insane Asylu and next to UniontoHn as
acres. This, including other sales, makes over
SlOo,OOO worth of property sold at Mr. Halls
exchange during the present month We are
informed that this purchase is made by Mr.
Evans, IN trust TO General O. O. Howard
Senator ). @. POmeroy, and himself a, trus
ICES, Tor the purpose of dividing the Barry
Un -
credit OF three years to deserving freedmen at
a maxim um price of SIPS per acre in order TO
test the eapablity OF colored farmers TO be self.
sustaining, when offered the incentive of N ri
mate land-ownership. The proceeds of these
sales, and he interest, 10 be appropriated to
the use OF freedmen's colleges in the District
OF Columbia, Virginia, and North Carolina in
equal proportions, in accordance with an act
OF Congress.
MAY BALLs.-Prof. l.. G. Earini gives his
attractive annual May Festival at mis- Assem-
bly, Rooms, on Il street, between 9th and Tor
on Thursday, May 9th. His class this season
rs one OF the largest and most fas bion able ever
brought together in this city. and the fancy
dances In preparation tor the May Festival are
exceedingly beautiful. The affair Will be one
OF the events of the season.
Prof. kreis' May Ball and Exhibition will
take place on Tuesday, MAY Eye) April Goth
and viii undou btedly be a very brilliant AZ
fair. The Nessrs Kreis' have been filling their
appointment very successfully as teachers of
dancing to the Naval School Al Annapolis.
THE RRe1sTRAT1oS.-Ther registration in
the Sixth Ward was completed Yesterday
Wnsp pa names were RECORD ed--whites 49,
eoio1eo 81. The whole number registered in
the ward is 1,54S, of which 1.20l were white,
ana 347 colored, giving majority OF 7s4 for
the whites in the ward, and a majority of SOS
N the entire city 80 far as registered The
rselstraticn viii commence in che Seventh
Ward on Monday.
fIRE-About 2.20 o'clock this morning an
alarm OF hre was rnng In from box 81, by
omcer Dunn. OF the First Ward, a light that
sprung up apparently in the city Limits being
the cause. Upon making for the fire. IL was
aseertained to be so far beyond the city limits
that II could not be attended by the depart
nent, and the officers failed to learn what
was destroyed.
LEE FISH WHARF.-The arrivals yesterday
were about 5000 shadand $1,000 herring: ali OF
which were soon sold, the shad from - to SIO
per hundred, and herring from s. to 81 so per
thousand. This morning being calm, but few
vessels arrived. though a number are re ported
below, and will be up to n light, there being a
good breeze from down the river this after
noon.
MASTER BRICKLAYER APPOINTED Mr.
Francis Reside has been appointed master
orlckIayer on the Treasury ExtentIon, by
Capi; a Is. Mullet, the engineer IN chargp
Mr Reeside is a well-known resident of the
Seventh Ward, and being a hrst-cIass me-
chaHic, he will NO doubt make good ..bos-. :,
WANDERER Last night officer J. w.
Davis, of the Sixth Ward, found "a colored m an
named Aaron Dlggs wandering about in tn
9Th precinct dressed in female apparel He liz
dumb and insane, and is held at the Sth pre-
eihct station awaiting the orders OF Captain
Roberts, of the Freedmen's Bureau.
lSDII TED.-James Westcott. John Tones.
Alex Bennett, and Thoma> Bennett have ali
oeen indicted by the grand jury for keeping
gambling houses.
POLICE REPoRTs.-The police reported yes
terday 50 arrests in the District. The fines in
corporation cases amounted TO S71-4
DIED.
AniShT, VI typhoid fever, on Wednesday,
ARru - 1901, ~ gu ar ter past III D. N :, JENNIE
OhAnPiOn khIGHT, aged years, eldest chila
OF 0stasios and Mary Knight;