The national Republican., 1867-05-27

CONSERVATIVE NOMINATIONS In THE
FouprH WARD.-.Thpre was q meeting of the
Democratiol and conservative citizens Of the
Fourth ward on Saturday evening at the Council
Chamber, for the purpose Of making ward nomi.
Dr. John D. Blake was called upon 10 pre,,ds
and Henry Lylss acted a. Secretary -
Mr.. Owen Thorn stated that, In order 10 secure
proper registration, every citizen who had not
been registered would have TO make personal An.
pliohtion In order 10 have his name received on
the list. General Bacon had prepared = list q
eighty or one hundred names, bat the judges Of
election had, BY resolution, declared that the
names could not DO received. Therefore, All In.
terested must present themselves on Thursday
and Friday next. Mr.. Lewis Newton corrobo.
rated the statement Of Mr. Thorn, = -FfI
On motion, the meeting proceeded 10 nominate
2 candidate for the position Of Alderman for tho
WIN; II; Nall.y was nominated, but declined.
olined, as he was In favor Of A,bury Lloyd. In
order 10 harmonirs the meeting. A motion was
made 70 make the nomipation Of Mr. Lloyd unan.
imous By aoolamation, but was. objeotsd 10 a
being irregular BY Dr.. Clayton Owen Thorn
was also nominated, and teilss were appointed
70 receive the ballots,
The whole numbsr. Of votss pollsd were one
hundred and twenty three, Of which Asbury Lloyd
- n,
and Mr.. Lloyd wa declared tho nominss. On
motion, the election was declared unanimous.
Tho meeting then prooesdsd TO the election Of
candidate for the short term. The nominees
were ospt WV. Moore and Owen Thorn. MI.
N. Acker, wrs nominated, but. his nams was
vithdr.rn, The result Of this ballot was in
votes and Owen Thorn So votes. Tho noniins.
nous 2. ~. ~ '.a' 80 ~ -s'D-
! Nominstions were then made for Councilman,
with the following result: VIM. IT. Naiiey 70.
eeived 100 votes Robert Ball, I25; James p.
Moore, 4Si Charles y, Anderson, Al George
jsu.%an June W;oN 81; " Z, lord Jane. D., -
D, Young vote; and Mss%ss % Saiiss iBe Bsl, ISo ma
Moore were elected as candidates, and were sub.
sequentiy declared tho unanimous choice Of the
meeting. 49,, -'I.,.lI - - ~ --'-T-l7T
The vote for A,ses,or resulted in tho election
Of r. b. Owens, he receiving 81 votes, and W.
II. johnson esi and Mr. 0wsns was unanimously
made tho nominee. '. .'- o. ..."I -
Nj. John HollOhan offered tho following. which
Re'oiosd, That In the opinion of this meeting
cordial support should be given by all anti. .Radi
cal voters Of this ward to tho ticket nominated
BY the Democratic and Conservative Convention
for Collector, Register, and surveyor, and 70 Che
nominations mhds at this meeting for Aldermen
and Common Councilmen and Assessor.
o. Themseting then adjourned. .s =. ....r. e /
SANFORD CosovRR.- Saturday the
appeal from the judgment ofthe Criminal Court,
Judge Fisher,) In the case OF Sanford Conoyer,
alias Charles A. Durham, convicted Of perjury
In connection with the assassination inyestiRa.
tion, and sentenced TO ton years imprisonment
In the Albany county psnitentiary, was heard in
the Supreme Court The execution Of the son.
tence was suspended, II win be remembered, until
the lst Of june, at the instance Of Conover's
counsel, Judge Lander and Mr.. II. O. Gooding.
The defsnss submitted the point that conover
was tried under the statute Of 1895, which was
general statute, applicable 70 the United States
at large, and which prescribed o penalty Of not
more than Ave years. Imprisonment, and that he
was sentenced under different statute-that Of
lsSi-whish was applicable only to the District
Of Columbia, and which prescribed penalty Of
tan years imprisonment They eontsndsd that
the sentence was illegal, as he should have been
sentenced In accordance with the statute under
which he was convicted. They also claim that
by the law abolisbine the psntentiary In the Dis
trict Of Columbia, the Secretary Of the Interior
was required to designate, on the arst day Of
each term Of the court, The prisons 10 which con-
yies from this District should DO sent; that tho
Secretary Of the Interior had not complied with
the letter Of the law, except In 1868, when he
designated the prison OF Albany. II was CON
tended that as the Secretary had failed TO dssig.
nate tho prison as prescribed by Law, the court
possessed no power TO designate one for itself,
but that, even II tho court holds that the Iettsr
OF the Secretary, written In 1868, was still In
force, the sentence Of Conover had not conformsd
to it, for the letter designatsd the "prison at
Albany, New York" while the court sentenced
Conoyer to be imprisoned in "tho Albany County
Penitentiary;n and II was agreed that there was
q recognised distinction between q prison and a
penitentary and that the letter Of the law should
have been complied with. 'a.r
SURRATr CAsE-ArriVaI of Witnesses
Thismorning several witnesses summoned BY the
Governor on the case Of John II, surratt, indicted
for murder, (which, It Is expected, will come up
In the Criminal Court, Judge Fisher, on Mon.