Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-30
LATE FROM WASHINGTON.

Special Dispatch TO the -. LDalS Republican,
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Sanford Con.
over, alias Charles Durham, who testi-
fed on the trial of the assassination
-cOnspiratOrs, and, also before the house
judiciary committee that MIR. Davis, c.
G. Gay and othef eX-Febel leaders were
in consultation, while he was present, on
the plan to ssassinate President Lincoln.
was to-day sentenced to state prison fer
ten years. Conover was convicted of
perjury in testifying to the above effect,
his accomplices admitting that the ey :
dence was manufactured for the purpose
of obtaining the reward offered.
Gen. Sch0field has already commenced
to appoint boards Of registration. 10 regis
ter voters under the reconstruction sct
throughout Virginia. In some districts
it has been found impossible to obtain
loyal white men, and army officers and
nOn-residents have been detailed. It is
estimated that it will take nearly three
months TO conapietS the registration. II
will be completed first in the cities. 40 &c
TO anticipate all municipal elections.
In the supreme court the case of the
Pittsburg and ConnellsviIla railroad
the mayor and city council of
baltimore has been fixed for hearing on
LoE4LN may aA Cln1lhEH AlAEl uEuIINO
Of the case of Virginia against the state
Of West Virginia. The latter case in
the right OF West Virginia to the 1
counties of Jefferson and Berkeley.
Senator johnson is retained for West
Virginia.
The question whether Virginia is a
of the union will be involved in the
,ase and Will be argued at length, for, if
he - MT ffalf11a1Hrr ~aoonnTVon ~ a GfuN. !
he is powerless to claim Jurisdiction
,veF any portion of her former territory,
low claimed by West Virginia.
The supreme court dismissed the case
f Garesche VS.. the state Of Missouri,
be state (supreme court having re-
the law excluding from practice
4 the courts THAT court all who would
Ot take the oath and recognize the va
dity of the decision of the supreme
curt in the Garland case.
Messrs. Robert J. Walker and Charles
pConnor are preparing an elaborate
rgument 10 be delivered in the supreme
lurt on Friday, in the Georgia injune-
Oh case. The attorney general will !
1ny the jurisdiction of the court, and
'gue from that ground. ,
The commissioner of education will, in
day or two, issue q circular calling for
information of the designation, o
story and present condition of every a
and agency Of education in the
nited States, and of name, residence
I'd special creed of every person in the =
ADMINISTRATION, instruction and manage r
ent of the same. Ali the information :
ust be Of a voluntary character, as the
partment has no power-to compel per- Z
as to give il. :
The execution Of imperial officers at
lebla by the liberal troops, the intelli-
nee OF which was received here last
ght. has excited lively ap~prehensions I
the part of the Austrian minister for a
lximilian's safety. He was at the
partment Of state to-day, inquiring III
y advices bad been received Of the o.
rival at QueretarO of the special mes q
lger dispatched on April Btu, from y
" Orleans, by Minister Campbell, 70
lveyiBg the protest Of this govern W
mt against Maximilian aud all other Z.
Icers being treated otherwise than as in
Of war. The department had eli
Information, although the messenger &c
5 sent by steam by Tampico, and for /