The New York herald., 1867-03-05

this matter and viii carry the provisions OF the law
70 the extent Of his ability.
Nominations Confirmed and Rejected BY The
senate.
The Senate 6unng last night and this morning
nrmed the following nominations
Consui-Felix Agnes, Of Maryland to DO Consul at
Assessors OF Internal Revenue-J. Lee Eggebert
Seventh district OF Pennsylvania A. d. Morrill,, Second
district Of Minnesota; Merwin r. Brewster. seventieth
Collectors OF Internal RevenueRobert NJ Iarep Sec
ond district Of Minnesota; j. Randall First district Of
Registers Of Land Ofce-James r. Mcclure, Junction
CITY, Kansas; Edmund Browning Indianapolis, Ind
Receivers OF Public Money-Wm. Boose, Indianapolis,
Ind Cyrus Aidrch. St. Cloud, Mimi. Lucas X. Stan
nard, Taylor's Falls, Mnn.
Posmastsrs-John Crawford, Charlottesville, Indiana;
Robert X Bush, Ekhart Ind Ezra Read, Terra Haute,
Ind Cyrus ?. Morford, Atca, Ind John N. Wilson.
New Albany Ind; NJ; D. Jacket. Greensburg, Ind: Ed
shelbyvile, Ind; VIM. schoenemann, Michigan City,
Ind James W. Setter Peru, Iud. O. whttessy Evans
ss jones' R:hmons Ind Isaac BsIer Pnceton
William b. Robinson Salem, n j. Darius Wells Pater-
son, N. j.; Joseph Bolivar Railway, N. J.. Henry A.
Mich. Mrs. Harriet l. Gugan, schuylkill, Pa James
H. McCleiand. Allegheny, Pa Clinton Cullom, Mead
Gibson, virginia City Honan. 1ps john s Potter hssna
Blair, Eor. Scott. Kansas william s. webb, Junction
City, Kansas; Robert A. Gilmore Chicago; Harmon Ben
metz, Norwich. N. r.; George Seymour, Boonesboro,
Iowa; J. w. Chubbuck, Gold Hill Nevada; Byron b
Harper H. 0nawood, Black Hawk Point. Colorado. L
Assistant Medical Purveyor-Surgeon Charles Suther-
Cherokee Indian Agent-John j. Humphries, Of Ten
nessee.
Deputy ouartermaster Generai-Morrs Miller:
To be Major Generals by Brsvet:-Brevet Brigadier
General Russell A. Alger late colonel Fifth Michigan
cavalry Brevet Brgadier General William L Stoughton
der General NJ Plasted, late colonel Eleventh Maine
Volunteers; Brevet Brigader General w. l. Mcmillan,
late colonel Ninety fifth Ohio Volunteers; Brevet Brga
der General James McQuade, late colonel Fourteenth
New York Volunteers Brevet Brigadier General Cyrus
Bussey United States volunteers Brevet Brigader Gen.
eral Willard Warner, late colonel One Hundred and
Eightieih Ohio Volunteers; Emerson Opdyke late brga-
der general OF volunteers.
To be Brigadier Generals by Brevet:-Jacob H. Camp
bell late colonel Ffty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Ambrose c. Hooker late lieutenant colonel Second
cavalry; Brevet Colonel Israel G. Woodruff; lieutenant
colonel Corps of Engneers Brevet Colonel Frederick
Prime late major Corps Of Engineers Brevet Colonel
II. Whittier, late lieutenant colonel Thrtieth Massachu
tenant colonel and chief commssary Of subsistence
Brevet Colonel William Walsh late lieutenant colonel
Nineteenth regiment colored troops: Brevet Colonel
Brevet Colonel William Leech late lieutenant colonel
Nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; Brevet Colonel
Thos Duncan lieutenant colonel Fifth regiment cavalry
Samuel NJ Elliott late Lieutenant Colonel Seventy ninth
New York Volunteers; Brevet Colonel Julius Hayden,
ment infantry; Brevet Colonel Jos Roberts, Lieutenant
Colonel Fourth regiment artillery; Brevst Colonel Oliver
infantry; s, NJ: Bowman, late Colonel Eighty-fourth
Pennsylvania; r. w. Judson, Ono Hundred and Forty
second New York. James Grant Wilson, United States
Volunteers D. c. Litiiejohn, One Hundred and Tenth
New York Volunteers; Charles Roome, Thirty seventh
& Anew YS5x Colonel Jefferson Tn
Kansas cavalry; Brevet Colonel Lester Wilson, Six.
Naval ofHcors-Captain Cicero Price, to be Commo-
dore; Commander JOS p Sanford, TO be Captain Com
mander william Ranekendorf, to be Captain Com
mander James E. williamson, to be Captain; Commander
Albert O. n ha Commander Henry A
Wise, to be Captain; Commander George II. Prebe, TO
be Captain; Commander Thomas H. Stevens, to be Cap
tain; Lieutenant Commander Edward Y. McCauley, to
be Commander; Lieutenant Commander Samuel Mctiaw,
to be Commander; Lieutenant Commander Edward C.
Grafton, to be Commander; Lieutenant Commander Mil
ton Haxuen TO be Commander; Lieutenant Commander
Robert T. r. Lewis, to be Commander; Lieutenant Com
mander Andrew W. Johnson 70 be Commander; William
N. Nckerson, OF Delaware, to be Assistant Surgeon
Assistant Paymasters. Alfred g. Greely, Of New
Hampshire; $. Denison Harlfort, Of Connecticut
superintendent Of Indian Afarz-Theodore s. Dwight
Collector Of Customs Thoms Russoll for Boston and
Commissioner to Paris Exposition. s Hewitt
Of New York.
Appraiser Of Merchandise CHARLES NJ Hurley, Pha-
delphia, Pa r
The following nominations were rcjected:--
Postmasters. William n. n. Taylor. Hamilton. Ohio
james Hoyle xens: Ohio Charles Sage Circievillc,
S%n1 aess o oS
Ha sidney oh1S ard Daniel Lup'on ssm oSO
a Eia'. FOND s's iss wisconsin,; rSo%ss e1sl;
J. Rugor Janesvillc, Wis; Edward Hicks, Green Bay,
Camden, n. j.; Albert H stansborough, Morrstown N.
J Henry G. Kalsey, Newton, n. J. Henry Bertram,
Ksnsas; William 'ss, Hoy. % surIinssos VI; Norman
Seymour Mount Morris, N. r.; r Page, Marshaltown,
Iowa E. smith, Towanda n; T.: Jas. McKesn, Mercer,
Wood, Warsaw, Ind. Charles c. Hii Princeton, Ind
GIDEON BLAIR, Plymouth, Ind. Edwin 8. orgcn, L.
Graham, Delphi Ind e. L shre~sbury, Madison, Ind ;
J. B. Marshall Valparaiso, Ind Walter Barber sssgus-
cae,ss pses Fcns Mich
thony, Jackson Mich. Foster Pratt Kalamazoo Mich.
William J. Edwards Niles, Mich; James Munroe; Mar.
Barnes, Detroit. Mich; Edward Van Denmark, Battle
Creek, Mich. Charles W. Fonda Three Rivers Mich. ;
solomon sosa rs,. Bliss East s.snsw hcn av Charles
town, Pa.
Pension Agens--Ezekiel T. Cox, Columbus, Ohio.
Nevada
United States A,torney-charlss c. whitsesey, East
Indian Xgsnt-Henry W. Martin sacs and Fox Agency,
Quincy.
D. Whitman, Assessor Sixth district Of Illinois,
Several hundred nominations were before the last
Senate for confirmation have been acted upon con-
rary general superstition All that thus 90 over will
have reappontsd by the President before the pres
ent Senate conside them.
The Case Of Sanford Conover.
in the court in bsnoo before Judges Cartier, wyne
Fisher and olin. Tho came up appeal from the
Criminal Court. where, II will be remembered, Conover
convicted Of perjury. The appeal 10 made on the
ground Of the conviction being Illegal and Of misdirec-
ton the part Of the judge who tried the The
case regarded Of great importance inasmuch
the question Of whether not false swearing before
Congressional Committee be made punishable ~
perjury the learned counsel for the prisoner, Judge
Lander and Mr. coodng contsnded that tho defendant
was illegally convicted Of offence for which no trial
could be legally bad the evidence not given b.
fore tribunal where Alss gwesrng would Be perjury,
and consequently the dd not under the den
milton Of perjury at ALL The guilt or innocence OF Como
YER had nothing TO do with the issue The question
II the trial and conviction were legal II contsndsd
that no man could be charged with perjury for false
swearing before either both branches Of the General
Assembly rhors was NO Law under which the oath ad.
minstered TO Conover could be regarded - absolutely