The national Republican., 1867-04-26

hSAsyonb Co,orsn AMAs Cu.kLss IA !
DvsuAs sspTrsusp TO TEE YrAns Ar ALrIsr.
| Yesterday, At about IL o'clock, Sanford Con.
over alias Charles A. Dunhsm was brought from
tss isil int, court fortbsp.Pe'e Of r'osiyins
hit eentencs. ~ .'.tf,ii =
Thl. man. q wilI bs f.eoll.e.sd, stood charged
bsfors ths Criminal Court With perjury, in svssr.
Ing nissly before the Hoass Of Representative
Judiciary 0ompittee cenesrnine the aiIsgsd con-
flicity Of Jefferson Davis and othsn IN the plot
10 assAssipats the late Presidsnt Lneoln that
eomnittse having been iustrnstsd 10 inquire what
lsslsia.ion vas nsoswaty 70 'vindisa,s the m.
tieeal honer and bring cisndsfs ,e justice. gu
'Conovsr was tried befors thu Criminal Court
l0th Of that month, broseht II verdict u guilty
Of perjury. General n. q. 0arrington, United
gtates District Attorney, conduuted the prossou.
tion, and Jadgs Lander (of Wnhington Terri.
tory( and II. O. aoodlns. Esq, were the counsel
for the prisoner. isEtaiflr4 ssI 10
2 When the prisoner was brought into court,
yesterday, 10 was piacsd 10 the criminal dock,
with son. half doIsp oihsrs, Who ven also
brought out to receive thsir ssstsnoes. Conovsr
sppssrsd 10 bs hale and hearty, and ws, sp.
p.rsutly. quite upeoncsrnsd ast the Jfsah Of
| bis case - '''
BY difssiien of Judss Fisher. COuov.r .ross
10 his feet 70 rscsive his sentence, when de
judge addressed him enthusiastically o. foliow,,
i
one ofths highest crimes known TO our laws
that ef ps.jury. You have been tried By fair
and Impartial Jury, chosen from among your
countrymen and they have pronounced you
guilty a. Indicted. In formsr times, 10 have
sworn against . man iua 'sseef lifs or d,ath,
is,sslyl n. lay would prchoyss. y mu,d,r 10
efAty oomnittss. IL vas . matter of iifs Or
death. 1.-THE parties whom you1 svors ,g.inst
had been hung, you would have been gdlty OF
murder. In view ef the snofmity Of yout crime,
! sentsuce you to hard labor In the klbsay pen
it.s,isry for y.rtes % q. ys.r., se~msnOips
with the day aftsr the Indictment.
Mr.. Goodlng ssnouscips bis intsntion Of ap-
pealiug 70 the court IN bdae. TO decide whether
or not the sentence u iegal one; bassd a. II 10,
| on The aot OF Msreh ., 1881; and he desired that
his client be not sent out Of the city until after
that question shall have been ssttlsd. Y
District Attorney Carriugton aid that 70 eI-
cept TO the ssntsnes of The court was unusual.
II vas only usual to except to the ruling Of the
Jndss Fisher rsnark.d that b. prssunsd the
exception was taken bscsuss Of the existence OF
ssserA acts, s.oh Of which imposed sentences
varying az to the lsngth Of time. Ono act eI-
landed the period Of service in the peuitsutisry
from two to ten years, and another from svs 10
| hiteen ysars n
Me-. doodins said those vsfs the ground, on
which he based his sxssptiOns II "a
ExTgNsivE REAL ESTATE ESALEs.-Mesrs.
Green Williams. real estate Auo ionsers sold
yesterday, the following described property
Lot Is, In VIM. b Todd subdiyisioa sos, with
. two story frame house. for $500; W. Dek,tadt,
lot ~ same purchaser. both hopting on MARY
The thrss-story brick houss fronting on X street
north between Third and Pourth strests west
lot having 10 feet front By 100 feet deep, TO Mr.
John Brssnahan, for $2,5sO. ~ - y.
H. Two-story frame house With two rooms, lot
20i feet front l08 deep, on Ridge street between
Fourth and Pi,h and N and N, to James Cole
Lot A. subdiyision Of Square 5S7, having III
feet front BY 76f deep To David Riordan, Tor 40
cents per square foot. ~ a. r... F.T 10
Also. the following property, bs,opgins 70 the
estate Of Jesse B, Haw, deceased: Lot So, TO l..
Tobragsn, At " cents per foot; lot 90. to Jstry
Matlook, st cents per iort; lot 6i, al n cent;
lot 50 at 81 esnts lot % at o. cents; lot 60 at
esnt.; lot SO at 8 osnts--aii purchased BY WIN
Munder; lot 67 to s. s Hoover: lots 6s and %
! to George Eslin at 81 cents; lot 70 to L. Tobra.
gan NJ cents lots II and ~ to VIM. Mundsr II
and 81 centsj lot 10 to Mr.. W. Burdstte ai
osntsj lot ~ TO II. o, Windsor at u oents
The same gentlemen sold the lease Of Il. r.
Queens store, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, opposite the Northern Liberty Market,
for $4,000, tho lease running nine ysars and
subject to ground rent. co.. 74.E - ,..g'I.
Mr.. R. M. Hall, real estate sgsut, Louisiaua
avenue and Seventh street, has effected, within
the past few days the largest real estate sale
that has been made for soms time. Tho sals
sums up In the aggreea's So, 900. O.. p. .s'
Messrs. Kllbourn Latta, real estate brokers,
have disposed Of the following property; Lots is
and 10, square 23o, for 81, 200; lots IL, Is, II
and 10, square 62oi part Of lots 80 and 3a tqusrs
lo2, for sS,oooi. part Of sgusre lA between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth, q and r streets, for
slb oOo 20 feet Of lot 81, square 1877, for $500
Also, farm Of 800 acre. in Orange county. Ma :.
To Wm. Latham, ssq, Of New York, for 80, $50
! The sales Of real estate In Washington thii
week will not fall short Of $3.50 900, that is re.
ported sales; but great deal Of operty Of thiI
description changes hands which 10 NOT alloweS
: to 60 into the pswspapors, being purchased OF
speculation. Two thirds Of the property bough
: during the wosk v. purchased BY spectators.
. FAIR.-The fair ladies of the Church o
Q Ascension (Eptscopall are hoidlns fair In th
bassthsnt Of that edihce for the bsnsat Of tn
!: church. It quite an attractive afair Ia th
u wsy Of fair things aud fancy articles, and th
sterner sex who wish 10 revsl In Q maze Of beauty
. We would sdviss to visit the fair this evening .
Il closes tonight and 10 therefore tho last chsnc
q they will have TO ,,g.. g.i.f
, s.s. OF sioudisss elimss and starry skiss "
. CoRREcTIos.-In our report Of the meet
log Of the First Ward Republican Club. In yester
days REPUBLICAN,, several typographical error
0 occurred, which we hasten TO correct. The nam,
!. Of @. Martin ought 10 have boon 7. Martin
/: he having presented theresolutionsi and the Rev
q Mr. Hendsrson favored the Radical Gsrma,
y ticket instead Of opposing 1t. The gas did NO
70 out In the, church, but In this cDfos, whici
alters tho case materially. We do not desire Il
misrsprsssnt or do injustice To any one. o.
Y RECEIVING STOLEN Goops.-Conrad Mil