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WASHINGTON. Revivals of Rumors of Minis- terial Changes. Tho President’s Cabinet to be Recon- structed About the 4th of March, The Present Incumbents Lack Political Strength and Influence. THE EXCITING SCENES IN THE HOUSE, Butler, Beck, Cox and Porter in a Broil, Visit of Japanese to the White House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 1871, Reconstruction of the President’s Cabinct— Why the Present Officials are to be Saper- seded. ‘ The sensation 1n political circles to-day was the rumor that President Grant has at last concluded to reconstruct his Cabinet. It wasa secret known to a very few last evening, and to-day it was Whispered with great caution among those who a@re supposed to be in the confidence of the administration. It seems that the Presiaent has had the subject under consideration for some time; that his attention was first called to it by certain lJeading politicians who are anxious to save the republican party in 1872, and that he now sees that there must be a complete change in the Cabinet as the first step in the campaign. The members of the present Cabinet are all personally acceptable to the President, but itis said he has discovered that they do not and cannot bring him that which he Most needs—namely, political strength and influence. Beginning with the Premier, Mr. Fish, and coming down to the Postmaster General, Mr. Creswell, there Is not a man in the Cabinet, it is alleged, who can command the support of the party through- out the country. They are all respectable men, but not strong, not influential even, in the States from which they hail. New Jersey, the politi- cal managers say, was carried last time by accident, and not throngh any effort of Robeson. Jowa would -be republican if General Belknap had never been in the Cabinet. ‘The same is true of Massachusetts concerning Bout- well, The presence of Mr. Creswell in the Cabinet has not won Maryland to the republican party, nor has Georgia been saved by the fact that Mr. Aker- man is Attorney General. Mr. Delano does not pos- sess tne confidence of the republican party any More than did Mr, Cox. Neither of them, it ig asserted, could carry their own State. This 4s the argument of the managers, and it is said this ig the way they have presented the case to the President, until at last he has come to look at the matter from their standpoint—political expedi- ency. The time when the revolution in the Cabinet Js to take place is set down on or about the 4th of ‘March, The successors of the present incumbents are not known as yet, but it is said they will be leading men of the republican party—men who understand how to manage political eBachinery—ien whe. oan go nto siples and look After Conventions; in short, men who have some status inthe party which is expected to nominate and re-elect Grant in 1872, lt seems to be conceded that Morton will go into the State Department. This was stated by the HERALD first of all some weeks ago, and has never been successfully contradicted. It is probable tnat Mr. Delano may remain in the Interior Department. The proposed reconstruction of the Cabinet seems to be hailed with satisfaction by the leading repub- cans in and ouc of Congress. It is a matter to which they have looked forward as inevitable. The enly foar was that it would not be done in time to arouse the waning enthusiasm of the party, Excitement in the House—Sharp Debate and Passage of the Bill Abolishing the Test Oath. ‘There was a good deal of excitement in the House to-day over the bill to abolish the test oath, and Ben Butler, 8am Cox, and other gentlemen who always take a hand when there is anything of interest going on, managed to get off a few personalities upon members who have the temerity to engage them in debate, Porter, from Virginia—or, rather, from the “Richmond district,” as Sam Cox put Mt—undertodk to call Cox to account for something he had sald the other day, Unfortu- nately for Porter he was not always as radical as he is now, and even since he became a member of the Bouse the fact has been brought out that Ben Butler at one time had a ball and chain attached to him for expressions of{disloyalty. This is a sore spot with Perter, Sam Gox knew it, and when the member from Richmond pressed Sam he came back st him with the ball and chain story. Before that the Speaker had been compelled to call Porter to order for personal remarks towards Cox. At the mentien of the ball and chain Porter became ter- ribly excited and indignant. He attempted to reply to Cox, but the Speaker, apprehending an old- fashioned row, rapped loudly and incessantly with his gavel. Porter was too mad to say anything, but Sam, who managed to control himself, got home again at Porter, and while the Speaker was hammering away Cox was heard above the din to say that he could have no quarrel with the mem- ber from Richmond, because he (Mr. Porter) was not a fighting maa, and that fact had already been demonstrated. This was touching Porter again on the sore spot, He is the same man who, it will be remembered, was whipped by Pat Woods in the streets of Richmond. for which Pat was brought te the bar of the House and afterwards imprisoned. The Speaker, after nearly knocking his desk into splinters with the blows of his gavel, succeeded in drowning the voice of the belligerents; but Sam had got out ail he wanted; and sat down apparently well pleased. Porter will hardly attack him again. Later in the debate Ben Butler got the floor, and ended by getting into an encounter with Jenes, of Kentucky. The democrats like to put impertinent questions to Ben, because they know it always eorages him. Butler had been deprecating the passage of the bill, because every time the government had yielded anything to the rebels it only made them more rampant, gave rise te fresh outrages upon Union men, and worked against the interests of the repub- lican party. Jones, of Kentucky, wanted to know ‘what had been yielded? Somebody else asked nim @ question at the same time. ‘One at a time,” cried Butler; I’) answer all of you if you only give mea chance.” Jones persisted in having an answer at once, Butler went on to reply, and toid Jones that they had yielded in giving the gentleman from Kentucky a seat in the House. There ‘Was about to be another scene; but, fortnately, the Drevious question exhausted itself about this time, and the Speaker managed to get the House in order 80 ad to Come to @ vote on the bill. The Western River Disaster. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day airected Supervising Inspector Houston to investigate the causes whicn led to the disaster to the steamer W. , RB. Arthug and algo notified Supervising Inspector “ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. Brett, of St. Lonts, to transmit all the material facta as to the last inspection of this vessel, in order that the report may bo as full and complete as possible, At the recent convention of supervising mepectors a new rule was adopted for the government of loca! inspectors on the Western rivers. It appears that there has not been a proper understanding of the law regulating the transportay tion of passengers on the Western river steamboats, and 1t is now proposed to make the instructions uniform and hold the local inspectors strictly re- sponsible for the fulfilment of their duty. Executive Session of the Seuate—Tue Nomi- nation of Mr. Kramer—Sumner Wide Awake, ‘The Senate went into executive sesston soon after three o'clock to-day, The understanding was that the case of Willts Drummond, nominated to be Com- missioner of the Land OMice, in place o! Mr. Wil- son, was to be taken up. This case had excited considerable debate yesterday, and there was a desire to finish it, As soon as the doors were closed, however, Senator Chandler arose and moved that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from the further consideration of the nomination of Mr. Kramer to be Minister to the Hague. This created a sensation. Senator Sumner was on his feet at once. “object, Mr, President,” he said; “I object to this extraordinary proceeding.” “Weill,” said Ohandler, ‘Vda have had this noml- nation before your committee for months, and you have not reported it. Now, I propose that the Senate take hold of It and comfirm Mr. Kramer,’? “Trepeat,” said Sumner, in stenvorian tones, “I object, Mr. President. Thisis something very ex- traordinary, The Committee of Fereign Relations has had the nomination of Mr. Kramer under consideration for two months, All we have been able to ascertain about him is that he is the President's brother-in-law, and that he is unft for the place to which he has been nominated. I say, Mr. President, Mr, Kramer is unfit for the place, and yet the Senator frem Michi- gan proposes to take his case ont of the committee and confirm him,” While Sumner was delivering this little speech he shook his finger significantly at Cnandier, as 1 he meant to defy his efforts to bring poor Kramer out of Cnancery. Chandler did not seem disposed to follow up the affair, and, somebedy calling for the unfinished business, the Senate proceeded to discuss the case of Drummond, who was subsequently con- firmed, The Income Tax Bill. The conference committee appointed yesterday to consider whether the Senate had the right to origi- nate and pass the bill to repeal the tax on incomes did not meet to-day, and have agreed not to meet until Friday. The conferees en the part of the House are understood to be all in favor of the posi- ton assumed by the House—to wit, that the Senate had no right to pass the bill. The result of the conference, therefore, is likely to be a disagreement. In the meantime the Commitiee on Ways and Means hopes to be able to report a bill to the House in favor of the repeal of the tax. The committee now stands four to four on the subject. One member—Dennis McCarthy, of New York—is absent. It is believed that he favors repeal, and the four members of the committee who are on the same side are very anxious for his speedy return, His presence, it is thought, would give them a majority of one, McCarthy has been telegraphed to come on at once, and he is expected to arrive to-morrow. Proposed Admission ot Colorado. The Governor of Colorado and the Delegate ana Delegate elect from that Territory have addressed a letter to the chairman of the Senate Committee on ‘Territories in advocacy of the admission of Colorado as a State in the Union, a bill for that purpose hay- ing beén reported, and giving an account of the re- sources and productions of that country. The tax- able property, exclusive of railroads and gold and silver mines—the latter not taxable—is nineteen millions and a third dollars, Of the eighteen States admitted since 1802 to 1867 only two—namely, California and Kansas—nad a population larger than that of Colorado, which the United States Mar- shal for that Territory represents to be now 60,000, The Senate Committee (pn Territories has also re- ported a bill for the admission of New Mexico as a State, The report accompanying it states that the Territory is ® good wheat, pastoral and mineral country, containing various rich gold, silver, copper and other mines, As near as can be ascertained the value of the various articles of commerce which passed across Kansas and were transported to the end of the railroad into New Mexico during the year 1870 amounted to about $8,000,000, aud the Goriiiérce trom Qld Mexico to about $f,000,000 more, making an annual amount 6f $10,000,000 ad- ditional, Within the last én Years the increase of population of New Mexico has been 41,882 persons; and, without including the wild Indians, and after giving territory and population to Colorado ana Arizona, the Territory of New Mexico has nowa citizen population of 99,890 persons, The Minority Report on Woman Suffrage— Butler and Loughridge as Champions of the Shriekers. The minority of the House Committee on Judi- clary, consisting of Representatives Loughridge and B, F. Butler, in thelr report presented to-day in the matter of the memorial of Victoria C. Woodhull and others on the question of female suffrage, say that it 1s one of exceeding interest and importance, involving the coustitntional rights not only of the memorialists, but of more than one-half of the citizens of the United States, and that the ques- tion of propriety or expediency has nothing to do with it, The minority reply at length to the report of the majority, quoting from various legal opinions and relating to historical circum- stances to show that, by the common law of England, the authority 1s clear that women have a right to vote and that it cannot be questioned that from time immemorial unmar- ried wemen, by the laws of England, are competent to vote. After examining into the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States the minority claim that from the very beginning of our government the right of suffrage is a funda- mental right of citizenship, not only included in the term privileges of citizens of the United States, as used in that amendment, but also included in other Parts of the constitution, and in this they claim they are sustained by the authorities and by reason. After discussing the term ‘citizenship’? they say the right to a voice in the government is but the natural right of protection of one’s life, liberty and property by personal strength, but brate force has been so modified as to be used in the form of a vote through the ma- chinery of a free government. They conclude by saying:— It 1s perfectly proper, in our opinion, for the House to pass a declaratory resolution, which would be an index to the action of the House should the juestion be brought before it by a contest tor a seat. ve, therefore, recommend that the right of suffrago is one of the inaenable rights of the citizens of the United States, subject to regulation by the States through equal and just laws. That this right 1s included in the privileges of citizens of the United States, which are guaranteed by sec- tion one ef article fourteen of the amenament to the constita of the United States, an@ that female citizens who are otherwise classified by the laws of the States where they reside are competent voters for Representatives in Congress,” The Woman Question. Anumber of women, advocates of suffrage for thelr sex, have been in attendance at the Capitol for some days past, Making thelr heaaquarters the room of the House Committee on Education. Next Monday a resolution will be introduced, giving Vic- toria ©. Woodhull the use of the Hall of Repre- sentatives for the delivery of ‘an address in advocacy of that cause. In opposition to them there is @ strong movement by many of the same sex, in vindication of what they term “woman’s true rights,” nearly five thousand of them having presented remonstrances to Congress “against the oppression of having suffrage forcea upon them.” The latter class desire it stated that a letter has been received from Catharine E. Beecher, in which she says !t is not true, as reported, that she ts in favor of woman’s suffrage, nor 1s it true of a large majority of her family and personal friends. Consolidation of Philadelphia Revenue Dis- tricts. The President has reconsidered his recent order consoilaating the revenue districts of Phiiadeiphia, and in an Bxecutive erder of the Sist ult. has con- solidated the First and Third districts, witn John C. Kerney as collector apg William B. Elliott as asses- sor, In the Second district William J. Pollock ts continued collector and William 8. Stokely assessor. The Fourth district will remain as previously organ- ized, with Horace G, Sickel collecter and Charles B. Barrett assessor, The “Japs” at the White House. The members of the Japanese Embassy, accom- panied by the Secretary of State, called at the White House two-day, and paid thelr respects to the Presl- dent, Quite an interesting interview transpired. There were present ate the Executive Man- sion, In addition to the President and Secretary Fish, all the members of the Cabinet and the Commisstoner of Indian Affairs, No set speeches were made, The Japanese Assist: ant Minister of Finance informed the President of the objects of his mission here, which, as already generally known, 13 to obtain an insight concerning the management of our financial system. In response to this he was ag- sured that our Secretary of the Treasury would afford him the facilities fer obtaining desired information. The members of the Embassy wero personally introduced to the officials present by Secretary Fish, and at the close of the interview With the President were escorted through the differ- ent parlors of the Executive Mansion. The gov- ernor in charge of the Embassy presented a let- ter of introduction to Secretary Boutwell from Mr. .De Long, the American Minister Resident at Yokohama, ‘The letter states that the official whom it introduces has given at atten- ton to the study of the financo of Europe and America, and prefers our system to any other, and is therefore anxious to inspect our mints, investi- gate the manufacture and tssue of our paper money and inform himself about our revenue laws. ‘he Japanese government has completed put not put in operation a mint at Osacka, and itis presumed that it desires to adopt some general and satisfactory system of paper currency in place of the crude and unsatisfactory issue now extant. The Embassy will visit the Treasury to-morrow. Nominations by the President. The following nominations were sent to the Sen- ate to-day:— Benjamin Devoe, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-sixth district of New York; Henry E. Rhoades, to be Second Assistant Engineer in the avy; Lemuel Wilson, to be Receiver of Bablg io be ster of Land Office, Harrison, Ark.; H. W. Fick, N Me to neys at Tallahasse, Fla.; E. J, Rhodes, Receiver of Land Office at Harrison, Ark. George W. Dennison, to be Register at xittle Rock, Ark.; A. A. Tufts, to be Receiver at Camden, Ark.; D. 8. Griffin, to be Register at Camden, Ark, Postmasters.—john ©. Hanman, at Delphi, Ind; J. G. Hatchell, at Frankfort, Ky.; George W. Baker, at Rochester, ‘Minn; J. 8, Garrison, at Cape May, N. J.; William S. Brown, at Napa City, Ual.; Oliver Barke, at Catskiil, N. Y.; Charles R. Tyler, at Green K. Bern, at Kenton, Ohio; F. L, Goodsen, at Bellevue, Ohio; Squire A. Epperson, at Ill.; W. H. Hollis, Jr., at Mason, Ill; Lizzie Smith, EMingham, Ul; Norman Parsons, Pendleton, Ill.; Arthur Fannie, Bay, Wis. ; Samuel Bushnell, Gilmer, Pittsfield, 1il.; L. W. Warren, IL. Nominations Confirmed. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the following nominations:— Willis Drummond, to be Commissioner of the General Land Office, in place of Wilson, removed. Lewis Weitzel, Assessor of Internai Revenue of the First district of Ohio, John B. Monteith, Indian Agent of the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho. Government Disbursements. The government disbursements during January were as follows:— War..... Navy. Interior and pensions Civil and miscellaneous. + $6,323,358 + 2,108,109 + 746,028 + 5,374,887 Total ..ee.seeeees se eeeeeseeseceeeccees $14,552,382, This does not include the interest paid on account of the public debt. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT. The First Document of the Kind Ever Sent to Congress. Suggestions Favoring the Establish- ment of Federal Prisons. enero STATISTICS OF CRIME. 3 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 1871. ‘The following is the annual report of the Attorney General, sent to Congress to-day:— ‘The act of June 22, 1870, to establish the Depart- ment of Justice, requires the Attorney General to make an annual report to Congress tn January of each year of the business of the said Department of Justice and any other matters appertaining thereto that he may deem proper, including the statistics of crime under the laws of the United States and as far a8 practicable under the laws of the several States. In obedience to this provision of law I respectfully submit the followieg report:—The act took effect on the Ist day of July, 1870, Upon my qualification ag Attorney General a few days after that date, I found that my predecessor had made none of the changes contemplated by the act except a few which were mainly of a formal character. LACK OF OFFICE ROOM. In endeavoring to organize the department, ac- cording to the design of act I, eacountered a serious obstacle in the inability of the Superintendent or the Treasury building to provide suitable rooms in that bullding or in any otner in the vicinity, Con- sequently the Examiner of Claims tn the State De- partment and the Naval Solicitor still retain their respective offices in the buildings occupied by the State and Navy Departments. The Solicitor General and one of the Assistant Attorney Generals have of- fices in a building on F street. The other Assistant Attorney General has an office in che Capitol. The offices of the Attorney General, the Solicitor of the Treasury and the Solicitor of Internal Revenue are in the Treasury building. Thus the officers of this de- partment are dispersed In five buildings,some of them at a considerable distance from the others. Until a building sufficient for all of them shall be provided the purpose of Congress to bring under one direction all the law officers of the Executive Departments will not be thoroughly accomplished. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. The sixteenth section of that act gives to the At- torney General the supervision of the various dis- trict attorneys. In the main the country is well served by these officers, Some of them complain, not justly, of the inadequacy of their compensa- tion, Tne same service rendered to private clients would receive a far more liberal reward. They are now paid a salary of $200 a year, five dollars a da; for attendance in court, ten cents a mile for trave! @ docket fee in each case of five, ten er twenty dollars, according to the disposition of it, and two per cent of the moneys collected in revenue cases. Should the fees exceed $6,000 @ year the ex- cess must be paid into the Treasury after certain allowances for hire of clerks, &c. The salary of $200 is intended as a compensation for the labor of corresponding witn the departments at Washington. ‘This labor has been much increased in late years. It often requires extended investigation and much clerical service. 1 know no work for the public which 1s so ill paid, ‘The general professional service which these officers perform is of the highest value to the government. Unless that service 1s efficient, dues to the govern- ment are unpaid and crime is unpunished, They are opposed to skilful adversaries, and it 1s essential to the respectability as well as to the interests of the government that they should be men of high professional character. Such men cannet be ex- pected to abandon a private lor a public clientage without something like an adequate remuneration. L respectfully suggest AN INCREASE OF THEIR COMPENSATION. to some guch scale as the follewing, namely:—An annual salary of five hupdred dollars in the smaller districts and a thousand dollars in the larger, a doubling of the present per diem and docket tees, and an extension oi the commission of two per centum to all collections for the government, The Tule which fixes six thousand dollars as the maxi- mum of compensation should alse be abolished. The application of a maximum rule of compensation to such officers 18 neither wise nor just. One can- not earn ten thousand dollars in fees without doing ten times as much work as the man who receives one thousand dollars in fees. Ten times the work ought to bring tentimes the pay. The present sys- tem has a natural tendency to diminish the zeal of the officer when nis maximum is reached, and to tend him to seek improper incidental allowances. If the compensation at the proposed rate should rise to an mordinate amount in some of the largest aistricts, a diminution in the rate might be made after a cer- tain amount 1s reached without departing trom the rele that an increase of labor should bring an in- crease of pay. Should the increase be made the assistant district attorneys, who are now paid di- rectly from the Treasury, could be paid in the mere lucrative districts out of the emoluments of their principals. These suggestions on the subject of the maximum are also applicable to MARSHALS AND CLERKS. I am persuaded that the increased efMiciency wrought in all these officers by the proposed change would bring into the Treasury ten- fold more than {t now receives from their surplus fees. While the law presoribit @ maximum remains in force, it she be as strictly as any other law. The clerks of the courts of the United states, as well as the district attorneys and marshals, are required to render semi-annual returns of their emoluments, and to pay into the treasury all above the maximum, Ip the withstanding the most urgent calls upon them from this depariment, A complaint to the judges who @ppoint and remove them does not always bring the desired correction, Their bonds are in @ small penalty, and suits on them will not afford effectual redress. 1 suggest éthat Congress give to the de- pacmoent seme means of forcing these delinquents 0 obey the law INSANE CONVICTS. My attention has been callea to the necessity of some eo. for convicts under the laws of the United States who become insane while undergoing sentence, Some of the States remove convicts of this description under their own laws to their in- sane asyiuis, and the same disposition has been made of Untied States convicts In their prisons and penitentiaries, but this 1s not general, and some pro- Vision On the subject seems to be required by hue manity. [tis a question well deserving the atten- Uon of Congress whether the government of the United States should not now provide its own pent- tentiaries instead of being dependent upon the Will of the States tn so Mmportant a matter. FEDERAL PRISONS SUGGESTED. When the number of United States prisoners was small and transportation was diMicult and expen- sive it was conventent to use the penitentiaries of the States, but now, with our great increase of po- pulation and of crime, with the modern facilities for transportation, a few penitentiaries, owned by the government 1 different parts of the country, con- ied and visited by officers of the United State: would answer all the ends of security and of punisi ment, with ® uniformity of superintendence and supervision, Which 18 desirable, but under the pre- sent system impossible, make the same Same ig aor on we subject Me jaus fo) ninement of persous held for triat SY Reitenced to btief imprisonment in the more popuious districts, The convenience of having such prisoners near the place of trial wil justify the continuance of the present system In dis- Rocttaoe the number is anal An the safe keep- Ing of Its own prisoners and the puplshy of its own criminals, our governmen' Subhe PASS ae mmendy Se pencai upon ee comity of any other oy ent, howeyer friendly aid sympa- pacite fd fd the case ot altogether imaginary of a SAmunigtration unfriendly to the enforcement of the laws of the United States the power of such @ State to withhold the use of its prisons from the United States might be exercised to the serieus obstruction of justice. In the act establishing this department Congress Mantiests a disapprobation of the practice of re- taming SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE GOVERNMENT, though the employment of such counsel 1s allowed in certain circumstances by the seventeenth section of the act. Ina few important cases, where before that act took effect special counsel had been re- tained by the departments, I have thought that the imconvenience of a change of counsel in a current gon would justify the continuance of their ‘ices, but in new cases, however strongly urged, I have generally declined to employ such counsel. Not to dwell upon the temptation to abuse which exists where a discretion is allowed in that matter, I thmk that upon general | ang the regular attorneys for the United states and their regular assistants ought to be equal to the ordinary necessities of the govern- ment, and that special counsel should only be em- ployed in cases of emergency. If, as is often urged the compensation allowed to regular counsel and thelr assistants is not suilicient to command the ability that is needed to cope with the adverse counsel, the remedy lies with Congress. The regu- lar district attorneys ought not to ve degraded to the rank of secondary counsel for the United States in thelr respective districts, as they practically are, When special counsel appear for the government in every important case. Under the present laws, when the government enforces CLAIMS UPON PARTNERS or other co-debtors living in different dis- tric! & separate suit must be brought in each. A law giving jurisdiction over all such debtors to the courts of the district in which one of them resides or might be found, and providing for service of process in the other dis- tricts would accelerate collections and save expense, The laws oi the several States exempting certain amounts of real and personal property from execu- tion for debt are held in some districts to be appli- cable to debts due to the United States. he State regulations are various, both as to the species and as tothe amounts of the exempted property. By removing from @ State which allows a small ex- emption to a State which allows a large exemption, adebtor to the government ts often practically re- leased. Losses often occur in this way in the cases of defaulting postmasters, mall contractors, distillers, &c., Whose bonds, sufficient in the State where they were executed and approved, are made wortn- less by the removal of the obligators to other States, There ought to be some uniform regulation on this subject. Insome districts the courts collect fines and costs in criminal cases by Judgment and execu- tion against the property of the offender, in others by imprisonment unti the fine and costs are paid. i suggest that Congress put an end to this diversity y A GENERAL LAW ON THE SUBJECT. The mode of arresting and transferring persons charged with crime in one district and foand in another might be made more simple, speedy and effective, I know no reason why criminal process issued in one district should not be executed tn all parts of the United States. It was my wish to pre- sent to Congress in this report a complete STATEMENT OF THE BUSINESS of the United States in the Cont Calls for the needed Information have been addressed to the dis- trict attorneys. No returus gumMcient fot isé have come sro ps tricts of Delaware, Northern Florida, Sofithérn Florida, Maine, Minnesota, North- ern Mississippi, Western Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Eastern Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Wisconsin, District of Colorado, Idaho and Utah. After giving a partial statement of the business of the United States in the courts the Attorney General concludes his report 8 follows:— STATISTICS OF CRIME. In October last a letter was _ sent the Governor of each State and Terri tory requesting him to furnish to this depart- Ment as early as possible in January, 1871, the statistics of crime in his State or ‘Yerritory for the yous 1870, classifying the desired information as follows:— First—The number of prosecutions — instituted during said year, under the penal laws of the State, im three classes—capital crimes, crimes punishable in the penitentiary, offences punished less severely. Second—The number of criminal cases disposed of during said year, the report specifying with the same classitication a8 above; the number of cases tried by a jury, the number of convictions by a jury, the number of acquitttals by a jury, the number of eases nolle prossed, dismissed or discontinued, the number of cases tried by janes or magistrates with- out a jury, the number of convictions in such cases, the number of acquittals in such cases. ‘To this re- juest but few answers have come. Some of the fovernors report that there 1s no provision in their States for cotlecting such information. Others Turnish such statistics as they possess. Meagre as these are they are, perhaps, the beginning of a series of annual collections of statistics that will finally become complete and valuable. A. T. AKERMAN, Attorney General. JANUARY 31, 18/1, THE KU KLUX IN NORTH CAROLINA. A New Bill in the Legislature for the Sup- pression of the Klan. Arson and Barn Burning to be Declared Punish- ment with Death—Progress of Governor Holden’s Impeachment Trial. RaetuH, N. C., Feb, 1, 1871. A bill has been Introduced in the Legislature to restore the law making burglary and arson punish- able with death, which was repeaied by the last re- publican Legislature of 1868-69. It is argued by the friends of the bill that tt will tend to the effectual suppression not only of the Ka Klux, but also all other secret political societies. Mr. Graham, who introduced the bill, said:— Mr. President, { ask leave to introduce a bill and have tt referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The object contemplatea is the effectual sup- pression of Ku Klux. We _ know that the Congress of the Unitea States 1s much exercised upon = this subject, and have appointed ®& committee to take testimony to see whether we shail have another reconstruction or not. Desiring to aid in the suppression of all secret socteties, | have prepared this Dill to restore the old. punishment for arson and burglary. These crimes are so mean, 80 despicable in their nature, that when conuunitted they rouse ail the passions of the human soul aod cry aloud for vengeance. The people have a strong idea that burglary and arson ought to be visited witn death, If the last Legisla- ture, Instead of passing foolish and mischievous acts as the Painting act and Snaffner act, had passed the bill under consideration, the Ku Klux would have found but little to operate upon. Many pious people in the: Nerthern States are groaning over our deplorable condition. The Ku Klux ceased to operate last spring, and as I am afraid that the numerous baru burnings which have recently taken place tn this State will cause a counter organization to arise, Lintroduce this bili to prevent both barn- burnings and retaliation. Our ople have not much opjection to having persons hung for burglary and arson, but they somewhat prefer that it shall be done according to due course of iaw. I hope, therefore, that the bill may be referred and our old Jaw restored, under whick we had little barn burn- ing and no Ku Klux, In tn> Court of Impeachment to-day there was a sharp debate over the right of 9 gonservative Sena- tor who was admitted yesterday to participate in the proceedings, defence objecting on the ground that he was not a member when the court was organized. The Ohief Justice ruled in favor of the new Senator, deciding that the challenge of defence was inadmissable. All the prelimimaries. are now arranged and the testimony will be commenced to- morrow. some instances clerks have failed in this duty, not- H AUSTRIA ARMING. Premier Von Beust on the Dangers of the European Crisis. The Empire Not Revengeful but “Prudent.” TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ni LONDON, Feb, 1, 1871, By telegram from Pesth, dated in that city yester- day, I am enabled to report to the Hera.p that dur- ing the Parliamentary session of the Austro-Hunga ran delegation in that day the Premier Baron von Beust delivered a speech in advocacy of an increase of the armaments of the empire, both military and naval. He said that he disunetly “repudiated the idea that the government was actuated by any policy of revenge for the past, but that the danger of warlike complications involving Austria Was nota phantom peril. The policy of the empire was peaceful and prudent; but contingencies were possible, and the foreign Powers must learn that Austria is Féaay fot défeitee.”* Towards the close of his address Premier Beust sald, ‘that while the relations of the empire with North Germany were most friendly no effort would be spayed t preyent fear and suspicion and secure mutual respect,” =n a MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. In connection with the important declaration of Premler Beust, as giveh in our cable report above, it is @f interest to know that the report of the Mill- tary Committee, which was lately presented in the Lower House of the Austrian Retchsrath contained a brief exposé of the military reforms and army force of the empire, with some few pointed remarks on the surrounding situation as tending to war. The members of the committee gave expression to their conviction that “the present straining of the military resources in Europe cannot possibly be of any long duration, and must either end in a general disarmament, peaceably agreed to on a mutual un- derstanding, or result at no distant period in a vio- lent war and consequent universal exhaustion; for no State is in a position to bear for any length of time the burdens of the present armed attitude without drifting into financial and economic ruin.” Comparing the future organized military strength of the Austro-Hungarian mon- archy on a war footing (viz., common army 800,000 men, military frontier 53,000 men, landwebr (mill. tia) in the two halves of the empire, 200,000 men— total, 1,053,000 men), with the military strength of the other great continental States—namely, the North German Confederation, then commanding an army of 1,028,946 men (standing army 843,304 men, landwehr 185,552 men), and in- cluding South Germany, with 200,171 men more (standing army 156,760 men, landwehr 43,411 men), or grand total, 1,229,117 men; Russia—Field army, including that of the Caucast $27,350 men, local troops 410,427 men, irreguiars 229,223 men—together 1,467,000 men; lastly, Italy— Standing army 343,461 men, National Guard Mobile, exclusive of Venetia, 132,000 men—total, 480,461 men—the Austrian committee is of opinion Vhat the figure given in the Army bill for tne strength of the Austro-Hungarian army in time of war does not go beyond the limit required for the security ef the State and the maintenance of its power and dignity. that the acceptance of the Army bill by the Legisla- ture of the two divisions of the monarchy will prove to Europe “that both parts of the empire are re- solved te stand together in the hour of danger, and that Austria’s power has increased.”” oe ST. DOMINGO. The Opponents of Baez in the Field. FOUR ARMIES PREPARED. The Principal Cities Against the President. CABRAL’S SUCCESSES Sr. DoMINGo Crry, Jan. 11, 1871. The annexation of St. Domingo is met with vio- lent opposition by the opponents of Baez. Cabral and his adherents are active. Tnere are now four separate armies in the interest of Cabral. They are fully determined to test the protectorate of the United States te the Baez government, and declare themselves prepared to try conclusions with the United States gunboats at once rather than submit or wait any longer. It 1s not at all improbable they will commit some overt act and endeavor to bring matters to an end. General Pimental recently landed on the north coast, near Monte Christe. He has with him 500 Dominicans, who came from St. Thomas and Turk’s Island, their arms being {furnished them from the revolutionary district Seylo. They made a great demonstration on landing, and are now menacing Port au Platte. Cabral is marching with another army towards Azua, where he will arrive in a few days. St. Jago des los Cabelleros wiil join the revolutionists of Seylo, which clsy i now in their possession. Among the leaders are many of the heroes of the second independence of St. Domingo, Luperon, Benito, Manan, Sanchez and others, These four armies Cabral, Pimental, Seylo and St. Jago des los Cabelleros will offer a very effective resistance, but It Is said that the Seylo aad Pimental armies will make overtures, though of what nature has not yet transpired, to the United States Commissioners, The resolution against Baez is @ positive fact, with fair prospect of success, The men are numerous, determined and well armed. They have declared { their intention or readiness to measure strength with the United States gunboats on this station in the Baez interest, in order to determine if free men of the United States will fire on free men of St. Domingo. HEALTH MATTERS. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners. The Board met at one o’clock yesterday afternoon, President Bosworth in the chair. The aftorney was directed to commence sults against fifteen persons for violations of the Tenement House act, twenty- four for violation of rules of the Board and two violations of the saaitary rules. Dr. Morris, City Sanitary inspector, submitted the following report of contagious diseases for the weeks ending January 21 and 28:— Week ending Jannary 21—Typhus, 1; typhoid, 10; relapsing fever, 18; scarlet fever, 70; smallpox, measles, 112; Lyle 17. Week ending January 28—Typhus, 3; typhoid, 6; relapsing fever, 3; scarlet fever, 64; smallpox, 27; measles, 95; diphtheria, 17, The Attorney reported that he had commenced actions against several physicians who had failed to report contagious diseases as required by the Board, six of which had already been settled by the defendants upon the payment of ten dollars each, Suits were ordered commenced agatust five physi- cians who had failed to report cases of contagious diseases to the Board twenty-four hours after their attendance upon patients. George H. Devlin was appointed a clerk to the Board, at @ salary of $1,500 per year, ia place of Edward Cline, deceased. A very interesting and humorous communication was received from John P. Joraloman, a resident of Essex street, who claims that the railread companies in sweeping the streets endanger the lives and health ef pedestrians who are compelled to be on the street, citing several cases that came under his yn: observation. The paper was referred to the chair- man of the Committee on Street Cleaning to inves- tigate and report at the next regular meeting. ST. THOMAS. The Dock Not Yet Restored. Sr. Tomas, Jan. ¥, 1871. ‘The St. Thomas dock 1s still lying in the upper part of the harbor, Blasland, the engineer who raised her, has gone to Kurope, The committee finally declared | 8 THE SPANISH CROWN. King Amadeus Reviews tha Army in Madrid, Brilliant Scene Despite a Snow Storm. The Court, the Generals and the Diplo« mats in Full Dre Revelations of the Prim Assagsie nation Conspiracy. HINT OF A BOURBON IMPLICATION. THE QUEEN NOT YET ARRIVED, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK NERALQ. “Loxnox, Feb, 1, 1871. The special correspondent of the HrraLp in Madrid forwards a brief but very interest ing} telegraph letter from the Spanish capital. The communication reached this city to-day. I proceed to transmit its contents to New York by special cable telegram for publicad ion, ROYAL REVIEW OF THE ARMY. The correspondent of the Heranp dates Sist of follows:—The Spanish troops quartered im on the January, and writes ag Madrid mustered for a grand parade this morning. The occasion was more than a pay rade; indeed, it was a royal review of the army of the capital. His Majesty King Amadeus was present as” The King was attended by a brilliant staff, which wa@ headed by the different marshals and generaist Commander-in-Chief of the forces. nn service in the city clothed in full unifortas Major General Sickles, United States Mina ister at the Court of Madrid, aceompanied that King. PROMPT AND PATIENT. The soldiers were in gala day uniform. They went through the various evolutions im & very prompt, creditable manner, They rew mained on the ground patiently during a seven hours’ drill, which was conducted in the | face of an alinost blinding snow storm. LOYAL AND FAITHFUL. Forty thousand armed men took the oath of fidelity and allegiance to King Amadeus bee fore the order to dismiss was given by the General-in-Chief. The féte passed off quietly. No disturbance ocenrred in the city during the day. REVELATIONS CONCERNING PRIM’S MURDER, The Spanish government has just received! | some important testimony in relation of the circumstances which attended the murder of Marshal Prim. THE CONSPIRATOR FOR BLOOD. From this it appears, as I have been ine formed to-day, that the principal agent of the deed of assassination is a man who wag formerly employed as a detective in the ser= vice of Sefior Gonzalez Bravo and who dis- tributed money to the conspirators. IMPLICATION OF ROYAL BLOOD. It is also alleged that some of the more prominent personages of another dynasty, not that of Amadeus of Savoy, but perhaps of the Bourbon, are implicated in the crime, but I have not yet ascertained the exact fact, THE REIGNING QUEEN ILL. Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, King Amadeus’ wife, is ill. The day of her depart- ure from Florence for Madrid having been postponed in consequence of her condition of health, the period of her arrival off the coast of Spain is not exactly known, so that the King’s preparations to journey to meet and receive her have been postpened. THE TROTTING CONGRESS. Assemblage of Turfmen at Buffalo—Organize ing for Business—List of the Associations Present. BUFFALO, Feb. 1, 1871. ‘The National Association for the Promotion of the Interests of the American Trotting Turf met this even- ing at the Tifft House, ‘The attenaance of delegates was not ag numerous as was anticipated, many of the associations in remote parts of the country not being represented. This may be accounted for by the snow storms that have pre-e valled of late, rendering travel unpicasant, to say the least. The business of the Congress began by Secretary Smith calling the meeting to order and asking the delegates to produce their credentials. ‘The following are the associations and their repre- sentatives present:—Buckeye Club, Cincinnati, Charles Kahn, Jr.; Boston Trotting Association, George C. Hall; Doylestown Association, Pennsyl- vania, John W. Cowell; Dexter Park, Chicago; J. E, Simpson and Josiah Stiles; Fashion Association, New York, lsaian Rynders; Hartford Association, Connecticut, Morris Holcomb and Thomas J. Vail; Key City Horse Association, J. E. Simpson; Mystic Park, Providence, George C. Hall; Prospect Park Fairground Association, George C. Hall; Orange County Pleasure Ground, E, M. Mad- den; Point Breeze Association, George Sturgess and Joseph Shoemaker; River Park Association, Water- town, E. C. White; Scott County Agricultural Asso- ciation. J. H. Wallace; Buffalo Park Association, E. J. Hamblin, W. W. Bush and George B. Gates: Wynd- ham County Agricultural association, George ©. Hall; Fleetwood Park, Joseph Eulott. The above were all the associations who had delegates out of the fifty-two associations in the coun- ty. R. ©. Barker, of Detroit, was elected President of the Convention by acclamation. A great deal of minor business was then transacted, when Mr. Vall moved that a committee of nine be ted to revise rules and regulations of the The following tlemen were then by the President:—T. @. Vail, FA Hambiin, J. E. Sumpson, George C. Hall |. Kahn, JY.; rge Stargiss, Norris Hol- ee ore of the last+vear's business of the Congress mn of the ay read, which gave general satisfaction, ana. as oraered to be ihoorporated on the minutes of this vention. A committee to nominate per- manent officers for the Convention was then nemi- nated by the Prestdent, The following were the uemen 8D ited:—C. W. oy ores B Estes, David John G. Mead, B. M. Madden, Frank Doe and John W. Cowel!. The thea. adjourned until to-morrow Sicisten coe