, 1872-11-17
The Cameron Ring Try Once
More and Fail.
Fish and Boutwell, to Retire from
the Cabinet, March 4.
The President Thinks He
Was Slandered During
the Campaign.
Interesting Figures from the Pension
Report.


Special Despa.ch to The Chicago Tribune.
prss7oy prponT.
w,au,,,a,o,s Nv 1e ~Tha o,nne, ranort =,
"oo>o1ot'' 1'os. ~ LILO aNHuaA Aopot' ~
tno commissioner OF Penslons, tor the present
year. will be unusually interesting, On account Of
the thorough manner in which the statistics of
orr ,,sna;o,, r,, 1ratan, -r;,1 ha nreaen+ed ma
nam portlons OF inc report nave oeen nn1sneo'
and the whole will be embraced in the re-
port of the Secretary of the Interior to
Conorasa nnrino tba iaca1 vear ended 1nna
an tho incrcasa % t1,s nana;on ro,1s has bean
oo' tno 4ncrease u tt10 pen6ion ions LAS peeu 's
greater than for any year since that
ending June 80, 1867. By the allowance
of nav claims thera have heen added to
IN ra,,a ~ 9 ~ o,~,1 ;,vs,;d .ans;oners = Ton
the rolls, o,ol' army 1nVallo pensioners ''Azo
Isl navy Invalid pensioners, 124 navy widows
and denendent relative nensionera, II o21 sur-
-;,ora 81 H. -rox ~ 1910 o,a INK ,r;d,,r. ~
WYE - 10 W ~ .' olo ooo ,s.e. "4uono ~
sold1e1s OF thae M , var, maklne gross ada1tlon 70
me rolls OF o., 81 ,ooo ne" pe%nsloners % IN me 1ast
tscal year: Inc losses 20 tne TONS ny death, re-,
enhstment, recovery lto1 oisao!llty oi 1evaAu
pensioners, OF 1allule u cialld Payneat M OF pen
sion 1or three yea1s, are z,zol Dy oeath
or marriage OF Wldo"s and aependent rela-
uves, expiration ol mlnoIs pensions or
lalluIe M u 10 c!aam u aa4 Pa5Aeue ~ peuelou
for three years. 9, o97 b{ death OF the survivors
OF the war OF 16i2, 6o4 py death OF the Wldows
o. sololers o1 saiu WIT IL 1ola a. 1oss @ u y lqf
The gross additions to the rolls - oS5, Less the
s;onarS toen ~ ta Sear ,ehc edde to ihe Eoa
Of ISL, make the total number Of pensioners OF
al classes, June ~, 1872, z32,Zz9. IN addltlon,
there have been increased tue pensions s OF o,!i6
army lnvallds, 65 navy l9Vatlds, 2so army W1d-
o"e - Ino - ao41 w :,a1,,;' ' "Aooe} 80
;.oraaea ~ o,n,,aI on,onnt ~ ,an.;o,' III
e[ease Sass ro1 ~ ~ aunua1 on' " :ne penson t1tt
~ @@AA'oo';oo PSI .unuAu. tAAo tlGt oaeoo taie
ean esat ~ soo ~ peus ~ .ne on ~ ~
~ ra5a ~ Iu,o aa Ia7o eos zoo -
gssips Ega h upom ts tnS ios 3 ~
ment Of nensions duripr the last fiscal year were
t tDe ary a1o q 5o6 o a. ioa o.
noo ss ~mr ar o. no. noa1, ua nA.s
tne &c noet sne son ,1us 9c
y. Pens,er soe ccnG nGs11.a e. "1io
navy, 3zo,oos: wnacn a"onnts m1. nave peen re-
do doa tne ptesene neGal aon "a al1
ooo navy, $aoo,uoo unoer Inc aets OF June ~
and 3o, 1oto' Al the close OF ~ inc last nscal
year there naa peen !soueu CIV comnuta,ioWn ~
ofoefs n n leu o. afncia % n n
otuers, amounting TO 9zt 10y, ana ozo pl4s nnse
been approved 10 Ior ~ LIMBS 81, turnisnea N Emo
amounting 70 S-5,uzo. Ing to~a1 numper OF
claims III ailo"ea mus la1 ~ SOU
-no iass :elun16 6o19;a 19a. - n0 "tuomo 1a.s,,s
h1,+ a,-olv dacraoa;nc The numhar of widows
of the var ~ 1812 on June 20. 1863. was 888.
June 80, 1869, 887; June 80, 1870, 727: June 80,
187l, 654 June ~, lof2, 2ls...- 2ls.
81 na'e t ~ that rana
tor ~ +teir namae residences condition aSes
and dates Of death might be prepared, and CON
timed until the Inst shall have passed away.
Circulars have been , sent to the e.;.6as Post
masters at their places OF residence,
and to other parties from whom
information could be obtained OF these clrcu-
lars, 554 have been returned 23 without satlsfac-
tory reports, and 531 with the full information
sought; OF these, 381 we're reported oaa as living
and $50 as having died since Jan. I, 1871.
CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Attorney General Williams iB sending circulars
to the Governors Of States. requesting them to
furnish, or Cause to be furnished, to that De-
partment, the statistics of crime, under the laws
Of their States, for the present
year, for his forthcoming report to
Congress-. He also addresses the
United States District Attorneys with like
purpose, Of requesting them to furnish
reports OF the business in the several Courts in
the United States, setting forth the condition Of
all caBes embraced under the heads Of customs,